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, happy Sabbath
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and welcome to
3ABN's Family Worship.
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You know, I
believe we're going to have
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a wonderful
evening here together.
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We're going to be talking about
working out your own salvation.
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Now, before you change the
channels, hold on a minute,
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because I truly believe
once we begin to unpack this,
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you're going to
receive a blessing.
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We have already,
and I would just pray
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that the Holy Spirit
will for you as well.
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You know, the
subject we're thinking about
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is one that as a young person
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I really had some
questions, still do,
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haven't learned everything.
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But I really did
because this seemed
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to go against the
grain of scripture
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working out my own salvation
like how can this be done.
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So we pray tonight,
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you know, is gonna
answer the scripture.
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So well, yeah, there it is.
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I believe it. Well, I truly did.
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And before we get any further
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I think we need to tell
everybody at home who we are.
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I'm Chris Shelton
and I'm with my husband.
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And what is your name, husband.
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Well, it's Kenny.
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Pastor Kenny Shelton.
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And to our right,
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you know, once in a while
I slip out the word Timmy...
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And it's my sister-in-law
has done that to me.
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But it kind of fits, Tim Parton.
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What a wonderful
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and I just love it
that he is here today
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because he's going to lead
us in music in a few minutes.
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But you know, Tim, I
was thinking this week
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'cause we had such a
wonderful week together
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last week all of us.
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And I was thinking,
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you know, years ago I
used to watch you on TV,
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I never thought one of
these days we'll be friends.
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Well, see. And I love it.
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That's wonderful.
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It's a privilege
for me to be here.
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I appreciate you
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even if it's just
for my musical skills.
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Oh, no.
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We want more. I know.
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There is some
depth to me, I promise,
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but there is help, we'll see.
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But anyway it's always a
privilege to be with you.
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And thank you
for your friendship
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more than anything,
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thank you for your
insight into the Word of God.
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So I look forward
to sharing together.
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We just love the
musical program with you
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because you're so...
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I mean you're going
out there and signing there
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in the quartet,
whatever and he's back here,
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telling,
directing us and singing,
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he can do all kinds of things,
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oh, God has given
him that kind of a gift.
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But you know
what? It was a blessing.
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I couldn't mow a
straight line in my yard
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and I don't know how to
change the oil in my car...
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Hey! I can do that.
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So I got one
thing I know how to do.
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All you have to do,
Brother Tim, is come over,
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we'll help, we'll
teach you those things.
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Okay.
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Oh, I'm afraid,
yeah, once I get started.
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Yeah, I see that coming.
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Hey, maybe he'll teach us
how to play and sing better,
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that would be a trade up.
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And Tim has been with us
before in Family Worship.
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And to my left,
we have two people
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that haven't been
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Sister Janelle
and Brother Don Owen.
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And you guys
are a couple, right?
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Yes, we are. All right.
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Yes, we are.
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Yes, bingo, but
that was a stutter,
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no, we know that
one you stuttered.
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We are.
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But tell us,
Don, what do you do?
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I know you do a
lot of things for Jesus
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so share some of the
good things that you do.
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Well, just been privileged,
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you know, I just recently
went to a pastoral department
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back in November.
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And that's been a huge blessing.
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God is definitely
chiseling me, and shaping me,
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and getting me
fitted up for a position,
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He has set for me but
also, we work together
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doing addiction
recovery in a community.
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Just saw a need, a
great need in this community,
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there's a lot of hurting people.
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As the song said
mending broken people.
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So we want to
mend broken people.
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And the Lord opened a
door in January of this year
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to go into men's prison.
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Actually just last
night I had several men,
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I've been doing
addiction recovery with them,
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and they are beginning to
see that God does value them
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as the son of God.
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And I think that's been a key.
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So, yeah, lot of stuff we
do, we meet with other couples,
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I'm actually a Bible worker
for Thompsonville as well,
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so you know we're everywhere...
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And you've been to our
church just a couple times.
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And I love it because
you're hands on person
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and you get out
there and you open doors
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before we realize
there's a door to open
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and I love it.
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Well, the Holy
Spirit's the one that does.
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I can't do anything, I'm...
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As I like Jesus
said in Psalm 23,
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said, I'm a worm
and I'm no man, so...
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I'm a worm and I'm no man,
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so let's praise
the Lord for that,
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and Janelle, she's
been a wonderful help to me.
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We've been a blessing growing
with each other in Christ.
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But if it wasn't for Him,
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I don't know where our
marriage really would be.
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Learning more about
each other through marriage,
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we're learning more about
ourselves through our marriage.
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It's interesting how that works.
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And you'll never stop learning.
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No, it doesn't end.
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It's an adventure,
it's a work of a life time.
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So, Sister Janelle,
what do you do here at 3ABN?
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I work in the
publishing department.
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I know you've helped us
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with a lot of
different advertisements,
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and pictures, and things,
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and you do a lot of
graphic work, don't you?
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Yes, it's print,
web, social media,
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our department does
all of that kind of stuff.
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That's wonderful.
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I wish I could
steal all of you guys.
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But I'm glad to be a
part. I'm glad to be a body.
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It is a body, absolutely.
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And as I mentioned earlier
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we're so
blessed that Tim is here
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because Tim's going
to lead us in a medley.
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I called it a melody a while ago
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and he said no it's a medley.
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And it is entitled I
have decided to follow Jesus.
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Are we going to pray first
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or you want to give me a
chance to get on the piano
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while we pray?
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Well, sure, we'll
do that. We'll do that.
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Go ahead. Yeah, good thought.
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All right, we pray.
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Our kind loving heavenly Father,
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we thank You again
for another Sabbath,
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we thank You for
Your love, Your mercy.
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We thank You for
getting us through another week.
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Now we pray as we break
the bread of life together,
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Your Holy
Spirit will lead guide,
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and direct in each of our hearts
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and each of our lives.
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Lord, there are many
out there who are watching,
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may be listening that
they've had a heavy week
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and we asked now that
as we come before thee
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that You will
strengthen and encourage them
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to realize there's
a brighter days ahead,
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specially we get
into the Word of God
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as we get into tonight
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and study this
most wonderful subject
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of working out
your own salvation.
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We pray Your Holy
Spirit will lead, guide,
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and direct and
open hearts and minds
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that we may
understand the subject well.
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Thank You for hearing,
thank You for answering prayer
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and we ask the
blessing upon all of our viewers
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which we're very
grateful and thankful for.
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Now may we each be
filled with Thy Spirit,
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may we just
have a good beginning
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of the Sabbath together,
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studying the Word of
God, in Jesus name, amen.
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Amen.
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I have decided to follow Jesus
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I have decided to follow Jesus
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I have decided to follow Jesus
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No turning back, no turning back
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Though none go with
me, still I will follow
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Though none go with
me, still I will follow
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Though none go with
me, still I will follow
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No turning back,
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No turning back
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Where He leads me I will follow
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Where He leads me I will follow
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Where He leads me I will follow
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I'll go with Him
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with Him All the way
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Amen.
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Praise the Lord. I
love that song, medley.
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You know really that fits
so well with tonight's lesson
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because there at the end
we'll go with Him all the way.
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And that's part of
working out our own salvation.
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Now that title
was not just made up,
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it came from a Bible passage.
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And, Brother
Don, I'm going to ask
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if you would read
Philippians 2:12-13.
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Sure. You guys open your Bibles.
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Okay, opened.
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It says,
"Therefore, my beloved..."
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This is out of New
King James version,
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"As you have always obeyed
not as in my presence only,
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but now much more in my absence
work out your own salvation
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with fear and trembling,
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for it is God
who works in you both
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to will and to do
for his good pleasure."
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Amen. Okay.
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There's a lot just
even in that verse,
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even though it does say
work out your own salvation
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with fear and trembling,
God doesn't leave us there.
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The next sentence,
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"For it is God
which worketh in you
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to both will and to
do His good pleasure."
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So we're going to
unpack that here tonight.
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If you don't mind,
I'm just going to read
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maybe a couple sentences here
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and then we'll just throw
it to everybody else, okay?
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It says, "There are many
who give no decided evidence
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that they are true to
their baptismal vows."
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If I asked you what
your baptismal vows were,
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I don't know if we
could remember all of them.
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You might remember part of them.
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But I think that's
kind of a heavy statement
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'cause we really did take a vow,
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we were talking
about marriage earlier.
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You took a vow. It's a covenant.
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Their zeal is chill.
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Now, I had to highlight this.
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We could talk the
whole rest of the time
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on this one sentence.
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Their zeal is
chilled by formality,
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worldly ambition,
pride, and love of self."
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Maybe we should
just stop right there.
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Formality chilled by formality,
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have you ever been in the church
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where that's what...
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Worn and listless.
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Exactly. Nothing going on.
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And it's just formal,
you're just repetition
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'cause that's what
we're supposed to be doing.
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You know, I go into church
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and I'm not
trying to knock anything,
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but when I see
somebody just like just
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listlessly reading the
Word of God, I'm thinking,
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this is the Word
of God, it's living.
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You should have
life when you read it.
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And when you go in
and people are reading,
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and just start falling asleep
it's like there's no life.
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Where is the life?
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Well, hopefully
we're going to get into
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where the life is tonight.
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And we're going
to talk about that
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'cause we don't
want to just present
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work out your own
salvation without saying
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how we're to do that.
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And God does not leave us alone.
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He equips us, He
gives us a whole armor,
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He is always there,
but we just need to know
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how to tap that.
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When you talk and
you say formality,
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isn't that just something
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that maybe you just kind of
do over, and over, and over.
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You know sometime we
have that tendency to do,
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you know, we've
got a little list
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and we just over,
and over, and over
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until it really
doesn't mean anything.
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I'll use communion
service as an example, you know,
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I believe in
Scripture, it doesn't say
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how often as far as numbers.
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Jesus said do it
as often as you do,
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do it in
remembrance of me until what?
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Until I come again.
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So it's kind of
up to the individual.
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Now to me, now
some churches do it
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and I'm not trying
to criticize or condemn,
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it may be all right.
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If we had communion service
every week, it just for me,
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it might just lose a
little less significance
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and that power
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that's my own
mind, my own thinking
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doesn't necessarily
means that for everybody.
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What I'm hearing you say
is that there's a season,
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there's always a
season, there's always a time,
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and place for things.
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It's more special. Yeah.
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Formalities almost
like they talk about a rut.
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Make sure we
don't get in that rut
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because we lose the
spiritualness excitement,
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you know, the dynamics of
what we come together for.
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You know what?
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There are times when I eat
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just because it's breakfast,
lunch, or dinner time.
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I have thought, you
know, what would it be like
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if you were really
hungry when you ate?
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And so I'll often like,
maybe wait a couple of hours
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after which you
know makes winds it up
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like in the
middle of the afternoon
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when I'm eating lunch
and that knocks dinner
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either off the day's schedule
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or you know in the
middle of the night
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I'll wake up and
think, oh, it's dinner time.
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But when you hunger
for it that's whenever you,
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I think you get to sense more.
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So I think in formality
wise that's the way we are,
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if we will truly hunger
and thirst after righteousness.
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Okay, good. And
it's such a good analogy.
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You probably
will overeat as well.
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But when we're talking
about scripture, you know,
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people that are
hungering and thirsting,
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they're going to
spend more time overeating
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as it were in the Word of God.
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And I think a
lot of the formality
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comes because during the
week we've left God aside.
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He's a weekend
God to many people.
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And so it's just, we're
going through the motions,
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we don't have
that living connection.
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We've got to
learn to get plugged in.
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The next one is
worldly ambition, guys.
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What do you think about that?
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Oh, boy.
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No, the next two words.
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We've only got
to the second one.
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This is a very
needy... It truly, truly is.
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I think the worldly ambition is,
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you know, you want the praise
and the glory you want it,
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you want
adoration, you want praise.
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You're seeking
after those things like
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you're
mentioning blessed are they,
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you know, are
hunger and thirsty.
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It goes on in Matthew 6:33 says,
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"Seek ye first the Kingdom
of God and His righteousness,
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then all things
shall be added unto you."
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Well, we're running
right into the world
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to get what the world's got.
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Well, and you think
that the love of self
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just kind of summarizes
all of those, you know,
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because really the formality
is like a works type thing
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and you're, you know,
you're relying on yourself
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and that's kind of
what we tend to fall into,
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and it's all just
kind of wrapped up in self
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like all of those words,
formality, worldly, ambition,
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pride, love of self,
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that just immediate
compasses all of that.
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I agree. I agree.
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Yeah, does it, does it...
Where it talks about, you know,
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love for, you know, God
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and then you have
the love for the world.
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You can't serve God and
Mammon. How does that fit in?
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In other words,
the love of the world,
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can we really have
the love of the world,
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and ambition of the world
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and still have a
spiritual insight,
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and do what we need to
do in the cause of Christ,
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or do we have to let
go of one of the other.
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Double minded.
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Well, and the Bible also
says pride cometh before fall.
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So all of these
things play a part.
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And even those of us
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who are seeking the
kingdom of God many times
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because in a word
occupy until He comes.
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And you get busy
in worldly things,
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not necessarily worldly things,
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I'm thinking ambition
to do your work basically.
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And sometimes the work
seems to take priority,
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but it shouldn't.
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You know, with us, we
have a lot of other things
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that we take care of.
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We wear many hats
as many of you do.
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But when it comes to
God, we put those hats aside.
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Okay, so it doesn't
have to be anything bad then.
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It doesn't have
to be anything bad,
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but it's something that
maybe we absorb, our intention.
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I think that's why...
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That's what the great
thing about this verse says,
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"To work out, work at,
work through your salvation."
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And realizing in
verse 13 that it's God
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who is all the while
effectually working in you
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to do good, to do His will.
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And so it's a
matter of even though
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we are in the world,
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we don't have
to be of the world.
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And so we are
able to keep in mind
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all these things that,
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you know, we're
easily persuaded to be
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if we get our eyes off of Jesus.
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But once we make the vow
to decide to follow Jesus,
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then He gives us
the ability to work.
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And this is going to
get good, gooder and gooder
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as we break out
what this work out means,
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you know.
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You know in the...
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Maybe Don might talk about too.
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In the Greek, it really
states work out your salvation,
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it's like, we're getting there,
we're going to work it out.
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It says to bring to completion.
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We are to bring to completion,
we're part of the process
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to bring it to
completion with Christ and us
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and making a decision.
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If I could add to that,
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actually I found a
really good translation
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because I've
always kind of wondered
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fear and trembling, that
to me always just popped out,
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you know, what does that
mean, what does that include.
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And this is
amplified classic version,
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I mean, it actually
goes into more depth
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of what you're
saying, Kenny, it says,
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to work out and the
work out part, it says,
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to cultivate, carry out
the goal and fully complete
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and then the fear
and trembling, it says,
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self distrust
with serious caution,
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tenderness of conscience,
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watchfulness against temptation,
00:17:58.74\00:18:00.74
timidly shrinking from
whatever might offend God,
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and discredit
the name of Christ.
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Wow. Amen.
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Isn't that good?
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That is good.
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It just covers all of it.
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It does. That's beautiful.
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That was good. I like that.
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Well, let's see if we can
do one more then, shall we?
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It says, those who experience
the work of true conversion
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which we've been hitting on
that during our talk so far,
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in their hearts will be revealed
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the fruits of the
Spirit and their lives.
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And I thought it might be
good for all of us to review
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what are the
fruits of the spirit.
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You know, the Bible says,
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"By your fruit
you shall know them."
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So we can look at
Galatians 5:22 and 23.
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Yeah, let's look at that.
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Now when we
look at these things,
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somebody is
looking at and be reading.
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I read this is
Spirit of Prophecy,
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I can't help
bring it up every time
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somebody says go off the fruits.
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And I look at all those fruits.
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And as I look over
every one of those fruits,
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I sense in my own spirit, I
failed on every one of them.
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I look at it and I
say, "I come up short,
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" of the real
meaning of these words.
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And then as I
studied little bit more,
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Sister White said on there,
00:19:07.68\00:19:09.28
"If we lack one of
the fruits of the spirit,
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oh, heaven will
not be your home."
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Well that just really got to me
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then because
not just one of them
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but I lacked in all of
them, not intentionally,
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not just, oh, I'm trying
to profess to be this or that.
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But I looked at those fruits,
and if you really get down
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to the depth of
what the Bible defines
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and Christ life
of what He lived...
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I missed the
mark and I'm saying,
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Lord, help me to learn
these fruits of the Spirit,
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help me to love because I can't
afford to have not one missing.
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When you have Christ sitting
on the throne of your heart,
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you won't have one missing.
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Thank you. Yeah, yeah.
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Christ sounds and
that's what it is.
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And that's what we're
talking about tonight,
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that's what we're
trying to unpackaged
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of how we can add all of this.
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And there's the
people though they are saved,
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what Brother Don, just said,
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"Well, He is lord of
my life. He is that."
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And then, "Oh, man,
I lost my patience."
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You know so...
00:20:02.83\00:20:04.30
But you're in
that Paul scenario.
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Yes, yeah, he's
in there probably,
00:20:05.97\00:20:07.60
that you have
to look at and say,
00:20:07.64\00:20:08.97
"You know, what do we do?" Yes.
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But that's the cool thing
00:20:11.51\00:20:13.24
that this has been translated
to work out from what you said,
00:20:13.27\00:20:16.68
it really didn't have it
so much to do with working out
00:20:16.71\00:20:19.75
from what you
said the Greek was,
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but work out
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even though it does
in a long way but for us,
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and I don't know
how long this has been
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translated this way,
but work out indicates
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there is an effort on
our part and a process.
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So it's not so much
just having arrived,
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you know, I would love
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to be able to go out bench press
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500 pounds first time or
like a millionth time even,
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but I won't even know
about the millionth time
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because I can't get
through the first time
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so I'm fooling on that.
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So, but for the fact
that we have the privilege,
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God is so patient and
loving and it is a process,
00:20:58.99\00:21:01.46
it's a journey
just like your marriage,
00:21:01.49\00:21:03.16
it's the adventure
00:21:03.19\00:21:05.43
of going through all
these, getting there,
00:21:05.46\00:21:08.40
arriving and I
haven't yet arrived,
00:21:08.43\00:21:10.47
but I'm on my way.
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Now you say the word in
the Scripture says "own,"
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that means you have ownership.
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You have to have ownership,
what you just said you own it,
00:21:17.71\00:21:19.57
it's yours.
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Yeah, you got to own it.
00:21:20.98\00:21:22.31
You got to come to completion
is what we're looking at here.
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You own it.
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So I didn't get off of the
fruit of the spirit though.
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No, 'cause it brings to my mind.
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You talk about
Jesus, you're talking about,
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it says first the
blade, then the ear,
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and then the full corn,
completion's way up here.
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You know what stage is
this in when it first comes up
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and that stage is perfection.
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That's right.
00:21:40.23\00:21:41.56
Right, we're just
popping through the soil,
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you can't look and say,
"Oh, it's not the ear corn,
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it's perfect in that stage
00:21:46.57\00:21:48.54
that it's in for
what a person knows."
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I think that's awesome.
00:21:50.71\00:21:52.17
Say, I'm not, you know,
I'm not where maybe you're at,
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I'm not where
somebody else is at,
00:21:55.31\00:21:56.81
but I just need to be
00:21:56.85\00:21:58.18
where I'm at with
God in my relationship
00:21:58.21\00:21:59.98
what I understand
is truth and right.
00:22:00.02\00:22:01.62
This is the true conversion,
00:22:01.65\00:22:02.98
you know, and that speaks
to me because just like Peter,
00:22:03.02\00:22:05.92
you know, Peter was,
I'll never leave you,
00:22:05.95\00:22:07.32
Lord, I'm not going to...
00:22:07.36\00:22:08.69
I'll follow you
wherever you go."
00:22:08.72\00:22:10.19
Once the cock crows
three time, you would deny me.
00:22:10.23\00:22:12.43
How many of us had
done that and denied Him.
00:22:12.46\00:22:15.50
But true conversion is
when you see like Christ said,
00:22:15.53\00:22:18.33
you know, I'm always
about my Father's business.
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And what did He go to do?
00:22:20.17\00:22:21.50
He went to seek
and save the lost.
00:22:21.54\00:22:23.51
Is that our mission?
00:22:23.54\00:22:25.07
Is that our own personal mission
00:22:25.11\00:22:26.44
each one of us to seek
and save those around us
00:22:26.47\00:22:28.54
who are perishing for
want of knowledge of Jesus.
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Good. So very, very true.
00:22:30.71\00:22:32.78
And this all plays a part of it
00:22:32.81\00:22:34.92
because as the Lord continues
to bring these things to us,
00:22:34.95\00:22:38.62
part of this is
through the Spirit of Prophecy,
00:22:38.65\00:22:40.72
part of it through the Bible,
00:22:40.76\00:22:42.16
then when we see as
Pastor Kenny brought,
00:22:42.19\00:22:45.49
you know, some
vividly to our minds
00:22:45.53\00:22:47.50
that we fall short,
00:22:47.53\00:22:49.20
okay then we
partake that to the Lord
00:22:49.23\00:22:51.23
and allow the great
physician to do an operation.
00:22:51.27\00:22:53.80
But let's go back for those,
00:22:53.84\00:22:55.27
there may be some of you
who have never even heard.
00:22:55.30\00:22:57.67
You think what in the world
are the fruits of the spirit?
00:22:57.71\00:23:00.51
What do you mean
we have by them...
00:23:00.54\00:23:02.51
We'll know them by
their fruits. That's right.
00:23:02.54\00:23:04.51
We do not believe
00:23:04.55\00:23:05.88
and we can work
our way into heaven,
00:23:05.91\00:23:07.75
so we want to make sure,
00:23:07.78\00:23:09.12
just get that clear
and then we want to go back
00:23:09.15\00:23:10.69
and discuss more and
more, but people keep saying,
00:23:10.72\00:23:12.95
you know, lot of times add this,
00:23:12.99\00:23:14.32
you do things,
you're working your way,
00:23:14.36\00:23:16.16
salvation is not by works.
00:23:16.19\00:23:18.43
I don't care if you work 24/7,
00:23:18.46\00:23:20.56
works is not going to
make up for the sacrifice
00:23:20.60\00:23:22.73
that was made on
which Calvary's Cross.
00:23:22.76\00:23:24.17
1 John 4:19 says, "We love
Him because He first loved us."
00:23:24.20\00:23:26.77
First loved us. Yeah. Okay kids.
00:23:26.80\00:23:29.34
Romans 3 talks about going
right into the Bible, right?
00:23:29.37\00:23:31.81
Saved by faith, right?
00:23:31.84\00:23:33.94
By grace through
faith, it's a gift.
00:23:33.98\00:23:35.94
I'm sorry, honey,
we're going somewhere else.
00:23:35.98\00:23:38.08
I've promise them that
I was going to read this.
00:23:38.11\00:23:44.29
I don't care if
someone else reads it,
00:23:44.32\00:23:46.02
but we were going
to read this for you,
00:23:46.05\00:23:47.82
it's Galatians 5 if
you have your Bibles out.
00:23:47.86\00:23:50.59
Galatians 5:22 and 23.
00:23:50.63\00:23:53.90
But I'm going to start
before they interrupt me again.
00:23:53.93\00:23:56.67
"But the fruit of the
Spirit is love, joy, peace,
00:23:56.70\00:24:01.30
longsuffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith,
00:24:01.34\00:24:04.81
meekness,
temperance against such..."
00:24:04.84\00:24:07.88
And I love this
because this work
00:24:07.91\00:24:09.48
so well with
Galatians of Paul's writings,
00:24:09.51\00:24:12.28
"Against such there is no law."
00:24:12.31\00:24:14.78
How different
our world would be,
00:24:14.82\00:24:16.48
how different our
marriages would be,
00:24:16.52\00:24:18.85
how different bringing
up our children would be
00:24:18.89\00:24:21.29
if we would just...
00:24:21.32\00:24:23.32
First of all be truly converted
00:24:23.36\00:24:25.29
because then God wants to impart
00:24:25.33\00:24:26.73
all these fruits
of the Holy Spirit
00:24:26.76\00:24:29.80
into our hearts
and into our minds.
00:24:29.83\00:24:31.93
So I think we've
probably talked about it
00:24:31.97\00:24:34.84
before we told you what it was.
00:24:34.87\00:24:36.64
Yeah. Well,
that's the way to do it.
00:24:36.67\00:24:38.14
It's interesting
too like those verses,
00:24:38.17\00:24:40.14
you know, leading up
to verse 22, it tells you,
00:24:40.18\00:24:42.64
kind of like what the
opposite of those things
00:24:42.68\00:24:45.21
the works of the flesh
and He unpacks and tells us,
00:24:45.25\00:24:49.25
you know, what
our tendencies are.
00:24:49.28\00:24:52.15
But we don't have to
have those tendencies
00:24:52.19\00:24:54.16
'cause, you
know, it's kind of like
00:24:54.19\00:24:56.42
but in verse 22, "But
the fruit of the Spirit,"
00:24:56.46\00:25:00.70
you know, and then all
those things that you read that,
00:25:00.73\00:25:04.03
you know, like, verse 19,
00:25:04.07\00:25:05.47
it says, "The
works of the flesh,"
00:25:05.50\00:25:06.90
and, you know,
when we're in the flesh,
00:25:06.94\00:25:08.94
we're going to
have all those other,
00:25:08.97\00:25:10.67
you know, bad
things, bad tendencies.
00:25:10.71\00:25:14.01
But if we're
filled with the spirit,
00:25:14.04\00:25:15.54
then we'll have all
those things that you read.
00:25:15.58\00:25:18.51
And I think that's
the beautiful thing
00:25:18.55\00:25:19.88
is He doesn't leave us to guess,
00:25:19.91\00:25:22.65
you know, what the
works of the flesh are.
00:25:22.68\00:25:24.29
He just, you know,
00:25:24.32\00:25:25.65
He names out what
those things are and...
00:25:25.69\00:25:28.16
I truly think people
become discouraged many times
00:25:28.19\00:25:31.13
because they read
that and they think,
00:25:31.16\00:25:32.49
"Oh, well, that's why I
am," this is the type of thing.
00:25:32.53\00:25:34.66
I don't have these
kind of fruits in my...
00:25:34.70\00:25:36.80
That's not part of my
mind, it's not part of my heart.
00:25:36.83\00:25:39.63
But the beautiful thing
working out our own salvation,
00:25:39.67\00:25:43.07
a big part of that even though
we're not to that point yet,
00:25:43.10\00:25:46.17
is submitting our will,
submitting our will and saying,
00:25:46.21\00:25:50.78
"God, help me."
00:25:50.81\00:25:52.28
God, you know, He
wants to give new life to us.
00:25:52.31\00:25:56.79
He wants to
recreate His image within us.
00:25:56.82\00:26:00.42
But we have to,
00:26:00.46\00:26:01.79
He doesn't have the
right because the enemy,
00:26:01.82\00:26:03.22
remember, the enemy
has controlled this world.
00:26:03.26\00:26:06.19
He has a right once we reach
out and say, "Lord, help me."
00:26:06.23\00:26:09.53
Amen. "Lord I want this."
00:26:09.56\00:26:11.27
You go first,
00:26:11.30\00:26:12.63
because you'll say
something spiritual.
00:26:12.67\00:26:14.17
Oh, 'cause... We're claiming.
00:26:14.20\00:26:16.64
Well, I was just going to
say when I take a look around
00:26:16.67\00:26:19.04
and I realize
people, this is coming from
00:26:19.07\00:26:22.38
where we've been
doing addiction recover
00:26:22.41\00:26:23.78
and being in prison.
00:26:23.81\00:26:25.61
People don't
realize their value.
00:26:25.65\00:26:28.02
That's the key,
they don't really realize
00:26:28.05\00:26:29.68
their value in God.
00:26:29.72\00:26:31.49
And when they begin to
realize their value in God,
00:26:31.52\00:26:33.72
then true
conversion will take place.
00:26:33.76\00:26:35.99
When you realize that you
are a son or a daughter of God,
00:26:36.02\00:26:39.09
that's when true
conversion to me takes place.
00:26:39.13\00:26:41.06
It took me 40
some years to learn.
00:26:41.10\00:26:42.80
I'm still learning it
00:26:42.83\00:26:44.17
but I'm
understanding more and more,
00:26:44.20\00:26:45.67
especially when you
get in these prisons,
00:26:45.70\00:26:47.04
you see these men like asking,
00:26:47.07\00:26:48.40
you know, "Do
you love yourself?"
00:26:48.44\00:26:50.27
I ask them the two
greatest commandments
00:26:50.31\00:26:51.64
is love God with all
your heart, mind and soul.
00:26:51.67\00:26:53.31
And second is like, love your
neighbors as you love yourself.
00:26:53.34\00:26:55.94
First you have to love yourself
00:26:55.98\00:26:57.95
before you can
love your neighbor.
00:26:57.98\00:27:00.22
Oh, I said, "Do
you love yourself?"
00:27:00.25\00:27:02.98
I didn't really love myself.
00:27:03.02\00:27:04.45
So how can you
have true conversion
00:27:04.49\00:27:06.05
if you don't even
know how to love yourself?
00:27:06.09\00:27:08.02
It was, when you found out
how valuable you are to heaven.
00:27:08.06\00:27:14.10
In other words, who
gave His life for you,
00:27:14.13\00:27:16.70
King of kings and
Lord of lords right there.
00:27:16.73\00:27:18.80
So I can never go
around regardless of
00:27:18.83\00:27:20.97
how bad things might
be, say, nobody loves me.
00:27:21.00\00:27:23.51
And I know, lot of you say
that because you did maybe no,
00:27:23.54\00:27:27.11
but I know all of
heaven loves them,
00:27:27.14\00:27:29.04
I know all of heaven does.
00:27:29.08\00:27:30.78
And you are so valuable
that Jesus gave His life,
00:27:30.81\00:27:33.68
He came down here with
the risk of not going back.
00:27:33.72\00:27:36.62
I can't bear people to preach
something different than that
00:27:36.65\00:27:38.49
and you get railed
up just to be honest
00:27:38.52\00:27:41.06
'cause He is my example,
00:27:41.09\00:27:42.72
you know, what would have been,
00:27:42.76\00:27:44.33
well, He's guarantee
He's come down and guarantee
00:27:44.36\00:27:45.93
He's going right back,
00:27:45.96\00:27:47.30
you know, He's
going to make it anyway.
00:27:47.33\00:27:48.66
No, with the risk of losing
never going back to heaven.
00:27:48.70\00:27:51.90
Wow, awesome thought.
00:27:51.93\00:27:53.50
So you are valuable.
I think it's beautiful.
00:27:53.54\00:27:56.37
I've heard
somebody say sometimes
00:27:56.40\00:27:57.74
salvation is not of works,
but it has to be worked out.
00:27:57.77\00:28:02.14
That's so interesting.
Interesting thought.
00:28:02.18\00:28:03.51
Yes. Yes.
00:28:03.55\00:28:04.88
But it has to be worked out.
00:28:04.91\00:28:06.25
There is something that
has to be done on our part
00:28:06.28\00:28:09.78
even though Christ
has done it all, right?
00:28:09.82\00:28:12.49
He's done it all so don't
everybody get confused here.
00:28:12.52\00:28:15.09
But there's, you
know, sometime we go,
00:28:15.12\00:28:17.43
sometime we have to say, yes.
00:28:17.46\00:28:19.53
You know, something simple...
00:28:19.56\00:28:20.90
Go ahead. I'm sorry. Amen.
00:28:20.93\00:28:22.26
Well, let's
start in another one.
00:28:22.30\00:28:23.63
Oh, let's start in another one.
00:28:23.67\00:28:25.00
Let's speak a little bit more
00:28:25.03\00:28:26.37
from Spirit of
Prophecy as it reads,
00:28:26.40\00:28:27.90
"O that those who have
so little spiritual life
00:28:27.94\00:28:31.27
would realize..."
00:28:31.31\00:28:32.64
Oh, boy, when I
just read that part,
00:28:32.67\00:28:34.64
I thought of those I
love, that would realize
00:28:34.68\00:28:38.05
"that eternal
life can be granted..."
00:28:38.08\00:28:40.38
And I had to
highlight this word,
00:28:40.42\00:28:42.08
"Only to those who become
00:28:42.12\00:28:46.89
partakers of the divine nature.
00:28:46.92\00:28:48.99
I mentioned it few minutes ago.
00:28:49.02\00:28:50.49
He wants to recreate
in us His divine nature.
00:28:50.53\00:28:55.16
And escape the corruption
00:28:55.20\00:28:57.20
that is in the
world through lust.
00:28:57.23\00:29:00.17
This is a big...
00:29:00.20\00:29:02.97
It's so panoramic
when you break down,
00:29:03.00\00:29:05.91
when you begin to
unpackage even that one sentence
00:29:05.94\00:29:08.94
because we know that
the enemy is out to kill,
00:29:08.98\00:29:11.65
steal and destroy.
00:29:11.68\00:29:13.05
He's working
sorcery throughout the land,
00:29:13.08\00:29:15.35
throughout the whole world.
00:29:15.38\00:29:16.95
And, you know, he'll
give you so much truth,
00:29:16.99\00:29:20.52
but he'll put in
just enough err...
00:29:20.56\00:29:22.06
Oh, a little poison.
00:29:22.09\00:29:23.43
To keep you
from following Christ
00:29:23.46\00:29:24.83
the way that we
should to keep us
00:29:24.86\00:29:26.96
'cause we're to worship
God in spirit and in truth.
00:29:27.00\00:29:30.27
Amen. He's definitely a spirit.
00:29:30.30\00:29:32.90
He wants your worship,
but it's not always in truth.
00:29:32.93\00:29:35.60
Yes.
00:29:35.64\00:29:36.97
So what do you
guys think about that?
00:29:37.01\00:29:38.34
Well, what is our dependence?
00:29:38.37\00:29:39.71
You know, I've looked at it.
00:29:39.74\00:29:41.08
My dependence for
salvation is on His merits.
00:29:41.11\00:29:44.81
It has to be on His
strength, on His power,
00:29:44.85\00:29:47.58
on His victory
because I have nothing myself
00:29:47.62\00:29:49.85
because all of sin...
00:29:49.88\00:29:51.22
Fallen short.
00:29:51.25\00:29:52.59
Fallen short, right?
00:29:52.62\00:29:53.96
We're on the death penalty.
00:29:53.99\00:29:55.32
So that we have
nothing which is good to give.
00:29:55.36\00:29:57.33
But we have to live a
life that's, I want to say,
00:29:57.36\00:30:01.03
operated and
constructed and operated
00:30:01.06\00:30:03.00
by the Holy
Spirit of God, you know,
00:30:03.03\00:30:05.77
and live out the
principle, by the grace of God,
00:30:05.80\00:30:07.74
live out the
principles of scripture here.
00:30:07.77\00:30:10.71
Live a life that's consistent
with scripture right here,
00:30:10.74\00:30:14.38
principle of heaven.
00:30:14.41\00:30:15.81
Like character building.
Yeah, like character building.
00:30:15.84\00:30:17.81
Romans 3, yeah, go ahead.
00:30:17.85\00:30:19.18
That word partaker...
00:30:19.21\00:30:20.55
You've hit on my head.
00:30:20.58\00:30:21.92
Partakers.
00:30:21.95\00:30:23.28
I was mentioning...
00:30:23.32\00:30:24.65
Kind of like
you're one or something.
00:30:24.69\00:30:26.02
Yeah, it is.
00:30:26.05\00:30:27.39
Yeah, that happens a lot.
00:30:27.42\00:30:29.29
I think that's a great
word though is partakers,
00:30:29.32\00:30:31.56
and how do we partake?
00:30:31.59\00:30:33.29
How do we partake
of the divine nature?
00:30:33.33\00:30:35.53
See, part of this,
00:30:35.56\00:30:36.97
this is what this
lesson is so wonderful
00:30:37.00\00:30:39.50
because we're going to find out
00:30:39.53\00:30:40.87
that there's power
in the Word of God.
00:30:40.90\00:30:42.47
Amen.
00:30:42.50\00:30:43.84
There is power in
claiming those promises.
00:30:43.87\00:30:46.07
And the only way that
we can become partakers
00:30:46.11\00:30:49.04
is by
submitting our will to God,
00:30:49.08\00:30:51.85
but it doesn't stop there.
00:30:51.88\00:30:53.21
He wants us to learn.
00:30:53.25\00:30:54.88
We are responsible
for what we have time
00:30:54.92\00:30:57.22
to soak in, to learn,
to drink up of God's Word.
00:30:57.25\00:31:00.76
You mentioned eating, to overeat
00:31:00.79\00:31:02.76
of that word many
times 'cause we're hungering
00:31:02.79\00:31:04.79
and thirsting for righteousness.
00:31:04.83\00:31:06.33
We want those
fruits of the Spirit.
00:31:06.36\00:31:08.16
Wonderful promises,
I wrote a couple here.
00:31:08.20\00:31:10.63
One, 1 Peter, listen
to this, 1 Peter 1:23.
00:31:10.67\00:31:15.27
It reads, "Being born again..."
00:31:15.30\00:31:17.37
See God wants us
to be born again.
00:31:17.41\00:31:20.21
He knows we're as filthy
rags, we've made mistakes.
00:31:20.24\00:31:24.05
He said, "Being born
again not of corruptible seed
00:31:24.08\00:31:27.48
but of
incorruptible by the Word of God
00:31:27.52\00:31:31.75
which liveth
and bideth forever."
00:31:31.79\00:31:34.79
So when we claim that
Word, there's power in His Word.
00:31:34.82\00:31:38.99
Many times when we're
praying for those who are sick,
00:31:39.03\00:31:41.43
that's kind of a
touchy one, you know,
00:31:41.46\00:31:43.43
for different ones that are sick
00:31:43.47\00:31:44.80
or have different problems,
00:31:44.83\00:31:47.10
we need to come
back to God's Word
00:31:47.14\00:31:48.70
and claim those
promises for them.
00:31:48.74\00:31:51.17
I mentioned a long time ago,
00:31:51.21\00:31:53.07
when we were gonna move
to Thompsonville from Vienna,
00:31:53.11\00:31:55.64
and I had been laying there
00:31:55.68\00:31:57.01
for two hours
crying and thinking,
00:31:57.05\00:31:59.11
"Oh, you know, Pastor
Kenny and his brother Danny,
00:31:59.15\00:32:01.98
this is just one of
their little concoctions."
00:32:02.02\00:32:05.69
Close your ears.
00:32:05.72\00:32:07.12
We had been there
for a long, long time.
00:32:07.16\00:32:09.56
I didn't mind to
travel, didn't mind to go.
00:32:09.59\00:32:11.89
I just liked to
always come back home.
00:32:11.93\00:32:14.16
And I laid there, and
I didn't have a peace,
00:32:14.20\00:32:18.73
I didn't have a peace.
00:32:18.77\00:32:20.10
And I remember telling God,
00:32:20.14\00:32:21.84
"God, You talk to
us through Your Word."
00:32:21.87\00:32:24.94
Come on now.
00:32:24.97\00:32:26.31
"Would You please speak to
me this morning from Your Word."
00:32:26.34\00:32:29.98
The first passage I
opened up, part of it read,
00:32:30.01\00:32:33.85
"And in the land
that thou goest to posses,
00:32:33.88\00:32:36.82
I will bless thee."
00:32:36.85\00:32:39.35
True. It didn't matter.
00:32:39.39\00:32:43.02
Start packing up.
That's about it, Paul.
00:32:43.06\00:32:45.63
We're moving. We're moving.
00:32:45.66\00:32:47.83
So you see what I'm saying.
00:32:47.86\00:32:49.20
My will, that's part of this.
00:32:49.23\00:32:50.77
My will had to die.
00:32:50.80\00:32:52.53
My will, it was no longer.
00:32:52.57\00:32:54.07
It was not my will
but Thy will be done.
00:32:54.10\00:32:57.07
So once He gave me that promise,
00:32:57.11\00:32:59.04
I thought, "I'm
going. I'm going."
00:32:59.07\00:33:02.71
You know, in our recovery group,
00:33:02.74\00:33:04.15
we do hit on it, I was
just going to share that.
00:33:04.18\00:33:06.08
Step three says,
"We made a decision..."
00:33:06.11\00:33:07.72
Go on.
00:33:07.75\00:33:09.08
"To turn our wills and
lives over to the care of God."
00:33:09.12\00:33:12.62
And that's what we share
00:33:12.65\00:33:13.99
and, you know,
have made that decision.
00:33:14.02\00:33:15.36
Have you made that decision,
you know, to really say,
00:33:15.39\00:33:16.93
like you're
saying, you got to submit?
00:33:16.96\00:33:18.29
That's that vow.
00:33:18.33\00:33:19.66
Yeah, exactly.
You make a decision.
00:33:19.69\00:33:21.03
It's cool.
00:33:21.06\00:33:22.40
Yeah, turning over,
so are you going to turn
00:33:22.43\00:33:23.77
your will and
life over to His care?
00:33:23.80\00:33:25.13
Yeah.
00:33:25.17\00:33:26.50
He knows the
beginning from the end,
00:33:26.53\00:33:27.87
do you trust Him?
00:33:27.90\00:33:29.24
You know, I tell about
people like if you were to,
00:33:29.27\00:33:30.61
somebody says,
blindfold you and say,
00:33:30.64\00:33:31.97
"Lean
backwards, I'll catch you."
00:33:32.01\00:33:33.34
Would you
believe he'll catch you?
00:33:33.38\00:33:34.71
Yeah.
00:33:34.74\00:33:36.08
Even if somebody
that you somewhat trust,
00:33:36.11\00:33:38.98
maybe a brother, he
may be sometime say,
00:33:39.01\00:33:40.68
"Just come on..."
You've been there.
00:33:40.72\00:33:42.25
Sometime we've been
fooled a little bit.
00:33:42.28\00:33:43.62
Uh-huh. Yes.
00:33:43.65\00:33:44.99
But I like that
we're talking about,
00:33:45.02\00:33:46.35
you know, keeping the promises,
00:33:46.39\00:33:47.72
you know, covenant we
make with God agreement.
00:33:47.76\00:33:49.82
You know, Bible says it's better
00:33:49.86\00:33:51.19
not to make one than to
make it and then break it,
00:33:51.23\00:33:53.70
you know, 'cause
things really go,
00:33:53.73\00:33:55.06
but you got me going on
00:33:55.10\00:33:56.43
'cause I knew I
marked something down here
00:33:56.46\00:33:57.90
because it says,
"Partakers of divine nature."
00:33:57.93\00:34:00.34
You saw it and
said, "Is this possible?"
00:34:00.37\00:34:03.41
In the little
article in Review and Herald,
00:34:03.44\00:34:05.34
6, page 32 says this.
00:34:05.37\00:34:08.11
Just read it because
that's what people are asking.
00:34:08.14\00:34:11.41
Is it really
possible? Divine nature?
00:34:11.45\00:34:13.75
Right. Do we really need it?
00:34:13.78\00:34:15.42
You know, without divine
nature we are in trouble.
00:34:15.45\00:34:18.15
Yes. We can't
operate in the flesh.
00:34:18.19\00:34:20.76
We have to have divine nature,
but knows how is this possible?
00:34:20.79\00:34:23.69
It says, "Of ourselves,
we can do no good thing."
00:34:23.73\00:34:27.86
Okay? I think we agree on that.
00:34:27.90\00:34:30.07
"How then can we be
partakers of divine nature?
00:34:30.10\00:34:34.10
By coming to Jesus
Christ just as we are."
00:34:34.14\00:34:38.77
See, I like that.
That's the first step.
00:34:38.81\00:34:40.64
Come to Him just like we are,
00:34:40.68\00:34:42.74
now, needy, helpless, dependant.
00:34:42.78\00:34:46.68
Amen.
00:34:46.72\00:34:48.05
Like a little baby,
you can't feed yourself,
00:34:48.08\00:34:49.42
you can't change yourself,
you can't wash yourself,
00:34:49.45\00:34:51.35
you're in a mess. Yeah.
00:34:51.39\00:34:52.85
Come to Him like
we are. That's right.
00:34:52.89\00:34:54.26
"Lord, I'm..." Tell
Him. "Lord, I'm in a mess.
00:34:54.29\00:34:56.66
I'm in a big mess." He knows.
00:34:56.69\00:34:58.03
He already knows that,
doesn't that help us...
00:34:58.06\00:35:00.20
Yes. To say we're in a mess?
00:35:00.23\00:35:01.56
Notice what it says.
00:35:01.60\00:35:02.93
"He died to make
it possible for us
00:35:02.96\00:35:04.73
to be partakers of
His divine nature."
00:35:04.77\00:35:06.87
Amen.
00:35:06.90\00:35:08.24
"He took upon Himself humanity
that we might uplift humanity.
00:35:08.27\00:35:13.14
With the golden
chains of his matchless love
00:35:13.17\00:35:16.24
he has bound us to
the throne of God."
00:35:16.28\00:35:19.81
Yes. I'm getting goosebumps.
00:35:19.85\00:35:21.55
"We are to have power to
overcome as He overcame."
00:35:21.58\00:35:24.79
Amen.
00:35:24.82\00:35:26.15
See the goosebumps,
they're jumping out on me.
00:35:26.19\00:35:28.39
Well, it's an awesome
thing to think that our Savior,
00:35:28.42\00:35:30.93
the King of the
universe would care that much
00:35:30.96\00:35:32.63
about the no good like me.
00:35:32.66\00:35:34.50
That's right.
It's okay to say that.
00:35:34.53\00:35:35.86
We are no good,
that's what the Bible says
00:35:35.90\00:35:38.33
that care so much for me,
00:35:38.37\00:35:40.27
He was willing
to come down here,
00:35:40.30\00:35:41.64
He took our human nature
after 4,000 years, you see?
00:35:41.67\00:35:45.54
But He was down right with us,
00:35:45.57\00:35:48.34
willing to go through
whatever, so that we could do...
00:35:48.38\00:35:52.21
We could wind up with Him. Amen.
00:35:52.25\00:35:53.62
We could make contract with Him
00:35:53.65\00:35:54.98
that He's going
to win in victory,
00:35:55.02\00:35:56.92
and I can take that by faith
that victory into my hard life
00:35:56.95\00:36:00.16
and gain what I need
for eternal salvation.
00:36:00.19\00:36:03.02
I just think it's
awesome we serve such a Savior.
00:36:03.06\00:36:05.13
That last part that we can
have the same power to overcome.
00:36:05.16\00:36:09.23
A lot of people, I
think, they just think,
00:36:09.26\00:36:10.87
"Oh, I'll pray for that power
and just automatically comes."
00:36:10.90\00:36:13.44
But how did Christ, on earth,
00:36:13.47\00:36:15.70
get His power
when He became human?
00:36:15.74\00:36:17.91
Remember, at 13
He's in the temple,
00:36:17.94\00:36:20.48
what was He doing?
00:36:20.51\00:36:21.84
Expounding scriptures. Yes.
00:36:21.88\00:36:23.35
Expounding scriptures.
00:36:23.38\00:36:24.71
When the devil
tempted Him relentlessly
00:36:24.75\00:36:28.28
after He had been fasting
for 40 days and 40 nights.
00:36:28.32\00:36:31.52
What did He do? "It is
written. It is written."
00:36:31.55\00:36:37.56
So the power comes
back to what God has
00:36:37.59\00:36:40.86
so wonderfully preserved
for each and every one of us.
00:36:40.90\00:36:43.93
I want to give everybody
one more wonderful promise
00:36:43.97\00:36:47.20
that we can claim.
00:36:47.24\00:36:48.57
This one is 2
Peter 1:4. 2 Peter 1:4.
00:36:48.60\00:36:53.68
It reads, "Whereby are given
00:36:53.71\00:36:56.78
unto us exceeding
great and precious..."
00:36:56.81\00:36:59.85
What kind of promises? Precious.
00:36:59.88\00:37:01.28
Precious.
00:37:01.32\00:37:02.65
They're great and
they are precious.
00:37:02.68\00:37:04.42
"That by these ye
may be partakers of..."
00:37:04.45\00:37:06.96
Here we go. "The divine nature."
00:37:06.99\00:37:09.52
That's the key.
00:37:09.56\00:37:11.09
These promises, the Word of
God that we may be partakers...
00:37:11.13\00:37:15.33
We couldn't have
that, honey, could we?
00:37:15.36\00:37:18.20
We couldn't have
the divine nature
00:37:18.23\00:37:20.64
unless He came down
00:37:20.67\00:37:22.00
and he lived a
victorious life and died.
00:37:22.04\00:37:23.37
Yeah.
00:37:23.41\00:37:24.74
He died so that
you could have that,
00:37:24.77\00:37:26.94
so that I could have that.
00:37:26.98\00:37:28.31
That's awesome. Amen.
00:37:28.34\00:37:29.68
And it goes... I
mean, it's simple maybe...
00:37:29.71\00:37:31.05
But it's still
awesome when you put it...
00:37:31.08\00:37:32.55
And it goes back
right here to going back...
00:37:32.58\00:37:35.38
He died, so He
preserved all of this for us,
00:37:35.42\00:37:37.75
but we get it from
the book that He gave us.
00:37:37.79\00:37:41.19
So these great
and precious promises
00:37:41.22\00:37:43.16
"That we may be
partakers of the divine nature,
00:37:43.19\00:37:45.66
having escaped..."
00:37:45.69\00:37:47.03
As you mentioned earlier.
00:37:47.06\00:37:48.40
"The corruption that is
in the world through lust."
00:37:48.43\00:37:51.33
That's the power,
that's getting to know Him,
00:37:51.37\00:37:54.27
that's how He speaks to us.
00:37:54.30\00:37:55.77
Sure, there is times
that He has spoken audibly,
00:37:55.80\00:37:58.57
there's been times
He's visited people,
00:37:58.61\00:38:00.44
He visited John on
the Isle of Patmos,
00:38:00.48\00:38:02.98
you know, we
know of other times,
00:38:03.01\00:38:04.35
He's visited people.
00:38:04.38\00:38:05.91
Praise God that He
left all of us His Word,
00:38:05.95\00:38:09.75
and that's why the
enemy doesn't like this Word.
00:38:09.78\00:38:12.45
He tries to change the Word,
00:38:12.49\00:38:15.09
he tries to make
the Word of none effect.
00:38:15.12\00:38:17.13
Oh, he's dirty.
00:38:17.16\00:38:18.49
I had someone I was
working with many years ago,
00:38:18.53\00:38:22.00
and they were Catholic,
and they wanted to talk,
00:38:22.03\00:38:26.23
they were beginning to read.
00:38:26.27\00:38:27.60
They had read a Sunday Law book
00:38:27.64\00:38:29.70
that was about the
Sunday versus Sabbath,
00:38:29.74\00:38:32.01
and they wanted to know
00:38:32.04\00:38:33.38
if it was true, and they kept...
00:38:33.41\00:38:34.74
They said, "Well, I
want to talk to the priest."
00:38:34.78\00:38:36.11
The priest here
wouldn't talk to him,
00:38:36.14\00:38:37.48
he finally went to a priest
up in Belleville, Illinois,
00:38:37.51\00:38:40.18
and the priest said,
"The Bible, it's a good book.
00:38:40.22\00:38:43.95
Read it if you want to." Well.
00:38:43.99\00:38:45.99
"But honestly, do
you really believe
00:38:46.02\00:38:48.26
that God parted the Red Sea
00:38:48.29\00:38:49.96
and people walked
through under island?
00:38:49.99\00:38:52.73
Do you honestly believe that
00:38:52.76\00:38:54.46
He would tell Abraham
to sacrifice His son?"
00:38:54.50\00:38:57.90
No. You see what he did?
00:38:57.93\00:38:59.63
He planted
doubt. Yes, skepticism.
00:38:59.67\00:39:03.37
And I think it went
out. It did went out.
00:39:03.41\00:39:04.87
It went out.
00:39:04.91\00:39:06.31
Man was wanting to
hear that way anyhow,
00:39:06.34\00:39:08.51
and that wasn't all he needed.
00:39:08.54\00:39:09.88
And I was just thinking
about what you said, Kenny,
00:39:09.91\00:39:12.98
about or what you read about
the Christ took our nature,
00:39:13.01\00:39:18.09
and to me, just that
makes Him even more personal.
00:39:18.12\00:39:21.36
You know, when
we... He can relate to us.
00:39:21.39\00:39:24.19
He's just not
there and we're here...
00:39:24.23\00:39:26.46
He can relate to us,
He's been in our flesh.
00:39:26.49\00:39:29.90
You know, the
flesh like we have,
00:39:29.93\00:39:31.77
and that is to me is just,
you know, like sometimes...
00:39:31.80\00:39:35.54
You know, like when I was a kid,
00:39:35.57\00:39:37.14
I always thought of, you know
00:39:37.17\00:39:38.61
Jesus as a baby, and
Jesus came as a baby,
00:39:38.64\00:39:41.31
but He's been here all along.
00:39:41.34\00:39:42.98
And, you know,
He took our flesh,
00:39:43.01\00:39:45.35
did everything, you
know, had the same temptations
00:39:45.38\00:39:47.85
that we face,
that's very personal to me.
00:39:47.88\00:39:50.92
You know, when
you're talking, too,
00:39:50.95\00:39:52.29
about relying on
promises of God's Word,
00:39:52.32\00:39:53.89
and one of those stories
00:39:53.92\00:39:55.26
that I share with
people on prayer line,
00:39:55.29\00:39:57.26
I've had people
call, they're suicidal.
00:39:57.29\00:39:59.59
And I share with
them Zechariah 3,
00:39:59.63\00:40:01.66
and I take them
to the word picture
00:40:01.70\00:40:03.06
and I show them
they have a part in that.
00:40:03.10\00:40:05.57
And Satan, of course,
is accusing us, you know,
00:40:05.60\00:40:07.50
"Well, you're not
worth, you're worthless,
00:40:07.54\00:40:08.94
you're trash, you're junk.
00:40:08.97\00:40:10.41
You're not worth
getting into heaven."
00:40:10.44\00:40:11.77
And I say, there's somebody
else enters the pictures.
00:40:11.81\00:40:14.18
His name is Angel Lord,
but if you study it out,
00:40:14.21\00:40:15.94
it's actually
Jesus, and Jesus says,
00:40:15.98\00:40:17.85
"Is not this a brand
plucked by the fire,"
00:40:17.88\00:40:19.45
and say, what I
hear Him saying is,
00:40:19.48\00:40:22.48
"You see His nail
pierced hand here?"
00:40:22.52\00:40:24.09
"I hung at cross for this
one, I bled and died for him.
00:40:24.12\00:40:26.09
I purchased him with
my blood, I own him now.
00:40:26.12\00:40:27.82
You can't touch
him anymore." Amen.
00:40:27.86\00:40:29.56
And I share that
with the young man,
00:40:29.59\00:40:30.93
and this young man had a list,
00:40:30.96\00:40:32.99
he was doing many
different movies just...
00:40:33.03\00:40:35.50
But just how the Lord
has changed his heart.
00:40:35.53\00:40:37.90
Broken down, and
literally, he was crying,
00:40:37.93\00:40:39.67
I mean, literally he was crying.
00:40:39.70\00:40:41.04
I share on the
phone as people crying.
00:40:41.07\00:40:42.90
When they see
that they have value,
00:40:42.94\00:40:44.27
like, I've seen in Jesus.
00:40:44.31\00:40:45.64
When He finally,
Jesus, is going to take
00:40:45.67\00:40:47.01
that filthy garment off you,
00:40:47.04\00:40:48.38
put His robe of
righteousness on you,
00:40:48.41\00:40:49.74
and put a crown on your head."
00:40:49.78\00:40:51.35
That's when... Wow.
00:40:51.38\00:40:52.71
And we find all this
out through those great
00:40:52.75\00:40:54.65
and precious promises.
00:40:54.68\00:40:56.72
Amen. It's powerful.
00:40:56.75\00:40:58.89
I mean Christ, our creator,
00:40:58.92\00:41:02.29
He was omniscient, He
could be everywhere at once.
00:41:02.32\00:41:04.63
We can barely even
fathom what that means,
00:41:04.66\00:41:08.00
we have no idea.
00:41:08.03\00:41:09.73
And I was just tearing
up as Janelle was speaking
00:41:09.76\00:41:12.83
because, it brought
us so close to home.
00:41:12.87\00:41:15.94
I can see it in her heart.
00:41:15.97\00:41:18.17
You know, that
God, that Christ gave up
00:41:18.21\00:41:20.08
all of that to become one of
us because He loved us so much,
00:41:20.11\00:41:24.55
and He would have done
it for just one person.
00:41:24.58\00:41:27.62
He would have
done it for you. Amen.
00:41:27.65\00:41:29.38
He would have done it for me.
00:41:29.42\00:41:30.75
That's beautiful
when you think about it.
00:41:30.79\00:41:32.22
You know,
because of the sacrifice
00:41:32.25\00:41:34.69
that we've been
talking about here,
00:41:34.72\00:41:36.32
partakers of the
divine nature, this is,
00:41:36.36\00:41:39.56
I mean, this is
bigger than maybe most of us.
00:41:39.59\00:41:41.90
I can't comprehend,
it's too big, except,
00:41:41.93\00:41:44.53
I know that's one of
the stepping stones for me.
00:41:44.57\00:41:47.00
This is the power
that He puts in me
00:41:47.04\00:41:48.54
so that I can
obey His requirements.
00:41:48.57\00:41:52.01
The law of God, why?
No, I can't do it on my own.
00:41:52.04\00:41:55.41
But you know
what? It's His nature.
00:41:55.44\00:41:56.78
It's Him living
inside me. Think about it.
00:41:56.81\00:41:59.41
That enables us to keep His law.
00:41:59.45\00:42:02.22
It's not me and you,
I'm going to mess it all up,
00:42:02.25\00:42:04.55
but see how important
the nature that He took
00:42:04.59\00:42:07.92
and the nature
that He imparts to us
00:42:07.96\00:42:10.53
that we might gain the victory.
00:42:10.56\00:42:12.13
You know, I'd love to
be a real muscular guy.
00:42:12.16\00:42:16.00
I would love to be
tall and just, you know,
00:42:16.03\00:42:20.57
I would love to be all
that and a bag of chips,
00:42:20.60\00:42:22.40
but that doesn't look like
I'm working too hard at it.
00:42:22.44\00:42:26.81
And, you know, one
of my favorite things,
00:42:26.84\00:42:28.21
I subscribed to this
magazine called Men's Health.
00:42:28.24\00:42:30.68
Yeah.
00:42:30.71\00:42:32.05
I love to sit in an
evening in my recliner
00:42:32.08\00:42:34.52
and eat ice-cream and watch
00:42:34.55\00:42:35.88
and then read
through Men's Health.
00:42:35.92\00:42:37.85
Uh-huh. Well, you know what?
00:42:37.89\00:42:41.72
That ain't
working so hard for me.
00:42:41.76\00:42:43.22
Okay, well...
00:42:43.26\00:42:44.59
So it's interesting
how we have to apply
00:42:44.63\00:42:48.86
the Word of God, you know,
00:42:48.90\00:42:50.63
we've got a book
full of directions
00:42:50.67\00:42:53.54
how to develop
that divine nature.
00:42:53.57\00:42:57.21
But if we've got that
list, that you mentioned
00:42:57.24\00:42:59.31
before the fruit of the spirit,.
00:42:59.34\00:43:00.88
that we are holding on to...
00:43:00.91\00:43:03.68
And we got to drop
the bowl of ice-cream,
00:43:03.71\00:43:07.48
and hit the floor, do pushups,
and all those other things
00:43:07.52\00:43:11.39
that I'm so reluctant
to do 'cause it's hard.
00:43:11.42\00:43:14.29
You know, our nature,
00:43:14.32\00:43:16.12
our sinful nature
doesn't want that.
00:43:16.16\00:43:19.23
But that's what makes
it so much more precious,
00:43:19.26\00:43:22.46
the gift of God
and His divine nature.
00:43:22.50\00:43:25.53
It's something to cherish
00:43:25.57\00:43:27.70
and to run with
everything we can,
00:43:27.74\00:43:30.57
having us to become like Him.
00:43:30.61\00:43:32.34
So, I mean, this is
what we're talking about
00:43:32.37\00:43:35.44
on this lesson is, many people,
"I want to be a Christian."
00:43:35.48\00:43:39.58
I want to be a Christian,
00:43:39.61\00:43:40.95
but they're not willing
to follow the principles
00:43:40.98\00:43:43.32
that God has set up in His Word.
00:43:43.35\00:43:45.29
You know, "I
want to be muscular."
00:43:45.32\00:43:46.92
Well, you need to eat right,
and you got to do some pushups.
00:43:46.96\00:43:50.06
"Well, I'm not
going to do that."
00:43:50.09\00:43:51.63
You're never
going to make it. Yeah.
00:43:51.66\00:43:52.99
I was just going
to say Romans 12:2,
00:43:53.03\00:43:55.76
"And do not be
conformed to this world,
00:43:55.80\00:43:57.43
but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind,
00:43:57.47\00:43:59.77
that you may
prove what is that good,
00:43:59.80\00:44:01.84
and acceptable, and
perfect will of God."
00:44:01.87\00:44:04.21
You know, we get
stuck, like you're saying,
00:44:04.24\00:44:05.61
you get stuck in a
rut, you just keep on going
00:44:05.64\00:44:07.14
to the same thing,
and you don't think
00:44:07.18\00:44:08.51
there's anything
better out there.
00:44:08.54\00:44:09.88
You might see it,
but you don't know
00:44:09.91\00:44:11.25
how to grasp it
until you can come to know
00:44:11.28\00:44:13.31
Jesus as a personal savior,
00:44:13.35\00:44:14.68
I don't believe
you'll get over that hump,
00:44:14.72\00:44:16.05
you know, we talk
about in recovery.
00:44:16.08\00:44:17.85
It says without God,
you know, there is no...
00:44:17.89\00:44:19.59
Repeated failures.
00:44:19.62\00:44:20.96
There's repeated failures and...
00:44:20.99\00:44:22.32
Substitutions. Substitutions.
00:44:22.36\00:44:24.06
It's like without God
you're going to keep going
00:44:24.09\00:44:26.59
at same old rut,
you got to get out
00:44:26.63\00:44:27.96
of the things of this world,
00:44:28.00\00:44:29.60
as you're mentioning ice-creams,
00:44:29.63\00:44:30.97
and eating ice-creams.
00:44:31.00\00:44:32.33
This kind of goes
along with what Tim
00:44:32.37\00:44:33.70
was saying about the,
00:44:33.74\00:44:35.07
you know, the
third paragraph, it says,
00:44:35.10\00:44:37.61
"Man is allotted a
part in this great struggle
00:44:37.64\00:44:40.14
for everlasting life.
00:44:40.18\00:44:41.68
He must respond to the
working of the Holy Spirit.
00:44:41.71\00:44:44.81
It will require a
struggle to break through
00:44:44.85\00:44:47.05
the powers of darkness,
00:44:47.08\00:44:48.58
and the Spirit works
in him to accomplish this.
00:44:48.62\00:44:51.95
But man is no passive
being to be saved in indolence.
00:44:51.99\00:44:56.39
He is called upon
to strain every muscle
00:44:56.42\00:44:59.06
and exercise every
faculty in the struggle
00:44:59.09\00:45:02.33
for immortality, yet it is God
00:45:02.36\00:45:04.50
that supplies the efficiency."
00:45:04.53\00:45:06.23
Amen. Ain't that beautiful?
00:45:06.27\00:45:07.60
That's the key. That's the key.
00:45:07.64\00:45:09.40
See, it's humanity and
divinity working together.
00:45:09.44\00:45:14.01
We submit our wills, we cry
out and say, "Lord, help me."
00:45:14.04\00:45:17.48
And the beautiful thing
is, you know, many times
00:45:17.51\00:45:20.62
you've heard the
allegory about...
00:45:20.65\00:45:23.45
And the story that God is,
00:45:23.49\00:45:25.12
which He truly is our
potter and we're the clay.
00:45:25.15\00:45:28.46
But His ultimate
goal is salvation.
00:45:28.49\00:45:31.26
Amen.
00:45:31.29\00:45:32.63
It's that we partake of the life
00:45:32.66\00:45:34.36
that He still wants to give us.
00:45:34.40\00:45:36.70
And so many times, we
go through these valleys,
00:45:36.73\00:45:39.60
He allows these valleys.
00:45:39.63\00:45:41.20
When you were
talking about the ice-cream,
00:45:41.24\00:45:43.04
I thought, you
know, with the problem,
00:45:43.07\00:45:45.41
with that temptation,
00:45:45.44\00:45:47.11
many times He
allows us to become sick,
00:45:47.14\00:45:50.11
and when we become sick,
00:45:50.15\00:45:51.68
we've got to make some changes
00:45:51.71\00:45:53.65
if we're going to
become well again.
00:45:53.68\00:45:56.22
And so He's
working in us to mould us
00:45:56.25\00:45:59.09
and to make us what
He would want us to be.
00:45:59.12\00:46:02.99
"It is God that
supplies the efficiency."
00:46:03.02\00:46:05.29
He makes it efficient
every, our submission,
00:46:05.33\00:46:08.86
our reading, He
makes it efficient.
00:46:08.90\00:46:11.93
It does the work
00:46:11.97\00:46:13.30
that it's
supposed to do within us.
00:46:13.34\00:46:15.50
You know, in that what it says,
00:46:15.54\00:46:16.87
work out your own salvation
in Philippians 2:12 and 13
00:46:16.91\00:46:19.84
that Don read there,
00:46:19.87\00:46:21.21
it says, "For it is
God which worketh..."
00:46:21.24\00:46:23.21
We've already seen the
work, and we talked about it.
00:46:23.24\00:46:25.38
"For it is..."
00:46:25.41\00:46:26.75
I love that because, "It is
God which worketh in you..."
00:46:26.78\00:46:29.82
That word you can look it up,
00:46:29.85\00:46:31.55
and it actually say it
is God who energizes you.
00:46:31.59\00:46:35.86
Amen. Amen.
00:46:35.89\00:46:37.23
It is God who energizes
you, gives you the power.
00:46:37.26\00:46:39.89
He puts forth the power,
00:46:39.93\00:46:41.73
He's working inside of
you to achieve salvation.
00:46:41.76\00:46:46.87
He's putting forth
that first effort, right?
00:46:46.90\00:46:48.74
He's always drawing you.
00:46:48.77\00:46:50.97
1 Corinthians 12, I
think it's 6, and it says...
00:46:51.01\00:46:54.84
And we won't read that now,
but people at home can do that.
00:46:54.88\00:46:57.45
And in verse 11,
00:46:57.48\00:46:58.98
it talks about this,
I think it's beautiful,
00:46:59.01\00:47:00.52
"But all these worketh the one
and selfsame Spirit, dividing
00:47:00.55\00:47:03.99
to every man
severally as he will."
00:47:04.02\00:47:06.19
Those are things that
God wants all of us to have.
00:47:06.22\00:47:08.66
He's wanting to
give us the gifts,
00:47:08.69\00:47:10.43
He's telling
He's working in a...
00:47:10.46\00:47:12.26
He's giving the gifts,
He's drawing us to Him,
00:47:12.29\00:47:15.80
and we must accept that drawing.
00:47:15.83\00:47:18.90
Here's where we may
come in our closing moments,
00:47:18.93\00:47:20.54
we got to come in on, you
know, somehow we have to accept
00:47:20.57\00:47:22.64
He's done it all,
00:47:22.67\00:47:24.01
we all give Him
credit for everything, right?
00:47:24.04\00:47:25.77
Amen. That's
right. We don't have...
00:47:25.81\00:47:27.94
I won't say we
didn't have a prayer.
00:47:27.98\00:47:29.31
I need to be careful
because... It's all we got.
00:47:29.34\00:47:31.15
The world's saying
that's all we have...
00:47:31.18\00:47:32.51
To become like Him.
00:47:32.55\00:47:33.88
There's a prayer to be like Him,
00:47:33.92\00:47:35.25
but somehow along the lines,
00:47:35.28\00:47:36.62
since He's
energizing, working us,
00:47:36.65\00:47:38.22
and giving His power,
live the life, perfection,
00:47:38.25\00:47:40.46
and offers to him a
free gift, salvation.
00:47:40.49\00:47:42.82
Somehow, you have
to... I have to say yes.
00:47:42.86\00:47:46.70
Amen. It's our
part. That's our part.
00:47:46.73\00:47:49.53
Why do we...
00:47:49.56\00:47:50.90
The question on my mind
is like why do we use...
00:47:50.93\00:47:52.43
What is the energy for?
What is it to be used for?
00:47:52.47\00:47:54.27
And that's why I want to
read the second paragraph.
00:47:54.30\00:47:55.64
Oh, okay. Come on.
00:47:55.67\00:47:57.01
"Religion is not merely
an emotion, a feeling..."
00:47:57.04\00:47:58.97
Wow, "It is a
principle which is interwoven
00:47:59.01\00:48:01.31
with all the daily duties
and transactions of life."
00:48:01.34\00:48:04.48
Lord gave me this, He said,
00:48:04.51\00:48:05.85
"If you're living
it, you'll be giving it."
00:48:05.88\00:48:07.28
Amen. Amen.
00:48:07.32\00:48:08.65
"If you're living
it, you'll be giving it."
00:48:08.68\00:48:10.02
"Nothing will be entertained,
no business engaged in,
00:48:10.05\00:48:12.05
which will prevent
00:48:12.09\00:48:13.42
the accompaniment
of this principle.
00:48:13.46\00:48:14.82
To retain pure
and undefiled religion
00:48:14.86\00:48:17.39
it is necessary to be..." Uh-oh.
00:48:17.43\00:48:19.46
"Workers, persevering in effort.
00:48:19.49\00:48:21.96
We must do something ourselves.
00:48:22.00\00:48:23.60
No one else can do
our work." Thank you.
00:48:23.63\00:48:25.83
"None but ourselves
00:48:25.87\00:48:27.20
can work out our salvation
with fear and trembling.
00:48:27.24\00:48:28.97
This is the very work
00:48:29.00\00:48:30.51
which the Lord
has left us to do."
00:48:30.54\00:48:33.07
I mean, you know,
that's the thing is
00:48:33.11\00:48:34.44
when we're talking
about this true conversion,
00:48:34.48\00:48:35.81
if God really
come in your heart,
00:48:35.84\00:48:37.18
wouldn't you want to see
others brought to know Jesus.
00:48:37.21\00:48:40.02
Oh, Amen.
00:48:40.05\00:48:41.38
I mean, to me,
that's the true conversion.
00:48:41.42\00:48:42.75
Again, you know, if
God first loved us...
00:48:42.78\00:48:45.52
That's right So
we want to love Him.
00:48:45.55\00:48:46.99
Yeah.
00:48:47.02\00:48:48.36
And this persevering
effort, our part, you know...
00:48:48.39\00:48:50.26
Number one, you just
mentioned it's a principle.
00:48:50.29\00:48:53.86
If we did that
take that principle,
00:48:53.90\00:48:55.33
no matter what we're
doing, and the hardest place,
00:48:55.36\00:48:58.63
I believe, to live out
those principles is in the home
00:48:58.67\00:49:02.34
because you're closer to
your spouse, you're closest...
00:49:02.37\00:49:06.54
It gets real.
Yeah, it gets very real.
00:49:06.57\00:49:08.41
Very much.
00:49:08.44\00:49:09.78
And, you know,
you don't seem to have
00:49:09.81\00:49:11.41
the same respect at
home and so on, and so forth.
00:49:11.45\00:49:14.52
But whether it is an action
or whether it is your reaction,
00:49:14.55\00:49:20.52
it's this principle.
00:49:20.56\00:49:22.49
It is God living
in us and through us
00:49:22.52\00:49:25.59
that we need to ask Him
for His help, for His strength,
00:49:25.63\00:49:29.60
for His guidance, and
we will not get that...
00:49:29.63\00:49:32.20
You mentioned,
00:49:32.23\00:49:33.57
"I'm going to go
back to that food again."
00:49:33.60\00:49:34.94
Well, go on.
00:49:34.97\00:49:36.30
One thing we
decided many years ago
00:49:36.34\00:49:37.67
is you do not
partake, in our home,
00:49:37.71\00:49:39.27
we do not partake
of the physical food
00:49:39.31\00:49:41.71
until we've had the spiritual.
00:49:41.74\00:49:44.21
Make that decided effort,
start with 5 or 10 minutes,
00:49:44.25\00:49:50.42
whatever it may be,
00:49:50.45\00:49:51.79
and allow the Lord to
grow that time of prayer,
00:49:51.82\00:49:55.02
grow that time of study
00:49:55.06\00:49:57.69
because that's the only
way that we're going to be able
00:49:57.73\00:50:00.80
to have that
principles living in our heart,
00:50:00.83\00:50:03.40
the fruit of the spirit,
00:50:03.43\00:50:04.80
that's the only way when
someone comes in and says,
00:50:04.83\00:50:08.30
"You know, why
did you say that?"
00:50:08.34\00:50:09.80
Or, you know, you say
something and Janelle says,
00:50:09.84\00:50:12.94
"Well, why are
you arguing with me?"
00:50:12.97\00:50:14.31
You're like, "I'm
not arguing with you.
00:50:14.34\00:50:15.81
I didn't mean to argue."
00:50:15.84\00:50:17.18
You know what I'm
saying? It's the tone of voice.
00:50:17.21\00:50:18.55
Right, right.
It's the tone of voice.
00:50:18.58\00:50:19.91
"I didn't mean
it, you know?" Yeah.
00:50:19.95\00:50:21.28
But you see what I'm
saying? It can just happen.
00:50:21.32\00:50:23.35
The enemy wants to just divide
the families like never before
00:50:23.39\00:50:26.59
'cause if he can
divide the family,
00:50:26.62\00:50:28.52
many times he wins
souls to his kingdom.
00:50:28.56\00:50:31.29
I wanted to, you
know, really point out also,
00:50:31.33\00:50:33.40
religion is not
merely an emotion or feeling,
00:50:33.43\00:50:35.00
so many people go by
that nowadays especially.
00:50:35.03\00:50:38.07
Oh, that feeling, you got
to know what is the principle.
00:50:38.10\00:50:40.14
I mean, what is the principle?
00:50:40.17\00:50:42.04
You got to be
able to distinguish
00:50:42.07\00:50:43.41
because if you can see stuff...
00:50:43.44\00:50:45.07
And I don't want to
get into it too much,
00:50:45.11\00:50:46.44
but just the people, you
know, like speaking in tongues
00:50:46.47\00:50:49.51
and, you know,
that kind of stuff,
00:50:49.54\00:50:50.91
that's emotional frenzy,
00:50:50.95\00:50:52.28
you know, and there
is this supposed "spirit"
00:50:52.31\00:50:54.22
but where is the true
spirit? That's where I'm...
00:50:54.25\00:50:56.25
The sad thing with that...
00:50:56.28\00:50:57.62
And we just had an
experience with somebody
00:50:57.65\00:51:01.46
that just went
into a church like that,
00:51:01.49\00:51:03.63
and it doesn't
matter what the Bible says,
00:51:03.66\00:51:06.70
it's the feeling.
00:51:06.73\00:51:08.16
There's a problem.
00:51:08.20\00:51:09.53
Now that doesn't
mean that as a Christian,
00:51:09.56\00:51:11.47
that doesn't mean
that God is not going
00:51:11.50\00:51:14.24
to envelope you with His spirit
and you will not have feelings
00:51:14.27\00:51:17.71
and emotions, you will.
00:51:17.74\00:51:19.07
You will. That's right.
00:51:19.11\00:51:20.44
It's like goosebumps. Exactly.
00:51:20.48\00:51:22.48
Oh, praise the Lord.
Those need to carry us through.
00:51:22.51\00:51:25.25
You continue that...
00:51:25.28\00:51:27.25
Those would have to
like the principle was...
00:51:27.28\00:51:29.05
You just said it, it
came out of your mouth.
00:51:29.08\00:51:31.72
It's not
emotions, it's not feeling,
00:51:31.75\00:51:33.09
but we live by principle.
00:51:33.12\00:51:35.02
So as a guy say,
after couple days,
00:51:35.06\00:51:36.39
you get up in a
row, and you think, man,
00:51:36.42\00:51:38.13
you know, do I want to
be a Christian or not?"
00:51:38.16\00:51:39.63
You know, if the people say...
00:51:39.66\00:51:41.56
No, you do
because you live by faith
00:51:41.60\00:51:43.63
and you know it's all
going to be worked out.
00:51:43.67\00:51:45.23
But strive... Just
quickly make a couple of points.
00:51:45.27\00:51:47.30
The Bible stays to strive.
00:51:47.34\00:51:48.87
People say,
well, then make it...
00:51:48.90\00:51:50.27
Strive to enter into the what?
00:51:50.31\00:51:52.44
Straight and narrow gate.
It's a straight and narrow gate.
00:51:52.47\00:51:53.81
Try, just, you
know, you do that...
00:51:53.84\00:51:55.18
In Luke 13:24, "Strive..."
00:51:55.21\00:51:57.08
So that means you
have put forth an effort.
00:51:57.11\00:51:59.05
People say it.
00:51:59.08\00:52:00.62
James 4 says, "Resist
the devil and..." what?
00:52:00.65\00:52:02.98
He'll flee. He's
going to flee from you.
00:52:03.02\00:52:05.35
Before that, it
says, "Submit to God."
00:52:05.39\00:52:07.02
Right. Submit to God. Yes, yes.
00:52:07.06\00:52:10.56
Colossians 3:9 says,
"Put off the old man,"
00:52:10.59\00:52:13.09
It's just the points of verbs.
There's a lot of verbs now.
00:52:13.13\00:52:16.60
Action. Yes, yes,
true. Working out.
00:52:16.63\00:52:18.27
You're going to strive,
00:52:18.30\00:52:19.63
you're going to
put off the old man,
00:52:19.67\00:52:21.00
you're going to
resist the devil, you know...
00:52:21.04\00:52:24.21
Hebrew 12:2 or 1 says,
"Let us run with patience."
00:52:24.24\00:52:26.91
Run with patience.
"Set before us." Yeah.
00:52:26.94\00:52:28.98
Matthew 24 talks
about enduring to the end,
00:52:29.01\00:52:34.65
enduring to the end.
00:52:34.68\00:52:36.02
That means you're
going to put forth effort
00:52:36.05\00:52:37.39
until the very end,
00:52:37.42\00:52:38.75
so this all comes
together, that's simply saying,
00:52:38.79\00:52:41.26
"I have to do
everything I can possibly do by,
00:52:41.29\00:52:43.43
you know, grace of God."
00:52:43.46\00:52:46.59
You know, you have
to make a decision,
00:52:46.63\00:52:47.96
"I'll follow Jesus.
I made that decision."
00:52:48.00\00:52:50.17
It's a lifestyle choice.
00:52:50.20\00:52:52.53
It's like eating right
00:52:52.57\00:52:53.90
and working out
or following Christ.
00:52:53.94\00:52:55.37
Come on now.
00:52:55.40\00:52:56.74
Selling whatever,
you're following Christ
00:52:56.77\00:52:58.64
is a decision to come...
00:52:58.67\00:53:00.01
And asking to come in and
He begins to do the work...
00:53:00.04\00:53:02.44
That's our part. Through us.
00:53:02.48\00:53:03.98
And we have to fight, like
say, we have to fight like...
00:53:04.01\00:53:06.35
Choose. You know, choose
when I go to grocery store.
00:53:06.38\00:53:08.92
Right. Oh, yeah. Choose
if you go for this or that.
00:53:08.95\00:53:10.79
There's choices to make. Yes.
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And we have to make the best one
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we know on principle,
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not the taste buds
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'cause taste buds
are being troubled.
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And the reason, principle...
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He just mentioned, you
know, we have to make a choice
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because we may not
feel good that day.
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You know, I gave
you the illustration,
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and if you guys are
starting a little argument
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in your home, and it happens.
00:53:27.94\00:53:29.27
Right.
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But right then
you have a choice,
00:53:30.67\00:53:32.27
"How do I
respond, how do I react."
00:53:32.31\00:53:35.48
Actually speaking of
that, we had this morning
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before we came here...
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Oh, yeah. Satan's always trying.
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That's what I think this last
paragraph is really important.
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But it was just the fact that,
00:53:41.28\00:53:42.62
you know,
"Lord, I'm not choosing
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to focus on
those negative things.
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You can look at the
thorns and the thistles,
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but you got
roses all around you."
00:53:46.76\00:53:48.09
Amen.
00:53:48.12\00:53:49.46
If you want to see
thorns and the thistles,
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all you want to
see is the negative
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and that's where Satan
will keep you suppressed.
00:53:52.23\00:53:53.56
Yeah. You have to go past that.
00:53:53.60\00:53:54.93
You know, I
thought that, you know,
00:53:54.96\00:53:56.30
I really
appreciate this devotional.
00:53:56.33\00:53:57.80
I thought maybe we
could tell everyone
00:53:57.83\00:53:59.17
what we're reading from here,
00:53:59.20\00:54:00.84
so they could
read it themselves.
00:54:00.87\00:54:02.20
Sure. Is this the book here?
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That's the book,
it's a devotional book,
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it's entitled...
00:54:06.11\00:54:07.44
Fear Not Little
Flock on October 10th.
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And it really spoke to me a lot,
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so I appreciate you
guys having this topic,
00:54:11.98\00:54:14.88
but I wanted to
read that last paragraph
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'cause I think
it's really important.
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It says, "A
relentless and determined foe
00:54:18.62\00:54:20.56
has prepared his
wiles for every soul
00:54:20.59\00:54:23.09
that is not braced for trial,
00:54:23.12\00:54:25.03
and guarded by constant
prayer and living faith."
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There it is. Amen!
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"We cannot
individually, or as a body,
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secure ourselves from
his constant assaults,
00:54:30.93\00:54:34.04
but in the strength of
Jesus every temptation,
00:54:34.07\00:54:36.74
every opposing influence,
whether open or secret,
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may be successfully resisted..."
00:54:40.34\00:54:42.34
That's beautiful.
It is. Amen, powerful.
00:54:42.38\00:54:45.15
By constant prayer
and living in faith. Yes.
00:54:45.18\00:54:47.62
Revelation 21:7, 27, it
says, "He that overcometh,"
00:54:47.65\00:54:53.22
that is what we're
talking about, the living faith.
00:54:53.25\00:54:55.62
We have to have a
living faith to overcome
00:54:55.66\00:54:57.76
because the enemy
is out to kill, steal
00:54:57.79\00:55:00.56
and destroy in every
fashion he possibly can.
00:55:00.60\00:55:03.97
"He that overcometh
shall inherit all things.
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I will be his God,
and he shall be my son.
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And there shall in no wise
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enter into it
anything that defileth,
00:55:13.71\00:55:16.78
neither whatsoever
worketh abomination
00:55:16.81\00:55:19.08
or maketh a lie, God is truth,
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but they which are written
in the Lamb's book are alive."
00:55:21.52\00:55:26.45
I like that one. That's where
our name is if we overcome.
00:55:26.49\00:55:29.22
We're in a warfare.
00:55:29.26\00:55:31.33
This is a great
controversy. It truly is.
00:55:31.36\00:55:35.76
And if the
curtain be pulled back,
00:55:35.80\00:55:38.23
we would truly be shaking.
00:55:38.27\00:55:41.00
Oh, yes.
00:55:41.04\00:55:42.37
And we each one have
to, you're talking about.
00:55:42.40\00:55:44.44
Each one of us must
work out our own salvation
00:55:44.47\00:55:49.14
with fear and trembling.
00:55:49.18\00:55:51.21
So that stands
here because in Ezekiel,
00:55:51.25\00:55:53.58
it talked about,
14:20, what was it?
00:55:53.62\00:55:56.72
Through Noah,
and Daniel, and Job,
00:55:56.75\00:55:59.85
they were here on the earth.
00:55:59.89\00:56:01.22
Bottom line is what?
00:56:01.26\00:56:02.59
No one can do it
for you. No substitute.
00:56:02.62\00:56:05.49
It's not the
preacher nor the teacher,
00:56:05.53\00:56:07.06
but it's me all over.
00:56:07.10\00:56:08.43
You know, I think, I was talking
00:56:08.46\00:56:09.80
to Janelle this
morning, I was saying,
00:56:09.83\00:56:11.17
you know, when you
look in the Book of Life,
00:56:11.20\00:56:12.57
you're not going to say, "Well,
00:56:12.60\00:56:13.94
Donald made it
through his father."
00:56:13.97\00:56:15.30
So it won't say
in the Book of Life,
00:56:15.34\00:56:16.67
it's not going to
say, "Donald made it here
00:56:16.71\00:56:18.04
through his father."
00:56:18.07\00:56:19.57
And you just hit on
something about overcoming,
00:56:19.61\00:56:21.04
Revelation 12:11 says,
00:56:21.08\00:56:22.41
"They overcame him, being Satan,
00:56:22.44\00:56:24.31
by the blood of the Lamb
00:56:24.35\00:56:25.78
and by the word
of their testimony
00:56:25.81\00:56:27.38
and have not loved
their life even unto death."
00:56:27.42\00:56:28.95
Yeah, unto death. That's right.
00:56:28.98\00:56:30.32
And the word of the testimony
goes back to the scripture.
00:56:30.35\00:56:32.52
Amen. Chris, can we have
just a little closing prayer?
00:56:32.55\00:56:35.26
Please, pray for everyone
that's been studying with us,
00:56:35.29\00:56:37.89
for all of us here,
we want to be overcomers.
00:56:37.93\00:56:40.36
Amen.
00:56:40.40\00:56:41.73
We want to work together
with heaven to be victorious.
00:56:41.76\00:56:44.63
We want you at home be
sure and pray with us too.
00:56:44.67\00:56:46.60
You know, we're
having a study together here.
00:56:46.63\00:56:49.20
You know, by the grace of God
00:56:49.24\00:56:50.57
is reaching and
touching somebody's life.
00:56:50.61\00:56:52.77
Somebody has made a
decision right now for Christ
00:56:52.81\00:56:54.91
and we're going to
thank Him for it right now
00:56:54.94\00:56:56.34
in the last 35, 40 seconds.
00:56:56.38\00:56:57.98
Let's pray together, shall we?
00:56:58.01\00:56:59.35
Heavenly Father,
truly, it's been a great joy
00:56:59.38\00:57:01.75
and a privilege to study
your Word of God together.
00:57:01.78\00:57:04.49
Here today, we thank You
00:57:04.52\00:57:05.85
for the clearness of the gospel.
00:57:05.89\00:57:08.52
Thank You that You
give us proper understanding
00:57:08.56\00:57:10.63
of Your Word through the
power of the Holy Spirit.
00:57:10.66\00:57:12.29
Thank you for those who have
made that decision right now,
00:57:12.33\00:57:15.06
"I will follow Jesus."
00:57:15.10\00:57:16.77
We're determined to do it,
00:57:16.80\00:57:18.13
Jesus has paid the
price on Calvary's cross,
00:57:18.17\00:57:20.97
and we realize that
victory is through Him,
00:57:21.00\00:57:22.90
all victory is through Him.
00:57:22.94\00:57:24.27
Bless now, we pray to this end,
00:57:24.31\00:57:25.74
may we be ready to meet Jesus
00:57:25.77\00:57:27.38
when He shall come
in the clouds of glory.
00:57:27.41\00:57:29.08
This is our
prayer, this is our desire.
00:57:29.11\00:57:30.95
Help us, O Lord, we pray,
00:57:30.98\00:57:32.51
we thank You for every
precious soul out there,
00:57:32.55\00:57:34.38
in Jesus' name.
00:57:34.42\00:57:35.75
Amen.
00:57:35.78\00:57:37.12