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<v Speaker 1>Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Wednesday Service, episode fifteen. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>your host, Josh Monday. If you don't know me, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>a Christian rapper, devoter, husband, father, and Army veteran. And yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>this is brought to you by could Conspiracy Podcast. And

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<v Speaker 1>I appreciate you guys tuning in. I got some shout

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<v Speaker 1>outs to do for man. I got a ton of

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<v Speaker 1>comments on Sunday Service. I really appreciate you guys commenting

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<v Speaker 1>I got. I want to shout you guys out real quick.

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<v Speaker 1>So Callahan, thank you so much. Soon there will be

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<v Speaker 1>too many comments for you to acknowledge them all. That's hilariousy.

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<v Speaker 1>I appreciate that. Thank you. I hope that there is

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<v Speaker 1>too many comments, but I will definitely acknowledge them all.

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<v Speaker 1>I will do my very best. But thank you, Callahan.

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<v Speaker 1>And I already prayed for you today, just letting you know.

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<v Speaker 1>As soon as I read this message this morning, I

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<v Speaker 1>prayed for you today. So TC, what's up. Thank you

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<v Speaker 1>so much. I appreciate you commenting on this show and

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<v Speaker 1>my other show. I appreciate you. Thank you. You and I

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<v Speaker 1>Garza we spoke today actually on Instagram. I appreciate you

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<v Speaker 1>and God bless you. Prayed for you too, brother, and

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<v Speaker 1>then Alex and are Alex k n Z. I appreciate

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<v Speaker 1>you commenting again, Matthew, thanks for the sermony. Keep with

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<v Speaker 1>the good. Thank you so much. I appreciate you all.

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<v Speaker 1>Glory to God. John David new I haven't seen you

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<v Speaker 1>comment before, so thank you so much. I hope that

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<v Speaker 1>you enjoy the podcast and keep on commenting it. It

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<v Speaker 1>helps to push the podcast up the algorithm, and it

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<v Speaker 1>also helps me to stay on the air because when

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<v Speaker 1>Jonathan and Jacob see the comments on here, I'm sure

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<v Speaker 1>that that they're happy with it. You know, the more

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<v Speaker 1>comments the better, so flood the comment section on Spotify.

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<v Speaker 1>I really appreciate it. And John David, I'm Josh Monday.

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<v Speaker 1>Pleasure to meet you, brother. You've probably been listening for

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit, but I just haven't seen you on here.

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<v Speaker 1>But I really want to make this like a community,

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<v Speaker 1>and I want to say I want to shout you

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<v Speaker 1>guys out for commenting and taking the time out because

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<v Speaker 1>I really appreciate you time. Hold on real quick, let

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<v Speaker 1>me continue since C I n C. I hopefully I'm

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<v Speaker 1>pronouncing that correctly. Love the work. Thank you. I really

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<v Speaker 1>appreciate you. God bless you all. Glory to God. The Nobody,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks for sharing. Hey, you are somebody. You're not the

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<v Speaker 1>nobody for sure, you are somebody, and you know what,

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<v Speaker 1>You're very special to me. If you if you comment

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<v Speaker 1>on here, it's nice to see you, know, so I

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<v Speaker 1>can so I can, you know, get to know you guys.

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<v Speaker 1>And and also if you guys want to follow me

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<v Speaker 1>on Instagram and DM me directly, you can do that

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<v Speaker 1>at Josh Monday Underscore podcast and I will get back

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<v Speaker 1>to you. Every single person that ever hits me up,

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<v Speaker 1>I always get back to them. Uh. You know, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't have ten thousand followers, so that's probably why it's

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<v Speaker 1>easy for me to do that. But the Nobody, you

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<v Speaker 1>are definitely somebody. I appreciate you. Uh commenting Mitch, thank

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<v Speaker 1>you again. Ippreciate you, no king, but christ Amen, let's

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<v Speaker 1>go flicking boogers. What's up? Thank you again. I appreciate

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<v Speaker 1>you commenting on this show and my other show. I

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<v Speaker 1>saw you commenting over there. I really appreciate you. Angela Kelly,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you so much. It's so easy to have idols

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<v Speaker 1>when I yeah, when I don't have a firm found

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<v Speaker 1>dest on the Lord. Exactly me too. I had idols too.

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<v Speaker 1>I was exactly like that drugs. I didn't have men,

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<v Speaker 1>though it was women and money. Yes, yeah, I definitely

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<v Speaker 1>had idols. And it's just a terrible place to be.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know what, we both of us know, Angela,

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<v Speaker 1>me and you both know that you can get out

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<v Speaker 1>of it. And this is a and God is the

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<v Speaker 1>only way to fully get out of that life. SF Underscore,

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<v Speaker 1>Bey Wolf. I don't know if you're if SF means

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<v Speaker 1>San Francisco or if SF means something different special forces.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what it means. But that's pretty cool, though,

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<v Speaker 1>christ is king, Why is this so controversial? It's just facts, Amen,

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<v Speaker 1>that is just facts. Yes, sir or ma'am. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>sure which one, but yes, thank you so much. And

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<v Speaker 1>if you want to, like I said, if you guys

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<v Speaker 1>want to DM me, speak to me on Instagram. I

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<v Speaker 1>am available Josh Monday Underscore podcast. Also, please please please

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<v Speaker 1>keep on keep the comments coming on Spotify. It pushes

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<v Speaker 1>us up. The algorithm gets more people listening to the show.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't make money perview, okay, so it's not that

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not doing it. For that reason. Okay, So now

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<v Speaker 1>fold Conspiracy probably makes money perview, Okay, I don't, so

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't matter to me one way or another. But

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<v Speaker 1>I just want to get the message out there to

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<v Speaker 1>as many people as possible, and the way to do

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<v Speaker 1>that is to comment on Spotify. Okay, so thank you,

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<v Speaker 1>and then on for those that are commenting on Patreon,

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<v Speaker 1>shout out to all of you. Okay, I don't really

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<v Speaker 1>get to see those comments, but just you know, when

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<v Speaker 1>I upload a show, I kind of look through. But

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<v Speaker 1>everybody that's coming on Patreon, thank you so much. I

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<v Speaker 1>appreciate you. I know that I did shout out a

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<v Speaker 1>few of you before, but I really just want to

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<v Speaker 1>say thank you. You know, anybody that's listening to the show,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for tuning in. I hope it's blessing you

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<v Speaker 1>and helping you. And if you want to just leave

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<v Speaker 1>a moji, even on Spotify, it helps me out. So

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<v Speaker 1>thank you so much everybody. And I think that I

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<v Speaker 1>did shout out everybody from last week's show when we

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<v Speaker 1>did Luke eight through nine. And anybody that's listening on

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday Service know that Wednesday Service is also available. That's

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<v Speaker 1>another thing I like to tell you guys, I think

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<v Speaker 1>I've shouted all you guys out. Matthew you you commented

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<v Speaker 1>last weekend this week, thank you, I Garza YouTube, appreciate you,

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<v Speaker 1>Alex YouTube Alex and k NZ thank you, Glenn Cole,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you Flicking Boogers always commenting. I appreciate you, and

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<v Speaker 1>Angela Kelly like always, thank you so much. I really

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<v Speaker 1>appreciate you. So all right, and let's see wow. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>let me just do something real quick, okay, perfect, all right,

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<v Speaker 1>just want to set up my notes real quick, make

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<v Speaker 1>sure those are available. Perfect, Okay, here we go. So

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to be doing Luke chapter ten. Let's go

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<v Speaker 1>ahead and turn it real quick. Perfect, There we go.

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<v Speaker 1>So Luke ten is where we're at. Let me get

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<v Speaker 1>to here. There we go. Okay, so we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>start at Luke ten. One the seventy sent out after

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<v Speaker 1>these things. The Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent

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<v Speaker 1>them two by two before his face unto every city

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<v Speaker 1>he said to them, the harvest truly is great, but

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<v Speaker 1>the labor are few. Therefore, pray the Lord of the

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<v Speaker 1>harvest to send out laborers. Into his harvest, go your way. Behold,

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<v Speaker 1>I send you out as lambs among wolves. Okay, so

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<v Speaker 1>what do we need to gather there? Okay, so I

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<v Speaker 1>send you out as lambs among wolves. Now you probably

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<v Speaker 1>would that's not very like. That might not motivate people, right,

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<v Speaker 1>But he's just letting him know because Jesus is the way,

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<v Speaker 1>the truth to life. So he's just telling him the truth.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, he is sending them out as lambs among wolves.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, you know he wants them to be the lambs,

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<v Speaker 1>because what do you do. The way that you attract

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<v Speaker 1>people to the faith is by being the lamb, not

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<v Speaker 1>the wolf. Right, you don't want to be the wolf attacking, slandering, cussing, yelling.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't want to be that wolf. You want to

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<v Speaker 1>be the lamb, which is where you know you would be. Sorry.

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<v Speaker 1>You might hear my kids in the background. They're actually

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<v Speaker 1>transferring room from my room to their room. I apologize.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll give them one second. Looks like they went over there. Okay, perfect,

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<v Speaker 1>all right? So yeah, so the way that I interpret

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<v Speaker 1>that is, you know, the way you attract people to

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<v Speaker 1>the faith is by by sending you know, you know, honey,

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<v Speaker 1>attracts way more than salt and vinegar, right, So honey

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<v Speaker 1>is better. So, you know, being a lamb is you

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<v Speaker 1>know you're gonna be a good person and you're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be good and that, but there's gonna be wolves around you,

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<v Speaker 1>so you do need to be careful, you know. So

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<v Speaker 1>he's just letting him know that.

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<v Speaker 2>So, uh, Carrie, carry neither money bag knapsacked, nor sandals,

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<v Speaker 2>and greet no one along the road.

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<v Speaker 1>But whatever house you enter, first, say peace to this house,

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<v Speaker 1>And if a son of peace is there, your peace

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<v Speaker 1>will rest on it. If not, it will return to you.

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<v Speaker 1>And remain in the same house, eating and drinking such

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<v Speaker 1>thing as they give, for the labor is worthy of

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<v Speaker 1>his wages. Do not go from house to house. Whatever

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<v Speaker 1>city you enter and they receive you, eat such things

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<v Speaker 1>as are set before you, and heal the sick there,

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<v Speaker 1>and say to them, the Kingdom of God is come

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<v Speaker 1>near to you. But whatever city you enter and they

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<v Speaker 1>do not receive you, go out into the streets and say,

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<v Speaker 1>the very dust of your city, which clings to us,

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<v Speaker 1>we wipe off against you. Nevertheless this that the Kingdom

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<v Speaker 1>of God has come near you. But I say to

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<v Speaker 1>you that it will be more tolerable on that day

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<v Speaker 1>for Sodom than for that city. So wow. So Jesus

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<v Speaker 1>appoints seventy two others and sends them two by two, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and then he's emphasizing the importance of partnership in the ministry.

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<v Speaker 1>The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. This

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<v Speaker 1>highlights the urgency and need for the labors in God's kingdom.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus this instructs them to rely on God's provision and

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<v Speaker 1>to bring peace to the households they enter, demonstrating trust

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<v Speaker 1>and faith in God's care. So that's why he doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>want them to carry the money bag, the knapsack, nor sandals,

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<v Speaker 1>and he wants them to literally like rely on the Lord. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is going to teach them faith, right, and

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<v Speaker 1>that's what we need that sometimes you know, what can

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<v Speaker 1>our what kind of faith do we have if it

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<v Speaker 1>can't be tested? You know, this is a way to

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<v Speaker 1>to build these these disciples up right. And then also

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<v Speaker 1>it says, but whatever house you enter, first, say peace

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<v Speaker 1>to this house, and if a center piece is there,

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<v Speaker 1>your peace will rest on it. If not, it will

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<v Speaker 1>return to you and remain in the same house eating

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<v Speaker 1>and drinking such things as they give for the laborers

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<v Speaker 1>worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, this is you know, an example of that

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<v Speaker 1>would be, Let's say you go in to a house.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's say the person, a person that's you know, a

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<v Speaker 1>my house, right, and you're like, okay, and then you

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<v Speaker 1>go and you stay at their house. And then someone

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<v Speaker 1>That's what's way better living, you know, he said, don't

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<v Speaker 1>the house first, you know, stay there and just show

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<v Speaker 1>them that you appreciate it. It's not about the conditions you're

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<v Speaker 1>inviting you in and you staying at that house. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>And then it says, whatever city you enter and you receive,

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<v Speaker 1>you eat such things as they set before you. Don't complain,

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<v Speaker 1>don't say oh I don't eat that. You know, they

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<v Speaker 1>remember it. All right, let's continue. He who hears you,

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<v Speaker 1>So in this verse it says Jesus pronounces woes on

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<v Speaker 1>cities that witnesses miracles, yet do not repent, underscoring the

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<v Speaker 1>seriousness of rejecting the Gospel. The accountability of those who

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<v Speaker 1>as Yeah, so if you're rejecting the disciples and you

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<v Speaker 1>Gospel messages, the good News. So he's just letting him know.

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<v Speaker 1>You know that rejecting his messengers is the same thing

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<v Speaker 1>is rejecting him himself. And if you reject him, you're

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<v Speaker 1>rejecting God, the Father in heaven. Okay, let's continue. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to lose my spot here. Okay, the return

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<v Speaker 1>the seventy return with joy. Then the seventy return with joy, saying, Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>lightning from heaven. Behold, I give you the authority to

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<v Speaker 1>trample on serpents and scorpions and over all the power

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<v Speaker 1>of the enemy. And nothing shall be any means hurt you,

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<v Speaker 1>by any means hurt you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice in

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<v Speaker 1>rejoice because your names are written in heaven. Okay, it's

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<v Speaker 1>more important that your names are written in heaven. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>it was so it says the return. The disciples return

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<v Speaker 1>with joy before that even demons submit to them in

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus's name, illustrating the authority given to believers. Okay, So

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus rejoices in the spirit, thankful the Father, thanking the

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<v Speaker 1>and the value of humility and dependence. That's ten through seventeen, right, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>that's seventeen through twenty fours, which we haven't done the Sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>he's just saying basically in this verse right here, that

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<v Speaker 1>it's more important to Yeah, you're yeah, okay, the demons

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<v Speaker 1>are subject to you. Yeah, that's important. And that's a

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<v Speaker 1>big thing. You know. You have power, Okay, you have

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<v Speaker 1>power through God. Right, God is doing it all. But

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<v Speaker 1>rejoice more that your names are written in heaven. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>continue here, So, Luke ten verse twenty one, Jesus rejoices

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<v Speaker 1>and earth, that you have hidden these things from the

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<v Speaker 1>wise and prudent, and revealed them to babes, to babies,

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<v Speaker 1>sorry not babes. Even so, Father, for it seemed good

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<v Speaker 1>in your sight. All things have delivered to me by

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<v Speaker 1>except the Father, and who the Father is except the son,

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<v Speaker 1>and the one whom the Son wills to reveal him,

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<v Speaker 1>which will be the Holy Spirit. Right, so we kind

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<v Speaker 1>of have a We have the Father, the Son, and

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<v Speaker 1>then the Holy Spirit here. Right. Then he turned it

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<v Speaker 1>to his disciples and said, privately, blessed are the eyes

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<v Speaker 1>that many prophets and kings have desired to see what

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<v Speaker 1>How many of the prophets would want to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to read the New Testament and know what happens. They

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<v Speaker 1>all these things, but we even you know, the disciples

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<v Speaker 1>actually got to witness it firsthand, right, which is beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>But also we should appreciate the fact that we get

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<v Speaker 1>to read all the New Testament and we get to

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<v Speaker 1>find out exactly what was going on, because when Jesus

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<v Speaker 1>was on the earth, the Kingdom of Heaven was upon us. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>it was a massive transfer of power. Okay, think about it. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>all your sins forgiven and buried in the deepest part

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<v Speaker 1>of the ocean. You had to go and do atonement

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<v Speaker 1>it's the same. We'll continue. Let's see as i'm as

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<v Speaker 1>She's going through Leviticus right now. That's awesome, it's really cool.

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<v Speaker 1>She doesn't listen to the show because she says, I

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<v Speaker 1>So think about that, guys. How blessed are we to

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<v Speaker 1>who is my neighbor? So he says. Then Jesus answered

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<v Speaker 1>and said, a certain man went down to Jerusalem to

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<v Speaker 1>Jericho and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his

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<v Speaker 1>clothes clothing, wounding him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

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<v Speaker 1>By now, now, by chance, a certain priest came down

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<v Speaker 1>the road, and when he saw him, he passed by

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<v Speaker 1>on the other side. Likewise, a Levite, when he arrived

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<v Speaker 1>at the place, came and looked, and passed by on

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<v Speaker 1>the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed,

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<v Speaker 1>came where he was, and when he saw him, he

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<v Speaker 1>had compassion. So he went to him and bandaged his wounds,

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<v Speaker 1>pouring on oil and wine. He sent him on his

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<v Speaker 1>own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care

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<v Speaker 1>of him. On the next day when he departed, he

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<v Speaker 1>took out to Dinari, gave them to the innkeeper and

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<v Speaker 1>said to him, take care of him, and whatever more

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<v Speaker 1>you spend, when I come again, I will repay you.

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<v Speaker 1>So which of these three do you think was neighbor

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<v Speaker 1>to him who fell among the thieves? And he said,

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<v Speaker 1>and he said, he who showed mercy on him? Then

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus said to him, go and do likewise. Okay, So

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<v Speaker 1>you see, it's what's on the inside. You know, that

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<v Speaker 1>priest that walked by, he looks holy on the outside, right,

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<v Speaker 1>he wants to look holy on the outside. He wants

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<v Speaker 1>people to think that he's holy. But God he not

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<v Speaker 1>only made the outside, but he also made the inside.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's really what matters is what's on the inside.

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<v Speaker 1>And when nobody's around, this priest, nobody's around sees that

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<v Speaker 1>person struggling on the side of the road, and he

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<v Speaker 1>just continues to walk. And then it says, likewise, a levite,

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<v Speaker 1>when he arrived at the place, came and looked and

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<v Speaker 1>passed on the other side. So he went walked on

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<v Speaker 1>the other side of the street. So we didn't even

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<v Speaker 1>have to deal with that person. But the au but

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<v Speaker 1>a Samaritan as as he journeyed came where he was,

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<v Speaker 1>and you see what he did. He gave him his

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<v Speaker 1>own animal, brought him to an end, took care of him,

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<v Speaker 1>and on the next day he departed. He also he

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<v Speaker 1>gave the two dinari to the innkeeper so that that

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<v Speaker 1>person could, you know, could can rest up, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>so that he's good, you know. So it's just it's

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<v Speaker 1>a beautiful picture of how we should be to people.

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<v Speaker 1>And Jesus is not just talking to this this gentleman.

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<v Speaker 1>He is speaking to this gentleman, gentleman, but also through

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<v Speaker 1>his words right here, he's speaking to us. Are we neighbors?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you guys neighbors to people? You know, the people

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<v Speaker 1>that are listening right now. When someone's in need, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>do you walk on the other side of the road

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<v Speaker 1>and try to go right by, or do you stop

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<v Speaker 1>and help people? You know? And one thing we got

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<v Speaker 1>to try to not do. We got to try not

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<v Speaker 1>to judge the people. You know, Like I was listening

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<v Speaker 1>to this person the other day and he's like, I

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<v Speaker 1>think he's like a he's like a higher up. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know, some kind of bishop. I don't know what

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<v Speaker 1>he is. But of an Orthodox church or something you

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<v Speaker 1>look like. But he was saying that a homeless guy

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<v Speaker 1>came and asked him for money, and he said no

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<v Speaker 1>because he judged him. He thought, oh, if I give

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<v Speaker 1>you money, you're gonna do drugs. And then he went

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<v Speaker 1>to the table and asked for money from another homeless

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<v Speaker 1>man and the guy gave him no money. And he

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<v Speaker 1>said he felt so convicted in his heart because he

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<v Speaker 1>judged him. But that homeless man that doesn't have that

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<v Speaker 1>much money didn't even judge. He just gave it to

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<v Speaker 1>him right away, and he said he felt so bad.

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<v Speaker 1>So are we being neighbors to people? Do we care

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<v Speaker 1>about other people? Or do we just focus on our

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<v Speaker 1>own life? And you see that that our lives are

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<v Speaker 1>going so fast and we have so much on our

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<v Speaker 1>plates that it is hard to focus on other people.

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<v Speaker 1>But you got to have an agreement with you and

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<v Speaker 1>your wife, or your wife and your husband, whatever, whoever's listening.

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<v Speaker 1>You got to have an agreement that when you're doing

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<v Speaker 1>work for the Lord, that nobody can you know, They

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<v Speaker 1>can't really get, they can't say anything, they can't be

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<v Speaker 1>mad at you, they can't be mean to you, they

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<v Speaker 1>can't complain they can't argue with you. If you're trying

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<v Speaker 1>to help somebody out or do something for the Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>you got to just let him know. Hey, this is

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you never know when you're entertaining an angel

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<v Speaker 1>Hebrews thirteen two. Entertain strangers because you might be entertaining

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<v Speaker 1>an angel unaware. You never know if that person that's

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<v Speaker 1>beat up on the road is actually an angel. Before

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<v Speaker 1>it goes out, you never know if it's an angel.

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<v Speaker 1>So I always tell people to make sure, make sure.

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<v Speaker 1>So Jesus is saying, here, go and do likewise. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>let's see what it says here A lawyer questions about

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<v Speaker 1>inheriting internal life leads to the parable, which redefines the

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<v Speaker 1>concept of neighbor beyond cultural and ethic boundaries. The samaritans

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<v Speaker 1>compassion and action serve as a model for true neighborly love,

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<v Speaker 1>challenging us to show mercy to all, regardless of differences. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>and let me see it. There's I think I had

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<v Speaker 1>something else. Shit. So so a Samaritan is traditionally viewed

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<v Speaker 1>as an outsider and an enemy by the Jews. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so that's what we need to understand. Okay, this is

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<v Speaker 1>not just like a Samaritan, we say, we call it

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<v Speaker 1>a good Samaritan, but a Samaritan was actually an enemy

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<v Speaker 1>of the Jews. So not only is it a you know,

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<v Speaker 1>a person that's just coming from you know, outside of Israel, right,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not just like a stranger, but it's an actual enemy.

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<v Speaker 1>And that person that got robbed is obviously, you know, Jewish.

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<v Speaker 1>So a traveler is robbed and left four dead, and

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<v Speaker 1>on the road from Jewsalem to Jericho. A priest to

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<v Speaker 1>Levi Bo Jewish religious already read that. So the Parable

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<v Speaker 1>teaches that a neighbor is anyone who shows compassions and kindness,

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<v Speaker 1>regardless of their background or status. The significant to the

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<v Speaker 1>story is love your neighbor. The parablem reinforces the commandment

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<v Speaker 1>to love thy neighbors yourself compassionate, highlights the importance of

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<v Speaker 1>showing compassion and mercy even towards those who are not

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<v Speaker 1>in immediate can or allies. Right, So if your family

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<v Speaker 1>was on that road, you definitely help him out, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>And and if you know, if your enemy was on

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<v Speaker 1>that road, are you gonna help him out? Jesus is

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<v Speaker 1>saying that you should, Okay, you shouldn't have an enemy anyways,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, but maybe it's an enemy to your country

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<v Speaker 1>or something. I don't know. That's kind of what it

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<v Speaker 1>looks like here. The story challenges prejudices right, religious and

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<v Speaker 1>cultural prejudices, showing that the true definition of a neighbor

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<v Speaker 1>is not based on ethnicity or religious affiliation. Yes, very true.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's see. Let's go back up. Now we're gonna go

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<v Speaker 1>with Mary and Martha worship and serve. Now it happened. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>what happened is they went that he entered a certain village,

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<v Speaker 1>and a certain woman named Martha welcomed him into her house.

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<v Speaker 1>And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat

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<v Speaker 1>at Jesus's feet and hurt his word. But Martha was

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<v Speaker 1>distracted by much serving as she approached him and said, Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>do you not care that my sister has left me

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<v Speaker 1>to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me. And

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus answered and said to her, Martha, Martha, you were

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<v Speaker 1>worried and troubled about many things, but one thing is needed,

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<v Speaker 1>and Mary has chosen that good part which will not

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<v Speaker 1>be taken away from her. So the story of Martha

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<v Speaker 1>and Mary illustrates the importance of priortizing time with Jesus

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<v Speaker 1>over busyness, emphasizing the need for spiritual focus and devotion. Amen.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's let's check out some practical applications for this

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<v Speaker 1>verse or for this chapter. Engage in ministry, partner with others,

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<v Speaker 1>and sharing the gospel. Reckon I the importance of community

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<v Speaker 1>and collaboration and ministry efforts. I can't emphasize that enough,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. And that's why I know. Some people they

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<v Speaker 1>they don't they don't go to church, you know, they

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<v Speaker 1>have a they have a bias against going to church.

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<v Speaker 1>They would rather maybe listen to this show. And but

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<v Speaker 1>definitely it's good to have fellowship with with other believers,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. And whether you're having fellowship here or fellowship

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<v Speaker 1>at church, it's definitely in good. It's good to engage

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<v Speaker 1>with others and partners with others and share the gospel

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<v Speaker 1>and recognize the importance of community. Yeah, definitely, definitely true.

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<v Speaker 1>For some For some people, they don't, They don't like that.

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<v Speaker 1>They have different gifts. People have different gifts, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>You know that that's that's definitely true. You know. Some

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<v Speaker 1>people have the gift of talk, gift of gab, gift

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<v Speaker 1>of speaking, gift of gab, is not one of the

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<v Speaker 1>not the ones of the Bible. But you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>gift of teaching, the gift of preaching, there's a bunch

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<v Speaker 1>of different gifts. You know. Some people have gifts that

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<v Speaker 1>different kind of gifts. So not everybody's an evangelist, right,

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<v Speaker 1>so you have different gifts you could do, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>so practice humility, approach God with a childlike faith, value, humanity,

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<v Speaker 1>and openness to his teaching. So what is a child

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<v Speaker 1>like faith like? You know, Well, a childlike faith is

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<v Speaker 1>your kids like my kids right now. You know, I

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<v Speaker 1>have a three year old, a four year old, and

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<v Speaker 1>a six year old. Right. They they are highly dependent

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<v Speaker 1>on me and highly dependent on my wife, and they

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<v Speaker 1>have faith that they're going to get fed every day.

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<v Speaker 1>They have faith that we're going to take care of them.

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<v Speaker 1>That's that child like faith. They know that we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to take care of them. Right, they have faith. That

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<v Speaker 1>is what we are supposed to have with God, child

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<v Speaker 1>like faith. Right, show compassion, actively seek opportunities to demonstrate

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<v Speaker 1>love and mercy to those in need, following the example

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<v Speaker 1>of the Good Samaritan. Yes, demonstrating love and mercy, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>to those that are in need and sometimes God may

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<v Speaker 1>be setting up those situations to test your faith. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>he may see like me, like I'm over here preaching,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, teaching and preaching like hey, be the good Samaritan,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, but I could end up, you know, with

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<v Speaker 1>the situation to see. You know, I don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>be a hypocrite. So if I see somebody that's in need,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I need to do the same thing. So

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<v Speaker 1>I just think it's important that we we show compassion

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<v Speaker 1>prioritize spiritual growth. So balance service with time spending God's presence,

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<v Speaker 1>ensuring the spiritual nourishment is not neglected in the busyness

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<v Speaker 1>of life. That is so true, you know, like I

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<v Speaker 1>was talking about, you know, uh, there's so many curveballs

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<v Speaker 1>that get thrown to us. So much stuff when it

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<v Speaker 1>comes to work, so much stuff when it comes to

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<v Speaker 1>you know, trying to make money, social media, family family events,

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<v Speaker 1>trying to please your wife, trying to please your kids,

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<v Speaker 1>trying to please your aunt, your uncle, your cousins. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know who's in your life, your mom, your dad.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, you're trying to please so many people, and

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes you don't have time to please the Lord, the

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<v Speaker 1>one that should be number one in your life, right,

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<v Speaker 1>so you need to definitely, you know, what will you

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<v Speaker 1>do for money? A lot of people will work sixty

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<v Speaker 1>seventy hours a week just to make their money that

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<v Speaker 1>they make, you know, to pay for their house, to

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<v Speaker 1>pay for the cars, to pay for their boats, to

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<v Speaker 1>pay for whatever they have. And you know, it's way

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<v Speaker 1>more it's way way more profitable, way more profitable to

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<v Speaker 1>to get spiritual nourishment, right, it's way more profitable. But God, first,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, if you're the one that could kill the

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<v Speaker 1>body and the soul, not the one that could kill

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<v Speaker 1>the body, right, which is gonna come up pretty soon here,

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<v Speaker 1>So ah right, sorry, Okay, let's see if there's any

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<v Speaker 1>So Samaria, although not explicity named in lieu tense, Samaria

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<v Speaker 1>is implied to the parable of the Good Samaritans. Samaritans

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<v Speaker 1>were considered outsiders by the Jews, and the parable highlights

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<v Speaker 1>themes of compassion and neighborly love across boundaries. Okay, so,

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<v Speaker 1>and then connections, you know, additional scriptures you can look up.

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<v Speaker 1>You can look up James two verses fourteen through seventeen,

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<v Speaker 1>which discusses faith in action complementing the message of the

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<v Speaker 1>Good Samaritan, we could go the real quick James two

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen through seventeen. Let's see exactly what that is. Since

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<v Speaker 1>it's important, James two fourteen through seventeen, what does it profit,

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<v Speaker 1>my brethren? If someone says he has faith but does

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<v Speaker 1>not have works, can faith save him? If a brother

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<v Speaker 1>or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and

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<v Speaker 1>one of you says to them, depart in peace, but

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<v Speaker 1>be warm and filled, but you do not give them

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<v Speaker 1>the things which are needed for the body, what does

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<v Speaker 1>it profit. Thus? Also, faith by itself, if it does

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<v Speaker 1>not have works, is dead. Okay. So if we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to represent God, now, this is not telling you that

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<v Speaker 1>you have to have faith in works to be saved.

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<v Speaker 1>This is telling you that we need to have We

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<v Speaker 1>need to show our faith by our works. Right. What

636
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<v Speaker 1>is faith? I just believing? I don't know, man, it's

637
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<v Speaker 1>it's all I know is that we need to be

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<v Speaker 1>disciples of God, right and and sin separates us from God.

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<v Speaker 1>So obedience is vastly important for us. Okay. All I'm

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<v Speaker 1>saying is that this is more of how Christians should

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<v Speaker 1>be once you're saved. That's the first step, right now,

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<v Speaker 1>James is getting into the meat and potatoes of which

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<v Speaker 1>how we should be disciples. Right, So that's what he's

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<v Speaker 1>talking about here. He's trying to say, you need to

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<v Speaker 1>show your faith by your works. Right. Philippians two three

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<v Speaker 1>and four is also three through four is also a

647
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<v Speaker 1>good one. It's encourage us humility and consider others needs,

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<v Speaker 1>aligning with jesus teachings on servanthood. Okay, sorry, someone just

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<v Speaker 1>I think my instcart just dropped off the food that

650
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<v Speaker 1>I ordered. That's why you heard that, ding. Let me

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<v Speaker 1>tell her thank you. All right, let's go back to

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<v Speaker 1>the notes. Perfect. Now we're gonna go to Luke eleven

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<v Speaker 1>and let's see if I have I have some notes

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<v Speaker 1>for Luke twelve here shameless persistence. Yes, okay, I'll leave

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<v Speaker 1>that there. Oh, you need to go to eleven on

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<v Speaker 1>here too. All right. I had to switch my make

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<v Speaker 1>sure my notes were pulled up. Okay. Now it came

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<v Speaker 1>to pass as he was praying in a certain place

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<v Speaker 1>that he seized that one of his disciples said to him, Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>teach us to pray as John also taught his disciples.

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<v Speaker 1>So we said to them, when you pray, say our

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<v Speaker 1>Father in Heaven hallowed be your name, your kingdom. Come,

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<v Speaker 1>you will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

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<v Speaker 1>Give us day by day our daily bread, and forgive

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<v Speaker 1>us of our sins. For we also forgive everyone who

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<v Speaker 1>is indebted to us. And do not lead us into temptation,

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<v Speaker 1>but deliver us from the evil one. So our father

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<v Speaker 1>in heaven hollowed be your name. That's going to be holy,

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<v Speaker 1>be your name, or separate be your name. And in Matthew,

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord's prayer is actually going to be I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's a little bit longer. I think this is the

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<v Speaker 1>condensed version. You will be done on earth as it

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<v Speaker 1>is in heaven. Right, So God's will is vastly important. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>so give us day by day our daily bread. Right, So,

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<v Speaker 1>and forgive us for our sins. Now does this mean

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<v Speaker 1>like that you know Jesus dying on the cross forgives

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<v Speaker 1>all of our sins, right, Yeah, But sin separates us

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<v Speaker 1>from God. So you still need to repent. Okay, even

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<v Speaker 1>if Jesus died for all your sins, and you still

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<v Speaker 1>need to repent for those sins. Right. So, and also

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<v Speaker 1>forgive everyone who is indebted to us, For we also

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<v Speaker 1>forget everyone who is indebted to us. And do not

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<v Speaker 1>lead us into temptation. Temptation there it means like it does.

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<v Speaker 1>It means testing right. But deliver us from the evil one.

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<v Speaker 1>Obviously that is our adversary, that's going to be the devil. Here,

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<v Speaker 1>it says Jesus provides a model for prayer. I'm emphasizing

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<v Speaker 1>the importance of honoring God's name, seeking his kingdom, and

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<v Speaker 1>relying on him for daily need and forgiveness. And the

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<v Speaker 1>next is going to be a persistence, shameless persistence. A

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<v Speaker 1>friend comes at midnight, and he said to them, this

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<v Speaker 1>is Luke eleven verse five. And he said to them,

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<v Speaker 1>which of you shall have a friend, And go to

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<v Speaker 1>him at midnight and say to him, friend, lend me

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<v Speaker 1>three loaves. For a friend of mine has come to

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<v Speaker 1>me on this journey, and I have nothing to set

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<v Speaker 1>before him. And he will answer from within and say,

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<v Speaker 1>do not trouble me. The door is now shut, and

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<v Speaker 1>my children are with me in bed. I cannot rise

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<v Speaker 1>and give it to you. I say to you, though

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<v Speaker 1>he will not rise and give it to him, because

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<v Speaker 1>he is his friend. Yet because of his persistence, he

702
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<v Speaker 1>will rise and give him as many as he needs.

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<v Speaker 1>So I say to you, ask and it will be

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<v Speaker 1>given to you. Seek and you shall, and you will find,

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<v Speaker 1>knock and will be open to you. For everyone who

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<v Speaker 1>asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him

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<v Speaker 1>who knocks it will be opened. So let's stop there

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<v Speaker 1>real quick. And Jesus doesn't tell tell you to ask

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<v Speaker 1>once and you're going to receive it. Okay, That doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>say there doesn't tell you how many times you need

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<v Speaker 1>to ask. Seeking right, shameless persistence is what you need

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<v Speaker 1>to have. If a son asks for bread from any

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<v Speaker 1>father among you, will he will he give him a stone?

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<v Speaker 1>Or if he asks for a fish, will he give

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<v Speaker 1>him a serpent a set of a fish. Or if

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<v Speaker 1>he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

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<v Speaker 1>If you, then, being evil, know how to give good

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<v Speaker 1>gifts for your children, how much we're more? Will your

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<v Speaker 1>heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit for those who ask him?

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<v Speaker 1>So we are we inherently are evil? You know we're

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<v Speaker 1>we're we're sinners, and we take care of our kids.

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<v Speaker 1>So God doesn't have that evil in him. So how

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<v Speaker 1>much more is God going to take care of us?

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<v Speaker 1>All right? How much more will they heaven the Father

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<v Speaker 1>give the Holy Spirit? To those who ask him, which

726
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<v Speaker 1>is the best gift. That's what we should be asking for.

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<v Speaker 1>A holy spirit. Yes, if you're not saved, especially, but

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<v Speaker 1>you see, you see what the point there is, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>And obviously I mean what I think is if it's

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<v Speaker 1>God's will, then you know it'll be done, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>But he says, I say, ask, ask, and it will

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<v Speaker 1>be given to you. Seek and you will find not going.

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<v Speaker 1>It will be open to you. So but God is

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<v Speaker 1>gonna give you. He's not going to give you too

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<v Speaker 1>much that you can handle. Right, it says, he will

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<v Speaker 1>not give you too much. Right, he will not give

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<v Speaker 1>you too much to handle. Okay, A house divided cannot stand.

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<v Speaker 1>And he was casting out a demon, and it was mute.

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<v Speaker 1>So it was when that this is a Luke eleven fourteen,

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<v Speaker 1>And he was casting out a demon and it was mute.

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<v Speaker 1>So it was when the demon had gone out that

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<v Speaker 1>the mute spoke and the multitudes marveled. But some of

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<v Speaker 1>them said, he cast out demons by bills above the

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<v Speaker 1>ruler of the demons. Now here's the thing right here. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So the Jews believed the Pharisees, the Sadducees. They believed

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<v Speaker 1>that you have to ask the demon its name, and

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<v Speaker 1>once it gives you its name, then you could cast

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<v Speaker 1>it out. But this happens to be a mute spirit.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is like above and beyond what the Pharisees

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<v Speaker 1>and Saddesties can do, because they weren't able to cast

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<v Speaker 1>this demon out obviously, and Jesus is so they're marveled,

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<v Speaker 1>they're amazed. But some of them said, he cast out

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<v Speaker 1>demons by bill bells above, the ruler of the demons

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<v Speaker 1>and bells above. If you look at that, let's check

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<v Speaker 1>it out real quick. That's another word for for the devil.

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<v Speaker 1>Is what is what I've been taught? I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me just make sure that I'm not okay looking

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<v Speaker 1>up the Blue Letter Bible real quick, just to I

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<v Speaker 1>want to see what it says. So Luke eleven, verse fifteen,

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<v Speaker 1>Luke eleven, Luke eleven, verse fifteen. Let's check that out

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<v Speaker 1>real quick. Belzebub is lord of the house and name

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<v Speaker 1>of Satan, the prince of the evil spirits. Okay, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so it's another name for Satan for the adversary. So

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<v Speaker 1>let's see what Jesus says back to them. Others testing

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<v Speaker 1>him sought for him a sign from heaven. But he,

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<v Speaker 1>knowing their thoughts, said to them. Every kingdom divided against

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<v Speaker 1>itself is brought to desolation, and a house divided against

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<v Speaker 1>a house falls. If Satan also is divided against himself,

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<v Speaker 1>how will his kingdom stand? Because you say, I cast

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<v Speaker 1>out demons by Belzebub, And if I cast out demons

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<v Speaker 1>by Belzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out?

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<v Speaker 1>Therefore they will be judges. But if I cast out

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<v Speaker 1>demons with the finger of God, truly the kingdom of

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<v Speaker 1>God has come upon you. When a strong man, fully armed,

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<v Speaker 1>guards his own palace, his goods are in peace. But

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<v Speaker 1>when he's stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him,

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<v Speaker 1>he takes him, takes from him his armor in which

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<v Speaker 1>he trusts it, and divides his spoils. He who is

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<v Speaker 1>not with me is against me, and he who does

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<v Speaker 1>not gather with me scatters. Let's see what the my

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<v Speaker 1>notes say about that one. Well, let me let me

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<v Speaker 1>just go over this top portion. Persistence in prayer. Through

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<v Speaker 1>the parable of the persistent friend, Jesus teaches that he

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<v Speaker 1>we should be bold and persistent in our prayers, trusting

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<v Speaker 1>that God as a loving father will provide what is

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<v Speaker 1>best for us. The kingdom of God. Jesus demonstrates his

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<v Speaker 1>authority over demons, highlighting the power and presence of God's kingdom.

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<v Speaker 1>He warns against division, the necessity of being in a

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<v Speaker 1>line with him. So one thing we should take from

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<v Speaker 1>this portion that we just read is even in your house,

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<v Speaker 1>if it's divided, if you're fighting, then it's gonna fall,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. So you gotta try to get along with

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<v Speaker 1>your wife. You gotta try to get along with your husband. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's see, if I had anything shameless persistence, Yeah, if

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<v Speaker 1>we truly knew God's character, that's something ahead in my notes,

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<v Speaker 1>then we wouldn't be able to, like, we couldn't wait

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<v Speaker 1>to pray to him if we truly knew God's character

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<v Speaker 1>all the way, because we don't mind asking, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>asking our own dad for something, right, So you can

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<v Speaker 1>imagine just asking, you know, a father in heaven. And

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<v Speaker 1>then I kind of already talked about the mute spirit.

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<v Speaker 1>The Jews had a belief that once you got the

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<v Speaker 1>demon's name, you were able to cast it out. But

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<v Speaker 1>with the mute spirit, they just thought it was hopeless

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<v Speaker 1>and that. But but Jesus. Obviously he knows. Otherwise, let's continue.

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<v Speaker 1>Unclean spirit returns. When an unclean spirit goes out of

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<v Speaker 1>a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest and

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<v Speaker 1>finding none. He says, I will return to my house

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<v Speaker 1>from which I came, And when he comes, he finds

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<v Speaker 1>it swept and put in order. Then he goes and

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<v Speaker 1>takes with them seven other spirits more wicked than himself,

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<v Speaker 1>and they enter and dwell there, and the last state

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<v Speaker 1>of the man is worse than the first. That's that's

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<v Speaker 1>very scary, you know. That's why it's important to get saved.

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<v Speaker 1>Because think about that, when an unclean spirit goes out

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<v Speaker 1>of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest

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<v Speaker 1>and finding none. Hmm okay, let's see. Let's see what

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<v Speaker 1>this says. So yeah, it's also in Matthew twelve forty

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<v Speaker 1>three through forty five, in describes the scenario where a spirit,

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<v Speaker 1>after being cast out, returns with seven more wicked spirits,

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<v Speaker 1>making the person condition worse than before. This is used

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<v Speaker 1>as a warning that a person should not be content

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<v Speaker 1>with just removing negative influences, but most must actively fill

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<v Speaker 1>their life with positive, god pleasing elements. Key points the

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<v Speaker 1>imaginary the imagery represents a person who may have a

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<v Speaker 1>good effort to get to rid themselves of sin or

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<v Speaker 1>negative influence, but without actively seeking God's presence, they were

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<v Speaker 1>left vulnerable. The Seven Spirits simplized the multi You know,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if this is. I'm not gonna have this,

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<v Speaker 1>and tell me what this is. I'll continue sounded so

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<v Speaker 1>new agy, let's continue, okay, Luke eleven, verse twenty seven.

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<v Speaker 1>And it happened as he spoke these things that a

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<v Speaker 1>certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said

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<v Speaker 1>to him, blessed is the womb that bore you and

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<v Speaker 1>the breast which nurse to you. But he said more

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<v Speaker 1>than that, blessed are those who hear the word of

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<v Speaker 1>God and keep it. So even back then they were

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<v Speaker 1>they were giving praises to marry right, kind of the

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<v Speaker 1>same thing. But as you see, Jesus deflected what they

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<v Speaker 1>said and said, more than that, blessed are those who

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<v Speaker 1>hear the word of God and keep it. So it's

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<v Speaker 1>more important right now. He kind of rebuked that woman

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<v Speaker 1>that said that, because you know, and like I said,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's still happening today, right this, this happens today

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<v Speaker 1>with the Catholic Church. There's still there's still they're still

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<v Speaker 1>like that woman in the crowd is saying that I'm

847
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<v Speaker 1>not trying to I'm not trying to pounce on any

848
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<v Speaker 1>anybody's faith. But you see how here we rebukes that

849
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<v Speaker 1>right there. So let's see right here the sign of

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<v Speaker 1>Jonah's next twenty nine through thirty two perfect okay, seeking

851
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<v Speaker 1>a sign, And while the crowds were thickly gathered together,

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<v Speaker 1>he began to say, this is an evil generation. It

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<v Speaker 1>seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to

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<v Speaker 1>it except the sign of Jonah the prophet. For as

855
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<v Speaker 1>Jonah became a sign to the Nivites Ninavites, so also

856
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<v Speaker 1>the son of Man will be to this generation. So

857
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<v Speaker 1>what is the sign of Jonah? It's explained more in Matthew,

858
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<v Speaker 1>it says. The sign of Jonah is explained in Matthew twelve,

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<v Speaker 1>verses forty through forty one. For as Jonah was three

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<v Speaker 1>days and three nights in the belly of the great fish,

861
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<v Speaker 1>so will the son of Man be three days and

862
00:56:22.880 --> 00:56:25.480
<v Speaker 1>three nights in the heart of the earth. The men

863
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<v Speaker 1>of Nineveh will rise up in judgment with this generation

864
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<v Speaker 1>and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah,

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<v Speaker 1>and indeed a greater than Jonah is near now. When

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<v Speaker 1>Jonah was in Ninevah, he was just talking about great

867
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<v Speaker 1>judgments coming and to come down on you guys if

868
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<v Speaker 1>you don't repent. It was like a straightforward way to

869
00:56:47.280 --> 00:56:50.320
<v Speaker 1>just spread that message. Because he didn't want to be there.

870
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<v Speaker 1>That's the whole reason why he got swallowed in the

871
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<v Speaker 1>whale or the fish, not the will I would say

872
00:56:54.880 --> 00:56:57.880
<v Speaker 1>the great fish. Sorry, the reason why he got swallowed

873
00:56:57.880 --> 00:56:59.440
<v Speaker 1>in that gray fish in the first place because he

874
00:56:59.480 --> 00:57:02.519
<v Speaker 1>did not want to go to Ninevah. And God was

875
00:57:03.039 --> 00:57:05.559
<v Speaker 1>causing these great seas and storms and everything in the

876
00:57:05.599 --> 00:57:08.719
<v Speaker 1>sea because God was trying to get to go to

877
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<v Speaker 1>Nineva and not try to disappear like dir. So there

878
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<v Speaker 1>is a there's a big birthday balloon behind me. You'll

879
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<v Speaker 1>probably see that kind of pop up here and there.

880
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<v Speaker 1>Usually I move that, but I didn't move it before

881
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<v Speaker 1>we started my bed if you're watching this on video.

882
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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, So the sign of Jonah is that Jonah

883
00:57:31.320 --> 00:57:33.280
<v Speaker 1>will be three days and three nights in the belly

884
00:57:33.320 --> 00:57:35.440
<v Speaker 1>of the great fish. So will the Son of Man

885
00:57:35.480 --> 00:57:37.719
<v Speaker 1>be three days and three nights in the heart of

886
00:57:37.800 --> 00:57:43.480
<v Speaker 1>the Earth. What is that? Well, if you guys heard

887
00:57:44.159 --> 00:57:48.239
<v Speaker 1>on Cult Conspiracy actually did an episode of whereas Hell's Location?

888
00:57:48.960 --> 00:57:51.440
<v Speaker 1>And when I get to Luke sixteen, I'll kind of

889
00:57:51.480 --> 00:57:54.800
<v Speaker 1>re revisit that for you guys, so you guys can

890
00:57:54.840 --> 00:58:00.519
<v Speaker 1>see what I mean. So obviously scientists would say that

891
00:58:00.559 --> 00:58:04.079
<v Speaker 1>the heart of the earth would be magma and you

892
00:58:04.119 --> 00:58:10.519
<v Speaker 1>know all that stuff. So biblically, it seems that biblically,

893
00:58:10.559 --> 00:58:14.840
<v Speaker 1>you know, shield would be in the earth. You know,

894
00:58:15.000 --> 00:58:17.360
<v Speaker 1>Hell would be in the earth. You know, there's so

895
00:58:17.360 --> 00:58:19.960
<v Speaker 1>many verses which I'll show you guys where it talks

896
00:58:20.000 --> 00:58:25.800
<v Speaker 1>about the underworld being down right. So anyways, we'll go

897
00:58:25.840 --> 00:58:31.360
<v Speaker 1>over that when we get to Luke sixteen. So that's

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00:58:31.400 --> 00:58:33.360
<v Speaker 1>the sign of Jonah. Okay, that's what he's talking about.

899
00:58:33.400 --> 00:58:37.679
<v Speaker 1>Right there. He says, the Queen of the South will

900
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<v Speaker 1>rise up in the judgment with the men of this

901
00:58:40.599 --> 00:58:44.679
<v Speaker 1>generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends

902
00:58:44.719 --> 00:58:48.079
<v Speaker 1>of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, And indeed,

903
00:58:49.039 --> 00:58:53.760
<v Speaker 1>a greater than Solomon is here. The men of Nineveh

904
00:58:53.800 --> 00:58:56.000
<v Speaker 1>will rise up in the judgment with this generation and

905
00:58:56.079 --> 00:58:59.599
<v Speaker 1>condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah,

906
00:58:59.679 --> 00:59:04.960
<v Speaker 1>and indeed, a greater than Jonah is here. Yeah, so

907
00:59:05.119 --> 00:59:09.679
<v Speaker 1>Jesus is there right right there in the flesh, and

908
00:59:09.719 --> 00:59:13.800
<v Speaker 1>these people are still not believing. So that's why he's saying,

909
00:59:13.880 --> 00:59:17.280
<v Speaker 1>this is an evil generation. It seeks a sign. But honestly,

910
00:59:17.320 --> 00:59:21.000
<v Speaker 1>he's been doing signs, miracles, healing the sick, healing the blind,

911
00:59:21.039 --> 00:59:23.119
<v Speaker 1>bringing people back from the dead. He's already been doing

912
00:59:23.159 --> 00:59:31.159
<v Speaker 1>all that. Anyways, Jesus points to Jonah as a sign

913
00:59:31.239 --> 00:59:34.599
<v Speaker 1>emphasizing the need for repentance and recognized the greater revelation

914
00:59:35.280 --> 00:59:38.599
<v Speaker 1>found in him. There's greater revelation found in him. But

915
00:59:38.679 --> 00:59:41.440
<v Speaker 1>he's saying, look, Jonah went to Nineveh, and Nineveh were

916
00:59:41.480 --> 00:59:48.119
<v Speaker 1>evil and they repented. Also Solomon that that woman that

917
00:59:48.119 --> 00:59:51.280
<v Speaker 1>he's talking about here, the queen of the South, will

918
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<v Speaker 1>rise up. She was a queen and she went she

919
00:59:54.280 --> 00:59:56.119
<v Speaker 1>wanted to hear the wisdom of Solomon. Right, So that's

920
00:59:56.159 --> 01:00:01.320
<v Speaker 1>what he's talking about there. So it's saying that, you know,

921
01:00:01.480 --> 01:00:03.920
<v Speaker 1>Jesus is saying I'm greater than Solomon, saying that I'm

922
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<v Speaker 1>greater than Jonah. Okay, and he's he's there. Let's see

923
01:00:10.840 --> 01:00:17.840
<v Speaker 1>next we're gonna be going to Luke eleven, verse thirty three. Man,

924
01:00:17.880 --> 01:00:20.280
<v Speaker 1>I think I might be getting bit by mosquitos on

925
01:00:20.320 --> 01:00:27.039
<v Speaker 1>my feet. Oh yeah, I see one actually right there. Wow. Yeah,

926
01:00:27.119 --> 01:00:30.000
<v Speaker 1>I think I got mosquitoes in there because my foot

927
01:00:30.079 --> 01:00:35.559
<v Speaker 1>is itchy. Luke, eleven thirty three. No one when he

928
01:00:35.760 --> 01:00:39.840
<v Speaker 1>was no one. When he has lit a lamp, puts

929
01:00:39.840 --> 01:00:43.000
<v Speaker 1>it in a secret place or under a basket. But

930
01:00:43.159 --> 01:00:46.679
<v Speaker 1>under a lampstand that those who come in may see

931
01:00:46.719 --> 01:00:50.679
<v Speaker 1>the light. The lamp of your body is the eye. Therefore,

932
01:00:50.719 --> 01:00:53.679
<v Speaker 1>when your eye is good, your whole body is full

933
01:00:53.679 --> 01:00:57.199
<v Speaker 1>of light. But when your eye is bad, your body

934
01:00:57.280 --> 01:01:01.880
<v Speaker 1>also is full of darkness. Therefore, heed that the light

935
01:01:02.079 --> 01:01:08.719
<v Speaker 1>which is in you is not darkness. If if then

936
01:01:08.800 --> 01:01:12.079
<v Speaker 1>your whole body is full of light, having no part dark,

937
01:01:12.159 --> 01:01:16.039
<v Speaker 1>the whole body will be full of light, as when

938
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<v Speaker 1>the bright shining of a lamp gives you light. So

939
01:01:21.320 --> 01:01:24.719
<v Speaker 1>Jesus teaches about spiritual perception, urging us to ensure that

940
01:01:24.760 --> 01:01:27.639
<v Speaker 1>our eyes are healthy, so that our whole body is

941
01:01:27.679 --> 01:01:32.159
<v Speaker 1>full of light. So how often do your eyes sin?

942
01:01:32.360 --> 01:01:34.360
<v Speaker 1>You know, like your eyes called you to cause you

943
01:01:34.440 --> 01:01:39.760
<v Speaker 1>to stumble? Happens a lot with men, you know for sure.

944
01:01:43.079 --> 01:01:55.800
<v Speaker 1>And let's see if there's yeah. So he's comparing the

945
01:01:55.840 --> 01:01:57.960
<v Speaker 1>eye to a lamp that lights up the body, highlighting

946
01:01:58.000 --> 01:02:01.119
<v Speaker 1>the importance of clear spiritual vision. That's a good way

947
01:02:01.159 --> 01:02:04.639
<v Speaker 1>to put it. Okay, let's continue woe to the Pharisees

948
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<v Speaker 1>and lawyers m And as he spoke, a certain pharisee

949
01:02:11.320 --> 01:02:13.920
<v Speaker 1>asked him to dine with him. So he went in

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<v Speaker 1>and sat down to eat. When the Pharisees saw it,

951
01:02:17.159 --> 01:02:20.280
<v Speaker 1>he marveled that he had not first washed before dinner.

952
01:02:21.920 --> 01:02:24.679
<v Speaker 1>So Basie was amazed that he didn't he didn't wash

953
01:02:24.760 --> 01:02:28.960
<v Speaker 1>before dinner. Then the Lord said to him, Now, you, Pharisees,

954
01:02:29.079 --> 01:02:32.199
<v Speaker 1>make the outside of the cup and dish clean, but

955
01:02:32.360 --> 01:02:36.800
<v Speaker 1>your inward part is full of greed and wickedness, foolish ones.

956
01:02:37.800 --> 01:02:42.920
<v Speaker 1>Do not did not He who made the outside of

957
01:02:42.960 --> 01:02:47.039
<v Speaker 1>the make the inside also, but rather give alms of

958
01:02:47.119 --> 01:02:50.679
<v Speaker 1>such things as you have, that indeed things are clean

959
01:02:50.760 --> 01:02:56.599
<v Speaker 1>to you. So he's saying that God made the outside right,

960
01:02:58.079 --> 01:03:02.320
<v Speaker 1>but he also made the inside, so he, Jesus can

961
01:03:02.400 --> 01:03:06.320
<v Speaker 1>see how these people are on the inside, full of greed, wickedness,

962
01:03:06.320 --> 01:03:14.480
<v Speaker 1>foolish ones. And he's just he's probably marveling at how

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01:03:14.519 --> 01:03:22.960
<v Speaker 1>these people are. He rebukes the religious leader for their

964
01:03:23.039 --> 01:03:28.960
<v Speaker 1>hip hypocrisy, stressing the importance of inner purity over outward appearances. Yeah,

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01:03:29.000 --> 01:03:32.159
<v Speaker 1>that's what I was talking about earlier. They cared so

966
01:03:32.400 --> 01:03:36.840
<v Speaker 1>much about the outward appearance, or or they cared so

967
01:03:36.960 --> 01:03:44.239
<v Speaker 1>much that people were we're seeing that they're holy on

968
01:03:44.280 --> 01:03:51.519
<v Speaker 1>the outside, but they're wicked, greed and wickedness on their inside.

969
01:03:52.360 --> 01:03:55.920
<v Speaker 1>But woe to you, Pharisees for the for the tithe

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01:03:56.239 --> 01:03:59.880
<v Speaker 1>mint and rule in all manner of herbs and past,

971
01:04:00.079 --> 01:04:03.599
<v Speaker 1>by justice and the love of God. These you ought

972
01:04:03.599 --> 01:04:07.280
<v Speaker 1>to have done without leaving the others undone. Woe do you, Pharisees,

973
01:04:07.320 --> 01:04:10.119
<v Speaker 1>for you love the best seats in the synagogues and

974
01:04:10.199 --> 01:04:14.239
<v Speaker 1>greetings in the marketplaces. Woe do you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites,

975
01:04:14.320 --> 01:04:17.280
<v Speaker 1>For you are like graves which are not seen, and

976
01:04:17.320 --> 01:04:21.639
<v Speaker 1>the men who walk over them are not aware of them.

977
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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, when back in the day that they would

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<v Speaker 1>be unclean if they walked on a grave as well,

979
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<v Speaker 1>So they used to put markings on the graves so

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01:04:29.559 --> 01:04:34.360
<v Speaker 1>that you didn't walk over the grave. It's unclean. And

981
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<v Speaker 1>why is the dead body unclean? Because we were originally

982
01:04:36.920 --> 01:04:41.760
<v Speaker 1>not supposed to die. We were supposed to be. We're

983
01:04:41.760 --> 01:04:47.760
<v Speaker 1>supposed to live eternally with God, and that we waited

984
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<v Speaker 1>up dying because of sin. The wages of sin is death.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why it's unclean Luke eleven forty five. Then one

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01:05:04.639 --> 01:05:07.239
<v Speaker 1>of the lawyers answered and said him, teacher, by saying

987
01:05:07.280 --> 01:05:12.360
<v Speaker 1>these things, you reproach us also. And he said, woe

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01:05:12.400 --> 01:05:15.920
<v Speaker 1>to you also, lawyers, for you load men with burdens

989
01:05:15.960 --> 01:05:18.480
<v Speaker 1>hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the

990
01:05:18.519 --> 01:05:21.440
<v Speaker 1>burdens with your own fingers, with one of your fingers.

991
01:05:22.079 --> 01:05:24.159
<v Speaker 1>Woe do you, for you build the tombs of prophets,

992
01:05:24.159 --> 01:05:27.199
<v Speaker 1>and your father's killed them. In fact, you bear witness

993
01:05:27.280 --> 01:05:29.920
<v Speaker 1>that you approve the deeds of your fathers, for they

994
01:05:29.920 --> 01:05:33.760
<v Speaker 1>indeed killed them and build their tombs. So right there,

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01:05:33.840 --> 01:05:38.920
<v Speaker 1>he's basically telling them that you burden them with the law,

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01:05:40.360 --> 01:05:43.280
<v Speaker 1>and you try to like you teach them about the law,

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01:05:44.119 --> 01:05:47.159
<v Speaker 1>and you create burdens for them, but you can't even

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01:05:47.199 --> 01:05:50.000
<v Speaker 1>do the law yourself. You can't even keep the law yourself.

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01:05:50.239 --> 01:05:52.519
<v Speaker 1>You teach them the law, you act like you keep

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01:05:52.559 --> 01:05:57.840
<v Speaker 1>the law, but you can't even keep the law yourself. Therefore,

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01:05:57.840 --> 01:06:00.000
<v Speaker 1>the wisdom of God also said, I will send them

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01:06:00.119 --> 01:06:03.280
<v Speaker 1>prophets and apostles, and some of them will kill and persecute.

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<v Speaker 1>And the blood of all the prophets, which was shed

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01:06:06.000 --> 01:06:08.679
<v Speaker 1>from the foundation of the world, may be required of

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01:06:08.719 --> 01:06:12.119
<v Speaker 1>this generation, from the blood of Able to the blood

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01:06:12.119 --> 01:06:15.679
<v Speaker 1>of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the temple. Yes,

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01:06:15.760 --> 01:06:21.280
<v Speaker 1>I say to you, it shall be required of this generation. Wow,

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01:06:21.599 --> 01:06:35.360
<v Speaker 1>let me go to make sure. So. Jesus pronounces woes

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<v Speaker 1>to the pharisees and experts in the law for their

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01:06:37.559 --> 01:06:41.719
<v Speaker 1>hypocrisy and legalism. He criticizes their focus on outward appearance

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01:06:42.079 --> 01:06:45.199
<v Speaker 1>while neglecting justice and the love of God. The Greek

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<v Speaker 1>word for woe conveys a sense of laminate, impeding judgment,

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01:06:50.480 --> 01:06:58.280
<v Speaker 1>impending judgment. It says, woe to you, lawyers. You have

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01:06:58.400 --> 01:07:01.599
<v Speaker 1>taken away the key of knowledge. You do not enter

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01:07:01.639 --> 01:07:06.760
<v Speaker 1>yourselves for those who are entering, who were entering, and

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01:07:06.960 --> 01:07:12.159
<v Speaker 1>you hindered. And as he said these things to them,

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<v Speaker 1>the scribes and pharisees began to assail him vehemently and

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<v Speaker 1>to cross examine him about many things, lying in wait

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<v Speaker 1>for him and seeking to catch him something he might

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<v Speaker 1>say that they might accuse him. Wow. So let's see

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<v Speaker 1>some connecting verses. So the Lord's prayer is available in

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<v Speaker 1>Matthew six nine through thirteen. Another account of the Lord's

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<v Speaker 1>prayer emphasizing similar things of God's kingdom or provision. James

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<v Speaker 1>five sixteen encouraged his believers to pray fervently. How I

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<v Speaker 1>in the power of righteous prayer. Matthew twelve, verses thirty

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<v Speaker 1>eight through forty two is parallel passage discussing the sign

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<v Speaker 1>of Jonah, which we already went over. Phasians five eight

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<v Speaker 1>through ten encourages believers to live as children of light,

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<v Speaker 1>discerning what pleases the Lord. So some practical applications for

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<v Speaker 1>this chapter is model your prayers right. Use the Lord's

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<v Speaker 1>prayer as a guide to structure your own prayers focusing

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<v Speaker 1>on God's holiness, his kingdom, and your daily needs. Of course, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't believe in Ah. Just saying like hollow be

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<v Speaker 1>thy name and saying that and just repeating that exact prayer. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's it's more of a template for us

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<v Speaker 1>to use. Jesus is just showing us. That's what they

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<v Speaker 1>asked him, show us how we pray, and Jesus showed

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<v Speaker 1>them how to pray. But I don't think we should

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<v Speaker 1>just say the same prayer over and over and over

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<v Speaker 1>and over and over and over again. That's just me.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you should definitely formulate your own prayer, using

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<v Speaker 1>that as a guide to structure your prayers. Definitely be persistent,

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01:09:05.359 --> 01:09:08.119
<v Speaker 1>don't give up in a prayer. Approach God with confidence,

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01:09:08.199 --> 01:09:10.760
<v Speaker 1>knowing that he hears and answers according to his will.

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<v Speaker 1>Seek God's kingdom. Prioritize, prioritize God's kingdom in your life,

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01:09:17.720 --> 01:09:23.760
<v Speaker 1>aligning your actions and decisions with His purpose. For sure,

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<v Speaker 1>prioritize God's kingdom in your life. Aligning Yep, one hundred percent.

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<v Speaker 1>I agree with that. Cultivate spiritual discernment. Regularly examine your

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01:09:31.960 --> 01:09:34.840
<v Speaker 1>spiritual life to ensure that you are perceiving God's truth

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01:09:35.000 --> 01:09:41.920
<v Speaker 1>and light, and then purs pursue inner purity. Focus on

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01:09:42.000 --> 01:09:46.239
<v Speaker 1>cultivating a heart that is pure and aligned with God's will,

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<v Speaker 1>rather than merely maintaining outward religious appearances. Yeah, it's about relationship, right,

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01:09:55.640 --> 01:09:58.680
<v Speaker 1>Relationship with God is not about religion. So just make

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<v Speaker 1>sure that you're aligning with God's will will all right,

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<v Speaker 1>So we kind of a ware he went over versus

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<v Speaker 1>that connect we don't. Yeah, additional scriptures. We already went

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<v Speaker 1>over those. Let me get go to Luke twelve. Here,

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<v Speaker 1>let's go to Luke twelve. Beware of hipocrisy. This is

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<v Speaker 1>Luke twelve to one. In the meantime, when in innumerable

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<v Speaker 1>multitude of people had gathered together so they trampled one another,

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01:10:38.199 --> 01:10:40.520
<v Speaker 1>he began to say to his disciples, first of all,

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<v Speaker 1>beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hip hypocrisy. Sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>for there's nothing covered that will be revealed, nor hidden

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<v Speaker 1>that will not be known. Therefore, whatever you have spoken

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<v Speaker 1>in the dark will be heard in the light, and

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<v Speaker 1>which you have spoken in the ear in the inner

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<v Speaker 1>rooms will be proclaimed on the on the housetops. Beware

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<v Speaker 1>of the leaven. Leaven was was, you know, That's why

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<v Speaker 1>it says the unleavened bred leaven represented sin. So beware

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<v Speaker 1>of the sin of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. But

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<v Speaker 1>there's nothing covered that will not be revealed. So if

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<v Speaker 1>you notice, like you might have a sin that you

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<v Speaker 1>do you know by yourself, or you kind of hide

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<v Speaker 1>from people, and you know most of the time that

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01:11:28.680 --> 01:11:31.239
<v Speaker 1>sin's going to come to the light, and that people

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01:11:31.279 --> 01:11:33.439
<v Speaker 1>are gonna find out, and someone's gonna find out about

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<v Speaker 1>that sin. You know that God knows no matter what

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01:11:36.880 --> 01:11:40.279
<v Speaker 1>you know. Just I would tell people, you know to

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<v Speaker 1>treat Okay, understand something. If you treat situations, if your

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<v Speaker 1>spouse is standing right next to you, If you wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>do it right in front of your spouse, then don't

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01:11:52.760 --> 01:11:57.800
<v Speaker 1>do it by yourself. Okay, That's that's my advice, because

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01:11:58.319 --> 01:12:02.239
<v Speaker 1>understand something. God is able to see everything that you're doing.

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01:12:03.439 --> 01:12:07.880
<v Speaker 1>He knows what you're doing. So if you wouldn't do

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<v Speaker 1>it in front of your spouse, then why you're going

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01:12:10.279 --> 01:12:15.359
<v Speaker 1>to do it in front of God, which is way

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<v Speaker 1>more important than your spouse even finding out if you're

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01:12:17.680 --> 01:12:23.880
<v Speaker 1>doing something bad like that, you know, treat it as

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<v Speaker 1>if your spouse is right there, standing next to you,

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<v Speaker 1>and it'll help you. It'll assist you, all right, Luke twelve,

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<v Speaker 1>Verse four. Jesus teaches the fear of God. And I

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01:12:41.399 --> 01:12:43.199
<v Speaker 1>say to you, my friends, do not be afraid of

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01:12:43.239 --> 01:12:46.760
<v Speaker 1>those who kill the body and after that have no

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<v Speaker 1>more than they can do. That they can do. But

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<v Speaker 1>I show you whom you should fear. Fear him who,

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<v Speaker 1>after he has killed the power, has cast into hell. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>say to you, fear him. So don't fear the one

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<v Speaker 1>that could kill the body, for the one that could

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<v Speaker 1>kill the body and the soul and cast you into hell. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>So in the first in the first three verses, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>we went over those, uh So for this, Jesus begins

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<v Speaker 1>by warning against the hypocrisy of the pharisees that emphasizing

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<v Speaker 1>the importance of the fearing God over a man. But

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<v Speaker 1>I will show show you whom you should fear. Fear

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01:13:34.880 --> 01:13:38.359
<v Speaker 1>the one after you've been killed, has a power to

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01:13:38.439 --> 01:13:41.279
<v Speaker 1>throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him. Yes,

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01:13:41.359 --> 01:13:45.920
<v Speaker 1>of course, have fear. Fear God. So I'm saying like

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01:13:47.680 --> 01:13:50.359
<v Speaker 1>a lot of people will fear diseases and fear cancer,

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<v Speaker 1>and fear people, and fear COVID and fear all this stuff,

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01:13:55.319 --> 01:14:06.439
<v Speaker 1>you know, but they're not even fearing God. It's crazy. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>let's continue Luke twelve, verse six. And not five sparrows

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01:14:14.000 --> 01:14:16.760
<v Speaker 1>sold for two copper coins, and not one of them

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01:14:16.840 --> 01:14:19.840
<v Speaker 1>is forgotten before God. But the very hairs on your

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01:14:19.920 --> 01:14:24.439
<v Speaker 1>head are all numbered. Do not fear. Therefore you are

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01:14:24.520 --> 01:14:28.720
<v Speaker 1>more of value than many sparrows. So sparrows back then

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01:14:28.840 --> 01:14:30.800
<v Speaker 1>were like they came like a dime a dozen, like

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<v Speaker 1>poor people would would would buy sparrows. Right, So God

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01:14:36.760 --> 01:14:39.000
<v Speaker 1>is telling you how important you are. You know, by

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<v Speaker 1>the very hairs of your head are numbered, like, God

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<v Speaker 1>knows exactly how many hairs on your head you have,

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01:14:45.760 --> 01:14:48.439
<v Speaker 1>and he's saying, do not fear. Therefore, you are more

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01:14:48.520 --> 01:14:53.840
<v Speaker 1>value than the sparrows. So God is not forgetting them.

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<v Speaker 1>So why is he going to forget You're You're more important?

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<v Speaker 1>So Jesus reassures his disciples of God's care using the

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<v Speaker 1>sparrows and the hairs on your heads as examples of

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<v Speaker 1>God's intimate knowledge and provision. Indeed, the very hairs of

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01:15:13.920 --> 01:15:17.039
<v Speaker 1>your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid. You

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<v Speaker 1>are worth more than many sparrows. Okay, confess Christ before men,

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<v Speaker 1>Luke twelve, verse eight. And also I say to you,

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<v Speaker 1>whoever confesses Me before men, him, the son of Man,

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01:15:35.479 --> 01:15:39.560
<v Speaker 1>will confess before the angels of God. But he who

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01:15:39.640 --> 01:15:43.439
<v Speaker 1>denies Me before men will be denied before the angels

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01:15:43.479 --> 01:15:52.760
<v Speaker 1>of God. So it's so important to acknowledge Christ before others. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So obviously this is something that's big, you know. I

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01:15:57.720 --> 01:16:01.439
<v Speaker 1>hear a lot of podcasters out there that that deny Christ,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, in front of their audience, you know, and

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01:16:07.960 --> 01:16:12.840
<v Speaker 1>it's crazy, like they should know this verse. They don't

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01:16:12.840 --> 01:16:14.520
<v Speaker 1>really do it in front of me. When I'm on

1139
01:16:14.560 --> 01:16:16.920
<v Speaker 1>different shows, they don't really deny Christ in front of me.

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01:16:17.640 --> 01:16:19.760
<v Speaker 1>I have been on some shows that are just it's

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01:16:19.800 --> 01:16:23.760
<v Speaker 1>just super super awkward when I'm on shows where, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>like sometimes when I'm with people that are non believers

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01:16:28.880 --> 01:16:33.319
<v Speaker 1>that invited me on the show kind of they invited

1144
01:16:33.359 --> 01:16:35.079
<v Speaker 1>me on the show just to kind of argue with

1145
01:16:35.119 --> 01:16:36.880
<v Speaker 1>me about the Bible. I don't like to do that,

1146
01:16:36.960 --> 01:16:40.640
<v Speaker 1>you know, but it happens sometimes. But it's crazy, man,

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01:16:41.319 --> 01:16:44.159
<v Speaker 1>that people they deny Christ right there on their podcast

1148
01:16:44.239 --> 01:16:46.960
<v Speaker 1>in front of I mean, they might have a thousand,

1149
01:16:47.199 --> 01:16:51.920
<v Speaker 1>fifteen hundred two thousand people listening and they're denying Christ.

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01:16:53.640 --> 01:16:56.279
<v Speaker 1>They need to understand this. But Hugh denies me before men,

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01:16:56.399 --> 01:16:58.840
<v Speaker 1>will be denied before the angels of God. You know,

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01:16:58.880 --> 01:17:01.720
<v Speaker 1>if you deny Jesus in front of men, He's going

1153
01:17:01.800 --> 01:17:07.359
<v Speaker 1>to deny you in front of God. That's just a

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01:17:07.560 --> 01:17:17.880
<v Speaker 1>sin chills up and down your spine. So Luke twelve,

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<v Speaker 1>verse ten, and anyone who speaks a word against the

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01:17:20.760 --> 01:17:23.520
<v Speaker 1>Son of men, it will be forgiven him. But to

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<v Speaker 1>whom who blasphemy is the Holy Spirit, it will not

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01:17:26.479 --> 01:17:30.760
<v Speaker 1>be forgiven. Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. A lot of

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01:17:30.760 --> 01:17:36.720
<v Speaker 1>people feel like they've committed that before. They'll ask pastors,

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01:17:36.720 --> 01:17:39.319
<v Speaker 1>you know, constantly, did I I feel like I committed

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<v Speaker 1>that sin?

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I.

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<v Speaker 1>Did? I did I. And you know, if you're denying Jesus,

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01:17:52.079 --> 01:17:54.319
<v Speaker 1>you know, if you're denying Jesus, the work of Jesus,

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01:17:54.319 --> 01:17:56.399
<v Speaker 1>if you denying the Holy Spirit, the one who sent

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01:17:56.800 --> 01:18:00.399
<v Speaker 1>that Jesus sent, and you're lying, you know, it's really

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<v Speaker 1>if you look into Matthew or like when he's explaining

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<v Speaker 1>the blaspheming the Holy Spirit, what they were doing was

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01:18:07.880 --> 01:18:11.560
<v Speaker 1>they were that's what they were doing. They were saying

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<v Speaker 1>that Jesus was casting out demons in the name of

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<v Speaker 1>the devil, right, so basically saying that he's part of

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01:18:21.920 --> 01:18:25.439
<v Speaker 1>the kingdom of Hell. And then Jesus warns them and saying,

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<v Speaker 1>you're getting close to doing blaspheming the Holy Spirit. So

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<v Speaker 1>that's one of the interpretations of what that is. In

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<v Speaker 1>John fifteen twenty six to twenty seven, the coming rejection

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<v Speaker 1>is what the title is. It says, but when the

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<v Speaker 1>helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father,

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<v Speaker 1>the Spirit of Truth, who proceeds from me. He will

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<v Speaker 1>testify of me, and you also will bear witness because

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<v Speaker 1>you have been with me from the beginning. So if

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<v Speaker 1>you deny the message the Holy Spirit is bringing, or

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<v Speaker 1>you're denying the Gospel, then then that's blast me the

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<v Speaker 1>Holy Spirit. That's unforgivable sin. Because if you deny Jesus

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01:19:07.520 --> 01:19:10.560
<v Speaker 1>and the message the Gospel, then then you were committing

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01:19:10.600 --> 01:19:12.439
<v Speaker 1>blasts me the Holy Spirit, because the Holy Spirit is

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<v Speaker 1>the one that's bringing that message to you. That's another

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01:19:15.720 --> 01:19:19.920
<v Speaker 1>way of interpreting that. Okay, So there might be other

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01:19:19.960 --> 01:19:22.239
<v Speaker 1>ways to interpret it, you know, but that's like the

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<v Speaker 1>kind of the two ways that I've learned. Blast me

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<v Speaker 1>the Holy Spirit is denying the Gospel. Right now, when

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<v Speaker 1>they bring you to the synagogues and magistrates and authorities,

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<v Speaker 1>do not worry about how or what you should answer

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01:19:38.960 --> 01:19:41.199
<v Speaker 1>what you should say, for the Holy Spirit will teach

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01:19:41.239 --> 01:19:44.800
<v Speaker 1>you in that very hour what you ought to say.

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<v Speaker 1>You're speaking to the uh Is disciples right there right

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<v Speaker 1>twelve seven twelve a twelve okay, the parable the rich

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<v Speaker 1>Fool's next. Okay, all right, let's continue the parable of

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<v Speaker 1>the rich fual. This is Luke twelve, verse thirteen. Then

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<v Speaker 1>one from the crowd said to him, Teacher, tell my

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<v Speaker 1>brother to divide the inheritance with me. But he said

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<v Speaker 1>to him, man who made me a judge or an arbitrar? Over?

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<v Speaker 1>Who made me a judge or arbitrator over you? And

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<v Speaker 1>he said to them, take heed and beware of covetousness,

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<v Speaker 1>for one's life does not consist in the abundance of

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<v Speaker 1>things that he possesses. Then he spoke it parable to them, saying,

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<v Speaker 1>the ground of a certain rich man yielded plentiful. And

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<v Speaker 1>he thought within himself, saying, what shall I do, Since

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<v Speaker 1>I have no room to store my crops? So he said,

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<v Speaker 1>I will. I will do this. I will put down

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<v Speaker 1>my barns and build greater and there I will store

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<v Speaker 1>all my crops of my goods. And I will say

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<v Speaker 1>to my soul, soul, you have many goods laid up

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<v Speaker 1>for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

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<v Speaker 1>But God's said to him, fool, this night your soul

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<v Speaker 1>will be required of you. Then those will and then

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<v Speaker 1>who's will those things be which which you have provided?

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<v Speaker 1>So he's concentrating and focusing on his materialistic things or

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<v Speaker 1>the things that he's received, not knowing he's gonna die

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<v Speaker 1>that night. So you see how sometimes our minds get

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<v Speaker 1>caught up in the materialistic or the physical world and

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<v Speaker 1>not you know. And also the covetousness is what he's

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<v Speaker 1>talking about here, takeweed and bureau of comestutness. Life is

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<v Speaker 1>not const of abundance and the things he possesses. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>so in this parable, he's uh, I'll see if there's

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<v Speaker 1>anything that could give from this. Jesus warns against greed

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<v Speaker 1>and the folly of storing up earthly wealth without being

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<v Speaker 1>rich toward God. But God said to it will be

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<v Speaker 1>fool this very night you will be required of you

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<v Speaker 1>this then who will own what you have accumulated? You know?

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<v Speaker 1>So everything that you have on this earth right now,

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<v Speaker 1>this house you have, this apartment, you have, whatever if

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<v Speaker 1>you die, you know, when you die, someone's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be living in it. This house that you own, supposedly

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<v Speaker 1>you own, someone's going to be living in this house

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<v Speaker 1>and sleeping in your master bedroom and eating in your

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<v Speaker 1>kitchen when you die. So this thing that you fought

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<v Speaker 1>so much to get to gain to buy, to purchase

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<v Speaker 1>to pay off you're thirty years of life that you

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<v Speaker 1>you know, thirty year mortgage. Someone is going to take

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<v Speaker 1>over this place because you cannot bring this house with you,

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<v Speaker 1>or these cars with you, or these women, or these

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<v Speaker 1>drugs or these parties or whatever you got going on.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't bring them with you to heaven. You can't

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<v Speaker 1>get a big U haul and uh, you know, hammer

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<v Speaker 1>and nails and start pulling all the nails out of

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<v Speaker 1>this house and try to bring it with you to

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<v Speaker 1>heaven and build it. You know, it's not gonna happen.

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<v Speaker 1>You're just gonna die. So it's way more important to

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<v Speaker 1>focus on the kingdom of heaven and building up treasures

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<v Speaker 1>in heavens than it is to build up treasures on earth.

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<v Speaker 1>And we focus so much on the physical, we don't

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<v Speaker 1>think of the spiritual. That's the thing that happens, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>So obviously with this rich guy, he was thinking about

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<v Speaker 1>the material and not the spiritual, right, not thinking of God.

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<v Speaker 1>He was thinking of all the stuff that he could

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<v Speaker 1>build up, not knowing he was gonna die and go

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<v Speaker 1>see his maker. Fool this night, Your soul will be

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<v Speaker 1>required of you for those things which you have provided it,

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<v Speaker 1>says uh. So is he who lays up treasure for

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<v Speaker 1>himself and is not rich toward God? God? You see,

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<v Speaker 1>let's continue. Do not worry, then, he said to his disciples. Therefore,

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<v Speaker 1>I say to you, do not worry about your life.

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<v Speaker 1>What will you eat, nor about your body what you

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<v Speaker 1>will put on. Life is more than food, and the

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<v Speaker 1>body is more than clothing. Consider the ravens, for they

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<v Speaker 1>neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouses nor barn,

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<v Speaker 1>and God feeds them. So how much more valuable are

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<v Speaker 1>you than birds? Or how much more value are you

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<v Speaker 1>than birds? And which of you, by worrying, can add

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<v Speaker 1>one cubit of his stature? If you are not able

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<v Speaker 1>to do the least, why are you anxious for the rest?

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<v Speaker 1>Consider the lilies, how they grow? They neither toil nor spin.

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<v Speaker 1>And yet I say to you even a salmon or Solomon,

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<v Speaker 1>and his glory was not a raid like one of these.

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<v Speaker 1>If then God so close the grass, which today is

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<v Speaker 1>the field tomorrow was thrown the oven, how much more

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<v Speaker 1>will He clothe you, oh, you of little bathe? So

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<v Speaker 1>in the in James James says that life is but

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<v Speaker 1>a mist Okay, so don't worry about You shouldn't worry

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<v Speaker 1>or stress about things. And a lot of people do.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, anxiety is running rampant in our society right now.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not about what you're gonna eat, or your body

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<v Speaker 1>or what you're gonna wear. We we focus so much

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<v Speaker 1>on before we go out. You know, women they put

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<v Speaker 1>the makeup on, they get they put their outfit on,

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<v Speaker 1>and they focus so much on what. You know, and

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<v Speaker 1>men do too. We're all guilty of this, focus so

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<v Speaker 1>much on we're gonna wear they you know, our kids,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we want to have them all matching clothes.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, like my wife wants them all matching, all

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<v Speaker 1>three of my kids matching with the same shirt. You know, whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, so we focus so much on that. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>life is more than food and the body is more

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<v Speaker 1>than clothing. Okay, anxiety, like I said, is running rampant.

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<v Speaker 1>But when you have God and you have faith, then

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<v Speaker 1>you're not gonna have anxiety because because we're worth more

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<v Speaker 1>than the raven. Okay, we're worth more than the birds.

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<v Speaker 1>And they don't have barns, but they're storing up a

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of food. Luke twelve Verse twenty nine. And do

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<v Speaker 1>not seek what you should eat, whether you should drink,

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<v Speaker 1>nor have an anxious mind for all these things the

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<v Speaker 1>nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows

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<v Speaker 1>that you need these things. But seek the Kingdom of God,

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<v Speaker 1>and all these things shall be added to you. Focus

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<v Speaker 1>put God first, and all these things that you are

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<v Speaker 1>worrying about will be added to you. That's so true.

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<v Speaker 1>When I got saved and I started putting God first

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<v Speaker 1>and focusing on the Word of God, and focusing on

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<v Speaker 1>God and focusing on what he wants and his will,

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<v Speaker 1>then I'm not anxious about stuff. I'm not worried about

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<v Speaker 1>all that stuff. I'm not even thinking about what I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to eat. I'm thinking about feeding myself. The word

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<v Speaker 1>the Bible Jesus teaches about the futility of worry and

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<v Speaker 1>the importance of seeking God's kingdom first.

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<v Speaker 4>But his kingdom.

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<v Speaker 1>Seek his Kingdom, and these things will be added to

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<v Speaker 1>unto you. I mean, that's just that's plain and simple.

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<v Speaker 1>It's so true. If you are obedient to God, then

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<v Speaker 1>believe me, you're not gonna be You're not going to

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<v Speaker 1>be like You're not going to be on the streets,

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<v Speaker 1>no job, you know, homeless. If you're obedient to God

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<v Speaker 1>and you have integrity, and you have you know, everything

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<v Speaker 1>that God wants you to do, and you're doing God's will,

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna have food, you're gonna have drink, and you're

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<v Speaker 1>not gonna have an anxious mind. Okay. If you are

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<v Speaker 1>following God's will and you're obedient and you're doing everything

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<v Speaker 1>you need to do, Okay, God takes care of the birds,

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<v Speaker 1>He's definitely gonna take care of you. He says that

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<v Speaker 1>all these things shall be added to you. Now. Granted,

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<v Speaker 1>do some people lose their job? Do some people lose

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<v Speaker 1>their marriage? Do some people lose even though they might

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<v Speaker 1>be obedient to God, that's because of what someone else

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<v Speaker 1>did to them. You know it caused that, you know so.

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<v Speaker 1>But if somebody divorces you, but you stay the course

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<v Speaker 1>and you're going through a divorce, but you're being obedient

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<v Speaker 1>to God and you stay in the word, I guarantee

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<v Speaker 1>you you're going to come out of that way better

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<v Speaker 1>than someone that doesn't. Let's continue. This is going to

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<v Speaker 1>be Luke twelve, verse thirty two. Do not fear, little Flockford.

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<v Speaker 1>Is your father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

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<v Speaker 1>Sell what you have and give alms. Provide yourself money

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<v Speaker 1>bags which do not grow old. They treasure in the

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<v Speaker 1>heavens that does not fail. There is no thief approaches,

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<v Speaker 1>nor moth destroys. For where your treasure is there, your

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<v Speaker 1>heart will be also. So seek the treasures of heaven

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<v Speaker 1>out the treasures on earth. And it says that your

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<v Speaker 1>father has good pleasure to give you the kingdom. He

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<v Speaker 1>wants you to be obedient. He wants you to be persistent, shameless,

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<v Speaker 1>persistent prayers. He wants you to And he said that

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<v Speaker 1>his father takes pleasure in giving you the kingdom. Luke twelve,

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<v Speaker 1>verse thirty five. A faithful servant an evil servant. Let

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<v Speaker 1>your waiste be girded, and your lamp's burning, and yourselves

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<v Speaker 1>be like men who wait for their master. Then he

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<v Speaker 1>will return from the wedding, that when he comes a knox,

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<v Speaker 1>they may open it to him immediately. Blessed are those

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<v Speaker 1>servants whom the Master, when he comes and will find watching.

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<v Speaker 1>Surely I say to you that he will gird himself

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<v Speaker 1>and have them sit down to eat, and will come

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<v Speaker 1>and serve them. And if he should come in the

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<v Speaker 1>second watch or come in the third watch and find them.

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<v Speaker 1>So blessed are those servants. But know this that if

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<v Speaker 1>the master of the house had known what hour the

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<v Speaker 1>thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed

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<v Speaker 1>his house to be broken into. Therefore, you will also

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<v Speaker 1>be ready for the sun Amen is coming in an

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<v Speaker 1>hour you do not expect. The chapter concludes what they

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<v Speaker 1>call to be watchful and ready for the master's return,

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<v Speaker 1>emphasizing the faithful stewardship. You will also be ready because

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<v Speaker 1>the son of man will come at an hour you

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<v Speaker 1>do not expect. Very interesting. I don't know why, but

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<v Speaker 1>my voice is going out a little bit. Let me

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<v Speaker 1>just drink some water.

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<v Speaker 4>Let's continue. So let's see if I have notes on this.

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<v Speaker 1>On me. One second, we look this up.

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<v Speaker 3>Guys, okaylu twelve forty two through forty eight.

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<v Speaker 1>And Peter says him, of Lord, you speak this parable

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<v Speaker 1>only to us or to all people, Luke twelve forty

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<v Speaker 1>two says, And the Lord said, who then is that

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<v Speaker 1>faithful and wise stewart whom his master will make ruler

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<v Speaker 1>over his household to give them a portion of food

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<v Speaker 1>and due season. Blessed is that servant whom his master

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<v Speaker 1>will find so doing. When he comes, truly, I say

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<v Speaker 1>to you that he will make him a ruler over

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<v Speaker 1>all that he has. But if the servant says in

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<v Speaker 1>his heart, my master's delaying is coming, and begins to

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<v Speaker 1>beat the male and female servants, and do not eat

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<v Speaker 1>or drink to be drunk, the master of the servant

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<v Speaker 1>will come on a day when he is not looking

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<v Speaker 1>for him, and in an hour when he is not aware,

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<v Speaker 1>and he will cut him in two and appoint him

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<v Speaker 1>his portion from the unbelievers. And the servant who shall

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<v Speaker 1>who knew his master's will and did not prepare himself

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<v Speaker 1>or do according to his will, shall be beaten with

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<v Speaker 1>many stripes. But he who did not know yet committed

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<v Speaker 1>things deserving of stripes shall be beaten with few. For

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<v Speaker 1>everyone of whom much is given for him, much will

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<v Speaker 1>be required. And to whom much has been committed of him,

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<v Speaker 1>they will ask more. So. Yeah, so the set up.

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<v Speaker 1>A master entrusts his servants with the responsibility of managing

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<v Speaker 1>his household and distributing food while he is away. The

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<v Speaker 1>faithful servant ay faithful. This is explaining this parable. The

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<v Speaker 1>faithful servant is a wise servant who is one who

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<v Speaker 1>was entrusted with the responsibility and diligently manages the household

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<v Speaker 1>ensure everyone is fed at the proper time. The unfaithful servant. Conversely,

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<v Speaker 1>an unfaithful servant is one who, believing the master will

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<v Speaker 1>be delayed, becomes lazy, abuses his authority, and neglects his

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<v Speaker 1>responsibilities the master's return. When the Master returns, he rewards

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<v Speaker 1>the faithful servant with the increased responsibility and praises his

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<v Speaker 1>faithfulness the punishment of the unfaithful. The unfaithful servant is

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<v Speaker 1>punished severely and he was found to be unprepared and irresponsible.

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<v Speaker 1>And similar theme is found in Matthew twenty five, verses

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen through thirty, where a master in trusts for amounts

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<v Speaker 1>of talents to his servants and are judge based on

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<v Speaker 1>how they use the talents. The message the parable emphasize

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<v Speaker 1>the importance of being prepared for the lord's return, using

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<v Speaker 1>one's gifts and talents wisely, and being accountable for one's actions.

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<v Speaker 1>So we need to understand, yeah, that we need to

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<v Speaker 1>be ready for the lord's return. And if if you

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<v Speaker 1>have stuff in your house or things that you're doing

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<v Speaker 1>that you wouldn't do if Jesus returned. Like, let's say

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus return tomorrow and he said, he's coming to your house.

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<v Speaker 1>What would you get rid of before he walks in

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<v Speaker 1>your house? Would you get rid of that bong? Would

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01:35:34.000 --> 01:35:35.520
<v Speaker 1>you get rid of that weed? Would you get rid

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01:35:35.560 --> 01:35:38.000
<v Speaker 1>of those mushrooms? Would you get rid of the alcohol?

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<v Speaker 1>What would you get rid of? The pornography? The playboy?

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<v Speaker 1>Whatever you have the Maxim magazine. I don't even know

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<v Speaker 1>if they still have those. You know, what would you

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<v Speaker 1>get rid of if Jesus was coming, Well, whatever you

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<v Speaker 1>would get rid of, get rid of it. Now be

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<v Speaker 1>prepared for his return, is what he's saying. It says

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<v Speaker 1>Christ brings division, and that's the title, and it's let's see,

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<v Speaker 1>let me get back to my notes. Actually that is

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<v Speaker 1>a Deuteronomy four. I don't want that. I want Luke ten. Okay,

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01:36:25.600 --> 01:36:31.760
<v Speaker 1>let's see. Okay, it declares he has bringing divisions. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So this is Luke twelve, verse forty nine. I came

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<v Speaker 1>to send fire on the earth, and how I wish

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<v Speaker 1>it were already kindled? But I but I have a

1439
01:36:43.319 --> 01:36:47.199
<v Speaker 1>baptism to be baptized with. And how distressed am I

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<v Speaker 1>till it is accomplished. Do you suppose that I came

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<v Speaker 1>to give peace on earth? I tell you not not

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<v Speaker 1>at all, but rather division. For from now on five

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<v Speaker 1>in one house will be divided three against two and

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<v Speaker 1>two against three. Father will be divided against son, and

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<v Speaker 1>son against father, mother against daughter, and daughter against mother,

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01:37:08.960 --> 01:37:11.760
<v Speaker 1>mother in law against daughter in law, and daughter in

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01:37:11.880 --> 01:37:16.479
<v Speaker 1>law against her mother in law. So Jesus declares he

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<v Speaker 1>has come to bring division, not peace, as his message

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<v Speaker 1>will cause division even among families. This she reflects the

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<v Speaker 1>word diamorsimos, meaning division or disunity. So yeah, if if

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01:37:33.960 --> 01:37:37.359
<v Speaker 1>somebody believes in Jesus and then the other person doesn't,

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01:37:37.399 --> 01:37:39.039
<v Speaker 1>then they're going to be opposed to that. So the

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01:37:39.119 --> 01:37:42.359
<v Speaker 1>idea is so that would cause fathers to be divided

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<v Speaker 1>against son, son against father, mother against daughter. Let's say

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01:37:45.840 --> 01:37:48.960
<v Speaker 1>the mother was was is saved and then the daughter

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01:37:49.079 --> 01:37:53.079
<v Speaker 1>is not and she is going out partying. It's causing

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01:37:53.119 --> 01:37:56.239
<v Speaker 1>division between the mother and daughter. If the daughter is

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<v Speaker 1>saved and the mother is not and the mother is

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01:37:58.439 --> 01:38:01.319
<v Speaker 1>going out partying and hooking up with other men and

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<v Speaker 1>the daughter is saved, that's gonna cause division, right, it says,

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<v Speaker 1>daughter in law against her mother in law, right. So

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<v Speaker 1>that's another thing. You know. Let's say that the the

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<v Speaker 1>let's say the husband of this woman is saved, but

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<v Speaker 1>the but the wife is not, and the mother in

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01:38:20.279 --> 01:38:24.960
<v Speaker 1>law of this wife is saved. It's going to cause division, right,

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<v Speaker 1>It says, I came to send fire on earth, And

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<v Speaker 1>how I wish it were already kindled. But I have

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<v Speaker 1>a baptized to be baptized with, and I have distressed,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm accomplished. Do not do you suppose that I

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<v Speaker 1>came to give peace on earth? I tell you see,

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<v Speaker 1>see the truth hurts, right, it says, I tell you

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<v Speaker 1>not at all, but rather division from from now on,

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<v Speaker 1>five in one house would be divided three against two,

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<v Speaker 1>two against three. All right, So yeah, that's kind of

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<v Speaker 1>self explanatory there, Hu twelve, verse fifty four. Discern the time,

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<v Speaker 1>then he said to the multitudes, wherever you see a

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<v Speaker 1>cloud rising out of the west, immediately you say a

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<v Speaker 1>shower is coming, and so it is. And when you

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01:39:12.079 --> 01:39:14.800
<v Speaker 1>see the south wind blow, you say there will be

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<v Speaker 1>hot weather, and there is hypocrites. You can't discern the

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<v Speaker 1>face of the sky and on the earth, and how

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<v Speaker 1>it is you do not discern this time? So Jesus

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<v Speaker 1>criticizes the crowds for the ability to interpret weather signs

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<v Speaker 1>but failing to discern the present time, urging them to

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01:39:38.119 --> 01:39:46.680
<v Speaker 1>recognize the significance of his ministry. Make peace with your adversary, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>and why even of yourselves do you not judge what

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01:39:52.279 --> 01:39:55.960
<v Speaker 1>is right? When you go with your adversary to the magistrate,

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<v Speaker 1>make every effort along the way to settle with him,

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<v Speaker 1>unless you drag you to the judge. The judge, deliver

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01:40:02.720 --> 01:40:06.560
<v Speaker 1>you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

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<v Speaker 1>I tell her you shall not depart from there too.

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<v Speaker 1>You have paid the very last mic. So Jesus advised

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01:40:15.920 --> 01:40:19.239
<v Speaker 1>that suddenly disputes quickly before reaching the judge to avoid

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01:40:19.279 --> 01:40:23.359
<v Speaker 1>severe consequences. This serves as a metaphor for reconciling with

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01:40:23.439 --> 01:40:31.079
<v Speaker 1>God before judgment. And let's see. So, so we're done

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<v Speaker 1>with this chapter, Let's look at some practical applications. Cultivate

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<v Speaker 1>a healthy fear of God. Reflect on areas where you

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01:40:38.319 --> 01:40:42.520
<v Speaker 1>may fear human opinion more than God's truth, and ask

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<v Speaker 1>God to help you prioritize his perspective. So, how often

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<v Speaker 1>are we fearing human's opinions or what they think about

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01:40:51.720 --> 01:40:55.000
<v Speaker 1>us or you know, like when I started a podcast,

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01:40:55.039 --> 01:40:58.359
<v Speaker 1>you know, a Christian and conspiracy podcast, how many people,

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01:40:58.840 --> 01:41:01.479
<v Speaker 1>Like did I make enemies as soon as I started

1504
01:41:01.520 --> 01:41:05.279
<v Speaker 1>that A lot, when I started talking about biblical cosmology,

1505
01:41:05.520 --> 01:41:07.760
<v Speaker 1>I made a lot of enemies. But I don't care,

1506
01:41:08.119 --> 01:41:15.199
<v Speaker 1>you know, because I personally would I would rather impress

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01:41:15.279 --> 01:41:17.279
<v Speaker 1>God than people. I don't really care. I'm here to

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01:41:17.319 --> 01:41:21.239
<v Speaker 1>impress God. I'm not here to impress people. That's just

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01:41:21.359 --> 01:41:23.119
<v Speaker 1>me and I think that's the way we should live.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'll always spread God's truth even I'll even go

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01:41:27.640 --> 01:41:30.720
<v Speaker 1>on podcasts where like I was I was talking about earlier,

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01:41:31.000 --> 01:41:33.960
<v Speaker 1>I'll go on podcasts where maybe they're not they're non believers,

1513
01:41:34.600 --> 01:41:36.399
<v Speaker 1>and I'll go through you know, I know them that

1514
01:41:36.439 --> 01:41:40.800
<v Speaker 1>I'm in a den of atheists, but I'll still always

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01:41:40.840 --> 01:41:44.479
<v Speaker 1>refer to the Bible the whole show, and I'll speak.

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01:41:44.560 --> 01:41:46.399
<v Speaker 1>I'll speak, and then I'll refer to the Word of God,

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01:41:46.880 --> 01:41:48.840
<v Speaker 1>because I know that the Word of God is like

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01:41:48.920 --> 01:41:54.039
<v Speaker 1>a sharp, double edged sword ready to slice through these

1519
01:41:54.079 --> 01:41:59.640
<v Speaker 1>atheists words. Next one is going to be trust in

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01:41:59.640 --> 01:42:05.039
<v Speaker 1>God's provision. Identify specific worries you have about your needs

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01:42:05.079 --> 01:42:08.199
<v Speaker 1>and commit them to God in prayer. Trusting in his provision.

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01:42:09.720 --> 01:42:12.600
<v Speaker 1>Boldly confess your faith. Look for opportunity to share your

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01:42:12.600 --> 01:42:16.640
<v Speaker 1>faith with others, trusting that Jesus will honor your confession.

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<v Speaker 1>That's for sure. We're we should be disciples. We should

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01:42:21.800 --> 01:42:25.479
<v Speaker 1>be spreading the good news. That's our whole point and

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01:42:25.800 --> 01:42:30.399
<v Speaker 1>being on this earth is that. Let me see how

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01:42:30.479 --> 01:42:32.960
<v Speaker 1>long the next chapter is out. It's very short, So

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01:42:33.039 --> 01:42:40.000
<v Speaker 1>that's going to be perfect because I have twenty minutes. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So evaluate your priorities. Assess your financial and life goals

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01:42:43.199 --> 01:42:45.560
<v Speaker 1>to ensure that they align with being rich toward God

1531
01:42:45.680 --> 01:42:50.439
<v Speaker 1>rather than merely accumulating wealth. That's we kind of went

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01:42:50.439 --> 01:42:54.079
<v Speaker 1>over that before. Live with the eternal perspective. Regularly remind

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01:42:54.079 --> 01:42:57.199
<v Speaker 1>yourself of the temporary nature of this world and importance

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01:42:57.279 --> 01:43:01.000
<v Speaker 1>of being ready for Christ's return. Okay, that's we. We

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01:43:01.079 --> 01:43:03.760
<v Speaker 1>definitely need to know that, and everybody needs to know that.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody that's living on this earth needs to know that,

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01:43:06.840 --> 01:43:09.399
<v Speaker 1>because not all of us do that. We're not. We're not.

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01:43:09.640 --> 01:43:12.279
<v Speaker 1>We wouldn't be prepared if Jesus came tomorrow, would we.

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01:43:13.000 --> 01:43:16.680
<v Speaker 1>I don't know about you, guys, but am I sorry?

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01:43:16.720 --> 01:43:22.960
<v Speaker 1>I'm getting I'm just drinking honey, real quick. See, pastors

1541
01:43:22.960 --> 01:43:25.920
<v Speaker 1>are blessed. You know. Pastors are blessed because they do

1542
01:43:26.159 --> 01:43:30.399
<v Speaker 1>like forty five minute Bible studies. We do two hours.

1543
01:43:31.279 --> 01:43:35.039
<v Speaker 1>We hit it. We hit it hard. You know. It

1544
01:43:35.159 --> 01:43:38.720
<v Speaker 1>takes a lot of research to uh to do this.

1545
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<v Speaker 1>So all right, here we go, Luke thirteen, verse one.

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01:43:43.359 --> 01:43:47.399
<v Speaker 1>There were present, they there, there, There were present at

1547
01:43:47.439 --> 01:43:51.600
<v Speaker 1>this season, some who told him about the Galileans, whose

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01:43:51.640 --> 01:43:55.760
<v Speaker 1>blood pilot had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answered

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01:43:55.760 --> 01:43:58.079
<v Speaker 1>and said to them, do you suppose that the Galileans

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01:43:58.560 --> 01:44:01.319
<v Speaker 1>were worse sinners than all the other Galleans because they

1551
01:44:01.359 --> 01:44:04.880
<v Speaker 1>suffered such things? I tell you no, but unless you repent,

1552
01:44:05.239 --> 01:44:08.560
<v Speaker 1>you will be Likewise you will like life all likewise perish.

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01:44:09.479 --> 01:44:13.800
<v Speaker 1>Or Or those eighteen on whom the Tower of Saloam

1554
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<v Speaker 1>fell and killed them, do you think they were worse

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01:44:16.399 --> 01:44:18.800
<v Speaker 1>sinners than all the other men who dwelt in Jerusalem?

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01:44:19.119 --> 01:44:22.039
<v Speaker 1>I tell you no, but unless you repent, you will

1557
01:44:22.119 --> 01:44:27.439
<v Speaker 1>likewise perish. Jesus uses the tragedies of the Galleons and

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01:44:27.520 --> 01:44:30.159
<v Speaker 1>the Tower of Salom to emphasize that suffering is not

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01:44:30.199 --> 01:44:33.479
<v Speaker 1>always a direct result of personal sin. Instead, he calls

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01:44:33.560 --> 01:44:39.039
<v Speaker 1>everyone to repentance. But unless you repent, you will all perish. Yeah,

1561
01:44:39.079 --> 01:44:45.279
<v Speaker 1>we need to understand that. Right. Repent. Okay, if they

1562
01:44:45.359 --> 01:44:47.880
<v Speaker 1>repented before this happened, it doesn't matter because they're going

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01:44:47.880 --> 01:44:50.840
<v Speaker 1>to go to heaven anyways, if they repented and they

1564
01:44:50.880 --> 01:44:56.800
<v Speaker 1>believed in Jesus. Right. The parable of the baron fig

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01:44:58.159 --> 01:45:00.920
<v Speaker 1>He also spoke this parable. A certain men had a

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01:45:00.960 --> 01:45:03.680
<v Speaker 1>fake tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking

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01:45:03.800 --> 01:45:07.039
<v Speaker 1>fruit on it and found none. Then he found He

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01:45:07.119 --> 01:45:09.920
<v Speaker 1>said to the keeper of his vineyard, look, for three

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01:45:10.000 --> 01:45:12.239
<v Speaker 1>years I have come seeking fruit on this fake tree

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01:45:12.239 --> 01:45:16.199
<v Speaker 1>and find none. Cut it down. Why does it use

1571
01:45:16.279 --> 01:45:19.920
<v Speaker 1>up the ground. But he answered and said to him, sir,

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01:45:20.079 --> 01:45:23.960
<v Speaker 1>let this let it alone this year until I dig

1573
01:45:24.000 --> 01:45:28.199
<v Speaker 1>it around it and fertilize it and it bears fruit. Well,

1574
01:45:28.640 --> 01:45:32.079
<v Speaker 1>but if not, after that, you can cut it down.

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01:45:34.319 --> 01:45:36.960
<v Speaker 1>So he's just saying, you know, give it time. Let

1576
01:45:36.960 --> 01:45:40.239
<v Speaker 1>me fertilized it so that it bears fruit. So the

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01:45:40.279 --> 01:45:44.560
<v Speaker 1>parable illustrates God's patience and the opportunity for repentance, Yet

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01:45:44.600 --> 01:45:47.159
<v Speaker 1>it also warns of the It also warns of the

1579
01:45:47.199 --> 01:45:56.000
<v Speaker 1>consequences of continued unfruitfulness. We need to you know, we're

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<v Speaker 1>known by our fruits, right, whatever fruits that we produce,

1581
01:46:00.119 --> 01:46:05.840
<v Speaker 1>and you know, we need to make sure that we're fruitful,

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01:46:05.880 --> 01:46:12.520
<v Speaker 1>right for sure. A spirit of infirmity. This is Luke

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<v Speaker 1>thirteen ten. Now he was teaching in one of the

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<v Speaker 1>synagogues on the Sabbath. And behold there was a woman

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<v Speaker 1>who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years and was

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01:46:22.359 --> 01:46:25.600
<v Speaker 1>bent over and couldn't and could could in no ways

1587
01:46:26.279 --> 01:46:29.560
<v Speaker 1>raise herself up. But when Jesus saw her, he called

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01:46:29.560 --> 01:46:32.119
<v Speaker 1>her to him and said, to her, woman, you are

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01:46:32.199 --> 01:46:35.399
<v Speaker 1>loosened from your infirmity. And he laid his hands on her,

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01:46:35.479 --> 01:46:39.800
<v Speaker 1>and immediately she was made straight and glorified God. So

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01:46:40.640 --> 01:46:43.560
<v Speaker 1>but the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because

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01:46:43.640 --> 01:46:49.359
<v Speaker 1>Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, and he said to

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01:46:49.399 --> 01:46:54.119
<v Speaker 1>the crowd, there are six days in which men ought

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01:46:54.119 --> 01:46:57.600
<v Speaker 1>to work. Therefore come and be healed on them, and

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<v Speaker 1>not the Sabbath day. The Lord answered him and said, hypocrite,

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01:47:02.319 --> 01:47:05.840
<v Speaker 1>does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose

1597
01:47:05.880 --> 01:47:08.800
<v Speaker 1>his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it

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01:47:08.800 --> 01:47:12.560
<v Speaker 1>away to water it. So this woman, being a daughter

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<v Speaker 1>of Abraham, who Satan has bound think of it. For

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen years, he loosened from the bound to the Sabbath,

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01:47:19.079 --> 01:47:21.560
<v Speaker 1>from the bound on the Sabbath. And when he said

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01:47:21.600 --> 01:47:25.000
<v Speaker 1>these things, all the adversaries were put to shame, and

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01:47:25.039 --> 01:47:27.840
<v Speaker 1>the multitude rejoice for all the glorious things that were

1604
01:47:27.880 --> 01:47:32.359
<v Speaker 1>done by him. So Jesus heals a crippled woman on

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01:47:32.359 --> 01:47:36.760
<v Speaker 1>the Sabbath, challenging the legalistic interpretations of the law and

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01:47:36.800 --> 01:47:44.359
<v Speaker 1>demonstrating the priority of compassion over ritual. So also, if

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<v Speaker 1>you look, it talks about like, you know, if a

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01:47:48.279 --> 01:47:51.520
<v Speaker 1>sheep were to fall in or dang. I can't remember

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01:47:52.600 --> 01:47:58.199
<v Speaker 1>which verse that is, but he's talking about, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>if your animal falls into the water once you save it.

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<v Speaker 1>On the Sabbath, it's kind of the same thing. That's

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01:48:02.680 --> 01:48:04.800
<v Speaker 1>what he's doing, you know. So I don't think they

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01:48:04.880 --> 01:48:08.680
<v Speaker 1>understand the Sabbath. You know, it's they don't understand the

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01:48:08.680 --> 01:48:11.279
<v Speaker 1>point of the Sabbath is to be holy. And by

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01:48:11.359 --> 01:48:14.479
<v Speaker 1>him healing this woman, he is being holy. It's a

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01:48:14.520 --> 01:48:17.600
<v Speaker 1>it's a it's a day set apart, you know, it's

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01:48:17.640 --> 01:48:19.840
<v Speaker 1>it's a holy it's it's God has set it apart

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<v Speaker 1>to be holy. So if your house is on fire

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<v Speaker 1>on the Sabbath. Do you not get water to put

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<v Speaker 1>it out? Or do you say, eh, it's all right,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna let my house burn down because it's the

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<v Speaker 1>Sabbath today and I can't work. So if your child

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<v Speaker 1>is choking, you know, on a on on chicken, and

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<v Speaker 1>you're like, I'm sorry, you're gonna have to die because

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<v Speaker 1>I can't work on the Sabbath, you see, it's like

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<v Speaker 1>they don't get it. They're all about that ritual, religious

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<v Speaker 1>ritual and law abiding and pushing, and he's telling their hypocrites, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>the parable of the mustard seed. Then he said, what

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<v Speaker 1>is the Kingdom of God like? And how shall it

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<v Speaker 1>compare it? How shall I compare it? It is like

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<v Speaker 1>a mustard seed which a man took and put in

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<v Speaker 1>his garden and grew, became a large tree, and the

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<v Speaker 1>birds of the air nested on its branches. People, no

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<v Speaker 1>places events. So the parable of the mustard seed compares

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<v Speaker 1>the Kingdom of God to a mustard seed in yeast.

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<v Speaker 1>The mustard seed, though small, grows into a large tree,

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<v Speaker 1>and the yeast leavens the whole batch of dough. These

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<v Speaker 1>parables highlight the expansive and transformative nature of God's kingdom.

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<v Speaker 1>And then Jesus heals a woman who have been crippled

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<v Speaker 1>for eighteen years. He declares the woman, you are set

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<v Speaker 1>free from the infirmity. The Greek word for set free

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<v Speaker 1>is apolio, indicating a release of liberation. The miracle sparks

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<v Speaker 1>a debate about the appropriateness of healing on the Sabbath,

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<v Speaker 1>And then we talked about the parable of the mustard seed.

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<v Speaker 1>Already now we're at Luke thirteen, verse twenty two. And

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<v Speaker 1>he went through the cities and villages teaching and journey

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<v Speaker 1>toward Jerusalem. Then one said to him, Lord, are there

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<v Speaker 1>few who are saved? And he said to them, strive

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<v Speaker 1>to enter through the narrow gate. For many, I say

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<v Speaker 1>to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

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<v Speaker 1>When once the master of the house has risen up

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<v Speaker 1>and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside

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<v Speaker 1>and knock on the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open for us,

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<v Speaker 1>and he will answer and say to you, I do

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<v Speaker 1>not know you. Where are you from? And then you

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<v Speaker 1>begin to say, we ate and drinking your presence, and

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<v Speaker 1>you taught in our streets. But he will say, I

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<v Speaker 1>tell you I do not know you. Where are you

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<v Speaker 1>from depart from me, all you workers of iniquity. There

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<v Speaker 1>will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. And you will

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<v Speaker 1>see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and all the prophets

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<v Speaker 1>of the Kingdom of God, and yourself thrust out. They

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<v Speaker 1>will come from the east and the west, and from

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<v Speaker 1>the north in the south, and sit down at the

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<v Speaker 1>Kingdom of God. And indeed there are last who will

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<v Speaker 1>be first, and first who will be last. So Jesus

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<v Speaker 1>teaches about entering through the narrow door, warning that many

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<v Speaker 1>will seek to enter but will not be able. He

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<v Speaker 1>emphasizes the urgency of responding to God's invitation, as the

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<v Speaker 1>door will not remain open indefinitely. So we got to understand, too,

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<v Speaker 1>man strive to enter through the narrow gate. For many

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<v Speaker 1>I say to you will seek to enter, but will

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<v Speaker 1>not be able. So that should send chills up and

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<v Speaker 1>down your spine too. When he says, we ate and

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<v Speaker 1>drank in your presence. You taught in our streets. But

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<v Speaker 1>he will say, I will tell you I do not

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<v Speaker 1>know you where you are from. Depart from me, all

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<v Speaker 1>your workers of iniquity, He's staying. There will be weeping

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<v Speaker 1>and gnashing of teeth because people will be complaining and say,

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<v Speaker 1>Lord Lord, you know I prophesize in your name. I

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<v Speaker 1>all these things you know that Jesus talks about in

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<v Speaker 1>another passes when he's talking about this, I cast out

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<v Speaker 1>demons are prophesizing your name. Depart from me because I

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<v Speaker 1>never knew you, you workers of iniquity. Let me see

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<v Speaker 1>real quick. That's Luke thirteen. Let me just look at

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<v Speaker 1>the strongest concordance for you, guys, Luke thirteen. I want

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<v Speaker 1>to see what that word iniquity means. In the Greek

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<v Speaker 1>the East of the West. Your workers of iniquity is

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<v Speaker 1>twenty seven Luke thirteen. Twenty seven, Yeah, iniquities in the

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<v Speaker 1>King James as well, Let's see your workers of unrighteousness

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<v Speaker 1>of the heart, a deed violating law and justice, active

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<v Speaker 1>unrighteousness injustice, or a judge unrighteousness of heart and life.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's in Luke, workers of iniquity. That's also another

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<v Speaker 1>word he could use, unjust. Another word he can use

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<v Speaker 1>is unrighteousness. Okay, that's that's what it is. It's unrighteousness,

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<v Speaker 1>your workers of unrighteousness or workers of iniquity. Okay, let's

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<v Speaker 1>continue on that very day. Some Pharisees came to him, saying,

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<v Speaker 1>get out and depart from here, for Herod wants to

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<v Speaker 1>kill you. And he said to them, go tell Sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>he says, go tell that fox. Behold, I cast out demons,

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<v Speaker 1>have performed curious today and tomorrow, and another third day

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<v Speaker 1>I shall be perfected. Nevertheless, I much journey today, tomorrow

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<v Speaker 1>and the day following. Where it cannot be that a

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<v Speaker 1>prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem. Let's go back to Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>here we go thirty one through thirty five. Pharisees warned

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus that Herod wants to kill him. Jesus responds by

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<v Speaker 1>expressing sorrow over Jerusalem's rejection of God's messengers. So let's continue, says,

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<v Speaker 1>Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and

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<v Speaker 1>stone those who are sent to her. How often I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers

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<v Speaker 1>her broad under her wings, but you were not willing

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<v Speaker 1>see your house is left you desolate, and assuredly, I

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<v Speaker 1>say to you, you shall not see me until the

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<v Speaker 1>time comes when you say, blessed is he who comes

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<v Speaker 1>in the name of the Lord. So how often have

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<v Speaker 1>I longed to gather you together children, as a hen

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<v Speaker 1>gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling.

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<v Speaker 1>The imagery of the hen gathering chicks reflects God's protective

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<v Speaker 1>and nurturing desire for his people. And then Jesus warns

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<v Speaker 1>that the entry into the Kingdom of God christs earnest effort,

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<v Speaker 1>and many who assume they yeah, many assume that they're

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<v Speaker 1>in clude, we'll find themselves outside. And then Jesus laments

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<v Speaker 1>over Jerusalem. Jesus expresses sorrow over Jerusalem's rejection of him,

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<v Speaker 1>highlighting his desire to gather and protect his people. So

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<v Speaker 1>he's like seeing that you guys don't even know, like

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to gather you and want you guys to believe,

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<v Speaker 1>but you reject me. Sweet, So this is this is

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<v Speaker 1>we're gonna be starting next week. And Luke fourteen, let

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<v Speaker 1>me go over some practical applications for you guys before

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<v Speaker 1>we end this. Examine your heart regularly, assess your life

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<v Speaker 1>for areas needing repentance, and seek God's forgiveness and transformation.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not only about asking God forgiveness, but it's about

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<v Speaker 1>you doing a one to eighty from those sins. That

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<v Speaker 1>you're asking God to forgive you for bear fruits. Strive

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<v Speaker 1>to live a life that reflects the values of God's Kingdom,

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<v Speaker 1>producing spiritual fruit in your actions and relationships. Prioritize compassion.

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<v Speaker 1>Follow Jesus' example by placing love and compassion above legalistic

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<v Speaker 1>practices and traditions, men's traditions. Okay, we gotta we got

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<v Speaker 1>to choose the word over men's traditions. We got to

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<v Speaker 1>choose the word over culture. Okay, cultural biases, anything like that.

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<v Speaker 1>You've got to choose the word over the world all

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<v Speaker 1>day long. Okay. Embrace small beginnings. Trust that God can

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<v Speaker 1>use small acts of faith and obedience to accomplish great

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<v Speaker 1>things in his kingdom. Strive for the kingdom. Make a

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<v Speaker 1>conscious effort to live according to God's will, understanding that

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<v Speaker 1>entry into His kingdom requires commitment and perseverance. Let's stop

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<v Speaker 1>screaming or sharing this so once again, what an awesome study.

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<v Speaker 1>I enjoyed it. I will be more studied up. I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like I studied Luke ten eleven pretty good, ten

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<v Speaker 1>and eleven and twelve pretty good. Thirteen I didn't get

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<v Speaker 1>too so I kind of just had to kind of

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<v Speaker 1>go off some notes that I had for that chapter.

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<v Speaker 1>But I really appreciate you guys joining me for this

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<v Speaker 1>Wednesday service show. And I just want to say, continue

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<v Speaker 1>to comment on Spotify and also leave reviews on Apple.

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<v Speaker 1>It's really important for cult conspiracy, for Jonathan and Jacob

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<v Speaker 1>and if we want to keep this show on the air,

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<v Speaker 1>and I want to keep this Bible study going. I

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<v Speaker 1>want to finish the whole Bible with you guys, and

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<v Speaker 1>hopefully we can read the Bible again. I want to

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<v Speaker 1>keep it on as long as possible, So continue to

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<v Speaker 1>please comment. And if you listened all the way through,

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<v Speaker 1>comment below that you finished the whole book of the

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<v Speaker 1>whole all the chapters that we went over. Just say

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<v Speaker 1>I finished Luke thirteen. I went I got to Luke thirteen,

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<v Speaker 1>all right. And then if you don't want to write anything,

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<v Speaker 1>you could just put an emoji like a smiley face

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<v Speaker 1>or a prayer symbol, whatever you want to do. It's

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<v Speaker 1>much appreciated if you guys leave comments on Spotify, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>and thank you, And like we always do, we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>end this in prayer. So Father God, in the name

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<v Speaker 1>of Jesus, and you show the Mischiak's name. I ask you, Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>to help me focus when I'm studying. Sometimes I'm studying

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<v Speaker 1>at work and I got all these things happening, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's hard for me to focus, and sometimes I

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<v Speaker 1>dip into another video, some other video, like you know,

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<v Speaker 1>some conspiracy videos or whatever. The Lord, just help me

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<v Speaker 1>focus on the Bible study and focus on your word.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll be talking about Deuteronomy, you know, the Book of Deuteronomy,

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<v Speaker 1>Deuteronomy five on Sunday service, Lord assists me and learning

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<v Speaker 1>everything I need to know and make sure that I'm

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<v Speaker 1>spiritually equipped and ready to teach. Lord, please and keep

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<v Speaker 1>my mind clear of any distractions. And Lord keep my

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<v Speaker 1>mind able to teach and to preach and whatever the

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<v Speaker 1>people need. Lord, please provide me with the words to

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<v Speaker 1>speak to assist people in their lives. And I just

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<v Speaker 1>ask that you please assist anybody that is listening that

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<v Speaker 1>needs you. Lord, it that's on the fence, that's going

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<v Speaker 1>through alcohol, marijuana, ecstasy, mushrooms, methan feta means cocaine, whatever

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<v Speaker 1>that people have issues with. Lord, I asked that you

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<v Speaker 1>break those chains and make it so they're not a

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<v Speaker 1>slave to that, you know, to any of those drugs.

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<v Speaker 1>And I want to pray for my friend. He was

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<v Speaker 1>asking me about if marijuana is bad, you know, if

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<v Speaker 1>it's against God and against you, Lord, and I just

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<v Speaker 1>asked that you show him spiritually, show him through Holy

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<v Speaker 1>Spirit whether it is or not. I know you want

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<v Speaker 1>us to be sober, sober minded, be vigilant. And he

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<v Speaker 1>was telling me he uses it as a as a medicine,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, for for something that he has. So just

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<v Speaker 1>to show him if you can, Lord, I'm not going

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<v Speaker 1>to say any names. You know who it is, and

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<v Speaker 1>that gentleman knows who it is as well. So I

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<v Speaker 1>want to pray for him. And I also I want

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<v Speaker 1>to pray for any anybody going through lustful desires, Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>any kind of lustful desires. Lord, I pray for them

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<v Speaker 1>that you break those chains and and and don't let

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<v Speaker 1>them be a slave to that anymore. H correct them,

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<v Speaker 1>correct their path, help them to do your will, and

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<v Speaker 1>show them the verses that they need to say to

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<v Speaker 1>resist the devil. We know that if we resist the devil,

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<v Speaker 1>he shall flee. Lord, give us the Bible verses on

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<v Speaker 1>the spot. Let your Holy Spirit speak through us so

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<v Speaker 1>that we can dodge the wives of the devil or

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<v Speaker 1>the adversary. Satan has Satan. We want to dodge the

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<v Speaker 1>wiles of the devil, so help us to do that. Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for this platform, thank you for the people

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<v Speaker 1>that are listening, and thank you so much for everything

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<v Speaker 1>you do for us. We love you in Jesus name. Amen.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, thank you guys for listening. I appreciate you.

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<v Speaker 1>Like I said comment below, Sunday service is gonna be awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't wait to see you guys there and Wednesday service.

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<v Speaker 1>Next week. I will be more prepared. I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>I was this week. It's just very hard. I had

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of samples I was doing at work, and

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<v Speaker 1>I have to focus, you know, when I'm doing that,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's harder to listen to my to pastors preach.

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<v Speaker 1>But hopefully you enjoyed this week and next week it'll

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<v Speaker 1>be better. I will do my best. Thank you guys

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<v Speaker 1>so much. I love you guys, and God bless you.