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, friends,
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welcome to Friday
night Family Worship.
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I am the pilot.
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Actually I'm the
second in command,
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the Lord is the pilot.
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Amen.
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I am the co-pilot
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and I have my
chief officer with me.
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I'm so happy to be here.
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Welcome to Friday
night Family Worship.
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I'm glad you've
joined us tonight.
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And we have an exciting topic.
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Don't we, honey?
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We're smiling
now because the topic
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is The Malignant Seven.
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He needs two hands for this.
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I mean, The Malignant Seven.
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If you've been
around long enough,
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you may have heard the phrase,
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The Magnificent Seven.
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That's a phrase that
relates to something,
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I think a war movie in the past,
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but today we're talking
about the malignant seven.
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And as chronic as that sounds,
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there's a lot of
good news in this topic
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that we want to
encourage you with.
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But we are going to
start on a text in the Bible
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that really opens up the door
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as to what the Lord
does not want us to be.
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And since we
really need every moment,
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get your Bibles,
invite your friends
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to sit down with you,
family, gather around,
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get some pens because
this topic is instructive,
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as well as redemptive.
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But before we go any further,
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Honey, would
you have our prayer?
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Sure, let's bow our heads.
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Our gracious Heavenly Father,
we are so grateful for You.
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We are so grateful for Jesus.
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And, Lord, we
invite Your Holy Spirit
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to come right
now into our hearts,
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every viewer and listener
that's watching and listening.
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Come, Lord, we ask
that You'll bless this study
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as we go into the Word of God,
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it's not an easy topic
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because it deals
with the human heart.
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But, Lord, You are the
healer and mentor of each heart.
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So thank You for being with us,
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thank You for
guiding our hearts,
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and thank You for being
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with those viewing
and listening also.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen. Thank you. Amen.
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And I want to introduce
very briefly and very quickly.
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Why don't you
start to the left, Honey,
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without a long explanation?
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Okay.
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To my immediate
left I have Sriya Harris.
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She is...
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You volunteer here, don't you?
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I'm a volunteer at 3ABN.
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And where is your accent from?
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Well, I don't know it.
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I was born in Sri Lanka
and I was raised in Greece,
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and I live in United
States now for about 20 years.
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Yeah, she lives in Florida
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and we're happy
to have you here.
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Yes, thank you.
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And Next to her
is Dee Hilderbrand.
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Now, Dee, tell the
people what you do here?
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I just do production and
I work part-time now, so...
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Yes, right.
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God is good.
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You built this network?
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No, I didn't.
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Danny Shelton and
God built this network.
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That's right.
Glad to see you here.
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We just, Mollie used to
say there was a lot of us
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that we're supporting legs.
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I'm a supporting leg.
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Yeah, I like that. Yeah.
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And to my immediate right
is my head elder, Joe O'Brien.
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Good to have you here, Joe.
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Thank you. I'm glad to be here.
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I'm here because 3ABN wanted
to school for their employees
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and they hired my wife
to get a school up and going
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and I tagged along.
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Okay, and you're in
pastoral department?
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Praise the Lord.
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I've been in the
pastoral department
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about 18 years, I
guess, with Johnny.
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That's right.
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And speaking of
Johnny, Pastor John Dinzey,
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good to have you here.
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Right.
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It's a glorious
blessing to be here.
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That's right.
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And you are, for
just somebody may tune
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in and don't even know.
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Oh, well, General Manager
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of the 3ABN
Latino channel network.
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Okay.
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So you praise the
Lord in two languages.
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By God's grace. Amen.
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Oh, I tell you.
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And we're going to just
ask the Lord to guide us
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and ask him to be with us today.
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And I want to begin...
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Why don't we all
look at the opening text?
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Okay. The opening text.
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And Proverbs 6:16-19,
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I'll read it and we'll
walk through this together.
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It's seven... We
can read together.
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Let's read it together since
we all have it in front of us.
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You'll have us so we
gonna read the same translation.
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It says, together,
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"These six
things the Lord hates,
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yes, seven are an
abomination to Him.
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A proud look, a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
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a heart that
devises wicked plans,
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feet that are
swift in running to evil,
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a false witness who speaks lies,
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And one who sows
discord among brethren."
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Wow. Wow.
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Wow.
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Well, thank you for joining us.
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You know, I tell you
that's a powerful topic.
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This is deep, isn't
it? It's a powerful topic.
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And it starts on a platform
that appears to be negative.
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But what do you
think about this, Joe?
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This is something that,
and you in pastoral department
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you deal with all
kinds of things and...
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Well, I think
it's very important
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to understand that this
wasn't written in English,
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it was written in Greek, Hebrew
and another language there.
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We need to understand
what the word hate means
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because we know God is love.
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And so when we say
hate in this world,
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on our streets, we think
grabbing someone by the neck,
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shaking them and
maybe injuring them,
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you know, hate.
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And that's not
what God is saying here,
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what God is saying
is, if I hate a person,
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it's not that I'm
going to harm them.
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It's that I'm
disgusted with them
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and it's like
an extreme dislike,
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not a harmful hurting one,
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but just I don't like the fact
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that what you're doing
is against my direction,
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which protects
and brings happiness,
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peace, and joy to everyone
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and you're falling up the works.
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Okay. And so it's basically...
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But it definitely actions
that He hates, not the person.
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Yes. Yes. Right.
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Yes, He's disgusted with
the actions and the results.
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Doesn't harm somebody else.
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Doesn't it harm the
person themselves too?
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God wants us all
to be saved. Yeah.
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So when we do these things,
we are destroying ourselves,
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not only the people around us,
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and He doesn't want
us to destroy ourselves.
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So why He gives us
answers to overcome all of that.
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That's right.
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We're gonna walk
through those answers.
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Well, you look at
the text John 3:16,
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"For God so loved the world
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that He gave His
only begotten Son,
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that whoever believes in Him
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should not perish but
have everlasting life."
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Right.
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So God loves
every single individual
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that has ever existed.
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He created us in His image,
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therefore, it's the
things that the actions
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that cause harm to
the person like Dee said
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and harm to those around us.
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That's right.
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Honey, we were
talking about something
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that sometimes you see things
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but there is so
much more with it.
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Oh, yeah.
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In our worship this morning,
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we were talking about
wealth in the family worship
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that we had together at home.
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It says that an island is
just the top but it runs deep,
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and that's how
personalities are.
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Each person is a
deep part of them
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than it's just the surface,
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the island is the surface
at top of the volcano, right?
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That's right.
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See that first thing
that says a proud look?
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You can have a proud look inside
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that other people can't see.
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Oh, yeah.
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So that's just a proud look,
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pride interferes
with our relationships.
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It interferes
with our own happiness.
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A person who is so
proud they can be...
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They can damage others,
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but they damage
themselves even more.
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It prevents them from having
that relationship with God
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that they needed
with other people.
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They live in fear.
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Yes, fear.
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Now is it just rich
people that are proud?
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No. Well, no.
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I'm not rich and
I have been proud.
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Well, let's dive in
and see what the Bible says
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because one of the
first things we want to define
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is what does the Bible
teach us concerning pride?
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How does the Bible,
how did God inspire us
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to understand pride?
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Let's go to
Proverbs 16:18. Look at that.
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Proverbs 16:18 and it's
the first text on our outline.
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And it says...
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Honey, why don't you read that?
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Proverbs 16:8. Okay.
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"Pride goes before destruction,
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and a haughty
spirit before a fall."
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Okay.
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And when you think of that,
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who in the Bible
can you think of?
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It's an Old Testament character.
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He was very, very
famous, very great.
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Who can you think of?
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Nebuchadnezzar.
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Oh, yeah. Okay.
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Nebuchadnezzar,
and what was his issue?
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Pride. Pride.
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He thought he made everything.
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He didn't think it was God.
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But he didn't know God.
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Right. Yeah.
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And God through
Daniel had appealed to him
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before about his
pride, but he continued,
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and when he said,
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"Is this not great
Babylon that I have built?"
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There was that proud
look, that haughty spirit,
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and the Lord
didn't bring judgment on
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because that was
the first warning.
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He had been warned. This is...
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I set kingdoms up.
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Remember, Daniel told you,
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I set kingdoms up
and I bring them down,
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so I set this kingdom up.
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All the birds that
perch under your trees,
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those birds belong to
me, the trees belong to me.
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I've given you this greatness,
this golden kingdom belongs,
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this is what
I've gifted you with.
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Yes.
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But don't think it's something
that belongs to you alone.
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One of the problems with pride,
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notice I say
one of the problems,
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is that the person
sometimes does not know
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that he has this problem.
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And it really
pride blinds the person
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and the person is self-centered.
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Joe.
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Pride in the original language
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is defined as
exalted or lifted up.
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Okay.
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And if you remember, no,
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you weren't there
then but if you remember,
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Satan said, "I will
be like the Most High."
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The Most High. That was pride.
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He was lifting himself up.
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But like someone
said earlier, it's hidden.
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It isn't...
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The people listening
and watching don't realize
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that what they're suggesting
you do or participate in
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is to exalt themselves
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not help you or someone
else, but it appears that way.
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So we have to be
very careful of pride.
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It is a sin.
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And the Lord did say direct.
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Go ahead, Dee.
It can be small too.
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How many of us who said...
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Oh, I have said to Debbie,
"Oh, I punched in this week.
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I didn't miss da-da da-da."
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Guess what will
happen next week.
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I'll forget and miss the punch.
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The minute we
brag about something,
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the minute we say
"Oh, look what I did."
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And if we do it little things
and it grows into big things.
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Is that not correct,
Pastor? Go ahead, Honey.
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But my question is,
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what about a
parent that has a child
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and they're proud of that child?
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What's the difference?
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Okay, there is the difference...
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You're lifting up somebody else.
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Say it again. You made a point.
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You're lifting up somebody else.
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But another man praise you,
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that's a
different thing altogether.
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Okay.
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But also there's a
caution there because
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sometimes people can
so lift up their child
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that they lift
them up to the point
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where they become
mentally destroyed.
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They separate
themselves from every other kid
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because my mom said
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there is no kid in
the school like I am.
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I mean, no kid
has a car like I do.
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No kid on the block
lives in the house like I do.
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I mean, my mom says that
I'm the greatest, I am...
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Well, Proverbs 29:23. Okay.
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"A man's pride
will bring him low,
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but the humble in
spirit will retain honor."
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That's right.
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So God gives us
if we dwell in Him,
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we end up with what it was we.
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Yes.
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We want honor,
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not necessarily pride but honor.
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Honor. And it comes from God.
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I was reading this today from...
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What is this book?
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CSA, Sister White says,
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"Human pride
and self-sufficiency
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stand rebuked in His presence."
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He rebukes it.
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Where does the
proud look leads to what?
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The second one there. Oh!
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Okay. Where does it lead to?
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Well... Okay, read it.
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Okay. A proud
look leads to a what?
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A lying tongue.
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That's right, the second one.
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But I want to make a point.
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I'm looking at your
face, I'm kinda lock in here.
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Well, you know,
sometimes when we say,
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I'm proud of my son
or I'm proud of you,
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really, I think
the essence is not
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that negative sense of pride
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that where a
person is lifted up,
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is really that
you're well pleased,
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that you are glad you're...
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How do I express it?
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You rejoice in what
the person has accomplished
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because it is something good.
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Like God said about His Son,
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"This is my beloved Son
in whom I am well pleased."
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That's right, the pleasing. Joe.
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It's a blessing.
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If your child is
following the will of God,
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that's a blessing.
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That's right.
00:14:18.82\00:14:20.16
So it's okay to
be proud of that.
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It's okay to be happy.
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There you go. Right.
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And the word proud, I think,
00:14:24.29\00:14:25.63
Pastor Dinzey put that
in the wonderful sense.
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We're pleased to
see the accomplishments.
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Yeah. We have
done a lot of work.
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And, you know,
when you work hard
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to get your
children where they are,
00:14:31.83\00:14:33.17
and they one day
everything falls into place,
00:14:33.20\00:14:35.77
you forget about all
those Ds that they got
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when they first
went to the fifth grade
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and all those home
works that were missed.
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You forget all that,
you say, "Oh, finally,
00:14:41.88\00:14:44.91
they just graduated with
a degree in mathematics."
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So whoever and you say all that,
00:14:47.12\00:14:48.88
all those sleepless nights,
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I'm so happy that they
finally are accomplished.
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John, you said you
weren't gonna talk about me.
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This weekend we're
pleased with our spouses
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and with our
friends and our co-workers.
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We can...
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It's fine to compliment
them and let them know
00:15:02.90\00:15:05.63
they are doing a good job.
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Yes. Yeah. And that's good.
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That's what the Bible says,
let another man praise you.
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See, it's dangerous
when we praise ourselves.
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"Hey, did you hear
that song I sang recently?"
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What do you think about it?
00:15:16.41\00:15:17.75
Was that the best rendition
of a song you've ever heard?
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I mean, that ought to be on
the top 10 Billboard charts.
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I mean, if it
wasn't for me nobody
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will be able to do it like me.
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Really.
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Yeah, 'cause I
say to you, "Honey,
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that was a good
sermon of the Lord."
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And you always say...
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"If I could be
a blessing to you,
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if I could uplift
Jesus, praise the Lord."
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Praise the Lord every
time, giving back to Him.
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Let's go on because we're gonna
get some more of these here.
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Okay.
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Daniel, what
happened to a person
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who allows
pride to control them?
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Daniel 5:20. Who
like to read that?
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Sriya, do you have it? Yeah.
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"But when his
heart was lifted up,
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and his spirit
was hardened in pride,
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he was deposed
from his kingly throne,
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and they took
his glory from him."
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Took his glory.
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And they took
his glory from him.
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That's right. And who's that?
00:16:01.29\00:16:04.59
King Nebuchadnezzar. Yes.
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That's right. When
you lift yourself up?
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Yeah. That's right.
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Look at this I have built.
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The pride that comes in.
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And in particular, this
is a throne to Belshazzar,
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his grandson that didn't learn
from his grandfather's lessons,
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he fell in the same trap.
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Pastor Dinzey.
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We're seeing
evidence in the Bible
00:16:27.52\00:16:29.02
that this is not a good
thing to have, you know?
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And like I said before,
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you know, people
don't really know
00:16:34.59\00:16:36.76
that they are
having this problem,
00:16:36.79\00:16:38.66
so I would say it is healthy
and for every one of us to say,
00:16:38.69\00:16:43.03
"Lord, I want to
be humble before You."
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Because the Bible says,
00:16:46.17\00:16:47.50
"Humble yourself in
the sight of the Lord
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and He will lift you up."
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You see.
00:16:51.27\00:16:52.61
So the best place for us to be
00:16:52.64\00:16:54.18
is at the foot of
the cross with Jesus.
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That's right.
00:16:55.58\00:16:56.91
Matter of fact, the
point is 1 Peter 5:6,
00:16:56.95\00:16:58.41
"Therefore humble yourselves
under the mighty hand of God,
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that He may
exalt you in due time."
00:17:02.02\00:17:04.62
God knows when you're
safe to take to the next level.
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Some people try to get
to the level that God said,
00:17:09.62\00:17:11.99
"Ah, not yet.
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That's not a place for you."
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And that's why I said to people,
00:17:15.43\00:17:16.77
whenever you are overlooked
or you pass over in a position,
00:17:16.80\00:17:21.27
that may be the Lord impressing
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that person not
to put you there.
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Yes.
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But sometimes they say,
"Man, that was my position.
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I worked like 15 years
to get to that position."
00:17:26.88\00:17:28.88
How could they possibly pick
00:17:28.91\00:17:30.25
that person to
be in that position?
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I'm the most qualified.
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We had an elder
that was like that,
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not on our church.
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No.
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But I had to take him
out of office for a year
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until his pride
was laid in the dust
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and we're still good
friends to this very day.
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So be careful.
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But we got to go
to the second one
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because not only a proud look,
00:17:44.49\00:17:46.16
but the second
one is a lying tongue.
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Whoo! A lying tongue.
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The question is,
00:17:49.96\00:17:51.30
where does the Bible say
that lying tongue comes from?
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Question number
four. Let's go to.
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Somebody read
John 8:44, who has it?
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Who hasn't read yet?
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I'll go ahead
and read John 8:44,
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"You are of your
father the devil,
00:18:02.34\00:18:05.08
and the desires of
your father you want to do.
00:18:05.11\00:18:08.02
He was a murderer
from the beginning,
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and does not stand in the truth,
00:18:10.35\00:18:12.59
because there
is no truth in him.
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When he speaks a lie,
00:18:14.59\00:18:16.09
he speaks from
his own resources,
00:18:16.12\00:18:17.96
for he is a liar
and the father of it."
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Okay, that's the root.
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So where does the Bible
say that lying comes from is,
00:18:22.86\00:18:26.20
the source is the devil.
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So, you know,
he puts suggestions
00:18:27.60\00:18:31.47
in our mind.
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And if we take
hold of these things,
00:18:32.87\00:18:34.31
and we say those lies,
00:18:34.34\00:18:35.68
then we are
identifying with him.
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That's right. Exactly.
00:18:37.85\00:18:39.18
And when we're proud,
00:18:39.21\00:18:40.82
our pride will
lead us into lying
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to try to protect ourselves.
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Very good point.
00:18:46.09\00:18:48.22
And isn't exaggeration a lie?
00:18:48.26\00:18:50.66
Ah!
00:18:50.69\00:18:52.03
Whoo! Yeah.
00:18:52.06\00:18:53.40
That's a very good one. Yeah.
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When you exaggerate...
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Is there anybody at this
table who has never exaggerated?
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You wanna break the egg
open even more, flattery.
00:18:59.33\00:19:05.07
Oh, yeah.
00:19:05.11\00:19:06.54
You know,
00:19:06.57\00:19:07.91
you're the most
handsome man at 3ABN.
00:19:07.94\00:19:09.54
Oh, thank you.
00:19:09.58\00:19:12.68
That will get you nowhere.
00:19:12.71\00:19:15.22
I'm sure even flattery.
00:19:15.25\00:19:16.58
No, I'm not saying
that in a derogatory way.
00:19:16.62\00:19:17.95
No, no.
00:19:17.99\00:19:19.32
But the point of the matter
00:19:19.35\00:19:20.69
is we're just
using an illustration.
00:19:20.72\00:19:22.12
Some people flatter other people
00:19:22.16\00:19:23.83
just so they can gain access
00:19:23.86\00:19:26.16
to their heart
and their circles.
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Man, I have never
anybody preach like you.
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Be careful when...
00:19:33.40\00:19:34.74
And when you
say, "Well, you know,
00:19:34.77\00:19:36.10
I agree with you on that note."
00:19:36.14\00:19:38.87
But most of us don't we feel
uncomfortable when somebody...
00:19:38.91\00:19:42.24
There was
somebody that was really...
00:19:42.28\00:19:44.08
Sugarcoated...
00:19:44.11\00:19:45.45
Laying it on thick and I'm like,
00:19:45.48\00:19:46.82
"Oh, back off," you know?
00:19:46.85\00:19:48.22
Me too. It scares me.
00:19:48.25\00:19:49.75
It's like, I don't
trust that person anymore.
00:19:49.78\00:19:54.06
That's I know that.
00:19:54.09\00:19:55.46
Dee, you are the best treasurer
00:19:55.49\00:19:56.83
we ever had and we go on and on,
00:19:56.86\00:19:59.19
you never make a mistake.
00:19:59.23\00:20:01.13
You are just, you know...
00:20:01.16\00:20:02.70
Well... No, I know you're lying.
00:20:02.73\00:20:06.77
I know, right?
00:20:06.80\00:20:08.24
But you are a good
treasurer. It is true.
00:20:08.27\00:20:10.71
I think your statement is true,
00:20:10.74\00:20:12.11
you know, people use flattery
00:20:12.14\00:20:14.61
to try to gain something
from that person to gain favor
00:20:14.64\00:20:18.51
or to gain
something in some way.
00:20:18.55\00:20:20.92
And that's a
deceitful way of doing things.
00:20:20.95\00:20:24.29
Joe. Yeah, the...
00:20:24.32\00:20:26.29
Remember when God says,
00:20:26.32\00:20:27.66
I hate those who
lie or lying or...
00:20:27.69\00:20:30.63
Hate.
00:20:30.66\00:20:31.99
Okay, so hate means
00:20:32.03\00:20:33.36
he's disgusted
and extremely dislikes
00:20:33.40\00:20:37.10
because that's an
enemy of his government.
00:20:37.13\00:20:41.37
And the fact is that
in the original language,
00:20:41.40\00:20:45.07
lying is deceitful,
00:20:45.11\00:20:46.91
it's fraudulent,
and it brings injury.
00:20:46.94\00:20:50.75
Now God does not
want His children injured
00:20:50.78\00:20:53.88
because they're lied to,
00:20:53.92\00:20:55.38
and so He is disgusted
by that which is hatred.
00:20:55.42\00:20:58.85
He's disgusted.
00:20:58.89\00:21:00.59
Yeah, and it pulls us
in the wrong direction
00:21:00.62\00:21:03.26
because ultimately when
you read Revelation 22:15.
00:21:03.29\00:21:05.89
Look at that.
00:21:05.93\00:21:07.26
It says ultimately,
lying leads a person
00:21:07.30\00:21:10.73
to be on the outside
of the New Jerusalem.
00:21:10.77\00:21:14.80
The Lord says this
after He talks about blessed
00:21:14.84\00:21:16.74
are those who
keep His commandments
00:21:16.77\00:21:18.57
that they may right
to the tree of life,
00:21:18.61\00:21:20.08
may enter into the gates
through the city He says,
00:21:20.11\00:21:22.48
but outside are dogs,
those are the immoral,
00:21:22.51\00:21:27.12
and sorcerers
and sexually immoral
00:21:27.15\00:21:29.68
and murderers and idolaters,
00:21:29.72\00:21:31.25
and whoever loves
and practices a lie.
00:21:31.29\00:21:34.82
And there is
some people that lie
00:21:34.86\00:21:36.19
so well that they
think they've lied so long.
00:21:36.22\00:21:40.33
I was very good at it.
00:21:40.36\00:21:42.36
I was very good at it.
00:21:42.40\00:21:43.77
At lying? I was very good liar.
00:21:43.80\00:21:45.27
Absolutely.
00:21:45.30\00:21:46.63
And there's so many
different reasons to lie,
00:21:46.67\00:21:49.64
to protect yourself or
to escape a bad situation.
00:21:49.67\00:21:54.24
But you, if you
lie all the time,
00:21:54.28\00:21:56.24
when obviously can lied.
00:21:56.28\00:21:59.18
I lied sometimes
just for the fun of it
00:21:59.21\00:22:01.02
because it becomes a habit,
00:22:01.05\00:22:02.58
and you don't even
think about it and you lie.
00:22:02.62\00:22:04.49
It's really sad.
00:22:04.52\00:22:05.85
And that's why when
I became a Christian,
00:22:05.89\00:22:08.62
yeah, the thing I disliked
00:22:08.66\00:22:10.99
the most is
lying because I did it.
00:22:11.03\00:22:13.96
And it's the one thing...
00:22:14.00\00:22:15.33
But see it locks you up.
00:22:15.36\00:22:17.17
You became... You're not free.
00:22:17.20\00:22:20.50
God wants freedom from us.
00:22:20.54\00:22:22.20
You can't
remember your own lies,
00:22:22.24\00:22:23.74
well, some people
can, I couldn't but...
00:22:23.77\00:22:26.37
Yeah.
00:22:26.41\00:22:27.74
Lying becomes a trap
00:22:27.78\00:22:29.68
and a chains that
wrapped around you.
00:22:29.71\00:22:32.05
Yeah.
00:22:32.08\00:22:33.42
So that's one of the
reason that God hates it so much
00:22:33.45\00:22:35.95
is because it
destroys the person doing it.
00:22:35.98\00:22:38.09
Well.
00:22:38.12\00:22:39.45
Not to mention what
it does to other people.
00:22:39.49\00:22:41.69
You're putting
yourself in bondage,
00:22:41.72\00:22:43.66
which takes us now
what does lying do.
00:22:43.69\00:22:46.56
Look, the third one,
hands that shed innocent blood.
00:22:46.59\00:22:50.27
Hands that shed innocent blood.
00:22:50.30\00:22:52.97
I like what is
God's position towards
00:22:53.00\00:22:55.77
the one that takes
the life of the innocent?
00:22:55.80\00:22:58.97
Now that's a really
important one I decided.
00:22:59.01\00:23:01.54
Who'd like to
read that Exodus 23:7?
00:23:01.58\00:23:04.58
Point number six.
00:23:04.61\00:23:06.08
Honey?
00:23:06.11\00:23:07.45
No, no, no, I'm gonna
let Johnny read it for now.
00:23:07.48\00:23:09.45
Okay, that's Exodus which one?
00:23:09.48\00:23:12.05
23:7.
00:23:12.09\00:23:13.42
Verse 7, "Keep yourself
far from a false matter,
00:23:13.46\00:23:16.73
do not kill the
innocent and righteous,
00:23:16.76\00:23:19.06
for I will not
justify the wicked."
00:23:19.09\00:23:21.53
Wow. So...
00:23:21.56\00:23:22.90
Don't kill them.
00:23:22.93\00:23:24.27
Don't kill the innocent.
00:23:24.30\00:23:27.00
Can we even say that
00:23:27.04\00:23:28.37
innocent people
have been killed?
00:23:28.40\00:23:29.84
Oh, yeah.
00:23:29.87\00:23:31.21
It started with
Cain and Abel, right?
00:23:31.24\00:23:33.17
Oh, very good
point. That's right.
00:23:33.21\00:23:34.78
Cain killed
Abel, an innocent man.
00:23:34.81\00:23:36.75
It even has more meaning
00:23:36.78\00:23:38.11
when we put it
into the spiritual,
00:23:38.15\00:23:40.08
parallel which innocent
means guiltless and clean.
00:23:40.12\00:23:45.42
And this is what God
was saying about lying,
00:23:45.45\00:23:47.72
deceitful fraud that
can injure His children
00:23:47.76\00:23:51.19
who are guiltless and clean,
00:23:51.23\00:23:53.60
and He has a
responsibility to protect them.
00:23:53.63\00:23:57.47
That's right.
00:23:57.50\00:23:58.83
And wear this.
00:23:58.87\00:24:00.20
Do Christians go out
00:24:00.24\00:24:01.57
and just shoot somebody
or stab him with a knife?
00:24:01.60\00:24:03.91
No, we have
this wonderful weapon
00:24:03.94\00:24:06.37
called a tongue,
and it is lethal.
00:24:06.41\00:24:10.05
That's so true. Wow.
00:24:10.08\00:24:11.41
We all have it.
00:24:11.45\00:24:12.78
But I like the point
you're making as a Christian
00:24:12.81\00:24:14.88
there is a higher level
of accountability there.
00:24:14.92\00:24:17.29
Doesn't God's word say
that even the devil trembles
00:24:17.32\00:24:20.99
at the sound of His name?
00:24:21.02\00:24:22.92
That's a weapon.
00:24:22.96\00:24:24.29
You're right, But
you could kill a person,
00:24:24.33\00:24:26.29
their reputation,
everything with your tongue.
00:24:26.33\00:24:29.10
Oh, not only their
character and their reputation,
00:24:29.13\00:24:32.00
you can wound
them deeply with words.
00:24:32.03\00:24:36.97
And sometimes with your...
00:24:37.01\00:24:40.58
I'm sure I hurt
people with my tone of voice.
00:24:40.61\00:24:42.91
Sometimes I get
so intense, you know?
00:24:42.94\00:24:47.62
But sometimes, even
but those things that are,
00:24:47.65\00:24:52.29
that you brought up,
00:24:52.32\00:24:53.66
sometimes none of those
things have to be present
00:24:53.69\00:24:55.82
for there to be injury.
00:24:55.86\00:24:57.19
Let's look at an
example of Matthew 27
00:24:57.23\00:24:59.13
because I think this person
00:24:59.16\00:25:01.43
is probably at
the top of my list
00:25:01.46\00:25:04.30
because of what happened,
00:25:04.33\00:25:05.73
and I'm trying to be vague here.
00:25:05.77\00:25:07.40
But, Honey, why
don't you read that for us?
00:25:07.44\00:25:09.90
And I'll ask the question
after Angie reads the text.
00:25:09.94\00:25:14.24
Okay. Matthew 27:3-4.
00:25:14.28\00:25:16.88
Point number seven.
00:25:16.91\00:25:18.25
"Then Judas, His betrayer,"
that's Jesus' betrayer,
00:25:18.28\00:25:21.85
"seeing that He
had been condemned,
00:25:21.88\00:25:24.99
was remorseful and brought
back the thirty pieces of silver
00:25:25.02\00:25:29.19
to the chief
priests and elders saying,
00:25:29.22\00:25:31.76
'I have sinned by
betraying innocent blood.'
00:25:31.79\00:25:35.76
And they said,
'What is that to us?
00:25:35.80\00:25:39.10
You see to it!'
00:25:39.13\00:25:41.30
" So can we say that
00:25:41.34\00:25:42.67
he's probably on
the top of the list
00:25:42.70\00:25:44.04
for the man that he...
00:25:44.07\00:25:46.71
The only man that should
00:25:46.74\00:25:48.08
never have been
betrayed was Jesus.
00:25:48.11\00:25:51.65
Was He innocent?
00:25:51.68\00:25:53.01
Yes.
00:25:53.05\00:25:54.38
Absolutely. Was He guiltless?
00:25:54.42\00:25:55.75
Yeah. Was He clean?
00:25:55.78\00:25:57.12
Amen. Yes.
00:25:57.15\00:25:58.49
Was he righteous? Yeah.
00:25:58.52\00:25:59.85
Can you imagine
being in a position.
00:25:59.89\00:26:01.32
And I think one of the reasons
00:26:01.36\00:26:02.69
why the Bible
speaks about the betrayal
00:26:02.72\00:26:04.69
that Judas participated
00:26:04.73\00:26:06.06
and he is being so
grievous is because
00:26:06.09\00:26:08.66
if there's one person
00:26:08.70\00:26:10.03
who fits all the qualifications
00:26:10.07\00:26:12.00
that never did
anything wrong, is Jesus.
00:26:12.03\00:26:16.07
And that's why later on,
00:26:16.10\00:26:19.31
you can see this whole concept
of don't hurt the innocent
00:26:19.34\00:26:23.71
because you are, in
fact, as Jesus says,
00:26:23.75\00:26:25.71
as much as you've done
it to the least of these,
00:26:25.75\00:26:28.65
what happen? That's right.
00:26:28.68\00:26:30.02
Done to me. Pastor Dinzey.
00:26:30.05\00:26:31.39
You know, it's
what you were saying
00:26:31.42\00:26:34.16
made me think of,
00:26:34.19\00:26:35.52
you know, he had seen completely
00:26:35.56\00:26:38.19
the opposite in
the life of Jesus...
00:26:38.23\00:26:40.13
That's right.
00:26:40.16\00:26:41.50
Of what he was accusing him of.
00:26:41.53\00:26:43.90
All the right things
he saw, miracles he did,
00:26:43.93\00:26:47.10
I mean, he went
completely against
00:26:47.14\00:26:49.57
all the reality that
he has seen and heard
00:26:49.60\00:26:52.34
to do this betrayal.
00:26:52.37\00:26:54.08
And that's what happens
when one of these things
00:26:54.11\00:26:57.28
you allow them to
take a hold of you
00:26:57.31\00:26:58.95
because if the devil leads you
00:26:58.98\00:27:03.15
to embrace one of
these things like lying,
00:27:03.18\00:27:06.15
stealing whatever it is,
00:27:06.19\00:27:08.79
he doesn't want
you to stop there,
00:27:08.82\00:27:10.53
he wants to take
you further and further
00:27:10.56\00:27:11.96
until you are
completely in his snare
00:27:11.99\00:27:15.76
and miracle of the Lord
00:27:15.80\00:27:18.37
is what will release
you, and relieve you,
00:27:18.40\00:27:19.90
and give you freedom.
00:27:19.93\00:27:21.27
I think, Dee may have point
this out before the program.
00:27:21.30\00:27:23.67
Each of these
builds on the other,
00:27:23.71\00:27:25.04
which takes us to
the very next point...
00:27:25.07\00:27:26.41
See, Judas started out by...
00:27:26.44\00:27:29.48
He was not
honest with the money.
00:27:29.51\00:27:31.15
No.
00:27:31.18\00:27:32.51
So he started out
with this little sin.
00:27:32.55\00:27:34.52
And he probably justified
00:27:34.55\00:27:35.88
a little bit of
it to begin with,
00:27:35.92\00:27:37.32
but it builds, and
builds, and builds.
00:27:37.35\00:27:39.49
And what was his purpose?
00:27:39.52\00:27:42.12
He wanted Jesus to be King.
00:27:42.16\00:27:45.26
In other words,
he had his own agenda
00:27:45.29\00:27:47.56
and he tried to force
his agenda on to Jesus
00:27:47.60\00:27:51.40
and it led to his own death.
00:27:51.43\00:27:53.34
Yeah. Because his...
00:27:53.37\00:27:55.20
The whole thing
was self-focused.
00:27:55.24\00:27:58.24
And if you see a
little bit of money,
00:27:58.27\00:27:59.64
then you're gonna
lie, and then he was proud.
00:27:59.67\00:28:03.81
I don't know, I
just never thought
00:28:03.85\00:28:06.01
about this question,
just for a brief moment.
00:28:06.05\00:28:09.85
Question, did the devil try
00:28:09.88\00:28:12.85
with the other 11 disciples
to lead them to betray Jesus?
00:28:12.89\00:28:18.23
But only one responded.
00:28:18.26\00:28:20.20
It could be because we know
that the Lord said to Peter,
00:28:20.23\00:28:23.10
the devil desires
to sift you as wheat.
00:28:23.13\00:28:25.63
So he doesn't leave
any of them untouched,
00:28:25.67\00:28:27.27
but he saw the opening,
00:28:27.30\00:28:28.64
the best opening he
found was Judas, I believe.
00:28:28.67\00:28:30.74
Right.
00:28:30.77\00:28:32.11
So this is a good question
00:28:32.14\00:28:33.48
because the devil
is gonna try something
00:28:33.51\00:28:37.68
to get you to walk away
from the ways of the Lord,
00:28:37.71\00:28:40.45
something, something.
00:28:40.48\00:28:42.48
Look at what he did with Cain.
00:28:42.52\00:28:46.99
It's okay, you can
offer these things.
00:28:47.02\00:28:48.76
At least you're
offering something to the Lord,
00:28:48.79\00:28:50.69
He should be happy
with that, go for it.
00:28:50.73\00:28:53.06
And so he
followed that suggestion,
00:28:53.09\00:28:54.66
so he's gonna try something.
00:28:54.70\00:28:56.03
So again, as we're
talking about this,
00:28:56.06\00:28:58.73
we should examine ourselves.
00:28:58.77\00:29:00.17
That's right.
00:29:00.20\00:29:01.54
To see if any of this
is in us, and say, "Lord,
00:29:01.57\00:29:03.57
please take this away from me."
00:29:03.61\00:29:06.14
Peter denied Jesus but look
00:29:06.17\00:29:08.31
how he responded
totally different
00:29:08.34\00:29:10.55
because of the heart he had.
00:29:10.58\00:29:13.68
And we read in the
Bible about the disciples,
00:29:13.72\00:29:16.42
they were not perfect.
00:29:16.45\00:29:17.99
No. No.
00:29:18.02\00:29:19.42
Neither are any of us.
That was a wonderful question.
00:29:19.45\00:29:21.92
I never thought of that before.
00:29:21.96\00:29:24.29
And where did it, Joe?
00:29:24.33\00:29:25.79
And where did it lead?
00:29:25.83\00:29:27.16
Now remember the innocent blood,
00:29:27.20\00:29:28.53
but where did it lead
to the very next point?
00:29:28.56\00:29:31.67
Wow. Okay.
00:29:31.70\00:29:33.03
Next Sriya.
00:29:33.07\00:29:34.40
Sriya, do have that point there?
00:29:34.44\00:29:36.04
Number eight. Number four.
00:29:36.07\00:29:37.51
Well, actually the fourth
point I want to bring up before
00:29:37.54\00:29:39.84
the hand that
sheds innocent blood.
00:29:39.87\00:29:41.71
How did he do that?
00:29:41.74\00:29:43.08
Because, what, his
heart devised wicked plans.
00:29:43.11\00:29:47.98
That's what happened to Judas.
00:29:48.02\00:29:50.35
He was guilty of
shedding innocent blood
00:29:50.39\00:29:53.12
because his heart
devised wicked plans.
00:29:53.15\00:29:56.12
He said, "I could use Jesus."
00:29:56.16\00:29:57.86
Get some money out of it,
00:29:57.89\00:29:59.23
and like before
He'll just disappear
00:29:59.26\00:30:01.93
and they won't catch
him, and this plan backfired.
00:30:01.96\00:30:05.43
Okay, let's go to number...
00:30:05.47\00:30:06.80
And that is Psalms 141:4, right?
00:30:06.84\00:30:08.40
Yeah, Sriya?
00:30:08.44\00:30:10.11
"Do not incline my
heart to any evil thing,
00:30:10.14\00:30:13.94
to practice wicked works
with men who work iniquity,
00:30:13.98\00:30:20.02
and do not let me
eat of their delicacies."
00:30:20.05\00:30:24.15
That's right.
00:30:24.19\00:30:25.52
In other words,
they'll offer you something.
00:30:25.55\00:30:26.89
Pastor Dinzey was saying
that he said, "Well, hey,
00:30:26.92\00:30:28.92
in this case they
offered Judas," what?
00:30:28.96\00:30:30.96
Thirty pieces of silver.
00:30:30.99\00:30:32.53
And they said what?
00:30:32.56\00:30:33.90
Cain or Abel, was it,
Cain offered what fruit?
00:30:33.93\00:30:37.67
And what did Jacob and
Esau, what was that all again?
00:30:37.70\00:30:40.94
See, notice what's
happening, wicked plans.
00:30:40.97\00:30:43.57
Wicked plans. Wicked plan.
00:30:43.61\00:30:45.37
These are wicked plans. Yeah.
00:30:45.41\00:30:46.74
And where does it start?
00:30:46.78\00:30:48.11
When we're a small
child in the sandbox
00:30:48.14\00:30:50.01
when a friend says let's
go do this or go do that,
00:30:50.05\00:30:53.48
peer pressure.
00:30:53.52\00:30:54.85
Yeah.
00:30:54.88\00:30:56.22
That's another trick
of the devil right there.
00:30:56.25\00:30:57.59
Wrong.
00:30:57.62\00:30:58.95
Another trick
from young children...
00:30:58.99\00:31:00.32
With wicked plans teaching.
00:31:00.36\00:31:01.69
Yeah, yeah.
00:31:01.72\00:31:03.06
But have you
noticed how all of them
00:31:03.09\00:31:04.43
build on the other ones?
00:31:04.46\00:31:05.79
How where it starts
with the proud look,
00:31:05.83\00:31:07.16
lying tongue, hands
that shed innocent blood,
00:31:07.20\00:31:10.30
and a heart that
devises wicked plans.
00:31:10.33\00:31:12.33
And there's
another one, Proverbs 4:27.
00:31:12.37\00:31:16.10
Want to read that one, Dee?
00:31:16.14\00:31:17.47
"Do not turn to
the right or the left,
00:31:17.51\00:31:21.38
remove your foot from evil."
00:31:21.41\00:31:24.61
Wow! Wow!
00:31:24.65\00:31:26.15
Wicked plans
because what happens is,
00:31:26.18\00:31:28.52
in the text says,
00:31:28.55\00:31:30.42
hands a heart that
devises wicked plans,
00:31:30.45\00:31:35.42
but it runs right
into the very next one.
00:31:35.46\00:31:37.89
Do you wanna make a point,
00:31:37.93\00:31:39.26
Honey, before we
go to the next one?
00:31:39.29\00:31:40.63
No, no.
00:31:40.66\00:31:42.00
It runs right into the next one,
00:31:42.03\00:31:43.50
which it says feet
00:31:43.53\00:31:46.10
that are swift
in running to evil.
00:31:46.13\00:31:49.40
And I use that point
00:31:49.44\00:31:51.07
because you laid the
foundation well on that text.
00:31:51.11\00:31:53.24
What about the feet, Dee?
00:31:53.27\00:31:54.61
What did it say
again about the feet?
00:31:54.64\00:31:55.98
Do not turn to
the left or the right,
00:31:56.01\00:31:57.35
remove your foot from evil.
00:31:57.38\00:31:59.11
Wow!
00:31:59.15\00:32:00.48
Distrait and then
in Psalms 119:101,
00:32:00.52\00:32:03.85
it says, "I have restrained
my feet from every evil way,
00:32:03.89\00:32:08.02
that I may keep Your word."
00:32:08.06\00:32:10.69
So it's keeping
your eye on Jesus
00:32:10.73\00:32:12.76
and walking that straight path.
00:32:12.79\00:32:16.03
And if your foot starts to turn,
00:32:16.06\00:32:18.10
you need to bring it back.
00:32:18.13\00:32:20.57
How many times does
00:32:20.60\00:32:21.94
weird things come into
your head, evil thoughts?
00:32:21.97\00:32:24.04
I know. All you...
00:32:24.07\00:32:26.34
But the thing is it's not a
sin because it popped in there,
00:32:26.37\00:32:29.54
it's a sin when
you start thinking
00:32:29.58\00:32:31.31
about it and building on it.
00:32:31.35\00:32:32.68
Yes.
00:32:32.71\00:32:34.05
But this morning
something popped into my head
00:32:34.08\00:32:37.45
and I was like, wait a
minute, wait a minute, no, Lord.
00:32:37.49\00:32:42.52
And I started quoting scripture
00:32:42.56\00:32:44.26
just because you can't
00:32:44.29\00:32:45.86
just stop thinking of something,
00:32:45.89\00:32:47.33
you have to
replace it with something.
00:32:47.36\00:32:49.60
So you have to be prepared.
00:32:49.63\00:32:52.60
When Satan starts to
try to turn that foot,
00:32:52.63\00:32:55.60
your head has to
control the foot.
00:32:55.64\00:32:58.17
Overcome evil with good. Amen.
00:32:58.21\00:32:59.77
Joe. Amen.
00:32:59.81\00:33:01.14
When we talk about
wicked, it's defined as evil.
00:33:01.18\00:33:04.21
And when we talk about evil,
00:33:04.25\00:33:05.71
these are a multitude of things
00:33:05.75\00:33:08.08
that we can point out
that are evil or wicked.
00:33:08.12\00:33:11.82
But the most important thing
is the spiritual connotation
00:33:11.85\00:33:14.99
which is, it's unjust.
00:33:15.02\00:33:17.86
It's unjust in God's
kingdom and in His laws,
00:33:17.89\00:33:22.63
and it brings hurt.
00:33:22.66\00:33:24.00
It's injurious again, see,
00:33:24.03\00:33:25.37
it hurts somebody
when you're wicked.
00:33:25.40\00:33:27.74
Whatever the wickedness
is, is not so important,
00:33:27.77\00:33:30.61
it's the results,
00:33:30.64\00:33:32.34
and it's not gonna be
allowed in the kingdom.
00:33:32.37\00:33:35.14
And when we're
talking about pride,
00:33:35.18\00:33:37.28
the last on earth
will be first in heaven.
00:33:37.31\00:33:39.91
I love God's ways
because they're righteous.
00:33:39.95\00:33:44.19
Yes. That's right.
00:33:44.22\00:33:45.55
Pastor Dinzey?
00:33:45.59\00:33:47.62
I'm reading here from Proverbs.
00:33:47.66\00:33:49.09
We're in Proverbs Chapter
6, mostly, but in Chapter 5,
00:33:49.12\00:33:53.93
it's interesting how
this is mentioned to us
00:33:53.96\00:33:57.43
in beginning in verse 21.
00:33:57.47\00:34:00.37
It says, "For the ways of man
00:34:00.40\00:34:02.74
are before the eyes of the Lord,
00:34:02.77\00:34:04.91
and He ponders all his paths.
00:34:04.94\00:34:08.18
His own iniquities
entrap the wicked man,
00:34:08.21\00:34:10.65
and he is caught in
the cords of his sin."
00:34:10.68\00:34:14.92
And so it's like
you were talking about
00:34:14.95\00:34:17.05
the feet running to do evil,
00:34:17.09\00:34:18.42
the Lord's pondering his path
00:34:18.45\00:34:19.79
and the Lord is
trying to lead us
00:34:19.82\00:34:21.16
in the right direction,
00:34:21.19\00:34:23.32
and tells us beware, be careful.
00:34:23.36\00:34:24.93
You know,
00:34:24.96\00:34:26.63
there's wonderful
instruction in the Bible.
00:34:26.66\00:34:29.46
Like, I was
thinking as you were,
00:34:29.50\00:34:32.33
because the devil
tries to take you further
00:34:32.37\00:34:33.70
and further and further.
00:34:33.74\00:34:35.57
How did he start
this process with David?
00:34:35.60\00:34:38.31
Because he developed
a wicked, wicked plan.
00:34:38.34\00:34:41.28
I mean, it was all
his that he put together.
00:34:41.31\00:34:45.88
Let him who thinks he
stands take heed lest he fall.
00:34:45.91\00:34:48.72
This is one of
those family worships.
00:34:48.75\00:34:51.02
Let him who thinks he's standing
00:34:51.05\00:34:52.75
take heed lest he fall because
00:34:52.79\00:34:54.12
one of these
things can entrap us.
00:34:54.16\00:34:56.39
So David, he did these
things, but the Lord did not.
00:34:56.42\00:34:59.76
Okay, David sinned, he's gone.
00:34:59.79\00:35:02.66
Okay, bring the next guy in.
00:35:02.70\00:35:04.03
No, the Lord appealed to him
00:35:04.07\00:35:06.37
and that's what the Lord does
with each and every one of us.
00:35:06.40\00:35:09.20
If we fall into
one of these things,
00:35:09.24\00:35:10.91
lying, pride, whatever it
is, the Lord tries to get to us.
00:35:10.94\00:35:16.48
And now just like David,
he may use someone to say,
00:35:16.51\00:35:19.05
"Hey, did you
ever think about this?"
00:35:19.08\00:35:21.78
In some way tries
to get our attention,
00:35:21.82\00:35:24.12
so like David, we
will repent and say, "Lord,
00:35:24.15\00:35:27.62
take not Your Holy
Spirit from me, purge me,
00:35:27.66\00:35:30.29
cleanse me from this evil."
00:35:30.33\00:35:32.33
And if we do this, the
Lord is gonna restore us.
00:35:32.36\00:35:36.36
Absolutely.
00:35:36.40\00:35:37.73
Matter of fact, Psalms
37:23. I'll just read this.
00:35:37.77\00:35:40.64
This is not in your syllabus,
I just went and looked at it.
00:35:40.67\00:35:43.47
It says, speaking about them,
00:35:43.51\00:35:45.07
"The steps of a good
man are ordered by the Lord,
00:35:45.11\00:35:49.54
and He delights in his way."
00:35:49.58\00:35:52.18
So if somebody is
running to devise evil also,
00:35:52.21\00:35:55.68
I don't like that
path he is taking,
00:35:55.72\00:35:57.99
but I like that path.
00:35:58.02\00:35:59.35
And wasn't the
prayer that Jesus told
00:35:59.39\00:36:01.86
His disciples to pray.
00:36:01.89\00:36:03.22
It says,
00:36:03.26\00:36:04.59
"What lead us into
paths of righteousness
00:36:04.63\00:36:08.00
for his name's sake."
00:36:08.03\00:36:11.23
So as Joe pointed out
00:36:11.27\00:36:12.80
the path that the wicked take
the ones that is devising evil,
00:36:12.83\00:36:15.44
they're going to a path
that is not ordered by the Lord.
00:36:15.47\00:36:20.01
And the Bible says
there's a way that seems
00:36:20.04\00:36:22.01
right into a man but
the end is the way of death.
00:36:22.04\00:36:24.81
So if you are...
00:36:24.85\00:36:27.38
And I think Dee laid
the foundation so well.
00:36:27.42\00:36:29.95
If there's a thought that
comes into your mind that says,
00:36:29.98\00:36:33.66
"All right.
00:36:33.69\00:36:35.72
He got me last
time, but I got a plan."
00:36:35.76\00:36:38.63
Oh, no. Yeah, that happens.
00:36:38.66\00:36:40.00
And people come to work
and say, "How you doing.
00:36:40.03\00:36:41.83
John?" I'm fine.
00:36:41.86\00:36:43.20
I'm good.
00:36:43.23\00:36:44.57
I'm good. I got it.
00:36:44.60\00:36:45.93
What he's
really locked in today?
00:36:45.97\00:36:47.30
He is not talking
very much. No, I'm good.
00:36:47.34\00:36:48.97
I'm just
thinking about something.
00:36:49.00\00:36:51.17
I'm all right.
00:36:51.21\00:36:52.54
So what you
gonna do to me today.
00:36:52.57\00:36:53.94
He's got his mind set. Yeah.
00:36:53.98\00:36:55.94
He's got his mind set
and added to everything,
00:36:55.98\00:36:58.31
his whole, his
attitude is being.
00:36:58.35\00:37:01.25
He said, "So
remember yesterday?"
00:37:01.28\00:37:03.59
Remember yesterday, Dee?
00:37:03.62\00:37:04.95
Do you remember yesterday?
00:37:04.99\00:37:06.65
Okay, right. So
now check this out.
00:37:06.69\00:37:08.96
I was thinking
about this all night.
00:37:08.99\00:37:11.43
Oh.
00:37:11.46\00:37:12.79
You notice what happens?
00:37:12.83\00:37:14.16
Have you ever
had that experience?
00:37:14.20\00:37:15.53
Yes. I know, I've
been in the world.
00:37:15.56\00:37:18.33
I mean, you know the
attitude, the city attitude,
00:37:18.37\00:37:20.44
so take this, so you
hit me, remember that?
00:37:20.47\00:37:23.24
You took my money,
you broke into my car,
00:37:23.27\00:37:26.68
you defamed me,
00:37:26.71\00:37:28.28
you spoke badly
about me to the company,
00:37:28.31\00:37:30.51
but I guess
there's one more round
00:37:30.55\00:37:32.01
and this is in my favor.
00:37:32.05\00:37:33.38
See what happens is,
the whole personality...
00:37:33.42\00:37:36.15
Boy, I have... It
could lead to killing.
00:37:36.18\00:37:37.85
It could lead to
anything. Murder.
00:37:37.89\00:37:39.22
Yeah.
00:37:39.25\00:37:40.59
And I remembered how to do that
00:37:40.62\00:37:42.02
because I was in a
world where you know
00:37:42.06\00:37:44.63
the phrase doggy dog
world, remember that world?
00:37:44.66\00:37:47.33
Or I'll get even. Yes.
00:37:47.36\00:37:50.27
I'll get even. Get even, yeah.
00:37:50.30\00:37:51.63
This is not over yet.
00:37:51.67\00:37:53.00
Take a while, but I'll get even.
00:37:53.03\00:37:55.17
Wow! Isn't that terrible?
00:37:55.20\00:37:56.81
That's terrible because
00:37:56.84\00:37:58.17
the person is putting
down roots that will...
00:37:58.21\00:38:01.18
Bitter roots.
00:38:01.21\00:38:02.54
Grow and yield bitter fruits
00:38:02.58\00:38:05.01
not only for
himself but for others.
00:38:05.05\00:38:06.65
God says, "Vengeance is mine."
00:38:06.68\00:38:08.55
What are we doing playing God?
00:38:08.58\00:38:10.19
But also we need to be careful.
00:38:10.22\00:38:12.79
Okay, last week, I
jokingly said something.
00:38:12.82\00:38:16.76
And I realized immediately
00:38:16.79\00:38:18.83
that it wasn't funny to
the person I said it to,
00:38:18.86\00:38:21.43
and it hurt them and
they were worried about it.
00:38:21.46\00:38:25.57
So I apologized right away.
00:38:25.60\00:38:29.70
But then later I went
and talked to them and said,
00:38:29.74\00:38:32.21
"I will not do that again,
I understand, I was wrong."
00:38:32.24\00:38:36.08
Because I could see
that it did hurt them
00:38:36.11\00:38:39.65
and it was working on them.
00:38:39.68\00:38:41.62
And so if we're
quick to recognize
00:38:41.65\00:38:45.69
when we wound someone else
because that person could have,
00:38:45.72\00:38:49.99
it could have worked
on them all night long
00:38:50.03\00:38:51.93
till the next day they come.
00:38:51.96\00:38:53.40
Because it hurts their
spirit, so we need to be quick.
00:38:53.43\00:38:58.90
That's why God
gives us discernment.
00:38:58.93\00:39:01.00
We need to be aware
00:39:01.04\00:39:02.50
when we injure or say something
00:39:02.54\00:39:04.94
'cause sometimes I
haven't known in later,
00:39:04.97\00:39:06.91
days later, somebody,
00:39:06.94\00:39:08.28
something will
come up and I'll go.
00:39:08.31\00:39:09.78
That's not what I meant
here, that's not what I said
00:39:09.81\00:39:11.88
or you
misunderstood me or whatever,
00:39:11.91\00:39:14.92
but they've dwelled on
it and it hurt their spirit.
00:39:14.95\00:39:17.62
Yes.
00:39:17.65\00:39:18.99
What I like about you,
you're quick to apologize,
00:39:19.02\00:39:20.62
which is good.
00:39:20.66\00:39:21.99
But I want...
00:39:22.02\00:39:23.36
I wish I'd be quicker
not to make the mistake
00:39:23.39\00:39:24.73
in the first place.
00:39:24.76\00:39:26.09
I want to read
something real quick.
00:39:26.13\00:39:27.46
It's from Education 291.
00:39:27.50\00:39:29.00
It says, "The
greatest wrongs done
00:39:29.03\00:39:31.63
to a child or youth
is to allow him or her
00:39:31.67\00:39:36.04
to become fastened in
the bondage of evil habit."
00:39:36.07\00:39:40.78
And this is from Proverbs 5:22.
00:39:40.81\00:39:44.18
When they're in
bondage to a evil habit,
00:39:44.21\00:39:47.25
they just grow into that.
00:39:47.28\00:39:48.75
You remember you always
say, you don't grow out of sin?
00:39:48.78\00:39:51.05
You know, the most
dangerous statement
00:39:51.09\00:39:54.12
I've heard made by parents
is, oh, they'll grow out of it.
00:39:54.16\00:39:57.46
Yeah. No one grows out of evil.
00:39:57.49\00:39:59.79
You got to train up a child
in the way that they should go.
00:39:59.83\00:40:03.16
No one grows out of evil
00:40:03.20\00:40:04.53
any more than a plant
naturally grows straight.
00:40:04.57\00:40:07.27
You know when you
see a plant that's young,
00:40:07.30\00:40:08.64
you ever see those plants,
00:40:08.67\00:40:10.01
look at plants and
people have two sticks
00:40:10.04\00:40:12.47
and they have a drawstring
to the top of the plant so.
00:40:12.51\00:40:15.44
You go to these
botanical gardens
00:40:15.48\00:40:18.91
or places that sell plants,
00:40:18.95\00:40:21.28
whatever around here,
00:40:21.32\00:40:22.65
you can see the strings
holding them because he said,
00:40:22.68\00:40:24.75
"We don't want that
thing to grow sideways
00:40:24.79\00:40:26.12
because when it does,
00:40:26.15\00:40:27.49
it's like impossible
to straighten it out."
00:40:27.52\00:40:29.36
And that's exactly why.
00:40:29.39\00:40:30.73
Now we go to the other one
before we go to the last two.
00:40:30.76\00:40:33.33
Joe, you want to make
a point before we go on?
00:40:33.36\00:40:35.23
No, I was gonna wait and see
what you have to say in that.
00:40:35.26\00:40:37.10
Okay, the next one...
00:40:37.13\00:40:38.47
Well, wait a
minute. Okay, Sriya.
00:40:38.50\00:40:39.83
Okay.
00:40:39.87\00:40:41.20
I think the enemy is constantly
attacking our thoughts.
00:40:41.24\00:40:45.84
More I spend time here
00:40:45.87\00:40:47.94
with brothers
and sisters at 3ABN,
00:40:47.98\00:40:50.51
more I learned
how to rebuke him.
00:40:50.55\00:40:54.82
So every time bad
thoughts put in my mind,
00:40:54.85\00:40:58.45
I'm like, no,
get behind me, Satan,
00:40:58.49\00:41:00.99
and I
immediately seek Jesus' help.
00:41:01.02\00:41:03.96
So Jesus says, "Remember,
00:41:03.99\00:41:05.89
you said you never leave
me and come to my thoughts."
00:41:05.93\00:41:10.03
That's right.
That's very good point.
00:41:10.07\00:41:11.77
So it's very important
00:41:11.80\00:41:13.13
when we've been
wounded that we...
00:41:13.17\00:41:16.37
Sometimes don't think,
00:41:16.40\00:41:18.71
don't interpret what somebody
said in the worst light,
00:41:18.74\00:41:21.98
interpret it in the best light.
00:41:22.01\00:41:23.75
But also, if we think
we've been hurt or injured,
00:41:23.78\00:41:26.95
do not go home and sleep on it,
00:41:26.98\00:41:28.62
and dwell on it, and work it up,
00:41:28.65\00:41:30.69
and let it grow.
00:41:30.72\00:41:32.05
We need to weed our
own issues out and say,
00:41:32.09\00:41:34.46
"Okay, Lord, I'm hurt.
00:41:34.49\00:41:36.59
That bothered me.
00:41:36.62\00:41:38.49
Help me know what I
should do about that.
00:41:38.53\00:41:40.13
But please, I'm
giving it to you,
00:41:40.16\00:41:41.50
so I don't dwell on it.
00:41:41.53\00:41:42.86
If I can't take
care of it right now,
00:41:42.90\00:41:44.93
I'll talk to the person tomorrow
00:41:44.97\00:41:46.77
or the next day when I'm calmer,
00:41:46.80\00:41:48.80
but we cannot allow
ourselves to grow crooked."
00:41:48.84\00:41:54.24
And God is that stick
00:41:54.28\00:41:56.88
and that string that
will straighten us out,
00:41:56.91\00:41:58.95
but it's the thoughts.
00:41:58.98\00:42:00.32
And His advice
on that in scripture
00:42:00.35\00:42:02.42
is think on the good things.
00:42:02.45\00:42:04.65
That's pretty
simple, pretty simple.
00:42:04.69\00:42:07.32
And blessed are the peacemakers,
00:42:07.36\00:42:08.72
pretty simple.
00:42:08.76\00:42:10.09
That's right. Pretty simple.
00:42:10.13\00:42:11.46
And make straight
paths for your feet.
00:42:11.49\00:42:13.09
Okay? That's another one.
00:42:13.13\00:42:14.46
'Cause we choose
00:42:14.50\00:42:15.83
what we're going to think about.
00:42:15.86\00:42:17.20
Amen.
00:42:17.23\00:42:18.57
You know, say
that one more time.
00:42:18.60\00:42:19.93
That's true.
00:42:19.97\00:42:21.30
We choose what we
are going to think about.
00:42:21.34\00:42:22.80
But don't the
thoughts come into your head?
00:42:22.84\00:42:24.71
But you don't have
to hang on to them.
00:42:24.74\00:42:26.14
You can...
00:42:26.17\00:42:27.51
I said, I didn't
say you get to choose
00:42:27.54\00:42:29.21
what comes into your head.
00:42:29.24\00:42:30.58
You get to choose
what you think about.
00:42:30.61\00:42:33.85
There is a big
difference between
00:42:33.88\00:42:35.55
throwing
something out of your head
00:42:35.58\00:42:37.42
and deciding to think about it.
00:42:37.45\00:42:39.75
That's right.
00:42:39.79\00:42:41.12
Think on these things
00:42:41.16\00:42:42.49
in that out of the
abundance of the heart
00:42:42.52\00:42:44.79
the mouth speaks
as a man thinketh,
00:42:44.83\00:42:47.06
not as thoughts come to him
or to her as the person thinks.
00:42:47.10\00:42:50.70
So we see, it
creates a character
00:42:50.73\00:42:53.07
that really begins to make us.
00:42:53.10\00:42:55.47
It's like a food
00:42:55.50\00:42:56.84
that just you
forgot under your car seat
00:42:56.87\00:42:58.41
and you're
getting your car seat,
00:42:58.44\00:42:59.84
just had my car detailed,
what's the smell like that?
00:42:59.87\00:43:02.21
Well, you know, the
things that stay in our lives
00:43:02.24\00:43:03.85
that we do not choose
00:43:03.88\00:43:05.21
to get rid of
become rancid thoughts
00:43:05.25\00:43:07.52
and affects the entire person.
00:43:07.55\00:43:09.42
And you know what?
00:43:09.45\00:43:10.79
Nobody wants rancid food.
00:43:10.82\00:43:12.15
Rancid thoughts are just
as poisonous as rancid food,
00:43:12.19\00:43:15.72
which takes us
to the sixth point.
00:43:15.76\00:43:17.36
What you practice is
what you end up doing too.
00:43:17.39\00:43:20.26
So if you
practice dwelling on stuff,
00:43:20.30\00:43:23.10
it becomes a habit.
00:43:23.13\00:43:26.07
Spoken out of it.
00:43:26.10\00:43:27.57
That hat was inspired.
00:43:27.60\00:43:28.94
Praise the Lord. It's so true.
00:43:28.97\00:43:30.51
No, but experience
is the best teacher.
00:43:30.54\00:43:32.87
Let's look at number six,
00:43:32.91\00:43:34.24
a false witness who speaks lies.
00:43:34.28\00:43:37.11
That is so deadly
00:43:37.15\00:43:38.61
because sometimes people
might call you to be a witness,
00:43:38.65\00:43:41.98
and you may not like the person
00:43:42.02\00:43:43.49
that they call you
to witness against.
00:43:43.52\00:43:45.39
And you are predetermined
00:43:45.42\00:43:46.76
that this is my
moment to get him back.
00:43:46.79\00:43:48.99
And you'll say,
"No, I never heard that."
00:43:49.02\00:43:52.09
No.
00:43:52.13\00:43:53.46
Yeah, I saw them do it.
00:43:53.50\00:43:54.83
And you walk away.
00:43:54.86\00:43:56.20
Do you know how many
people are in prison?
00:43:56.23\00:43:57.57
I know of stories
where young ladies have lied
00:43:57.60\00:44:00.14
or people have lied
or witnesses have lied,
00:44:00.17\00:44:02.90
and somebody
serving 20 years, 30 years
00:44:02.94\00:44:04.67
and like 15 years later,
they say to the prosecutor,
00:44:04.71\00:44:07.78
"You know, at the moment,
I was just so angry, I lied.
00:44:07.81\00:44:10.08
I made it all up."
00:44:10.11\00:44:11.45
And you know
what the court says,
00:44:11.48\00:44:12.81
"It's too late.
00:44:12.85\00:44:14.18
It's too late."
00:44:14.22\00:44:15.55
But he didn't do
it, they didn't do it.
00:44:15.58\00:44:17.62
The man is not guilty of that.
00:44:17.65\00:44:18.99
I mean, I was angry that day
00:44:19.02\00:44:20.36
and I made it up
and I'm so sorry.
00:44:20.39\00:44:22.42
Now they said, "Well,
you know, it's too late.
00:44:22.46\00:44:24.63
They served 15 years.
00:44:24.66\00:44:27.20
We can't take
back those 15 years."
00:44:27.23\00:44:29.06
And prosecutors in
situations like that
00:44:29.10\00:44:32.07
they don't look bad
00:44:32.10\00:44:33.44
because you obviously
never change your heart.
00:44:33.47\00:44:35.04
They spent thousands of dollars
to get this person convicted
00:44:35.07\00:44:37.41
and all of a sudden
you have a change of heart.
00:44:37.44\00:44:39.07
They say, deal with it.
00:44:39.11\00:44:41.11
It's a sad reality.
00:44:41.14\00:44:42.48
But what about our
false witnesses in church?
00:44:42.51\00:44:44.65
Let's go ahead to it.
00:44:44.68\00:44:46.01
Let's go to
that right now. Okay.
00:44:46.05\00:44:47.62
Let's go to that right now.
00:44:47.65\00:44:49.15
Exodus, point number nine.
00:44:49.18\00:44:51.72
What injunction
are we given concerning
00:44:51.75\00:44:53.76
being an honest to witness.
00:44:53.79\00:44:55.46
Exodus 20:16, Pastor Dinzey?
00:44:55.49\00:44:58.09
Exodus 20:16,
00:44:58.13\00:44:59.46
"You shall not
bear false witness
00:44:59.49\00:45:01.83
against your neighbor."
00:45:01.86\00:45:04.70
Who's your neighbor?
00:45:04.73\00:45:07.14
Who asked that question?
00:45:07.17\00:45:08.50
Exactly. Who is my neighbor?
00:45:08.54\00:45:10.34
Okay. Everyone, right?
00:45:10.37\00:45:11.81
Well, you see the
bearing false witness
00:45:11.84\00:45:14.34
against your neighbour
is another dangerous thing.
00:45:14.38\00:45:17.55
You know, when you see...
00:45:17.58\00:45:19.55
You know the way we
read in Proverbs Chapter 6
00:45:19.58\00:45:22.82
about there are these six things
00:45:22.85\00:45:25.25
the Lord hates yet
seven are abomination.
00:45:25.29\00:45:27.42
This is worded in such a
way as to capture our attention.
00:45:27.46\00:45:31.06
That's the way it is
worded to capture our attention
00:45:31.09\00:45:35.03
to let you know
these things are danger.
00:45:35.06\00:45:37.23
They're an abomination.
00:45:37.27\00:45:38.70
They destroy, they destroy.
00:45:38.73\00:45:41.50
So bearing false
witness against your neighbor
00:45:41.54\00:45:44.07
destroys the neighbor,
00:45:44.11\00:45:45.44
but it also destroys the
person that is doing that.
00:45:45.47\00:45:48.01
Because look at it as poison.
00:45:48.04\00:45:51.65
You're bringing poison
out to poison your neighbor,
00:45:51.68\00:45:55.75
your neighbor's
character, your neighbor's life,
00:45:55.78\00:45:58.05
but that poison is also
in you when you bring it out.
00:45:58.09\00:46:00.56
That's right.
00:46:00.59\00:46:01.92
When you bring it out, like...
00:46:01.96\00:46:03.29
We were talking about thoughts,
00:46:03.32\00:46:04.66
you know, the devil put
suggestions into your mind,
00:46:04.69\00:46:06.03
thoughts into your mind.
00:46:06.06\00:46:07.40
If you hold on to
it, you develop it,
00:46:07.43\00:46:09.40
you embrace it then
you make it your own.
00:46:09.43\00:46:11.10
Now it's your thought.
00:46:11.13\00:46:12.93
And once it
becomes your thought,
00:46:12.97\00:46:14.30
then you're led into sin.
00:46:14.34\00:46:18.17
You have a choice.
00:46:18.21\00:46:19.54
You can say, "No, no,
I'm not gonna do that.
00:46:19.57\00:46:21.08
I'm not going to
say that about him, her.
00:46:21.11\00:46:23.24
And you don't have to
bear the false witness."
00:46:23.28\00:46:25.45
If the devil is
trying to lead you
00:46:25.48\00:46:26.82
to do a false witness,
00:46:26.85\00:46:28.18
say something
good about the person
00:46:28.22\00:46:30.19
and put yourself in
the light of the Lord.
00:46:30.22\00:46:32.55
That's right, Joe?
00:46:32.59\00:46:33.92
Well, this all
started in heaven again.
00:46:33.96\00:46:35.82
Satan was going around,
00:46:35.86\00:46:37.69
if we could cut him some slack
00:46:37.73\00:46:39.73
and say he was just
using white lies or whatever.
00:46:39.76\00:46:43.57
Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:46:43.60\00:46:44.93
Well, when he got done,
00:46:44.97\00:46:46.77
there was discord and
that's why in verse 19,
00:46:46.80\00:46:49.10
it says a false
witnesses speaketh lies,
00:46:49.14\00:46:51.87
and he that soweth
discord among the brethren.
00:46:51.91\00:46:55.34
Which is point
number seven. That's right.
00:46:55.38\00:46:56.71
So now here goes Satan around
00:46:56.75\00:46:58.45
and he wins a third
of the angels to believe,
00:46:58.48\00:47:03.08
and this causes
strife and world conflict,
00:47:03.12\00:47:05.99
you know, it causes separation.
00:47:06.02\00:47:08.56
And so now God is
just sitting there,
00:47:08.59\00:47:10.63
listening to this,
00:47:10.66\00:47:11.99
and watching a
third of His angels being
00:47:12.03\00:47:14.26
swallowing these
white lies or whatever.
00:47:14.30\00:47:16.97
And He realizes that
if He lets it keep going,
00:47:17.00\00:47:20.04
it's going to cause destruction
00:47:20.07\00:47:21.60
and injury and
all kinds of things.
00:47:21.64\00:47:23.57
So He removes that
from the two-thirds angels
00:47:23.61\00:47:26.57
that were clean and just,
00:47:26.61\00:47:29.78
and puts it on planet
earth to let it play itself out.
00:47:29.81\00:47:34.32
And we're watching
complete destruction
00:47:34.35\00:47:36.79
of the human
character and the planet itself.
00:47:36.82\00:47:40.39
That's how bad sin is.
00:47:40.42\00:47:42.19
Now let me make a
point on that very note.
00:47:42.22\00:47:43.96
This is powerful,
isn't it? Yes, it is.
00:47:43.99\00:47:45.43
Sriya, do you
want to make a point?
00:47:45.46\00:47:46.80
Yes.
00:47:46.83\00:47:48.16
James 2:10 says,
00:47:48.20\00:47:50.23
"For whoever keeps
00:47:50.27\00:47:51.60
the whole law yet stumbled
at just one point is guilty
00:47:51.63\00:47:54.44
of breaking all of it."
00:47:54.47\00:47:56.60
So going back to
talking bad about somebody.
00:47:56.64\00:48:00.54
That's right.
You know, and it's...
00:48:00.58\00:48:02.24
We had to be pure.
00:48:02.28\00:48:04.41
Jesus says, "Be perfect."
00:48:04.45\00:48:07.58
So we have to.
00:48:07.62\00:48:09.75
It is hard for us to be perfect,
00:48:09.78\00:48:12.05
but constantly we have to.
00:48:12.09\00:48:14.56
If we make a mistake,
00:48:14.59\00:48:15.92
we have to get up and
walk again with Jesus.
00:48:15.96\00:48:18.29
We have to rely
on Him. Yes, always.
00:48:18.33\00:48:20.86
But the power comes from Him
00:48:20.90\00:48:22.23
and the perfection
comes when we cover,
00:48:22.26\00:48:23.87
when we are covered
in His righteousness.
00:48:23.90\00:48:26.03
And when we refuse
to practice those things
00:48:26.07\00:48:29.30
because it's the
practicing of the sin
00:48:29.34\00:48:31.14
that causes it to
become a character deformity.
00:48:31.17\00:48:35.04
When you tell a
lie about someone,
00:48:35.08\00:48:37.28
if you keep telling it,
and talking it in yourself,
00:48:37.31\00:48:40.15
you start to believe
it. You start to believe it.
00:48:40.18\00:48:41.95
And then you
become self-deceived
00:48:41.98\00:48:45.22
and it lead you on and on
down the path of destruction.
00:48:45.25\00:48:49.42
You know, it's
interesting that what we heard,
00:48:49.46\00:48:52.66
Joe mentioned
00:48:52.69\00:48:54.60
the great controversy
between good and evil.
00:48:54.63\00:48:56.00
This started in heaven.
00:48:56.03\00:48:57.37
We're talking about
bearing false witness.
00:48:57.40\00:48:59.10
This is what the devil did
against Jesus and against God,
00:48:59.13\00:49:02.74
the Father, against the...
00:49:02.77\00:49:04.11
That's right. The Deity.
00:49:04.14\00:49:05.97
Bearing false witness,
things that were not true.
00:49:06.01\00:49:08.91
The same thing he led
people to do here on earth.
00:49:08.94\00:49:13.42
When Jesus was being judged
00:49:13.45\00:49:15.58
before the scribes and Pharisees
00:49:15.62\00:49:17.25
and even before the
Pilate, false witnesses.
00:49:17.29\00:49:22.49
Oh, yeah.
00:49:22.52\00:49:24.13
And so the devil is gonna
try to do the same thing to us.
00:49:24.16\00:49:27.66
Yeah. That's right.
00:49:27.70\00:49:29.50
To bear false witness
situations are going to happen
00:49:29.53\00:49:33.27
that we are going
to be called upon,
00:49:33.30\00:49:35.04
are you gonna tell the truth
or are you gonna tell a lie?
00:49:35.07\00:49:38.14
And people...
00:49:38.17\00:49:39.51
Here's the problem
with bearing false witness
00:49:39.54\00:49:42.41
is that sometimes
people bear false witness
00:49:42.44\00:49:45.81
in order to gain something.
00:49:45.85\00:49:48.52
It happens a lot in
the corporate world.
00:49:48.55\00:49:50.09
That's right.
00:49:50.12\00:49:51.45
Somebody wants to get ahead,
00:49:51.49\00:49:52.82
go ahead of someone else
00:49:52.85\00:49:54.19
and they will say
something false against someone
00:49:54.22\00:49:56.79
that they want to go above them.
00:49:56.83\00:49:58.16
Yes.
00:49:58.19\00:49:59.53
They'll manipulate
reports, they'll lie,
00:49:59.56\00:50:01.40
they'll delete mails,
00:50:01.43\00:50:02.76
they'll intercept
memos in the office,
00:50:02.80\00:50:06.10
they'll make your report,
they'll alter your report,
00:50:06.13\00:50:09.50
so that it will work against you
00:50:09.54\00:50:10.87
in the final outcome.
00:50:10.91\00:50:12.24
But here's something
that's very dangerous
00:50:12.27\00:50:13.61
about this whole
thing where it says,
00:50:13.64\00:50:15.41
"One who sows
discord among brethren,
00:50:15.44\00:50:17.35
every situation that you
find where there is envy,
00:50:17.38\00:50:21.32
jealousy, backbiting, gossip,
00:50:21.35\00:50:25.95
predominant desire to be
in the position you're in
00:50:25.99\00:50:28.59
or just a hatred for
the position you occupy
00:50:28.62\00:50:31.46
the bearing false witness."
00:50:31.49\00:50:32.83
And the other part
00:50:32.86\00:50:34.20
that's really
mean sowing discord.
00:50:34.23\00:50:35.60
There are those who
appear to be successful.
00:50:35.63\00:50:38.40
And you'll say,
00:50:38.43\00:50:39.77
they've been
doing that for 15 years,
00:50:39.80\00:50:42.14
20 years, they've been
doing that all their lives,
00:50:42.17\00:50:44.61
their conscious adult life.
00:50:44.64\00:50:46.47
Why does it seem as though
God just is not doing anything?
00:50:46.51\00:50:50.35
One thing we have to keep
in mind is God is patient.
00:50:50.38\00:50:52.71
Amen. He's long suffering.
00:50:52.75\00:50:54.22
He's not willing
that any should perish,
00:50:54.25\00:50:56.18
but the
unfortunate part about it,
00:50:56.22\00:50:57.62
like Haman, he is
building his own gallows.
00:50:57.65\00:51:02.39
And the Lord allows
one who sows discord.
00:51:02.42\00:51:05.13
They may say, "I'm
gonna get you back,
00:51:05.16\00:51:06.73
but I'm not gonna
get you back directly."
00:51:06.76\00:51:08.30
I'm gonna use
the other five people
00:51:08.33\00:51:09.66
on this table to make sure
00:51:09.70\00:51:11.03
that what I tell them is gonna
so destroy you in their eyes
00:51:11.07\00:51:15.70
that you can't
say anything to unwind
00:51:15.74\00:51:18.74
what I've already done to you.
00:51:18.77\00:51:20.11
You can't say
anything to reverse it.
00:51:20.14\00:51:22.08
We have to be very, very careful
00:51:22.11\00:51:23.98
when that kind of discord.
00:51:24.01\00:51:25.35
Let's look at some examples here
00:51:25.38\00:51:26.72
before our
program comes to an end.
00:51:26.75\00:51:28.25
Yes.
00:51:28.28\00:51:29.62
Why is discord such
a sin in God's sight?
00:51:29.65\00:51:31.12
And I'll read this one.
00:51:31.15\00:51:32.49
John 17:21-22, the
desire of the father says,
00:51:32.52\00:51:35.89
"That they all
may be one, as You,
00:51:35.92\00:51:38.59
Father, are in Me, and I in You,
00:51:38.63\00:51:40.50
that they also may be one in Us,
00:51:40.53\00:51:42.93
that the world may
believe that You sent Me.
00:51:42.96\00:51:45.20
And the glory which You
gave Me I have given them,
00:51:45.23\00:51:47.60
that they may be
one just as We are one."
00:51:47.64\00:51:50.21
What does the devil hate?
00:51:50.24\00:51:52.61
What's another
word for one? Unity.
00:51:52.64\00:51:53.98
Thank you.
00:51:54.01\00:51:55.34
Hates unity.
00:51:55.38\00:51:56.71
Anytime unity is the aim,
00:51:56.75\00:51:58.45
the devil works to subvert that.
00:51:58.48\00:52:00.72
And what's the
focus that Paul says,
00:52:00.75\00:52:02.15
till we all come to
the unity of the faith,
00:52:02.18\00:52:04.82
and he's done that.
00:52:04.85\00:52:06.19
You know, Joe, you're
in the pastoral department,
00:52:06.22\00:52:08.02
you know, you love the
book Great Controversy,
00:52:08.06\00:52:10.16
you've dealt with these.
00:52:10.19\00:52:11.53
People have seen
through the Dark Ages
00:52:11.56\00:52:13.23
how the devil has
created disharmony,
00:52:13.26\00:52:14.86
and disunity, and discord.
00:52:14.90\00:52:16.80
Now with the Lord,
00:52:16.83\00:52:18.17
the Father
keeps the commandments
00:52:18.20\00:52:19.53
'cause that's His character.
00:52:19.57\00:52:20.90
He doesn't lie,
He doesn't steal,
00:52:20.94\00:52:22.27
He doesn't commit adultery.
00:52:22.30\00:52:23.64
I mean, that's Him.
00:52:23.67\00:52:25.01
And Jesus keeps the commandments
00:52:25.04\00:52:26.37
because He loves His Father.
00:52:26.41\00:52:27.74
If you love Me,
keep My commandments.
00:52:27.78\00:52:29.11
And so, getting
back to cleanliness
00:52:29.14\00:52:32.41
and just and righteousness
and all the good things
00:52:32.45\00:52:35.35
that we were made
in the image of God,
00:52:35.38\00:52:37.82
and we lost it,
but He's redeeming,
00:52:37.85\00:52:40.52
recalling us back
to what we once were.
00:52:40.56\00:52:44.76
So we can walk the holy streets
with holy angels for eternity.
00:52:44.79\00:52:48.63
So that's what's
happening. It's a call.
00:52:48.66\00:52:51.00
And when you...
00:52:51.03\00:52:52.47
Let me just
read these two verses
00:52:52.50\00:52:53.84
which follow all these
negative things, it ends.
00:52:53.87\00:52:56.50
And the next
chapter there it says,
00:52:56.54\00:52:59.01
"My son, keep thy
Father's commandments."
00:52:59.04\00:53:01.14
Now this is the
key. Proverbs 6:20.
00:53:01.18\00:53:03.04
This is a key. Yeah.
00:53:03.08\00:53:04.58
Verse 20, "My son, keep
thy Father's commandment,
00:53:04.61\00:53:08.58
and forsake not
the law of thy mother."
00:53:08.62\00:53:10.79
Now the word mother
defined is the law of the land.
00:53:10.82\00:53:14.06
That's right. Okay,
now this is what counts.
00:53:14.09\00:53:16.52
Bind them
continually upon thy heart
00:53:16.56\00:53:19.06
and tie them about thy neck.
00:53:19.09\00:53:20.63
He is trying to say, let
this become a part of you,
00:53:20.66\00:53:23.77
don't let go of it.
00:53:23.80\00:53:25.13
You breathe.
00:53:25.17\00:53:26.50
Now breathe law.
00:53:26.53\00:53:27.87
You know come back, come home.
00:53:27.90\00:53:29.24
But here's what I love.
00:53:29.27\00:53:30.61
Bind them
continually upon thy heart
00:53:30.64\00:53:33.51
and you look up the definition
00:53:33.54\00:53:34.88
of the original
word heart was the mind.
00:53:34.91\00:53:39.91
Yes.
00:53:39.95\00:53:41.28
The understanding, take my
law, love my law, be righteous.
00:53:41.32\00:53:47.29
Go and sin no more.
00:53:47.32\00:53:48.66
Was Satan lying
when he told that lady,
00:53:48.69\00:53:50.33
go and sin no
more, was that a joke?
00:53:50.36\00:53:52.59
No, we tend to do it.
00:53:52.63\00:53:54.23
It's a choice. No,
no, it's a Jesus line.
00:53:54.26\00:53:55.60
And it was Jesus. Yeah. Jesus...
00:53:55.63\00:53:57.47
Yeah, it was Jesus.
00:53:57.50\00:53:58.83
When Mary was being told by
Jesus to go and sin no more.
00:53:58.87\00:54:01.87
Right.
00:54:01.90\00:54:03.24
It wasn't funny,
00:54:03.27\00:54:04.61
it wasn't a lie,
it wasn't a joke.
00:54:04.64\00:54:05.97
He was saying... Yes.
00:54:06.01\00:54:07.41
Take it into your
heart, take it into your mind,
00:54:07.44\00:54:09.34
be restored,
redeemed, come home.
00:54:09.38\00:54:11.05
That's right.
00:54:11.08\00:54:12.41
He was saying that
and I think that the...
00:54:12.45\00:54:13.92
But the reason that we
do this to be with Jesus
00:54:13.95\00:54:19.69
is because that's what gives
us our joy, and our happiness,
00:54:19.72\00:54:23.53
and our hope, and our freedom.
00:54:23.56\00:54:26.06
He's not trying to bind us,
00:54:26.09\00:54:28.43
He's releasing us to freedom
00:54:28.46\00:54:30.33
when we put the
law into our heart
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and we follow it.
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We expand beyond belief.
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Honey? Yes.
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Amen.
00:54:39.61\00:54:40.94
When we talk about discord also,
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there are movements that are
throwing stones at the church.
00:54:43.24\00:54:46.31
That's right. Very good point.
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Isn't that so?
00:54:47.75\00:54:49.08
When with that text talk
with the Proverbs 6, verse...
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So discord among brethren?
00:54:53.72\00:54:55.06
Yes, so discord among brethren.
00:54:55.09\00:54:56.76
They'll throw stones at
the church, at the people...
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But union is...
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When we have you
unity, we have power.
00:54:59.76\00:55:03.00
Right. Exactly.
00:55:03.03\00:55:04.37
But the point
she's making on this is
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there are so many movements
00:55:05.77\00:55:07.10
that have just
taken up their jobs,
00:55:07.14\00:55:08.47
the church this, the
church that, the offshoots,
00:55:08.50\00:55:10.14
the movements that are
just criticizing everything,
00:55:10.17\00:55:12.61
and they live their
lives to produce materials,
00:55:12.64\00:55:16.28
booklets, pamphlets, programs.
00:55:16.31\00:55:19.01
They air them, they
put them on Facebook,
00:55:19.05\00:55:20.65
they put on the internet,
00:55:20.68\00:55:22.02
and they cannot find anything
right with God's church.
00:55:22.05\00:55:26.45
And as one person said,
00:55:26.49\00:55:27.82
they can't find anything right
00:55:27.86\00:55:29.22
in the same way a
thief can't find a police.
00:55:29.26\00:55:32.19
There's nothing good about it.
00:55:32.23\00:55:33.56
But I want to
wind the program up
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on a positive note
because these are the things
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that we know are
proud look, a lying tongue,
00:55:36.83\00:55:39.10
hands that shed innocent blood,
00:55:39.13\00:55:40.84
a heart that
devises wicked plans,
00:55:40.87\00:55:42.44
feet that are
swift to run to evil,
00:55:42.47\00:55:45.07
a false witness who speaks lies,
00:55:45.11\00:55:46.54
and one who sows
discord among brethren.
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I want to end with the question.
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What is the remedy for
the seven malignant sins?
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What promise does God add
to those that seek this remedy?
00:55:53.52\00:55:56.32
Yes. Here's one of them.
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Psalm 51:10.
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Let's look at point
number 11. Read it together.
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Let's read it together.
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"Create in me a
clean heart, O God,
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and renew a
steadfast spirit within me."
00:56:05.39\00:56:09.20
I'm so King James Version...
Me too of right spirit.
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Right spirit.
00:56:11.20\00:56:12.53
Steadfast spirit,
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it's the spirit that
really we need a change,
00:56:13.94\00:56:17.41
we need to clean heart.
00:56:17.44\00:56:19.41
The Lord told Ezekiel,
00:56:19.44\00:56:20.78
"I will take out
that heart of stone,
00:56:20.81\00:56:22.74
put in a heart of flesh,
I will put my spirit in you,
00:56:22.78\00:56:25.88
I will give you
renewable strength."
00:56:25.91\00:56:28.55
And David asked the question,
00:56:28.58\00:56:30.19
"Who will stand in
God's holy mountain,
00:56:30.22\00:56:32.19
who will ascend
in His holy hill?"
00:56:32.22\00:56:34.16
Let's read the last one.
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Who shall ascend
into the hill of the Lord?
00:56:35.69\00:56:38.33
Or who may stand
in His holy place?
00:56:38.36\00:56:40.76
He who has clean
hands and a pure heart,
00:56:40.80\00:56:44.37
who has not lifted
up his soul to an idol,
00:56:44.40\00:56:47.57
nor sworn deceitfully."
00:56:47.60\00:56:49.80
Wow!
00:56:49.84\00:56:51.17
Can you imagine,
Joe, we got through
00:56:51.21\00:56:52.54
all seven of these?
00:56:52.57\00:56:53.91
That's perfect.
And we've only started.
00:56:53.94\00:56:55.64
See, we can be perfect.
00:56:55.68\00:56:57.58
What, that's just
sermon one thing you did say.
00:56:57.61\00:56:59.31
Well, you know, I just
want you to look forward
00:56:59.35\00:57:00.68
to the sermon
that's coming out of this,
00:57:00.72\00:57:02.05
The Malignant Seven
00:57:02.08\00:57:03.49
because we've just
touched the iceberg today.
00:57:03.52\00:57:05.25
We're letting you know that
00:57:05.29\00:57:06.62
God has a higher
plan for all of us.
00:57:06.65\00:57:09.42
He wants us to reflect
His glory, His character.
00:57:09.46\00:57:12.39
And each one of
these seven points
00:57:12.43\00:57:14.53
doesn't come out of the
heart of the Lord who hates.
00:57:14.56\00:57:16.77
He never hates.
00:57:16.80\00:57:18.13
He loves us so much.
00:57:18.17\00:57:19.50
He hates these things,
00:57:19.53\00:57:20.87
but He loves us
with an everlasting love.
00:57:20.90\00:57:23.54
And so emulate
Christ, invite Him in,
00:57:23.57\00:57:26.98
and everything good
and everything perfect
00:57:27.01\00:57:30.25
will be
reflected from your life.
00:57:30.28\00:57:31.68
Until we see you
again, Happy Sabbath.
00:57:31.71\00:57:34.05
Happy Sabbath.
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