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<v Speaker 1>Hello, and thanks for joining us here on Pastor Rick's

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<v Speaker 1>Daily Hope, the audio broadcast ministry of Pastor Rick Warren. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>today we begin teaching a series called Uncommon Courage. In

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<v Speaker 1>these lessons, Rick is going to share biblical inspiration that

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<v Speaker 1>will help you get the courage you need to follow

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<v Speaker 1>God's calling on your life. If you'd love to help

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<v Speaker 1>the kids you know learn God's word, then stay with

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<v Speaker 1>us because in just a few minutes we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>tell you about God's big plans for me and easy

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<v Speaker 1>you want, you can just text the word daily to

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<v Speaker 1>eight hundred six hundred five thousand and four. That's the

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<v Speaker 1>word Daily to eight hundred six hundred five thousand and four.

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

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<v Speaker 1>message called standing Courageously for the Truth.

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<v Speaker 2>And this morning, I want us to look at the

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<v Speaker 2>courage to stand for what you believe. A lot of

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<v Speaker 2>Christians have a hard time speaking up for Jesus in public.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not a new problem two thousand years ago. The

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<v Speaker 2>Bible says this in the Book of John, chapter seven,

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<v Speaker 2>no one had the courage to speak favorably about Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>in public. I wonder if that's true of you. Do

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<v Speaker 2>you have the courage to speak publicly about Jesus favorably

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<v Speaker 2>or are you an Arctic river Christian frozen at the mouth.

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<v Speaker 2>Even Saint Paul sometimes needed encouragement to be courageous in

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<v Speaker 2>what he believed Acts Chapter eighteen. The Bible says this,

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<v Speaker 2>one night, the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision.

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<v Speaker 2>Be afraid, keep on speaking, and do not be silent.

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<v Speaker 2>If ever there was a message that you need in

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<v Speaker 2>today's culture, God would say this to you about your faith.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't be afraid, keep on speaking, do not be silent.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody else is speaking up about what they believe. Everybody

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<v Speaker 2>else is telling you their worldview. Why should Christians cower

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<v Speaker 2>and cowardice? Why is it important to courageously stand up

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<v Speaker 2>for what you believe? Why is it important courageously speak

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<v Speaker 2>the truth? Well, look on your outline. Jesus said this

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<v Speaker 2>in Matthew ten. If you stand up for me against

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<v Speaker 2>world opinion, I'll stand up for you before my father

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<v Speaker 2>in heaven. Well, that settles it right there. Jesus, you

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<v Speaker 2>stand up for me on earth, all stand up for

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<v Speaker 2>you in heaven. I want that to happen for you,

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<v Speaker 2>and I want that to happen for me. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>what if I don't do that? Well, the next verse,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus says this, it's here on the screen. But if

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<v Speaker 2>anyone denies me here on earth, I will deny that

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<v Speaker 2>person before my father in heaven. Do you realize how

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<v Speaker 2>important it is that you not be a coward about

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<v Speaker 2>your faith? Jesus said, if you deny me here on earth,

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<v Speaker 2>I will deny you in before my father in heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>God says, if you're ashamed of me, I'll be ashamed

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<v Speaker 2>of you. Now. To stand courageously for what you believe,

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<v Speaker 2>for your convictions, for the truth when it may not

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<v Speaker 2>be quote politically correct, you have to know first what

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<v Speaker 2>the world believes, and then you know what God says

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<v Speaker 2>is the truth. What we're talking about here is called

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<v Speaker 2>a worldview. Your worldview is the belief that you base

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<v Speaker 2>your life on. Everybody has a worldview. Everybody has a worldview.

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<v Speaker 2>It is the beliefs that you hold to make your decisions.

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<v Speaker 2>It is the lens by which you view life. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a thing on the internet now called Instagram where

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<v Speaker 2>you can share pictures with other people. And the cool

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<v Speaker 2>thing about Instagram is it gives you about thirty different filters.

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<v Speaker 2>So you can take a lousy photo that you took

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<v Speaker 2>and using a filter make it look professional. Now, what's interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the same picture, but when you look at it

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<v Speaker 2>through a different filter, it looks differently. This is why

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<v Speaker 2>we have arguments. This is why there's conflict in the

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<v Speaker 2>world because everybody uses a different filter. Everybody has a

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<v Speaker 2>different viewpoint. Everybody has a different worldview. And you could

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<v Speaker 2>take five people with five different worldviews and see them

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<v Speaker 2>see the same event, and they're all going to see

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<v Speaker 2>something differently because they're looking at it from from their worldview.

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<v Speaker 2>Your worldview includes how you see God. Your worldview includes

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<v Speaker 2>how you see yourself, how you see others, how you

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<v Speaker 2>view your past, your present, your future. Your worldview includes

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<v Speaker 2>how you see sex, money, time. Your worldview includes how

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<v Speaker 2>you see good and evil, problems and pressures. It influences

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<v Speaker 2>everything in your life. And as I said, everybody has

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<v Speaker 2>a worldview, and every time you make a decision, you

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<v Speaker 2>access the worldview database in your mind, and you decide,

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<v Speaker 2>because I believe this, I'm going to do this. If you,

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<v Speaker 2>for instance, in your worldview, believe the world was going

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<v Speaker 2>to end next week, you would act very, very differently

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<v Speaker 2>than you are right now. Now, it's how you decide

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<v Speaker 2>what you decide. Your worldview influences every choice you make.

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<v Speaker 2>All your choices are based on it. Now here's the problem.

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<v Speaker 2>You are profoundly influenced by the worldviews of others. Most

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<v Speaker 2>of your worldview you don't even you didn't even pick

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<v Speaker 2>up consciously. In fact, most of your worldview you've never

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<v Speaker 2>even thought about. It's unconscious, it's unspoken. You don't even

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<v Speaker 2>think about how I you've never sat down and written

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<v Speaker 2>out your philosophy of life. I guarantee you none of

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<v Speaker 2>you have ever done that, written out your philosophy of life.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's your worldview, and a lot of your worldview

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<v Speaker 2>you picked up not from the word. You picked it

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<v Speaker 2>up from the world. And you were influenced by your

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<v Speaker 2>parents' worldview, and your peers worldview, and your friend's worldview.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything in life is supporting a worldview, and a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of times you pick it up with not even realizing it.

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<v Speaker 2>Every time you read a newspaper article, there's a worldview

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<v Speaker 2>in that article. Nothing is fair and balanced. Everything in

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<v Speaker 2>life is biased because everybody has a perspective. Everybody has

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<v Speaker 2>a filter. There's nothing wrong with that. It's the way

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<v Speaker 2>we're wired. You just need to understand, well, that's the

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<v Speaker 2>filter they're coming from. It's why people argue because we

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<v Speaker 2>see things differently from our worldviews. And so every time

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<v Speaker 2>you listen to a song, it has a worldview. Every

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<v Speaker 2>time you watch a movie, it has a worldview. Every

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<v Speaker 2>time you read a newspaper or a magazine article, it

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<v Speaker 2>has a worldview. Every time you have a conversation, a

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<v Speaker 2>worldview is being communicated there, and you pick up a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of worldview from the world that isn't the truth.

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<v Speaker 2>You need to pick it up from the word, which

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<v Speaker 2>is the truth. But as I said, most of the time,

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<v Speaker 2>you haven't even thought about it. Recently, there was a

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<v Speaker 2>national survey done and in this survey they discovered that

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<v Speaker 2>sixty two of Americans claim that they are quote deeply spiritual. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>sixty two percent of Americans claim they are deeply spiritual.

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<v Speaker 2>And then they ask these people how that deep spirituality

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<v Speaker 2>affected their decision making, and here's what happened. Thirty one

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<v Speaker 2>percent of Americans say I make my moral choices based

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<v Speaker 2>on what feels right and comfortable. That's not too spiritual,

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<v Speaker 2>But I make my moral choices based on what feels

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<v Speaker 2>right and comfortable. Eighteen percent of Americans say I make

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<v Speaker 2>moral choices based on whatever is best for me. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>that's another way. Fourteen percent of Americans say I make

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<v Speaker 2>moral choices based on whatever causes the least conflict with others.

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<v Speaker 2>These are the people pleasers. I go along to get along.

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<v Speaker 2>Only sixteen percent said I make my moral choices based

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<v Speaker 2>on what the Bible says, what God's Word says. What

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<v Speaker 2>does that mean? It means most Christians a non Christian worldview.

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<v Speaker 2>You may be a Christian, you may be on your

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<v Speaker 2>way to heaven, and you don't have a Christian worldview.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, you could be a Christian and headed for

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<v Speaker 2>heaven and actually have an anti christ or an anti

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<v Speaker 2>Christian worldview because you got it from the world, not

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<v Speaker 2>from the Word. Now, I want you to listen, really

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<v Speaker 2>careful to me, as your pastor who loves you. You

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<v Speaker 2>may be headed for heaven, but if you don't base

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<v Speaker 2>your decisions on the Bible, on the word of God,

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<v Speaker 2>You're going to have devastating results in your life. First

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<v Speaker 2>life isn't going to make sense, and you're gonna go

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<v Speaker 2>My life isn't working out. It isn't working the way

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<v Speaker 2>I had intended it to. Why do I have all

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<v Speaker 2>this stress? Why do I have all these problems? Why

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<v Speaker 2>does everything's so messed up in my life? Because you're

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<v Speaker 2>operating on the wrong operating system, it's going to mess

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<v Speaker 2>up your life here on earth. You will have unnecessary

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<v Speaker 2>problem if you accept the world's worldview. But not only that,

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<v Speaker 2>you will miss rewards God has planned for you in heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh you get into heaven, but because you missed it,

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<v Speaker 2>because you were operating not on what the Word says,

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<v Speaker 2>but what the world says, You're gonna miss so many

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<v Speaker 2>of the rewards that God had planned for you to

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<v Speaker 2>enjoy for eternity. So as we start this series on

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<v Speaker 2>uncommon courage, we need to look at standing courageously for

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<v Speaker 2>the truth and to live with courage. You've got to

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<v Speaker 2>learn how to clarify your worldview.

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. Rick will be

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<v Speaker 2>You are continually bombarded by the worldview of other people.

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<v Speaker 2>As I said, you get it in classroom, you get

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<v Speaker 2>it at business, you get it in articles, movies, songs.

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<v Speaker 2>It's all around you, but you may have never identified

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<v Speaker 2>actually what those worldviews are. So before we look at

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<v Speaker 2>a Christian worldview what God says is the truth, I

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<v Speaker 2>want us to look at the four most popular anti

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<v Speaker 2>Christian worldviews. They're all around you, and maybe you've never

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<v Speaker 2>different isms, but let me give you the foremost popular

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<v Speaker 2>isms in America. The first worldview is materialism. Materialism is

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<v Speaker 2>the worldview that what matters most is money. That is

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<v Speaker 2>the materialism worldview. What matters most is money, that life

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<v Speaker 2>you judge or measure your success is by how much

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<v Speaker 2>not successful. These people who are materialists have bumper stickers

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<v Speaker 2>that say he who dies with the most toys wins.

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<v Speaker 2>But this is really a stupid philosophy of life. Because

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<v Speaker 2>to take anything out of the world, and you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to leave it all here. So you think that the

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<v Speaker 2>purpose of your life is just to pile up a

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<v Speaker 2>more than things. Now, Jesus has a very opposite opinion,

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<v Speaker 2>don't determine how valuable you are. Your valuables don't determine

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<v Speaker 2>your value. Your net worth doesn't determine your self worth.

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<v Speaker 2>The greatest things in life aren't things, but a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of people don't understand it. And the whole business of

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<v Speaker 2>life for many people is simply make money. That's the

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<v Speaker 2>in life is to make money, you are a materialist. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>Economics determines everything else in my life. If I'm a materialist,

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<v Speaker 2>because money matters most. Now, the second most popular anti

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<v Speaker 2>Christian worldview is not materialism. It's hedonism. Hedonism and hedonism

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<v Speaker 2>is the philosophy that whatever feels good is good. In materialism,

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<v Speaker 2>money is God. In hedonism, pleasure is God. The whole

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<v Speaker 2>goal of life is to be happy. The whole goal

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<v Speaker 2>of life is to have fun. The whole goal of

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<v Speaker 2>life is to be comfortable. The whole goal of life

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<v Speaker 2>to the hedonist is how I feel. If it feels good,

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<v Speaker 2>then it is good. It's got to be good because

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<v Speaker 2>is comfort. Now, hedonism can be anything. It could be

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<v Speaker 2>Things could be good or bad. It doesn't Many of

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<v Speaker 2>these things are good, but they're not the goal of life.

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<v Speaker 2>If you say my number one goal of life is

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<v Speaker 2>to be happy, you're a hedonist. God did not put

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<v Speaker 2>you on this earth for your number one goal to

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<v Speaker 2>be happiness. Happiness is a byproduct of living the purpose

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<v Speaker 2>you were created for. It is not the goal of life.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the benefit of life for doing the right things.

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<v Speaker 2>Holiness creates happiness. Now, a lot of songs today, popular

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<v Speaker 2>songs are really hedonism. I mean, when you hear a

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<v Speaker 2>so right, that's hedonism. When I was growing up as

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<v Speaker 2>in others, I don't want to do the right thing.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to do the thing that feels good, and

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<v Speaker 2>if it feels good, do it. That's the motto of

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<v Speaker 2>the hedonist. Now, you can be a hedonist and not

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<v Speaker 2>even know it. You can be a Christian and be

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<v Speaker 2>a hedonist. If your number one goal in life is

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<v Speaker 2>to make life comfortable, your hedonist. If your number one

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<v Speaker 2>goal in life is happiness, your hedonist. If your number

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<v Speaker 2>one goal in life is retirement, uh oh, you're a

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<v Speaker 2>hedonist because God did not put you on this earth

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<v Speaker 2>to do nothing. Now, there's nothing wrong with retirement, it's

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<v Speaker 2>just not the goal of life. You were made for

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<v Speaker 2>so much more than pleasure. You were made for so

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<v Speaker 2>much more than happiness. You were made for so much

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<v Speaker 2>more than thrills are fun or anything else. And just

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<v Speaker 2>because something is fun, and just because something is pleasurable,

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't make it right. Now, the Bible says this. In

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<v Speaker 2>Proverbs twenty one, Solomon wrote this, he was the wisest

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<v Speaker 2>man who ever lived. He's also the wealthiest man who

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<v Speaker 2>ever lived. And he concluded, are you addicted to thrills? What?

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<v Speaker 2>An empty life? Suit of pleasure is never satisfied?

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<v Speaker 1>Why?

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<v Speaker 2>Because for the hedonists, like for the materialists, there's never enough.

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<v Speaker 2>You ask a person how much money you need to

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<v Speaker 2>be happy? Just a little bit more? How many pleasures?

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<v Speaker 2>How many thrills do you have to be happy? Just

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit more? Whys pleasure doesn't last? No thrill lasts,

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<v Speaker 2>no happiness, no emotion lasts, whether it's good or bad.

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't last.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>In Hebrews chapter twenty five, it's up here on the screen.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says Moses chose to suffer with God's people

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<v Speaker 2>rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a

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<v Speaker 2>short time. Circle the phrase pleasures of sin and circle

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<v Speaker 2>short time A think. I love about the Bible as

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<v Speaker 2>it always tells the truth. It's honest. And the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>says sin is fun. Notice it says pleasure of sin,

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<v Speaker 2>sin is pleasurable. If sin wasn't fun, nobody do it. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>Even the Bible admits it. Sin is fun. Is it

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<v Speaker 2>fun to eat things that are bad for you?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes?

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely? Okay. Is it fun to stay up really late

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<v Speaker 2>even though you got to get up early next morning

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to be dead. Yes. There's a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>things in life that aren't good for you, and they

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<v Speaker 2>are a whole lot of fun, or they are a

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<v Speaker 2>whole lot pleasurable. The Bible says there is pleasure in sin,

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<v Speaker 2>but it says notice, it doesn't last. It's for a

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<v Speaker 2>short time, and with every kick there's a kickback. There's

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<v Speaker 2>always a payoff, and the cost of sin is far

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<v Speaker 2>greater than the pleasure of sin. Sin is fun, there's

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<v Speaker 2>no doubt about it. But the cost of it could

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<v Speaker 2>be your own soul. And the cost of it could

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<v Speaker 2>be a broken body, of broken mind, a broken heart,

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<v Speaker 2>a broken relationship. There's always a cost to sin. Galatians

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<v Speaker 2>six 't eight on the screen says this. Those who

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<v Speaker 2>live only to satisfy their own sin desires, that's hedonism,

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<v Speaker 2>will harvest the consequences of decay and death. But those

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<v Speaker 2>who live to please the spirit will harvest everlasting life

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<v Speaker 2>from the spirit. Exodus twenty three, verse two. There on

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<v Speaker 2>your outline, do not follow the crowd in doing wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Pastor Rick's daily Hope. We're so happy that

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<v Speaker 1>the Bible says children are a gift from the Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews, or kids in

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<v Speaker 1>your neighborhood that need to know God loves them and

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<v Speaker 1>has a good plan for their lives. You can help

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<v Speaker 2>In Matthew nineteen fourteen, Jesus said, let the little children

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<v Speaker 2>come to me, and do not hinder them, for the

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<v Speaker 2>Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. How do

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<v Speaker 2>we bring children to Jesus? Well, the best way is

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<v Speaker 2>to read the Bible with them. You know, when my

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<v Speaker 2>about Jesus grow every time we read stories from the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible together. Now I see that same excitement when I

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<v Speaker 2>read the Bible with my grandchildren. I love teaching them

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<v Speaker 2>at such an early age that God created them for

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