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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. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>let's get to it. Here's Rick with part one of

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<v Speaker 1>a message called What's the Solution.

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<v Speaker 2>We've been in this series that I'm calling Framing your Worldview,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're learning to look at life from God's viewpoint

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<v Speaker 2>as it really is, not from our limited human perspective,

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<v Speaker 2>but seeing life from God's point of view, and we're

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<v Speaker 2>looking at the major questions of life. We started the

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<v Speaker 2>first week with why does it matter what I believe?

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<v Speaker 3>Does it really matter what I believe?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, we dealt with what we call the sincerity

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<v Speaker 2>myth that it doesn't matter what you believe as long

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<v Speaker 2>as you're sincere. The fact is you can be sincerely wrong,

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<v Speaker 2>you can sincerely you.

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<v Speaker 3>Know, make mistakes.

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<v Speaker 2>I've done it many many times and so have you,

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<v Speaker 2>and so it does matter what we believe. If it's

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<v Speaker 2>not the truth, then we have a shaky foundation when

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<v Speaker 2>the earthquakes of life come through. So then the second

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<v Speaker 2>way we looked at, well, how do you know what's true?

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<v Speaker 2>And how do you know what's real, what's real and

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<v Speaker 2>what's unreal. In the world of reality television, a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of things early aren't that real, virtual reality, And we

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<v Speaker 2>talked about the ways that you can test the truth.

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<v Speaker 2>How do you know if somebody's telling you the truth

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<v Speaker 2>or not? And we looked at that in quite detail.

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<v Speaker 2>Then the third week we looked at who am I

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<v Speaker 2>and where did I come from and the implications of

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<v Speaker 2>that in terms of your value, your vision, your direction

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<v Speaker 2>in life. And then last week we dealt with the

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<v Speaker 2>question on how did the world get so messed up?

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<v Speaker 2>And we talked about the fact that we live in

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<v Speaker 2>a broken planet, that when sin and entered and evil

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<v Speaker 2>entered the world, that we live on a fallen planet.

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<v Speaker 2>Today we're looking at what's the solution based on what

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<v Speaker 2>we talked about last week, that the world is full

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<v Speaker 2>of problems, that because we live on a planet that

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<v Speaker 2>has sin and has evil in it. Nothing is perfect.

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<v Speaker 2>There is literally nothing perfect on this planet. You're not perfect.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not perfect, no relationships perfect. Things don't work right,

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<v Speaker 2>everything's damaged. And so as a result, the world has

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of problems, a lot of problems. And today

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to look at what is the solution to

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<v Speaker 2>the world's problems, particularly the root cause of the world's problems.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, unlimited, their unlimited approaches to solving the symptoms

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<v Speaker 2>in the world. And you can see all of the

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<v Speaker 2>symptoms all around you, the many, many problems and deal

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<v Speaker 2>with the kind of a band aid approach to surface issues.

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<v Speaker 2>But we have to get beneath that if we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to make a real difference in the world. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>when I get weeds in my yard, I don't just

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<v Speaker 2>go out and just you know, cut them off with

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<v Speaker 2>a pair of scissors. I pull them out by the root.

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<v Speaker 2>If I just cut off the symptom, they're going to

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<v Speaker 2>grow right back. And a lot of the problems in

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<v Speaker 2>your life, in your family, in your career, in our

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<v Speaker 2>nation and in the world, we tend to treat them

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<v Speaker 2>as symptoms and we just cut off the problem at

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<v Speaker 2>the top, but the root is still there, and so

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<v Speaker 2>they just keep growing back and back. Now on your handout,

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<v Speaker 2>I've listed seven popular approaches to dealing with problems in

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<v Speaker 2>the world, and as I go through these real quickly,

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to recognize every one of them. The first

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<v Speaker 2>one is the political approach. You're all familiar with that,

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<v Speaker 2>which is basically solved the world's problems by passing laws

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<v Speaker 2>and creating policies. Solve the world's problems through politics. And

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<v Speaker 2>the truth is a lot of people genuinely believe that government,

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<v Speaker 2>not God, is the answer to the human condition. And

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<v Speaker 2>I've been in a number of different meetings. You take

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<v Speaker 2>God out of the picture, basically all you've got left

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<v Speaker 2>is politics, and they think that government, not God, is

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<v Speaker 2>the solution and we just need better laws. I call

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<v Speaker 2>this salvation by legislation. The only problem is you can't

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<v Speaker 2>force anybody to change. A law has never changed anybody anywhere, anytime.

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<v Speaker 2>It may cause you to conform the behavior, but a

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<v Speaker 2>law has never.

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<v Speaker 3>Changed a belief.

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<v Speaker 2>It's never changed an attitude, it's never changed character, it's

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<v Speaker 2>never changed a prejudice.

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<v Speaker 3>You have to deal with something.

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<v Speaker 2>Much deeper inside a human being than simply create a law,

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<v Speaker 2>and so salvation by legislation is not the ultimate answer

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<v Speaker 2>to the problems in the world. Then the second one

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<v Speaker 2>is the educational approach, and that basically, as you know,

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<v Speaker 2>all of the problems in the world the result of ignorance,

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<v Speaker 2>and if we could just get everybody educated, everybody taught,

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<v Speaker 2>everybody learned, then the world would be a better place. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>of course, we believe in education. Part of the Peace

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<v Speaker 2>plan is to help eliminate illiteracy all around the world.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, I don't know if you know this, but

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<v Speaker 2>ninety percent of all the schools ever created in history

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<v Speaker 2>were started by Christians, including places like Harvard and Yale

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<v Speaker 2>and Princeton. Christianity and Judaism are educational religions and they've

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<v Speaker 2>started more schools than anything in history. In fact, ninety

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<v Speaker 2>percent of all the hospitals in the world were started

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<v Speaker 2>by Christians somewhere around the world, usually the first one

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<v Speaker 2>in every nation. So obviously we believe in education, but

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<v Speaker 2>we don't believe in salvation by education because the reality

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<v Speaker 2>is education is not enough. There are a lot of terrorists,

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<v Speaker 2>and there are a lot of tyrants, and there are

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of criminals and there are a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>dictators who are highly educated, and you can be educated,

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<v Speaker 2>but it doesn't change your character, so it's not getting

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<v Speaker 2>to the root. The third approach is what I call

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<v Speaker 2>the material or the financial approach to the world's problems.

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<v Speaker 2>And these are people who see everything in the world

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<v Speaker 2>in economic terms, as if every problem has an economic solution. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>of course economics matters, but it is a surface issue.

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't deal with the root of human behavior. And

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<v Speaker 2>in the educational or the excuse me, the material of

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<v Speaker 2>the financial approach, the idea is we just need to

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<v Speaker 2>help people earn more. And I would call this salvation

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<v Speaker 2>by compensation. You know, if we just had everybody wealth,

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<v Speaker 2>you're and of course as Christians, we believe in eliminating poverty.

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<v Speaker 2>It's part of the peace plan, assisting the poor. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>there are two different primary versions of the salvation by

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<v Speaker 2>compensation or the material approach the world problem. There's socialism

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<v Speaker 2>there's capitalism. Socialism basically says we're going to take all

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<v Speaker 2>of the money and put it in a pool, and

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<v Speaker 2>we'll redistribute it equally, and we're going to take a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit of yours and give it to somebody has

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit less. And then capitalism says no, we

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<v Speaker 2>believe in free market enterprise, and we believe in entrepreneurship,

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<v Speaker 2>and that in creating the freedom for people to start businesses,

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<v Speaker 2>they will naturally create use their own God given creativity

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<v Speaker 2>to better their economic income.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, the bottom line is.

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<v Speaker 2>Just helping people get more money does not solve all

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<v Speaker 2>the problems in the world. I know a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>people I told you last week who or I call

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<v Speaker 2>them frms, famous, rich and miserable, and having a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of money does not solve all your problems. If it did,

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<v Speaker 2>the people who are wealthiest would be the happiest in

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<v Speaker 2>the world.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's just not true.

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<v Speaker 2>Then we have another approach of the world's problems, which

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<v Speaker 2>I call the psychological approach, and that is, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>what we need to do is just help people change

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<v Speaker 2>the way they feel about themselves. And we need to

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<v Speaker 2>help them deal with their past, and deal with their

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<v Speaker 2>relationship and deal with their self esteem. And I would

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<v Speaker 2>call this salvation by actualization. As if the whole goal

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<v Speaker 2>of life is just to take all the stress out

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<v Speaker 2>of your life, it's not. You were made for more

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<v Speaker 2>than just to live a stress free life. You were

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<v Speaker 2>made for more than happiness. You were created for a purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>You were made by God and for God. And until

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<v Speaker 2>you understand that life isn't going to make sense. Then

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<v Speaker 2>there's the sociological approach to the world's problems, which says,

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<v Speaker 2>let's change all the social structures of society, and if

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<v Speaker 2>we do that, then everything will be great. And at

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<v Speaker 2>the beginning of the twentieth century, there were a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of social activists who genuinely believed, even Christians, that if

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<v Speaker 2>you just change the social structures of society, then things

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<v Speaker 2>will naturally get better. And after the twentieth century, where

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<v Speaker 2>we had more people died, more people killed, the Holocaust

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<v Speaker 2>of six million Jews, and so many evil things in

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<v Speaker 2>the world, people realize that there's a deeper issue than

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<v Speaker 2>just the social structures salvation by association. And then there's

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<v Speaker 2>the biological approach, which is, well, we're just gonna focus

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<v Speaker 2>on the human body and we're going to create the

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<v Speaker 2>perfect human body. And there are a lot of exciting

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<v Speaker 2>applications today taking place in science and biology, and there's

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the gene mapping and the genome project and DNA,

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<v Speaker 2>and people are learning things about stem cells and they're

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<v Speaker 2>even doing this stuff about cloning, all these people trying

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<v Speaker 2>to create the perfect body or the perfect uh you know,

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<v Speaker 2>human specimen. Biotechnology, and the goal here of biology is

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<v Speaker 2>a pill for every problem. In other words, it's salvation

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<v Speaker 2>by medication. And you know you got a problem with this,

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<v Speaker 2>well got we've got a pill for it. You got

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<v Speaker 2>a problem for that, We've got a pill for it.

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<v Speaker 2>And then every problem can be solved by a pill,

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<v Speaker 2>or by a or a procedure. You know, you could

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<v Speaker 2>actually add a one on there. Salvation by technology, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>salvation by innovation, the technological approach. I've been to a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of conferences just recently, been invited to speak at them,

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<v Speaker 2>hearing about exciting developments and technology. But as much as

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<v Speaker 2>I believe in the Internet, it's not the savior of mankind.

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<v Speaker 2>As much as I believe in technological innovation, innovation is

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<v Speaker 2>not salvation. Now, each of these things that I just

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<v Speaker 2>went through very quickly, they have a role, and they

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<v Speaker 2>have an important role, but they don't get to the

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<v Speaker 2>root cause of all the problems on the planet, and

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<v Speaker 2>they don't deal with human beings directly. The bottom line

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<v Speaker 2>is this, you have to change the hearts of people.

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<v Speaker 2>But if there's going to be any long term change.

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<v Speaker 2>The biblical approach is God's way changing the hearts. That's

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<v Speaker 2>salvation by transformation, and God specializes in that in changing

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<v Speaker 2>prejudiced people into loving people, and hateful people into kind people,

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<v Speaker 2>and self centered people into unselfish people. No law will

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<v Speaker 2>ever teach people how to love. Only God can do that.

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<v Speaker 2>You have to have salvation by transformation, and it starts

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<v Speaker 2>in the hearts. It begins inside you look up here

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<v Speaker 2>on the screen. The Bible says this and proverbs for

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<v Speaker 2>above all else, guard your heart, for it is the what.

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<v Speaker 3>Well spring of life. It means it's the root.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the root, it's you know, each of these other

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<v Speaker 2>things have a role, but they don't attack the root.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is the root of all our problems. The

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<v Speaker 2>well spring of life is your heart. It's your character,

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<v Speaker 2>it's who you are inside. I guess they'd say it

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<v Speaker 2>like this when you look at the world. The heart

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<v Speaker 2>of the problem is a problem of the heart. The

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<v Speaker 2>We're not going to see any changes in society until

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<v Speaker 2>there's changes in the self. Changes inside. The heart of

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<v Speaker 2>putting the world all together. And you know, about fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>of the world was perfect, perfect, and he goes, this

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<v Speaker 2>How did you put it together so fast? And he said, well,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, dad, on the back page, on the back

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<v Speaker 2>he said, you know what, and I got the men

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<v Speaker 2>put together the world fit two. It starts in the heart.

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<v Speaker 2>And the fact is only changed. Hearts can change the world.

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<v Speaker 2>Only changed people can change the world. So that's why

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<v Speaker 2>today we're going to look at what changes the heart,

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<v Speaker 2>what makes the changes in me that can make a

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<v Speaker 2>change in the world. Now, Because we live in a

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<v Speaker 2>fallen world, a broken planet, human beings have heart diseases.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I'm not talking about physical heart diseases. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>talking about having plaque in your arteries. I'm talking about

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<v Speaker 2>spiritual heart diseases.

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<v Speaker 3>And as I've traveled all.

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<v Speaker 2>Around the world, I have found that there are many,

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<v Speaker 2>many universal heart diseases. You can find them in every culture,

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<v Speaker 2>every single culture. I don't have time to go into

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<v Speaker 2>them all to day. Let me just give you five.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to write these down. Five common universal

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<v Speaker 2>The first common human heart disease is guilt.

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<v Speaker 3>It's guilt.

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<v Speaker 2>And the reason it's guilt is because nobody's perfect.

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<v Speaker 3>I blow it, you blow it.

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<v Speaker 2>and so we walk around with guilt. Now, it is

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<v Speaker 2>impossible to be happy and guilty at the same time.

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<v Speaker 2>It's impossible to feel good about yourself and bad about

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<v Speaker 2>yourself at the same time. So, because many people live

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<v Speaker 2>with guilt, The symptom is many people feel worthless. They

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<v Speaker 2>feel worthless, and it is guilt that causes that feeling

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<v Speaker 2>of worthlessness in their lives. The Bible says this in

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<v Speaker 2>Psalm forty, verse twelve. It's up here on the screen,

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<v Speaker 2>David says, you know, I was so swamped by guilt.

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<v Speaker 2>I couldn't see my way clear. I had more guilt

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<v Speaker 2>in my heart than hair on my head. That's not

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<v Speaker 2>hard for some of us. And it was so heavy,

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<v Speaker 2>the guilt, heavy guilt was so heavy that my heart

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<v Speaker 2>same time, and so a lot of people feel worthless.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's a second problem common heart disease. Compulsion. Compulsion. And

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<v Speaker 2>in your life that you know are not good for you,

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<v Speaker 2>but you do them anyway. And there are things in

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<v Speaker 3>Now, you may not call.

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<v Speaker 2>These addictions, but they are. And every one of us

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<v Speaker 2>have compulsions in our lives that you habitually act in

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<v Speaker 2>self defeating ways. You do it all the time, and

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<v Speaker 2>you act in ways that defeat relationships and you act

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<v Speaker 2>in ways that defeat your health, and you act in

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<v Speaker 2>ways that defeat your happiness, and they are compulsions. And

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<v Speaker 2>as a result of this, you say, I'd like to change,

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<v Speaker 2>but I can't. Lot of things that I would like

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<v Speaker 2>know would be good for me, like exercise. How many

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<v Speaker 2>you know exercise would be good for you?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? And how many of you wish you did it more? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not going to ask how many of you do it.

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<v Speaker 2>The bottom line is that we know the right thing,

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<v Speaker 2>but we don't always do it, and we feel powerless

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<v Speaker 2>to change. That's a symptom. The symptom is many people

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<v Speaker 2>feel powerless. They not only feel worthless because of guilt,

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<v Speaker 2>they feel powerless because of the compulsions, the habitual actions

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<v Speaker 3>That they can't seem to change.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to read a fairly extended passage out of

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<v Speaker 2>Scripture to you. It's in Romans chapter seven. It says

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<v Speaker 2>this up here on the screen. What I don't understand

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<v Speaker 2>about myself is that I side one way, but then

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<v Speaker 3>This is Paul talking.

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<v Speaker 2>God's command is necessary, but I need something more. In

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<v Speaker 2>other words, just knowing the right thing to do doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>help me change.

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<v Speaker 3>I need some power.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel powerless to change it, for I know the

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<v Speaker 2>law that's God's law, but I still can't keep it.

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<v Speaker 2>And if the power of sin within me keeps sabotaging

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<v Speaker 3>I realize that I don't have what it takes. I

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<v Speaker 3>can will it, but I can't do it.

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<v Speaker 2>This is like I'd like to go on a diet,

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<v Speaker 2>but I can't stay on it. I'd like to stop

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<v Speaker 2>my temper. I decide to do good, but I don't

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<v Speaker 2>really do it. Or I decide not to do bad,

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<v Speaker 2>but then I do it anyway. Are any of you relating.

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<v Speaker 3>To this mildly? Okay?

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<v Speaker 2>My decisions such as they are don't result in actions.

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<v Speaker 3>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>Most New Year's resolutions, our studies have shown are let

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<v Speaker 2>go within seventeen days. Okay, My decisions such as they

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<v Speaker 2>are I don't result in actions. Something has gone wrong

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<v Speaker 2>deep within me. That's a heart problem and gets the

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<v Speaker 2>better of me every time. It happens so regularly that

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<v Speaker 2>it's predictable. The moment I decide to do good, sin

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<v Speaker 2>is there to trip me up. I truly delight in

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<v Speaker 2>God's commands, but it's pretty obvious that not all of

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<v Speaker 2>I love this message paraphrase of Roman seven. Parts of

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<v Speaker 2>me covertly rebel, and just when I least expect it,

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<v Speaker 2>they take charge. I've tried everything and nothing helps. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>at the end of my rope. Is there no one

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<v Speaker 2>who can do anything for me? In other words, how

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<v Speaker 2>can I change? Isn't that the real question? The answer,

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<v Speaker 2>thank God, is that Jesus Christ can and does. He

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<v Speaker 2>acted to set things right in this life of contradictions

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<v Speaker 2>and mind, but I'm pulled by the influence of sin

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<v Speaker 2>to do something totally different.

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<v Speaker 3>That's Romans seven. You might want to go and read

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<v Speaker 3>that again today.

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<v Speaker 2>He's talking about how compulsions help us feel powerless.

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<v Speaker 1>What a great message from Pastor Rick today. There's something

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<v Speaker 1>I always take away from his message. Here's Rick to

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus told his disciples that they should live their lives

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<v Speaker 2>according to five specific purposes. He said, you've got to

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<v Speaker 2>love God with all your heart. That's worship, and love

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<v Speaker 2>your neighbors yourself. That's ministry. That's called the Great Commandment.

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<v Speaker 2>And then Jesus said, go make disciples. That's evangelism. Baptize

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<v Speaker 2>them into the Family of God. That's fellowship, a sign

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<v Speaker 2>of fellowship. And then he said, teach them obey everything

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<v Speaker 2>I've taught you. That's discipleship. And we call that the

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<v Speaker 2>Great Commission. We believe it daily hope that a great

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<v Speaker 2>commitment to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission will

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<v Speaker 2>produce a great Christian, a great church, a great company,

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<v Speaker 2>a great community. You know, I started Daily Hope so

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<v Speaker 2>I could spread the good news about Jesus, not just

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<v Speaker 2>him every day is available to every single one. You

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<v Speaker 2>know as well as I do, that the Word of

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<v Speaker 2>God changes lives. It's a live it's active, and it

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<v Speaker 2>So wherever you listen to this, whether you listen on

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