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<v Speaker 1>You know, we really live in a world that's full

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<v Speaker 1>of competing beliefs and values and choices, and what you

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<v Speaker 1>believe shapes how you live and ultimately who you become.

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<v Speaker 1>But the good news is God hasn't left us to

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<v Speaker 1>figure it all out alone.

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<v Speaker 2>No.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, today, on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to continue our series Reframing Your Worldview, where Rick Warren

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<v Speaker 1>unpacks powerful truths from God's Word to help you see

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<v Speaker 1>life clearly and live it with confidence and purpose. So

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<v Speaker 1>let's get ready for Rick and part one of a

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<v Speaker 1>message called how did the World get so Messed Up?

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<v Speaker 2>Not everything in the world is good, Not.

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<v Speaker 3>Everything in the world is happy, Not everything in the

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<v Speaker 3>world is beautiful. In fact, real evil does exist in

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<v Speaker 3>the world. You can pick up any kind of newspaper.

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<v Speaker 3>You start going through it, you're going to find out

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<v Speaker 3>that in the international section, you're going to find terrorism

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<v Speaker 3>and war and genocide. You go through the national section,

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<v Speaker 3>you're going to find political payoffs and lies and scams

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<v Speaker 3>and churches set on fire. You go through the local section,

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<v Speaker 3>you're going to find rapes and abuse and murder and arson.

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<v Speaker 3>You go through the business section, you're going to find scandals.

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<v Speaker 3>You're going to find fraud, graft, embezzlement. You go through

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<v Speaker 3>the sports section, you'll find drug use, illegal gambling, adultery.

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<v Speaker 3>You go through the entertainment section and find too many

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<v Speaker 3>scandals and send to even mention. No rational person can

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<v Speaker 3>really deny that evil, real evil exists in this world.

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<v Speaker 3>Now we're in this series on Worldview, seeing the world

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<v Speaker 3>and seeing my life as it really is we'd like

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<v Speaker 3>it to be, but as it really is, and we're

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<v Speaker 3>looking at six major questions. We've already looked at first week,

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<v Speaker 3>does it really matter.

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<v Speaker 2>What I believe?

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<v Speaker 3>And we talked about the sincerity method. It's not enough

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<v Speaker 3>to say well, as long as you're sincere, you can

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<v Speaker 3>be sincerely wrong. And then the second week we looked

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<v Speaker 3>at how do I know what's really true?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, what are that?

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<v Speaker 3>And we looked at the five ways you can test

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<v Speaker 3>something to know whether it's true or not. And then

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<v Speaker 3>last week we looked at who am I and where

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<v Speaker 3>did I come from? Today we're gonna look at this

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<v Speaker 3>fourth question, how did the world get so messed up?

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<v Speaker 3>If you'll take out your message notes, we're gonna look

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<v Speaker 3>at four things I want us to look at the

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<v Speaker 3>reason it got messed up, and then we're gonna look

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<v Speaker 3>at the results.

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<v Speaker 2>How what happened to the world.

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<v Speaker 3>Then we're gonna look at God's rationale, why did God

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<v Speaker 3>allow it to happen? And then finally your response, now,

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<v Speaker 3>let's get right into it, into the red. How did

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<v Speaker 3>the world get.

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<v Speaker 2>So messed up?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, the reason is is you might write it down,

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<v Speaker 3>We've all sinned. We have all sinned, and when we sin,

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<v Speaker 3>it brings evil into the world. Now what is sin, Well,

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<v Speaker 3>sin is any attitude or any action against God.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what it is.

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<v Speaker 3>It's any attitude or any action against God. And when

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<v Speaker 3>we do things that are against God or think things

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<v Speaker 3>that are against God, it brings sin into the world

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<v Speaker 3>and it creates evil. Now where did it all get started, Well,

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<v Speaker 3>it started back for the very first couple, Adam and Eve,

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<v Speaker 3>back in.

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<v Speaker 2>The Garden of Eden. In fact, the Bible says this,

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<v Speaker 2>look in your outline.

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<v Speaker 3>Sin came into the world because of what one man did,

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<v Speaker 3>that's Adam.

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<v Speaker 2>And with sin came what death.

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<v Speaker 3>There was no death prior to this, but he said

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<v Speaker 3>it came into the world with sin, and it didn't

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<v Speaker 3>just stop with Adam and Eve. We've all been culprits.

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<v Speaker 3>To the next verse, let's read it aloud. There is

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<v Speaker 3>not a single person in all the earth who is

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<v Speaker 3>always good and never sins.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's kind of a no brainer.

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<v Speaker 3>I've never met anybody who's ever claimed to be perfect,

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<v Speaker 3>not one.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't measure up.

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<v Speaker 3>To my own standards, much less God's a perfect God.

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<v Speaker 3>I disappoint myself, I disappoint others much less not living

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<v Speaker 3>up to a.

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<v Speaker 2>Standard of perfection.

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<v Speaker 3>So sin is a universal problem, one hundred percent. The

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<v Speaker 3>Bible says, all have sin. That includes me, That includes you,

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<v Speaker 3>It includes the pope, it includes everybody who's ever lived.

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<v Speaker 2>All have sinned.

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible says, there is none righteous, no, not one.

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible says, there's not a just man upon the

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<v Speaker 3>earth that doeth good and sinneth not. The Bible says,

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<v Speaker 3>if we claim we have not sinned, we deceive ourselves,

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<v Speaker 3>and the truth is not in us. In other words,

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<v Speaker 3>if you say you've never sinned, it is lying, because

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<v Speaker 3>the fact is all of us have had attitudes.

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<v Speaker 2>And actions against God.

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<v Speaker 3>Now you may not understand this, of known this, but

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<v Speaker 3>there are actually three kinds of wrongdoing in the Bible.

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<v Speaker 3>One is called sin, one is called transgressions, and one

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<v Speaker 3>is called iniquity. What's the difference between sins and transaggressions

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<v Speaker 3>and iniquities? Sin is actually an English term. It's actually

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<v Speaker 3>an archery term. And it was an archery term. If

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<v Speaker 3>you were out shooting a bow and arrow and you

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<v Speaker 3>had a big, you know, target that you're shooting at,

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<v Speaker 3>and if you shot it and the arrow fell short,

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<v Speaker 3>it missed the mark. That is called sin. And sin

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<v Speaker 3>literally just means falling short. It means missing the mark.

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<v Speaker 3>You shoot an arrow toward the target and it doesn't

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<v Speaker 3>even get there. It falls short. And that's why the

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<v Speaker 3>Bible says in Romans three twenty three, all have sin

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<v Speaker 3>and fallen short. I've got a friend who's a pastor

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<v Speaker 3>in Texas, and he was talking about this first one time.

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<v Speaker 3>He said, we've all fallen short. And he said, but

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<v Speaker 3>thank God he forgives our falling shorts. I've had a

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<v Speaker 3>few falling shorts.

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<v Speaker 2>Too, so of both kinds.

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<v Speaker 3>But the point here is that when we fail to

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<v Speaker 3>meet God's purpose, if you don't fulfill God's purpose for

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<v Speaker 3>your life, you're falling short.

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<v Speaker 2>If there are.

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<v Speaker 3>Things that God wants you to do with your life

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<v Speaker 3>and you haven't done them, you're falling short. The Bible

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<v Speaker 3>says we've all done this, we've all fallen short. That's

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<v Speaker 3>called a sin. Now, the word transgressions the exact opposite.

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<v Speaker 3>It means to go past it. It means to go

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<v Speaker 3>not to fall short, but to go past. Transgression means

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<v Speaker 3>you go past the law. It means it's a deliberate, intentional,

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<v Speaker 3>willful decision to break the law.

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<v Speaker 2>In other words, when.

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<v Speaker 3>The law says you go sixty miles an hour and

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<v Speaker 3>I go eighty or ninety, that's a transgression. I am

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<v Speaker 3>intentional going past the law. You see the difference between

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<v Speaker 3>sin and transgression. One's falling short and one is going past.

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<v Speaker 3>And when I know that God says to do something,

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<v Speaker 3>that said, I want to do.

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<v Speaker 2>It anyway, that's not falling short.

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<v Speaker 3>That's going past. God has said there are certain parameters

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<v Speaker 3>in your life, and he says, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't want you to do these things.

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<v Speaker 3>And when I go past them and I break God's commandments,

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<v Speaker 3>that's a transgression. And then the third one is the

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<v Speaker 3>word iniquity, and iniquity actually talks about my heart.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the attitude of my heart.

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<v Speaker 3>It's the basic disposition to do my own thing, to wander.

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible compares human beings often to sheep, because sheep

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<v Speaker 3>are prone to wander, and the Bible says, all we,

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<v Speaker 3>like sheep, have gone astray. We've each turned into his

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<v Speaker 3>own way. In other words, everybody's done their own thing.

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<v Speaker 3>God says I want you to do this, and well,

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<v Speaker 3>I think I'll do that, and somebody says, I think

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<v Speaker 3>I'm gonna do that, and someonell says we have a

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<v Speaker 3>tendency to wander away from God. I will calls that iniquity.

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<v Speaker 3>It is my natural disposition. It's the intentions of my heart.

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<v Speaker 3>It can be jealousy, it can be anger, it can

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<v Speaker 3>be envy, it can be lying, it can all those

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<v Speaker 3>kind of it's the heart attitudes now in Psalms and

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<v Speaker 3>actually here on the screen Psalm thirty two, you can

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<v Speaker 3>see all three words used in the same verse. I

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<v Speaker 3>acknowledge my sin. That's the falling short to you. I

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<v Speaker 3>did not cover up my iniquity. That's my attitude to

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<v Speaker 3>just do my own thing. And I confess my transgressions.

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<v Speaker 3>That's going beyond breaking laws. And you forgive or forgave

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<v Speaker 3>my guilt. Now, the question to me is why do

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<v Speaker 3>we do this?

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<v Speaker 2>Why do we choose to ignore God? Why do when.

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<v Speaker 3>God made us, God loves us, God created us, We

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<v Speaker 3>owe everything God. Why do we choose to ignore God

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<v Speaker 3>and do our own thing?

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<v Speaker 2>Why do you sin? Why do I sin? Well?

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<v Speaker 3>The answers threefold. It's your nature, it's your nurture, and

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<v Speaker 3>it's your culture. Nature, nurture and culture. The reasons we

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<v Speaker 3>send first nature, The Bible says, because I'm a human being,

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<v Speaker 3>I got a human nature, which I got from Adam

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<v Speaker 3>the first men, and you inherited a natural tendency to

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<v Speaker 3>do your own thing. Look at these verses up here

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<v Speaker 3>on the screen. The Bible says Romans eighty seven. Your

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<v Speaker 3>sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did

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<v Speaker 3>obey God's laws and it never will. It's like a

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<v Speaker 3>little kid who doesn't want to obey their parents. I

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<v Speaker 3>want to do my own thing, Mommy, I say no, no.

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<v Speaker 3>None of you ever had your children say no to you?

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<v Speaker 3>Who taught them to say no? Nobody did that one

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<v Speaker 3>they learned that was in their nature. I want to

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<v Speaker 3>do what I want to do. That's called human nature

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<v Speaker 3>or sinful nature. It's a tendency to be self centered

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<v Speaker 3>about what you need.

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<v Speaker 2>I think about what do they think of me? You

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<v Speaker 2>do too, you.

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<v Speaker 3>Walk in the room, you're not automatically talking to somebody,

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<v Speaker 3>going how can.

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<v Speaker 2>I meet this person's deepest needs. That's not automatically on

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<v Speaker 3>What you usually think is what can I get out

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<v Speaker 3>of them? Or what do they think of me? You're

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<v Speaker 3>always focused on yourself, and that's nature. It's your nature,

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<v Speaker 3>and the Bible tells us this in Jeremiah, the heart

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<v Speaker 2>What does that mean?

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<v Speaker 3>It means that you and I have an amazing ability

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<v Speaker 3>to lie to ourselves and believe our own lies. And

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<v Speaker 3>we can tell ourselves it's not really a problem when

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<v Speaker 3>it is, and it's no big deal when it is

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<v Speaker 3>a big deal, and it'll get over it when we're

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<v Speaker 3>not going to get over it. We have an amazing ability.

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<v Speaker 2>To lie to ourselves.

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<v Speaker 3>You do and I do, And that's why we need

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<v Speaker 3>other people in our lives. That's why we need the

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<v Speaker 3>Bible to tell us the truth because we don't always

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<v Speaker 3>see the truth. And just because your heart tells you

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<v Speaker 3>to do something. Your heart can be lying to you.

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<v Speaker 3>me to do it. Well, your heart could be wrong,

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<v Speaker 2>Did you figure this out? Your parents weren't perfect.

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<v Speaker 3>marry turtles. Okay, it's just the fact of life. But

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<v Speaker 3>So nature makes you a sinner, and nurture makes you

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<v Speaker 3>a sinner. It makes me a sinner. Okay, nobody's perfect.

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<v Speaker 3>And then the Bible tells us that bad on the screen,

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<v Speaker 3>bad company corrupts good character. Have you ever seen a

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<v Speaker 3>go bad? Well, of course you have why because it's

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<v Speaker 3>not just my nature to do wrong. It's when I

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<v Speaker 3>And other people tend to teach me to do wrong.

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<v Speaker 3>And so I want to be cool, and I do

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<v Speaker 3>third thing that helps us to easiness and is culture.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not pulling us up, it's pulling us down. Culture

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<v Speaker 3>for you. And sin and satan used culture to kind of,

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<v Speaker 3>Don't let the world squeeze you in its mold, try

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<v Speaker 2>This is why we choose to sin now this morning.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not so interested in the fact that we blow it.

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<v Speaker 3>Into it, there's another verse I want you to see

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<v Speaker 3>on the screen it says this, only those with clean

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<v Speaker 3>hands and pure hearts will receive a blessing from the Lord. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>a pure heart. What does that mean? You've got to

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<v Speaker 3>be perfect to be blessed. Oh no, if you had

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<v Speaker 3>What it says is you have to have clean hands

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<v Speaker 3>and a pure art. What's that mean is it means

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<v Speaker 3>you've been washed. It means you've confessed. It means you've

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<v Speaker 3>admitted to God. God, I blow it. God knows you're

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<v Speaker 3>not going to be perfect. He just wants you to

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<v Speaker 3>admit it. How did the world get so messed up? Well,

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<v Speaker 3>it God messed up with Adam, and then we've all

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<v Speaker 3>followed in his example. Every time I sin, it damages something,

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<v Speaker 2>The world, or something.

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<v Speaker 3>Every time you do it does that too, And that's

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<v Speaker 3>the ways that our best. So the reason the world's

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<v Speaker 3>And the result is this, you might write it down.

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<v Speaker 3>other words, everything on this planet has been damaged, injured, spoiled,

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<v Speaker 3>God created it perfect. But we do live in a

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<v Speaker 3>and that's why they ask this question all the time, why.

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<v Speaker 3>we live in a fallen world, and that's why they

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<v Speaker 3>ask all of well, why is this happening? What's because

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<v Speaker 3>the world is not perfect, this is not heaven.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, people are being transformed by these messages. In fact,

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<v Speaker 1>here's Rick with a letter from one of our listeners.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, no matter how bad things seem, you can

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<v Speaker 3>always trust that God is active in your life, working

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<v Speaker 3>things out for the good. While you are waiting. God

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<v Speaker 3>is working. God always has your best interest at heart.

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<v Speaker 3>He's a good God. Today, I want to give you

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<v Speaker 3>young man, Tyler, who has seen how God is always

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<v Speaker 3>there even when circumstances seemed to be their worst. Tyler

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<v Speaker 3>wrote me said, you know, Rick, I haven't had a

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<v Speaker 3>close relationship with Christ. But then several events occurred in

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<v Speaker 3>my life all at once. First, my girlfriend broke up

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<v Speaker 3>All of this hit me at once, and I was

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<v Speaker 3>Christ through your Daily Hope podcast and through prayer and

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<v Speaker 3>in going to church, I finally found the joy in

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm a changed person.

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<v Speaker 3>Every day now, I listen to you, Rick, and I

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<v Speaker 3>read my daily devotional, and I look at life with

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<v Speaker 3>for me, I wasn't living for God. But this journey

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<v Speaker 3>has been so amazing. God is so good and the

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<v Speaker 3>best part is that I can wake up every day

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<v Speaker 3>knowing that He loves me and will listen to me,

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<v Speaker 3>and that Jesus Christ will take my worries from me.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm so thankful, Rick, that God woke me up and

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<v Speaker 3>changed me into a better and healthier person that I

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<v Speaker 3>am today. And I'm thankful for my savior, Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>So God bless you well.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks Tyler, Thanks for writing that encouraging letter. You have

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<v Speaker 3>experienced firsthand how much God cares for you, even in

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<v Speaker 3>the smallest details of your life, and through this what

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<v Speaker 3>was a very difficult season, he led you to Jesus,

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<v Speaker 3>the greatest gift you could ever receive. So did you

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<v Speaker 3>know that the Bible says in Luke fifteen, right now,

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<v Speaker 3>all of Heaven is rejoicing because you're a part of

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<v Speaker 3>God's family. The Bible says they have a party in

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<v Speaker 3>heaven every time one and steps across the line. And

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<v Speaker 3>what that means that you and I are now brothers.

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<v Speaker 3>Did you know that we're brothers in Christ and your

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<v Speaker 3>church family are your brothers and sisters here to walk

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<v Speaker 3>alongside you. So, Tyler, welcome to the Family of God.

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<v Speaker 3>And as you grow in your faith, staying connected with

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<v Speaker 3>a strong church community is so so important. I want

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<v Speaker 3>you to surround yourself with people who will encourage you

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<v Speaker 3>in the Lord, who will pray for you, who will

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<v Speaker 3>help you stay strong in your journey with Jesus and

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<v Speaker 3>just watch and see how God moves in your life

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<v Speaker 3>as you faithfully follow Him into your future. By the way,

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<v Speaker 3>you also mentioned that you listen to the Daily Hope podcast.

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<v Speaker 3>For anybody who hasn't checked that out yet, it is

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<v Speaker 3>completely free. It's completely available on all major platforms. It's

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<v Speaker 3>on Apple Podcasts, it's on Spotify, it's on wherever you

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<v Speaker 3>a Pastorrick dot com on the internet. Now, friends, we're

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<v Speaker 3>able to share Daily Hope with people around the world

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<v Speaker 3>because of your generosity listeners just like you, So let

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<v Speaker 3>me just stay here. Thanks, Thanks a lot, Thanks for

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<v Speaker 3>being a part of this community. Thanks for your contributions

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<v Speaker 3>to care for other people so that they could get

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<v Speaker 3>the word of God and build the hope that they need.

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<v Speaker 3>And they can keep seeking God and He will guide

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, be sure to join us next time when we

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<v Speaker 1>look into God's Word for our daily hope. This program

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