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You're listening to KFI AM six forty
on demand. Competition, just like any

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other aspect of life, can be
either healthy or unhealthy depending on the application.

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Make no mistake about it, Competition
is at the heart of the human

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experience. That's a good thing.
The desire to press on, to push

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forward. That competitive spirit is definitely
of God. But as a Christian,

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it must be applied to your life
in a godly fashion. If not,

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it can take a hold of you. It can become something altogether different in

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your life, something that becomes problematic, even harmful. Competition is certainly in

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the air today, and you can
feel this excitement as millions of Americans and

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people from all over the world really
gather around their TVs with this this anticipation

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of their team securing the win.
Now, the very definition of competition means

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a contest in which a winner is
selected from among two or more entrants.

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So this means by that definition that
there will there'll be a winner, and

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of course they'll be a loser.
So in a case like the Super Bowl,

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competition is that propellant. It propels
each member of the opposing team to

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train, to work hard so that
they may excel in their performance for this

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particular big game or any game.
This oftentimes know that athletics can go down

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an unhealthy path at times, but
more often than not, this is a

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healthy display of the competitive spirit,
that spirit that does push you, that

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does propel makes you want to be
better, not so you're better than the

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other person in some sort of state
of judgment that they're actually less than you,

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but that competitive spirit, that ability
to push on and push forward and

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build your muscles stronger, make yourself
quicker, be able to be more accurate

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when throwing a ball, when catching
a ball, that all these things are

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about training your body by way of
discipline to do beneficial things. So,

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if you're involved in sports, and
today is obviously a huge sports day,

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that many of you watching the Big
Game are really focused on the fact that

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this is a place where athletes come
together to push themselves beyond normal limits to

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achieve a goal. That's the competitive
spirit in a healthy place. But there

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is an unhealthy side to competition as
well, one that drives people by way

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of jealousy and envy that only leads
to despair and destruction. This is not

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the competitive spirit, but the spirit
of pride and conceit. The Father certainly

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does not approve of this kind of
competition, James four to six says,

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but he gives more grace. Therefore, it says, God opposes the proud,

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but gives race to the humble.
Giving that grace to the humble is

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showing that there there is a place
for you to be competitive, but to

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still be in that that that place
of humility, knowing that you're pushing your

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limits, knowing that that as a
creation of God, that I designed you

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to desire to propel yourself and excel, but to also be of a humble

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spirit. Because when you latch onto
pride, when you get to that place

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of pride, you invite ugliness,
that jealousy, that justice. It's not

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even it's not even competition. It's
just you wanting to push others down,

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to push yourself forward. Says if
you would lie, cheater steel to get

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to that place, it doesn't even
matter how you get there. And to

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the real athlete, to the real
individual with the proper competitive spirit, you

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want to do things right, you
don't do it the right way, it

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doesn't count. These two different paths
or patterns of competition can be seen throughout

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all kinds of walks of life,
not just in athletics, but you can

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see where people tried to even apply
athletics in a positive way when there when

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even the world itself was teetering from
wars and arguments and ugliness. The original

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Olympics were abolished in three ninety three
a d. But if you look can

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see the timeline, you'll see that
about fifteen hundred years later, in the

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eighteen nineties, a young Frenchman actually
set out to revive the Olympics, and

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he used this pitch. Let us
export our oarsmen, our runners, our

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fencers into other lands. That is
the true free trade of the future,

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and the day it is introduced into
Europe, the cause of peace will have

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received a new and strong ally.
This young visionary saw the importance of replacing

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the negative the inter country competition of
war with a new, healthy inter country

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competition centered on athleticism, a tradition
that continues with the Olympics even to this

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day. This points to someone who
desired a healthy form of competition. This

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young man saw that the competitive spirit
had moved from a place of learning,

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of discipline, of growing in understanding, and had become this jealous or prideful

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excuse for war. He thought,
instead of countries actually fighting against each other,

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tearing each other down, why not
compete in a healthy way, propelling

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one another by way of competition.
God wants you to have a healthy competitive

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heart, one that pushes you to
win, but also to win righteously,

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to be in a place where you
win at all costs, and that it's

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really not about the challenge itself,
but it's more about putting yourself on a

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pedestal, making yourself look better than
someone else, putting someone else down.

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How is God going to How is
God going to bless that? Why would

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God bless that? You hear stories
of sportsmanship, good healthy sportsmanship, and

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you hear stories of ugliness. There's
even penalties on the field in all in

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all types of sports because of bad
sportsmanship or not playing by the rules.

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That's why the referees are there right
to look on the judge the movements on

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the field to see who is winning
fairly, because that's what should dictate whether

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the win is worth anything. So
you have this competitive spirit you want God

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to bless. But if you go
about pursuing the things you want in life,

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pushing yourself in a way that is
healthy. God will be there by

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your side the entirety of the way, coaching, instructing, encouraging. However,

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if you push the rules aside,
only being in that place of pride,

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only desiring this so called win,
that is when it becomes an ungodly

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spirit of competition competition. At first, as a believer, you might hear

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the word competition and think, well, competition is bad thing, right,

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isn't that when two people are fighting
over the same thing. No, the

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definition of competition means a contest,
and yes, there will be a winner

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selected from two or more entrants,
and of course that means there will be

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a loser. But this can be
used in a positive way to propel you.

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Today is a big contest. You've
got competition in the air, as

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everyone is excited about this contest of
prowess and strength and ability, and really

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everyone sits to watch. Knowing what
it takes to win, knowing what it

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takes to me win means that you
know that there are rules and there's things

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that you have to work by and
live by and obey, and it's going

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to take great discipline. And that's
why people appreciate big sports competitions like the

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super Bowl, because what it takes
to actually win is something to be proud

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of. But what God doesn't want
is that ugly spirit, that spirit of

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jealousy and envy that comes from a
place of pride, that doesn't help anyone.

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It actually tears people down. God
wants you to have this a healthy

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competitive heart, one that pushes you
and makes you want to excel, but

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to do it righteously. One Corinthians
nine twenty four through twenty seven says,

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do you not know that those who
run and race all money throughout the day,

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but only one receives the prize,
run in such a way that you

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may make a cold super Bowl.
Everyone who competes in the games exercises self

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control in all things. They then
do it to receive a perishable wreath,

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but we un imperishable. Therefore,
I run in such a way as to

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not without aim, as not without
aim. I box in such a way

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as not just beating the air.
But I discipline my body and make it

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my slaves, so that after I
have preached to others, I myself will

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not be disqualified. Isn't that a
concept of competition, being disqualified, not

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playing by the rules, not having
that humble heart. Not having that proper

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spirit of competition can make you disqualified
in the Kingdom of God. When you're

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out as a Christian. You should
use these things to propel you, to

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excite you, to make you want
to be better, and to put yourself

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in that state of discipline, that
self control in all things, as it

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says in one Corinthians nine. Not
just winning at all costs. That's not

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blessed by God. Lisa, welcome
to the Jesus Christia. Thank you.

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My question is should Christians pat through
their bodies? Well? Should they?

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Or can they? Should they?
According to scriptures? Should they? Should

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they? Is going to be an
individual choice, because there's nothing in the

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Bible that says they cannot. There
is Leviticus nineteen goes through some religious laws

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that some people get confused about.
That says in verse twenty eight, you

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shall not make any cuts in your
body for the dead, nor make any

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tattoo marks on yourselves. I am
the Lord. The verse there is actually

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talking about a practice. A matter
of fact, most of these in Leviticus

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are talking about a practice that the
Pagans were doing that our Jewish brothers and

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sisters didn't want to be associated with
and wanted us to look as different as

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possible from them, and that this
would fall into the same category. Now,

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people that have a problems with it
would have problems with other parts of

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it too, because just above it
it says you shall not round off the

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side growth of your head, nor
harm the edges of your beard. So

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if you shaved, you'd be falling
into the same category of tattoos. Then

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also the word used for cut would
be the same that you'd use for pierce.

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So any woman that pierces our ears
would now have problem. So any

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man that shaves, or any woman
that pierces her ears would now have a

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problem, not just the tattooing.
So really, when it's speaking about tattooing

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here, it's not it's speaking about
a process that was done to the dead

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or for the dead by Pagans,
and that it should not be brought to

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pass by Christians. But having a
tattoo for a Christian is not inherently wrong.

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It depends on the content, of
course, but it's not inherently wrong

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for a Christian to have a tattoo. All right, thank you, you're

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welcome. Howcome I got the impression
that maybe that's not the answer she was

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looking for. Sometimes you just pick
up on subtleties, tiny little subtleties.

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That's kind of what I do here. But the Bible is filled with many

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things, and the best advice I
can give you is to see that the

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entirety of the Bible and understand that
there's a difference between prescription and description.

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These are two very important principles I
want you to hear, and I want

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you to understand the difference between a
difference between prescriptive language and descriptive language.

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Descriptive language is Jesus woke walked up
a hill. Now if I walked up

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a hill, I walked up a
hill, there's nothing really to be done.

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It's describing something that happened. If
it's prescriptive, there's an admonishment,

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there's a statement of understanding, this
is what you should or this is what

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you should not do. And with
a Christian it gets even more difficult because

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now you are looking into what you
refer to as the Old Testament, and

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you're seeing things in there that are
based on context of things that were going

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into the lives of our Jewish brothers
and sisters, and they were trying to

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abolish appearing to look like your average
every day he then who did whatever.

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There most certainly are rules to live
by, and scripture is filled with them,

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filled with plenty, oh plenty.
There's more than ten commandments. Let

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me assure you, it's not just
ten. There are over four hundred commandments

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in scripture, and to hear those
and to respond to them is wonderful.

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However, don't get lost. Don't
get lost in some of the statements,

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some of the descriptions of things going
on, and assume them to be prescribed

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telling you you must because there is
a difference, and there's some that have

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been pulled over through the entirety of
scripture. But context is going to be

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important in those places as well.
That's the key. Jack, Welcome to

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the Jesus Christio. Yeah, Hi, I just got a quick question about

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this thing called lordship salvation and non
lordship salvation. Where the lordship salvation guys

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believe that genuine save and faith includes
the willness repent from one's sin and submit

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to the lordship of Christ. And
then the non lordship guys say they don't

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see repentance from sin and the willingness
to submit to Jesus's lordship is essential for

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salvation and that I got into a
conversation with the guy and he said that

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that by me telling someone, or
by Christians telling someone to repent from their

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sins and submit to the lordship of
Christ, that's adding works to the gospel.

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So I want to ask you what
your thoughts were on that. No,

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it's not adding works to the Gospel. Here's the thing, and a

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lot of people get confused based on
what happened versus what had to happen.

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For instance, people talk about Judas. Should it be put on Judas.

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Here's this major plan, this big
plan. It's going to go down,

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it's going to put me on the
cross, it's going to cover the sins

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of the world, and everything's going
to be taken care of. So why

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would people look down on Judas He
just helped it alone. Well, because

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Judas as an individual, specifically decided
to jump in and to participate in a

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specific way, and it really,
you know, kind of whittled down to

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the fact that he wanted things to
be done sooner. So when it comes

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to things that are going to be
done, there's a difference between somebody who

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is trying to create fire by flapping
their wings versus the passing along of a

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torch. And really, when you're
going to spread the gospel or share about

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any of that, you're just passing
the torch. But it's the flame of

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God always, and it's not something
it's not a work that you yourself can

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build upon. You can't bring somebody
to the salvation of Christ. You can't.

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Right God does, and God will
use you in that process. So

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when it says that no man should
boast, it means there's no bedpost that

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you can put those notches of how
many people you share the gospel and who've

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come to know the gospel through because
they're not yours. They're they're not yours.

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So there is no works in that
context. Now, the lordship salvation

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has, you know, some nooks
and crannies. In the basic line of

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things, it comes down to,
you're receiving God. It's not about you

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the things you've done wrong. It's
about how good God is. It's not

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about anything that you've done. It's
not even about what the good you've done.

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It's about who God is. And
that's that's the simplicity of it.

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When you talk about repentance, right
yes, a lot of people get confused.

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I get confused on it. But
as repentance is more like a change

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of a heart, it's not really
necessarily an act always. So so like

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we're saved when we get saved,
we're saved from half sins, present sins,

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and future sins. Is that right? Yes, of course, but

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so so the these lordship are the
non lordship guys go, well, it's

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impossible not to sin because you're gonna
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that doesn't give you a license to
sin. So there's like a fine line

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there, or or do you understand
what I'm trying to get across? Of

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course, they were arguing in the
in this in two Timothy, I mean

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it's it's not new. The whole
point is are you a good guy?

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You good guy? Jack? And
I don't mean in the biblical sense.

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I mean you don't go out murdering
and raping in any of those things?

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Right, No, okay, So
that's just not who you are. So

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I come to you tomorrow and I
say, hey, I'm doing this thing.

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We're gonna shut down any any access
to law enforcement tomorrow in your area.

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There's gonna be no video cameras.
There's gonna be no way for them

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to find out. And I just
wanted you to know. And you found

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that out. Are you gonna go
out raping and pillaging because you're not gonna

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get caught. No, No,
because it's not your nature. There's no

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such thing as a as a get
out of jail free card. The whole

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point here is the assumption of the
world is, oh, you're gonna you've

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got this high life now and you
can do whatever you want, and God's

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gonna love you. God's always loved
everyone, right, That's always been the

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theme that hasn't changed. Now,
the reconciliation is different. The reconciliation knows

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that get to heaven is different.
So those that have this so called free

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they do whatever they want, just
as long as they believe they wouldn't misuse

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it. By the very definition of
what it is. If a kid goes

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out and gets new cars from his
family and every single time crashes it and

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goes, oh, well, not
only does that kid not appreciate that car,

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that kid does not have any feelings
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that's different than just a family going
you crash the car, it's bound to

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happen at least you're okay. Come
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We'll talk about the car there.
It's a matter. You've got either allegiance,

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which is going to be bumpy allegiance
because you're human. You're going to

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stand versus rebellion, which is you
specifically ignoring the Gospel, ignoring the word

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of God, the will of God, and doing whatever you want. And

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they're two different things, and trust
me, they have two different endings.

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You can't rebel yourself away from the
knowledge of God. You can ignore what

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He has for you to the point
of death. There's a lot of ways

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to reject. But as a Christian, it's not about you. It's about

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God, right, and not how
bad you are, but how good God

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is. Every other religion, every
one of them, Jack is always focused

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on man. Oh man is going
to receive christ consciousness, or man is

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going to receive total consciousness, or
man's gonna be so high he's gonna these

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these are weird want to be God
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says, nah, man man,
even good Man doesn't do it very well.

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So God is going to send his
son, and his son's going to

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step in and be the bridge so
someone could be saved and still struggle with

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sin. Right of course, okay, of course, what the perfection is

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going to be in heaven when it's
washed away finally, But of course you're

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going to have sin. There's not
one preacher, not you know, one

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Bible thumper, one Bible reader.
There's not one that isn't struggling. And

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there isn't one in the Bible either. These are the same guys that'll bring

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up Matthew seven to one. You
know about not judging, and I go,

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I told the guy so, well, you can judge actions, but

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we can't really judge the heart.
Is that a correct statement? Well,

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yeah, it's a you know what
you tell me someone that is upset because

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you said they looked good. Hey
you look really nice tonight. That's a

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judgment. Not one person goes,
don't judge me, Oh they go,

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ah, thanks, right, judgment
is fine. Judgment. What in scripture,

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the judgment that they did not want
was met with this newfound understanding of

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who God was and how it interacted
with their life. They didn't want them

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running around saying I am better than
you, I am somehow closer to God

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than you. And that was what
was wrong. Trying to read men's hearts.

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That's what was vulgar. That was
the problem, not saying, hey,

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that whole pipe you have in your
mouth, Yeah, the one you're

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smoking crack with, that's bad.
Don't judge me. I will judge you

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plenty. Louis Welcome to the Jesus
Christ Show. Yes, I have.

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I'm confused when I go to math
and I listened to the apostle Greed where

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it indicates Jesus sends into Hell,
and I'm confused, and I don't understand

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that rightly. So it is a
little confusing. And really what it has

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to do is that there's many words
that are translated as hell, but they

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do mean different things depending on how
they're used, one of which is sheol.

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She Al simply means the place of
the dead or the place of the

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departed souls or spirits. In the
New Testament, it's well, in the

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New Testament, the equivalent of shiol
is actually Hades, So Hades is the

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place of the dead, and that's
what's being spoken about, not Hell's,

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but it often gets translated hell.
So it can be quite confusing to hear

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that and think that that's where Jesus
went, but that's not the case.

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He went to Hades, which shall
also refers to the place of the dead.

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Other scriptures of the New Testament would
talk about the same thing and refer

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to shol or Hades as a temporary
place where souls are kept as they wait

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for their final resurrection and judgment.
You find out more at Revelation twenty eleven

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fifteen. So it's really one of
those things that it's like heaven. If

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you think of heaven, it often
refers to the layers of heaven, and

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the layers of heaven really are not
layers of heaven at all. It's different

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heavens. So they talk about the
first heaven. The first heaven is the

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sky that you see if you're standing
on the earth and you look up and

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you see blue sky's the first heaven. Second heaven would be space. You

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see space, that's when the atmosphere
drops and changes, the sun goes down,

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you actually get to see the stars
in the heavens. That's the that's

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heavens, right, So that's number
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domicile of God, and that's different, So it depends how it's used.

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As well, and sometimes they have
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those, so they're going, well, was he in heaven or was he

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not in heaven? Where did he
go? So, yes, it can

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be confusing. It's because those words
are often mistranslated into hell. But if

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you get a good lexicon and you
want to do some word studies, you

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can go back and forth and you
can see which word was used where,

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even for the word hell, which
word was used, how it was defined.

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Those types of things that might give
you some clarity and understanding that otherwise

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might be lost. And that's not
the first and only time that happens.

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Things like that do get tossed in
there from the HD dealing not necessarily a

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bad translation, it's just a confusing
translation if you're not familiar with every other

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word that's going on in conjunction with
it. From the HD deals, if

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you're just looking at that kind of
well, I know what hell is,

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I know what heaven is. To
kind of put those into their own category

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and you keep going. Sometimes you
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