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Please and turn to first timothy chapter 6

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if you haven't it. And I know most

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of you are there.

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But what a powerful book we've been in.

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I can't believe we are you know,

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over halfway through this book by the time

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we get through this message

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because we will end with verse 11. Lord

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willing.

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There's 20 verses in this book. And we

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looked at 9 and 10 a little bit

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recently last couple of weeks, but I wanna

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take a little bit deeper look at 9

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and 10 and and really... Because these are

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strong warnings,

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and we read in first Timothy 6 as

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Paul instruct Timothy, who a young pastor

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on how to

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basically

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guide the church

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to teach the church to disciple

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the new converts and older converts and help

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them become Christ.

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And Timothy is amazing because

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you're getting an insight the letter to the

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apostle,

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to Timothy

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and what he's to instruct. And we learned

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so much from that as to how where

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to be the church and howard would to

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be as Christians.

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Because there's personal instructions to Timothy as to

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how he is to be a man of

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God. But he he's to replicate what's being

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taught to him personally

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in the life of the believers, and he's

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supposed to second Timothy 2 2,

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commit these teachings to others and there commit

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them to others and still others, and that's

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how the church grows. It also instruct how

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the church is what's supposed to look like

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regard to elders and dea and government and

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so forth.

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But here he's giving a very, very solemn

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warning,

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and he's warning about those who turn god

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or turn

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God this, in a means to, as a

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means to financial gain. We talked about that.

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We've done I've done some extensive teaching against

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the

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word faith gospel, the prosperity movement. The money

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grabbing preacher who are always talking about. Give

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give give to me and then God make

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you rich and these guys get super rich

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and then comes all about money.

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And we're not gonna be discussing that so

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much today. We've discussed that quite a bit

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and we hammer on that off and on

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because that's

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such a prevalent false gospel that's out there.

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But he gives this instruction to Timothy in

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verse 9, but those who want to get

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rich

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as as for the rich, you know, that

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all the rich

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are doomed.

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Otherwise, brother Rich would be in big trouble

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over here. Get to see, Rich for always

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from Idaho.

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But we're calling to be rich in God.

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Jesus talked about being rich in the Lord.

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Amen.

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when the bible speaks of Riches,

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sometimes there's just very strong declarations harder for

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a rich man. Jesus said,

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get to heaven then it is for candle

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to get through the I have a needle.

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And then the disciples was like, well, how

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can anybody be saved then and

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and he said, you know, what's impossible with

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man possible with God.

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And, of course, Joseph Air,

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who was a rich man who lent Jesus

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his garden tomb

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for 3 days and 3 nights,

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was a rich man. Nico dim was probably

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pretty rich, we believe. Job, Abraham, these were

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rich men

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they possessed riches, but Riches did not wet.

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that is after they came to know the

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Abraham, of course, and

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Job probably became quite enriched when they knew

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the Lord, but their pursuit

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the pursuit was not riches.

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The pursuit was a Lord.

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So if you're pursuing the Lord and you're

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seeking him and you're living for his glory,

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and the lord bless you

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financially.

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You know, just don't let those riches possess

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you. And he goes on to say later,

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which we're not gonna really get into

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to tonight because we're gonna stop at verse

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11, but it's gonna talk about instructions to

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those who are rich in the church. How

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they're supposed to use their wealth to bless

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others. And how God has given us all

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things to enjoy.

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not supposed to look a scant look down

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upon those who are poor, James chapter 2.

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The scriptures are also clear that we're supposed

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to make sure that we love all people,

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amen.

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And we also don't wanna be en and

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jealous of those who, you know,

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you know, come to church on a in

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a l jet, you know,

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not that anybody does, but we need to...

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But at the same time, God instruct those

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folks

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who have money to make sure they're living

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for him. And they're not living to get

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rich and be rich.

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So it's... But so it's important because look

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at the warnings he gives those. And these

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are... This warnings is pretty heavy. This is

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for those who want to get rich.

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Man heavy that that are like, and I'm

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not talking about, man you're like, you know,

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wow, Lord, I'd I'd like to Can you

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give me another job so I can pay

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my bills, you know? And so I can,

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you know, bless my children with he, maybe

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send them the college or something like that?

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I'm not talking about that. We're talking about

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where money becomes your God. It becomes the

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main thing. It becomes your pursuit

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above and over god.

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And by the way, money shouldn't even be

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a close second to the Lord amen.

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The Lord should be first. But look what

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he says, but those who want to get

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rich

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fall into temptation

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and a snare

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and many, not some

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not a few many

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foolish and harmful desires,

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which plunge men into ruin

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and

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destruction

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I mean, he just builds the the case

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of, you know, of how

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destructive

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living for riches is and And if you

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think, whoa, you know, yeah, You've been over

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these first a little bit and why don't

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we move on? Because this is such an

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important topic.

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Because when I first dealt with, I wanna

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do with the word Faith teach teaching the

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hell, the whole false gospel built around this,

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that that this scripture just destroys. So it

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talks about those who believe that god means

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they will have financial gain,

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and he calls them corrupt men false teachers.

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So we had to deal with that. But

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we also need to make sure when we

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leave this scripture that we are have a

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strong, resolve within our hearts not to live

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for money.

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Because so many people are in such trouble.

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in ruin and destruction verse 10.

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For the love of money is a root

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of what.

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All sorts of evil.

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I mean, just think of the evils around

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the world.

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I mean, you think of the greatest evils

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around the world. How about sex trafficking? What

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I think of Evils. I think the sex

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trafficking is a horrendous evil?

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Where women,

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and children,

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girls and boys are kidnapped

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by the tens of thousands. I mean, it's

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in the tens of thousands, perhaps millions.

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cry it's a huge crime here in the

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abortion?

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Because of the love of money.

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I won't be able to get that boat.

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you know, not saying everybody has abortions for

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that reason or this reason, but a lot

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of times it has to do with finances?

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It really is. Or how about the drug

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cartel?

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Is there any money or left for money

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involved in that sin, which is destroying, you

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know, what we have over a hundred thousand

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overdoses a year in the United States of

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Because of fentanyl and other drugs,

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many of them coming over the border.

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For love money a root of all sorts

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of evil. And some by longing for it,

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there that that wished to be or

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desi to be longing for it, have wandered

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They've wandered away from the faith

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and pierce them through

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themselves pierce themselves with many grief

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caused a lot of grief,

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but they've wandered away from the faith that

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he says the holy spirit speaks expressly that

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in the latter days, some will depart from

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the faith. Keeping hates us inducing spirits and

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doctors and demons. So he warns that false

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doctrines could lead people away from the faith.

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Hey amen, and we've talked about that.

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But he is saying a desire to be

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can cause people to wander from the faith,

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and come on you guys.

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There's all kinds of people that you probably

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work with that grew up in church, you

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Remember, we went if you what don't we...

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Why don't when did I teach on Sunday?

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The parable of the wet.

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Parable is over.

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Remember the 4 different hearts we looked at.

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The first heart was what?

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The Call heart, who good memory.

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The Call heart or the heart and heart.

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And that was the 1 who the seed,

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which represents what's the seed? Word the word

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of God

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And the sow is who.

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Jesus said a man, but we are the

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body of christ hands in his feet. So

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he sow through us now. We preach the

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word. We plant the seed amen.

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The seed was not able to penetrate that

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first soil that represents the call heart because

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it was just so hard and the birds,

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which represent satan in that parable court Jesus,

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they steal that see before Germ.

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And Satan seals the seed to keep people

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from coming to faith and being saved. Amen.

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That was the first heart. What was the

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second heart?

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first who was Call. The second was... The

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Rockies coming up The second was was a

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That was when where it says, the roots

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were not firm.

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I mentioned to you in Israel, there's a

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lot of bedrock,

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which you'll see if you go on an

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Israel trip with us. There's just rocks everywhere.

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There's a lot of bedrock where the soil

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is just couple inches sick, 2, 3 inch

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inches sick, thick, and the roots don't go

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very deep and when sun comes out after

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they spring up,

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These plants just die because Don't have deep

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roots, and we talked about the importance of

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having deep roots.

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But these represent

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those who

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Well, it doesn't say they were sincere.

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Certain theology wanna just believe they were ins

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insecure at first because it doesn't fit their

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their theology, but it says, they actually received

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the word with wed. Joy with joy. They're

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excited about the Lord at first. They had

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joy.

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You know?

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And

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they believe for a while. And why is

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the first go back now again to the

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Call heart? Satan takes a seat out so

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they will not want and be saved.

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So Not believe and be saved. So becoming

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to belief in that context of that parable

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brings what.

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Salvation amen.

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But here, it does say they do believe,

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which quoted Jesus in this purple brings salvation.

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And they believe it says for a while,

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but it times of temptation they fall away.

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Even though they received the word with joy,

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So you can't have joy.

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And and you can leave your first love,

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the Bible says in revelation chapter 2.

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It's very clear. Sad.

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So you have to beat yourself down like

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Paul said, so we need become a doc

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us. You have to take up your cross

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daily, Amen.

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And Jesus put Jesus first when you get

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up in the morning, he's first

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and and continue to look to him. So

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there's that

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Tell heart, then there's that shallow heart. And

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then after that was the rocky or the

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crowded heart.

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The crowded heart.

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And that is a heart that

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there's satan can't keep that person from believing.

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Fact, that person starts out becoming a little

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bit somewhat fruitful.

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But

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and there's life.

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Second first soil, there's no life. There's no

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regeneration.

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Second, so, there's life. There's joy at first,

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but then there's a death.

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Third soil. That's the crowded heart. Call heart.

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Shallow heart, then the crowded heart. What's it

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crowded with? Remember this, which fits with what

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we're looking at in first Timothy, interesting timing.

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Right? Or chapter 8 verse 14 of Luke,

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the seed which fell among the Thorn. These

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are the ones who had heard

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And as they go on their way, they

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are what, choked with worries and riches and

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pleasures of this life. I bring no fruit

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to maturity.

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Mark chapter 4 verse 19 listen to what

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Jesus says. But the worries of the world

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and that the seat of

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riches or wealth

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and the desires

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for the things of this world

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enter in and choke the word, and it

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becomes it becomes un.

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So you don't wanna become un. Second Timothy

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or second Peter or chapter 1. Talks about

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adding to your faith, 7 virtue and growing

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your faith. So you don't become un,

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you know, near sight and then blind,

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forgetting that you were saved or purified from

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your past sins. You can get to the

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point, According to scripture thus say at the

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word of God and second, Peter Chapter 1

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where you forget that you're even saved.

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Says they forget that they were purified

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from their past sins.

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And that's very important to understand because here

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we see the love of money.

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Has caused people to what? Wander away from

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the faith.

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K?

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And

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pierce themselves with many grief.

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Now it's interesting. It says, in verse 10,

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notice it says, but plunge men into ruin

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and destruction.

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Plunge men into ruin and destruction

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And I thought, yeah, it's interesting such a

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powerful, you know, in the Greek when you

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look at the Greek, and you try to

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parse the Greek, it kept be ruin and

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destruction in 2 different things.

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Many scholars say, well, if they point out

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it probably means the same thing as just

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ruin and destruction describing the same, which I

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prop think is probably correct.

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You know, describing the final end of these

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folks, you know?

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And by the way, plunge men into ruin

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and destruction.

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That word plunge was used the first century

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of ship wreck ships that would go down,

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and you just see the ship of all

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these people just go

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plunge down in into ruin and destruction.

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And that's a powerful picture.

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Oh, and by the way, when I was

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looking at this greek word for destruction,

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it's used of somebody who was longing to

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be rich.

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Who plunged himself like a ship down to

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hell.

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In fact, he was nicknamed by Jesus a

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son of destruction, same Greek word. And that

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was J,

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who betrayed Jesus out of greed, have betrayed

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him with a kiss

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and plunge himself

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he hung himself.

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And the rope or the branch broke, We

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don't know how exactly it happened. And his...

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He went down and crane,

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smashed the bottom of the cliff and out

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came his bowel. Talk about plunging.

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Being plunged structure. He's called the son of

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destruction. Now I was looking at this text,

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I was like, wow, Lord,

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this guy, J is such a powerful picture

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of this warning here.

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Is not amazing.

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Now,

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And as I said, yeah, J has called

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by Jesus is a son of destruction. And

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what's interesting

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about J,

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some people try to exon J.

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You know, the liberals, you know, the the

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no,

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the No had a gospel called the gospel

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of J.

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And I like to read, you know,

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from time to time. The early church fathers

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and and how they're fighting no and so

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forth. And then No basically taught that all

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creation was evil

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because it was created by an Evil God.

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And

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and that Evil God is not the 1

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ultimate god and so forth and therefore, since

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he created the physical universe, everything physical.

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They said was evil, which is alive from

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the Pit of hell,

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And they have a gospel called the Gospel

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of J,

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In the Gospel of J, the No 6

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made the evil guys just like Satan do

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today. There at Satan.

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Satan was a hero because he told Eve,

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she could become god,

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and was freeing her from Y way to

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creator.

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And that didn't work out so long.

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How actually he led her into bondage in

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destruction.

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She wanted power? She wanted be as God.

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But it's interesting when you think about it,

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the No cora

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kane,

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these are heroes and the no Gospel.

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The serpent is a hero.

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J was a hero in the gospel of

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J, which the church fathers talked about

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But, you know, the No or I should

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say liberal scholars said, oh, probably never existed.

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You know, there's make the no look bad

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that it was discovered not too many years

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ago.

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You know, just... I don't think it was,

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like, 15 years ago or so 20 years

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ago it was discovered.

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Get... That might have my date wrong. I

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wasn't too long. I was, wow. They found

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that thing. And when you read through it,

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I've looked through it. J is a hero,

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and he... Because he does betray Jesus,

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but it's to

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get him crucified, but so we could free

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him from

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his body, which he's trapped in a body

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because the body is a prison os.

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Rather than a blessing it's a prison.

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So they twist it. Liberal theologian say, well,

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J, you know, he probably was the discouraged

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because

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this the the revolution that he thought Jesus

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was bringing to the Earth to overcome the

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Romans and free Israel from the Roman Hill

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of oppression.

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Was back firing, and it wasn't working outright.

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So he didn't like the way Jesus was

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going about it, and course, Jesus was talking

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about going to the cross and stuff. Right,

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guys. Even Peter struggled with that. Remember.

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You go, far it for me, You know,

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Jesus says get behind me satan.

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So they say, and what J was getting

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discouraged

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because they weren't ruling, like he was hoping

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they'd be ruling sooner

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And that... We... I don't have a hard

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time with saying, that. You just might have

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been getting very discouraged because it wasn't turned

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out because Jesus was getting closer to fiction

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and stuff, and He didn't like that idea

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of how things were gonna turn out. But

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they taken it a step further and say,

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and what do wanna do is turn Jesus

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and have and betray him. So Jesus be

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forced

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to call the legions of Angels to save

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him from rome and build the King of

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israel on the earth and then J and

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the other apostles could rule the earth. And

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that was his desire

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just to hurry up Jesus kingdom.

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It's not that really that complicated though, guys.

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It's not the J gospel no.

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It's not what some liberals say that he

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had good motives. It just, you know, was,

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you know, miss missteps or whatever they're trying

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to say there.

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It it's a lot less complicated to that.

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J problem was greed.

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It's that simple. Okay?

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In fact, the scriptures make it clear that

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god portrays him as that way,

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Not saying there weren't more complicated things going

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on, but ultimately,

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he was a greedy person,

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and

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it's important to understand that

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Jesus addressed that greed in J,

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you know?

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And he warned him

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in fact, it's interesting,

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J, we read in the gospel of John

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that the 2 sisters, Mary and Martha, remember

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them,

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Mary Bethany,

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and the 2 sisters

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we're having a, basically a dinner and honor

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of Jesus.

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And,

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they were doing this because

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He just resurrected their brother. Sound like a

551
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good plan to me. You know, it's honor

552
00:19:38,953 --> 00:19:40,467
the 1 who just resurrected Lazarus,

553
00:19:40,866 --> 00:19:42,595
and they're having a dinner for him and

554
00:19:42,794 --> 00:19:44,947
so forth. And we read in John 12

555
00:19:44,947 --> 00:19:47,020
3 that then Mary took a pint of

556
00:19:47,020 --> 00:19:47,578
pure na.

557
00:19:48,376 --> 00:19:51,268
An expensive perfume, she poured it on Jesus

558
00:19:51,406 --> 00:19:53,890
feet and wiped his feet with her hair,

559
00:19:54,368 --> 00:19:56,939
and the house was filled with a fragrance

560
00:19:57,156 --> 00:19:58,054
of the perfume,

561
00:19:59,226 --> 00:20:00,023
John 12 3.

562
00:20:03,940 --> 00:20:05,134
That's pretty pretty beautiful.

563
00:20:06,010 --> 00:20:07,364
And, you know, we don't have time to

564
00:20:07,364 --> 00:20:10,008
get into the story too much, but she's

565
00:20:10,008 --> 00:20:11,684
taking this pint of Pure yard which was

566
00:20:11,684 --> 00:20:12,562
worth a lot of money,

567
00:20:14,078 --> 00:20:15,993
and she breaks it as she pours on

568
00:20:15,993 --> 00:20:16,393
his feet.

569
00:20:17,844 --> 00:20:20,495
And she wipes his feet with this beautiful,

570
00:20:21,270 --> 00:20:22,089
you know aroma

571
00:20:22,465 --> 00:20:24,696
perfume that's filling the home.

572
00:20:27,183 --> 00:20:28,936
And J is gonna get ticked off about

573
00:20:28,936 --> 00:20:29,096
this.

574
00:20:30,611 --> 00:20:33,002
Because J really, really, really, his heart hurting

575
00:20:33,002 --> 00:20:34,689
for the poor. It could help a lot

576
00:20:34,689 --> 00:20:37,096
of poor people. That's what he says basically

577
00:20:37,709 --> 00:20:39,378
because the hip and he's pretending,

578
00:20:40,729 --> 00:20:41,229
but

579
00:20:42,001 --> 00:20:43,009
by the way, and

580
00:20:44,570 --> 00:20:45,369
Jesus basically,

581
00:20:46,170 --> 00:20:48,329
I love jesus except for Mary this, and

582
00:20:48,329 --> 00:20:49,210
he speaks the truth.

583
00:20:50,823 --> 00:20:52,574
He Jewish says in versus 4 5, he

584
00:20:52,574 --> 00:20:54,403
could read if you want. Why wasn't this

585
00:20:54,403 --> 00:20:56,392
perfume sold and the money given to the

586
00:20:56,392 --> 00:20:56,631
poor.

587
00:20:57,346 --> 00:20:58,699
It was worth a year's wages.

588
00:20:59,669 --> 00:21:00,966
She's taking something

589
00:21:01,344 --> 00:21:02,939
that's very valuable. Right?

590
00:21:04,056 --> 00:21:04,556
And

591
00:21:06,768 --> 00:21:09,080
she's using it for Jesus.

592
00:21:10,053 --> 00:21:11,568
And that... There's a lot of implications They

593
00:21:11,568 --> 00:21:12,525
would have time to get into.

594
00:21:13,323 --> 00:21:14,838
And a verse, you know, why was this

595
00:21:14,838 --> 00:21:17,231
perfume So forth then, John, when he tells

596
00:21:17,231 --> 00:21:18,906
the story, he makes sure we understand,

597
00:21:19,638 --> 00:21:21,546
that it was because of J greed that

598
00:21:21,546 --> 00:21:23,614
he said this, and John explains, quote, in

599
00:21:23,614 --> 00:21:25,919
verse 6, J did not say this because

600
00:21:25,919 --> 00:21:28,146
he cared about the poor. But because he

601
00:21:28,146 --> 00:21:28,702
was a thief.

602
00:21:29,913 --> 00:21:32,146
As keeper the money bag, he used to

603
00:21:32,146 --> 00:21:34,859
help himself to what was put into it.

604
00:21:36,056 --> 00:21:36,295
K?

605
00:21:36,949 --> 00:21:40,065
And then Jesus says to them because they

606
00:21:40,065 --> 00:21:42,303
kinda join the other disciples apostles kinda join

607
00:21:42,303 --> 00:21:44,220
with J like, yeah, what are you doing?

608
00:21:45,112 --> 00:21:47,255
And that Jesus says I love this. I'll

609
00:21:47,255 --> 00:21:47,969
leave her alone.

610
00:21:49,398 --> 00:21:52,651
It was intended that she just should, save

611
00:21:52,651 --> 00:21:54,813
this perfume. For the day of my burial.

612
00:21:55,609 --> 00:21:57,201
You will always have the poor among you.

613
00:21:57,678 --> 00:21:59,986
Meaning continue to love them administer them. You're

614
00:21:59,986 --> 00:22:01,817
gonna have them with you, but you will

615
00:22:01,817 --> 00:22:03,113
not always have me

616
00:22:04,138 --> 00:22:06,282
he's the son of God with him. He's

617
00:22:06,282 --> 00:22:07,155
going to his burial.

618
00:22:07,790 --> 00:22:08,290
And

619
00:22:08,901 --> 00:22:10,569
and I trip out on this because it

620
00:22:10,569 --> 00:22:11,069
just

621
00:22:11,698 --> 00:22:13,853
They had their clueless about his burial. Right?

622
00:22:14,412 --> 00:22:14,731
Right?

623
00:22:15,290 --> 00:22:18,003
They're all tripping out. And and but I've

624
00:22:18,163 --> 00:22:19,121
I shared with you before.

625
00:22:19,933 --> 00:22:21,919
Through the years 1 my... I love this

626
00:22:21,919 --> 00:22:22,419
because

627
00:22:23,269 --> 00:22:25,413
what what... How did she have this insight?

628
00:22:26,446 --> 00:22:27,422
Very simple

629
00:22:28,450 --> 00:22:31,809
because when Martha was badger her about helping

630
00:22:31,809 --> 00:22:33,970
her in the kitchen because Jesus was there.

631
00:22:34,369 --> 00:22:34,529
Right?

632
00:22:36,065 --> 00:22:36,565
And

633
00:22:37,184 --> 00:22:38,805
Mary is at Jesus feet

634
00:22:39,184 --> 00:22:41,664
talking about it's another it's incident,

635
00:22:43,198 --> 00:22:43,755
Jesus says,

636
00:22:44,551 --> 00:22:45,664
you know, Martha,

637
00:22:46,221 --> 00:22:48,074
she's actually chosen the better part

638
00:22:48,528 --> 00:22:50,437
and what has been given to her, will

639
00:22:50,437 --> 00:22:51,471
not be taken away from her.

640
00:22:52,363 --> 00:22:56,514
So Jesus is discussing is speaking truth. Guess

641
00:22:56,514 --> 00:22:58,850
who is guess who has ears to hear

642
00:22:59,308 --> 00:23:00,106
Mary Bethany.

643
00:23:01,077 --> 00:23:03,622
And while all the disciples don't always have

644
00:23:03,622 --> 00:23:05,372
ears to hear about the crucifixion because they

645
00:23:05,372 --> 00:23:06,644
don't wanna see Jesus crucified.

646
00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:09,029
That's doesn't fit and they're understanding how the

647
00:23:09,029 --> 00:23:09,904
kingdom is supposed to come.

648
00:23:12,955 --> 00:23:13,515
She gets it.

649
00:23:14,795 --> 00:23:16,414
She seems to be the only 1

650
00:23:17,595 --> 00:23:18,654
humanly speaking

651
00:23:18,955 --> 00:23:19,914
at this point in time.

652
00:23:20,649 --> 00:23:22,746
That understands that Jesus is going to

653
00:23:23,364 --> 00:23:24,082
die on the cross.

654
00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:26,977
Not that he didn't tell the others, but

655
00:23:27,276 --> 00:23:28,553
he told them a lot of things, but

656
00:23:28,553 --> 00:23:29,910
they had selective hearing. Amen.

657
00:23:32,634 --> 00:23:32,873
Now,

658
00:23:34,227 --> 00:23:34,865
Judah so,

659
00:23:36,298 --> 00:23:38,210
he's just involved... He just wants the money

660
00:23:38,210 --> 00:23:38,847
at this point.

661
00:23:39,739 --> 00:23:41,413
And he becomes, you know, greedy and more

662
00:23:41,413 --> 00:23:43,406
and more greedy as he sees the time

663
00:23:43,406 --> 00:23:44,043
getting closer.

664
00:23:44,841 --> 00:23:47,073
But keep in mind, he had already begun

665
00:23:47,073 --> 00:23:47,471
stealing,

666
00:23:48,841 --> 00:23:49,718
from the money bag.

667
00:23:51,472 --> 00:23:52,689
So when first Timothy,

668
00:23:53,066 --> 00:23:54,900
chapter 6 warns us,

669
00:23:55,537 --> 00:23:56,309
god warns

670
00:23:56,827 --> 00:24:00,088
through Paul Timothy, Timothy, that warning comes to

671
00:24:00,088 --> 00:24:00,247
us,

672
00:24:01,042 --> 00:24:02,236
because we're supposed to be reading this is

673
00:24:02,236 --> 00:24:02,633
studying it.

674
00:24:03,523 --> 00:24:05,138
That greed can lead to

675
00:24:05,513 --> 00:24:07,741
ruin and destruction or it will eventually,

676
00:24:08,617 --> 00:24:10,527
J is the son of destruction same word.

677
00:24:11,163 --> 00:24:12,459
And his life was

678
00:24:13,966 --> 00:24:15,024
basically characterized

679
00:24:15,959 --> 00:24:16,596
by greed.

680
00:24:17,314 --> 00:24:19,227
Now, Jesus warned him over and over again.

681
00:24:20,742 --> 00:24:21,242
Jesus

682
00:24:22,427 --> 00:24:23,460
Here heard the seat was there on the

683
00:24:23,460 --> 00:24:23,857
certain of that,

684
00:24:24,731 --> 00:24:26,557
when jesus says in chapter 6 verse 19

685
00:24:26,557 --> 00:24:28,781
through 21. Lay out for yourselves treasure on

686
00:24:28,781 --> 00:24:30,290
earth where mouth and rust do crept in

687
00:24:30,290 --> 00:24:33,084
fees, bacon and steel. But J you too,

688
00:24:33,401 --> 00:24:34,830
they have for ourselves treasure have when either

689
00:24:34,830 --> 00:24:36,337
mouth or rust corrupt and thieves can't break

690
00:24:36,337 --> 00:24:36,734
it in steal.

691
00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:40,321
And He was there for that. He was

692
00:24:40,321 --> 00:24:42,623
there in Matthew chapter Matthew chapter 6 first

693
00:24:42,623 --> 00:24:45,084
24 His first versus later. When Jesus says,

694
00:24:45,322 --> 00:24:46,750
you can't serve 2 masters.

695
00:24:47,718 --> 00:24:48,354
Either you're what.

696
00:24:49,149 --> 00:24:50,421
Hate the 1 and love the other. You

697
00:24:50,421 --> 00:24:51,851
love the 1 hate the other you can't

698
00:24:51,851 --> 00:24:54,156
both God and m and. Amen.

699
00:24:55,522 --> 00:24:57,033
But guess what? You can't only have 1

700
00:24:57,113 --> 00:24:57,351
Lord.

701
00:24:58,146 --> 00:24:59,498
You can't have both God and money as

702
00:24:59,498 --> 00:24:59,895
your Lord.

703
00:25:00,611 --> 00:25:02,917
J chose money as his Lord.

704
00:25:04,287 --> 00:25:05,006
It's that simple.

705
00:25:06,283 --> 00:25:07,799
He chose to put money first in his

706
00:25:07,799 --> 00:25:08,118
life.

707
00:25:09,395 --> 00:25:11,471
What a what a sad existence for people

708
00:25:11,471 --> 00:25:11,924
who

709
00:25:12,281 --> 00:25:13,811
put money first

710
00:25:14,183 --> 00:25:16,165
in their lives.

711
00:25:17,908 --> 00:25:18,701
Dud was there,

712
00:25:19,588 --> 00:25:20,088
when

713
00:25:20,464 --> 00:25:20,964
Jesus

714
00:25:23,567 --> 00:25:25,953
made a whip and went to the temple

715
00:25:25,953 --> 00:25:27,704
and overturn the tables. Right?

716
00:25:28,674 --> 00:25:31,624
Took a chair and said and and got

717
00:25:31,624 --> 00:25:33,320
the money changers out of the temple

718
00:25:33,936 --> 00:25:36,430
and said that you're not to make my

719
00:25:36,488 --> 00:25:38,974
my house aid Dan of Robbers, Amen.

720
00:25:41,446 --> 00:25:42,722
Because they were all about money.

721
00:25:43,838 --> 00:25:45,034
But the thing is is when that was

722
00:25:45,034 --> 00:25:47,443
going down, guess what, The disciples all should

723
00:25:47,443 --> 00:25:49,600
have been taking note. It's not about money.

724
00:25:50,239 --> 00:25:52,716
Jesus warned about those who devour Widows houses

725
00:25:52,716 --> 00:25:53,595
as the ph.

726
00:25:54,170 --> 00:25:56,650
They devour widows houses. They look at widows

727
00:25:56,650 --> 00:25:58,890
as opportunity to exploit them for the money

728
00:25:58,890 --> 00:26:01,230
that's left over. These widows who have

729
00:26:02,184 --> 00:26:02,423
little,

730
00:26:04,097 --> 00:26:06,809
modi of money left from their husband dying

731
00:26:06,809 --> 00:26:08,824
or have a lot or somewhere in between

732
00:26:08,962 --> 00:26:10,636
the ph he's would scheme to get their

733
00:26:10,636 --> 00:26:10,875
money.

734
00:26:11,689 --> 00:26:12,647
How wicked is that?

735
00:26:13,525 --> 00:26:15,302
Sometimes these widows would have little children

736
00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:18,395
and they'd scheme. Jesus said that these guys

737
00:26:18,395 --> 00:26:20,391
that do that have the greater judgment.

738
00:26:21,444 --> 00:26:23,362
Have greater condemnation than other people.

739
00:26:24,401 --> 00:26:26,877
So greed is very, very serious.

740
00:26:28,076 --> 00:26:29,035
J was there.

741
00:26:30,008 --> 00:26:32,000
When they were talking about the vote of

742
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:33,595
gifts that were given at the temple and

743
00:26:33,595 --> 00:26:35,428
how beautiful the temple was, and jesus said

744
00:26:35,428 --> 00:26:36,703
not when stone would be standing on the

745
00:26:36,703 --> 00:26:37,203
other

746
00:26:37,994 --> 00:26:39,612
Jesus... J was there

747
00:26:40,070 --> 00:26:41,608
when Jesus talked about

748
00:26:42,864 --> 00:26:44,541
the d of riches,

749
00:26:46,058 --> 00:26:47,255
crowded out the word of God.

750
00:26:49,349 --> 00:26:50,410
J was there

751
00:26:52,069 --> 00:26:53,829
when he pointed out when Jesus pointed out

752
00:26:53,829 --> 00:26:54,730
to his apostles

753
00:26:55,829 --> 00:26:56,730
how that widow

754
00:26:58,325 --> 00:27:00,005
they gave the widow might. It's a Widow

755
00:27:00,005 --> 00:27:01,924
mite, which is worth just couple pennies.

756
00:27:02,884 --> 00:27:04,244
But said she gave more than all the

757
00:27:04,244 --> 00:27:04,644
rich folks.

758
00:27:05,934 --> 00:27:07,917
Because she gave out of her poverty. She

759
00:27:07,917 --> 00:27:09,211
gave everything she had

760
00:27:09,584 --> 00:27:11,012
because she was so much wanting to see

761
00:27:11,012 --> 00:27:12,678
the word word of the work of God

762
00:27:12,678 --> 00:27:13,075
go forward.

763
00:27:13,804 --> 00:27:15,395
She was very sac superficial or giving.

764
00:27:17,703 --> 00:27:19,852
That would not compute in J brain. Would

765
00:27:19,852 --> 00:27:21,068
it? No

766
00:27:21,619 --> 00:27:22,519
which is heartbreaking.

767
00:27:26,019 --> 00:27:28,500
And praise the Lord, we have a decent

768
00:27:28,500 --> 00:27:29,539
amount of people here tonight.

769
00:27:30,193 --> 00:27:32,255
You're here because guess what you're doing first,

770
00:27:33,604 --> 00:27:34,556
seeking the kingdom of God.

771
00:27:35,428 --> 00:27:36,539
And as righteous the say, amen.

772
00:27:37,268 --> 00:27:38,620
You know this world's temporary.

773
00:27:39,336 --> 00:27:40,529
It's been around for a while, you know

774
00:27:40,529 --> 00:27:41,642
it goes quick to you. Amen.

775
00:27:42,358 --> 00:27:44,107
He can't take it with you as Paul

776
00:27:44,107 --> 00:27:45,403
earlier and versus

777
00:27:45,951 --> 00:27:47,858
7 8 and 7 8 before the verses

778
00:27:47,937 --> 00:27:48,493
I just read.

779
00:27:49,447 --> 00:27:50,718
You bring nothing in the world. You take

780
00:27:50,718 --> 00:27:51,354
nothing with you.

781
00:27:52,228 --> 00:27:53,681
But we still have to be careful

782
00:27:54,468 --> 00:27:56,218
because paul's warning those who are in the

783
00:27:56,218 --> 00:27:58,127
faith that if they do this, they can

784
00:27:58,127 --> 00:27:59,638
wander away from the faith.

785
00:28:00,990 --> 00:28:01,944
He's warning believers.

786
00:28:02,993 --> 00:28:04,824
Not warning non believers in the church non

787
00:28:04,824 --> 00:28:06,495
believers. You... If you wanna a anomaly, you

788
00:28:06,495 --> 00:28:07,290
tell you what longer that we need to

789
00:28:07,290 --> 00:28:09,200
get saved. Amen. You don't worry about wandering

790
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:10,394
from the faith. They're not in the faith

791
00:28:10,394 --> 00:28:11,190
yet. Amen.

792
00:28:13,198 --> 00:28:13,438
So,

793
00:28:15,435 --> 00:28:16,714
this is all very, very important.

794
00:28:18,471 --> 00:28:18,971
And

795
00:28:21,671 --> 00:28:22,306
J man,

796
00:28:23,417 --> 00:28:25,640
he betray jesus He throw throat... He shows

797
00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:26,140
up

798
00:28:26,752 --> 00:28:27,252
with

799
00:28:28,118 --> 00:28:28,756
the soldiers,

800
00:28:29,234 --> 00:28:31,545
a large crowd that says in Matthew 26

801
00:28:31,545 --> 00:28:32,364
47

802
00:28:33,059 --> 00:28:35,552
with armed with swords and clubs

803
00:28:36,264 --> 00:28:37,542
and Judah spotted Jesus.

804
00:28:38,501 --> 00:28:39,880
And then he gave a signal

805
00:28:40,259 --> 00:28:41,457
because it's gonna be dark out.

806
00:28:42,416 --> 00:28:42,916
And

807
00:28:43,708 --> 00:28:45,296
it's gonna be dark and there's be these

808
00:28:45,296 --> 00:28:47,439
different disciples, and I wanna... And how are

809
00:28:47,439 --> 00:28:48,313
we gonna know who it is.

810
00:28:49,662 --> 00:28:50,615
I'll kick him my kiss.

811
00:28:51,825 --> 00:28:54,305
How wicked is that, man? So J was

812
00:28:54,305 --> 00:28:57,205
gonna betray Jesus with a kiss

813
00:28:57,985 --> 00:28:58,945
and going out,

814
00:28:59,597 --> 00:29:02,164
once we read that Judah said greetings, rabbi

815
00:29:02,460 --> 00:29:05,822
and kissed him. That's Matthew 26 versus 48

816
00:29:05,879 --> 00:29:07,072
and 49.

817
00:29:08,026 --> 00:29:08,924
And J

818
00:29:09,234 --> 00:29:11,549
Jesus says J, are you going to betray

819
00:29:11,549 --> 00:29:12,427
me with a kiss?

820
00:29:14,104 --> 00:29:16,898
He could translate that, the the the para

821
00:29:16,898 --> 00:29:18,470
phrase that. Are you really going to

822
00:29:19,148 --> 00:29:20,507
betray me with a kiss, really?

823
00:29:22,504 --> 00:29:24,022
Like, how wicked is that? You know?

824
00:29:28,500 --> 00:29:30,273
So J was driven

825
00:29:31,285 --> 00:29:32,500
in his actions

826
00:29:33,432 --> 00:29:34,387
by the love for money.

827
00:29:35,197 --> 00:29:36,947
What can you say about our lives by

828
00:29:36,947 --> 00:29:37,822
wave application?

829
00:29:39,334 --> 00:29:40,527
What are we driven by?

830
00:29:42,133 --> 00:29:44,199
Better better yet, who are we led by?

831
00:29:44,755 --> 00:29:46,980
Satan in the spirit of the riches of

832
00:29:46,980 --> 00:29:47,639
this world

833
00:29:48,013 --> 00:29:50,397
are we led by the Lord Jesus Christ.

834
00:29:50,968 --> 00:29:51,865
And his love

835
00:29:52,395 --> 00:29:54,853
and his goodness and his righteousness, you know?

836
00:29:56,042 --> 00:29:58,048
And it's sad because, you know, J

837
00:29:59,548 --> 00:30:01,240
Basically, he was driven by

838
00:30:01,614 --> 00:30:03,465
this love for money, and he traded

839
00:30:04,078 --> 00:30:06,144
the love of Jesus. The infinite love of

840
00:30:06,303 --> 00:30:06,803
Christ

841
00:30:07,749 --> 00:30:09,900
The if infinite on ending love a Christ

842
00:30:09,900 --> 00:30:12,450
he traded for 30 pieces of silver.

843
00:30:15,093 --> 00:30:16,525
Which he didn't even keep. He realized what

844
00:30:16,525 --> 00:30:17,718
he had done How was sick it was,

845
00:30:18,434 --> 00:30:20,104
but he didn't repent.

846
00:30:22,013 --> 00:30:23,127
He regretted what he did.

847
00:30:24,017 --> 00:30:26,487
But the bible says Godly sorrow leads to

848
00:30:26,487 --> 00:30:27,784
repentance which leads to

849
00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:28,558
life.

850
00:30:29,435 --> 00:30:31,847
Amen, but worldly sorrow leads to

851
00:30:32,303 --> 00:30:32,542
death.

852
00:30:33,673 --> 00:30:35,989
And worldly Sorrow is your sorrow sorrow because

853
00:30:35,989 --> 00:30:37,106
your plan didn't work out.

854
00:30:39,581 --> 00:30:41,018
Because it did get your way. Things that

855
00:30:41,018 --> 00:30:42,509
work out the way you wanted them to

856
00:30:42,788 --> 00:30:44,697
God sorry, you're you're sorry because you've sinned

857
00:30:44,697 --> 00:30:46,686
against, thrice Holy God. Amen.

858
00:30:47,402 --> 00:30:48,992
You offended the holy 1 of Israel.

859
00:30:49,882 --> 00:30:51,313
The creator of all things, the 1 who

860
00:30:51,313 --> 00:30:53,062
made you in his image who loves you

861
00:30:53,062 --> 00:30:54,573
who sent his son to die for you.

862
00:30:55,288 --> 00:30:58,089
You've spur his love, his goodness his grace,

863
00:30:58,328 --> 00:31:00,406
his mercy, you spit in his face.

864
00:31:01,045 --> 00:31:02,803
It was 1 thing to deny Christ, which

865
00:31:02,803 --> 00:31:04,721
was horrible and Peter did that. Right? If

866
00:31:04,721 --> 00:31:06,974
other disciples. But it's another thing that ce

867
00:31:06,974 --> 00:31:08,494
jesus is out betray with a kiss.

868
00:31:10,575 --> 00:31:12,195
That's a whole another level

869
00:31:12,654 --> 00:31:13,215
of evil.

870
00:31:14,509 --> 00:31:16,826
So Timothy is concerned about those who had

871
00:31:16,826 --> 00:31:17,705
wandered from the faith.

872
00:31:18,663 --> 00:31:21,275
And we should take heed to this because

873
00:31:21,632 --> 00:31:22,983
You don't ever wanna get to the place

874
00:31:22,983 --> 00:31:23,381
where you think,

875
00:31:24,255 --> 00:31:26,163
yeah. But I'm a chosen man.

876
00:31:27,037 --> 00:31:28,786
I could never wander from the faith.

877
00:31:31,508 --> 00:31:32,787
I'm a real disciple.

878
00:31:33,826 --> 00:31:35,264
I could never want for the faith.

879
00:31:36,702 --> 00:31:38,241
I would never become a traitor

880
00:31:40,151 --> 00:31:41,187
Paul didn't have that on.

881
00:31:41,745 --> 00:31:43,659
Paul said in chapter 10 and chapter 9

882
00:31:43,659 --> 00:31:45,652
at first corinthians that him who thinks he

883
00:31:45,652 --> 00:31:46,848
stats take he lest he fall.

884
00:31:48,296 --> 00:31:50,203
You have to realize the capacity of evil

885
00:31:50,203 --> 00:31:51,553
that is in your heart if it's un

886
00:31:51,553 --> 00:31:51,871
unsettled.

887
00:31:55,223 --> 00:31:56,977
You don't want awesome think your flesh is

888
00:31:56,977 --> 00:31:58,013
better than else's is flesh.

889
00:31:59,288 --> 00:32:01,200
We don't know all the evil that we

890
00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:03,526
are capable of except by the grace of

891
00:32:03,605 --> 00:32:06,073
God. Go we, amen. So that's why Paul

892
00:32:06,073 --> 00:32:08,381
said in the same section where he says

893
00:32:08,381 --> 00:32:09,973
that he thinks he stands, take he lest

894
00:32:09,973 --> 00:32:11,975
he fall. That's where he said I beat

895
00:32:11,975 --> 00:32:13,642
my body down so after I've preached the

896
00:32:13,642 --> 00:32:15,706
gospel with others I myself would not become

897
00:32:15,706 --> 00:32:17,056
rejected by god to doc us.

898
00:32:18,897 --> 00:32:21,680
And that's why you... You're chosen Well, Julius

899
00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:22,236
was chosen.

900
00:32:23,508 --> 00:32:26,052
In fact, Luke chapter 16 verse 13 says,

901
00:32:26,544 --> 00:32:28,525
And when the day came, he called his

902
00:32:28,525 --> 00:32:29,025
disciples

903
00:32:29,477 --> 00:32:31,855
to him. Juice was a disciple. Well w

904
00:32:31,855 --> 00:32:33,758
I'm a disciple. Juice was a disciple.

905
00:32:34,249 --> 00:32:36,397
He called his disciples to him and chose.

906
00:32:36,715 --> 00:32:38,385
He was chosen. Chose 12 of them.

907
00:32:39,181 --> 00:32:41,010
Whom we also named as apostles.

908
00:32:41,503 --> 00:32:43,974
Simon, whom we also named Peter, Andrew Andrew,

909
00:32:44,054 --> 00:32:45,808
his brother and James and John and Philip

910
00:32:45,808 --> 00:32:48,119
anna Boom and then verse 16 J, the

911
00:32:48,119 --> 00:32:49,155
son of James.

912
00:32:50,210 --> 00:32:51,349
And J is.

913
00:32:53,089 --> 00:32:54,769
Listen into this. This is verse 18 of

914
00:32:54,849 --> 00:32:57,169
John or Luke chapter 6. And J is

915
00:32:57,169 --> 00:32:57,569
scary.

916
00:32:57,983 --> 00:32:59,496
Who became a traitor.

917
00:33:00,530 --> 00:33:03,077
Notice it's that? Doesn't say who was a

918
00:33:03,077 --> 00:33:05,226
traitor from the time he was chosen. No.

919
00:33:05,799 --> 00:33:07,235
Says he became a trader.

920
00:33:08,592 --> 00:33:08,751
Okay?

921
00:33:09,629 --> 00:33:11,863
It's very possible like the first or the

922
00:33:11,863 --> 00:33:12,762
second soil

923
00:33:13,791 --> 00:33:15,325
that he received the word with joy

924
00:33:16,496 --> 00:33:18,723
that he was excited. He actually followed Jesus

925
00:33:18,723 --> 00:33:19,439
for 3 years.

926
00:33:21,286 --> 00:33:22,882
But toward the end of those years, he

927
00:33:22,882 --> 00:33:23,440
became a trader,

928
00:33:24,237 --> 00:33:25,673
and I believe even before he became a

929
00:33:25,673 --> 00:33:26,811
trader, he started

930
00:33:28,544 --> 00:33:29,820
from Jesus money bag.

931
00:33:30,952 --> 00:33:32,947
It shocks me that he kisses Jesus, but

932
00:33:32,947 --> 00:33:35,101
then it doesn't shock me because he's already

933
00:33:35,101 --> 00:33:36,058
stealing from Jesus.

934
00:33:38,783 --> 00:33:40,695
And how disgusting is that, you know?

935
00:33:41,810 --> 00:33:42,925
He became a traitor,

936
00:33:44,438 --> 00:33:45,473
you know, J?

937
00:33:46,762 --> 00:33:47,580
Was given

938
00:33:48,512 --> 00:33:50,182
eternal life. He was given to Jesus. In

939
00:33:50,182 --> 00:33:51,694
fact, go to John chapter 17,

940
00:33:52,092 --> 00:33:52,728
you'll see this.

941
00:33:55,375 --> 00:33:56,812
Because some will say, oh, well Jesus was

942
00:33:56,812 --> 00:33:58,089
never saved. Where does it say that?

943
00:34:00,325 --> 00:34:02,320
Well, it says in John that Jesus knew

944
00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:02,694
who

945
00:34:03,454 --> 00:34:03,855
you know,

946
00:34:05,774 --> 00:34:07,855
who really believed and who would betray him.

947
00:34:08,815 --> 00:34:09,054
Yeah.

948
00:34:09,775 --> 00:34:11,054
That's 2 different groups.

949
00:34:12,185 --> 00:34:14,329
1 is Plural 1 singular. He knew who

950
00:34:14,329 --> 00:34:15,545
didn't really believe

951
00:34:15,918 --> 00:34:18,222
plural, those that didn't really believe. And he

952
00:34:18,222 --> 00:34:20,208
knew who would betray him That's second. That's

953
00:34:20,208 --> 00:34:21,002
secondary class.

954
00:34:21,574 --> 00:34:23,092
Knew that J was gonna betray him. It

955
00:34:23,092 --> 00:34:25,410
doesn't say that J was a thief from

956
00:34:25,410 --> 00:34:25,969
the beginning.

957
00:34:26,848 --> 00:34:28,846
He chose... In fact, we read in the

958
00:34:28,846 --> 00:34:31,817
gospel counts we read that J was confer

959
00:34:31,817 --> 00:34:33,895
the apostolic authority by the power of the

960
00:34:33,895 --> 00:34:35,593
holy Spirit to go and do miracles

961
00:34:35,972 --> 00:34:38,310
to heal the le to heal the sick

962
00:34:38,544 --> 00:34:40,460
you know, those who were lame to cast

963
00:34:40,460 --> 00:34:42,136
out demons and he came back with the

964
00:34:42,136 --> 00:34:44,052
other apostles, and they all had success.

965
00:34:45,409 --> 00:34:47,460
And we read in John chapter 17, go

966
00:34:47,499 --> 00:34:48,609
to john Chapter 17.

967
00:34:50,591 --> 00:34:51,384
John 17.

968
00:34:52,969 --> 00:34:54,872
And we read in verses 1 and 2,

969
00:34:55,364 --> 00:34:57,619
Jesus high priest sleep prayer. He's praying

970
00:34:58,474 --> 00:34:59,512
for his apostles,

971
00:35:00,070 --> 00:35:02,542
you know, who gonna percent... Bring the good

972
00:35:02,542 --> 00:35:04,536
word out and goes extends that prayer beyond

973
00:35:04,536 --> 00:35:06,947
the apostles. Of course, even to us, those

974
00:35:06,947 --> 00:35:08,466
who hear the word through their preaching.

975
00:35:09,265 --> 00:35:11,582
And for the world, he actually pray for

976
00:35:11,582 --> 00:35:13,420
the lost world that they would see the

977
00:35:13,420 --> 00:35:15,751
witness of the believers who love 1 another,

978
00:35:16,469 --> 00:35:18,305
it come to Christ to understand who he

979
00:35:18,305 --> 00:35:19,262
is through our witness.

980
00:35:20,779 --> 00:35:22,636
But he pray initially for his apostles

981
00:35:23,029 --> 00:35:25,586
and look at chapter 17 verse 1. Jesus

982
00:35:25,586 --> 00:35:27,603
spoke these things and lifting up his eyes

983
00:35:28,462 --> 00:35:29,660
to heaven. He said this,

984
00:35:30,631 --> 00:35:33,678
Father, the hour has come, glorify your son

985
00:35:33,815 --> 00:35:35,963
that the son may glorify you.

986
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:37,317
Look at verse 2.

987
00:35:37,968 --> 00:35:40,904
Even as you gave him authority over all

988
00:35:40,904 --> 00:35:42,887
flesh that as to all whom you have

989
00:35:42,887 --> 00:35:44,474
given him to all you what you have

990
00:35:44,474 --> 00:35:44,633
what?

991
00:35:45,682 --> 00:35:47,195
All whom you have given him,

992
00:35:47,991 --> 00:35:48,469
he what.

993
00:35:49,425 --> 00:35:51,893
He he he may give eternal life. So

994
00:35:51,893 --> 00:35:54,219
when the father is, you know, When the

995
00:35:54,219 --> 00:35:55,338
father gives the son,

996
00:35:57,894 --> 00:35:59,332
people, he gives them what,

997
00:36:00,211 --> 00:36:00,771
eternal life.

998
00:36:01,664 --> 00:36:03,092
What does it mean the father gives the

999
00:36:03,092 --> 00:36:03,648
son people?

1000
00:36:05,553 --> 00:36:08,252
Is that some kind of unconditional election where

1001
00:36:08,331 --> 00:36:10,449
God the father has certain people only? And

1002
00:36:10,569 --> 00:36:11,683
and then he just gives him the son

1003
00:36:11,683 --> 00:36:13,275
and you have no choice or salvation. No.

1004
00:36:14,309 --> 00:36:15,901
No. What happens when you read the gospel,

1005
00:36:16,060 --> 00:36:17,572
is there certain people that belong to the

1006
00:36:17,572 --> 00:36:19,323
father before Jesus comes on the scene.

1007
00:36:20,213 --> 00:36:21,032
There's Adam,

1008
00:36:21,486 --> 00:36:23,816
not An fire, but niacin

1009
00:36:25,543 --> 00:36:25,941
Simeon,

1010
00:36:26,816 --> 00:36:29,537
right, and Anna, for instance, They're Simeon and

1011
00:36:29,617 --> 00:36:31,689
Anna, take take those 2. They're waiting for

1012
00:36:31,689 --> 00:36:33,682
the cost of Israel. They're waiting for the

1013
00:36:33,682 --> 00:36:35,435
messiah to be born. Remember, Adam wants to

1014
00:36:35,435 --> 00:36:37,921
hold the Messiah. Right? She can't wait. They're

1015
00:36:37,921 --> 00:36:40,152
just hold them Messiah. They're looking for... They

1016
00:36:40,152 --> 00:36:43,181
already belong to the father. Amen. There's all

1017
00:36:43,181 --> 00:36:44,536
sorts of people that already belong to the

1018
00:36:44,536 --> 00:36:46,859
father. Remember talks about branches that were broken

1019
00:36:46,859 --> 00:36:49,564
off the Jews because they're un unbelievable, but

1020
00:36:49,564 --> 00:36:51,155
not all the branches were broken off.

1021
00:36:51,791 --> 00:36:54,271
There were Jews that were believing in and

1022
00:36:54,351 --> 00:36:55,940
Jesus says if you believed Moses, you would

1023
00:36:55,940 --> 00:36:57,529
believed me, there were those who believed in

1024
00:36:57,609 --> 00:36:59,913
Moses. They belonged to the father, Amen. Amen.

1025
00:37:00,151 --> 00:37:01,581
So when Jesus came on the scene,

1026
00:37:02,789 --> 00:37:05,419
The good shepherd, Jesus was given by the

1027
00:37:05,419 --> 00:37:07,810
father, those that belong to him to Jesus.

1028
00:37:08,607 --> 00:37:08,766
Okay?

1029
00:37:09,643 --> 00:37:11,972
It's that simple. But all those that are

1030
00:37:11,972 --> 00:37:13,488
given to Jesus, he gives what,

1031
00:37:14,206 --> 00:37:14,924
eat eternal life.

1032
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:18,037
But go ahead and look at verse 12.

1033
00:37:19,889 --> 00:37:21,646
While I was with them, I was keeping

1034
00:37:21,646 --> 00:37:21,886
them.

1035
00:37:22,525 --> 00:37:24,283
Praise God. While I was with them, I

1036
00:37:24,283 --> 00:37:26,041
was keeping them in your name.

1037
00:37:27,574 --> 00:37:29,172
Which you gave which you've given me,

1038
00:37:30,291 --> 00:37:31,330
Those was the ones he gave me to

1039
00:37:31,330 --> 00:37:31,650
her life.

1040
00:37:32,689 --> 00:37:35,326
And I guarded them and not 1 of

1041
00:37:35,326 --> 00:37:36,306
them perished

1042
00:37:37,653 --> 00:37:38,604
but who,

1043
00:37:39,635 --> 00:37:40,848
the set of tradition

1044
00:37:41,378 --> 00:37:43,360
that the scriptures would be fulfilled.

1045
00:37:44,881 --> 00:37:47,502
J was given to Jesus by the father.

1046
00:37:47,899 --> 00:37:49,566
He was chosen. He was 1 of the

1047
00:37:49,566 --> 00:37:49,804
12.

1048
00:37:50,837 --> 00:37:53,156
He was given eternal life. First 2.

1049
00:37:54,111 --> 00:37:55,702
And eternal life is in the sun by

1050
00:37:55,702 --> 00:37:57,612
the way. Amen. He's the vine where the

1051
00:37:57,612 --> 00:37:59,920
branch is a amen. Amen. K. We only

1052
00:37:59,920 --> 00:38:02,084
have internal life in relation to him. Whether

1053
00:38:02,084 --> 00:38:03,920
you... Have or not. He has it. He

1054
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:05,197
has he is the... He is the way

1055
00:38:05,197 --> 00:38:06,714
the truth and the life. He is first

1056
00:38:06,794 --> 00:38:08,630
John chapter 1 verse 1. First John chapter

1057
00:38:08,630 --> 00:38:11,105
05:19 and 20. He is the eternal life.

1058
00:38:12,317 --> 00:38:12,817
So

1059
00:38:13,913 --> 00:38:15,669
look at verse 12 again. While I was

1060
00:38:15,669 --> 00:38:17,584
with them, I was keeping them in your

1061
00:38:17,584 --> 00:38:17,824
name,

1062
00:38:18,462 --> 00:38:20,310
which you have given me and I guarded

1063
00:38:20,310 --> 00:38:22,538
them and not 1 of them perished, but

1064
00:38:22,538 --> 00:38:23,414
the son of tradition.

1065
00:38:24,130 --> 00:38:26,915
So the scriptures would be fulfilled. So he

1066
00:38:26,915 --> 00:38:28,370
lost none of these apostles

1067
00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:29,980
except 1

1068
00:38:30,679 --> 00:38:31,960
that the may be fulfilled.

1069
00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:35,179
Now was... Of course, it was J

1070
00:38:36,039 --> 00:38:36,359
choice,

1071
00:38:36,934 --> 00:38:38,529
Jesus warned him. Even at the last supper.

1072
00:38:38,848 --> 00:38:41,161
Jesus hat to him the sop. Right?

1073
00:38:41,799 --> 00:38:43,394
He made the sop available to him.

1074
00:38:44,511 --> 00:38:45,787
He tried to appeal his conscience.

1075
00:38:46,919 --> 00:38:48,757
Know, you betray me with a kiss.

1076
00:38:49,796 --> 00:38:52,193
He said to to J, he says, you

1077
00:38:52,193 --> 00:38:54,371
know, the 1 that betray me

1078
00:38:55,005 --> 00:38:55,485
because Jews.

1079
00:38:56,125 --> 00:38:57,644
It's better for him that him that he

1080
00:38:57,644 --> 00:38:59,644
would never be born. That's before he betrayed

1081
00:38:59,644 --> 00:39:00,204
him by the way.

1082
00:39:02,458 --> 00:39:04,134
J is getting some severe warnings.

1083
00:39:05,489 --> 00:39:05,989
And

1084
00:39:07,403 --> 00:39:10,217
there are certain scriptures that reveal that J

1085
00:39:10,514 --> 00:39:11,711
would commit apostasy.

1086
00:39:13,079 --> 00:39:14,112
That he would fall away.

1087
00:39:14,749 --> 00:39:16,260
The scriptures would have to be fulfilled,

1088
00:39:17,294 --> 00:39:18,726
not because god forced him to do that,

1089
00:39:18,885 --> 00:39:20,476
but because God knew he would do that.

1090
00:39:20,888 --> 00:39:22,263
Like, I believe personally

1091
00:39:22,717 --> 00:39:24,864
be God his sovereignty could've have chosen any

1092
00:39:24,864 --> 00:39:27,511
12, but he chose J. He chose J

1093
00:39:27,568 --> 00:39:28,840
because he knew that J would be the

1094
00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:29,238
kind of guy.

1095
00:39:30,764 --> 00:39:32,520
Who would first be excited and receive the

1096
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:33,079
word with joy,

1097
00:39:34,117 --> 00:39:35,314
but become a traitor later,

1098
00:39:36,032 --> 00:39:37,628
and that be perfect to pull off the

1099
00:39:37,628 --> 00:39:38,905
what, the crucifixion,

1100
00:39:39,638 --> 00:39:41,468
did he predetermined him and make him do

1101
00:39:41,468 --> 00:39:44,173
it? Yes or no. No. That was J

1102
00:39:44,173 --> 00:39:44,492
choice.

1103
00:39:45,128 --> 00:39:47,117
But he knew even across even against those

1104
00:39:47,117 --> 00:39:49,123
warnings. He would still choose to be that

1105
00:39:49,123 --> 00:39:50,959
way because certain people,

1106
00:39:51,996 --> 00:39:54,311
you know, god knows all things. Amen.

1107
00:39:55,029 --> 00:39:56,705
Amen In fact, it says in John chapter

1108
00:39:56,705 --> 00:39:58,945
2, that Jesus did commit himself to certain

1109
00:39:58,945 --> 00:40:00,215
people because he knew what was in their

1110
00:40:00,215 --> 00:40:00,454
hearts.

1111
00:40:02,201 --> 00:40:03,868
God makes choices based on what he knows

1112
00:40:03,868 --> 00:40:05,059
about people in their choices.

1113
00:40:06,979 --> 00:40:08,826
But if you respond to the gospel positively,

1114
00:40:09,039 --> 00:40:10,783
of course, he'll make good in his word

1115
00:40:10,783 --> 00:40:11,338
he'll accept you,

1116
00:40:12,210 --> 00:40:13,399
but he calls you to persevere,

1117
00:40:14,130 --> 00:40:15,410
and J did not persevere.

1118
00:40:15,970 --> 00:40:17,809
When it says that the scripture would be

1119
00:40:17,809 --> 00:40:20,450
fulfilled, what scriptures? Well, their scriptures about b

1120
00:40:20,450 --> 00:40:22,625
jesus being crucified, course and so forth. But

1121
00:40:22,625 --> 00:40:24,485
there also specific scriptures

1122
00:40:25,265 --> 00:40:26,405
that related to

1123
00:40:26,785 --> 00:40:27,824
Jesus being betrayed.

1124
00:40:29,184 --> 00:40:31,025
And to really understand this,

1125
00:40:31,756 --> 00:40:32,788
it gets kinda deep.

1126
00:40:33,583 --> 00:40:35,886
And but we we can hand we can

1127
00:40:35,886 --> 00:40:37,077
handle it is,

1128
00:40:38,109 --> 00:40:39,086
you'll remember

1129
00:40:39,460 --> 00:40:40,198
a prophecy

1130
00:40:40,984 --> 00:40:43,381
which ends up being a messi prophecy in

1131
00:40:43,541 --> 00:40:44,681
Psalm 41

1132
00:40:44,980 --> 00:40:45,619
regarding J.

1133
00:40:46,498 --> 00:40:49,110
That's quoted in John chapter 13 verse

1134
00:40:49,548 --> 00:40:53,300
18, and that's Psalm 41, and it's about

1135
00:40:53,300 --> 00:40:54,178
the apostle J.

1136
00:40:55,296 --> 00:40:57,530
However, when you read Psalm 41, it's like,

1137
00:40:58,104 --> 00:40:59,795
you know don't, realize the props about

1138
00:41:00,805 --> 00:41:01,305
J

1139
00:41:02,155 --> 00:41:02,393
because...

1140
00:41:03,108 --> 00:41:05,094
And it's... Well, it's really about Jesus and

1141
00:41:05,173 --> 00:41:06,921
J, but really it's also about David and

1142
00:41:06,921 --> 00:41:07,557
the Hit.

1143
00:41:10,672 --> 00:41:13,000
Was King David's trusted counselor,

1144
00:41:13,693 --> 00:41:14,749
his good friend

1145
00:41:15,442 --> 00:41:16,554
that a great relationship.

1146
00:41:18,396 --> 00:41:20,858
Nfl ended up turning on David. Right? And

1147
00:41:20,858 --> 00:41:22,922
up counseling an And how to take his

1148
00:41:22,922 --> 00:41:24,749
kingdom and destroy David.

1149
00:41:26,358 --> 00:41:27,557
And it's... And it's of

1150
00:41:28,516 --> 00:41:30,034
That he says in chapter 41.

1151
00:41:31,072 --> 00:41:33,251
Even my close friend whom I trusted

1152
00:41:33,564 --> 00:41:35,636
he shared my bread has lived up his

1153
00:41:35,636 --> 00:41:36,274
healed against me.

1154
00:41:36,992 --> 00:41:39,143
David says that about a close friend.

1155
00:41:40,260 --> 00:41:41,296
Even my close friend,

1156
00:41:41,949 --> 00:41:43,885
who broke bread with me. We shared fellowship

1157
00:41:44,023 --> 00:41:45,220
has said that was heel against me.

1158
00:41:46,257 --> 00:41:47,135
So that was a.

1159
00:41:50,420 --> 00:41:51,854
Why it if they'll do that by the

1160
00:41:51,854 --> 00:41:52,014
way?

1161
00:41:53,766 --> 00:41:55,599
It's a mystery, not really. I think it

1162
00:41:55,599 --> 00:41:56,317
is, but it's not.

1163
00:41:57,209 --> 00:41:58,565
Because if you look at it fell in

1164
00:41:58,565 --> 00:41:59,363
the gene ideologies,

1165
00:42:01,756 --> 00:42:03,352
he was stabbed in the back by David.

1166
00:42:04,721 --> 00:42:06,385
Not betrayed by David,

1167
00:42:07,336 --> 00:42:08,128
but he had...

1168
00:42:08,762 --> 00:42:10,901
David had sexual relations with Be toshiba.

1169
00:42:12,266 --> 00:42:13,085
Nfl was her

1170
00:42:13,539 --> 00:42:13,858
grandfather.

1171
00:42:15,370 --> 00:42:17,121
K? When you check it out, and just

1172
00:42:17,121 --> 00:42:17,599
get steep.

1173
00:42:18,395 --> 00:42:20,385
So if it felt felt betrayed by Dave

1174
00:42:20,385 --> 00:42:20,783
in the way,

1175
00:42:21,594 --> 00:42:24,315
you took, you know, my granddaughter from Uri

1176
00:42:24,315 --> 00:42:26,155
mariah, who he probably really loved because R

1177
00:42:26,155 --> 00:42:27,994
was such a amount of god. And he

1178
00:42:27,994 --> 00:42:29,594
felt so let down by David.

1179
00:42:30,650 --> 00:42:32,589
David Sin had far reaching,

1180
00:42:34,730 --> 00:42:35,050
you know,

1181
00:42:35,690 --> 00:42:37,690
consequences that we don't always recognize That's 1

1182
00:42:37,690 --> 00:42:39,050
of them that we don't talk about much.

1183
00:42:39,862 --> 00:42:42,172
But that's heavy. And that's way... I love

1184
00:42:42,172 --> 00:42:43,606
getting together. Are you guys love by say

1185
00:42:43,606 --> 00:42:45,199
the ball together. So we search the scripts

1186
00:42:45,199 --> 00:42:47,369
scriptures we learn things together. And... And all,

1187
00:42:47,450 --> 00:42:48,809
everything just can can come together as you

1188
00:42:48,809 --> 00:42:50,570
study scripture together. But there's other things that

1189
00:42:50,570 --> 00:42:53,050
come together here as well. It nfl ends

1190
00:42:53,050 --> 00:42:53,450
up what,

1191
00:42:54,490 --> 00:42:55,289
committing suicide.

1192
00:42:56,584 --> 00:42:57,782
What a picture of J is?

1193
00:42:58,741 --> 00:42:59,241
David

1194
00:42:59,860 --> 00:43:01,618
and the David dynasty, right?

1195
00:43:02,497 --> 00:43:03,855
King of Judah, right?

1196
00:43:05,466 --> 00:43:07,778
There's another king that's coming down the road,

1197
00:43:08,097 --> 00:43:10,569
the son of David Amen, who actually dave

1198
00:43:10,569 --> 00:43:12,005
refers to as his lord because it's talking

1199
00:43:12,005 --> 00:43:13,201
about the coming masa messiah amen,

1200
00:43:13,854 --> 00:43:15,606
And there's all these prophecies in the old

1201
00:43:15,606 --> 00:43:17,381
testament about this prophetic

1202
00:43:17,837 --> 00:43:18,155
king,

1203
00:43:18,952 --> 00:43:20,625
which will be the son of David, and

1204
00:43:20,625 --> 00:43:22,218
these prophecies about how David will reign in

1205
00:43:22,218 --> 00:43:22,696
the future.

1206
00:43:23,828 --> 00:43:25,903
But their prophecies ultimately about the David king,

1207
00:43:26,302 --> 00:43:27,180
the ultimate David.

1208
00:43:28,217 --> 00:43:28,457
Okay?

1209
00:43:29,734 --> 00:43:31,011
Jesus, the Lord Jesus.

1210
00:43:31,744 --> 00:43:32,244
And

1211
00:43:32,704 --> 00:43:33,204
David's

1212
00:43:33,505 --> 00:43:34,005
life

1213
00:43:34,465 --> 00:43:36,785
in many ways the picture of Jesus. Remember

1214
00:43:36,785 --> 00:43:38,144
is David in Psalm 22,

1215
00:43:38,465 --> 00:43:39,985
who talks about my God by God, Why

1216
00:43:39,985 --> 00:43:42,548
has self forsaken me, Right? I'm like a

1217
00:43:42,548 --> 00:43:45,407
worm. Right? A tow fifth. Right? We have

1218
00:43:45,407 --> 00:43:46,678
time to get that. But remember the tow

1219
00:43:46,678 --> 00:43:49,220
fifth worm, you know, that's a picture Jesus

1220
00:43:49,220 --> 00:43:49,855
on the cross.

1221
00:43:51,459 --> 00:43:54,081
And he says, you know, they've divided my

1222
00:43:54,081 --> 00:43:54,717
garments. Right?

1223
00:43:55,432 --> 00:43:57,260
They've they've, you know, pierce my hands and

1224
00:43:57,260 --> 00:43:57,657
my feet.

1225
00:43:58,387 --> 00:44:00,454
That's Psalm 22 about david, but really who's

1226
00:44:00,454 --> 00:44:00,851
that about?

1227
00:44:01,646 --> 00:44:01,965
Jesus.

1228
00:44:02,918 --> 00:44:04,349
So when you read the psalms,

1229
00:44:05,065 --> 00:44:06,973
oftentimes there's what we call messi psalms.

1230
00:44:08,262 --> 00:44:10,575
These are prophetic songs about Jesus.

1231
00:44:11,293 --> 00:44:12,968
And David is singing about what's happened in

1232
00:44:12,968 --> 00:44:15,201
his life regarding a real person, real event,

1233
00:44:15,839 --> 00:44:17,036
had fell betray him.

1234
00:44:18,643 --> 00:44:20,473
Not that David understands fully what he's even

1235
00:44:20,473 --> 00:44:22,144
writing. Knows what's happened in his life, but

1236
00:44:22,144 --> 00:44:24,292
the holy spirit saying guess what. There's a

1237
00:44:24,292 --> 00:44:25,444
prophetic technological

1238
00:44:26,303 --> 00:44:28,701
trajectory where David's life is being and is

1239
00:44:28,701 --> 00:44:30,459
acting out of future with what the messiah

1240
00:44:30,459 --> 00:44:31,817
is going to go through. Are you still

1241
00:44:31,817 --> 00:44:34,055
with me? Amen. Because Messiah is going to

1242
00:44:34,055 --> 00:44:36,139
betray him. I'm sorry. The messiah is gonna

1243
00:44:36,139 --> 00:44:37,251
be betrayed by J.

1244
00:44:38,204 --> 00:44:40,586
Nfl betray David his close friend.

1245
00:44:41,857 --> 00:44:43,048
Good relationship with him.

1246
00:44:45,526 --> 00:44:46,956
Things don't work out the way have felt

1247
00:44:46,956 --> 00:44:48,306
thinks there should work out with David.

1248
00:44:49,736 --> 00:44:50,530
He betray him.

1249
00:44:51,642 --> 00:44:53,867
It phil realizes that he's the robo betray.

1250
00:44:54,518 --> 00:44:55,234
Commit suicide.

1251
00:44:56,189 --> 00:44:56,507
J,

1252
00:44:58,179 --> 00:45:00,089
this verse is quoted of J,

1253
00:45:00,965 --> 00:45:02,716
in John chapter 13. If you wanna look

1254
00:45:02,716 --> 00:45:05,363
at it, go to John chapter 13. Verse

1255
00:45:05,363 --> 00:45:05,603
18.

1256
00:45:07,041 --> 00:45:08,719
Jesus talks about the 1 who's gonna betray

1257
00:45:08,719 --> 00:45:10,876
him, and he says, in John chapter 13

1258
00:45:10,876 --> 00:45:11,515
verse 18,

1259
00:45:17,014 --> 00:45:19,157
He says this. I do not speak of

1260
00:45:19,157 --> 00:45:19,634
all of you.

1261
00:45:20,523 --> 00:45:22,113
I know the ones I have chosen,

1262
00:45:22,988 --> 00:45:25,055
but is that the scripture may be fulfilled?

1263
00:45:25,612 --> 00:45:26,248
He what.

1264
00:45:27,202 --> 00:45:29,838
Eats my bread. Has lifted up his heel

1265
00:45:29,838 --> 00:45:30,235
against me.

1266
00:45:31,188 --> 00:45:32,537
He's calling Psalm 41 9.

1267
00:45:33,886 --> 00:45:35,394
What Davis said it at the nfl has

1268
00:45:35,394 --> 00:45:36,505
happened to me right now. He says.

1269
00:45:38,982 --> 00:45:40,276
And the picture is

1270
00:45:40,650 --> 00:45:41,762
that he was at 1 time.

1271
00:45:43,192 --> 00:45:44,304
He wasn't always a traitor.

1272
00:45:46,303 --> 00:45:48,443
But guess what? Hit fell lost heart regarding

1273
00:45:48,602 --> 00:45:50,108
David because things didn't happen the way he

1274
00:45:50,108 --> 00:45:50,901
thought they should. Right?

1275
00:45:52,169 --> 00:45:54,644
Judah lost heart. Toward Jesus because things were

1276
00:45:54,644 --> 00:45:55,836
happened the way he thought they should.

1277
00:45:58,298 --> 00:46:00,602
Are you with me? Man. So his heart

1278
00:46:00,602 --> 00:46:02,350
became hard. He began to steal.

1279
00:46:03,239 --> 00:46:04,352
And then he became a traitor.

1280
00:46:06,578 --> 00:46:08,804
And it's quite interesting because there's other scriptures

1281
00:46:08,804 --> 00:46:11,364
about 2 that we're fulfilled in this. Go

1282
00:46:11,364 --> 00:46:12,401
to acts chapter 1.

1283
00:46:13,996 --> 00:46:14,874
Acts chapter 1.

1284
00:46:16,550 --> 00:46:17,666
And we read here. We don't have time

1285
00:46:17,666 --> 00:46:18,440
to read the whole

1286
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:21,199
section acts because I wanna get other versus

1287
00:46:21,199 --> 00:46:21,679
as well.

1288
00:46:22,319 --> 00:46:22,819
And

1289
00:46:24,079 --> 00:46:25,760
is that clock already 08:13?

1290
00:46:27,131 --> 00:46:28,161
I got 15 minutes.

1291
00:46:29,509 --> 00:46:30,460
Okay. Lord, helped me.

1292
00:46:32,362 --> 00:46:33,868
Acts chapter 1 verse 17.

1293
00:46:34,838 --> 00:46:36,673
Is it... Just beer is going kinda of

1294
00:46:36,673 --> 00:46:36,833
fast?

1295
00:46:38,348 --> 00:46:40,343
Just me? Oh, going fast good. Least for

1296
00:46:40,343 --> 00:46:40,822
some you right.

1297
00:46:41,953 --> 00:46:43,784
Acts chapter 1 verse 17, it says for

1298
00:46:43,784 --> 00:46:45,000
he speaking of J

1299
00:46:45,853 --> 00:46:48,718
was counted among us and received his share

1300
00:46:48,718 --> 00:46:50,548
in this ministry. He's part of the ministry.

1301
00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:52,639
K? Look at verse 20.

1302
00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:54,880
For it is written in the book of

1303
00:46:54,880 --> 00:46:57,539
psalms. Now this is this a prophecy about

1304
00:46:59,134 --> 00:46:59,533
J.

1305
00:47:00,092 --> 00:47:01,688
For his written in the book of Psalms,

1306
00:47:01,847 --> 00:47:02,826
let his homestead

1307
00:47:03,204 --> 00:47:04,262
be made desolate

1308
00:47:05,039 --> 00:47:06,556
and let no 1 dwell in it.

1309
00:47:07,209 --> 00:47:09,839
And let another man take his place.

1310
00:47:10,875 --> 00:47:11,194
Wow.

1311
00:47:11,991 --> 00:47:12,491
And

1312
00:47:13,346 --> 00:47:15,041
and if you look at, you know, versus

1313
00:47:15,513 --> 00:47:18,704
24 and 25 and following, and they prayed

1314
00:47:18,704 --> 00:47:21,097
their praying for juices replacement. And they prayed

1315
00:47:21,097 --> 00:47:22,133
and said, you Lord,

1316
00:47:22,931 --> 00:47:24,627
who know the hearts of all men

1317
00:47:25,418 --> 00:47:27,594
show which 1 of these 2

1318
00:47:27,971 --> 00:47:30,864
you have chosen. They're picking new apostle to

1319
00:47:30,922 --> 00:47:33,873
occupy this ministry and a ship from which

1320
00:47:33,953 --> 00:47:34,591
J what?

1321
00:47:35,797 --> 00:47:38,255
Turned aside to go to his own place.

1322
00:47:38,492 --> 00:47:39,205
He turned away.

1323
00:47:39,919 --> 00:47:42,138
K? He's the 1 that committed the rebellion.

1324
00:47:43,028 --> 00:47:45,023
But that prophecy when you go look at

1325
00:47:45,023 --> 00:47:45,182
it,

1326
00:47:45,980 --> 00:47:48,693
that had... Says, I've kept all those that

1327
00:47:48,693 --> 00:47:49,831
you given to me, but

1328
00:47:50,540 --> 00:47:52,445
except that 1. To speaking of J.

1329
00:47:53,318 --> 00:47:54,668
That the scriptures may be fulfilled.

1330
00:47:55,859 --> 00:47:57,765
Well, we just looked at 1 Psalm 41,

1331
00:47:57,923 --> 00:48:00,426
profit that's 1 prophecy. It's also another 1

1332
00:48:00,484 --> 00:48:02,078
about J in Psalm 69,

1333
00:48:02,476 --> 00:48:04,468
which is quoted here when we read in

1334
00:48:04,468 --> 00:48:07,034
verse 20 of acts 1 verse 20, for...

1335
00:48:07,672 --> 00:48:09,110
It is written in the psalms, let his

1336
00:48:09,110 --> 00:48:11,026
homestead be made desolate and let

1337
00:48:11,984 --> 00:48:14,299
him not know 1 dwell in it. Go

1338
00:48:14,299 --> 00:48:16,135
to Psalm chapter 69 verse 25.

1339
00:48:17,666 --> 00:48:20,079
Says may their camp be desolate,

1340
00:48:21,014 --> 00:48:22,768
may non dwell in their tents.

1341
00:48:23,804 --> 00:48:24,521
K, Jesus.

1342
00:48:25,492 --> 00:48:27,957
Specifically, points this to J not that there's

1343
00:48:27,957 --> 00:48:29,627
not more... There's others that will come commit

1344
00:48:29,627 --> 00:48:32,649
a apostasy, No doubt, but J was the

1345
00:48:32,649 --> 00:48:34,557
preeminent ap date at this point.

1346
00:48:35,369 --> 00:48:36,988
At verse 26

1347
00:48:37,367 --> 00:48:40,403
for they have persecuted him who you yourself

1348
00:48:40,403 --> 00:48:40,963
have Sm.

1349
00:48:41,842 --> 00:48:42,401
That's a trip.

1350
00:48:43,934 --> 00:48:45,525
And they tell of the pain of those

1351
00:48:45,525 --> 00:48:46,719
whom you have wounded,

1352
00:48:47,356 --> 00:48:49,744
added in add add an equity David praise

1353
00:48:49,744 --> 00:48:50,937
to their ini equity.

1354
00:48:51,669 --> 00:48:53,902
And may they not come into your righteousness.

1355
00:48:54,062 --> 00:48:55,258
Look at verse 28.

1356
00:48:55,896 --> 00:48:56,694
May they be what?

1357
00:48:58,449 --> 00:49:00,442
May they be b out of the book

1358
00:49:00,442 --> 00:49:00,921
of life.

1359
00:49:01,735 --> 00:49:03,815
And may they not be recorded with the

1360
00:49:03,815 --> 00:49:04,215
righteous.

1361
00:49:05,894 --> 00:49:07,675
So David even praised at J

1362
00:49:08,215 --> 00:49:10,269
and other ap, so it's such as J

1363
00:49:10,389 --> 00:49:11,528
that become a post

1364
00:49:11,986 --> 00:49:13,742
that his name would be played out of

1365
00:49:13,742 --> 00:49:14,301
the book of life.

1366
00:49:14,940 --> 00:49:16,297
And by the way, the book of life

1367
00:49:16,297 --> 00:49:16,697
is not...

1368
00:49:17,495 --> 00:49:18,692
Everybody's name is not in the book of

1369
00:49:18,692 --> 00:49:19,650
life guys. Okay.

1370
00:49:20,545 --> 00:49:22,784
That's why the believers are told to rejoice,

1371
00:49:23,025 --> 00:49:24,304
not that you had power of the devils

1372
00:49:24,304 --> 00:49:26,164
but rejoice that your names are written where

1373
00:49:26,625 --> 00:49:28,440
in heaven amen. Do we tell non believers

1374
00:49:28,717 --> 00:49:29,987
rejoice that your name's are written in Heaven.

1375
00:49:30,463 --> 00:49:32,605
No. They're not not written in Heaven. Amen.

1376
00:49:33,874 --> 00:49:35,143
So warning about being bought out of the

1377
00:49:35,143 --> 00:49:37,484
book of life are for believers and here

1378
00:49:37,620 --> 00:49:39,689
it indicates that J because the props about,

1379
00:49:40,405 --> 00:49:41,916
his name was blood out of the book

1380
00:49:41,916 --> 00:49:43,667
of life. He went belong to Jesus.

1381
00:49:44,559 --> 00:49:46,880
K? I say that because some will say,

1382
00:49:48,559 --> 00:49:51,039
oh, J probably never really loved Jesus. He

1383
00:49:51,039 --> 00:49:53,128
never really followed him it doesn't say that.

1384
00:49:53,366 --> 00:49:54,477
I'll see scripture say that.

1385
00:49:55,271 --> 00:49:56,462
Show me a script scripture that says Jews

1386
00:49:56,462 --> 00:49:57,177
never really believed.

1387
00:49:57,891 --> 00:50:00,035
Doesn't say that. It does say he became

1388
00:50:00,035 --> 00:50:00,511
a traitor.

1389
00:50:02,273 --> 00:50:03,463
Does say that he was,

1390
00:50:04,495 --> 00:50:06,717
prophetic speaking, a close friend of Jesus that

1391
00:50:06,797 --> 00:50:07,829
Jesus trusted in,

1392
00:50:08,543 --> 00:50:09,178
to a degree.

1393
00:50:10,622 --> 00:50:11,974
And that he betrayed Jesus,

1394
00:50:12,611 --> 00:50:14,122
and he broke Jesus heart. You betrayed me

1395
00:50:14,122 --> 00:50:16,190
with a kiss? He know? This is a

1396
00:50:16,190 --> 00:50:17,168
real heartache

1397
00:50:17,479 --> 00:50:19,872
you know? Jesus became possessed by the devil.

1398
00:50:20,988 --> 00:50:22,663
And you start giving yourself in a sin,

1399
00:50:23,062 --> 00:50:24,498
you don't even recognize your open yourself up

1400
00:50:24,498 --> 00:50:26,492
to demonic forces. You start with portraying jesus

1401
00:50:26,492 --> 00:50:29,054
and put putting money before Jesus, you're open

1402
00:50:29,054 --> 00:50:30,248
yourself up to demonic entities.

1403
00:50:31,123 --> 00:50:33,055
Okay? J end up getting possessed

1404
00:50:33,431 --> 00:50:34,703
by Satan. Right?

1405
00:50:35,658 --> 00:50:36,158
So

1406
00:50:36,867 --> 00:50:38,620
He should have come to Jesus, say, have

1407
00:50:38,620 --> 00:50:39,257
mercy sent.

1408
00:50:39,974 --> 00:50:41,089
I can't believe what I've done.

1409
00:50:41,886 --> 00:50:42,284
You know?

1410
00:50:43,240 --> 00:50:43,740
And

1411
00:50:45,072 --> 00:50:45,572
but

1412
00:50:46,043 --> 00:50:47,873
Jesus knew he wouldn't. That's why the prophecies

1413
00:50:47,873 --> 00:50:49,385
read as they do read.

1414
00:50:51,215 --> 00:50:52,670
So how many people

1415
00:50:54,094 --> 00:50:56,556
come to Jesus, planning them becoming ap dates.

1416
00:50:58,224 --> 00:50:59,257
How many people get married to do a

1417
00:50:59,257 --> 00:51:00,449
lot of people get married thinking, I don't

1418
00:51:00,449 --> 00:51:02,196
need get married mcdonald's just divorce my wife

1419
00:51:02,196 --> 00:51:04,123
a few days later. They will typically get

1420
00:51:04,123 --> 00:51:05,083
married thinking that way either.

1421
00:51:08,199 --> 00:51:10,437
So people do wander though from the faith.

1422
00:51:11,316 --> 00:51:12,695
So how can we be

1423
00:51:13,168 --> 00:51:14,918
make sure that we don't wander from the

1424
00:51:14,918 --> 00:51:16,429
faith. Look at verse 11.

1425
00:51:17,702 --> 00:51:18,895
First timothy chapter 6,

1426
00:51:21,222 --> 00:51:21,860
verse 11.

1427
00:51:23,217 --> 00:51:24,654
But flee from these things,

1428
00:51:25,213 --> 00:51:28,028
you man of God and pursue righteousness,

1429
00:51:28,646 --> 00:51:29,146
god

1430
00:51:29,698 --> 00:51:30,016
faith,

1431
00:51:30,732 --> 00:51:31,947
love, perseverance

1432
00:51:32,561 --> 00:51:33,277
and gentleness.

1433
00:51:35,743 --> 00:51:37,095
And then at verse 12, he's gonna say

1434
00:51:37,095 --> 00:51:39,420
fight the good fight. Lay hold on eternal

1435
00:51:39,420 --> 00:51:39,819
life.

1436
00:51:40,696 --> 00:51:41,835
Amen? Amen

1437
00:51:42,212 --> 00:51:43,568
eternal life is something that you lay hold

1438
00:51:43,568 --> 00:51:46,040
on. It's something that you have relationship with.

1439
00:51:46,599 --> 00:51:46,838
Amen.

1440
00:51:48,688 --> 00:51:50,686
So it's interesting that we we see these

1441
00:51:50,686 --> 00:51:51,186
these

1442
00:51:51,565 --> 00:51:52,065
incredible

1443
00:51:53,162 --> 00:51:56,840
warnings and promises and But it's interesting, here

1444
00:51:56,840 --> 00:51:58,925
says that we're supposed to flee

1445
00:51:59,614 --> 00:52:01,992
these things? What things, the love of money?

1446
00:52:03,356 --> 00:52:05,822
The doctrines that god means will be financially

1447
00:52:05,822 --> 00:52:07,174
rich, those kinds of things.

1448
00:52:08,765 --> 00:52:10,847
The word flea and agree the a few

1449
00:52:10,847 --> 00:52:12,673
days a the greek word. It means to

1450
00:52:12,673 --> 00:52:15,715
flee to escape to Shu, to run away

1451
00:52:16,009 --> 00:52:17,280
by application to shu,

1452
00:52:18,725 --> 00:52:21,429
Joseph literally applied that idea Fleeing sydney when

1453
00:52:21,588 --> 00:52:23,893
Pot wife tried to seduce him and married

1454
00:52:23,893 --> 00:52:26,143
women, he literally fled

1455
00:52:26,454 --> 00:52:28,689
Right? For his life, we need to flee

1456
00:52:28,689 --> 00:52:30,605
the desire to become rich and put riches

1457
00:52:30,605 --> 00:52:32,761
before Jesus and run from that thought. Amen.

1458
00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:34,836
If you're involved in that kind of thinking

1459
00:52:34,836 --> 00:52:35,576
you need to

1460
00:52:36,208 --> 00:52:37,326
expel that from your heart and your mind.

1461
00:52:37,885 --> 00:52:39,481
But Joe, don't, I, I'm not supposed to

1462
00:52:39,481 --> 00:52:40,918
live earn a living them. I mean, I

1463
00:52:40,918 --> 00:52:42,833
could use money to glorify god, and and

1464
00:52:42,993 --> 00:52:45,160
I... What about, you know, taking care of

1465
00:52:45,160 --> 00:52:46,830
my bills and everything. That's fine.

1466
00:52:47,466 --> 00:52:48,977
As long as you're not making money your

1467
00:52:49,056 --> 00:52:52,317
God. You're not putting money first. Amen. That's

1468
00:52:52,317 --> 00:52:53,907
what we're talking about here. K?

1469
00:52:55,992 --> 00:52:56,390
So

1470
00:52:57,743 --> 00:52:59,893
so we're supposed to flee temptation, but knows

1471
00:52:59,893 --> 00:53:01,326
what he says it's to flee these things

1472
00:53:01,326 --> 00:53:02,042
but pursue wet.

1473
00:53:03,254 --> 00:53:04,552
Supposed to pursue righteousness.

1474
00:53:04,931 --> 00:53:07,488
Okay? And the word pursue there is die

1475
00:53:07,488 --> 00:53:09,406
okay in the Greek and it means to

1476
00:53:10,539 --> 00:53:12,212
to be relentless. It means it's in the

1477
00:53:12,212 --> 00:53:14,123
active voice. In other words, it's a daily

1478
00:53:14,123 --> 00:53:17,390
choice that you're constantly pursuing these things. What

1479
00:53:17,390 --> 00:53:19,483
are you pursuing? You're pursuing righteousness.

1480
00:53:20,113 --> 00:53:21,948
Jesus said in Matthew chick 06:33,

1481
00:53:23,144 --> 00:53:24,282
seek first to what

1482
00:53:25,058 --> 00:53:26,016
the king of God,

1483
00:53:26,973 --> 00:53:27,770
add his what,

1484
00:53:28,648 --> 00:53:29,148
righteousness.

1485
00:53:30,098 --> 00:53:31,295
And all these things to be added to

1486
00:53:31,295 --> 00:53:33,448
you. That's the cool thing. We seek first

1487
00:53:33,448 --> 00:53:35,602
of father and his kingdom, and we seek

1488
00:53:35,602 --> 00:53:37,538
the king who god it his what, righteousness

1489
00:53:38,234 --> 00:53:39,431
and then all these things are added to

1490
00:53:39,431 --> 00:53:39,590
us.

1491
00:53:40,641 --> 00:53:42,394
That's a deal. You just put God first,

1492
00:53:42,554 --> 00:53:43,828
and he's gonna take care of you amen.

1493
00:53:44,625 --> 00:53:46,298
You're gonna find yourself with a decent enough

1494
00:53:46,298 --> 00:53:47,016
job to pay bills.

1495
00:53:47,668 --> 00:53:49,022
Well, I'm seeking it first. I'm putting it

1496
00:53:49,022 --> 00:53:51,411
first, but I'm still flipping burgers after 35

1497
00:53:51,411 --> 00:53:53,164
years. Well, and also helps to pray and

1498
00:53:53,164 --> 00:53:55,394
say, Lord, I could use another job and

1499
00:53:55,394 --> 00:53:56,683
seek the Lord to be diligent about those

1500
00:53:56,683 --> 00:53:57,399
things too. Amen,

1501
00:53:58,352 --> 00:54:00,101
or maybe God wants you to witness to

1502
00:54:00,101 --> 00:54:01,611
the people where you're at. And all say

1503
00:54:01,611 --> 00:54:03,121
it's like, wow. There's a revival going up

1504
00:54:03,121 --> 00:54:05,124
my Mcdonald's, man. All these people know Jesus.

1505
00:54:05,362 --> 00:54:06,635
I don't know what he's got planned for

1506
00:54:06,635 --> 00:54:08,306
you, but I know he's got great plans,

1507
00:54:08,624 --> 00:54:09,817
and I know he doesn't fail us.

1508
00:54:12,065 --> 00:54:14,784
Psalm 0 2 or 01:01 verse 2. I

1509
00:54:14,784 --> 00:54:16,704
will be careful to lead a blame life.

1510
00:54:18,385 --> 00:54:20,317
When will you come to me? I will

1511
00:54:20,317 --> 00:54:22,226
conduct the affairs of my house with a

1512
00:54:22,226 --> 00:54:24,216
blame heart. We're supposed to seek to be

1513
00:54:24,216 --> 00:54:25,171
righteous before the lord,

1514
00:54:25,807 --> 00:54:27,638
following his word. And then he says to

1515
00:54:27,638 --> 00:54:28,854
pursue what. God.

1516
00:54:29,483 --> 00:54:30,835
The Greek word is uc see.

1517
00:54:31,392 --> 00:54:33,063
And it's an interesting word because it's from

1518
00:54:33,063 --> 00:54:35,927
you, which means well and and sub, which

1519
00:54:35,927 --> 00:54:38,568
is means to reverence or to fear God.

1520
00:54:38,887 --> 00:54:40,718
And it literally... It literally means well worship.

1521
00:54:41,036 --> 00:54:43,345
Means to reverence or to to to to

1522
00:54:43,345 --> 00:54:45,275
serve God and fear in a in a

1523
00:54:45,275 --> 00:54:47,135
in a in a well... To do it

1524
00:54:47,514 --> 00:54:48,875
do it in a well way, you know,

1525
00:54:49,275 --> 00:54:51,275
well worship is sign of an interesting translation.

1526
00:54:51,674 --> 00:54:53,694
But it means that we should be people

1527
00:54:54,008 --> 00:54:55,833
that we're supposed to be pursuing not money

1528
00:54:55,833 --> 00:54:57,817
in riches, we're supposed to be pursuing the

1529
00:54:57,817 --> 00:54:59,801
fear of God, serving God in a revere

1530
00:54:59,801 --> 00:55:01,626
way, being aware of God at all of

1531
00:55:01,626 --> 00:55:02,023
our dealings.

1532
00:55:02,914 --> 00:55:04,434
Recognizing that he's gonna bring all things into

1533
00:55:04,434 --> 00:55:04,675
judgment.

1534
00:55:05,315 --> 00:55:07,075
Recognizing that he is the living god. He's

1535
00:55:07,075 --> 00:55:09,474
in our very midst. He sees everything. He's

1536
00:55:09,474 --> 00:55:11,410
he's here but he's a loving Gracious god

1537
00:55:11,410 --> 00:55:13,650
who gave himself for us, but also demands

1538
00:55:13,650 --> 00:55:15,890
that we truly follow him and says to

1539
00:55:15,890 --> 00:55:17,740
us in Luke chapter 6. Why do you

1540
00:55:17,740 --> 00:55:19,487
call me Lord Lord and not obey the

1541
00:55:19,487 --> 00:55:21,074
things I say that we need to be

1542
00:55:21,074 --> 00:55:23,931
serious about following him and revere him, Amen?

1543
00:55:24,978 --> 00:55:27,040
So it's a very interesting word it's to

1544
00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:29,182
have an awareness of God's holy presence,

1545
00:55:29,896 --> 00:55:32,855
a fear of God that flee from sin

1546
00:55:33,324 --> 00:55:35,740
And by the way, we don't get god,

1547
00:55:36,597 --> 00:55:37,954
you know, which is what this word I'm

1548
00:55:37,954 --> 00:55:39,950
talking about right now means Eu see. We

1549
00:55:39,950 --> 00:55:41,227
don't get it by osmosis.

1550
00:55:42,519 --> 00:55:42,838
You know?

1551
00:55:44,593 --> 00:55:45,630
You just don't come out of the shower.

1552
00:55:45,710 --> 00:55:47,067
And I said, oh, I got. No. It's

1553
00:55:47,067 --> 00:55:48,263
something you pursue.

1554
00:55:49,061 --> 00:55:51,062
In fact, We read in first timothy chapter

1555
00:55:51,062 --> 00:55:53,760
478, We studied it actually, where we're told

1556
00:55:53,760 --> 00:55:54,974
that we're supposed to discipline

1557
00:55:55,427 --> 00:55:57,014
ourselves for the purpose of god this.

1558
00:55:58,378 --> 00:55:59,253
What are we doing today?

1559
00:55:59,969 --> 00:56:01,402
We got together for a mid week fellowship,

1560
00:56:01,720 --> 00:56:01,879
Amen,

1561
00:56:02,675 --> 00:56:04,186
and we're learning to fear the lord more.

1562
00:56:04,664 --> 00:56:05,777
We leave here what we, I don't want

1563
00:56:05,777 --> 00:56:06,335
be like J.

1564
00:56:07,543 --> 00:56:08,972
I wanna be more like Jesus and on

1565
00:56:08,972 --> 00:56:11,038
wanna a pursue Lord amen. So we grow

1566
00:56:11,038 --> 00:56:12,945
in God. So you're doing it right now.

1567
00:56:13,103 --> 00:56:15,025
You're pursuing God is by even being here

1568
00:56:15,025 --> 00:56:16,931
right now if your heart is to grow

1569
00:56:16,931 --> 00:56:18,282
in the lord, which I believe it is.

1570
00:56:18,599 --> 00:56:20,505
We pray Hall would be thy name, amen.

1571
00:56:21,061 --> 00:56:23,047
We pray that he'd show his name as

1572
00:56:23,047 --> 00:56:23,762
being holy.

1573
00:56:24,334 --> 00:56:26,328
You know? And we also have to use

1574
00:56:26,328 --> 00:56:26,647
wisdom.

1575
00:56:27,286 --> 00:56:29,360
Right now, as I speak, the Rn, the

1576
00:56:29,599 --> 00:56:30,636
Republican national convention.

1577
00:56:31,769 --> 00:56:33,769
See what's going on there. They just decided

1578
00:56:33,769 --> 00:56:34,969
that they're going to get rid of their

1579
00:56:34,969 --> 00:56:35,469
platform

1580
00:56:36,650 --> 00:56:39,230
that the party stands for a nationwide

1581
00:56:39,610 --> 00:56:42,177
ban on killing babies. They don't wanna present

1582
00:56:42,177 --> 00:56:42,734
that anymore.

1583
00:56:43,848 --> 00:56:47,030
And Jd Vance who's Ohio... Say, House senator,

1584
00:56:47,666 --> 00:56:48,940
maybe, end up being,

1585
00:56:50,309 --> 00:56:51,530
Trump's pick for

1586
00:56:51,910 --> 00:56:52,630
vice president.

1587
00:56:53,750 --> 00:56:56,070
He's profess Christian. He says he just... Now

1588
00:56:56,070 --> 00:56:58,230
he agrees with Trump that the abortion pill,

1589
00:56:58,630 --> 00:57:00,403
I call the kill pill. That should be

1590
00:57:00,403 --> 00:57:02,641
legal, you know, for... That should be legal

1591
00:57:02,641 --> 00:57:03,360
throughout the United States.

1592
00:57:04,079 --> 00:57:07,435
That's not biblical, guys. Okay. That's not Christian.

1593
00:57:07,848 --> 00:57:10,393
Don't confuse a republican party as a godly

1594
00:57:10,393 --> 00:57:11,188
righteous party.

1595
00:57:12,063 --> 00:57:13,892
Well, it's way better than the democrats.

1596
00:57:14,289 --> 00:57:15,562
I don't disagree screw that at all.

1597
00:57:16,693 --> 00:57:17,193
But

1598
00:57:17,571 --> 00:57:19,407
I'm not comparing it to the Democrats. I'm

1599
00:57:19,407 --> 00:57:21,483
comparing it to what God's word says, and

1600
00:57:21,483 --> 00:57:23,319
you need to know our kingdom then we

1601
00:57:23,319 --> 00:57:26,048
seek his kingdom. His righteousness, amen. The kin

1602
00:57:26,048 --> 00:57:27,243
of this world is not the kingdom of

1603
00:57:27,243 --> 00:57:27,721
a Christ.

1604
00:57:29,235 --> 00:57:29,394
Amen.

1605
00:57:31,784 --> 00:57:33,479
The next thing on the list, which is

1606
00:57:33,536 --> 00:57:34,413
is pursue what.

1607
00:57:35,464 --> 00:57:38,574
Faith of the international standard version in the

1608
00:57:38,574 --> 00:57:41,765
the net viable T, both translated faithfulness, the

1609
00:57:41,765 --> 00:57:43,998
word pissed could be translated faith or faithfulness.

1610
00:57:44,237 --> 00:57:46,164
I believe in this context The best translation

1611
00:57:46,164 --> 00:57:48,495
is faithfulness, we're supposed to be pursuing

1612
00:57:49,427 --> 00:57:51,416
faithfulness, you know, which is a fruit of

1613
00:57:51,416 --> 00:57:53,182
the spirit by the way, amen. So as

1614
00:57:53,182 --> 00:57:55,250
we pursue Jesus, we pray, we seek him,

1615
00:57:56,125 --> 00:57:58,271
we learn God's word. We become more and

1616
00:57:58,271 --> 00:58:00,601
more faithful and more and more godly

1617
00:58:01,229 --> 00:58:03,223
K. The next word is to pursue what,

1618
00:58:04,420 --> 00:58:06,174
love. The Greek word Ag agave there.

1619
00:58:06,892 --> 00:58:07,052
K?

1620
00:58:07,849 --> 00:58:10,003
The agave. The the the the sold out

1621
00:58:10,003 --> 00:58:10,880
kind of love of god.

1622
00:58:11,772 --> 00:58:12,888
And we don't have... I wish we had

1623
00:58:12,888 --> 00:58:14,163
times to just get into each of these

1624
00:58:14,163 --> 00:58:15,439
words, but we'll will never get out of

1625
00:58:15,439 --> 00:58:17,113
first Timothy 6 if we do that. I

1626
00:58:17,113 --> 00:58:18,707
do a whole message on every word here,

1627
00:58:18,946 --> 00:58:19,400
but

1628
00:58:20,155 --> 00:58:20,792
A copy.

1629
00:58:21,826 --> 00:58:23,417
It's the word that Jesus used in John

1630
00:58:23,417 --> 00:58:25,168
03:16 when he said for God so wet.

1631
00:58:26,361 --> 00:58:27,316
Love the world that he went.

1632
00:58:28,684 --> 00:58:30,059
Gave has only beg got son

1633
00:58:30,594 --> 00:58:32,186
that whoever believes them shall not Perish but

1634
00:58:32,186 --> 00:58:34,176
have ever last life. It's the word that

1635
00:58:34,176 --> 00:58:36,109
jesus... That Paul used when he says husband's

1636
00:58:36,975 --> 00:58:37,475
husband's

1637
00:58:38,245 --> 00:58:39,674
love your wives are guppy. Right?

1638
00:58:40,864 --> 00:58:43,484
The Greek verb there as as Christ love

1639
00:58:43,484 --> 00:58:43,801
the church.

1640
00:58:44,534 --> 00:58:46,692
As he gave himself for. And so it's

1641
00:58:46,692 --> 00:58:49,568
sac love. God Soul world he gave. So

1642
00:58:49,568 --> 00:58:51,746
he's calling us to have that sac

1643
00:58:52,205 --> 00:58:52,445
love.

1644
00:58:53,179 --> 00:58:55,257
It's the word that's used for love in

1645
00:58:55,257 --> 00:58:58,453
first Corinthians as chapter 13, which describes love

1646
00:58:58,453 --> 00:59:00,850
as being sac official and selfless Amen.

1647
00:59:01,584 --> 00:59:02,959
So we're supposed to be pursuing

1648
00:59:03,414 --> 00:59:05,880
being more Christ like in serving 1 another.

1649
00:59:06,277 --> 00:59:07,789
Laying our lives out for another. Amen.

1650
00:59:08,679 --> 00:59:10,914
So if I have the mindset, and I

1651
00:59:10,914 --> 00:59:12,909
have the mind of Christ that, hey, at

1652
00:59:12,989 --> 00:59:15,463
Bless hope Chapel, and any other fellowship I

1653
00:59:15,463 --> 00:59:18,033
visit among my brothers and sisters Wherever I

1654
00:59:18,033 --> 00:59:19,788
know them, I wanna serve them, I wanna

1655
00:59:19,788 --> 00:59:21,224
wash their feet I wanna be like Jesus.

1656
00:59:21,463 --> 00:59:23,298
I wanna be a servant of all. Jesus

1657
00:59:23,298 --> 00:59:24,256
said if you wanna be great in my

1658
00:59:24,256 --> 00:59:24,575
kingdom.

1659
00:59:25,150 --> 00:59:26,190
God's skin king, you gotta be a servant

1660
00:59:26,190 --> 00:59:28,349
of all Amen. I wanna at wash, I

1661
00:59:28,349 --> 00:59:29,630
wanna be a servant.

1662
00:59:31,789 --> 00:59:33,550
That's why even though I feel like sleeping

1663
00:59:33,550 --> 00:59:35,405
right now, I'd rather be here loving you

1664
00:59:35,405 --> 00:59:36,445
guys and pour it out. And I could

1665
00:59:36,445 --> 00:59:39,085
sleep later. Okay? Our lives should be spent,

1666
00:59:39,644 --> 00:59:43,095
loving 1 another. Okay? Now next time, he

1667
00:59:43,095 --> 00:59:44,851
he didn't come this time if he must

1668
00:59:44,851 --> 00:59:46,607
been really sick. Doesn't have that much loved

1669
00:59:46,607 --> 00:59:48,442
love then. No. There's times you just gotta

1670
00:59:48,442 --> 00:59:49,240
be home okay.

1671
00:59:49,814 --> 00:59:52,366
So where I'll growing into, you know? And

1672
00:59:52,366 --> 00:59:53,722
that's not very loving if I get everybody's

1673
00:59:53,722 --> 00:59:54,918
sick either. But

1674
00:59:56,275 --> 00:59:58,189
you guys, we need to pursue... So if

1675
00:59:58,189 --> 01:00:00,200
you're pursuing these things. Right? You don't, have

1676
01:00:00,200 --> 01:00:01,480
I've time to pursue riches.

1677
01:00:02,519 --> 01:00:03,960
Again, we... Most of us. I mean,

1678
01:00:04,760 --> 01:00:06,200
almost all of everybody here works for living

1679
01:00:06,200 --> 01:00:08,214
to 1 1 way or another. Right? So,

1680
01:00:08,374 --> 01:00:10,292
yeah, we are going to work because we

1681
01:00:10,292 --> 01:00:12,370
need put bread on the table. Hey amen

1682
01:00:12,370 --> 01:00:14,128
and pair our bills and so forth. But

1683
01:00:14,128 --> 01:00:16,846
we don't live for things. We live for

1684
01:00:17,005 --> 01:00:17,325
Jesus.

1685
01:00:17,819 --> 01:00:19,258
Seek first it can of God and his

1686
01:00:19,258 --> 01:00:21,096
righteousness and all these things will be wet.

1687
01:00:21,655 --> 01:00:23,254
Added to attitude you it's it's simple math

1688
01:00:23,254 --> 01:00:25,012
guys. It's not that complex.

1689
01:00:25,971 --> 01:00:26,930
It's not that complex.

1690
01:00:30,137 --> 01:00:31,891
And then seek what... And then what pursue

1691
01:00:31,891 --> 01:00:32,051
what?

1692
01:00:34,443 --> 01:00:34,842
Pursue what?

1693
01:00:36,119 --> 01:00:36,619
Perseverance.

1694
01:00:37,889 --> 01:00:39,804
Thanks said pursue bitterness. I'm like, I know

1695
01:00:39,804 --> 01:00:41,161
her She say that. She's like the least

1696
01:00:41,161 --> 01:00:42,597
better person. I know. You know,

1697
01:00:44,034 --> 01:00:45,092
Pursue perseverance,

1698
01:00:46,203 --> 01:00:48,696
Meaning, when you're doing these things, continue to

1699
01:00:49,233 --> 01:00:52,263
pursue the idea is continue to pursue them

1700
01:00:52,263 --> 01:00:55,782
and pursue the reality of never giving up

1701
01:00:55,782 --> 01:00:55,942
men.

1702
01:00:56,657 --> 01:00:59,041
Hoop men or Hoop Mona is the Greek

1703
01:00:59,041 --> 01:01:01,608
word. Hoop Hoop is the word

1704
01:01:03,273 --> 01:01:06,230
is to, like, be underneath something and Mona

1705
01:01:06,230 --> 01:01:08,387
is from, like men, which means to abide

1706
01:01:08,387 --> 01:01:09,127
to continue

1707
01:01:09,746 --> 01:01:10,065
men.

1708
01:01:10,799 --> 01:01:12,717
It's this... It's a a favorite word of

1709
01:01:12,717 --> 01:01:14,954
of John. A favorite word of Jesus when

1710
01:01:14,954 --> 01:01:16,652
he talks about how we need to biden

1711
01:01:16,791 --> 01:01:17,590
men in Christ.

1712
01:01:18,563 --> 01:01:19,063
Hoop

1713
01:01:19,601 --> 01:01:22,554
or Mona, Mona has to do with enduring

1714
01:01:22,554 --> 01:01:25,507
under trial, you continue even under hard times.

1715
01:01:26,226 --> 01:01:26,385
Amen?

1716
01:01:27,593 --> 01:01:29,418
In fact, let's look at some scriptures really

1717
01:01:29,418 --> 01:01:31,322
quick on that. If you look up at

1718
01:01:31,322 --> 01:01:32,275
the screen,

1719
01:01:33,068 --> 01:01:34,838
you'll see John 15

1720
01:01:35,862 --> 01:01:37,136
we'll start with John 15.

1721
01:01:38,410 --> 01:01:40,001
And John 15, many of you know that.

1722
01:01:40,320 --> 01:01:42,151
And that's where Jesus said on the vine

1723
01:01:42,151 --> 01:01:42,947
and you're the branches.

1724
01:01:43,995 --> 01:01:44,312
You know?

1725
01:01:45,027 --> 01:01:45,527
And

1726
01:01:45,900 --> 01:01:47,170
he says to them in verses 1 and

1727
01:01:47,170 --> 01:01:48,996
2. He's not J, by the way, in

1728
01:01:48,996 --> 01:01:50,584
chapter 13 of John already went to the

1729
01:01:50,584 --> 01:01:50,981
betrayed Jesus.

1730
01:01:51,794 --> 01:01:52,273
Is gone.

1731
01:01:53,232 --> 01:01:54,670
And John 15, he warns the arrested of

1732
01:01:54,670 --> 01:01:55,410
the apostles

1733
01:01:56,188 --> 01:01:57,626
because you are clean through the word that

1734
01:01:57,626 --> 01:01:59,553
have spoken to you. Says on the vine,

1735
01:02:00,109 --> 01:02:00,506
you know,

1736
01:02:01,141 --> 01:02:02,889
he says the the father's the vine dresser,

1737
01:02:03,047 --> 01:02:04,079
but he says you're the branches.

1738
01:02:04,953 --> 01:02:07,018
He says abide me, you'll bear much fruit.

1739
01:02:07,414 --> 01:02:07,573
Amen.

1740
01:02:08,304 --> 01:02:10,217
So the word of abide is used over

1741
01:02:10,217 --> 01:02:12,209
and over again, rest the Greek word there

1742
01:02:12,209 --> 01:02:12,709
men

1743
01:02:13,803 --> 01:02:14,999
related to the word we're looking at here

1744
01:02:14,999 --> 01:02:15,738
at perseverance.

1745
01:02:16,529 --> 01:02:17,668
Fact, look at the next

1746
01:02:18,047 --> 01:02:19,964
slide, and we see... If you could jump

1747
01:02:19,964 --> 01:02:20,683
down in the next slide,

1748
01:02:21,322 --> 01:02:21,562
15,

1749
01:02:22,201 --> 01:02:22,840
5 and 6,

1750
01:02:23,414 --> 01:02:24,690
Jesus just talks about if they biden it

1751
01:02:24,690 --> 01:02:26,682
him, they'll bear much fruit. But says if

1752
01:02:26,682 --> 01:02:28,038
they do not abide him what.

1753
01:02:28,915 --> 01:02:30,908
They don't remain in him the vine. That's

1754
01:02:30,908 --> 01:02:31,626
attached to the branch,

1755
01:02:32,357 --> 01:02:34,264
By the way, he warning fake branches or

1756
01:02:34,264 --> 01:02:35,693
is he or is he torn telling him...

1757
01:02:35,852 --> 01:02:38,474
He's talking to his who, apostles here. They're

1758
01:02:38,474 --> 01:02:39,189
not fake branches.

1759
01:02:39,824 --> 01:02:39,983
K?

1760
01:02:40,793 --> 01:02:42,703
He's only his 11 apostles, and they're out...

1761
01:02:42,942 --> 01:02:45,011
No 1 can dispute that they're saved. There

1762
01:02:45,011 --> 01:02:47,978
are chosen apostles. He says he warns them

1763
01:02:48,035 --> 01:02:49,967
if they don't abide, they'll dry up

1764
01:02:50,278 --> 01:02:51,494
like branches

1765
01:02:52,108 --> 01:02:53,301
that we thrown in the fire and burned.

1766
01:02:53,699 --> 01:02:55,926
Amen. That's that Greek word men. Let's look

1767
01:02:55,926 --> 01:02:56,642
at the next scripture.

1768
01:02:59,768 --> 01:03:01,763
Jesus says, or or I'm sorry, the author

1769
01:03:01,922 --> 01:03:04,237
Hebrews says, for you have need of endurance.

1770
01:03:04,396 --> 01:03:06,570
You. We need of what? Endurance though that

1771
01:03:06,570 --> 01:03:07,389
when you

1772
01:03:08,010 --> 01:03:09,610
have done the will of god, you may

1773
01:03:09,610 --> 01:03:09,769
what.

1774
01:03:10,969 --> 01:03:13,130
Perceive what is promised. So you wanna make

1775
01:03:13,130 --> 01:03:16,179
sure you persevere. Amen, and pursue perseverance. Because

1776
01:03:16,179 --> 01:03:18,014
if you don't have perseverance, you're not going

1777
01:03:18,014 --> 01:03:18,992
to receive

1778
01:03:19,609 --> 01:03:21,603
the end reward or I should say the

1779
01:03:21,603 --> 01:03:23,437
end promise, which is... Well, let's go to

1780
01:03:23,437 --> 01:03:23,916
the next 1.

1781
01:03:24,647 --> 01:03:26,951
On the next scripture Hebrews 12 1. Therefore

1782
01:03:26,951 --> 01:03:29,334
since you, we are surrounded by such a

1783
01:03:29,334 --> 01:03:29,834
great

1784
01:03:31,574 --> 01:03:33,320
Therefore since were surrounded by such a great

1785
01:03:33,320 --> 01:03:35,885
cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything

1786
01:03:36,099 --> 01:03:36,655
that hinder.

1787
01:03:37,290 --> 01:03:37,449
Right?

1788
01:03:38,242 --> 01:03:40,307
And the sin that's so easily ent.

1789
01:03:40,798 --> 01:03:41,989
And let us run with what.

1790
01:03:43,100 --> 01:03:44,211
You know, If that greek word is,

1791
01:03:45,402 --> 01:03:48,338
Hoop, same Greek word that's used in first

1792
01:03:48,338 --> 01:03:50,820
timothy, chapter 6. Verse 11. That we're supposed

1793
01:03:50,820 --> 01:03:52,336
to be pursuing. And then it shows that

1794
01:03:52,495 --> 01:03:54,968
Jesus is our is our example. Let us

1795
01:03:54,968 --> 01:03:55,787
run with perseverance,

1796
01:03:56,244 --> 01:03:58,557
the race marked out for us, fixing our

1797
01:03:58,557 --> 01:03:59,115
eyes on who.

1798
01:04:00,164 --> 01:04:00,482
Jesus.

1799
01:04:01,197 --> 01:04:01,435
Okay?

1800
01:04:02,150 --> 01:04:03,898
And you can go the next slide because

1801
01:04:03,898 --> 01:04:05,009
end of verse 3 because I'm right out

1802
01:04:05,009 --> 01:04:06,916
of time here, it says at the very

1803
01:04:06,916 --> 01:04:08,822
end so that you will not grow what.

1804
01:04:09,791 --> 01:04:11,859
Weary and lose heart. Keep your eyes on

1805
01:04:11,939 --> 01:04:12,257
Jesus.

1806
01:04:12,973 --> 01:04:14,962
How can I make sure I persevere, Joe,

1807
01:04:15,201 --> 01:04:16,258
how can I persevere

1808
01:04:17,349 --> 01:04:18,088
pursue perseverance

1809
01:04:18,556 --> 01:04:19,588
pursue Jesus and don't stop?

1810
01:04:20,381 --> 01:04:21,730
And look at him as your example,

1811
01:04:22,682 --> 01:04:25,062
And then guess what, then you won't grow

1812
01:04:25,062 --> 01:04:27,223
weary and lose heart. You me mean I'll

1813
01:04:27,223 --> 01:04:29,057
never get tired. No. He'll grow weary from

1814
01:04:29,057 --> 01:04:30,833
time time, but you won't lose heart, ultimately

1815
01:04:30,891 --> 01:04:32,407
amen because those who wait on the Lord

1816
01:04:32,407 --> 01:04:34,720
and wet. He though... The Lord will renew

1817
01:04:34,720 --> 01:04:35,677
their strength. Amen.

1818
01:04:36,967 --> 01:04:39,510
And and and it's just awesome. Look at

1819
01:04:39,510 --> 01:04:41,497
the next 1, Hebrews chapter 10 versus 38

1820
01:04:41,497 --> 01:04:42,133
and 39.

1821
01:04:43,404 --> 01:04:45,391
Says now the just shall live by faith.

1822
01:04:45,804 --> 01:04:47,396
That's those who are justified. Those who've been

1823
01:04:47,396 --> 01:04:50,261
raped right with by Christ's blood. Amen? Are

1824
01:04:50,261 --> 01:04:52,490
you justified? That's he was talking about. The

1825
01:04:52,490 --> 01:04:54,338
judge shall live by faith. Not just come

1826
01:04:54,338 --> 01:04:56,013
to Christ by faith, but live by faith,

1827
01:04:56,492 --> 01:04:57,130
but if,

1828
01:04:58,088 --> 01:04:58,965
big word there.

1829
01:04:59,922 --> 01:05:00,422
If

1830
01:05:01,293 --> 01:05:04,235
he draws back, who? The justified 1.

1831
01:05:05,030 --> 01:05:06,381
If the 1 who's been justified.

1832
01:05:06,779 --> 01:05:08,210
If he, that's the earliest only time, I

1833
01:05:08,210 --> 01:05:09,897
the justified right here, But if he draws

1834
01:05:09,897 --> 01:05:11,333
back my soul will have no pleasure in

1835
01:05:11,333 --> 01:05:13,907
him. But we are not of those who

1836
01:05:14,204 --> 01:05:15,959
we're not of those. There are those who

1837
01:05:15,959 --> 01:05:17,554
do. We're not of those who draw back

1838
01:05:17,554 --> 01:05:18,830
to tradition like J.

1839
01:05:19,404 --> 01:05:21,562
Some do drive back to tradition, but of

1840
01:05:21,562 --> 01:05:22,761
what, those who what,

1841
01:05:23,720 --> 01:05:24,599
believe to the what,

1842
01:05:25,318 --> 01:05:27,476
saving of the soul final salvation. Amen?

1843
01:05:29,169 --> 01:05:30,999
So we need to hold fast to the

1844
01:05:30,999 --> 01:05:31,237
faith.

1845
01:05:32,351 --> 01:05:32,851
And

1846
01:05:33,465 --> 01:05:36,011
he's confident that these hebrew believers will make

1847
01:05:36,011 --> 01:05:36,090
it.

1848
01:05:37,221 --> 01:05:37,460
Why?

1849
01:05:38,655 --> 01:05:41,603
Because right before this, he says, you lost

1850
01:05:41,603 --> 01:05:43,435
your homes, you know, some of them, you

1851
01:05:43,435 --> 01:05:45,108
visit the prisons, you lost homes, but you

1852
01:05:45,108 --> 01:05:46,555
know you have a some of you of

1853
01:05:46,555 --> 01:05:48,223
lost, you have an a abiding hope in

1854
01:05:48,223 --> 01:05:48,382
heaven.

1855
01:05:49,335 --> 01:05:51,161
So they persevere a long way.

1856
01:05:52,432 --> 01:05:54,180
But at... But they're... At the same time

1857
01:05:54,180 --> 01:05:56,364
he recognize recognizes also what. Those

1858
01:05:56,901 --> 01:05:59,534
who did draw back to prediction. So both

1859
01:05:59,534 --> 01:06:00,331
realities are true.

1860
01:06:03,057 --> 01:06:05,517
Jesus hot said in Matthew 05:13. If salt...

1861
01:06:05,755 --> 01:06:06,866
He says yours a salt through the earth,

1862
01:06:07,104 --> 01:06:08,532
but if a salt used loses its flavor,

1863
01:06:08,691 --> 01:06:09,326
what's it good for?

1864
01:06:10,530 --> 01:06:12,511
Good for the done pile be tram under

1865
01:06:12,511 --> 01:06:13,382
foot. Right?

1866
01:06:14,254 --> 01:06:16,393
He said in Luke chapter 9 verse 62,

1867
01:06:16,631 --> 01:06:18,235
no 1 who after putting his hand in

1868
01:06:18,235 --> 01:06:20,145
the plow and looking back is fit for

1869
01:06:20,145 --> 01:06:22,056
the king of God. And last week, I

1870
01:06:22,056 --> 01:06:23,647
dealt with Lost wife and Jesus weren't his

1871
01:06:23,647 --> 01:06:26,513
apostles. His disciples. Remember lot's wife.

1872
01:06:28,039 --> 01:06:29,947
So this all ties into the parable of

1873
01:06:29,947 --> 01:06:30,686
the solar

1874
01:06:31,140 --> 01:06:32,491
because remember it was the fourth soil,

1875
01:06:34,002 --> 01:06:36,307
the good and honest, hearted people,

1876
01:06:36,959 --> 01:06:38,095
These are people that

1877
01:06:38,709 --> 01:06:40,857
humble themselves for lord recognizing they have no

1878
01:06:40,857 --> 01:06:41,914
merit of themselves

1879
01:06:42,368 --> 01:06:44,769
and says they hold fast to those seed.

1880
01:06:44,928 --> 01:06:47,153
Right? The seed is a word. Right? They

1881
01:06:47,153 --> 01:06:48,108
hold fast the seed.

1882
01:06:48,982 --> 01:06:49,697
They don't give in.

1883
01:06:51,128 --> 01:06:51,867
They persevere.

1884
01:06:54,086 --> 01:06:55,916
And they bring forth fruit with perseverance. It

1885
01:06:55,916 --> 01:06:57,588
says, that's gotta be us, guys.

1886
01:06:58,861 --> 01:07:00,214
That's what we have to choose to do.

1887
01:07:01,090 --> 01:07:02,602
In fact, look at first, John chapter 3.

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First 9.

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This is powerful. You won't see this a

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lot of churches because people don't wanna preach,

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but there it is, man, The 1 who

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practices sin is of the devil

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because the devil has been sitting from the

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very start.

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This is why the son of God was

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revealed to what,

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destroy the works of the devil. Isn't that

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right?

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Anyone born of God in the Greek word,

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by the way in the Greek it's in

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the perfect tense.

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Born of God. It means anyone who is

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born of God and continues to stand born

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of god could remains born of God.

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Anyone who is born of God continues he's

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a stand born of God. Perfect tense.

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Refuses to practice sin because god's wet.

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God's seed. There it is. What's the seed?

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It's a word of God

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because God's seed, his word abide in him,

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meadows in him. He can't go on city

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because he has been born of God. He

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continues. He's born of god. He continues to

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be born of God.

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It doesn't say he this more of God

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never commits As, doesn't it.

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But it's talking about track what a sin.

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John says sin is trans

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of the law. Rebellion against God's law. So

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if you're practicing sin, that means you're living

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and rebellion to God

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because you'll look at this anyway, I'm not

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perfect. No. Nobody's. Here perfect.

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And John says at first John 2 1

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if anyone sins,

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you know, Write these things that you send

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not.

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But if anyone does Cindy has advocate with

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father Jesus Christ at the right to amen,

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and John is a first John 2919.

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If we confess our since he's faithful and

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what, just to what.

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Forgive us our sins and cleanse from all

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the righteous the same amen. So if you

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fall short, you go to Lord. Right? But

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you, don't live in rebellion.

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To God. Amen.

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First John chapter 2, verse 24 says let

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that remain in you, what you heard from

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the beginning.

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That's the seed, guys, the gospel, the word.

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First John 02:24.

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Let that remain in you, men. There is

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again.

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Remaining you what you heard for the beginning

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of the gospel.

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And then he says, and you receive

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the promise.

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It says let thought remaining you what you

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heard for forgetting and you receive the promise,

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eternal life. He says, and you will remain

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in the father and then the son, because

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you'll be a abide in them, you receive

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the promise, eternal life. These things have written

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concerning those who trying to seduce you meaning

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those people, trying to deceive you, do not

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leave the word of God. Amen. And I'll

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just close by saying the last thing he

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mentions in verse 11,

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We went a little bit late. I wanna

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make sure I get this done. In verse

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11,

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he says pursue what.

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Patience. And that greek word for patience there

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is related to pros,

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and that's the word where Jesus says the

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meek will inherit the earth.

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K? We're supposed to be or gentleness,

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pursue gentleness Is... I'm sorry, it's not patients

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there. It's gentleness.

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And you could transit meekness, but meekness does

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not mean weakness.

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K.

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In fact, the word that Jesus or that

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Paul uses there, and the word that Jesus

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also uses, which is related to this word

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refers to being calm,

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during

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confusion,

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commotion, hard times. That takes a strong person.

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In fact, the root of that word that

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Paul uses there that's translated meekness is used

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for Alexander, the great horse.

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Which has been broken.

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It's humble It's submitted to

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Alexander the great,

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but it's a strong and powerful horse. That's

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common in times of war.

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That's what we're calling to be for Jesus

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amen. Don't freak out when everything freaking out

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around. You everybody else is say, I'm gonna

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say calm because Jesus is king. Amen.

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He is my Lord. He's gonna get me

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through this, and I'm going to exercise Hoop.

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I'm gonna continue to put him first in

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his kingdom at his righteous the amen.

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Alright. Can we please stand?