I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and
welcome to another edition
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of 3ABN Family Worship,
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where we worship as a family,
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we come together and
we open the Word of God.
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Sometimes we do some
singing, although today,
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we're probably not
going to do any singing.
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But, hey, that doesn't mean
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we're not going to
get our worship on.
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Because we're going to be
uplifting Jesus in His Word,
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we're going to
be growing in Him.
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And we are so thankful
that you have joined us
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and taken time
out of your busy day.
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We know you could probably
be doing something else.
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But, hey, get your pens,
your pencils, your iPads,
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your pen pads, all those things
that you have to take notes,
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because we have a
very, very special,
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special study today.
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We're going to be
talking about what it means
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to be a man of God.
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And, you know,
this is all inclusive,
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we're going to be emphasizing
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what it means
to be a man of God.
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But these
principles certainly imply
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or apply to women as well.
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And the reason why we decided
to do a study on the man of God
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is because, well, we got
the fellows in the house.
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We've got it's a...
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it's a panel of all gentlemen,
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we've got a
youthful presence here.
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And so we are so
blessed and thankful
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to have each
and every one of you
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with us here on the panel.
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And again, thank
you for all your love,
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your prayers and your
support of 3ABN ministry,
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because we wouldn't
even be able to sit here
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and do this.
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And nor would this gospel
go out to all of the world
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if it wasn't for your
prayers, your love and support.
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So thank you so much.
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Before we go any further though,
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I want to go ahead and
introduce these fellows,
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these gentlemen, my
friends, my brothers in Christ,
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and my literal brother,
which we'll get to in a moment.
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But I'm going to
start on the far end,
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and we're going to talk
to Brother Jason Bradley.
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How are you, Brother?
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Doing well, man, happy
to be here with you gus.
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This is the first
time I've been on a program
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with who we'll
introduce in a minute,
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I'll let you do the
part. All right. Nice.
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It's a blessing
to have you, Brother,
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thank you for being here.
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Thanks for the invitation.
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And right here
next to me on my right
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is my little brother Dakota Day.
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It's all a blessing
to have you and, Dakota,
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again for those
who may not know you
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or what you do,
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introduce yourself and tell us
a little bit about what you do?
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Yeah, so my name is Dakota Day,
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I'm a public speaker and
evangelist with a ministry
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out of California
called Amazing Facts
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which most of the viewers
here probably are familiar with.
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And I do Bible prophecy seminars
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all over the globe
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sharing the
three angels' messages
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and the good news of Jesus
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with everyone I can so
it's a blessing to be here.
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Amen.
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Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
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And again, if you need
an evangelistic series,
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you know, look Dakota,
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I'm sure he would love
to come to your church.
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And, of course, to
my left we have some...
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In my home we
would call you a noob.
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I don't know if that makes
any sense to a lot of people.
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Noob stands for
newbie or a new person
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because these two gentlemen
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while Ben has done a
program with us before,
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this is technically
your first introduction
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to kind of a sit down
Bible study conversation,
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but we have also
brothers on this end,
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we have Ben
Lingle and CJ Lingle.
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Ben, tell us a little
about what you do here at 3ABN?
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Well, here at 3ABN,
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most of the time
I'm in the control room,
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running audio and doing
all those type of things,
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but I'm honored to be here.
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I also help lead music
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at Thompsonville
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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So it's a real
blessing. Praise the Lord.
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It's a blessing to
have you and, of course,
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I didn't know this,
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I for some reason
thought you were the younger
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or I thought you
were the older brother,
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actually, he was
the younger brother.
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But it's the opposite.
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We have CJ,
you're the older brother
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by how many years or how much?
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We like to say 17 months,
it's about a year and five.
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All right, nice.
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And, CJ, what is it
that you do here at 3ABN?
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Well, I do a little
bit of not everything
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but do a lot of things.
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Most time I am behind camera.
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You notice film most
of you folks most time.
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Right.
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Recently, I've been
helping with the podcasts.
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So we've launched
Sabbath school panel podcast,
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recently faith light,
just kind of helping with that.
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Yeah. Praise the Lord.
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We're so grateful
to have the both of you
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and appreciate what you do
to contribute to the ministry?
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Thank you.
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That being said, you know,
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we have lots to just study
and a little time to do it in.
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So we're going to have a prayer.
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And I'm going to
ask my brother Dakota,
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if you would lead us out
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in a word of
prayer at this moment.
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Absolutely. Absolutely.
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Father, we want
to thank You so much
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for waking us up this morning
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and breathing
Your breath of life
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into every single one of us.
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And right now, Lord,
we ask for Your Spirit
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to lead and
guide us in this study,
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that Lord, glory and
honor will be given to You
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and that Lord, we could learn
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how to be godly men
for You in these last days,
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we ask this in
Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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The title of this is Men of God,
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what does it mean
in these last days?
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In any given position
in any walk or age of life,
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what does it mean
to be a man of God?
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And I believe that
there is an abundance
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of biblical counsel,
biblical principles, passages
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that we can pull from
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where the Bible
clearly communicates to us
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as to what it
means to be a man of God.
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If God has called you,
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what does that
mean for you personally
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to be a man or a
woman of the Lord?
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And so what I want to do
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is just kind of open us up here,
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just kind of go around.
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Jay, I'm going
to start with you.
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Personally, just kind of,
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according to your
personal opinion and idea
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of what it means
to be a man of God,
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what is your thoughts on that?
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I think it,
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you know, it involves
being a man of integrity,
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a man of your word,
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and submitting and committing
your life to the Lord.
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And, you know, anytime
you want to be something
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or be like someone,
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you have to study
the characteristics
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and attributes of the individual
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that you want to be like.
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And so in this case,
in being a man of God,
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you have to learn about God
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and we do that by
studying His Word.
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So I think that it's a
matter of studying God's Word,
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and living out those principles
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that we will
discuss in this program.
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That's right. Praise the Lord.
Well said, Brother, well said.
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Dakota, what does it
mean to be a man of God?
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Well, man, I have to say,
you cannot be a man of God
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without coming into
relationship with God
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and knowing God as
your Lord and Savior.
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And, you know, we
know in the scriptures
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that teaches that
in and of ourselves,
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we can do nothing.
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In John 15:5, it
reminds me of what Jesus says,
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"I am the vine,
you are the branches.
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He that abideth
in Me and I in Him,
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the same
bringeth forth much fruit,
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for without Me
you can do nothing."
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And so when we come
into relationship with Jesus,
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and we come to know Him,
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then He's going
to change our minds,
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our hearts and our nature,
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so that we would be
partakers of the divine nature
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and be godly
men in His presence.
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So yeah, got to
get to know Jesus.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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That was a good answer as well.
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Ben, what are you
thinking of, man of God,
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what's on your heart?
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Well, Ryan, I would
echo some of the things
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my brothers here said.
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I think being a man of God
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not only applies to
who we are individually,
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but also how we
treat people as well.
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And how we end up, you
know, interacting with people
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and whether it's
our brothers or sisters
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or whoever it
may be our parents.
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I think that reflects who we are
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and also knowing
where our identity is,
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which is in Christ.
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Wow! Praise the Lord.
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Great answer. CJ?
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Well, it's...
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What I have to say is
pretty similar as well.
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It's reflecting
the character of Christ
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in everything that we do.
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When we're trying
to be a man of God,
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we're trying
instinctually to be like Christ.
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And so, you know, we'll study
to know what Christ was like.
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And as we go through this study,
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I hope that we
learn a little bit more
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about what that is.
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But one of the things
that I think of as a man of God
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is something that
Paul told real quick,
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Paul told
Timothy, in 1 Timothy 3,
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he was giving the description
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of what a bishop
and a deacon should be.
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And someone who is...
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He says,
someone who's blameless,
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if you're married
husband of one wife, temperate,
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sober minded, of good behavior,
hospitable, able to teach,
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not given to wine, not
violent, not greedy for money,
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but gentle, not
quarrelsome, not covetous.
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So it's a man of good report.
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It's a man who reflects
God in everything that he does.
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It's not a man
who's so easily given over
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to his emotions
and his feelings.
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It's someone who actually
is careful in the way he acts,
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and thinks reflecting
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and always bring
God into the picture.
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Oh, well, wise.
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That was really
good, really, really good.
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Very good.
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You know, as I was
studying for this topic,
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and I was just going through,
there was an abundance of text
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that I just was
so excited to use,
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but I thought, man,
if I keep writing down
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and copying all
these texts to read,
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it's going to turn
into a multi part series,
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which is not a problem,
but we'll say it may turn
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into a multi
part series anyways.
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That being said,
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I kind of found a
couple of themed scriptures
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that I felt like
really set the foundation
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for what it means
to be a man of God.
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And the first one
comes from 1 Timothy 6:11.
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Again, that's 1 Timothy 6:11.
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And this is what
Paul writes, he says,
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"But you, O man of God,
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flee these things
and pursue righteousness,
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godliness, faith, love,
patience, and gentleness."
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So, again, in these things
when he says flee these things,
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if you go read the
verses prior to this,
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he's basically
highlighting a worldly man,
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a man who is
caught up in the world,
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a man who is caught up
in the lust of the flesh
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and the lust of the
eyes and the pride of life.
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And he's highlighting
those negative aspects
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of what happens
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when we are a slave
to the carnal nature.
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But in this verse here,
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verse 11 of 1 Timothy Chapter 6,
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he says, "You will men
flee from these things,"
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get rid of those things.
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Come to the Lord and of
course, pursue righteousness,
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godliness, faith, love,
patience, and gentleness,
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which, you know, interesting
that most of those are...
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a lot...
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Most of those are what
we find within the fruits
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of the Spirit.
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You notice?
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Notice how we're
full of the Holy Spirit,
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and we're being
led by the Holy Spirit,
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then God is shaping us
and molding us into that
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that child of God,
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that man of God or
that woman of the Lord.
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Another one that came to my mind
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was 1 Corinthians 16:13.
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And while I do
like the King James,
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a New King James version,
which I normally stick to,
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every once in a while,
when I'm studying something,
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it will lead me to
see what other versions,
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other translations have to say.
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And I really liked
how 1 Corinthians 16:13
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was worded in the
English Standard Version,
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which says these words.
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It says, "Be watchful,
stand firm in the faith,
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act like a man."
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That's what it says.
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Act like a man, be strong.
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And so, you know, oftentimes,
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you know, and I'll
open this conversation up,
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you know, oftentimes growing up,
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when I read that,
you know, act like a man,
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you know, I've
heard that many times
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while growing up as
a kid or a teenager,
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you know, you're,
kind of, you're growing,
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you're trying to
learn what it means to,
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you know, get out of
those childish things.
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You know, Paul writes about,
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you know, I put away
those childish things
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and, you know, I
became a man, right?
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And so, you know,
many times going up,
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I would hear, you
know, older people
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or sometimes my
dad would tell me,
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you know, as I was
growing up as a kid,
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"Come on, son, be a man,"
you know, be a man about it.
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And that's the
question we're asking is,
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what does it mean
to be a man of God?
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Because the world's picture
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or idea of what
it means to be a man,
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you know, a man in
the masculine sense,
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you know, and the
extreme manly sense,
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you know, it's
drastically different
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than what we see in the
Bible, because obviously,
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the Bible is not
talking about masculinity,
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in the sense of,
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you know, being
manly and being strong
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and, you know,
taking it like a man
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and, you know,
some of these things
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that you would hear,
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but God really
focuses in as we would expect,
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the character of a man,
the character of a being.
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And so, the first
question is, I was...
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As I was dialing in
my thinking on this,
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is what spiritual
counsel can we find in the Bible
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about becoming or
being a man of God?
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So, Jay, I'm going to
have you to go to Micah 6:8,
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and CJ, I'm going to
have you to read Proverbs 5:1.
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I believe the Word of God
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again has an
abundance to say about this.
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And again,
we're going to kind of
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just create some conversation
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and if any of you guys
have questions or comments
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you want to make
please, please let us hear them.
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So Micah 6:8, take it away, Jay.
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All right, after that,
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I really want to comment
on that 1 Timothy Chapter...
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Oh, yeah, go ahead.
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Yeah, go ahead. Okay.
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So where it says,
"But you, O man of God..."
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this is 1 Timothy 6:11.
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"But you, O man of
God, flee these things."
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But it doesn't just stop there.
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It goes on to say,
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"and pursue righteousness
as you brought out godliness,
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faith, love,
patience, gentleness."
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A lot of times
you see a complacency,
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where it's like, you know,
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I'm abstaining
from these things.
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I don't do these things anymore.
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I don't do that.
I've come a long way.
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I'm not, you know,
in the same lifestyle
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that I used to be and
all of this other stuff.
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But are you pursuing godliness?
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Are you pursuing righteousness?
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Are you pursuing faith?
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Are you pursuing love,
patience and gentleness?
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So like that, I mean,
when I read that verse,
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I was just like, huh,
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that's not just
flee these things.
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But now the second part
of that is crucial as well.
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I love that.
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Yeah, that's awesome,
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glad you
highlighted that, pursue it.
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Because a lot of
people would think
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that that is a work's
approach to salvation,
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you know, because
many people have this idea
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that, you know,
I'm already saved,
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I gave my heart to the Lord.
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So, you know, this righteousness
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just comes naturally, right?
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But yet, we find in
many aspects of the Scripture
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and including
this particular verse
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in 1 Timothy 6:11,
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pursue these things,
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that means there's an
active condition on our part,
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that we have to
do something, right?
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So, you know, we
can't just be expecting God
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to just show up and show out
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and do all of the work
even though we understand
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that, you know, He does
the completed work in us.
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We don't work
in and of ourselves
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to change ourselves
because that's impossible.
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It is fully 100% His work,
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but there is an
activeness on our side
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in which we have to pursue it.
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In other words, we have
to surrender our will to His.
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And I believe that's what
that's talking about here.
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Pursuing righteousness,
godliness, faith, love,
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patience, gentleness,
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all of which I can't
create in and of my own self,
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but He can do it in me as
I surrender my will to Him.
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I know that's a
lot to think about.
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But it's powerful to know
that all I have to do is say,
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Lord, I'm gonna hit
the surrender button,
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because I can't do this,
Lord, You're gonna do it in me.
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But he says, you know,
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as you still have to step
out in faith and say, "Okay.
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Lord, I'm going to pursue you."
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You know, I
remember when I was...
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when I was date...
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when I was
wanting to date my wife,
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this was before
we were together,
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but I was really, really...
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I really liked her.
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You know, I didn't
go home and be like,
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you know, "hey, she likes me.
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She gonna call me." You know!
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No, that's not how
that worked, right?
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I pursued her.
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I made sure that, you know what,
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if this girl
likes me and I like her,
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you know, this seems to be
the type of girl at the time,
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you know, she was 14, I was 16.
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I know, it's kind of
that early puppy stage love,
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but nonetheless,
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I saw qualities
in her that I liked.
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And I thought, "Man,
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this is the girl
I want to be with."
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But I didn't take this,
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you know, relax, sit back
and just let things happen.
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No, no, no, I was
out there pursuing,
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I was calling her,
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I was texting her
out, I was emailing her.
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Every chance I got,
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I was in my truck
going and visiting her.
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I have heard her family
was out at the baseball field,
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I was out at the baseball field.
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If they were out at the
races, I was out at the races
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because I wanted to have a
relationship with this girl.
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And that's no
different than us as men, right?
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You know, we want that
perfect woman in our life
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that God has for us.
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But more than that,
before that can work,
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we have to have a
relationship with God.
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And is that relationship
with God any different,
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should we pursue Him?
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Absolutely.
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He's wooing us. Yeah.
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But are we
responding to that wooing?
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Right? That's powerful.
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That's a powerful
point. Jay, Micah 6:8.
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All right, "He has shown
you, O man, what is good.
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And what does the
Lord require of you,
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but to do justly,
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to love mercy and to
walk humbly with your God."
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Hmm. I like that.
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What does the Lord require
of you, but to do justly?
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What do you think?
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What do you guys think
that means to do justly?
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To be fair.
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To operate with integrity.
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To, you know,
treat people justly.
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And treat everyone fairly.
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Hmm.
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I think we're gonna see this
next one come up quite a bit
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where it says here
at the end of that verse
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to walk humbly with your God.
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Hmm. Hmm.
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Humility, is that a key factor
in being a man of the Lord?
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Absolutely.
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You were talking
about surrendering.
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It takes humility to surrender
certain things in your life.
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And so, yeah, definitely
that is one major part
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of being a man of God.
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You said it takes humility.
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There's another story
just popped in my mind.
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Uh-oh!
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I'm gonna tell off
Dakota a little bit here.
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So there was an
incident, when we were younger,
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we were really into wrestling.
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And so we would whether
it was on the trampoline
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or is in our bedroom,
my mom and dad was looking
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because they didn't
want us wrestling on the bed.
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But one day me and Dakota
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got in this
battle with each other
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and, you know,
we're slamming each other
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and putting each other
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and like choke holds
and submission moves.
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Well, this particular
day I'll never forget,
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I felt so bad
because I'm getting...
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I'm five, I'm five, I'm nearly
five years older than he is.
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And one of it, you know,
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I was always
much bigger than him.
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So one day
we're in the wrestling
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and I put him in this arm bar
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and I've got him
locked down in this arm bar
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and I grabbed his wrist
and I'm bending his wrist
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and I'm telling him tap out,
surrender, give up, you know.
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I'm really pressing it.
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Dakota was so stubborn.
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He's over there
going, "No, no, I'm not."
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I'm like, "Tap out, tap out."
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Well, I'm also
so stubborn as well.
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Then we were kids and literally
have Jesus in our heart
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and we're just being
too unreal little kids.
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But I started bending
that arm a little bit more,
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a little bit more
because I'm thinking
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the pain is going to
cause him to surrender.
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Now, he was hard headed.
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He allowed me
to break his wrist.
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Oh! Wow!
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I heard it snap.
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And, of course,
he immediately starts
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you know writhing in pain,
00:18:55.86\00:18:57.20
but I've used that not to tell
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that because Dakota is good man.
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Well, we all know who's
gonna make it in the end.
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Torture me, I ain't giving up.
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There we go.
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Yeah, that's a
spiritual application there,
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you know, time of trouble.
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Anyways, but it's
interesting that, you know,
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I just pulled
from an illustration
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that, you know, a lot of times
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that's how we are with the Lord.
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The Lord is
wanting us to surrender.
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And the wonderful
thing about the Lord is,
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He doesn't force us.
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I was forcing Dakota,
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I was trying to
force him to surrender
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by locking that wrist in
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and it ended up
snapping and breaking his wrist.
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And, but the
Lord doesn't snap us.
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He doesn't break us
unless we need broken,
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but He does it with our consent
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and we have to surrender to Him.
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And that's one of the
most important things.
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I like that
comment, Ben, that you made.
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We have to surrender.
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Our friend Jordan
Ryan, he makes a statement.
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He made a statement one
time to me he said, "Dakota,"
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he said, you know, "We need
to humble ourselves before God
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because if God has to humble us,
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He's not going
to use anesthesia.
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I got you. All right.
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So being able to,
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you know, understand
the character of Christ
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in relation to His
Word and who He is,
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if we let the rock fall on us...
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Oh, I like that.
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The Master Potter
can always mold us
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and put us back, right?
00:20:06.30\00:20:07.87
But, or rather, if
we follow the rock...
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There it is.
00:20:09.67\00:20:11.01
There it is, I got
it backwards my bad.
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So if we fall on the rock,
00:20:12.47\00:20:13.81
the Master
Potter can mold us in.
00:20:13.84\00:20:15.18
But if He falls on us,
like in Daniel Chapter 2,
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He will grind us to powder.
00:20:17.71\00:20:19.48
And we have to
understand that, Christ is...
00:20:19.51\00:20:22.58
that's not Christ's purpose.
00:20:22.62\00:20:23.95
He's not wanting to, you
know, break us and all of that,
00:20:23.99\00:20:26.19
but we are
broken already really.
00:20:26.22\00:20:28.79
We were born into a sinful world
00:20:28.82\00:20:30.23
that is and we're
totally without God,
00:20:30.26\00:20:33.70
you know, into this world.
00:20:33.73\00:20:35.06
And so we have
to humble ourselves,
00:20:35.10\00:20:36.73
you know, the first
step in the sanctuary
00:20:36.77\00:20:38.83
was you had to bring your
lamb right to the sanctuary.
00:20:38.87\00:20:42.40
In other words, you
had to admit, I'm a sinner.
00:20:42.44\00:20:45.07
I'm messed up,
and I need saving.
00:20:45.11\00:20:48.18
And only the lamb
can do that for me.
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Wow!
00:20:49.61\00:20:50.95
That's the first
step to salvation.
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You have to accept
the sacrifice of Jesus.
00:20:52.35\00:20:54.12
Yeah. That's powerful, yeah.
00:20:54.15\00:20:55.92
Yeah.
00:20:55.95\00:20:57.29
I was gonna say something.
00:20:57.32\00:20:59.42
When we were
talking about surrendering
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and stuff I was
thinking about how,
00:21:00.82\00:21:02.82
when you're a man of
God you reflect, again,
00:21:02.86\00:21:05.53
you reflect the
character of God.
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And so God is just,
00:21:07.60\00:21:08.93
God is merciful
and He is humble,
00:21:08.96\00:21:11.07
you know, He is the ultimate.
00:21:11.10\00:21:13.30
But I was
thinking about something
00:21:13.34\00:21:15.47
that Paul said
in 1 Corinthians 13,
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where he talks about love
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and we know according to
1 John 4:8 that God is love.
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So if we're reflecting God,
00:21:24.28\00:21:25.61
we're gonna reflect the way
He loves and the way He loves.
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His love suffers long
which means patient is kind.
00:21:28.12\00:21:32.35
Love does not envy.
00:21:32.39\00:21:33.82
Love does not parade
itself, it's not puffed up,
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does not pay rudely,
does not seek its own.
00:21:36.56\00:21:38.83
So, what I see
Paul's getting at here is,
00:21:38.86\00:21:41.50
if you're a man of God,
00:21:41.53\00:21:42.86
the way you're going to
love is going to look different
00:21:42.90\00:21:44.40
than the way that
everybody else loves.
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Jesus even put
this point in Luke,
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I believe Luke 6:26-35,
00:21:49.47\00:21:53.24
where he talks about
and it's also in Matthew 5,
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where he talks
about how if we love
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who we love or who loves us,
00:22:00.18\00:22:02.22
then we're no better
than the tax collectors
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and sinners.
00:22:03.75\00:22:05.09
And so, the way that Jesus loved
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is the way that we
need to love as well.
00:22:07.36\00:22:09.19
And that means that
when we love people,
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we are going to be fair to them.
00:22:11.79\00:22:15.00
We're going to be merciful,
and we're going to be humble,
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because we're not
going to want to...
00:22:17.23\00:22:18.70
Because, again, we're not
going to pray it ourselves.
00:22:18.73\00:22:20.57
We're not going
to be all prideful
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and full of ourselves
00:22:23.10\00:22:24.44
just hopped up on
our own amazingness.
00:22:24.47\00:22:27.34
But we're also
going to be righteous
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because that's what Paul
says here in verse 6, he says,
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"Does not rejoice in iniquity,
but rejoice in the truth."
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Right.
00:22:34.05\00:22:35.38
And so, this kind of
love that Paul reflects
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is the same love that God gives
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because when you
look in the Greek,
00:22:41.16\00:22:42.89
the love here, it's agape,
00:22:42.92\00:22:44.99
and that's the love
that God expresses towards us
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and towards the other
members of the Trinity.
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Right.
00:22:48.46\00:22:49.80
And it's powerful that God
bears an unconditional love.
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That's right.
00:22:51.20\00:22:52.53
God loves us
abundantly no matter what.
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We've got that, you
know, as Peter would say,
00:22:54.44\00:22:56.20
when Christ asked him,
you know, do you agape me?
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But Peter responded
with the Greek word phileo,
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I phileo you, which is,
00:23:02.48\00:23:03.81
you know, I'm fond of you Jesus,
00:23:03.85\00:23:05.18
you know, I know who You are,
but I don't really know You,
00:23:05.21\00:23:07.65
you know, I love
you as a brother,
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kind of as a bro,
00:23:09.55\00:23:10.89
but I don't
really love, you know,
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that's why he responded,
00:23:12.55\00:23:13.89
you know all things, you
know me and God knows us.
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God knows us individually.
00:23:16.36\00:23:17.99
We want to be men of God,
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but in order to be a man of God,
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we've got to learn how to love
how God loves and I like that.
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It was a wonderful
point there that you made, CJ.
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CJ, while you
read it, Proverbs 5:1.
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Read that one for us there.
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Okay.
00:23:33.04\00:23:34.38
"My son, pay
attention to my wisdom,
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lend your ear to
my understanding."
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My son and daughter,
we can include that there,
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pay attention to my wisdom.
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Yep.
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Is wisdom important?
00:23:47.29\00:23:48.62
Oh, 100%. Absolutely.
00:23:48.66\00:23:49.99
And most of us, you know,
00:23:50.03\00:23:51.36
I'm gonna be a little critical
of this panel here for a moment
00:23:51.39\00:23:54.73
because we're all
relatively young guys, right?
00:23:54.76\00:23:57.10
We still got a lot to learn.
00:23:57.13\00:23:58.53
So we don't want to be,
00:23:58.57\00:23:59.90
you know, thinking
that we've got room to grow,
00:23:59.93\00:24:02.10
I know I have room to
grow and that's why I love,
00:24:02.14\00:24:05.54
you know, being around,
00:24:05.57\00:24:07.54
you know, some of my
older friends in Christ
00:24:07.58\00:24:11.68
because of the experience
00:24:11.71\00:24:13.05
and I'm so blessed to be
around Pastor Lomacang here
00:24:13.08\00:24:15.68
and Brother JD Quinn,
00:24:15.72\00:24:18.15
and, you know, Shelley and Danny
00:24:18.19\00:24:20.59
and all of
these wonderful people
00:24:20.62\00:24:22.72
that I can glean
from and learn from
00:24:22.76\00:24:24.36
because there's wisdom there
00:24:24.39\00:24:25.89
but more than the wisdom of man,
00:24:25.93\00:24:28.13
which we learn that
wisdom from experience,
00:24:28.16\00:24:30.33
we learn that wisdom over
time, God is saying to us,
00:24:30.37\00:24:33.64
He says, "You know what,
pay attention to My wisdom."
00:24:33.67\00:24:36.57
My wisdom is what counts, right?
00:24:36.60\00:24:38.57
"Lend your ear to
My understanding."
00:24:38.61\00:24:41.21
There's a scripture that says,
I think it's in Proverbs 14...
00:24:41.24\00:24:45.61
14:36 I believe that
says, there is a way which...
00:24:45.65\00:24:49.12
14:12, that's what
it is, Proverbs 14:12.
00:24:49.15\00:24:52.85
"There is a way which
seemeth right unto a man,
00:24:52.89\00:24:55.19
but the end thereof
are the ways of death."
00:24:55.22\00:24:57.33
Sometimes do we
allow our own wisdom,
00:24:57.36\00:25:00.46
our own personal
understanding get in the way?
00:25:00.50\00:25:03.73
Oh, yeah. I think
that's the case, right?
00:25:03.77\00:25:05.23
You know, Ryan, a
lot of times people,
00:25:05.27\00:25:07.17
they make the
mistake of not understanding
00:25:07.20\00:25:09.10
the difference
between knowledge and wisdom.
00:25:09.14\00:25:11.44
A lot of people think
that knowledge is wisdom,
00:25:11.47\00:25:13.64
but knowledge is not wisdom.
00:25:13.68\00:25:15.54
Wisdom is the
application of knowledge.
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Come on now. I like it.
00:25:17.81\00:25:19.15
And so, and so
when Jesus is saying,
00:25:19.18\00:25:20.65
pay attention to My
wisdom, He is saying,
00:25:20.68\00:25:22.85
pay attention to
how I live my life,
00:25:22.88\00:25:24.75
how I do things is what I do,
not just what I profess, right?
00:25:24.79\00:25:28.92
Because talk is cheap.
00:25:28.96\00:25:30.29
Ooh, that's right.
00:25:30.33\00:25:31.66
Talk is too cheap.
00:25:31.69\00:25:33.03
True. That's right.
00:25:33.06\00:25:34.40
I want to share
this with, I love that.
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This is Proverbs Chapter 3.
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It's kind of
long, but verses 1-9.
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I'll read it rather quickly.
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Go ahead, Brother.
00:25:44.11\00:25:45.44
"My son, do not forget my law,
00:25:45.47\00:25:47.34
but let your
heart keep my commands,
00:25:47.38\00:25:49.38
for length of days
and long life and peace
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they will add to you.
00:25:52.51\00:25:53.92
Let not mercy and
truth forsake you,
00:25:53.95\00:25:56.28
bind them around your neck,
00:25:56.32\00:25:58.15
write them on the
tablet of your heart,
00:25:58.19\00:26:00.76
and so find
favor and high esteem
00:26:00.79\00:26:02.82
in the sight of God and man.
00:26:02.86\00:26:05.03
Trust in the Lord
with all your heart,
00:26:05.06\00:26:06.80
and lean not on
your own understanding.
00:26:06.83\00:26:09.50
In all your
ways acknowledge Him,
00:26:09.53\00:26:10.93
and He shall direct your paths.
00:26:10.97\00:26:13.17
Do not be wise in your own eyes,
00:26:13.20\00:26:16.71
fear the Lord
and depart from evil.
00:26:16.74\00:26:19.24
It will be health to your flesh,
00:26:19.27\00:26:20.98
and strength to your bones.
00:26:21.01\00:26:22.51
Honor the Lord
with your possessions,
00:26:22.54\00:26:24.95
and with the first
fruits of all your increase."
00:26:24.98\00:26:28.88
All right. Yeah.
00:26:28.92\00:26:30.25
I think that highlights
what we just read very well,
00:26:30.29\00:26:32.15
you know, pay
attention to my wisdom.
00:26:32.19\00:26:34.09
And what does that say
there in verse 6, I think,
00:26:34.12\00:26:36.69
"In all your
ways acknowledge Him."
00:26:36.73\00:26:38.19
Yes. All right.
00:26:38.23\00:26:40.10
"Lend your ear
to my understanding,
00:26:40.13\00:26:41.90
trust in the Lord
with all your heart,
00:26:41.93\00:26:43.26
lean not on your
own understanding."
00:26:43.30\00:26:45.33
That's one of
those famous passages.
00:26:45.37\00:26:47.00
But yet, I mean, sometimes
we fall short of that, right?
00:26:47.04\00:26:50.34
Yes.
00:26:50.37\00:26:51.71
And, you know,
that's one of the challenges
00:26:51.74\00:26:53.07
of being a young man in ministry
00:26:53.11\00:26:55.18
is sometimes we were so...
00:26:55.21\00:26:57.65
I know sometimes I
get caught up in this.
00:26:57.68\00:26:59.01
I'm so on fire and so excited
00:26:59.05\00:27:01.18
that, you know,
sometimes I feel like,
00:27:01.22\00:27:04.02
"Man, I've really thought
this through and I've got it,"
00:27:04.05\00:27:06.35
and then somebody
like JD or Pastor Lomacang
00:27:06.39\00:27:08.62
will come along and
dial in that thinking,
00:27:08.66\00:27:10.69
and I'm like, "Oh,
yeah, that make, that's it,
00:27:10.73\00:27:12.76
makes a little bit more
sense what I was thinking."
00:27:12.79\00:27:14.76
You know, what are...
00:27:14.80\00:27:16.13
Let me just toss this
out there for a moment.
00:27:16.16\00:27:17.93
What are some of the challenges
00:27:17.97\00:27:20.07
that, you know,
we're all young here,
00:27:20.10\00:27:22.40
what are some of the challenges
00:27:22.44\00:27:23.77
that young men perhaps
might have in ministry?
00:27:23.81\00:27:25.71
We're all in
some type of ministry.
00:27:25.74\00:27:27.61
So what are some
of the challenges
00:27:27.64\00:27:29.01
that a young man
might face in ministry
00:27:29.04\00:27:31.48
and growing into
that man of God persona?
00:27:31.51\00:27:36.58
I think it depends on what
role we're in the ministry.
00:27:36.62\00:27:41.86
But I think if we
are in a high role,
00:27:41.89\00:27:47.50
then we have to really
worry about our own ego.
00:27:47.53\00:27:51.97
We have to worry
about our own self
00:27:52.00\00:27:53.57
because we think that
we're in this high position,
00:27:53.60\00:27:56.84
we're in this important position
00:27:56.87\00:27:59.47
of maybe having
authority over others.
00:27:59.51\00:28:01.98
We have to be careful
00:28:02.01\00:28:03.35
and not allow that
to cloud our thinking.
00:28:03.38\00:28:07.12
Because in that point,
00:28:07.15\00:28:08.48
we're going to
think that we think
00:28:08.52\00:28:10.55
that we have
this wisdom from God,
00:28:10.59\00:28:12.95
we know how to do everything.
00:28:12.99\00:28:15.12
But if we're not constantly
seeking God, you know,
00:28:15.16\00:28:17.56
like what Solomon
says here in 5 and 6
00:28:17.59\00:28:20.06
that this is the most
commonly quoted verse,
00:28:20.10\00:28:23.33
I think out of any of the things
00:28:23.37\00:28:25.50
in Proverbs.
00:28:25.53\00:28:26.87
"Trust in Lord
with all your heart
00:28:26.90\00:28:28.24
and lean not on
your own understanding."
00:28:28.27\00:28:30.61
God is trying to get at that,
00:28:30.64\00:28:32.77
when we try to
trust our own hearts.
00:28:32.81\00:28:36.44
We know that
Jeremiah says in 17:9,
00:28:36.48\00:28:38.58
that the heart is
deceitful above all things
00:28:38.61\00:28:41.22
and desperately
wicked: who can know it?
00:28:41.25\00:28:43.25
So God is saying,
00:28:43.28\00:28:44.62
instead of
trusting your own heart,
00:28:44.65\00:28:45.99
which is easily swayed,
00:28:46.02\00:28:47.36
because it's also
the seed of the emotions,
00:28:47.39\00:28:49.26
instead of
trusting your own wisdom,
00:28:49.29\00:28:51.03
which is very faulty,
00:28:51.06\00:28:52.69
for even the Bible says
that the foolishness of God
00:28:52.73\00:28:56.00
is even better
than the wisdom of man.
00:28:56.03\00:28:58.13
Think I
butchered that a little bit
00:28:58.17\00:29:00.14
but the whole point is
especially when he says,
00:29:00.17\00:29:03.67
"Do not be wise
in your own eyes,"
00:29:03.71\00:29:05.07
because when we're
wise in our own eyes,
00:29:05.11\00:29:08.11
we think we can
figure out anything
00:29:08.14\00:29:10.55
and we end up
falling flat on our face.
00:29:10.58\00:29:13.25
And that's why I love
that verse in and I just,
00:29:13.28\00:29:16.18
this verse just keeps
popping up a lot for me.
00:29:16.22\00:29:19.39
In Proverbs 24:16,
00:29:19.42\00:29:22.49
"A righteous man
may fall seven times
00:29:22.52\00:29:25.09
and rise back up."
00:29:25.13\00:29:26.73
And then it
talks about the wicked,
00:29:26.76\00:29:28.10
but the righteous
may fail, he may fall
00:29:28.13\00:29:32.43
but if he's putting his trust
00:29:32.47\00:29:34.04
and acknowledging God
in everything that he does,
00:29:34.07\00:29:36.77
then he'll get back up.
00:29:36.81\00:29:38.14
God will give him the
strength to rise again,
00:29:38.17\00:29:40.24
and learn from his mistakes
00:29:40.28\00:29:41.61
and not just wallow
in his own foolishness.
00:29:41.64\00:29:46.31
Right. Right. That's
great. What do you think?
00:29:46.35\00:29:48.25
I think something
to keep in mind as well
00:29:48.28\00:29:50.19
as not only our ego
00:29:50.22\00:29:51.55
and this kind of goes
in with the ego thing,
00:29:51.59\00:29:53.09
but our motives.
00:29:53.12\00:29:54.72
Why are we in
ministry in the first place?
00:29:54.76\00:29:58.09
I even know like one of
my own personal struggles,
00:29:58.13\00:30:00.96
especially being like,
00:30:01.00\00:30:02.66
you know, leading
worship or whatever, sometimes,
00:30:02.70\00:30:05.37
you know, and it's of course,
00:30:05.40\00:30:07.14
a good thing to encourage people
00:30:07.17\00:30:08.87
and give them
compliments and whatever,
00:30:08.90\00:30:10.24
but sometimes the compliments
can give you an ego, right?
00:30:10.27\00:30:15.88
And it can change your motive
00:30:15.91\00:30:18.08
as to why you're in the ministry
00:30:18.11\00:30:19.58
in the first place.
00:30:19.61\00:30:20.95
So I think one of the things
to keep in mind going with ego
00:30:20.98\00:30:23.39
is why are we in ministry
00:30:23.42\00:30:25.12
and how to keep
that in check as well.
00:30:25.15\00:30:26.65
Absolutely.
That's a great point.
00:30:26.69\00:30:28.59
You're saying
that just brings up...
00:30:28.62\00:30:30.06
I was just
sharing this with someone
00:30:30.09\00:30:31.69
just the other day.
00:30:31.73\00:30:33.76
You know, I came from
a performance background.
00:30:33.80\00:30:35.60
So I, you know, I was
in musical performance
00:30:35.63\00:30:39.53
and, you know, I
was the person out there
00:30:39.57\00:30:41.64
doing DJing on the weekends,
and playing music, but not...
00:30:41.67\00:30:45.07
I wasn't your average DJ,
00:30:45.11\00:30:46.44
I actually would
go out on the floor
00:30:46.47\00:30:49.21
with the people
who were dancing,
00:30:49.24\00:30:50.68
who I was playing music with,
00:30:50.71\00:30:52.05
and I would lead
them out in these,
00:30:52.08\00:30:54.25
you know, guided dance
moves and different things,
00:30:54.28\00:30:56.55
and I would also
perform and sing and dance
00:30:56.58\00:30:58.72
and people paid me
to come do special gigs
00:30:58.75\00:31:00.92
and parties and things.
00:31:00.96\00:31:02.29
And, you know, I've
won several competitions
00:31:02.32\00:31:04.79
and that drove me that
00:31:04.83\00:31:06.36
because that was
before my time with Christ.
00:31:06.39\00:31:08.70
I learned that, you
know, I fed off of that debt,
00:31:08.73\00:31:11.57
it was almost like an addiction.
00:31:11.60\00:31:13.60
Every time somebody
would clap for me, whoo-hoo,
00:31:13.64\00:31:15.60
you know, whistle,
you know, it's just like,
00:31:15.64\00:31:17.94
yeah, yeah, it
re-instilled, man,
00:31:17.97\00:31:19.31
I'm really
great, I'm really good.
00:31:19.34\00:31:20.68
But when God got
my heart, it's like,
00:31:20.71\00:31:23.71
it's kind of like
Isaiah's experience,
00:31:23.75\00:31:25.61
you know, he comes
into the court of the Lord.
00:31:25.65\00:31:27.08
He sees God high and lifted up,
00:31:27.12\00:31:28.65
he sees His righteousness
00:31:28.68\00:31:30.02
and then he immediately
sees his unrighteousness
00:31:30.05\00:31:31.79
and what was his response?
00:31:31.82\00:31:33.15
Woe is me.
00:31:33.19\00:31:34.52
Woe is me, for I am.
00:31:34.56\00:31:35.89
He began to see his sin.
00:31:35.92\00:31:37.39
When I came to the Lord,
I begin to see "Man, Lord,
00:31:37.43\00:31:40.26
I'm none, I'm nobody,"
00:31:40.30\00:31:42.00
you know, I kind
of felt like Jesus,
00:31:42.03\00:31:43.37
you know, there in Psalm 22,
I'm a worm and no man, right?
00:31:43.40\00:31:47.14
But when God gets your
heart, He begins to humble you,
00:31:47.17\00:31:49.70
He begins to show
you who you really are.
00:31:49.74\00:31:52.41
And that's why even, you know,
as I'm so blessed and honored
00:31:52.44\00:31:55.64
to be able to sing for
the Lord today in ministry.
00:31:55.68\00:31:58.88
People don't realize...
00:31:58.91\00:32:00.25
And I understand
people mean well,
00:32:00.28\00:32:02.05
and this is a lesson for
even the viewers at home,
00:32:02.08\00:32:04.05
and this goes for anybody,
00:32:04.09\00:32:05.42
whether it's a
pastor, whether it's...
00:32:05.45\00:32:06.79
It doesn't matter what position,
00:32:06.82\00:32:08.19
we have to be careful
00:32:08.22\00:32:09.56
that in giving praise
and glory about someone,
00:32:09.59\00:32:12.96
we give that to God
on behalf of that person.
00:32:12.99\00:32:15.56
In other words,
00:32:15.60\00:32:16.93
I would much rather
hear someone come to me
00:32:16.97\00:32:18.40
and say, "Man, Brother Ryan,
00:32:18.43\00:32:19.90
praise God for the
voice that God has given you.
00:32:19.93\00:32:22.54
Praise God for that
song that He blessed you with
00:32:22.57\00:32:24.77
rather than, oh, you
know, your voice is so amazing.
00:32:24.81\00:32:27.28
I'm very thankful that
someone thinks that of me
00:32:27.31\00:32:30.18
and I'm very, you know, again,
I'm very humbled by the fact
00:32:30.21\00:32:32.71
that, you know, I know God
has given me a wonderful gift
00:32:32.75\00:32:35.18
and I cherish that.
00:32:35.22\00:32:36.95
But just the
point you're adding to,
00:32:36.99\00:32:39.12
this is one of the big issues
00:32:39.15\00:32:40.89
why many so called men of
God lack to truly be men of God,
00:32:40.92\00:32:45.56
because of their ego,
00:32:45.59\00:32:47.36
because they've heard so
much of how great they are
00:32:47.40\00:32:50.17
and what they do that
it gets to their head,
00:32:50.20\00:32:52.50
their head swells,
and before you know it,
00:32:52.53\00:32:53.87
it becomes more about
them than the mission.
00:32:53.90\00:32:55.97
Yep. That's right.
00:32:56.00\00:32:57.34
We all put our pants
on one leg at a time.
00:32:57.37\00:32:59.21
That's right.
00:32:59.24\00:33:01.08
That's right.
Absolutely, praise the Lord.
00:33:01.11\00:33:02.91
Two verses on that idea
of flattering, you know,
00:33:02.94\00:33:05.31
that really convicted
my heart soon as he said
00:33:05.35\00:33:07.38
that I was like,
"Wow, that is a big one."
00:33:07.42\00:33:08.75
You know, and we don't think
of that too oftentimes, Ben,
00:33:08.78\00:33:11.05
but...
00:33:11.09\00:33:12.42
And Job 32:21, it says,
00:33:12.45\00:33:14.62
"Let me not I pray
show partiality to anyone,
00:33:14.66\00:33:18.09
nor let me flatter any man."
00:33:18.13\00:33:20.33
And then notice
what Psalm 12:3 says,
00:33:20.36\00:33:22.60
this is a very,
very convicting one.
00:33:22.63\00:33:24.80
"May the Lord cut
off all flattering lips,
00:33:24.83\00:33:28.57
and the tongue that
speaks proud things?"
00:33:28.60\00:33:31.41
And, you know, I think that
00:33:31.44\00:33:32.77
that's a smackdown
point there, no doubt.
00:33:32.81\00:33:34.78
It's a really
good one. Absolutely.
00:33:34.81\00:33:36.61
Who are some good examples?
00:33:36.64\00:33:38.21
I mean, when you
think of the Bible,
00:33:38.25\00:33:39.58
you know, and those
great Bible characters,
00:33:39.61\00:33:41.55
who were some good examples
00:33:41.58\00:33:42.92
of what it means
to be a man of God?
00:33:42.95\00:33:44.35
Who comes to your mind?
00:33:44.39\00:33:45.95
I like to do things like this
because I love those examples,
00:33:45.99\00:33:49.39
someone that I can relate to,
00:33:49.42\00:33:51.09
someone who really exemplifies
00:33:51.13\00:33:53.29
what it means to be like Jesus
and in this case, a man of God.
00:33:53.33\00:33:55.93
So... Daniel.
00:33:55.96\00:33:57.33
Daniel, right.
Okay, so Daniel, explain.
00:33:57.37\00:33:59.33
Okay, so let's look at Daniel 1.
00:33:59.37\00:34:02.44
And start in verse
4 and go to verse 8.
00:34:02.47\00:34:07.04
You said Daniel 1? Daniel 1:4-8.
00:34:07.08\00:34:10.78
And beginning in
verse 4, it says,
00:34:10.81\00:34:12.58
"Young men in whom
there was no blemish,
00:34:12.61\00:34:14.72
but good looking,
gifted in all wisdom,
00:34:14.75\00:34:17.09
possessing knowledge
and quick to understand,
00:34:17.12\00:34:19.59
who had ability to
serve in the king's palace,
00:34:19.62\00:34:22.39
and whom they
might teach the language
00:34:22.42\00:34:24.49
and literature of the Chaldeans.
00:34:24.53\00:34:28.20
And the king appointed for them
00:34:28.23\00:34:29.93
a daily provision of
the king's delicacies
00:34:29.96\00:34:32.43
and of the wine which he drank,
00:34:32.47\00:34:34.97
and three years
of training for them
00:34:35.00\00:34:36.97
so that at the end of that time,
00:34:37.01\00:34:39.01
they might
serve before the king.
00:34:39.04\00:34:41.31
Now from among
those of the sons of Judah
00:34:41.34\00:34:44.31
were Daniel,
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
00:34:44.35\00:34:47.62
To them the chief of
the eunuchs gave names.
00:34:47.65\00:34:52.02
He gave Daniel
the name Belteshazzar,
00:34:52.05\00:34:54.92
to Hananiah,
Shadrach, to Mishael, Meshach,
00:34:54.96\00:34:57.59
and to Azariah, Abed-nego."
00:34:57.63\00:35:00.70
And here in verse 8,
00:35:00.73\00:35:02.40
"But Daniel
purposed in his heart
00:35:02.43\00:35:04.90
that he would not defile himself
00:35:04.93\00:35:07.07
with the portion of
the king's delicacies,
00:35:07.10\00:35:09.14
nor with the
wine which he drank,
00:35:09.17\00:35:11.07
therefore he requested
of the chief of the eunuchs
00:35:11.11\00:35:14.88
that he might
not defile himself."
00:35:14.91\00:35:17.48
So, you know, when I
think of a man of God,
00:35:17.51\00:35:20.08
I think of somebody
operating with integrity,
00:35:20.12\00:35:22.02
no matter what the situation,
00:35:22.05\00:35:23.59
no matter what the circumstance,
00:35:23.62\00:35:25.52
and here you have a situation
where you have Shadrach,
00:35:25.55\00:35:29.16
Meshach, and
Abed-nego, and Daniel and like,
00:35:29.19\00:35:31.69
they're changing their names,
00:35:31.73\00:35:34.23
they're trying
to reprogram them,
00:35:34.26\00:35:36.77
you know, by introducing
them to their customs,
00:35:36.80\00:35:39.10
their culture, their,
you know, their delicacies
00:35:39.13\00:35:42.17
and the wine and
really trying to defile them.
00:35:42.20\00:35:46.24
But Daniel said,
00:35:46.27\00:35:47.68
"No, I'm gonna
purpose in my heart
00:35:47.71\00:35:51.71
that I would not defile myself."
00:35:51.75\00:35:53.72
And so when I
think of a man of God,
00:35:53.75\00:35:55.55
that's what I think of,
I also think of Shadrach,
00:35:55.58\00:35:58.05
Meshach and
Abed-nego in the fiery furnace,
00:35:58.09\00:36:00.42
you know,
they're faced with death.
00:36:00.46\00:36:02.59
And first off, you're
dealing with a situation here,
00:36:02.62\00:36:05.93
where you're talking to a king.
00:36:05.96\00:36:08.20
And this king is crazy
like this, this king has,
00:36:08.23\00:36:12.83
he has pride
problems, ego problems,
00:36:12.87\00:36:15.74
all kinds of stuff.
00:36:15.77\00:36:17.11
He's angry, he's
frustrated, all kinds of stuff.
00:36:17.14\00:36:20.51
And yet they stand
up to the king and say,
00:36:20.54\00:36:23.45
"Basically, we have no need
to answer you in these things,
00:36:23.48\00:36:26.31
O king as our
God can deliver us,
00:36:26.35\00:36:28.58
if He does, great,
and if He doesn't...
00:36:28.62\00:36:31.19
Do what you got to do.
00:36:31.22\00:36:32.55
Yeah, we still won't serve
you, you know, we serve God.
00:36:32.59\00:36:36.19
That's powerful.
00:36:36.22\00:36:37.56
And so they stood up and
guess who stood with them
00:36:37.59\00:36:39.96
in the midst of their trial?
00:36:40.00\00:36:41.33
Jesus came down
and stood with them.
00:36:41.36\00:36:42.70
Stand up for Jesus,
Jesus will stand with you.
00:36:42.73\00:36:44.40
Absolutely. Absolutely.
00:36:44.43\00:36:45.97
Daniel's a great
one, what's another one?
00:36:46.00\00:36:47.37
Well, I was thinking of Joseph.
00:36:47.40\00:36:50.14
All right.
00:36:50.17\00:36:51.51
Because Joseph
in the most pagan,
00:36:51.54\00:36:56.21
wicked...
00:36:56.24\00:36:59.25
One of those
places where you can get
00:36:59.28\00:37:00.62
easily tempted, Egypt,
00:37:00.65\00:37:02.28
full of beautiful women
just like a lot of stuff
00:37:02.32\00:37:05.95
that the world would apprise
00:37:05.99\00:37:08.22
and yet Joseph was still
able to keep his integrity.
00:37:08.26\00:37:11.83
Now one of the stories
00:37:11.86\00:37:13.80
that 'cause I was looking here
00:37:13.83\00:37:16.40
for just different examples
of Joseph's faithfulness,
00:37:16.43\00:37:19.13
one of them was when
Joseph was approached
00:37:19.17\00:37:23.10
by Potiphar's wife
to lie with him now,
00:37:23.14\00:37:26.07
if you know
anything about euphemisms,
00:37:26.11\00:37:27.98
you know what that means.
00:37:28.01\00:37:29.34
So, in Genesis 39:6,
00:37:29.38\00:37:35.08
this is going to kind of
go through the whole thing.
00:37:35.12\00:37:37.02
I'm not going to
read the whole thing,
00:37:37.05\00:37:38.39
but this is part here.
00:37:38.42\00:37:40.69
So Genesis 39:6,
00:37:40.72\00:37:46.66
so it talks about where,
00:37:46.70\00:37:50.80
you know Joseph
is now the overseer
00:37:50.83\00:37:53.03
of Potiphar's house.
00:37:53.07\00:37:54.57
So in verse 6, this is
where it kind of gets started.
00:37:54.60\00:37:56.64
It says "Thus he left all
that he had in Joseph's hand"
00:37:56.67\00:37:58.91
talking about
Potiphar, "and he did not know
00:37:58.94\00:38:01.31
what he had expected
for the bread which he ate."
00:38:01.34\00:38:05.31
Now, this is the important part
00:38:05.35\00:38:06.82
'cause this is
where it gets started.
00:38:06.85\00:38:08.18
Now Joseph was
handsome in form and appearance.
00:38:08.22\00:38:12.75
And so we know
what happened next.
00:38:12.79\00:38:14.69
"And it came to
pass after these things
00:38:14.72\00:38:17.43
that his master's wife
cast longing eyes on Joseph,
00:38:17.46\00:38:22.73
and she said, 'lie with me.'
00:38:22.76\00:38:25.10
But he refused and
said to his master's wife,
00:38:25.13\00:38:28.20
'Look, my master does not know
what is with me in the house.
00:38:28.24\00:38:33.31
And he has committed all
things that he has to my hand.
00:38:33.34\00:38:37.25
There is no one
greater in this house than I
00:38:37.28\00:38:40.25
nor has he kept
back anything from me
00:38:40.28\00:38:43.05
but you because
you are his wife.
00:38:43.08\00:38:45.89
How then...'
here's the important part.
00:38:45.92\00:38:47.82
'How then can I do
this great wickedness
00:38:47.86\00:38:50.79
and sin against God.'"
00:38:50.83\00:38:54.06
So Joseph was pointing
out here to his master's wife,
00:38:54.10\00:38:58.27
that to lie with you not only
00:38:58.30\00:39:00.17
would be a sin against Potiphar,
00:39:00.20\00:39:04.14
but a sin against God.
00:39:04.17\00:39:06.47
Because even though
00:39:06.51\00:39:07.84
the Ten
Commandments weren't ratified,
00:39:07.88\00:39:09.21
they weren't on tables of stone.
00:39:09.24\00:39:10.95
He knew for a fact
that this is not my wife.
00:39:10.98\00:39:14.18
I can't take her of my own,
00:39:14.22\00:39:15.58
God would not
look favorably on me.
00:39:15.62\00:39:19.79
So he goes on.
00:39:19.82\00:39:24.29
So it says,
00:39:24.33\00:39:25.66
"So it was as she
spoke to David day by day,"
00:39:25.69\00:39:28.30
this was a continuous thing.
00:39:28.33\00:39:30.33
It wasn't like a
one time thing, right?
00:39:30.37\00:39:32.03
No, no.
00:39:32.07\00:39:33.40
He did not heed her to lie
with her or to be with her.
00:39:33.44\00:39:37.17
So what happened?
00:39:37.21\00:39:38.54
So to kind of sum it up,
00:39:38.57\00:39:41.51
she planned this idea.
00:39:41.54\00:39:44.55
I think after David...
00:39:44.58\00:39:45.91
Oh, sorry, Joseph.
00:39:45.95\00:39:47.75
Joseph refused her constantly
00:39:47.78\00:39:52.35
so she cooked up
this plan after he left,
00:39:52.39\00:39:54.46
after he ran away,
00:39:54.49\00:39:55.82
that he attacked
her and all that stuff,
00:39:55.86\00:39:58.16
which was a lie.
00:39:58.19\00:39:59.53
But Joseph even after that
was still a man of integrity,
00:39:59.56\00:40:02.76
because he still
wouldn't back down.
00:40:02.80\00:40:04.53
He wouldn't have, he
would have said, "Oh, okay.
00:40:04.57\00:40:06.94
Yes, yes, I did it."
00:40:06.97\00:40:08.30
He wouldn't have
lied to save his own.
00:40:08.34\00:40:10.71
Much interesting like today
00:40:10.74\00:40:12.11
because, you know, in
the court systems now,
00:40:12.14\00:40:14.58
you have these, like
plea deals where it's like,
00:40:14.61\00:40:16.41
you know, what, if
you just say you did it.
00:40:16.44\00:40:19.95
We'll give you, you know,
00:40:19.98\00:40:21.32
we'll give you
a lesser sentence.
00:40:21.35\00:40:22.68
But Joseph would have
been that person to say, like,
00:40:22.72\00:40:24.12
"Look, if this, if I've got
to go to prison for 25 years,
00:40:24.15\00:40:26.72
you're giving me an offer
00:40:26.76\00:40:28.09
that's only going
to give me two years.
00:40:28.12\00:40:29.46
I would rather go
to prison for 25 years
00:40:29.49\00:40:31.33
and tell the truth than to...
00:40:31.36\00:40:33.19
And so that does
speak to the integrity
00:40:33.23\00:40:35.06
and the man of God
that he was, right?
00:40:35.10\00:40:37.33
Joseph is a great example.
00:40:37.37\00:40:38.70
And that's a good example,
because in the last days,
00:40:38.73\00:40:40.54
we know there is a
mystery Babylon woman,
00:40:40.57\00:40:43.41
just trying to get
us to lie down with her.
00:40:43.44\00:40:45.44
Oh, yes.
00:40:45.47\00:40:48.88
And we know we
have to be faithful.
00:40:48.91\00:40:50.25
We don't want to lie
down with this harlot woman,
00:40:50.28\00:40:53.68
because just like Joseph
has said this would lose favor,
00:40:53.72\00:40:56.69
we would lose
favor in the eyes of God.
00:40:56.72\00:40:58.62
And so, you know, I think,
00:40:58.65\00:41:00.72
I really do think that
there the seductress power
00:41:00.76\00:41:04.99
that is spoken of
women in the Bible
00:41:05.03\00:41:07.83
in relation to men has
a prophetic significance
00:41:07.86\00:41:11.03
and why Jesus used a woman
00:41:11.07\00:41:13.34
to describe this
seductress in the last days.
00:41:13.37\00:41:16.37
You know, we're told
in Proverbs about Solomon.
00:41:16.40\00:41:19.61
Solomon had 700 wives.
00:41:19.64\00:41:21.58
Have mercy, 300 concubines,
I mean, I can't imagine,
00:41:21.61\00:41:25.61
you know, that the
problems that man has,
00:41:25.65\00:41:29.55
and the temptations
that he had in his kingdom.
00:41:29.58\00:41:33.59
But, you know, even he said
00:41:33.62\00:41:34.96
after all those years
of going away from God
00:41:34.99\00:41:37.13
and letting his wife,
you know, lead him away.
00:41:37.16\00:41:39.46
That man said, he said,
00:41:39.49\00:41:41.96
"She has cast
down many wounded."
00:41:42.00\00:41:44.93
Speaking of the woman,
00:41:44.97\00:41:46.33
and he talks about
"Don't look in her eyes
00:41:46.37\00:41:48.74
and let her seduce you," right?
00:41:48.77\00:41:50.27
And I think
speaking in these last days
00:41:50.31\00:41:52.84
related to the story of Joseph,
00:41:52.87\00:41:54.98
you know, I think men of God
00:41:55.01\00:41:56.81
are going to be tempted
even by women in real life.
00:41:56.85\00:41:59.95
I mean, let's not kid ourselves.
00:41:59.98\00:42:01.32
We walk around
out in public nowadays
00:42:01.35\00:42:02.68
and you see women half naked.
00:42:02.72\00:42:05.55
And we know this
is a real problem
00:42:05.59\00:42:07.06
that men of God have
to do like Joseph and say,
00:42:07.09\00:42:09.99
"I know that looks attractive,
but we need to look away."
00:42:10.03\00:42:12.69
And you say,
"This is not lawful."
00:42:12.73\00:42:14.63
And that's
easier said than done.
00:42:14.66\00:42:16.16
But guess what?
00:42:16.20\00:42:17.53
We can do how many
things through Christ?
00:42:17.57\00:42:18.90
All things. All
things through Christ.
00:42:18.93\00:42:20.27
That's right.
00:42:20.30\00:42:21.64
I think of Caleb, you know,
00:42:21.67\00:42:23.00
we need some more Calebs, right?
00:42:23.04\00:42:24.37
That's right.
00:42:24.41\00:42:25.74
Caleb, man, I love this,
Numbers 14:24, I love this.
00:42:25.77\00:42:28.48
This is again, Numbers
14:24 speaking of Caleb,
00:42:28.51\00:42:31.31
powerful point here, it
says, "But my servant Caleb,
00:42:31.35\00:42:34.82
because he has a
different spirit in him."
00:42:34.85\00:42:38.52
We need some men of God
00:42:38.55\00:42:40.66
that the world can see
has a different spirit.
00:42:40.69\00:42:43.76
It goes on to say "Because
he has a different spirit in him
00:42:43.79\00:42:45.69
and has followed me fully."
00:42:45.73\00:42:47.96
Okay, you can't go
halfway with the Lord, right?
00:42:48.00\00:42:49.86
The Lord's like, "Man,
00:42:49.90\00:42:51.23
you know, I want you to
have a relationship with Me,
00:42:51.27\00:42:53.54
but I need you
to go all the way.
00:42:53.57\00:42:55.10
You need to be all
in not just halfway not,
00:42:55.14\00:42:57.31
you know, with
one leg in the world,
00:42:57.34\00:42:58.71
one leg in the church."
00:42:58.74\00:43:00.08
But again, as he says
here, "Followed me fully,
00:43:00.11\00:43:02.41
I will bring into
the land where he went,
00:43:02.44\00:43:04.48
and his
descendants shall inherit it."
00:43:04.51\00:43:06.35
And also Joshua 14:10, 11.
00:43:06.38\00:43:09.68
Again, speaking of Caleb,
00:43:09.72\00:43:11.05
now this is
powerful point as well,
00:43:11.09\00:43:12.75
because not only was
Caleb a powerful man of God
00:43:12.79\00:43:16.19
in his youth,
00:43:16.22\00:43:17.56
you know, there are
stories and instances
00:43:17.59\00:43:19.13
that we've all heard of,
00:43:19.16\00:43:20.50
and even stories in scripture
where men start off strong,
00:43:20.53\00:43:22.73
and then they have
kind of have this big,
00:43:22.76\00:43:24.27
great downfall, you
know, downward spiral into,
00:43:24.30\00:43:27.34
you know, a big
spiritual upset, right?
00:43:27.37\00:43:31.74
But notice what it says
here in Joshua 14:10, 11, again,
00:43:31.77\00:43:34.74
speaking of Caleb,
now he's 85 years old.
00:43:34.78\00:43:38.35
And notice this, brother,
still going strong in the Lord.
00:43:38.38\00:43:40.95
It says, "And now behold,
the Lord has kept me alive.
00:43:40.98\00:43:44.02
And he said, these 45 years
00:43:44.05\00:43:47.32
ever since the Lord
spoke this word to Moses,
00:43:47.36\00:43:50.29
while Israel
wandered in the wilderness,
00:43:50.33\00:43:52.49
and now here I am
this day 85 years old,
00:43:52.53\00:43:56.40
and yet I am as strong this day
00:43:56.43\00:43:58.53
as on the day
that Moses sent me,
00:43:58.57\00:44:00.80
just as my strength was then,
00:44:00.84\00:44:02.44
so now is my strength of war
00:44:02.47\00:44:05.57
both for going out
and for coming in."
00:44:05.61\00:44:07.84
This speaks to the longevity,
the spiritual longevity,
00:44:07.88\00:44:12.45
and the committed
mystic Caleb was to the Lord
00:44:12.48\00:44:15.92
as both a young man
00:44:15.95\00:44:17.29
and even all the way
through to his old age.
00:44:17.32\00:44:19.22
And so, I think that
that's a great example.
00:44:19.25\00:44:21.12
Speaking of people
who give great examples,
00:44:21.16\00:44:23.49
another one that
came to my mind was David.
00:44:23.53\00:44:26.43
What about David, right?
00:44:26.46\00:44:28.16
What about David?
00:44:28.20\00:44:29.53
You know, David
made his mistakes.
00:44:29.56\00:44:31.33
Big mistakes.
00:44:31.37\00:44:33.34
He made his mistakes.
00:44:33.37\00:44:36.27
And, you know, he was...
00:44:36.30\00:44:38.47
He paid for those mistakes.
00:44:38.51\00:44:40.34
But ultimately,
00:44:40.38\00:44:41.94
this man never gave up
on the Lord, he persevered.
00:44:41.98\00:44:44.78
Kept moving forward.
00:44:44.81\00:44:46.15
He kept moving forward
in the Lord persevered,
00:44:46.18\00:44:48.75
and ultimately
received a pretty cool title.
00:44:48.78\00:44:52.39
You know, a man
after God's own heart,
00:44:52.42\00:44:54.89
wouldn't we all like
to be that man of God
00:44:54.92\00:44:57.63
that can be said of the Lord,
00:44:57.66\00:44:59.53
you know, he's a
man after my own heart,
00:44:59.56\00:45:01.63
that is powerful,
powerful, powerful.
00:45:01.66\00:45:04.07
And, you know, also what
is so awesome about David
00:45:04.10\00:45:06.63
is that he often emphasized
obedience to the Lord.
00:45:06.67\00:45:10.04
That was one of his big things,
you go read the Book of Psalms,
00:45:10.07\00:45:12.97
he really emphasizes
being obedient to God.
00:45:13.01\00:45:16.04
And so what role
does obedience play
00:45:16.08\00:45:18.68
in determining a man of God?
00:45:18.71\00:45:20.05
Is that important?
00:45:20.08\00:45:21.42
'Cause a lot of
people would say,
00:45:21.45\00:45:22.78
"You know, obedience is okay
00:45:22.82\00:45:24.15
but, you know, faith is
much more important," right?
00:45:24.19\00:45:26.92
Because they don't
really properly understand
00:45:26.96\00:45:28.66
that relationship
between faith and obedience.
00:45:28.69\00:45:30.39
So let's talk about
that for a couple of minutes.
00:45:30.43\00:45:32.19
What role does obedience play
in determining a man of God?
00:45:32.23\00:45:37.53
I think it's very important.
00:45:37.57\00:45:39.07
I mean, here in
James 1:22 it says,
00:45:39.10\00:45:41.77
"But be doers of the word
00:45:41.80\00:45:43.87
and not hearers only
deceiving yourselves."
00:45:43.91\00:45:46.78
So let me ask you this question,
00:45:46.81\00:45:48.61
how important is it
to obey the traffic laws?
00:45:48.64\00:45:53.05
You know, you're
driving in the car,
00:45:53.08\00:45:55.48
I find it interesting
00:45:55.52\00:45:56.85
that a lot of
times we see people
00:45:56.89\00:45:58.22
and they just take
a look at the Bible
00:45:58.25\00:46:00.16
as "This is suggestive,
00:46:00.19\00:46:02.22
there's suggestions for
how I should live my life."
00:46:02.26\00:46:04.83
But then when
we're driving our cars
00:46:04.86\00:46:07.26
and we come to that
red light, we'd say,
00:46:07.30\00:46:09.46
"Oh, that's a
suggestion on what I should do.
00:46:09.50\00:46:12.77
Maybe I should
stop, maybe I shouldn't."
00:46:12.80\00:46:14.74
Or we come to a stop sign.
00:46:14.77\00:46:16.81
"I don't think I'll
just stop at this one.
00:46:16.84\00:46:18.71
I think I'll...
00:46:18.74\00:46:20.08
Maybe I'll stop
at the next one."
00:46:20.11\00:46:21.44
You know, and so,
00:46:21.48\00:46:22.81
we just go mosey on
right through that light
00:46:22.84\00:46:25.71
and through that
stop sign and then...
00:46:25.75\00:46:28.05
That's right, man.
00:46:28.08\00:46:29.48
And in those laws, laws
of the land, those signs,
00:46:29.52\00:46:31.75
they're there for what purpose?
00:46:31.79\00:46:34.26
For our protection.
00:46:34.29\00:46:35.62
For our protection, right?
00:46:35.66\00:46:36.99
And what purpose is
the law of God therefore?
00:46:37.03\00:46:39.09
Our protection.
00:46:39.13\00:46:40.46
For our safety
and for our freedom,
00:46:40.50\00:46:42.53
like it's not
meant to be restrictive,
00:46:42.56\00:46:46.07
but to set us free.
00:46:46.10\00:46:47.44
That's right.
00:46:47.47\00:46:48.80
Amen. Yeah. Yeah.
00:46:48.84\00:46:50.17
I love that.
That's so beautiful.
00:46:50.21\00:46:51.54
You know, I think, you know,
00:46:51.57\00:46:52.91
obviously
obedience is top priority.
00:46:52.94\00:46:54.64
But also being aware
of your own disobedience
00:46:54.68\00:46:56.71
and coming back to the
Lord in those situations
00:46:56.75\00:46:58.55
is important.
00:46:58.58\00:46:59.91
I mean, I love
Psalm 51, where it says,
00:46:59.95\00:47:01.68
"Create in me a clean heart,
00:47:01.72\00:47:03.05
O God and renew a
right spirit within me,
00:47:03.08\00:47:05.12
cast me not away
from thy presence
00:47:05.15\00:47:06.69
and take not thy
Holy Spirit from me."
00:47:06.72\00:47:09.62
So I think it's so important
00:47:09.66\00:47:11.76
that when we do kind
of go off the right path,
00:47:11.79\00:47:14.70
that we make sure that we come
and reconcile with the Lord.
00:47:14.73\00:47:17.47
That's right. Amen.
00:47:17.50\00:47:18.83
That's a very,
very... That's a good point.
00:47:18.87\00:47:20.34
David said in
Psalm 40:8, he says,
00:47:20.37\00:47:22.50
"I delight to do
your will of God,
00:47:22.54\00:47:25.04
and your law is
within my heart."
00:47:25.07\00:47:27.18
So it's a great text
that even to me goes further
00:47:27.21\00:47:30.18
to prove and to show
00:47:30.21\00:47:31.55
that it's the will of God for us
00:47:31.58\00:47:33.01
to be obedient
and keeping His law.
00:47:33.05\00:47:34.72
And I love what you said, Jay,
00:47:34.75\00:47:36.08
you know, the law
is there to protect us.
00:47:36.12\00:47:37.85
The law is
there to be a freedom.
00:47:37.89\00:47:40.32
I like to call
them not necessarily
00:47:40.36\00:47:41.86
the Ten Commandments,
but the ten freedoms.
00:47:41.89\00:47:44.19
You know, seriously,
think about this for a moment.
00:47:44.23\00:47:47.06
It's not like God's
showing up and saying,
00:47:47.10\00:47:48.53
"You know, you got
to do this or else..."
00:47:48.56\00:47:50.43
I think it's more
or less God saying,
00:47:50.47\00:47:51.80
"Look, I know you
better than you know you."
00:47:51.83\00:47:53.90
I think I know a
little bit of something
00:47:53.94\00:47:55.30
about human nature
because I created you.
00:47:55.34\00:47:57.84
And I know what you've become,
00:47:57.87\00:47:59.31
and I know what needs to happen
00:47:59.34\00:48:00.94
in order for you
and I to be reconciled.
00:48:00.98\00:48:02.78
So you can have
eternal life, right?
00:48:02.81\00:48:04.51
And so it's not the 10,
00:48:04.55\00:48:05.88
you know, thou shalts
and thou shalt not, you know,
00:48:05.91\00:48:08.05
'cause a lot of times we
look at the Ten Commandments,
00:48:08.08\00:48:09.68
and we think of them in
that way, "The law of God,"
00:48:09.72\00:48:12.12
you know,
"oppressive and burdensome,"
00:48:12.15\00:48:13.96
even though 1 John 5 tells us
00:48:13.99\00:48:15.82
that the law of
God is not burdensome,
00:48:15.86\00:48:18.13
that it's the love of God
that we keep His commandments.
00:48:18.16\00:48:21.20
I love this in Ezekiel
12:13, speaking of man,
00:48:21.23\00:48:26.27
you know, man in
general, man and woman,
00:48:26.30\00:48:28.37
but we're talking about
00:48:28.40\00:48:29.74
what it means
to be a man of God.
00:48:29.77\00:48:31.11
Ecclesiastes 12? What did I say?
00:48:31.14\00:48:32.47
You said Ezekiel. Oh, I'm sorry.
00:48:32.51\00:48:34.04
I stand corrected.
Ecclesiastes 12:13.
00:48:34.08\00:48:36.88
And I love the King
James Version wording of this.
00:48:36.91\00:48:39.01
It says, "Let us
hear the conclusion
00:48:39.05\00:48:41.08
of the whole matter."
00:48:41.12\00:48:42.45
And again, this is
coming from the wisest man.
00:48:42.48\00:48:44.69
I think he knew a little
bit of something about life.
00:48:44.72\00:48:47.06
Let us hear the
conclusion of the whole matter,
00:48:47.09\00:48:48.62
fear God and
keep His commandments
00:48:48.66\00:48:51.16
for this is the
whole duty of man,
00:48:51.19\00:48:53.76
not that the
commandments save us,
00:48:53.80\00:48:55.66
it's not our means of salvation,
00:48:55.70\00:48:57.97
we are saved only
through Jesus Christ
00:48:58.00\00:49:00.34
and what He'd done on
the cross and His shed blood.
00:49:00.37\00:49:02.84
But if we are
claiming that blood,
00:49:02.87\00:49:06.14
if we are claiming that
salvation in Jesus Christ,
00:49:06.17\00:49:09.01
the natural
response should be "Jesus,
00:49:09.04\00:49:12.78
I want to follow You.
00:49:12.81\00:49:14.18
Jesus, I want to obey You.
00:49:14.22\00:49:15.58
The fact that You've
died for me on a cross
00:49:15.62\00:49:17.75
and You've given your life
00:49:17.79\00:49:19.12
that I can be saved undeserving,
00:49:19.15\00:49:20.86
I want to be obedient to You."
00:49:20.89\00:49:22.22
So that being said,
00:49:22.26\00:49:23.59
a man of God should be an
obedient person in the Lord.
00:49:23.63\00:49:26.93
Obey God's commands.
00:49:26.96\00:49:29.46
And I love this, you know, also,
00:49:29.50\00:49:30.83
I love the example of David
00:49:30.87\00:49:32.23
because, you
know, David stumped,
00:49:32.27\00:49:34.84
we talked about that already.
00:49:34.87\00:49:36.60
But how does God
deal with the man of God
00:49:36.64\00:49:38.31
who is stumped?
00:49:38.34\00:49:40.51
Well, can I
back up for a moment?
00:49:40.54\00:49:41.88
Yeah, let's
back up for a moment.
00:49:41.91\00:49:43.24
There's just one thing
I wanted to say about Paul
00:49:43.28\00:49:44.61
before we move forward.
00:49:44.65\00:49:45.98
Yeah, go ahead, man.
00:49:46.01\00:49:47.35
So, what I love about Paul...
00:49:47.38\00:49:48.72
And this is
connecting with how he acted,
00:49:48.75\00:49:50.09
you know, we
know the commandments
00:49:50.12\00:49:51.45
and obeying the law
00:49:51.49\00:49:52.82
is really the
transcript of God's character,
00:49:52.85\00:49:54.39
the Ten Commandments
00:49:54.42\00:49:55.76
is a transcript of
the character of God.
00:49:55.79\00:49:57.59
And Paul had something to
say in 1 Corinthians 11:1,
00:49:57.63\00:50:01.70
that just blows me away.
00:50:01.73\00:50:03.53
I mean, I wish I could say this.
00:50:03.57\00:50:05.17
And I wish I could say
this with absolute like,
00:50:05.20\00:50:07.37
no hypocrisy in my life.
00:50:07.40\00:50:11.21
But he said, "Imitate me
00:50:11.24\00:50:14.14
just as I also
have imitated Christ."
00:50:14.18\00:50:17.21
Amen.
00:50:17.25\00:50:18.58
In other words, like, how
many people can you look at
00:50:18.61\00:50:20.02
and say, "Look,
look, just look at me."
00:50:20.05\00:50:23.59
Just do it I do, you know.
00:50:23.62\00:50:25.75
Like you can't
follow my example.
00:50:25.79\00:50:27.32
We would never
tell someone that,
00:50:27.36\00:50:28.69
but Paul was such a man of
God, such a holy man of God,
00:50:28.72\00:50:32.29
was so connected to Jesus,
00:50:32.33\00:50:33.73
that he could tell someone
00:50:33.76\00:50:35.10
"Imitate me as
I've imitated Christ."
00:50:35.13\00:50:36.97
Like, wow!
00:50:37.00\00:50:38.33
And one thing that blows me away
00:50:38.37\00:50:39.70
is about him
keeping the commandments,
00:50:39.73\00:50:41.17
he understood one
of the commandments
00:50:41.20\00:50:43.30
was to go and preach the
gospel to every nation, kindred,
00:50:43.34\00:50:45.64
tongue and people.
00:50:45.67\00:50:47.01
In Acts 14:19-22,
00:50:47.04\00:50:50.51
we read about
Paul going to Antioch,
00:50:50.55\00:50:53.52
and he gets there, and
he's preaching the word,
00:50:53.55\00:50:56.22
and these brothers
don't like what he's saying.
00:50:56.25\00:50:58.09
And they stone him to death.
00:50:58.12\00:51:00.59
I mean, I want you to
imagine, you got all these rude,
00:51:00.62\00:51:03.12
just like very
just, you know vulgar men,
00:51:03.16\00:51:05.96
very upset men very,
you know, just strong men
00:51:05.99\00:51:09.90
and they got these stones
00:51:09.93\00:51:11.27
and they're all
hanging over you,
00:51:11.30\00:51:12.63
throwing these
stones hard at you,
00:51:12.67\00:51:14.00
I mean, stoning
someone was to kill him,
00:51:14.04\00:51:15.37
it was to take their life,
Paul took a brutal beating.
00:51:15.40\00:51:19.21
And notice what it says here.
00:51:19.24\00:51:20.68
We're gonna pick it
up here in verse 19,
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"The Jews from
Antioch," this is Acts 14:19,
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"The Jews from Antioch
and Iconium came there.
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And having
persuaded the multitudes,
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they stoned Paul
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and dragged him out of the city,
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supposing him
to have been dead."
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So he's like, "I
got a lifeless body."
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And then notice in verse 20,
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"However, when the
disciples gathered around him,
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he rose up and
went into the city.
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And the next day he departed
from Barnabas to Derby."
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Now check this out, verse 21,
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"And when they had preached
the gospel to that city...
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Hold on a second, Paul,
you just got stoned last night.
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Right.
00:51:57.15\00:51:58.48
You know, he's probably
got blood spots on and bruises.
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And he's like, "Hey, I
ain't gonna let that stop me."
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He goes out preaching
the gospel at another city
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and then check this
out, this blew me away.
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"When they had
preached the gospel to that city
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and made many disciples,
00:52:08.72\00:52:10.33
they returned to
Iconium and Antioch."
00:52:10.36\00:52:14.26
It's like we didn't
get enough of that stoning.
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It says, "They strengthened
the souls of the disciples,
00:52:15.70\00:52:18.20
exhorting them to continue
in the faith and saying,
00:52:18.23\00:52:21.17
'We must through
many tribulations
00:52:21.20\00:52:22.87
enter into the kingdom of God.'"
00:52:22.90\00:52:24.24
Wow. Wow.
00:52:24.27\00:52:25.61
I mean, what a inspiration.
00:52:25.64\00:52:26.98
Yes, yes. Powerful.
00:52:27.01\00:52:28.34
Boldness. That is powerful.
00:52:28.38\00:52:29.71
That is, that is. God
is so good to His people.
00:52:29.74\00:52:31.38
I had to share that.
No, that was awesome.
00:52:31.41\00:52:32.75
That touched me so much, man,
00:52:32.78\00:52:34.72
when I've seen
that I was like "Wow!"
00:52:34.75\00:52:36.08
'Cause Paul was
a true man of God,
00:52:36.12\00:52:37.45
I mean, what is
it nearly two thirds
00:52:37.49\00:52:39.82
or more of the New
Testament is written by Paul.
00:52:39.85\00:52:43.36
I mean, that goes to show
00:52:43.39\00:52:44.73
that God really
entrusted this man.
00:52:44.76\00:52:46.19
He saw his sincerity, He
saw his genuineness to say,
00:52:46.23\00:52:49.46
"You know what,
this guy's not perfect,
00:52:49.50\00:52:51.80
but I'm gonna make
him a perfect vessel
00:52:51.83\00:52:53.54
for My honor," right?"
00:52:53.57\00:52:54.90
That's powerful.
00:52:54.94\00:52:56.27
That's the man I
want to be, right?
00:52:56.30\00:52:57.64
I know I'm not
where I need to be,
00:52:57.67\00:52:59.01
Ryan's still striving,
Ryan is still looking forward
00:52:59.04\00:53:01.74
and I'm certainly
not where I once was.
00:53:01.78\00:53:03.48
But I'm looking forward
to what man I want to be
00:53:03.51\00:53:05.61
and that's a man of God
00:53:05.65\00:53:06.98
and I hope that you
watching at home right now,
00:53:07.02\00:53:08.52
I hope that's your
goal, I want to be a man,
00:53:08.55\00:53:11.49
I want to be a
woman of the Lord.
00:53:11.52\00:53:13.62
So that God can
look upon me and say,
00:53:13.66\00:53:15.66
"Hey, that's My precious child.
00:53:15.69\00:53:17.53
That's My vessel of honor
00:53:17.56\00:53:18.89
that's gonna bring
glory for Me and My kingdom."
00:53:18.93\00:53:20.96
That's the goal here.
00:53:21.00\00:53:22.66
This is
probably going to turn in
00:53:22.70\00:53:24.37
I can already see
what we're doing here.
00:53:24.40\00:53:26.74
This is gonna
turn into a part two,
00:53:26.77\00:53:28.84
I'm just going to let
you guys know ahead of that.
00:53:28.87\00:53:30.54
But in closing here,
we have like four minutes.
00:53:30.57\00:53:32.27
Let's talk about how God deals
with men who have stumbled.
00:53:32.31\00:53:35.81
Because David, I mean,
we're talking about David,
00:53:35.84\00:53:37.88
we're talking about...
00:53:37.91\00:53:39.25
We can even throw Paul in there,
00:53:39.28\00:53:40.62
we can throw a
bunch of people in here
00:53:40.65\00:53:41.98
who made some
pretty big mistakes.
00:53:42.02\00:53:43.75
I mean, David was God's
anointed and chosen person.
00:53:43.79\00:53:47.52
And he murdered a man
00:53:47.56\00:53:49.82
so that he could
commit adultery with his wife.
00:53:49.86\00:53:51.79
Yep. Yeah.
00:53:51.83\00:53:53.16
And you would
think that God's like,
00:53:53.19\00:53:55.10
"Hey, you know better," right?
00:53:55.13\00:53:56.53
And he did, you
know, he handled,
00:53:56.56\00:54:00.04
I think he handled David
00:54:00.07\00:54:01.40
the way he should
have been handled.
00:54:01.44\00:54:02.77
But, you know, what does it
say about how God treats us,
00:54:02.80\00:54:06.17
even as His vessels of honor,
either as His chosen followers,
00:54:06.21\00:54:10.81
His people whom
is saved in the Lord,
00:54:10.85\00:54:14.12
but sometimes we may fumble,
00:54:14.15\00:54:15.48
we may take our eyes off
Jesus and stumble and fall.
00:54:15.52\00:54:17.49
How does He treat us?
00:54:17.52\00:54:18.85
Well, Romans 5:6,
beginning in verse 6.
00:54:18.89\00:54:22.52
"For one we were
still without strength
00:54:22.56\00:54:24.09
and due time Christ
died for the ungodly.
00:54:24.13\00:54:26.53
For scarcely
for a righteous man,
00:54:26.56\00:54:28.30
one die yet
perhaps for a good man,
00:54:28.33\00:54:30.30
someone would even dare to die.
00:54:30.33\00:54:32.40
But God demonstrates
His own love toward us
00:54:32.43\00:54:35.00
and that while we
were still sinners,
00:54:35.04\00:54:36.54
Christ died for us."
00:54:36.57\00:54:38.14
That's how, you know,
that's how He deals with us.
00:54:38.17\00:54:40.64
That's how He dealt with us.
00:54:40.68\00:54:42.18
John 3:16, and then
you also have 1 John 1:9.
00:54:42.21\00:54:48.12
1 John 1:9 says,
00:54:48.15\00:54:49.68
"If we confess our
sins, He is faithful
00:54:49.72\00:54:51.99
and just to forgive us our sins,
00:54:52.02\00:54:54.02
and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness."
00:54:54.06\00:54:57.09
And that's how
God deals with us.
00:54:57.13\00:54:58.89
He doesn't cast us away.
00:54:58.93\00:55:00.83
He loves us and
He's standing there
00:55:00.86\00:55:02.80
with wide open
arms waiting for us
00:55:02.83\00:55:04.97
to just confess
our sins and turn away.
00:55:05.00\00:55:07.60
Yeah.
00:55:07.64\00:55:08.97
One thing I was gonna say is,
00:55:09.00\00:55:10.34
especially to
the point of David,
00:55:10.37\00:55:13.58
I literally was
reading the story
00:55:13.61\00:55:15.41
of what happened
to David, what he did.
00:55:15.44\00:55:18.65
And it's very
interesting, towards the end,
00:55:18.68\00:55:21.42
you find where
Nathan points out to David,
00:55:21.45\00:55:23.95
he tells him this parable.
00:55:23.99\00:55:25.32
He talks about this rich
man who has a bunch of sheep
00:55:25.35\00:55:26.96
and this poor man
who has this little ewe
00:55:26.99\00:55:29.12
that he treats
as his own daughter.
00:55:29.16\00:55:30.96
And when a traveler
comes in, instead of using...
00:55:30.99\00:55:34.60
The rich man
using one of his sheep,
00:55:34.63\00:55:36.13
he takes the poor
man's sheep and uses it.
00:55:36.16\00:55:38.73
And Nathan points out to David
00:55:38.77\00:55:40.30
that this rich man who's
done this wicked deed is you.
00:55:40.34\00:55:44.31
You have taken from Uriah,
his wife and you've killed him
00:55:44.34\00:55:47.88
by placing him at
the front of the battle
00:55:47.91\00:55:50.88
and so when David
realize this when he said,
00:55:50.91\00:55:56.38
when Nathan told
him this message,
00:55:56.42\00:55:58.42
David says in 2 Samuel 11:13,
00:55:58.45\00:56:02.72
"I have sinned against God."
00:56:02.76\00:56:05.39
And one of my...
00:56:05.43\00:56:06.76
One of the most
interesting and kind of sad,
00:56:06.80\00:56:09.70
but very poignant
things that Nathan did,
00:56:09.73\00:56:13.84
then said to David was
00:56:13.87\00:56:15.20
"The Lord also
has put away your sin,
00:56:15.24\00:56:17.77
you shall not die,
but the child shall die."
00:56:17.81\00:56:23.31
And it's fascinating
00:56:23.35\00:56:24.68
'cause you can even go
into that spiritually and say,
00:56:24.71\00:56:27.02
this child died for
the sin of his father.
00:56:27.05\00:56:31.02
But we look at Christ
00:56:31.05\00:56:32.39
and how he died for
the sin of His people.
00:56:32.42\00:56:35.86
And so...
00:56:35.89\00:56:37.23
That's a powerful
point, we serve a merciful God.
00:56:37.26\00:56:39.33
We serve a merciful God.
00:56:39.36\00:56:40.70
I love this scripture
in Psalm 37:23-24, it says,
00:56:40.73\00:56:44.17
"The steps of a good
man are ordered by the Lord,
00:56:44.20\00:56:47.47
and He delights in His way,
00:56:47.50\00:56:49.47
though he fall he shall
not be utterly cast down
00:56:49.50\00:56:52.74
for the Lord
upholds him with His hand."
00:56:52.77\00:56:56.75
Man, time has just flown by.
00:56:56.78\00:56:59.08
We serve a merciful God.
00:56:59.11\00:57:00.45
We're talking
about what it means
00:57:00.48\00:57:01.95
to be a man of God.
00:57:01.98\00:57:03.32
This is part one obviously
because we still have...
00:57:03.35\00:57:05.75
I'm going
through these notes here,
00:57:05.79\00:57:07.12
we still got like
three more pages of notes
00:57:07.16\00:57:09.06
to talk about
00:57:09.09\00:57:10.43
but we're gonna
come back for a part two
00:57:10.46\00:57:12.23
talking about what it means
biblically, in today's age,
00:57:12.26\00:57:15.26
no matter what age,
00:57:15.30\00:57:16.63
what it means
to be a man of God.
00:57:16.67\00:57:18.20
We thank you so much
00:57:18.23\00:57:19.57
for taking your time to join us.
00:57:19.60\00:57:20.94
Again, this is part one.
00:57:20.97\00:57:22.30
Next time we get
to come together,
00:57:22.34\00:57:23.67
we're going to do a part
two on this very subject.
00:57:23.71\00:57:26.17
Thank you all so
much. God bless you.
00:57:26.21\00:57:28.04
Have a blessed day in the Lord.
00:57:28.08\00:57:30.01
And hey, we hope to
see you right back here,
00:57:30.05\00:57:32.51
3ABN Family Worship next time.
00:57:32.55\00:57:35.05