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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for joining us here today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope,

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<v Speaker 1>the audio broadcast ministry of Pastor Rick Warren. Today we

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<v Speaker 1>continue in a series called the Seven Greatest Words of Love.

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<v Speaker 1>There are seven words, in particular that Jesus spoke during

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<v Speaker 1>his final hours on the Cross that hold the keys

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<v Speaker 1>for finding fulfillment in your life, relationships, and even your career.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, here's Pastor Rick with part two of a

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<v Speaker 1>message called the Word of Trust.

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<v Speaker 2>When Jesus taught us to pray, he said, you're to

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<v Speaker 2>pray like this our father who art in heaven. That

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<v Speaker 2>blew everybody's mind, because up to this point, every faith,

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<v Speaker 2>every religion, taught that God is distant. God is big,

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<v Speaker 2>he's powerful, he's cosmic, he's mighty. He may be merciful,

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<v Speaker 2>but you certainly don't call him father. But Jesus changed

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<v Speaker 2>it all. He blew the stereotypes, and he said, when

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<v Speaker 2>you talk to God, you talk to him like he's

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<v Speaker 2>your daddy. In fact, the word he used in Aramic

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<v Speaker 2>abba literally means daddy, papa. It's the first word every

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<v Speaker 2>Middle East child learns. Abba dad, dad, papa. It's easy

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<v Speaker 2>to say. And so Jesus told us when you pray,

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<v Speaker 2>start with praying Father. And when Jesus is dying on

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<v Speaker 2>the cross his last words there he starts with the

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<v Speaker 2>word Father. Now the judgment period for sin is all over.

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<v Speaker 2>He's now reconciled to God. He's not talking of some

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<v Speaker 2>impersonal force, some uninterested, distant deity. He's talking to Father.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says this John sixteen twenty eight. Jesus said,

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<v Speaker 2>I came from the Father, and I entered the world,

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<v Speaker 2>and now I'm leaving the world and I'm going back

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<v Speaker 2>to the Father. So what do we know about God

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<v Speaker 2>since he wants us to call him father. A lot

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<v Speaker 2>of people have a problem with this because they had

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<v Speaker 2>bad dads and their dad was distant, Their dad was demeaning,

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<v Speaker 2>their dad was destructive, their dad was, you know, detached.

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<v Speaker 2>Is that the way our father in heaven is No.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible tells us that God is a caring father.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a consistent father. He's a close father, and he's

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<v Speaker 2>a capable father. And he loves you more than you

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<v Speaker 2>can even possibly imagine. The Bible says in Psalm one

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<v Speaker 2>oh three, verse thirteen, as a father has compassion on

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<v Speaker 2>his children. So the Lord that's God has compassion on

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<v Speaker 2>those who honor him. I don't know what you're going

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<v Speaker 2>through today. You may be having a financial crisis, a

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<v Speaker 2>physical crisis, a conflict in your marriage. I don't care.

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<v Speaker 2>I do care, but I mean, I don't know what

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<v Speaker 2>you're going through. But I would say this, you have

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<v Speaker 2>a heavenly Father in heaven who is close, caring, competent, capable,

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<v Speaker 2>and consistent, and he cares. And if you're going through

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<v Speaker 2>the dark days, you need to get your eyes off

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<v Speaker 2>the pain and onto the Father Father. That God, who

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<v Speaker 2>knows everything that's going in your life, sees everything that's

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<v Speaker 2>going on in your life, cares about everything that's going

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<v Speaker 2>on in your life, has the power to change everything

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<v Speaker 2>in your life and will help you if you will

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<v Speaker 2>trust him. I want you to write this down in

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<v Speaker 2>your line. God loves me more than I do. That's

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<v Speaker 2>probably a shock to some of you. God loves me

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<v Speaker 2>more than I do. Did you know that you don't

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<v Speaker 2>love yourself as much as God loves you. God loves

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<v Speaker 2>you more than you love you because God is love.

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<v Speaker 2>God is the essence of all love. It all came

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<v Speaker 2>from Him. And no matter what you are facing right now,

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<v Speaker 2>you need to say I have a father in heaven

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<v Speaker 2>who loves me. That's how he starts. But he doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>just love you. And here's the second thing you need

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<v Speaker 2>to remember. It's in this sentence. Not only do I

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<v Speaker 2>have a father in heaven who loves me? Number two,

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<v Speaker 2>my father can be trusted. My father talking about in heaven,

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<v Speaker 2>the God of Heaven, he can be trusted. Now, you

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<v Speaker 2>may have had a physical father who couldn't be trusted,

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<v Speaker 2>and inconsistent fathers produce insecure children. I talked to guy

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<v Speaker 2>one time. He said, I didn't know from week to

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<v Speaker 2>week whether my dad was gonna slug me or gonna

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<v Speaker 2>hug me. I didn't know just whether he was drunk

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<v Speaker 2>or not or whatever whatever mood he was in. Inconsistent

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<v Speaker 2>fathers produced insecure children. But your heavenly father is not

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<v Speaker 2>only one who loves you. He's one you can trust.

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<v Speaker 2>You can trust him. And this is the word of

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<v Speaker 2>the trust. And Jesus says, Father, I trust my spirit.

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<v Speaker 2>I entrust my life into your care. That's why I

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<v Speaker 2>call this the word of trust. Now, one of the

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<v Speaker 2>greatest decisions you're gonna have to make in life is this,

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<v Speaker 2>who are you going to trust? You got to make

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<v Speaker 2>that decision. Who are you going to trust? Who are

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<v Speaker 2>you going to trust with your life? Okay, let's just

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<v Speaker 2>throw out some options and let's vote. How many would say,

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<v Speaker 2>I think I'll trust Congress. No, I don't. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>see any hands going up on that one. Okay, since

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<v Speaker 2>they're in the bottom of the barrel right now with credibility.

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<v Speaker 2>How about I think, uh, I'm gonna trust. How about

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<v Speaker 2>the media. I think I'm gonna I'm gonna build my

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<v Speaker 2>life on what the media says. How about I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>trust my life to popular opinion? No, how about I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna trust my life to my emotions. Oh that's a

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<v Speaker 2>good one. How reliable are they? Your emotions lie to

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<v Speaker 2>you all the time. You know. One of the simplest

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<v Speaker 2>things that will help you be a lot happier is this,

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<v Speaker 2>Realize you don't have to believe everything your mind tells you.

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<v Speaker 2>Not everything you tell yourself is true. A lot of

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<v Speaker 2>times you tell yourself things are worse off than they

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<v Speaker 2>really are, and a lot of times you tell yourself

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<v Speaker 2>they're better off than they really are. You don't you

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<v Speaker 2>lie to yourself all the time, and your emotions lie

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<v Speaker 2>to you all the time, so I would not highly

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<v Speaker 2>recommend that who are you gonna trust with your life?

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<v Speaker 2>I want to make a recommendation. I recommend that you

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<v Speaker 2>put your trust into someone who A Knows everything, b

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<v Speaker 2>will always put your interest first, and see will always

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<v Speaker 2>tell you the truth even if it hurts. Now, there's

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<v Speaker 2>one person who's always going to God because he's perfect,

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<v Speaker 2>and I want to suggest that you always put your

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<v Speaker 2>trust in him. Father, I in trust. I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>trust you with my life. I'm going through this dark

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<v Speaker 2>period right now. I don't know which way I'm going.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know which way is up. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>where I'm going to be in the next five days,

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<v Speaker 2>much less five months. But I'm going to trust my

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<v Speaker 2>spirit into your care. So I'm thirty three. Verse four

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<v Speaker 2>in the Bible says this, for every word of the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord holds true, and everything he does is worthy of

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<v Speaker 2>our trust. Friends, you can't say that about anybody. You

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<v Speaker 2>can't say that about me, your pastor. I love you,

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<v Speaker 2>but you can't trust everything I do because I'm a

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<v Speaker 2>fallible human being. You can't trust any human being to

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<v Speaker 2>always do the right thing, But you can't trust God.

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<v Speaker 2>I saw a bumper sticker the other day and it

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<v Speaker 2>said this, God said it. I believe it. That settles it. Okay, fine,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to make a new bumper sticker that says

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<v Speaker 2>God said it. That settles it, whether I believe it

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<v Speaker 2>or not. Because truth is not based on whether I

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<v Speaker 2>believe it or not. I could say I don't believe

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<v Speaker 2>the moon's made a rock, It's still made a rock.

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<v Speaker 2>I could say I believe the moon's made of cheese.

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<v Speaker 2>Doesn't matter what I believe. What matters is the truth.

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<v Speaker 2>God said it. That settles it, whether I believe it

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<v Speaker 2>or not. I'm going to put my trust in your word.

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<v Speaker 2>Now when Jesus says this, Father, I trust my spirit

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<v Speaker 2>in your hands. This word in trust. In Greek, it's

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<v Speaker 2>pariti themi pariti themi actually means to deposit. It's the

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<v Speaker 2>word that they would use for a safety deposit box.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what safety deposit boxes. You go to a bank,

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<v Speaker 2>you read a box, and you put your most valuable

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<v Speaker 2>property in that box for safekeeping. And in that safety

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<v Speaker 2>deposit box, it's locked, it's safe, it's secure, and nobody's

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<v Speaker 2>going to get at it. And you've made a deposit

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<v Speaker 2>in that safety box that's what this word means to entrust.

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<v Speaker 2>You say, God, I'm going to take my life. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to take the good, the bad, and the in between,

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<v Speaker 2>the ugly, the beautiful, every part, and I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>entrust it. I'm going to deposit it in your safety box,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm going to put my life, which is valuable

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<v Speaker 2>there for your safe keeping. The point is this, whatever

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<v Speaker 2>I give to God, I can trust him to take

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<v Speaker 2>care of I can give stuff to other people and

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<v Speaker 2>I can't always trust them to take care of it.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's one of the things that God says in

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<v Speaker 2>this verse. I have a track record of faithfulness, and

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<v Speaker 2>he says, I want you to make a deposit in

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<v Speaker 2>the safety deposit box in heaven, and I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to trust me with stuff. So here's the question. What

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<v Speaker 2>do you need to entrust to your heavenly father. What

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<v Speaker 2>do you need to trust or in trust to your

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<v Speaker 2>heavenly Father. You say, well, I don't know. Well, let

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<v Speaker 2>me give you a little hint. Anything you worry about

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<v Speaker 2>that's what you need to intrust to your heavenly father.

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<v Speaker 2>Anything you worry about, you worried about your health, you

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<v Speaker 2>need to trust that to your heavenly Father. You worried

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<v Speaker 2>about your future, you need to trust that to your

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<v Speaker 2>everything Father. You worry about your marriage or getting married,

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<v Speaker 2>or having a baby, or raising the kids, or a

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<v Speaker 2>new job, you need to trust. Anything you worry about

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<v Speaker 2>needs to be in trusted to your heavenly Father. I've

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<v Speaker 2>told you this before. Worry is practical atheism. It's acting

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<v Speaker 2>like there's no God, no heavenly Father who loves you

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<v Speaker 2>and can be trusted. Every time you worry, it's a

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<v Speaker 2>warning light you stop trusting God. It is an evidence

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<v Speaker 2>of unbelief. It's a failure to trust. Now the most

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<v Speaker 2>difficult time to trust God, of course, that's when you're

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<v Speaker 2>in pain. Remember Jesus is on the cross. He's just

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<v Speaker 2>had six hours of torture on the cross, and hours

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<v Speaker 2>and hours of torture before that. He's an enormous pain,

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<v Speaker 2>loss of blood, loss of sleep, no water, dehydrated, bleeding

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<v Speaker 2>to death. And in his worst pain, he says, I

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<v Speaker 2>intrust And that's when you're in pain that you need

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<v Speaker 2>to trust the most. Paul knew this. Look the next verse,

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<v Speaker 2>it's up here on the screen. Paul says, I'm suffering

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<v Speaker 2>here in prison, but I'm not ashamed of it, for

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<v Speaker 2>I know the one in whom I trust, and I

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<v Speaker 2>am sure that's confident. I am sure that he is

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<v Speaker 2>able to protect and keep. That means put in the

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<v Speaker 2>same safety deposit box. I am sure that the one

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<v Speaker 2>I trust in he's able to protect and keep what

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<v Speaker 2>I've entrusted to him until the day of his return.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what it means to trust God. God, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>trust you to do what I can't do. I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>trust you. And the point is that he does the keeping. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, sometimes I talk to people and say, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I would follow Jesus Christ, but I don't know that

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<v Speaker 2>I could be consistent. I'm afraid I would kind of

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<v Speaker 2>flake out. I'm afraid that I'd get weak and I'd

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<v Speaker 2>walk away. I'd like to be saved, I'd like to

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<v Speaker 2>have experienced salvation in my life, but I'm not afraid

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<v Speaker 2>that I can keep my commitment. Let me let you

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<v Speaker 2>in an a little secret. You don't do the keeping.

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<v Speaker 2>He does it. He does the keeping. You put your

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<v Speaker 2>life in the safety deposit box. He turns the key,

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<v Speaker 2>he keeps the saying. It is not your job to

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<v Speaker 2>than I would want them to be. Now they're squirming

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<v Speaker 2>Because I am their loving and your heavenly Father holds

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<v Speaker 2>just do the trusting. Now, while I'm on this, let

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<v Speaker 2>me just cover a couple of special occasions people often

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<v Speaker 2>babies and mentally, you know, ill or mentally incapacitated people

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<v Speaker 2>and can't commit themselves Christ. Where are they going to

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<v Speaker 2>a baby. If a baby dies, or someone who's mentally

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<v Speaker 2>of these. When King David's baby infant son died in

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<v Speaker 2>Second Samuel, chapter one, he said, can I bring him

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<v Speaker 2>and what happens to them. The answer is this, they

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<v Speaker 2>do not lose heaven. They do lose some reward in heaven,

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<v Speaker 2>they do not lose their salvation. Now, let me explain

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<v Speaker 2>had great fellowship with them with joy and love, and

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<v Speaker 2>had a great relationship with my parents. But let's say

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<v Speaker 2>genocide and all kinds of things. The relationship would be strained,

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<v Speaker 2>the fellowship would be broken. But I don't care if

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<v Speaker 2>the fellowship is broken. I'm still their son. Nothing will

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<v Speaker 2>the house, They're still your child. They can't Once you're born,

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<v Speaker 2>be unborn again. You are safe. Does that make sense?

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<v Speaker 2>You are safe. You might lose the fellowship, and there

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<v Speaker 2>might be strained fellowship between this and we're not talking

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<v Speaker 2>to each other, But you're still my daughter. You're still

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<v Speaker 2>my son. And the Bible says that, look at this

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<v Speaker 2>all the time. Many deceivers who don't acknowledge Jesus as

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<v Speaker 2>So he said, you know not everything you hear out

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<v Speaker 2>you have worked for. Circle The phrase worked for watch

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<v Speaker 2>out that you don't lose what you have worked for, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>but that you will be fully rewarded. Now question, do

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<v Speaker 2>you work for your salvation? Huh No, So if you didn't,

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<v Speaker 2>this is not what he's talking about here. He's not

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<v Speaker 2>talking about salvation because you don't work for your salvation.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't earn it. We've talked last week. It was

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<v Speaker 2>all done for you. You don't work for it. It's

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<v Speaker 2>all that. That's the difference between Christianity and every other religion.

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<v Speaker 2>Every other religion is a due and they'll have their

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<v Speaker 2>list of dos and don'ts. Christianity says, done has already

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<v Speaker 2>He did what we can't do. So he's not talking

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<v Speaker 2>about that. He's saying the rewards that you're going to

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<v Speaker 2>have in heaven, he could lose some of those. Let

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<v Speaker 2>me ask you, this one's very personal to me. What

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<v Speaker 2>about believers who commit suicide okay and in a moment

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<v Speaker 2>take their own life. And the answer is, if they

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<v Speaker 2>were a true believer, they're going to heaven. They're going

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<v Speaker 2>to heaven. We'll say, isn't suicide and unpardonable sin? The

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<v Speaker 2>answer is no, it is not, it is not. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says there's only one sin that is unforgivable,

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<v Speaker 2>only one in the entire and it isn't suicide, by

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<v Speaker 2>the way. In fact, some of the greatest saints in

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<v Speaker 2>history in the Bible were suicidal. Some of them were

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<v Speaker 2>very depressed and despair. Some wished at low points that

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<v Speaker 2>they'd never been born. David in the Bible, Jeremiah in

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible, Job and the Bible also that I wish

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<v Speaker 2>that I had never been born. That's pretty depressed. And

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<v Speaker 2>they were great believers. And there were three people in

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible actually asked God to kill them, to take

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<v Speaker 2>their lives. Moses asked God to take his life. Elijah

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<v Speaker 2>asked God to take his life. Jonah asked God to

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<v Speaker 2>take his life. That's pretty depressed, he said, God, just

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<v Speaker 2>kill me, Just kill me. If you feel that much

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<v Speaker 2>in despair, you feel that depressed, do not carry it

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<v Speaker 2>by yourself. It's not a sin to be sick. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not a sin to feel depressed. The Bible says there's

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<v Speaker 2>only one unforgivable sin, only one. It's called blasphemy against

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<v Speaker 2>the Holy Spirit. What does that mean? What does blasphem

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<v Speaker 2>against Holy Spirit. It means rejecting God's grace and rejecting

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<v Speaker 2>Christ all the way up to death. It means to

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<v Speaker 2>die rejecting Christ. So let me put your mind at ease,

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<v Speaker 2>because some of you think, have I ever committed the

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<v Speaker 2>unpardonable sin, the unforgivable sin? You wonder about that? Okay?

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<v Speaker 2>Number One, if you've ever worried that you committed the sin,

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<v Speaker 2>you haven't because if you had, you wouldn't worry about it. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>So if you worry I've done the one unforgivable sin,

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<v Speaker 2>you ain't done it. For end. Sorry, the fact that

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<v Speaker 2>you're worried about it, you're concerned about it, means you

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<v Speaker 2>you haven't done it. Second thing is, if you're alive,

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<v Speaker 2>you haven't committed the sin because you can only commit

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<v Speaker 2>it by dying rejecting Christ. So if you're alive, you

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<v Speaker 2>cannot commit the sin. You can only commit it by dying,

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<v Speaker 2>saying forget you God, and I croak and I die.

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<v Speaker 2>Does that ease up anybody's mind a little bit? Here? Okay?

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<v Speaker 2>let's go to the third great news. When I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>trust him with every air of my life. And I

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<v Speaker 2>shouldn't worry. I should commit it and trust everything I'm

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<v Speaker 2>thing we learned from this passage is that my father

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<v Speaker 2>We only see the material things in life, but we

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<v Speaker 2>know that there's a lot of things going on in

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't mean it's not real. It's as real. It's what

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<v Speaker 2>there are radio waves and television waves running through this

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<v Speaker 2>They're in this air right now. There are all kinds

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<v Speaker 2>You cannot see them. Just because you cannot see them

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<v Speaker 2>does not make them false. There's far more to life

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<v Speaker 2>just the physical. In fact, the things that are going

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<v Speaker 2>This building will want day deteriorate, the trees will deteriorate,

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<v Speaker 2>and your body is deteriorating. Hate to tell you that,

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