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<v Speaker 1>Hey, everyone, welcome to Pastor Rick Warren's Daily Hope. Now

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to continue our series today called building My

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<v Speaker 1>Life on Values that last and Rick will press on

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<v Speaker 1>and show us how we benefit when we applied the

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<v Speaker 1>biblical principles of trust, self control, balance, respect forgiveness, moral purity, fairness, honesty,

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<v Speaker 1>and love to our lives. And right now, here's Pastor

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<v Speaker 1>Rick with part one of a message called developing trust.

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<v Speaker 2>In this series on values, first we talked about developing

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<v Speaker 2>your standard, choosing who's going to be your standard for life,

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<v Speaker 2>and then we talked about accepting responsibility for your life.

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<v Speaker 2>And then the next question that comes up is who

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<v Speaker 2>are you going to trust? Now? There have been a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of books, a lot of magazines, and a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of articles out recently talking about the dramatic decline and

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<v Speaker 2>trust in our society, that nobody really trusts anybody anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>We are a cynical nation, a doubting nation. We tend

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<v Speaker 2>to be wondering what's really the truth, where we are

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<v Speaker 2>skeptical of everything and everybody. A recent article I read

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<v Speaker 2>this week was talking about the high price of low trust,

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<v Speaker 2>so that customers don't trust businesses anymore. Employees don't trust

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<v Speaker 2>managers anymore, and nobody trusts the government anymore. And they

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<v Speaker 2>did a survey of the trust level in America and

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<v Speaker 2>discovered that the least trusted professions in America are now

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<v Speaker 2>number one telemarketers, used car salesman, and at the bottom

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<v Speaker 2>of the barrel politicians. On the other hand, the two

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<v Speaker 2>most trusted professions in America are number one pharmacists and

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<v Speaker 2>number two pastors. So I'd like to sell you some

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<v Speaker 2>medicine today, folks. Let me let you in a little secret.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't always trust pastors, and you can't alway trust

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<v Speaker 2>pharmacists because people are people and they will let you down. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>what's behind this decline and trust in our society where

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<v Speaker 2>we really are skeptical of everything and everybody. We've heard

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<v Speaker 2>all these bogus claims, and we've heard all these unkept promises.

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<v Speaker 2>Why don't we trust people? The answer is what we

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<v Speaker 2>talked about two weeks ago, truth decay. Our society doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>value truth anymore. What they value is what works. It

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't matter if it's true or not, and truth and

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<v Speaker 2>trust go together. In fact, I've ever realized there's only

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<v Speaker 2>one letter difference between truth and trust. You trust people

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<v Speaker 2>who tell you the truth, and you don't trust people

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<v Speaker 2>if you don't think they're telling you the truth. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>in a society where most of the people say there

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<v Speaker 2>is no such thing as absolute truth, that means you

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<v Speaker 2>can trust absolutely no one because you can't depend on

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<v Speaker 2>anything or anybody to always tell you the truth if

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<v Speaker 2>there are no absolute truths life. We talked about that

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<v Speaker 2>fallacy a couple weeks ago. Now it's interesting because that

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<v Speaker 2>causes stress in our lives because you were wired to

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<v Speaker 2>be a person of trust when God made you. And

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<v Speaker 2>God created you. When he designed you, he wired you

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<v Speaker 2>in such a way that you have the capacity and

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<v Speaker 2>the desire to trust in something greater than yourselves, because

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<v Speaker 2>He wanted you to have a relationship with Him. And

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<v Speaker 2>I want to say this, if you don't learn to

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<v Speaker 2>trust God, you will create something to trust in. It

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<v Speaker 2>may be a diploma on the wall that gives me

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<v Speaker 2>my security. It may be money in the bank that

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<v Speaker 2>gives me my self esteem. It may be a beautiful

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<v Speaker 2>husband or wife on your arm. They are my source

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<v Speaker 2>of significance. It may be a career, a goal, or whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>But you will create something to worship. You will create

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<v Speaker 2>something to value, you will create something to trust in. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>let me give you a little definition. Anytime I trust

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<v Speaker 2>any person or anything more than God, or anytime I

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<v Speaker 2>value any person or anything before God, that's called you

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<v Speaker 2>might write this down an idol. An idol. That is

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<v Speaker 2>a definition of idol. It's when I trust anything or

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<v Speaker 2>anything or anyone else more than God. That's called an idol.

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<v Speaker 2>The second command of the Ten Commandment says, don't make

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<v Speaker 2>any idols. Now. Why is that? Well, another place in

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible, in the Book of Deuteronomy, it says this

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<v Speaker 2>notice on your outline for your own good, don't sin

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<v Speaker 2>by making an idol in any form, he says, for

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<v Speaker 2>your own good. Circle that he says, I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to have a correct understanding of what I'm like, how

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<v Speaker 2>the correct image of me in your mind, because it's

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<v Speaker 2>truly for your own good. Now, this morning, I want

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<v Speaker 2>to do three things. I want to ask three questions. One,

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<v Speaker 2>what happens when I trust something else or someone else

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<v Speaker 2>more than God? What happens? Number two? Why does it

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<v Speaker 2>seem so difficult to trust God? And number three, what

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<v Speaker 2>are the reasons that I really ought to trust God

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<v Speaker 2>with my life? Let's look at him this morning. Number one,

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<v Speaker 2>What happens when I trust God more than anything else, Well,

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<v Speaker 2>there are two negative effects. One I'm disappointed and two

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<v Speaker 2>I'm dominated. I am controlled, disappointed and dominated. First, I'm disappointed.

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<v Speaker 2>Anytime I expect other people to meet and need in

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<v Speaker 2>my life that only God can meet, I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>be disappointed. Anytime you take anything, and we can even

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<v Speaker 2>make good things idols. You can make your family an idol,

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<v Speaker 2>and there's nothing wrong with your family, But anytime you

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<v Speaker 2>look to any single person or any single thing in

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<v Speaker 2>life to meet all your needs, you're going to be

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<v Speaker 2>let down. It's the idea of you know, if I

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<v Speaker 2>could just get married, then I'd be happy. Anybody want

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<v Speaker 2>to give a testimony on that. If I could just

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<v Speaker 2>find that right person, my life would be totally fulfilled.

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<v Speaker 2>That's creating an idol. Or if I could just get

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<v Speaker 2>this job, or if I could just make X amount

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<v Speaker 2>of money, then I would feel significant, Then I would

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<v Speaker 2>be confident, Then I'd feel good about myself. Then life

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<v Speaker 2>would be fantastic. You have just created an idol, and

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to be discouraged by it. The Bible says this,

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<v Speaker 2>and Jeremiah those who make idols are disillusioned always because

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<v Speaker 2>they let you down. The Bible says in Hebrews, of

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<v Speaker 2>what value is an idol? For he who makes it

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<v Speaker 2>trusts in his own creation. He says, it's crazy. We

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<v Speaker 2>look at a person in the jungle who carves out

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<v Speaker 2>a little God and then bows down and worship it.

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<v Speaker 2>We say, that's dumb made it. But we do that

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<v Speaker 2>all the time with our careers, with our relationships, with

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<v Speaker 2>our bank accounts, and we act as if that's what

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<v Speaker 2>gives us meaning in life, that's what gives us significance,

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<v Speaker 2>that's what gives us self worth. And you're going to

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<v Speaker 2>be disillusioned now. As I said, you create something to worship,

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<v Speaker 2>you create something to trust if you don't trust God.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's pretty amazing all the things that people will

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<v Speaker 2>trust in instead of God. We spend billions of dollars

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<v Speaker 2>every year on psychicotlines, horoscopes, palm reading, tea leaves. We

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<v Speaker 2>hang little crystals in our in our rooms are we are.

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<v Speaker 2>We wear things around our neck and we think that

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<v Speaker 2>that's going to ward off all the all the bad things.

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<v Speaker 2>Or we put a little statue on our car as

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<v Speaker 2>if that little statue can protect us. Look at what

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says. The poor, deluted fool is trusting something

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<v Speaker 2>that can give him no help at all. Yet he

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<v Speaker 2>cannot bring himself to ask, is this thing, this idol

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<v Speaker 2>a lie? He says, we're trusting when we trust in

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<v Speaker 2>anything besides God to take care of us. Ultimately we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to be disappointed. We're going to be disillusioned, and

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<v Speaker 2>then number two, we're going to be dominated. Notice the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible says you were controlled circle that word, controlled by

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<v Speaker 2>dead idols who led you astray. Now what I want

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<v Speaker 2>to say about this is that anything that you value

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<v Speaker 2>most in your life. Let's just say if I said, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>make a list of the top ten most important things

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<v Speaker 2>to you and put them in order. Number one, what's

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<v Speaker 2>the most important value in your life? Number two, number three,

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<v Speaker 2>and all the way down. Whatever's in first place is

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<v Speaker 2>your God. It's your God. And if it's not the God,

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<v Speaker 2>you have just built an idol. And whatever is in

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<v Speaker 2>first place in your life, whatever you value more most

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<v Speaker 2>eventually control. That's why I suggest you better make it God,

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<v Speaker 2>because he's the only one wise enough to give you

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<v Speaker 2>the right directions. This is how addictions start something becomes

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<v Speaker 2>so important and pretty soon I think I'm controlling it,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's actually controlling me. Look at the next verse.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says in the Book of Psalms, those who

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<v Speaker 2>make idols end up like them, and so does everyone

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<v Speaker 2>who trust them. Whatever you value the most in life,

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to become like So. If I value money

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<v Speaker 2>most important in life, I'm going to become a materialist.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't help it. If I value pleasure most in life,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to become a hedonist. If I value what

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<v Speaker 2>works most in life, I become a pragmatist. If I

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<v Speaker 2>value Jesus Christ most in life, I become a Christian.

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<v Speaker 2>And on and on and on. Whatever you put in

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<v Speaker 2>top value in your life is going to shape you.

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<v Speaker 2>And if it's not God, it's going to warp you.

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<v Speaker 2>It's going to warp you. Then why do we do this?

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<v Speaker 2>Why do we instead of just trusting God? Why do

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<v Speaker 2>we start trusting and all these other things to give

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<v Speaker 2>our life meaning, significance, et cetera. The reason we create

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<v Speaker 2>idols is because we want a God we can control.

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<v Speaker 2>What we want to do is we want to shrink

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<v Speaker 2>God down so we can manage him. We want to

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<v Speaker 2>reduce him to our size so we can put him

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<v Speaker 2>in a little box. We want to sign him to

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<v Speaker 2>a location. Say hey, this is your box. God. You're

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<v Speaker 2>over there, and I'm over here when I need you

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<v Speaker 2>come help me. You see, really you don't want We

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<v Speaker 2>don't want a God in life. We want a genie. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>that's really what we want. I don't want a God

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<v Speaker 2>that I have to serve. What I want is a

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<v Speaker 2>God who serves me. I don't want a God that

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<v Speaker 2>I have to worship and love. I just want a

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<v Speaker 2>God who loves me and lets me do whatever I

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<v Speaker 2>want to irregardless of whether it's right or wrong. I

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<v Speaker 2>want a genie. I want to control God. I want

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<v Speaker 2>to sign him to a place. And people try to

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<v Speaker 2>do this all the time, well meaning parents. I've heard

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<v Speaker 2>several times in our church after a service, the kids

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<v Speaker 2>are running around here and they say, slow down, You're

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<v Speaker 2>in God's house now. I want to tell you something.

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<v Speaker 2>This is not God's house. Even this big building couldn't

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<v Speaker 2>hold God. God can't be contained in a universe. The

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<v Speaker 2>fact the Bible says real clearly, God does not dwell

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<v Speaker 2>in temples made by man. God has not located anyone location.

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<v Speaker 2>Now we would like for this to be God's house.

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<v Speaker 2>Why because then he could stay in his house while

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<v Speaker 2>we go do what we want to do. Okay, God,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm so glad he's not seeing me here at the

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<v Speaker 2>Cowboy Boogie, you know. And so we want God to

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<v Speaker 2>be localized in one little place. But He's with you

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<v Speaker 2>all the time. He's everywhere. And so God says, don't

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<v Speaker 2>reduce me, don't make an idol, don't just try to

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<v Speaker 2>fit me into your convenience. Now, this is a very

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<v Speaker 2>important question you need to ask yourself because it will

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<v Speaker 2>determine your values in life. Do I exist for God

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<v Speaker 2>or does God exist for me? You have to answer

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<v Speaker 2>one of the two ways. Do I exist for God

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<v Speaker 2>or does God exist for me? Now? Well, who made who? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>obviously God made you, so you exist for God. Now

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<v Speaker 2>if you say no, no, God exists for me, you

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<v Speaker 2>don't have a God. You have a genie. That's what

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<v Speaker 2>you have done. You have created a little figment of

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<v Speaker 2>your imagination. You have imaged him, imagined him. You've created

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<v Speaker 2>an idol who serves you. Now, this is not new

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<v Speaker 2>because from the very beginning man has been trying to

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<v Speaker 2>in my own what image? Okay, God says, let's make

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<v Speaker 2>man in our image? And now today we do the

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<v Speaker 2>opp We've reversed it. Now it's man saying I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to make God in my image. I'm gonna whittle him

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<v Speaker 2>down the size. I'm going to create a little fashion,

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<v Speaker 2>fashion him in the way that I want. He's going

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<v Speaker 2>to be what I want him to be, so I

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<v Speaker 2>can do my own thing. You see, the Bible says,

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<v Speaker 2>this is the day the Lord has made, and today

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<v Speaker 2>culture's got it backwards. This is the Lord the Day

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<v Speaker 2>has made. And people all around and going, this is

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<v Speaker 2>what God's like, This is what God's like. What are

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<v Speaker 2>they doing justifying their lifestyle? They are paring down their

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<v Speaker 2>idolizing God. I laughed at this when I read this.

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<v Speaker 2>A while back, a guy named Enrique petition the Superior

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<v Speaker 2>Court in Marin County, you know, up by the Bay area,

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<v Speaker 2>to have his name changed. He now wants to be

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<v Speaker 2>called God. So so you know, can you imagine God speaking?

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<v Speaker 2>He says, The court held the public hearing to quote

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<v Speaker 2>not be great, added his request. Now, this isn't anything new.

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<v Speaker 2>From the very beginning of time, man has wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>be God. It's the very first temptation when the devil

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<v Speaker 2>He goes, Hey, you know, if you just eat this

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<v Speaker 2>one tree, God said, you can eat everything else in

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<v Speaker 2>the whole garden, but not one. So it's the minimal

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<v Speaker 2>temptation possible. He said, just as one thing's off limits.

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<v Speaker 2>Just why so God could give him a choice between

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<v Speaker 2>if you just eat this one tree, you will be evil. No,

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<v Speaker 2>he didn't say that. He said, if you just eat

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<v Speaker 2>this one fruit, you'll be God yourself. Give it here. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to be God. Okay, and man has always

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to do that, to play God. Now, since you

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<v Speaker 2>know you can't be God, the second best thing we

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<v Speaker 2>try to do is if I can't be God, then

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<v Speaker 2>I will whittle God down to my size and I

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<v Speaker 2>will reduce him so it's comfortable for me and fits

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<v Speaker 2>my my lifestyle. Now, this is what I call the

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<v Speaker 2>ultimate expression of individualism. We talked about individualism in our

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<v Speaker 2>in our society. A couple of weeks ago. The ultimate

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<v Speaker 2>act of individualism is everybody gets to create their own God.

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<v Speaker 2>You create your own God to match your lifestyle, and

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<v Speaker 2>he says everything you do is okay, and what you

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<v Speaker 2>don't like in other people, those are all the bad things. Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Then I create a God who says all the things

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<v Speaker 2>that I like to do are fine, but all the

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<v Speaker 2>things I disapprove of that my God says those are wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>And we each create our own little god. That's called

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<v Speaker 2>making an idol, and God says, don't do that now. Again,

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<v Speaker 2>this has been happening for centuries. Did you know that?

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<v Speaker 2>Years ago in the Roman Empire, as the decline of

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<v Speaker 2>in order to justify anything you wanted. So, for instance,

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<v Speaker 2>if you like to get drunk every day and and

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<v Speaker 2>have hangovers, you could create it. You could worship a

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<v Speaker 2>anyone and everyone in any way, with no standards at all,

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<v Speaker 2>total promiscuity, you worshiped a god called Venus. And if

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<v Speaker 2>you had a style or lifestyle or habit that you

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to justify. All you had to do is create

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<v Speaker 2>a god in the Roman pantheon, and then he says,

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<v Speaker 2>he says, it's okay. Now we still do this today

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<v Speaker 2>in America. We have some people who want to make

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<v Speaker 2>a flag waving God who runs around justifying all their

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<v Speaker 2>political opinions. God's on our side. It's God in the

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<v Speaker 2>flag and me. We have other people who want to

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<v Speaker 2>create a status quo God. It basically says, don't rock

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<v Speaker 2>the boat. Everything's copa SETTI, just leave it the way

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<v Speaker 2>it is. There are certain people who want to create

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<v Speaker 2>a success God, which says God wants everybody to be

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<v Speaker 2>filthy so we can justify materialism, and on and on

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<v Speaker 2>and on. God says, don't do it. God says, don't

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<v Speaker 2>reduce me down to size, don't cut me into a

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<v Speaker 2>little pieces, misrepresent me. I want people to know the

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<v Speaker 2>truth about me. Now do you like to be misrepresented? No?

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, when people say things about you that aren't true,

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<v Speaker 2>you get ticked off. Why are they doing that? That's

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<v Speaker 2>not me? And you know what, God gets ticked off

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<v Speaker 2>when we say this is what God's like, but he's not.

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<v Speaker 2>He wants everybody to know the truth. About him just

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<v Speaker 2>like you do. And he says, don't misrepresent me. Don't

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<v Speaker 2>say I'm like this when I'm really this, and he

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<v Speaker 2>takes it very, very seriously. Now, there was a book

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<v Speaker 2>that came out recently and it's called how Do You

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<v Speaker 2>Spell God? And it was written by a Catholic priest,

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<v Speaker 2>a Jewish rabbi, and the foreword was written by the

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<v Speaker 2>Dali Lama. Now you can't get more politically correct than that, folks, okay.

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<v Speaker 2>And in this book, how do you know? How do

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<v Speaker 2>you spell God? And by the way, HBO later took

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<v Speaker 2>the book and made a special about it. Some of

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<v Speaker 2>you you may have seen that. They said how do

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<v Speaker 2>you spell God? And their conclusion was, you can spell

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<v Speaker 2>God any way you like. Well, isn't that sweet? Okay?

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<v Speaker 2>In other words, if I want to think of God

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<v Speaker 2>as a fish, that's great. If I want to call

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<v Speaker 2>him Charlie Tuona, great, if you want to say, well,

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<v Speaker 2>I think God is some bodacious babe, fantastic, and that

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<v Speaker 2>we all just create our own little God. Because God

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<v Speaker 2>can be interpreted in many, many, many different ways.

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<v Speaker 1>I just want to say thank you for join us

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<v Speaker 1>today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope have you ever felt

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<v Speaker 1>so many of the wrong places and living by values

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<v Speaker 1>that the world thinks are important, but they can never

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<v Speaker 1>So to help you discover your purpose filled life, the

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<v Speaker 1>on the eternal values revealed in God's Word, well everything

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