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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 3>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. And

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<v Speaker 1>now let's get right to Pastor Rick with part one

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<v Speaker 1>of a message called how Should I Live in this World?

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<v Speaker 2>Your worldview is the way you look at the world.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the beliefs that you base all of your decisions on.

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<v Speaker 2>Your worldview is how you see life, how you see death,

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<v Speaker 2>how you see yourself. Your worldview it's how you see

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<v Speaker 2>God and others, and money and sex, and the past

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<v Speaker 2>and the president and the future and every area of life.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody has a worldview, whether they realize it or not.

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<v Speaker 2>It's often unclarified, it's often unspoken, but everybody has a worldview.

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<v Speaker 2>Christianity is not a religion. Christianity is a worldview. It

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<v Speaker 2>is a way of seeing the world, and actually there

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<v Speaker 2>are seven major worldviews. We talked about that in the

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<v Speaker 2>first week of the series. If you base your life

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<v Speaker 2>on a faulty worldview, the results are disastrous because every

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<v Speaker 2>idea has a consequence.

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<v Speaker 3>Every idea has a consequence.

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<v Speaker 2>Even the silly ideas of life waste your time, and

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<v Speaker 2>that wastes your life. So there's a consequence to literally

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<v Speaker 2>everything you do.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>In the first week, we talked about how it's not

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<v Speaker 2>enough just to be sincere, and we talked about a

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<v Speaker 2>number of different questions that why does it matter why

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<v Speaker 2>I believe or what I believe? You can be sincere

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<v Speaker 2>and be sincerely wrong. If I have a glass up

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<v Speaker 2>here and it's filled with what I think is water,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm sincere about it, I can drink it. If

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<v Speaker 2>it's poison, it'll still kill me. No matter how sincere

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<v Speaker 2>I am. I made it on a false assumption. I

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<v Speaker 2>based my decision on wrong or untrue data. So during

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<v Speaker 2>this series we looked at five different questions. The first

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<v Speaker 2>question was why does it matter what I believe as

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<v Speaker 2>a major difference in your life? Then we looked the

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<v Speaker 2>second week at how do I know what's true?

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<v Speaker 3>And how do I know what's real?

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<v Speaker 2>We looked at five signs of truth, the ka in

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<v Speaker 2>our society, and five ways that you can know the

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<v Speaker 2>truth that you can actually test it. Is this really true?

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<v Speaker 2>Is this really real? Does it square with reality? Then

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<v Speaker 2>the third week we looked at where did I come from?

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<v Speaker 2>Which is a major implication in your worldview. The Bible

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<v Speaker 2>says that God made it all, created everything. The Bible

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<v Speaker 2>tells us that God thought of human beings first but

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<v Speaker 2>made us last, and that you were uniquely made. You're

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<v Speaker 2>not an accident, and you're made in God's image and

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<v Speaker 2>God has.

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<v Speaker 3>A plan and a purpose for your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Then the next week we looked at how did the

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<v Speaker 2>world get so messed up? And the fact is we

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<v Speaker 2>live on a broken planet. And we looked at the

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<v Speaker 2>reason for that, which is our own sinful choices. And

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<v Speaker 2>the result is we live in a broken planet where

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<v Speaker 2>nothing works correctly. Nothing's perfect, no marriage, no person, no help,

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<v Speaker 2>nothing is perfect on this planet.

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<v Speaker 3>We looked at why God.

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<v Speaker 2>Is even allowing the broken planet to go on for

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit longer than the rationale behind that.

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<v Speaker 3>Then the next week we looked.

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<v Speaker 2>At what's the solution, what's the solution to all of

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<v Speaker 2>the problems in the world. And we looked at a

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<v Speaker 2>number of the major different solutions that have been offered

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<v Speaker 2>that have all failed, because, honestly, the heart of the

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<v Speaker 2>problem is a problem in the heart.

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<v Speaker 3>It's inside me.

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<v Speaker 2>And you can't change the world by making a law.

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<v Speaker 2>To change the world, that doesn't work. You have to

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<v Speaker 2>change people on the inside. And we looked at how

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<v Speaker 2>God changes us on the inside, and how the five

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<v Speaker 2>things that Jesus did on the cross are what changes

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<v Speaker 2>us and they're the answers to the problems in our world. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>based on all that we looked at, I want to

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<v Speaker 2>come back and do this last final week on so what?

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<v Speaker 2>And then in other words, how am I supposed to

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<v Speaker 2>live in this world? Once I have a Christian world view?

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<v Speaker 2>How do I turn my creeds into deeds? How do

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<v Speaker 2>I have what I know affect what I do? How

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<v Speaker 2>does my belief How do my beliefs change my behavior?

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<v Speaker 2>In other words, what am I going to do about

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<v Speaker 2>what I know? How should I live in this world?

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<v Speaker 3>Well?

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<v Speaker 2>Fortunately God sent us a model on how to live

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<v Speaker 2>in this world. The very first verse there on your

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<v Speaker 2>outline one John twenty six says this. Anyone who says

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<v Speaker 2>he is a Christian should live as Christ did. Well, duh,

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<v Speaker 2>it's kind of obvious, and yet we don't do it.

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<v Speaker 2>We call ourselves followers of Christ, we call ourselves believers,

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<v Speaker 2>we call ourselves Christians, but we don't always live the

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<v Speaker 2>way Jesus did. Now the big question then, is, well,

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<v Speaker 2>if I'm to be in the family of God, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>to live as Jesus Christ did.

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<v Speaker 3>How do you do that?

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<v Speaker 2>What does it mean to live as Jesus did? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>if you've ever wandered that question, you picked a good

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<v Speaker 2>week to come to church, because I this week went

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<v Speaker 2>through everything written about Jesus Christ in the Bible, read

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<v Speaker 2>it all, and read every word that Jesus has said

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<v Speaker 2>that's recorded, and summarized it for you tonight. It is

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<v Speaker 2>summarized in ten mega truths, ten mega themes, ten values.

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<v Speaker 2>Well I'm going to give you tonight is cliff notes

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<v Speaker 2>on the life of Jesus Christ. This is the ten

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<v Speaker 2>things that Jesus did in his life that he wants

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<v Speaker 2>you to do in your life, which is how you

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<v Speaker 2>should live in this world. And we're going to look

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<v Speaker 2>at these ten truths, these ten values, and as we

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<v Speaker 2>look at them.

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<v Speaker 3>I think you'll probably be amazed.

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<v Speaker 2>Just like I was, at how counterculture they are, how

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<v Speaker 2>opposite of what the world says, Jesus says to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus Christ is the perfect model for living and not

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<v Speaker 2>only showed us how to do it, he gave us

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<v Speaker 2>specific instructions. One of the things that's unique about tonight's

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<v Speaker 2>message is that every single verse on your outline is

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<v Speaker 2>a direct quote from Jesus. If you had a read

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<v Speaker 2>letter edition of the Bible where all the words of

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus in read, this entire outline would be in read

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<v Speaker 2>because they're all verses basically from Jesus Christ on what

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<v Speaker 2>it means to live? Now, how do I learn to

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<v Speaker 2>live like Jesus Christ? Well, you have to build certain

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<v Speaker 2>values in your life, and here they are Number one,

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<v Speaker 2>to live like Jesus means to live with discernment. To

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<v Speaker 2>live with discernment, Now what that means is you evaluate things,

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<v Speaker 2>You test things, you are discerning. You don't just automatically

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<v Speaker 2>accept what somebody tells you.

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<v Speaker 3>You check it out.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't automatically accept the world's values. You're not sucked

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<v Speaker 2>in by popular culture. And just because it's mentioned on

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<v Speaker 2>some talk show, or it's on the cover of People magazine,

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<v Speaker 2>or people think it's hip or cool or you know whatever,

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<v Speaker 2>that it's okay. No, you check it out. You are discerning.

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<v Speaker 2>You evaluate everything and you ask things like is this

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<v Speaker 2>the truth? Does this square with reality? Is it God's

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<v Speaker 2>world view? Or is it just the most passing fad.

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<v Speaker 2>Paul once says in the Book of Romans, he says,

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<v Speaker 2>don't become so comfortable with your culture that you fit

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<v Speaker 2>in into it without even thinking.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's what Jesus is saying here.

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<v Speaker 2>He says, I want you to think about the kind

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<v Speaker 2>of life you're living.

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<v Speaker 3>You need to be discerning.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, notice here Jesus in John chapter seven says this,

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<v Speaker 2>don't be nitpickers, but use your head and heart to

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<v Speaker 2>discern what is right, to test what is authentically true.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I'm saying here, I don't want you to be

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<v Speaker 2>a cynic. I don't want you to be a skeptic.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want you to be a nitpicker, a legalistic

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<v Speaker 2>crank who runs around talk about how everything's awful in

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<v Speaker 2>the world. I don't want you just criticizing everything. But

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<v Speaker 2>he says, I do expect you to use your brain

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<v Speaker 2>God gave you a mind, and you are to use it,

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<v Speaker 2>and you are to be discerning and not just automatically

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<v Speaker 2>believe everything.

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<v Speaker 3>That you hear or see or experience in life.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, don't be a nitpicker, don't be a cynic,

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<v Speaker 2>but use your mind.

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<v Speaker 3>Let me give you an assignment sometime. I want you

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<v Speaker 3>to go back.

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<v Speaker 2>And read through the first four books of the New Testament, Matthew, Mark, Luke,

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<v Speaker 2>and John. Those are the books that tell the most

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<v Speaker 2>about Jesus. And as you read those gospels, find out

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<v Speaker 2>how many times Jesus uses the phrase watch out. It's

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<v Speaker 2>one of his favorite phrases. Jesus says watch out, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not gonna spoil all the fun for you, but

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<v Speaker 2>he tells you a number of things to watch out for.

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<v Speaker 2>For instance, did you know that Jesus says, watch out

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<v Speaker 2>for people who can take into court just one of

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<v Speaker 2>the things he says to watch out for. And if

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<v Speaker 2>you watch out for the things Jesus says to watch

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<v Speaker 2>out for, you're gonna be a lot wiser now. Depending

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<v Speaker 2>on your translation, it may say beware, it may say

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<v Speaker 2>be careful, it may say guard yourself. But he's just

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<v Speaker 2>saying you need to be discerning. You don't just let

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<v Speaker 2>things flow into your mind. The problem is we are

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<v Speaker 2>bombarded now by media. You know, radio, tell uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Internet and iPods.

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<v Speaker 3>And you know, on and on and on.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got media around us, billboards and movies and everything

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<v Speaker 2>is constantly hitting us. And after a while, you kind

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<v Speaker 2>of let your guard down and you start letting stuff

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<v Speaker 2>into your mind that you wouldn't even agree with, that

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<v Speaker 2>you know is wrong, and you just let it in

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<v Speaker 2>because there's so much media. For instance, have you ever

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<v Speaker 2>found yourself singing a song with words that are the

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<v Speaker 2>exact opposite of your values? It's got to catchy tune

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<v Speaker 2>and you're you know, you're going, you know, well, I

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<v Speaker 2>want to get drunk and sleep around tonight.

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<v Speaker 3>I go, I'm a pastor. I probably shouldn't be singing that.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, it's I got to.

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<v Speaker 2>Catch you tune and you and what's happening, somebody's putting

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<v Speaker 2>their worldview in my mind because it's got to catch

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<v Speaker 2>you tune or you you know, today we have a

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<v Speaker 2>thing called entertainment, and I just want or what's so

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<v Speaker 2>entertaining about it? A lot of entertainment is watching people

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<v Speaker 2>do do stuff that you know is wrong and you'd

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<v Speaker 2>never do it yourself, you know, go sleep around with

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<v Speaker 2>somebody else's husband or wife, or you know, get drunk

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<v Speaker 2>and shoot up a bunch of people. Or we watch

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<v Speaker 2>stuff all the time that you would never do yourself

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<v Speaker 2>and call it entertainment. And so Jesus just says, you

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<v Speaker 2>just need to be discerning and know what you're allowing

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<v Speaker 2>in your mind. I mean, let's just take a little

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<v Speaker 2>survey here of intelligence. How many of you believe everything

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<v Speaker 2>you read in the newspaper?

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<v Speaker 2>Everything you read in magazines, you hear on the radio,

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<v Speaker 2>How many of you would say I believe everything God

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, here's the question.

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<v Speaker 2>Why do we spend more time listening, watching, and reading something.

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<v Speaker 2>with discernment. The Bible says this. Look at that next verse.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says, make sure that the light you think

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<v Speaker 2>value system that's so been programmed into your mind through radio, television, movies,

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<v Speaker 2>make sure that the light you think you have is

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<v Speaker 2>not really darkness. Be discerning. Second thing, if you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to live like Jesus Christ, you got to learn to

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<v Speaker 2>live with integrity. With integrity. Now, what is integrity. Most

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<v Speaker 2>people do not understand this word. In fact, if you

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<v Speaker 2>ask them to give you a synonym, they say, well,

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<v Speaker 2>integrity means being honest, it means telling the truth. Well, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that's part of it. Telling the truth is part of integrity.

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<v Speaker 2>But integrity means a whole lot more than being honest.

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<v Speaker 2>What integrity means is wholeness. Wholeness I mean it's all together.

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<v Speaker 2>It comes from the word integral, integrated integer or integua.

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<v Speaker 3>One unit in mathematics. It means it's all the whole.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the opposite of compartmentalizing your life. What integrated or

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<v Speaker 2>integrity means is your life is all the same that

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<v Speaker 2>you don't act one way with one group of people,

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<v Speaker 2>like this is how I act at church, and this

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<v Speaker 2>how I act at home, and this is how I

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<v Speaker 2>act over here when nobody knows it's me, and you

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<v Speaker 2>wear different masks and you fake it and you pretend

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<v Speaker 2>and you play roles and you're a hypocrite. That is

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<v Speaker 2>a lack of integrity. It's when you segment your life.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, you can be honest and still lack integrity.

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<v Speaker 2>Why because you could be an honest in one area

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<v Speaker 2>and have another area of your life you're in total

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<v Speaker 2>denial about.

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<v Speaker 3>That's all you ripped messed up.

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<v Speaker 2>And just because you're honest in one area doesn't mean

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<v Speaker 2>you have integrity because that's involving every area of your life.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't compartmentalize your life. You remember a few months

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<v Speaker 2>ago we talked about the Titanic myth that before the Titanic,

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<v Speaker 2>all of the boats made had one integrated hull. They

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<v Speaker 2>were all, you know, one unit, and so that if

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<v Speaker 2>a boat, our ship ran into an iceberg, it knocked

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<v Speaker 2>a hole in it.

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<v Speaker 3>The water came in and it sunk the ship.

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<v Speaker 2>So the Cannick was supposedly unsinkable because they got this idea,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll just compartmentalize the hole and we'll put it into segments.

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<v Speaker 2>And therefore, if the ship happened to run into an iceberg,

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<v Speaker 2>it could theoretically take on water in a certain number

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<v Speaker 2>of compartments, but it wouldn't sink the ship. Now that

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<v Speaker 2>sounds logical, But friends, a hole in the boat is

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<v Speaker 2>a hole in the boat.

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<v Speaker 3>Is a hole in the boat. It's going to sink eventually.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like, let's say you and I are in a

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<v Speaker 3>You go, what are you doing? I said, well, it's

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<v Speaker 3>my end of the boat. I'm not hurting you. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>this is not your you know, this is just my

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<v Speaker 3>whole boat. A hole in the boat's going to sink

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<v Speaker 3>the boat.

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<v Speaker 2>And you may be saying, well, I'm drilling a hole

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<v Speaker 2>right now, but it's not going to sink my family,

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<v Speaker 2>or it's not going to sink my business.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just one.

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<v Speaker 2>Little segment of my life, you are dead wrong. And

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<v Speaker 2>when you compartmentalize your life into you know, this is

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<v Speaker 2>my reading life, and this is my secret life, and

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<v Speaker 2>this is.

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<v Speaker 3>My business life, you are setting.

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<v Speaker 2>Yourself up for a lack of integrity because it's not

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<v Speaker 2>all integrated.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not easy to live a life of integrity today

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<v Speaker 2>because everything in society teaches us to put our lives

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<v Speaker 2>and segments pta over here, and this over there, and

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<v Speaker 2>this over here. I saw it just this week, in

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<v Speaker 2>two very extremes. I got up at four forty five

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<v Speaker 2>in the morning to fly up to San Francisco, got.

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<v Speaker 3>Back at midnight. That night, I had meetings.

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<v Speaker 2>With five different groups of CEOs in the city of

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<v Speaker 2>San Francisco, a bunch of tech CEOs from the Silicon Valley,

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<v Speaker 2>and a bunch of financial CEOs and different groups like that.

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<v Speaker 2>But before I went and had those meetings with the CEOs,

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<v Speaker 2>I went over to San Quentin to speak to the

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<v Speaker 2>prisoners and to celebrate the completion of the first forty

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<v Speaker 2>days of purpose at San Quentin Prison, and the inmates

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<v Speaker 2>there that had completed it, we you know, signed all

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<v Speaker 2>our books and you know, had a great time with them,

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<v Speaker 2>and I met with a warden and they've allowed forty

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<v Speaker 2>days of Purpose will be repeated every.

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<v Speaker 3>Quarter, four times a year in San Quentin.

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<v Speaker 2>Five thousand prisoners, over six hundred on death row, and

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to do forty days of purpose there and

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<v Speaker 2>they are going to allow a celebrate recovery into San

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<v Speaker 3>So it's a terrific thing.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm over here with you know, these these convicts,

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<v Speaker 2>and then I finished that speaking to them, and I

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<v Speaker 2>I discovered. It doesn't matter whether you're a CEO or

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<v Speaker 2>a convict, you still have to struggle with integrity. Doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>matter if you're a professional or a prisoner, or you're

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<v Speaker 2>an investor, or you're an inmate, you still got a

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<v Speaker 2>struggle with this issue of bringing all your life into whole.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, let me be clear, integrity is.

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<v Speaker 2>Not if you have to be perfect have integrity.

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<v Speaker 3>Who's gonna have it? Nobody?

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<v Speaker 2>Because there are no perfect people on this planet. Nothing's

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<v Speaker 2>perfect on Earth. So you don't have to be perfect

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<v Speaker 2>to have integrity. You just have to be exactly what

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<v Speaker 2>you appear to be. That I the way I talk

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<v Speaker 2>with you is the way I talk with my kids,

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<v Speaker 2>and the way I talk with my kids is the

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<v Speaker 2>way I talk with my friends, and the way I

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<v Speaker 2>talk with my friends is the way I talk with strangers.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't act different ways with different groups of people.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, what you see is what you get. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>here's what the Bible says. Jesus said in Luke eleven

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<v Speaker 2>thirty six. If you are filled with light, in other words,

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<v Speaker 2>you're not hiding anything with no dark parts. That means

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<v Speaker 2>there are no corners of your life, no little segments

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<v Speaker 2>that you said, okay, God, you can have every air

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<v Speaker 2>of my life except this area my pornography, or my

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<v Speaker 2>drug addiction, or my little relationship or whatever. If if

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<v Speaker 2>you are filled with life with no dark parts, then

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<v Speaker 2>your whole life circle, that whole life.

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<v Speaker 3>Will be radiant. What's he's saying there.

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<v Speaker 2>The result of integrity is illumination. He says, when you

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<v Speaker 2>have integrity, you shine like a star in a dark world.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's why God wants us to live with integrity.

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<v Speaker 2>Look at the next verse. Jesus said, you are the

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<v Speaker 2>world's salt to make it tolerable. And if you lose

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<v Speaker 2>your flavor, what will happen to the world. God says

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<v Speaker 2>Christians are to be salt in the world. Did you

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<v Speaker 2>know there are two primary purposes for salt. One is

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<v Speaker 2>as a preservative. It keeps things from rotting. That's why

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<v Speaker 2>they put it on meat, salt pork and jerky and

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<v Speaker 2>stuff keeps the meat from rotting. And the other is

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<v Speaker 2>it's for seasoning, makes it taste better. Why does God

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<v Speaker 2>leave Christians in the world once they become saved. Why

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<v Speaker 2>didn't he just take them on to heaven. He leaves

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<v Speaker 2>us here on this planet to be preservative. The world

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't spoil, it doesn't go rotten, and he leaves us

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<v Speaker 2>here for seasoning to make it taste better. And the

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<v Speaker 2>only way you can do that is if you have integrity.

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