I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and welcome to another
3ABN Today Family Worship.
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On Friday night, we love
to open up the Word of God
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to share together with
brothers and sisters in Jesus,
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and you at home,
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you are part of our 3ABN family.
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And we're so glad that
you have taken this time
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to sit down on your couch
or in your living room sofa,
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and open up the God's
word and share with us.
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My name is Jill Morikone
and I feel a little alone here
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because normally Greg and
I do Family Worship together,
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but this
evening is ladies night.
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But not ladies night,
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it's ladies night
here sharing together,
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but the topic
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that we are going to be covering
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is something that is
important for men and women,
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young and old alike.
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And I'm so
excited about that topic
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and excited about the women,
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my sisters in Jesus
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that we have
around the table here.
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I'm gonna start at the far end.
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We have Dee Hilderbrand.
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And, Dee, you're a
production coordinator.
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And you and I had the privilege
of sharing an office for,
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I guess, four years maybe.
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Oh, it was great.
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And it was a blessing,
but thank you for coming, Dee,
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and for being on the program.
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I'm happy that you called me.
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And sitting next to
Dee is Shelley Quinn.
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And, Shelley, you're a new
program development manager
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here at 3ABN.
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And you and JD are
just such a blessing
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to Greg and I and
to the family at home
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and to the ministry here.
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And thank you for being
part of our Family Worship.
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It's always a
pleasure to sit down
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and open God's
Word with my sisters.
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Amen, it is.
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And then last but not least,
we saved the best for last now.
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We have Mollie Steenson
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and such a joy to
have you here, Mollie,
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you are a Vice
President, General Manager.
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Mom to me and I
know so many others.
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I think one of the...
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We went out to eat
here fairly recently,
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and we had a special
occasion, we went out to eat
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and we kind of just sat down
and shared as sisters together.
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And I think this is one
of the most precious things
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someone ever told me.
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Mollie said, "I just
feel like you're my daughter."
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In my heart.
And I received that.
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And so that's really special.
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But, Mollie, we're
so glad you're here.
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Always a joy to
get with you ladies
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and open up the Word of God.
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Oh, it's just amazing
what God speaks to our hearts
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and it's just...
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I'm looking
forward to this program.
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Amen. Me too.
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And our topic this
evening is a sensitive topic,
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but it's a needed topic.
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We're talking about purity,
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the purity that God wants to put
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in each one of
our hearts and lives.
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So whether you're
watching and saying,
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"Boy, I really think
I'm doing a pretty good job
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and I'm fairly pure."
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Well, then this
program is definitely for you.
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Yes.
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And if you're
sitting there going,
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"I have really fallen
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and I'm in the mud
and I don't even think
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if I could ever be clean again."
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This program is for you as well.
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So to me, the whole
gamut, we all need Jesus,
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we need the
cleansing of His spirit.
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So let's read a
scripture and we'll pray
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and then we'll jump
right into our topic.
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Our kickoff
scripture is Psalm 24.
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And, Mollie, you
want to read that for us,
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3-5?
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Well, I've got 3-4
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and, Shelley, you pick up on 5.
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Okay.
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"Who may ascend into
the hill of the Lord?
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Or who may stand
in His holy place?
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He who has clean
hands and a pure heart,
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who has not lifted
up his soul to an idol,
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nor sworn deceitfully."
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"He shall receive
blessing from the Lord,
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and righteousness from
the God of his salvation."
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Amen. Praise God.
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This is one of my
favorite scriptures.
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When I pray
often in the morning,
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I'll claim this scripture.
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Yes. Every morning.
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God, give me clean hands
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and a pure heart
to stand before You.
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So we're gonna talk this evening
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on what it means
to have a pure heart.
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How do we walk in purity?
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How do we become pure?
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How do we remain pure?
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We'll look at
some Bible examples
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and Bible scriptures and
some personal experience.
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But let's pray before
we kick off our topic.
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Dee, you wanna pray for us here?
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Our Dear Heavenly Father,
we just thank You so much
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for Your blessings on our lives
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and that You give
us Your word, Lord,
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as a roadmap so that
we can see who to become
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who You want us to be, Father,
who You created us to be.
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Thank you,
Father, for Your kindness,
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Your loving
kindness and Your mercy.
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And, Father, that you
came to draw us to You
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and not to condemn us.
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Thank you, Father, so
much for all You've given to us
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and help our hearts open up
to embrace Your gift, Father.
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We just thank You
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and we praise You
in Jesus' name, Amen.
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Amen.
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So if we're
talking about purity,
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let's just start
with the basic definition.
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What is purity?
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And as we talk about
what is purity, let's also,
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we'll try to bring in
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maybe the world's
definition of purity
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or what people in
the world would say,
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"Oh, yes, this is purity."
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Versus God's
definition of purity.
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Well, you know, I'd actually
looked up in the dictionary
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the word pure
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because I was very
curious to see what it said.
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And there was actually 11
different number definitions
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that they called it,
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but mostly it
started off with saying that
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it was uncontaminated
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that there was
nothing else in it,
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it was pure without
anything and not defied.
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Defiled?
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Defiled.
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But it got clear
down to number four
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before it said
anything about moral defilement.
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But you can
have very evil things
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that are pure in the world,
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that have nothing to do
with spiritual or moral values.
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For example, what
do you mean by that?
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Well, pure heroin.
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If you watch TV... Okay, okay.
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they talk about pure
heroin or even pure beauty,
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you know, but
it's a worldly value,
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it has nothing
to do with spiritual
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are even moral value.
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So the world does not
necessarily consider anything.
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It will
consider things that pure
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that have nothing to do with God
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or spiritual and moral.
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Or have nothing to
do with eternal value
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or eternal consequences.
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Absolutely.
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You know, I think the
Bible talks about purity.
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It's talking
about a purity of heart
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which is really your mind.
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A purity of our
actions and our conscience is,
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that's something
that's important as well.
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And it is...
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And I guess you could say,
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the word that I'm looking for,
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it is authentic,
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an inward
authentic righteousness.
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So purity according to the Bible
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is something,
this righteousness,
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we know that
righteousness is by faith,
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it's the only kind of
righteousness there is.
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But as that
righteousness is weak,
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accept the
righteousness of Christ.
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Then we see that He
begins to purify our thoughts.
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Could I read just two
scriptures real quickly?
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I want to look them up to,
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so tell me where they are found.
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Okay. Proverbs 15:26.
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Proverbs 15:26.
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Okay.
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And I thought
this one was important
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because it covers our thoughts.
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See, anybody can act pure,
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anybody can put on kind
of that verbal camouflage
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and look good and dress right,
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but what the Bible says
in Proverbs 15:26, it says,
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"The thoughts of the wicked
are an abomination to the Lord,
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but the words of
the pure are pleasant."
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Out of the
abundance of the heart..."
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"The mouth
speaks." "The mouth speaks."
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So we can tell purity
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has to have something to do then
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with the words that
we speak, the thoughts,
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and we speak what
we're thinking, right?
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Now while you are in Proverbs,
turn to 21 and verse 8.
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Proverbs 21:8.
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It says,
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"The way of a
guilty man is perverse,
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but as for the
pure, his work is right."
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So we often quote,
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"Watch your
thoughts, they become words,
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your words become actions,
your actions become habits,
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your habits
become your character,
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your character is what
determines your destiny.
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Yes.
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So here it's saying that,
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"Those who are
pure, your work is right."
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So if you've got clean thoughts,
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you speak cleanly, you act...
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And when we say clean,
this is undefiled by sin.
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This is what I'm saying.
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And then one more and
I'll stop, in Proverbs,
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while we're there, 30:12.
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It says in Proverbs 30:12.
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"There is a generation
that is pure in its own eyes,
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yet is not washed
from its filthiness."
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So it's this idea
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of being washed by
the Blood of Jesus.
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Coming before the
Lord and, you know,
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Dee and I both were sitting here
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and I'm sure you could as well.
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I think that you were brought...
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Well, let me
just put it this way.
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If we were to look at our past,
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we all have a checkered past.
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You were probably brought
up on a pathway of purity
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a little more so than
some of the rest of us were.
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And I look back,
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and as I was
looking at these scriptures,
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I thought, Lord, the song,
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"I was nothing
before You found me."
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And how He changes the
way we think, the way we act,
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the way we look at things
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as He teaches us to
take our thoughts captive
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and make them
obedient to the Lord.
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And, you know, I
was thinking, Shelley,
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as you were saying that.
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You mentioned
how I was brought up
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and, you know, praise
the Lord for godly parents.
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You know, they wanted to
raise you in that purity.
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But there's a difference
between innocence and purity.
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Yes.
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So you could look at someone
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who was raised in a certain past
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and saying, "Aw, she or
he is very innocent," right?
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But innocence is just
simply ignorance of bad things.
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Yes.
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Purity is
cleansing from sin, right?
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Yes. Amen.
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And we all have sinned
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and fallen short
of the glory of God.
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So you could look
at that and say, aw,
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but innocence is precious
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but the best
thing is to have purity.
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You know, if you had
to pick between the two,
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if you have
ignorance of bad things,
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well, that's a good
thing, not having experienced
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all the ways of the world.
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But the better
thing is to know that
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God by the power
of His Holy Spirit
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can clean me, can forgive me,
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can purify me inside.
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Amen. You know,
I'm thinking that...
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Well, first of
all Proverbs 16:2.
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"All the ways of a man
are pure in his own eyes,
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But the Lord
weighs the spirits."
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Yes.
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And so I'm thinking of,
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before I made Jesus Christ
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the Lord of my life in a long,
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I'm going to say a
long time afterwards.
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There... Thank
God for justification.
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Thank God for that.
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However, if we went for
that sanctification process,
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where would we be?
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We would still be at square one.
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And it's this
sanctification process...
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Which means what,
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for somebody that
doesn't know that word.
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That's when the Lord
by the power of His Spirit
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draws you continually out
of darkness and into light.
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It's that cleansing process
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that only the
Holy Spirit can do.
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So when you make
Jesus the Lord of your life,
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when you are born again,
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then the Lord by
the power of His Spirit
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starts that purifying
process, that purifying,
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where that purifying
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and perfecting of our character,
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that's the
beginning and it's the...
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And the holy, you know,
it's the Holy Spirit's job
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is to draw us out of
darkness and into light,
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step number one,
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but, you know, He
never stops working on us.
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It's that continual drawing.
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And that's where that purifying
and perfecting takes place
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is God working
through the Spirit
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in our lives and in our hearts
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and through His
word and through prayer
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and through the
presence of the Lord.
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Amen. You were... Oh, go ahead.
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I was just going
to say do you think
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part of our definition of purity
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could and should be
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that we're free
from sinful desires?
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Oh, that's good, Shelley,
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because you think
about the world's definition.
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And to be honest
even in the church,
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I think many
denominations teach this, okay,
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in order to be pure,
especially young people.
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You know, whether male or female
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we say, in order to be pure,
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you need to
abstain from fornication
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or abstain from
acting outside of marriage,
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whether you're
young and not married
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or whether you are
married, you're not to,
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you know, cheat on your spouse.
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But I think the definition,
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and of course,
purity encompasses that.
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But I think it's so
much higher and deeper
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and broader than
we could ever think
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because purity goes to
the root of the matter,
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it goes to our hearts,
it goes to what we think,
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it goes to our emotions
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and that's to me
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where the
cleansing needs to begin.
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Amen.
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You can try to
clean up an outward act,
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but that doesn't
mean the inside changes.
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Dee, you had a
scripture in 1 John.
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I don't know if that's
the one you're looking at now.
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Oh, yes, 1 John.
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1 John Chapter 3:3
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because to me
this is what is purity.
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Well, it's Jesus is
pure, He's our example.
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So it says, "And everyone
who has this hope in Him
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purifies himself,
just as He is pure."
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So our example who
we look to is Jesus.
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See, when we
first come to the Lord,
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when I first became a Christian,
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I was pretty bad.
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I was a mess. I was very...
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I was not pure in
any sense of the Word,
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whether it was
physical, mentally,
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emotionally, or psychologically.
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But the problem is,
when I became a Christian
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and I went into the
church, who do I look at,
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who do I end up
comparing myself to?
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Other Christians.
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If I compare myself to Jill,
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I have no chance
of ever being pure.
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I have to come to the
point where I recognize
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what Jill just talked about.
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There's a big difference
between innocence and purity.
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God gave me the opportunity
to be as pure as Jill.
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That's right. Absolutely.
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That's right.
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But you have to
accept that truth
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and know it and
that can take years
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and can be very difficult.
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Yes.
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Because I had an
aunt that I just thought
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she had a perfect life,
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she was this
wonderful Christian,
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she never had any troubles.
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But once I became a Christian
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and I had open
conversation with her,
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she was kind of like Jill.
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Oh, Dee, you have no idea.
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Yeah. That's right.
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You know, I read Jill's
book and I'm like, "Oh!"
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I would talk to my
Aunt... So Jill struggles too?
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Of course. Absolutely.
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It's different struggles.
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Yeah.
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But from my point of view,
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for me to become
pure as Christ is pure,
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I have to accept
His definition of me,
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I have to accept.
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Now I'm probably
jumping to get ahead of
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how to become pure
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and to go through
that and to accept it.
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I think most people
have a really hard time.
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If you've been in
the world and in...
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I think men
struggle with the same thing.
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If you've had impure thoughts
and you were impure physically
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and led this horrible life,
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you have a hard
time forgiving yourself.
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And it's not your
own forgiveness you need,
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it is God's forgiveness,
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and then being
able to go forward
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and seeing what He says
and what He does for you.
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When I first came to work here,
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it was very hard
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because I just knew
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that someday
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somebody is going to
walk through that door
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and say, "How dare you
call yourself a Christian?
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I know who you are."
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Because of the
things from your past?
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Things from my past.
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But I reached the
point of where I realized
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and I accepted
God's forgiveness.
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I looked at...
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I saw where God...
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Okay, let's go to Ezekiel 11:19.
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Ezekiel 11:19.
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I had to reach
the point where...
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11:19,
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"Then I will
give them one heart,
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and I will put a
new spirit within them,
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and take the stony
heart out of their flesh,
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and give them a heart of flesh."
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I had to accept that.
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Once I realized, I am
a new creature in Christ,
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I am not the old creature.
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And it's okay if
someone walks through
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and calls me out and
says, "I know who you are."
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"No, you knew who I was.
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You do not know who I am now.
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I am new Christian in
Christ and I am as pure as Jesus
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because whatever I'm
missing He covers in me."
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And once I accept that,
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it gives you the freedom
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to start growing
in sanctification,
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and you quit,
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you let go of the old self
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and allow God to
grow you in your thoughts,
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in your mind, in your heart
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so that you do become that.
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Well said. Amen.
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"Therefore, if
any man be in Christ,
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he is a brand new creation."
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The old has gone.
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And the...
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"The new has come."
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The new has come.
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"Behold if any Man be in
Christ he's a New Creature
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Old things are Passed Away,
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behold all things become new."
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But you are not who you were.
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That's God's viewpoint of me.
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I have to accept
that and embrace that
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and so many of
us will not do that.
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But part of that is Romans 4:17,
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"That God is the God
who gives life to the dead
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and calls things that are not
as though they already were."
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So when we look into
the Word in Psalm 119,
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it says that,
"His Word is pure."
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And as we look into the Word
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and we find out who
we are in Christ Jesus,
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God sees us.
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He knows He's going to complete
the good work He's began.
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And so He sees us as a
finished product and He...
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All of these
promises are ours in Christ,
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but we know,
00:20:45.51\00:20:46.91
"Hey, the old rears
00:20:46.94\00:20:48.74
its ugly head
every now and then.
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Yes. That's right.
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You know, so it
is more difficult.
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That's why we have
to accept it by faith
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and that's why I
think affirmations
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are so important
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because as you claim God's Word,
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you're taking it, you know,
00:21:01.39\00:21:04.29
and saying, "Okay, Lord,
00:21:04.33\00:21:06.06
I may be calling
things that are not as though
00:21:06.09\00:21:07.83
they already were,
00:21:07.86\00:21:09.20
but I know this is
what You're doing in me."
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And it gives you so much hope.
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Yes. Amen.
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I'm not going to say Revelation,
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maybe an understanding
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of the power of the
Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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And where that blood is?
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You know the scripture tells us
that Jesus took his own blood.
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Where did He take it?
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Up into the heavenly sanctuary.
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Where did He put it?
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In the same place as they
put the blood of lambs and goats
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here in this earth and
that was on the mercy seat.
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So the blood of
the Lord Jesus Christ
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has been sprinkled in
the heavenly sanctuary
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just as the blood
of bulls and goats
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were sprinkled in
the earthly sanctuary.
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And now when God looks at us,
00:21:49.44\00:21:52.07
He looks at us
through the blood,
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He looks at us
through the mercy seat.
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And, you know what?
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The scripture tells us that.
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The blood of Jesus
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speaks better
things than the blood of...
00:22:01.55\00:22:05.15
Cain killed Abel,
the blood of Abel.
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So Jesus' Blood is
speaking better things.
00:22:11.43\00:22:13.56
What did Abel's blood
cry out from the ground?
00:22:13.60\00:22:15.83
Justice. Justice.
00:22:15.86\00:22:17.23
What does the blood of
Jesus cry out for all of us?
00:22:17.27\00:22:19.37
Mercy. Mercy.
00:22:19.40\00:22:21.47
So when God looks at us,
00:22:21.50\00:22:24.94
He looks at us
through the blood of His Son.
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And, you know, when He sees us,
00:22:27.61\00:22:30.58
He sees us as though
we have never sinned,
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ever in our whole life.
00:22:34.25\00:22:36.08
He sees us as
through the blood of His Son.
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Now that is to me,
that was liberating.
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I know that I must,
00:22:41.39\00:22:43.49
and it's not that we don't sin
00:22:43.53\00:22:45.83
because the
scripture says, all sinned.
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That's right.
00:22:47.70\00:22:49.03
But if we confess our
sins, and He cleanses us,
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we come right back under that
blood covering of protection.
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Amen.
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I want to look at a
scripture, 1 Corinthians.
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When you're talking about
this, how God can cleanse us
00:23:00.58\00:23:03.51
and change us and purify us,
it that makes me think of that.
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1 Corinthians 6,
00:23:06.68\00:23:11.82
and if you look
at verses 9 and 10,
00:23:11.85\00:23:14.46
it's a pretty serious list.
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"Do you not know
unrighteous will not inherit
00:23:16.36\00:23:19.39
the kingdom of God?"
00:23:19.43\00:23:20.76
So that all of us.
We're all unrighteousness.
00:23:20.80\00:23:23.13
As it says, all
our righteousness
00:23:23.16\00:23:24.67
is as filthy rags.
00:23:24.70\00:23:26.27
"Do not be deceived.
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Neither fornicators,"
we're talking about that
00:23:27.67\00:23:29.60
with impurity.
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"Nor idolaters, nor adulterers,
nor homosexuals or sodomites,
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nor thieves, nor covetous,
nor drunkards, nor revilers,
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nor extortioners will
inherit the kingdom of God."
00:23:38.68\00:23:41.45
Now if it stopped there, I
would be discouraged, right?
00:23:41.48\00:23:45.32
We would all say,
"Father, where would I be?
00:23:45.35\00:23:47.76
There's no hope for me."
00:23:47.79\00:23:49.12
But the next verse, verse 11.
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"And such were some of you."
00:23:51.53\00:23:54.50
I thing we could
say, such were all of us.
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"But you were
washed, you were sanctified,"
00:23:58.40\00:24:02.70
literally to make holy
00:24:02.74\00:24:04.21
or to be
consecrated to set apart.
00:24:04.24\00:24:07.08
You were justified in
the name of the Lord Jesus
00:24:07.11\00:24:10.25
and by the spirit of our God.
00:24:10.28\00:24:12.45
And so no matter
what your past today,
00:24:12.48\00:24:15.48
God looks at you and says,
00:24:15.52\00:24:17.22
you can stand
before the Father saying,
00:24:17.25\00:24:19.19
"I am washed, I am
sanctified, I am justified,
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I am made new in Christ Jesus."
00:24:23.79\00:24:26.86
And if you jump down just
a couple verses, verse 18,
00:24:26.90\00:24:31.67
it says, "Flee
sexual immorality."
00:24:31.70\00:24:34.80
We're in 1 Corinthians 6:18.
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And in the Greek, the
word for flee is habitus,
00:24:37.64\00:24:41.38
continual attitude and action.
00:24:41.41\00:24:45.31
So it doesn't mean,
00:24:45.35\00:24:46.68
"I flee sexual immorality once."
00:24:46.72\00:24:48.78
Or I say, "Okay, I'm
saying no to this temptation
00:24:48.82\00:24:52.15
and then I'm good,
God, the rest of my life,
00:24:52.19\00:24:54.76
I'm not going to
battle with this."
00:24:54.79\00:24:56.39
This is a
continual habitual attitude
00:24:56.42\00:25:01.10
and action that
I'm going to say no,
00:25:01.13\00:25:03.93
I'm going to turn away
from that sexual immorality.
00:25:03.97\00:25:08.57
And then verse 19,
00:25:08.60\00:25:10.01
"Do you not know your body
00:25:10.04\00:25:11.37
is the temple of
the Holy Spirit?"
00:25:11.41\00:25:13.27
Now as Seventh-day
Adventist, many times,
00:25:13.31\00:25:16.21
we refer to this as what?
00:25:16.24\00:25:17.85
A health talk, right?
00:25:17.88\00:25:19.58
Okay, so people say,
00:25:19.61\00:25:20.95
"Do you not know your
body is the temple of God,
00:25:20.98\00:25:23.32
you need to eat
healthier," right?
00:25:23.35\00:25:25.95
And there is truth to that
00:25:25.99\00:25:27.79
because our body is to be
the temple of the Holy Spirit.
00:25:27.82\00:25:30.69
But specifically this is...
00:25:30.73\00:25:32.36
The whole section is
talking about sexual immorality.
00:25:32.39\00:25:36.36
So when it's talking about here,
00:25:36.40\00:25:38.03
"We are the temple
of the Holy Spirit."
00:25:38.07\00:25:40.14
He's talking about purity
00:25:40.17\00:25:41.84
because the Holy Spirit
wants to live and dwell in us.
00:25:41.87\00:25:46.71
"Whom you have from God
and you are not your own.
00:25:46.74\00:25:50.01
You were bought at a price,
00:25:50.05\00:25:52.15
therefore,
glorify God in your body
00:25:52.18\00:25:54.95
and in your
spirit which are God's."
00:25:54.98\00:25:58.85
So you might be watching
today and you might be saying,
00:25:58.89\00:26:03.22
"I'm actually bought,"
00:26:03.26\00:26:05.13
because some people
watch and you might be involved
00:26:05.16\00:26:08.50
in the sex
traffic slave right now.
00:26:08.53\00:26:11.33
Some people might be already
feeling like their belonging,
00:26:11.37\00:26:14.54
you might feel like
you belong to someone else,
00:26:14.57\00:26:16.74
but God says,
00:26:16.77\00:26:18.11
"I bought you, I
created you, I died for you,
00:26:18.14\00:26:22.24
I redeemed you,
00:26:22.28\00:26:24.35
I can set you free,
00:26:24.38\00:26:26.01
I can purify you
no matter you've been,
00:26:26.05\00:26:29.48
no matter what you've done."
00:26:29.52\00:26:31.55
God says, "I
want to stand you up
00:26:31.59\00:26:33.99
and I want to cleanse you
and I want to make you whole."
00:26:34.02\00:26:36.99
Amen.
00:26:37.03\00:26:38.36
Jill, I just have to say this
00:26:38.39\00:26:40.06
because, oh, this
happened 15 years ago
00:26:40.10\00:26:43.60
I suppose that as I was pressing
00:26:43.63\00:26:47.07
into the presence of
the Lord, really praying,
00:26:47.10\00:26:49.57
and asking for His direction
in some ministry matters.
00:26:49.60\00:26:52.84
One thing that He
really impressed upon me
00:26:52.87\00:26:55.91
that He wanted me to say
this as often as I went out
00:26:55.94\00:26:59.15
and I try to
remember, I don't always,
00:26:59.18\00:27:01.45
but I do want to share
with you at home right now.
00:27:01.48\00:27:04.69
What the Lord said was,
00:27:04.72\00:27:06.45
tell the people that they are...
00:27:06.49\00:27:09.76
You know, some of you
who are watching right now,
00:27:09.79\00:27:14.16
you have been
told you're worthless,
00:27:14.20\00:27:17.03
you will never
amount to anything,
00:27:17.07\00:27:20.60
that is a lie of the devil.
00:27:20.64\00:27:22.80
And what God
wants you to know is
00:27:22.84\00:27:24.77
you are worth nothing less
00:27:24.81\00:27:27.61
than the price
that He paid for you
00:27:27.64\00:27:29.88
with the blood of Jesus Christ.
00:27:29.91\00:27:32.71
That just...
00:27:32.75\00:27:34.08
When He said that I thought,
00:27:34.12\00:27:36.32
"That is the
most amazing thing."
00:27:36.35\00:27:38.92
And you know what I
mean when I said He said it?
00:27:38.95\00:27:40.69
It was that still small voice
00:27:40.72\00:27:42.16
that impressed this
thought upon my mind.
00:27:42.19\00:27:44.79
But let me... May I
share something with you?
00:27:44.83\00:27:46.83
This is so exciting
00:27:46.86\00:27:48.20
because I learned
something in just the short time
00:27:48.23\00:27:50.93
and putting
something together for today.
00:27:50.97\00:27:54.87
Psalm 51:7,
00:27:54.90\00:27:57.27
after David had
sinned with Bathsheba,
00:27:57.31\00:28:02.24
guilty of murder,
00:28:02.28\00:28:04.21
Nathan the prophet came to him
00:28:04.25\00:28:05.81
and told him the
story of the rich man
00:28:05.85\00:28:08.42
and the poor man,
00:28:08.45\00:28:09.78
that the rich man
who had many flocks,
00:28:09.82\00:28:11.25
poor man with one little lamb,
00:28:11.29\00:28:13.19
how he had taken
that one little lamb
00:28:13.22\00:28:15.46
to feed a stranger.
00:28:15.49\00:28:17.89
And David was so incensed
and said, "He should die."
00:28:17.93\00:28:22.50
Yeah, you know,
00:28:22.53\00:28:23.87
"This man should
be put to death."
00:28:23.90\00:28:25.63
And Nathan says,
"You are the man,"
00:28:25.67\00:28:28.30
because he had
taken the wife of another.
00:28:28.34\00:28:31.51
And now Psalm 51,
00:28:31.54\00:28:34.34
it's the most
beautiful Psalm of repentance,
00:28:34.38\00:28:38.48
a great pattern for
a prayer of repentance.
00:28:38.51\00:28:42.28
But he says this in verse 7,
00:28:42.32\00:28:45.49
"Purge me with
hyssop, and I shall be clean."
00:28:45.52\00:28:49.72
He's praying to the Lord.
00:28:49.76\00:28:51.09
"Wash me, and I
shall be whiter than snow."
00:28:51.13\00:28:57.00
The interesting
thing is, you know,
00:28:57.03\00:28:59.87
this is even when
Isaiah was saying, you know,
00:28:59.90\00:29:04.67
"I'm a man of
unclean lips, oh, Lord."
00:29:04.71\00:29:07.41
And they took the
coal from the altar
00:29:07.44\00:29:09.48
and touched his
mouth and what they say?
00:29:09.51\00:29:11.91
"Your sin has been purged."
00:29:11.95\00:29:14.08
Yes.
00:29:14.12\00:29:15.45
Did you know that
the word for purged
00:29:15.48\00:29:17.75
is the same word as the word,
00:29:17.79\00:29:20.19
it's a synonym for
atone or for redeem.
00:29:20.22\00:29:24.89
Oh, that's good.
00:29:24.93\00:29:26.26
Isn't that exciting? Yes.
00:29:26.29\00:29:28.50
So that word the
theological meaning
00:29:28.53\00:29:32.30
of atonement or redemption
00:29:32.33\00:29:35.10
are to be redeemed,
to have your sin purged,
00:29:35.14\00:29:38.44
means it's been covered over
00:29:38.47\00:29:40.78
just like we're talking about
the blood on the mercy seat.
00:29:40.81\00:29:44.65
So to me, that is
so exciting when you...
00:29:44.68\00:29:49.18
Because you say...
00:29:49.22\00:29:50.55
You know, we talk about pruning,
00:29:50.59\00:29:52.42
we talk about
different aspects of things,
00:29:52.45\00:29:56.59
but when you talk
about purging your sin,
00:29:56.62\00:30:00.56
that's like, "Oh,
Lord, purge my sin."
00:30:00.60\00:30:03.06
And He says, "I
have redeemed you."
00:30:03.10\00:30:06.10
I have...
00:30:06.13\00:30:07.47
You know, I have
atoned for your sin.
00:30:07.50\00:30:10.41
Whoo!
00:30:10.44\00:30:12.31
That's deep.
00:30:12.34\00:30:13.68
That is. I love that thought.
00:30:13.71\00:30:15.74
I was looking that up to the...
00:30:15.78\00:30:17.45
And to have that accepted
because I think many people...
00:30:17.48\00:30:22.75
What you said at first,
00:30:22.78\00:30:24.12
when you tell
people their value,
00:30:24.15\00:30:26.02
see that was
from a very young age,
00:30:26.05\00:30:28.92
I was taught I was not loveable,
00:30:28.96\00:30:31.49
I was not a value.
00:30:31.53\00:30:33.76
So that is very hard
for people to overcome
00:30:33.80\00:30:37.43
and tell you become a new person
00:30:37.47\00:30:40.74
until you realize that
00:30:40.77\00:30:43.44
Jesus sees you
through His value,
00:30:43.47\00:30:47.18
His blood, His mercy seat,
00:30:47.21\00:30:49.68
that He didn't
come to condemn you
00:30:49.71\00:30:51.78
where it talks about it
and Psalms 51 is awesome.
00:30:51.81\00:30:54.28
Yes, it is.
00:30:54.32\00:30:55.65
If you're hurting
00:30:55.68\00:30:57.32
and you're in
pain and you can't...
00:30:57.35\00:30:58.72
Amen.
00:30:58.75\00:31:00.09
Start reading
Psalms 51 because...
00:31:00.12\00:31:02.96
and you're asking the Lord,
"Create in me a new heart."
00:31:02.99\00:31:05.86
What verse are you
in? Oh, that's in 10.
00:31:05.89\00:31:08.00
"Create in me a
clean heart, O Lord,
00:31:08.03\00:31:09.90
and renew a
steadfast spirit in me.
00:31:09.93\00:31:12.47
Do not cast me
away from Your presence,
00:31:12.50\00:31:15.74
do not take Your
Holy Spirit from me.
00:31:15.77\00:31:18.67
Restore to me the
joy of Your salvation
00:31:18.71\00:31:21.88
and uphold me with
Your generous Spirit."
00:31:21.91\00:31:25.65
See, embrace that
00:31:25.68\00:31:28.42
and ask the Lord to
help you see yourself
00:31:28.45\00:31:31.65
through His eyes and
His mercy and His love
00:31:31.69\00:31:35.22
and He will walk
you through that path
00:31:35.26\00:31:37.46
so that you
accept that atonement,
00:31:37.49\00:31:40.13
that purity
00:31:40.16\00:31:42.50
that you will
become that in spirit.
00:31:42.53\00:31:44.90
And it will affect...
00:31:44.93\00:31:47.40
I like that you said that...
00:31:47.44\00:31:48.84
We so often take
that one scripture
00:31:48.87\00:31:53.01
about we're the temple of
God and we apply it to help.
00:31:53.04\00:31:56.21
When we talk about...
00:31:56.24\00:31:57.58
You will see that it
said the spirit also.
00:31:57.61\00:32:00.65
So we are the temple
of God in every area,
00:32:00.68\00:32:04.19
whether it's our mind,
our physical, our emotion,
00:32:04.22\00:32:08.16
our spirit is all
God's dwelling place.
00:32:08.19\00:32:13.09
You are in every area.
00:32:13.13\00:32:14.53
It just amazes me
00:32:14.56\00:32:16.40
that we are the living
temple of the living God
00:32:16.43\00:32:19.57
that He wants to
make his home in us too.
00:32:19.60\00:32:23.44
He's knocking at the door,
00:32:23.47\00:32:24.81
He wants to come in
and have supper with us,
00:32:24.84\00:32:26.88
that He wants to
abide in us, that's amazing.
00:32:26.91\00:32:28.81
Amen. Amen.
00:32:28.84\00:32:30.18
That word oikos to dwell with us
00:32:30.21\00:32:32.18
to settle down and dwell.
00:32:32.21\00:32:34.32
And you think the
God of the universe.
00:32:34.35\00:32:36.85
You know, Jesus wants to
come and actually dwell with us.
00:32:36.89\00:32:40.62
It's incredible.
00:32:40.66\00:32:41.99
We've kind of touched
on this as we're talking,
00:32:42.02\00:32:43.69
the difference between
conviction and condemnation
00:32:43.73\00:32:47.66
because the Lord convicts us
of sin and that's a good thing.
00:32:47.70\00:32:51.83
But how do we know
00:32:51.87\00:32:53.37
if what I'm dealing with
is conviction for something
00:32:53.40\00:32:56.44
and God wants to cleanse me
00:32:56.47\00:32:58.17
or am I suffering
under condemnation?
00:32:58.21\00:33:02.14
Well, I think godly
sorrow brings repentance.
00:33:02.18\00:33:04.61
When the
conviction comes up on us,
00:33:04.65\00:33:07.32
it gives us a sorrow
00:33:07.35\00:33:08.72
that we want to
reach out to the Lord
00:33:08.75\00:33:10.99
and it brings repentance
as what the scripture says.
00:33:11.02\00:33:14.72
Condemnation on
the other hand is,
00:33:14.76\00:33:18.09
and boy, there
are so many people
00:33:18.13\00:33:20.60
who are under condemnation.
00:33:20.63\00:33:22.23
When the devil...
00:33:22.26\00:33:23.60
I just say it's like He
hands you a baseball bat
00:33:23.63\00:33:26.74
and you just wing, bowing,
you just keep beating yourself
00:33:26.77\00:33:30.77
over the head with
that bat of condemnation.
00:33:30.81\00:33:35.71
And condemnation
leaves you hopeless.
00:33:35.74\00:33:38.91
Yes.
00:33:38.95\00:33:40.28
So, you know, I love
the scripture that says,
00:33:40.32\00:33:42.02
there is,
"Therefore now no condemnation
00:33:42.05\00:33:44.95
for those who
are in Christ Jesus,
00:33:44.99\00:33:46.86
who walk according to the spirit
00:33:46.89\00:33:48.62
not according to the flesh."
00:33:48.66\00:33:50.06
John 3:16. See, we
don't go to John 17.
00:33:50.09\00:33:54.56
John 3:17. John 3:17.
00:33:54.60\00:33:57.63
"For God did not send
His Son into the world
00:33:57.67\00:33:59.93
to condemn the world,
00:33:59.97\00:34:01.30
but that the world
through Him might be saved."
00:34:01.34\00:34:03.47
So once you...
00:34:03.51\00:34:06.74
This is how you know when it's,
00:34:06.78\00:34:08.71
whether, where you're at
00:34:08.74\00:34:10.08
is because once
you have been convicted
00:34:10.11\00:34:13.48
and you know when you
00:34:13.52\00:34:15.88
truly, truly
ask for forgiveness,
00:34:15.92\00:34:18.42
you know that.
00:34:18.45\00:34:19.79
So when you've
asked for forgiveness
00:34:19.82\00:34:22.32
and you truly
repent, God has forgiven you.
00:34:22.36\00:34:25.76
Amen.
00:34:25.79\00:34:27.13
So if it comes back
again, that's from Satan,
00:34:27.16\00:34:30.87
and it needs to be rejected.
00:34:30.90\00:34:33.67
Mollie, you. Yes, Mollie.
00:34:33.70\00:34:35.04
Well, conviction
shows you the answer.
00:34:35.07\00:34:36.84
Okay.
00:34:36.87\00:34:38.21
Condemnation
shows you the problem.
00:34:38.24\00:34:40.21
Oh, that's good.
00:34:40.24\00:34:42.08
Condemnation tells
you you're a failure,
00:34:42.11\00:34:44.58
look at what you did.
00:34:44.61\00:34:46.48
And conviction says,
00:34:46.51\00:34:48.05
"Come unto me and
I'll forgive you."
00:34:48.08\00:34:49.62
Amen.
00:34:49.65\00:34:50.99
So once the
answer, once the problem.
00:34:51.02\00:34:53.15
So you... So
here's the litmus test.
00:34:53.19\00:34:56.96
Are you feeling like a
failure or do you have hope?
00:34:56.99\00:35:00.53
Your hope would only be
in the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:35:00.56\00:35:03.70
Shun condemnation
because there is therefore now
00:35:03.73\00:35:07.47
no condemnation to
those who are in Christ Jesus.
00:35:07.50\00:35:10.74
And if that conviction is
showing you, "Come unto me,
00:35:10.77\00:35:14.74
all ye that labor
and are heavy laden,
00:35:14.78\00:35:16.44
and I will give you rest."
00:35:16.48\00:35:17.81
If it's that
drawing of the Lord,
00:35:17.85\00:35:19.65
He's convicting you and
He's saying, "I love you,
00:35:19.68\00:35:22.65
I'll cling you,
I'll forgive you,
00:35:22.68\00:35:24.95
you'll stand
before Me once again
00:35:24.99\00:35:27.66
pure and white
as the driven snow."
00:35:27.69\00:35:29.62
Amen.
00:35:29.66\00:35:30.99
You know, I
think in my experience
00:35:31.03\00:35:32.36
that conviction from God,
00:35:32.39\00:35:33.73
from the Holy
Spirit never brings shame.
00:35:33.76\00:35:37.13
You know what I'm
saying? Satan, the condemnation.
00:35:37.17\00:35:40.14
I've had boatloads
of shame from Satan.
00:35:40.17\00:35:42.90
But when God brings
conviction to my heart,
00:35:42.94\00:35:45.17
yes, there's a sorrow
for the sin that I committed.
00:35:45.21\00:35:47.78
There's, there's a
desire to, "Oh, Father,
00:35:47.81\00:35:50.11
I don't want that and
I want to become pure."
00:35:50.15\00:35:53.21
But there's never that sense of,
00:35:53.25\00:35:54.65
"I'm stomped,"
under anyone's foot,
00:35:54.68\00:35:57.09
that comes from the enemy.
00:35:57.12\00:35:58.45
Amen. Let's look at a story.
00:35:58.49\00:36:01.16
I'm thinking of...
00:36:01.19\00:36:02.79
There's several
stories we could look at.
00:36:02.82\00:36:04.33
But let's look at John 8,
00:36:04.36\00:36:05.69
the woman caught in
the very act of adultery.
00:36:05.73\00:36:08.20
And speaking of shame, if
anyone were to feel shame,
00:36:08.23\00:36:12.17
it would be this woman
who was caught in the very act
00:36:12.20\00:36:14.84
and dragged before the
people who were accusing her.
00:36:14.87\00:36:18.41
Let's take a look
at that in John 8.
00:36:18.44\00:36:20.88
And I'll just say
this while we're turning.
00:36:20.91\00:36:24.11
Why didn't they...
00:36:24.15\00:36:25.48
If she was caught in the act.
00:36:25.51\00:36:28.02
It takes two to act.
00:36:28.05\00:36:29.48
So where was the man?
00:36:29.52\00:36:31.82
Why did they just
drag the poor woman?
00:36:31.85\00:36:34.49
That's just all I
have to say on that.
00:36:34.52\00:36:38.09
So let's read, it's
just 11 verses here, I guess.
00:36:38.13\00:36:41.43
So well, maybe 12.
00:36:41.46\00:36:43.53
Let's start and we'll
just go around the circle
00:36:43.57\00:36:44.90
and read some.
00:36:44.93\00:36:46.27
Dee, you wanna start?
00:36:46.30\00:36:47.64
"But Jesus went to
the Mount of Olives
00:36:47.67\00:36:50.01
early in the morning,
00:36:50.04\00:36:51.37
He came again into the temple,
00:36:51.41\00:36:52.77
and all the people came to Him,
00:36:52.81\00:36:54.31
and He sat down and taught them.
00:36:54.34\00:36:57.55
And then the
scribes and Pharisees
00:36:57.58\00:36:59.55
brought to Him a
woman caught in adultery.
00:36:59.58\00:37:03.15
And when they had
set her in the midst,
00:37:03.18\00:37:07.62
they said to Him,
00:37:07.66\00:37:09.22
'Teacher, this woman
was caught in adultery
00:37:09.26\00:37:12.16
in the very act.'"
00:37:12.19\00:37:14.63
"Now Moses, in
the law, commanded us
00:37:14.66\00:37:17.67
that such should be stoned.
00:37:17.70\00:37:20.07
But what do You say?
00:37:20.10\00:37:21.90
This they said, testing Him,
that they might have something
00:37:21.94\00:37:25.24
of which to accuse Him."
00:37:25.27\00:37:28.34
"But Jesus stooped
down and wrote on the ground
00:37:28.38\00:37:31.35
with His finger as
though He did not hear.
00:37:31.38\00:37:34.65
So when they
continued asking Him,
00:37:34.68\00:37:37.05
He raised Himself
up and said to them,
00:37:37.09\00:37:40.72
'He who is
without sin among you,
00:37:40.76\00:37:43.69
let him throw a
stone at her first.'"
00:37:43.73\00:37:47.66
"And again He stooped
down and wrote on the ground.
00:37:47.70\00:37:50.47
Then those who heard it,
00:37:50.50\00:37:51.83
being convicted
by their conscience,
00:37:51.87\00:37:54.37
went out one by one
beginning with the oldest
00:37:54.40\00:37:57.94
even to the last.
00:37:57.97\00:37:59.97
And Jesus was left alone
00:38:00.01\00:38:01.71
and the woman
standing in the midst."
00:38:01.74\00:38:06.41
Dee?
00:38:06.45\00:38:07.78
"When Jesus had
raised Himself up
00:38:07.82\00:38:10.45
and saw no one but the woman,
00:38:10.49\00:38:12.29
He said to her,
00:38:12.32\00:38:14.26
'Woman, where are those...
00:38:14.29\00:38:18.29
where are those
accusers of yours?
00:38:18.33\00:38:21.70
Has no one condemned you?'"
00:38:21.73\00:38:24.20
"She said, 'No one, Lord.'
00:38:24.23\00:38:26.80
And Jesus said to her,
'Neither do I condemn you,
00:38:26.84\00:38:31.01
go and sin no more.'"
00:38:31.04\00:38:33.51
I love that.
00:38:33.54\00:38:34.88
I love those words. I love that.
00:38:34.91\00:38:36.34
She did...
00:38:36.38\00:38:37.71
He didn't condemn
her, He didn't condone it,
00:38:37.75\00:38:40.85
but He didn't condemn her.
00:38:40.88\00:38:42.38
He just told her,
"Don't do it anymore."
00:38:42.42\00:38:44.55
Amen. Yeah.
00:38:44.59\00:38:45.92
I can remember my children.
00:38:45.95\00:38:49.16
I thought I was a
strict disciplinarian
00:38:49.19\00:38:51.89
and I had made that statement
00:38:51.93\00:38:55.96
in a group and DD and
Jeremy were both there
00:38:56.00\00:38:58.53
and said, "I'm a
strict disciplinarian."
00:38:58.57\00:39:00.50
And they both almost
at once started saying,
00:39:00.54\00:39:03.00
"No, you're not.
00:39:03.04\00:39:04.47
This is what you do.
00:39:04.51\00:39:05.94
You tell us, 'Now
don't do it again.'"
00:39:05.97\00:39:08.48
And that was hoping
they'd learned their lesson
00:39:08.51\00:39:11.98
from the experience.
00:39:12.01\00:39:14.38
But I didn't go and condemn them
00:39:14.42\00:39:16.89
or punish them.
00:39:16.92\00:39:18.45
It was just, "Now
don't do it anymore."
00:39:18.49\00:39:20.82
So I don't know, that was a...
00:39:20.86\00:39:23.53
That's a loving heart,
00:39:23.56\00:39:24.89
but it wasn't a
condemning heart.
00:39:24.93\00:39:26.33
Amen.
00:39:26.36\00:39:27.70
Put yourself in
the woman shoes here
00:39:27.73\00:39:29.50
in this story or this situation.
00:39:29.53\00:39:31.93
What lessons do you think
00:39:31.97\00:39:34.14
we can learn
from her perspective?
00:39:34.17\00:39:39.17
Are you looking at me? Anyone.
00:39:39.21\00:39:41.08
I love how Jesus
finished this section off.
00:39:41.11\00:39:45.68
He spoke to them again, saying,
00:39:45.71\00:39:47.38
"I am the light of the world.
00:39:47.42\00:39:49.58
He who follows Me
shall not walk in darkness,
00:39:49.62\00:39:52.42
but have the light of life."
00:39:52.45\00:39:54.06
I think this woman
probably learned that
00:39:54.09\00:39:59.29
she could not trust in
man, but she met someone
00:39:59.33\00:40:05.17
in whom she could trust.
00:40:05.20\00:40:07.37
She had most likely been
00:40:07.40\00:40:09.64
suffering
condemnation most of her life,
00:40:09.67\00:40:12.64
had a very low
opinion of herself,
00:40:12.67\00:40:18.45
probably didn't
think she was worth much.
00:40:18.48\00:40:21.48
But when she met Jesus,
she looked into His eyes.
00:40:21.52\00:40:25.49
And one thing we all look
for, one thing we all need
00:40:25.52\00:40:29.32
and I'm sure if
you're sitting at home
00:40:29.36\00:40:30.73
you can say yes to this,
00:40:30.76\00:40:32.46
every human being
wants to be understood.
00:40:32.49\00:40:35.76
Absolutely.
00:40:35.80\00:40:37.13
And here she looked
into somebody's eyes,
00:40:37.17\00:40:41.17
His love just
penetrated her heart.
00:40:41.20\00:40:43.51
She knew He
understood and He said to her
00:40:43.54\00:40:46.98
"I don't condemn you
either, go and sin no more."
00:40:47.01\00:40:51.45
So I think she realized that
00:40:51.48\00:40:54.02
there are second chances in life
00:40:54.05\00:40:56.48
It's good. It's good.
00:40:56.52\00:40:57.89
He gave her hope.
00:40:57.92\00:41:01.12
He gave her hope
and He gave her love
00:41:01.16\00:41:03.32
because even
though He knew her...
00:41:03.36\00:41:05.99
Like you said, Jesus
knows you, God knows you,
00:41:06.03\00:41:10.80
the very essence of who you are
00:41:10.83\00:41:13.44
and yet He still
loves and accepts you
00:41:13.47\00:41:16.74
and gives you hope.
00:41:16.77\00:41:18.14
He wants to lift you up
00:41:18.17\00:41:22.24
to who He created you to be
00:41:22.28\00:41:26.01
and He gives you hope that...
00:41:26.05\00:41:27.38
He accepts you as you are,
00:41:27.42\00:41:28.98
but He loves you too
much to leave you that way.
00:41:29.02\00:41:30.69
Amen. That's exactly the words.
00:41:30.72\00:41:32.69
Amen. Amen.
00:41:32.72\00:41:34.06
But He's the one
who does the changing.
00:41:34.09\00:41:35.42
Amen.
00:41:35.46\00:41:36.79
I mean to me, that's incredible.
00:41:36.83\00:41:38.16
It's not our job to
look at other people
00:41:38.19\00:41:41.63
and say, "Oh, you
need to grow in this area.
00:41:41.66\00:41:43.87
Oh, you have a
situation over here.
00:41:43.90\00:41:46.30
I see a little sin here."
00:41:46.33\00:41:47.84
That's not our place.
00:41:47.87\00:41:50.91
And it's
interesting to me in the story
00:41:50.94\00:41:53.71
that neither did outright,
00:41:53.74\00:41:56.64
Jesus did not condemn the
men who dragged her either.
00:41:56.68\00:42:00.28
Now he wrote the
sins and the saint,
00:42:00.32\00:42:03.52
but I don't think He put
people's names next to it,
00:42:03.55\00:42:06.35
but they were
convicted in their own heart
00:42:06.39\00:42:09.09
of what they had done.
00:42:09.12\00:42:10.53
So here, they are more at
fault than her as it were,
00:42:10.56\00:42:13.33
you know, with their sins
and Jesus is recognizing that
00:42:13.36\00:42:16.10
and writing them down,
00:42:16.13\00:42:17.47
but He's not saying, now,
you know, you Simon, did this
00:42:17.50\00:42:20.27
and you did this James
and you did this, right?
00:42:20.30\00:42:23.10
He doesn't expose them that way.
00:42:23.14\00:42:25.97
They just knew in
the... In their heart.
00:42:26.01\00:42:28.14
In their heart.
00:42:28.18\00:42:29.74
God, Jesus gave
her justice of it.
00:42:29.78\00:42:33.21
And all... Even those men
saw justice there and not shame.
00:42:33.25\00:42:39.22
He didn't shame them.
00:42:39.25\00:42:40.59
They saw mercy,
00:42:40.62\00:42:42.52
but also they
saw Jesus' justice.
00:42:42.56\00:42:45.69
Yeah. Amen.
00:42:45.73\00:42:47.06
Yeah.
00:42:47.10\00:42:48.43
Mollie, you have
something on that
00:42:48.46\00:42:49.80
before we move to the next one?
00:42:49.83\00:42:51.17
Well, in thinking
about her standing there
00:42:51.20\00:42:56.71
and her being publicly exposed,
00:42:56.74\00:42:59.27
how much the
shame and humiliation
00:42:59.31\00:43:01.61
had to have been,
00:43:01.64\00:43:03.78
you know, it's one
thing when we are convicted
00:43:03.81\00:43:09.28
or condemned
privately about what we know,
00:43:09.32\00:43:13.66
but to be publicly shamed.
00:43:13.69\00:43:16.52
And then for Jesus to tell
her, "Neither do I condemn you.
00:43:16.56\00:43:22.53
Go, and sin no more."
00:43:22.56\00:43:24.03
What that had to
have done for her?
00:43:24.07\00:43:26.00
Amen.
00:43:26.03\00:43:27.37
And even for the ones,
the men that were also...
00:43:27.40\00:43:31.14
You know, all of us carry
our load of guilt and I...
00:43:31.17\00:43:37.51
You know, I'm thinking about
pride goes before destruction
00:43:37.55\00:43:40.62
and a hearty
spirit before a fall.
00:43:40.65\00:43:42.72
And I think one
of the greatest sins
00:43:42.75\00:43:45.92
is that sin of
spiritual superiority.
00:43:45.95\00:43:49.72
And so if anyone starts thinking
00:43:49.76\00:43:52.76
that they are
better than someone else,
00:43:52.79\00:43:56.36
and I know that we...
00:43:56.40\00:43:58.50
And looking at this part
of the opposite of purity,
00:43:58.53\00:44:05.47
not complete definition,
00:44:05.51\00:44:06.91
but the Bible
touches a lot on it,
00:44:06.94\00:44:09.31
the opposite of
purity is immorality.
00:44:09.34\00:44:13.25
And in looking at immorality,
00:44:13.28\00:44:15.38
the Bible looks a whole
lot at sexual immorality.
00:44:15.42\00:44:20.16
And so in looking at
that, we have to understand
00:44:20.19\00:44:25.29
that God is calling
us to a higher level.
00:44:25.33\00:44:29.80
And I looked at a scripture,
it's 1 Corinthians 7:1.
00:44:29.83\00:44:36.67
It says, "Now
concerning the things
00:44:36.71\00:44:38.91
about which you wrote,
00:44:38.94\00:44:40.74
it is good for a man
not to touch a woman."
00:44:40.78\00:44:44.35
Now it's just difficult for...
00:44:44.38\00:44:48.45
You shake hands with a man,
00:44:48.48\00:44:50.12
you know, you can't
take that totally, literally,
00:44:50.15\00:44:53.49
but it is really touching
00:44:53.52\00:44:55.89
on something
that is inappropriate.
00:44:55.92\00:44:59.43
And the Greek word for
touch is the word that means
00:44:59.46\00:45:03.06
rubbing two sticks
together to start a fire.
00:45:03.10\00:45:06.33
So now doesn't that give
you a different thought when...
00:45:06.37\00:45:09.90
That's not like
a simple handshake?
00:45:09.94\00:45:11.57
It means something different.
00:45:11.61\00:45:13.07
A flame hug. Yeah.
00:45:13.11\00:45:14.74
Right, this is
something different.
00:45:14.78\00:45:16.24
You know, what
is Paul telling us?
00:45:16.28\00:45:19.25
It's better to
avoid any kind of touch
00:45:19.28\00:45:23.35
that will kindle a fire.
00:45:23.39\00:45:25.45
And for some, that
could mean mostly any touch.
00:45:25.49\00:45:30.73
So, you know,
holding hands in our church,
00:45:30.76\00:45:34.50
we, with our young people,
we had good youth pastors,
00:45:34.53\00:45:40.94
and they taught the
children, our young teens,
00:45:40.97\00:45:44.77
that holding hands
and it was the beginning
00:45:44.81\00:45:48.28
and they would take them
on to where it's going to end.
00:45:48.31\00:45:50.91
So it's better not, the arm,
the hug around the shoulders,
00:45:50.95\00:45:55.28
hugs, they were just saying,
00:45:55.32\00:45:58.25
do not put
yourself in a position
00:45:58.29\00:46:01.16
where something can progress.
00:46:01.19\00:46:02.96
And they were teaching
our children sexual purity.
00:46:02.99\00:46:07.60
And now we've
already touched on the fact
00:46:07.63\00:46:09.83
that there's a
lot more to purity
00:46:09.86\00:46:12.87
than just that one
aspect but that is one aspect
00:46:12.90\00:46:15.90
that we have really
looked at a lot in the Word.
00:46:15.94\00:46:19.84
And so it's easy for
us to say, "You know,
00:46:19.87\00:46:26.28
I would never do
anything like that."
00:46:26.31\00:46:29.12
But the enemy's first attack
in the garden was the deception
00:46:29.15\00:46:34.39
of lies and half truths.
00:46:34.42\00:46:37.73
He hasn't changed his tactics,
these many thousands of years,
00:46:37.76\00:46:42.83
justice subjects.
00:46:42.86\00:46:44.93
And now it's not Eve
00:46:44.97\00:46:47.50
that the enemy
is trying to deceive
00:46:47.54\00:46:50.24
into immorality or
into rejecting God's Word,
00:46:50.27\00:46:55.71
it's every one of us.
00:46:55.74\00:46:57.21
So we just need
to be wise. Amen.
00:46:57.25\00:46:59.35
You know, I know we want to
get to some prayer time here
00:46:59.38\00:47:02.32
before the end of the program
to spend some time in prayer.
00:47:02.35\00:47:05.12
But before we do that,
we've talked here about
00:47:05.15\00:47:08.12
the purity that
God wants to give us.
00:47:08.16\00:47:10.49
We talked about
condemnation versus conviction.
00:47:10.53\00:47:13.66
We talked about how
no matter what our past,
00:47:13.70\00:47:16.10
God can cleanse us and
purify us and stand us up
00:47:16.13\00:47:20.07
before the Father as
if we have never sinned.
00:47:20.10\00:47:22.80
So I want to take just a moment
00:47:22.84\00:47:24.31
and give you each
just a couple moments here
00:47:24.34\00:47:26.68
and we'll go around the circle.
00:47:26.71\00:47:28.88
Give me some practical steps.
00:47:28.91\00:47:31.05
We talked about
how to become pure
00:47:31.08\00:47:33.25
and Psalm 51 and,
00:47:33.28\00:47:34.78
"Father, create
in me a clean heart,"
00:47:34.82\00:47:36.32
and all of that,
that cleansing from sin.
00:47:36.35\00:47:38.82
But what about practical steps
to continue the walk in purity?
00:47:38.85\00:47:42.92
Now, Mollie, you were
just giving us practical steps
00:47:42.96\00:47:45.59
from the
standpoint of being careful
00:47:45.63\00:47:47.93
of who you touch
and how you touch
00:47:47.96\00:47:50.53
and the type of
touch and all of that.
00:47:50.57\00:47:52.73
But what about any
other practical steps?
00:47:52.77\00:47:55.20
It could be outward physical
00:47:55.24\00:47:56.91
or it could be
practical steps for the heart,
00:47:56.94\00:48:00.01
something to preserve
that emotional purity.
00:48:00.04\00:48:01.51
Shelly?
00:48:01.54\00:48:02.88
I have two quick scriptures
that I'd like to read.
00:48:02.91\00:48:05.41
2 Corinthians 3:18 says,
"But we all with unveiled face
00:48:05.45\00:48:10.52
beholding as in a
mirror the glory of the Lord
00:48:10.55\00:48:13.05
are being
transformed into the same image
00:48:13.09\00:48:15.76
from glory to glory,
00:48:15.79\00:48:17.16
just as by the
Spirit of the Lord."
00:48:17.19\00:48:20.10
So I would say a
practical step is to understand
00:48:20.13\00:48:26.07
we become what we behold.
00:48:26.10\00:48:28.10
And if we want to
get into the Word,
00:48:28.14\00:48:31.27
behold the Lord of God.
00:48:31.31\00:48:33.21
Another practical
step would be Luke 11:9,
00:48:33.24\00:48:36.95
where Jesus said,
00:48:36.98\00:48:38.65
"Ask, and you
will receive, seek,
00:48:38.68\00:48:40.82
and you will find, knock,
and the door will be open."
00:48:40.85\00:48:43.55
So it's that
continual day by day asking God
00:48:43.59\00:48:47.89
to fill you
with the Holy Spirit.
00:48:47.92\00:48:51.03
But the other one
I would like to share
00:48:51.06\00:48:53.90
would be Philippians
4:8, where Paul says...
00:48:53.93\00:48:58.13
And this is something that...
00:48:58.17\00:49:00.87
This scripture is so powerful.
00:49:00.90\00:49:02.24
He says,
"Whatever things are true,
00:49:02.27\00:49:04.37
whatever things are
noble, just pure, lovely,
00:49:04.41\00:49:09.61
whatever things
are of good report,
00:49:09.64\00:49:11.78
if there is any virtue
00:49:11.81\00:49:13.38
and if there is
anything praiseworthy,
00:49:13.42\00:49:16.32
meditate on these things."
00:49:16.35\00:49:18.59
See, when we talk
about the dangers of media,
00:49:18.62\00:49:23.19
it is something
that if every night
00:49:23.22\00:49:25.73
we go home from work
and turn on the television
00:49:25.76\00:49:28.00
and we're were watching
Cops and Robbers program
00:49:28.03\00:49:30.93
or even Western, it seem to be,
00:49:30.97\00:49:33.47
you know, they may not
have any cursing in them,
00:49:33.50\00:49:35.20
but you just see the
violence and the killing.
00:49:35.24\00:49:37.87
If we are
concentrating on things
00:49:37.91\00:49:41.44
that are not pure
and of good report,
00:49:41.48\00:49:44.21
it does affect our brain.
00:49:44.25\00:49:45.58
So we need to stay in the
Word, concentrate on the Lord.
00:49:45.61\00:49:47.92
Amen. Dee?
00:49:47.95\00:49:49.48
You know, I actually
have this on my mirror.
00:49:49.52\00:49:52.79
Proverbs 3
00:49:52.82\00:49:56.39
and I'm gonna
start with verse 5.
00:49:56.42\00:49:58.96
"Trust in the Lord
with all your heart,
00:49:58.99\00:50:01.00
and lean not on
your own understanding.
00:50:01.03\00:50:03.60
In all your
ways, acknowledge Him,
00:50:03.63\00:50:05.80
and He shall direct your paths.
00:50:05.83\00:50:07.84
Do not be wise in your own eyes,
00:50:07.87\00:50:10.07
fear the Lord
and depart from evil.
00:50:10.11\00:50:12.17
It will be health to your flesh,
00:50:12.21\00:50:13.74
and strength to your bones."
00:50:13.78\00:50:15.54
Now practically speaking,
00:50:15.58\00:50:18.98
I think that
things start in our head.
00:50:19.01\00:50:20.48
I agree.
00:50:20.52\00:50:21.85
Thoughts come in our head,
00:50:21.88\00:50:23.22
things, that's the temptation
we don't have to fall to it.
00:50:23.25\00:50:25.45
But we have to be
prepared instantly
00:50:25.49\00:50:27.79
what are we going to
do with that thought.
00:50:27.82\00:50:30.23
It only takes seconds to
dwell on it and it traps us.
00:50:30.26\00:50:33.90
It grows.
00:50:33.93\00:50:35.30
I have praise.
00:50:35.33\00:50:37.37
The minute
something walks into my head
00:50:37.40\00:50:39.80
that shouldn't be there,
00:50:39.83\00:50:41.40
I have two or three praise songs
00:50:41.44\00:50:43.71
that I just start
singing in my head.
00:50:43.74\00:50:46.21
And we need to be
prepared with something.
00:50:46.24\00:50:48.71
Have a weapon that
you... Make a decision.
00:50:48.74\00:50:51.18
What is your weapon
00:50:51.21\00:50:52.55
when something
comes into your head?
00:50:52.58\00:50:54.92
Be ready to throw it out
00:50:54.95\00:50:56.72
and you've got to
replace it with something,
00:50:56.75\00:50:58.45
it doesn't have
to be a praise song,
00:50:58.49\00:51:00.12
you just figure
out what your weapon is
00:51:00.16\00:51:02.06
to replace it instantly.
00:51:02.09\00:51:03.43
Amen. That's powerful.
00:51:03.46\00:51:04.79
Mollie, just a minute
and then we'll go to prayer.
00:51:04.83\00:51:06.16
Okay.
00:51:06.19\00:51:07.53
What does the Psalmist say
00:51:07.56\00:51:08.90
he does so that he
won't sin against God?
00:51:08.93\00:51:10.63
"Thy Word have I
hid in my heart..."
00:51:10.67\00:51:12.00
"Thy word have I hid in my heart
00:51:12.03\00:51:13.64
that I might not
sin against thee."
00:51:13.67\00:51:15.47
And so we want to walk with...
00:51:15.50\00:51:17.01
We want to have those
clean hands and pure heart
00:51:17.04\00:51:19.54
because who is going to ascend
into the very presence of God?
00:51:19.57\00:51:23.01
We got to have clean
hands and a pure heart.
00:51:23.04\00:51:25.45
And it doesn't just fall on you.
00:51:25.48\00:51:27.98
You know, it does stay.
00:51:28.02\00:51:29.35
You know, we are saved by grace.
00:51:29.38\00:51:30.92
It's not of works.
00:51:30.95\00:51:32.55
It's a free gift,
00:51:32.59\00:51:34.32
but we do need to be
obedient to God's word
00:51:34.36\00:51:39.56
and to fill our
hearts with God's Word
00:51:39.59\00:51:41.93
and allow this Word to
become so strong within us
00:51:41.96\00:51:46.07
that it will speak louder
than the words of the world.
00:51:46.10\00:51:48.84
And, you know,
the Scripture says,
00:51:48.87\00:51:51.94
"Guard your heart
with all vigilance
00:51:51.97\00:51:53.68
and above all that you guard
00:51:53.71\00:51:55.04
for out of it flow
the issues of life."
00:51:55.08\00:51:57.15
Two ways things
get into your heart,
00:51:57.18\00:51:59.35
that is through your
ears and through your eyes,
00:51:59.38\00:52:01.55
so you want to protect
your heart from soiling you,
00:52:01.58\00:52:05.62
from making you impure.
00:52:05.65\00:52:07.56
The way you guard yourself
is that you don't allow things
00:52:07.59\00:52:11.23
through your eye
gate or your ear gate.
00:52:11.26\00:52:13.43
It's very simple to do.
00:52:13.46\00:52:14.96
If you're watching
something that you shouldn't,
00:52:15.00\00:52:17.93
change the channel to 3ABN.
00:52:17.97\00:52:20.94
And if you're listening to
something that you shouldn't,
00:52:20.97\00:52:23.61
turn it off.
00:52:23.64\00:52:25.01
And don't, you know,
00:52:25.04\00:52:26.61
anything that
would bring impurity
00:52:26.64\00:52:28.38
into your heart, and
then study God's Word
00:52:28.41\00:52:32.68
to show yourself approved
00:52:32.71\00:52:34.12
"A workman that
needeth not be ashamed,
00:52:34.15\00:52:36.42
but rightly
dividing the Word of Truth."
00:52:36.45\00:52:38.69
The Psalmist hid
God's word in his heart
00:52:38.72\00:52:41.56
so he wouldn't sin.
00:52:41.59\00:52:43.09
Amen.
00:52:43.12\00:52:44.46
Thank you each,
so much powerful.
00:52:44.49\00:52:46.23
I think one of my
favorites would be Romans 13:14.
00:52:46.26\00:52:49.40
"Put on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and make no provision
00:52:49.43\00:52:52.60
for the flesh to
fulfill its lusts."
00:52:52.63\00:52:54.80
And in my own
experience, that means,
00:52:54.84\00:52:56.74
if that book tempts
me, toss it, you know?
00:52:56.77\00:52:59.51
If this magazine is,
00:52:59.54\00:53:00.91
is pulling me away
from Jesus, get rid of that.
00:53:00.94\00:53:03.65
Whatever it is,
00:53:03.68\00:53:05.01
make no provision for the flash.
00:53:05.05\00:53:06.45
We want to spend
some time in prayer.
00:53:06.48\00:53:08.08
And know that no
matter where you have been
00:53:08.12\00:53:10.69
or what you have done,
the Lord Jesus loves you.
00:53:10.72\00:53:13.42
He wants to cleanse
you and stand you up.
00:53:13.46\00:53:15.86
And He doesn't
stand us up just to,
00:53:15.89\00:53:18.36
"Okay, now we're pure."
00:53:18.39\00:53:19.73
No.
00:53:19.76\00:53:21.10
It is to share that with others
and it is a daily communion
00:53:21.13\00:53:25.43
and walking with the Lord Jesus
00:53:25.47\00:53:27.57
as our best
friend and as our Father.
00:53:27.60\00:53:29.84
We just have a few moments.
00:53:29.87\00:53:31.37
We'll start with Dee and
if we go around the circle
00:53:31.41\00:53:33.34
and spend just a
little time in prayer.
00:53:33.38\00:53:37.45
Our Dear Heavenly Father,
00:53:37.48\00:53:39.18
just thank you for
the purity of Your spirit
00:53:39.21\00:53:42.42
that You will fill
us with Your spirit,
00:53:42.45\00:53:44.95
that You will change
us, that You love us so much
00:53:44.99\00:53:48.59
that You will
walk us down the path
00:53:48.62\00:53:50.46
that we need to go down
that we will stand before you,
00:53:50.49\00:53:54.10
that we will spend
eternity in heaven with You,
00:53:54.13\00:53:57.63
wrapped in Your love, Lord
00:53:57.67\00:54:00.00
because we will be
like You in those days.
00:54:00.04\00:54:03.51
Oh, Father, help each of
us grow in that direction.
00:54:03.54\00:54:07.11
Father, let us
keep our eyes on You
00:54:07.14\00:54:10.75
and let us be
lights to this world
00:54:10.78\00:54:13.15
that will draw
everyone to you Father.
00:54:13.18\00:54:14.85
Thank you.
00:54:14.88\00:54:16.22
We just praise
You and we thank You
00:54:16.25\00:54:17.92
for your
sacrifice, in Jesus' name.
00:54:17.95\00:54:20.02
Amen.
00:54:20.06\00:54:21.39
Father, we come before you
in the name of Jesus Christ
00:54:21.42\00:54:23.69
to ask that you would give
us clean hands and a pure heart.
00:54:23.73\00:54:28.16
We ask in the
name of Jesus, Father,
00:54:28.20\00:54:30.30
that You would
help us to recognize
00:54:30.33\00:54:34.47
when we are not
pleasing to you, Lord,
00:54:34.50\00:54:37.01
when our actions are
off the path of Your ways.
00:54:37.04\00:54:43.04
And we thank You for the promise
00:54:43.08\00:54:45.11
of 1 John 1:9 that,
00:54:45.15\00:54:47.12
"When we confess
our sins before You,
00:54:47.15\00:54:49.28
You're faithful just
to cleanse us of all,
00:54:49.32\00:54:53.39
not only forgive our sins
00:54:53.42\00:54:55.16
but to cleanse us
all in righteousness."
00:54:55.19\00:54:57.39
Thank You, Father.
00:54:57.43\00:54:58.76
So, Father, help
us to keep our eyes
00:54:58.79\00:55:00.20
focused on You,
00:55:00.23\00:55:02.00
fill us with Your
spirit day by day,
00:55:02.03\00:55:04.50
lead us by your good spirit
from one level of Your glory,
00:55:04.53\00:55:08.07
one level of Your
character to the next.
00:55:08.10\00:55:10.51
Thank you, Father.
00:55:10.54\00:55:12.17
Father, I bring everyone
us, everyone that's listening,
00:55:12.21\00:55:15.21
everyone that's viewing,
00:55:15.24\00:55:16.81
all of us here in
this room, Father,
00:55:16.85\00:55:18.68
I stand just before You,
boldly coming before You,
00:55:18.71\00:55:21.72
the throne of grace, Lord.
00:55:21.75\00:55:23.52
And, oh, Father,
00:55:23.55\00:55:25.42
here is my prayer for all of us.
00:55:25.45\00:55:27.66
Search us, O God,
and know our hearts.
00:55:27.69\00:55:30.63
Try us and know our thoughts.
00:55:30.66\00:55:32.99
See if there be any
evil way in us, Father,
00:55:33.03\00:55:35.56
and lead us in the
path that's everlasting.
00:55:35.60\00:55:37.97
We give You permission, O
God, to look into our hearts
00:55:38.00\00:55:42.90
and to bring to the
surface in that purifying,
00:55:42.94\00:55:46.27
in that
perfecting process, Lord,
00:55:46.31\00:55:48.51
bring to the
surface the drought.
00:55:48.54\00:55:50.55
Father, bring it to the surface
that we can deal with it.
00:55:50.58\00:55:53.68
For, Lord, our hearts' cry
is that we will stand before You
00:55:53.72\00:55:57.29
with clean hands
and a pure heart.
00:55:57.32\00:55:59.52
Thank you, Father God.
00:55:59.55\00:56:00.89
Let the words of our mouths
00:56:00.92\00:56:02.96
and the meditations of our hear
00:56:02.99\00:56:05.06
be acceptable in Your side
is our prayer, in Jesus' name.
00:56:05.09\00:56:10.20
And Father as we
continue in prayer,
00:56:10.23\00:56:12.17
we thank You for
the blood of Jesus
00:56:12.20\00:56:14.50
that cleanses us from all sin.
00:56:14.54\00:56:16.91
We thank you that by
the power of your spirit,
00:56:16.94\00:56:19.54
You enable us with Your
white robe of righteousness
00:56:19.57\00:56:23.65
to stand before
the Father justified
00:56:23.68\00:56:26.35
as if we have never sinned.
00:56:26.38\00:56:29.18
Right now, we accept the purity,
00:56:29.22\00:56:31.39
the spotless purity of Jesus,
00:56:31.42\00:56:34.02
and we want to walk
in that purity every day,
00:56:34.06\00:56:37.53
Lord, by looking to
You, by focusing on You,
00:56:37.56\00:56:41.53
by spending time in Your Word.
00:56:41.56\00:56:43.40
We thank You for
the work you've done.
00:56:43.43\00:56:45.87
I pray for my
brothers and sisters at home
00:56:45.90\00:56:47.90
that they would know
who they are in Jesus
00:56:47.94\00:56:51.64
and experience
that sense of value,
00:56:51.67\00:56:54.98
that sense of love,
that sense of purity,
00:56:55.01\00:56:58.11
that only You can give.
00:56:58.15\00:57:00.48
We thank You for Your
goodness and Your mercies,
00:57:00.52\00:57:03.45
and we ask this in the precious
and the holy name of Jesus.
00:57:03.49\00:57:07.16
Amen.
00:57:07.19\00:57:08.59
Thank you so much,
00:57:08.62\00:57:10.03
Dee and Shelly and Miss Mollie,
00:57:10.06\00:57:12.63
for coming and for sharing.
00:57:12.66\00:57:14.33
I know God's going to use
00:57:14.36\00:57:15.70
what you have shared to minister
00:57:15.73\00:57:17.50
and bless many people at home.
00:57:17.53\00:57:19.30
And we thank you
for joining us as well.
00:57:19.33\00:57:22.37
Know that we consider you
a part of the 3ABN family.
00:57:22.40\00:57:26.31
That we will be praying for
you that God would cleanse you
00:57:26.34\00:57:30.05
and stand you up to be
all He's called you to be
00:57:30.08\00:57:33.68
as His son and daughter.
00:57:33.72\00:57:35.08
We'll see you next
time. Happy Sabbath.
00:57:35.12\00:57:37.05