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You're listening to KFI AM six forty
on demand. So Thursday has come and

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gone, Thanksgiving Day has come and
gone. And it's interesting how just prior

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to Thanksgiving all that you see cooking
shows, magazines or how to prepare turkey,

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how to prepare your Thanksgiving meal?
Right, that's all you could see.

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Now it's after Thanksgiving and what seems
to be popping up everywhere is how

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to prepare your what your leftovers?
Everywhere? How to prepare your leftover overs

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this year? How to use your
turkey and stews and soups, whatever it

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might be. And that's a good
thing. That's a practical thing. When

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you're dealing with so much food,
you have a feast of sorts. The

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last thing you want to do is
take the leftovers and toss them out.

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Shows that you're good steward with your
money, with your food, with your

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time, very practical. So it's
bound to be that type of the year

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that leftover has become something very important. My producer Neil loves to cook,

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loves to take things from the pantry
that look like nothing and make them into

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something. Loves the concept of taking
leftovers and making something wonderful again out of

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them. In that sense, it's
good. That sense leftovers wonderful. However,

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you wouldn't serve leftovers on Thanksgiving night. They're a byproduct, their byproduct

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that you use, a resource that
you use again. But serving them to

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your guests originally at Thanksgiving might be
considered tacky. The whole point is to

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come together and bring those those great
fruits of labor to the table. There's

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a poem about leftovers dealing with God
that I want you to hear. Source

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is unknown, but it speaks truth. Leftovers are such humble things we would

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not serve to a guest, and
yet we serve them to our Lord,

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who deserves the very best. We
give to him left over time, stray

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minutes here and there, leftover cash, we give to him such few coins

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as we can spare. We give
our youth unto the world to hatred,

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lust and strife. Then, in
declining years, we give to him the

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remaining of our life. Not poem
points to the way some of you might

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treat God. It's very easy to
get wrapped up in the world right now

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during the holidays. It's very easy
to get wrapped up in everything that goes

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with the world now you've got to
get gifts, and now you've got to

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do dinners, and now you've got
to get together, and all kinds of

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hubbub. But really it's about the
most simplest things. It's about breaking bread

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with one another, about loving on
one another and spending time with one another.

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All the other stuff is gravy,
as they say, But the leftovers

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that God loves are the practical ones
and not throwing out food, reusing it

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and making sure you're a good steward
of your money and your time. The

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leftovers God hates are when you don't
give God his due, and that God

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gets your scraps, the little things
that come after everything else, because you're

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constantly focused on what the treasure's here, the things that you need here,

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building your empire here, building up
your treasures here. Matthew six nineteen through

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twenty one says, do not store
up for yourself's treasures on earth, where

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moth and vermin destroy, and where
thieves break in and steal, But store

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up for yourself treasure's in heaven,
where moths and vermin do not destroy,

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and where the thieves do not break
in and steal. For where your treasure

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is there, Your heart will be. Also, it's so easy to get

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caught up in the things of the
world to think that you need more and

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need to achieve more. And there's
nothing wrong with achievement, there's nothing wrong

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with growth, there's nothing wrong with
hope or goals or any of those things.

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All good, all godly. But
is there balance in there? Is

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there a timeline in there for God? Or does God get your leftovers?

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Does God get your scraps, little
things that they come at the end of

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the meal. God is not your
cosmic dog waiting at the end of your

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bountiful table for you to finish the
meal and then throw him a bone.

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The Father wants to participate in life
with you, wants to be invited to

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do so. And I know that
it gets very easy to get lost in

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this life. But certain things should
remind you. Holy days that you call

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holidays now were originally there to do
that, to re center you, to

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refocus, to show appreciation to God, to keep certain days holy, not

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because the date mattered or something like
that, but because it was important to

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stop. It was important to spend
time with God, to be thankful for

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the things in which you have in
life. And the last thing you want

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to do is take the remnants,
the scraps from those things and throw them

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to God. You're called to love
God and to worship God and to praise

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God with all that you are.
That means all your talents, your gifts,

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yes, even finances. All these
things play a part in one form

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or another. You don't need to
give to your broke that's not being very

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wise or practical with your money.
You don't have to start a Christian band

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because you like playing music. It's
not the only way to do it.

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But if you have gifts and abilities, you want to utilize them for God.

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You want to take all those things
that God gave you and give them

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back in some way. That type
of respect, that type of reverence and

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appreciation of who God is in your
life should should come to you easily.

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It's good not to be wasteful with
your food. Those kind of leftovers no

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problem, but you wouldn't serve them
to your guests on Thanksgiving. So being

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in a mindset where you would serve
your leftovers to God should be something that

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stops. Now. The balance in
this life is so key. There are

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those that go off the spiritual handle
want to give away everything and on the

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surface, that doesn't sound bad,
does it. However, I hear the

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aftermath, the frustration, the feelings
of abandonment when people give up all that

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they have and then feel as if
God has somehow left them. Because the

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things that you have you should have
to provide for you and your family.

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But God should be a part of
your family. It's not that you'd give

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all your money to one child.
That to be a balanced parent, a

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balanced member of the family is to
put into it in a way that's healthy

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and beneficial for all involved, and
not put yourself in a place where the

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enemy can get a foothold and make
you regret your decisions. If you are

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good at music, it doesn't mean
that it has to be a Christian band.

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You can still praise God in many
ways using those gifts and abilities.

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The important thing is to use them
and always use them to the glory of

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God. Talking about leftovers, why, because everyone talks about leftovers after Thanksgiving.

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You can't turn on the TV or
look at a magazine or even in

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the newspaper without seeing some story on
how to use your leftovers. However,

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although when it comes to food,
leftovers are a good thing. You certainly

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wouldn't serve them to your guests the
first time out right, it's not what

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Thanksgiving is about. However, that
tends to be the meal that God gets

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is your leftovers based on whatever you
have, and really you're called to give

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God, to give to God from
every part of who you are and everything

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that you have. Your talents,
your money, your time, None of

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these things should be your leftovers to
God. Always seeking new ways to serve

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and to glorify God should be the
concern. In just a little bit,

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we want to take your calls.
As always, you are welcome to bring

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your thoughts, your questions dealing with
theology, God, religion, spirituality,

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world views, or if you're going
through something in life you want to talk

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about it, you can call us
as well. We'd love to hear from

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you anywhere in the us of a
dial eight seven seven Holy Host numerically eight

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seven seven four sixty five nine four
sixty seven. The disciples themselves use their

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talents, and if you remember in
scripture that I looked for people that had

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certain abilities, you may have thought, well, that seems weird. Why

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would you choose that, Why would
you choose fishermen for example? Well,

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fishermen were known to be people with
work ethic. It's just not something you

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could sit by and let happen.
Now, there might be some women right

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now saying, hey, woy,
my husband fishes. Trust me, you

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can sit around and just let it
happen. But as fishermen, when you're

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doing it for money, that really
you had to be out there for long

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periods of time, very dedicated and
focused to that one task. You have

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to add great, great patience.
And if you remember in script sure I

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said follow me, I will make
you fishers of men, speaking to uh

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Simon, Peter and Andrew his brother, and they left it all and followed

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me. And this happened again,
as there were others that we came across.

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But for you know, the beginning
of the art of fishing, this

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produced a particular type of person.
Could be very strenuous. Work had to

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be a very coordinated effort, if
you had partners, and you couldn't just

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sit around being lazy and doing nothing. Now were fishermen did they tend to

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be a little salty in their language
and attitude? Yeah? Who. My

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concern was to get those with that
work ethic. And here are people in

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scripture that use those gifts and abilities, those talents of being able to gather

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fish with patience and technique and coordinated
effort and use them to the glory of

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God. And that's what I want
to do with you. I want to

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take your abilities and the things that
you do well, and I want to

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use them to the glory of God. Brent, welcome to the Jesus Christ

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show. Yes, I have a
small question. It's confusioning me slightly.

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Okay, after Jesus pasted for forty
days of forty nights, Satan walked up

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to him and said, worship me
and I will I will give you all

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of this, and he was talking
about the earth. My question is,

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who is the ruler of the earth
today? Is that Jesus or God Satan.

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That's where I'm confused. I'm getting
into some conversations with people, sure,

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and it can become confusing based on
understanding the stations of the individuals.

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In this case, always God controls
everything. However, for the non believer,

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the God of this world is going
to be Satan. Okay, So,

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and scripture talks about that that the
God of this world is really going

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to be based on those that don't
believe those that are wrapped up in in

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unbelief, for the ones that are
going to be bound by it. Second

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Corinthians four to four. The God
of this age is blinded the minds of

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unbelievers, speaking of the devil lower
case g so that so that they cannot

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see the light of the Gospel,
the glory of Christ, who is the

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image of God. So the people
that will be blinded by it and really

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subjects to the devil will be the
unbelievers, not the believers. So what

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it essentially means is not that the
that the devil has full authority. What

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it means is that the devil this
has become the playground of the enemy in

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such a way because of the choices
of the individuals with free will, that

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he, in fact, it's like
being voted there, he in fact becomes

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the God of this world because people
want the devil more than they want God.

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Now, those aren't the believers,
those are the non believers. So

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as long as people are calling upon
that kind of wickedness, or as the

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Satanic Bible that has only one commandment, and that commandment is due as thou

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wilt as the whole of the law. So as long as there are people

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that just want to do what they
want, then yes they're going to be

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serving that particular God. But make
no mistake that the Holy Father, God

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in Heaven has power and dominion over
everything and merely allows the enemy to have

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his agenda on earth for this time, because in that process becomes a purification

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that is necessary for humans to make
their decisions, and to make a pure

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decision for love. In order to
do something good, you have to have

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the option not to do something good
to make it have any valuable, any

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value. That's what makes that choice
a moral one and not just a choice.

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So in practicing and participating in that
and choosing God, you have to

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have the option not to choose God. And in not choosing God, you

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choose the enemy. And that's what
makes him powerful on this planet. But

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he is not a god in that
sense. He has power here as long

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as people give him power here,
but not to the believer. The believer

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is separate and apart from and only
brings the enemy into things when they choose

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against the will of God. So
being a follower of being a Christian,

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then the ruler of as you stated
earlier, than the ruler of the earth

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is God always is the people's choice
to let them determine who their ruler is

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going to be. Yes, John
twelve thirty one says, now is the

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time for judgment on this world.
Now the prince of this world speaking about

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Satan will be driven out. But
before that time, people will have a

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choice to either serve the enemy.
People say, oh, well, I'm

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just not going to serve a God. I don't believe in God. You

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are serving one or the other.
That's the way this planet works. But

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God allows that. God allows that
because he also knows that there are those

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that will choose against the enemy and
choose good and go towards God always.

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So that it's not that God is
released full of thought. It's that the

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enemy has so much authority in the
filth and the pollution of this world,

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and in that darkness and that ugliness
that people bring upon this earth. The

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enemy has power and strength in those
places. Then that makes the enemy a

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very powerful creature here on earth in
that context, so much so that that

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the enemy could offer me the greatest
cities of the land as a temptation,

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but only the things that are temple
temporal, only the things that can rock,

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only the things that will go away
and never the things that are eternal.

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And God is about eternity, not
just about the temporal eighty ninety one

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hundred years. You're on this planet, right, There's more to it than

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that. So the enemy, by
default, because of the way people choose

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against God, then he gets the
vote on earth, which gives him the

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power and the authority on Earth that
God allows with that particular agenda, knowing

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that true love can only come from
the option of not having to do it.

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And so the enemy kind of capitalizes
on that on this earth and becomes

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powerful in that sense. But not
always. As John twelve to thirty one

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points out, there will be a
judgment and he will fall during that judgment

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as well. Thank you very much. You made it very clear. I

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appreciate You're very welcome. I appreciate
you taking the time to call. I

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know that that can be a confusing
one, especially when it comes to the

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enemy and the way the enemy plays
It seems as if, well, you

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know, why would God allow this? Well, this is part of your

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purification process too, and people have
to have the right to choose against God,

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and in doing so, they choose
the devil. Mark welcome, to

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the Jesus Christ Show. Good morning
to you and the Lord. Bless you,

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man, thank you, thank you. Hey, you know I'm reading

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Job. I've read it a couple
of times and and and you know,

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I love the Lord and I know
that you know, the Lord has you

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know, knows everything, future,
present, past, knows what's going to

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go on and everything. And I
just don't understand why, if if the

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Lord knew or God knew, that
Job wasn't in a budge from from him

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and go with Satan, why did
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mean, you know here on earth
you got your children, and all his

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children were killed. Everything was taken
away from him. And it seems to

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me just could like it was a
bet from God to Satan that hey,

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I'll bet you you can't do it. You know, I'm gonna allow you

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to do this to him, but
don't kill him. But if he knew,

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Job wasn't in a budge, why
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And I don't understand it. Well, you sort of answer yourself when you

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said that God knows, God knows
the past, president and future, so

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it wasn't for his knowledge. So
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well, whose knowledge could it be
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and it could be for Job.
That when scripture you noticed that even I,

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when I walked this earth, would
ask questions that you knew I knew

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the answer to, but I asked
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could get the answer. When you
look at different parts of Scripture when people

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are called to really heavy things,
the story of Job absolutely looks like it's

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some sort of bar bet between the
Father and the devil. And that's not

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the case. And what's not known
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Regardless that those things could have happened
in a normal course of life. People

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do lose family members, things do
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it's not about that that when someone
gets ill, this is God and the

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Devil making a bet. In this
particular case, it was really a point

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of showing the Devil and even Job, the intensity of Job's faith, not

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about God coming to some understanding or
even using him as a robot. God

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tested Job within the realm of Job
wanting to be tested. Job, it

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says, was righteous man and somebody
who's sought God and the things that he

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did, but ultimately everything that you
see Job go through, you can take

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parts of it and look at your
life and go wow. You know,

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Job pushed through during this, even
with bad counsel from friends, even all

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the things that were going on in
his life, he continued to stay focused,

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and so are you. You're supposed
to be focused on God through all

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things. So there's a lot that's
taught through this as well. Now there

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are many that go into service to
fight for this country, not because this

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country is perfect and or everyone in
it is perfect, but because the premise

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or concept of this country is perfect
in their eyes and one that's important to

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defend. That doesn't mean that it's
always going to be righteous. That doesn't

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mean that they're not going to have
blood on their hands. That doesn't mean

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that they're not going to go through
war, which is ugly. It means

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for something greater they push forward.
And that's the same with Job. It

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didn't matter. See, humans tend
to look at this world as the end

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all beat all. This is it. This is the most important part of

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all of it, and God sees
it as reverse. This is not the

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most important part. Heaven is,
and this is just merely a purification process.

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Prior to heaven. So what you
value and you look at even family

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are not the most valuable things to
God. They're important as they teach you

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about the family of God. They're
important because they teach you how to be

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selfless. All these things are important, but it's about what's what's understood about

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that process of family and living is
what's important for heaven. So when God

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does certain things, it may look
like, oh, wow, he's trashing

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his own creation, something that if
you did, would be a sin.

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But for God to do it,
it's not because what God's doing is purifying

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his creation and testing it beyond measure
so that you know the most important thing

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is is that the person grows and
continues to grow towards God. Job's a

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heavy book, no doubt about it, and it's a one worth reading more

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than once. But keep in mind
that all these things are not like you

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know, what was the movie Trading
Places, where they're making a bet in

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a bathroom for a dollar over you
know, two people's life, seeing if

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they can ruin one and make one
better. That's not what it is.

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It's God saying, hey, natural
things are going to happen. People are

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going to lose family, people are
gonna, you know, get sick.

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Things are going to happen, and
and my man, Job is going to

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hang tight and going to hang with
me throughout the entirety of it. And

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that's to prove to the enemy and
also to prove to Job. Catherine,

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Welcome to the Jesus Christ Show.
Hi, Jesus Hello. I'm a big

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scheme of things. God, who
always was and simply is, made us.

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Why did he make us? We
seem to be such a complicated mess?

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Oh boy? I could ask you
the same about children, couldn't I.

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Yeah, Well, I just want
to know why God made us,

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because that's the simplest answer. Got
up and well, what's the meaning?

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God is a creator? By definition, there is no need for a meaning.

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That's a very human t rate to
go, well, why why are

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we here? Or why did God
create us? There is no need.

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I had no need whatsoever. I
didn't I wasn't lonely. I didn't go,

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Gosh, it would really be nice
if I had this. I just

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did. That's simply it. Anybody, It's a complicated mess of a creation.

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Oh but it's so beautiful. And
really, the humans tend to be

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stuck in the middle of things and
never see the end of the story.

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Could you imagine if you watched It's
a Wonderful Life and you stopped, you

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know, three quarters of the way
through, it'd be a horrible film.

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It'd be the status film on the
planet. But if you watch it in

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its entirety to the very end,
you see that it is truly a wonderful

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life. Alex, Welcome to the
Jesus Christ Show. Hey Jesus, Yes,

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listen. I have a question about
why scripture, the themes of scripture

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seem to become more popular than the
actual words of scripture. Okay, for

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example, Okay, for example,
you see like horror movies and and action

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films where you see angels or demons. You might even see like references to

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not often visuals, but references to
before horsemen, and it all seems to

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be more it's more like the writer
just taking those ideas, those names.

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Well you mean, Hollywood's stealing ideas. Oh the heck, you say,

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right, I know, yes,
the Bible has been picked in pilfed and

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all kinds of stories. I mean, even you know, wonderful and creative

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films like The Matrix Really deals.
Neo is a is a Jesus type character,

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and that's throughout script throughout film,
you'll find scripture in there and concepts

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because the concepts are really quite masterful, and people try and reject them,

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or they you know, kind of
pick and poke what they like, and

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in doing so they remove it and
they pass it along to someone else,

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not with it, not saying that
it's with scripture. And there's many tons

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of films. I mean, the
Green Mile is about a character called John

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Coffee JC who has the ability to
miraculously heal people and was a prisoner,

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and uh, you know, there's
the concepts will continue be taken by by

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Hollywood and writers and the like.
Because the concepts are powerful, doesn't mean

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people are accountable to them or that
they want to dive in and see why

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they're powerful. They just kind of
use them as literary devices, I know,

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but that's just it. I feel
like I feel like that there should

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be a certain a greater degree of
appreciation there of reference. Sure I'm not,

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I'm kind of agnostic. I'm not
sure what I believe or how strongly,

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but I know that there's power in
the verses, and I feel like

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the best way to do something is
to get it accurately, and I'm often

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turned off by the way people talk
about things like how angels think like they

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you know, they're they're actually kind
of sad to be up in heaven all

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the time, or board or something, and how you know what, Unfortunately

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we're up against the clock because you're
just getting to a place where I'd love

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to poke more at. Maybe we'll
have time. KF on demand