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In the name of the Glorious 
Trinity. 

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Father and Son and Holy Spirit 
forever. 

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Amen. 
Glory be to the Everlasting 

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mercies which sent you to us. 
Oh, Christ the light of the 

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world and the life of all give 
us wisdom by a law and Enlighten

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our impulses, by your knowledge 
sanctify, our souls by your 

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truth and Grant that we may be 
obedient to your words and may 

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fulfill your Commandments at 
every hour. 

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O you who enlightens the 
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your greatness? 
He's doin light O My Lord. 

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Our thoughts that we made 
meditate upon your holy and 

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divine scriptures at all times. 
Oh Lord of all Father and Son 

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and Holy Spirit forever. 
Amen. 

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Double-edged sword. 
A Christian podcast Ministry 

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presented by father, jonard 
Lazar father. 

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Jernard is a parish priest of 
the mud edit Parish of the 

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Assyrian Church of the East and 
Turlock California. 

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Here's father jernard in our 
last episode. 

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Last week we spoke about the 
benefits of Temptations and we 

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touched upon a few verses and we
ascertained that the temperature

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or Temptations. 
Come from Satan. 

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As we read in Matthew 4:3 and 
the tempter came and said to 

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him. 
If you are the Son of God, 

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command these stones to become 
bread. 

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And we were again warned by 
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In his first epistle, 5:8 be 
sober and guarded because Satan,

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your adversary like a lion roars
and goes about and seeks whom he

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may devour. 
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We learned that because of our 
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man is tempted by his own lust. 
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away today, I'd like to speak 
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Temptations. 
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And what do we do at every 
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Well, firstly Begins, by let's 
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inciting seducing suggestion. 
Suggesting. 

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And when this happens when Satan
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will snowball into a passion, a 
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Approval and conceding. 
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as we said last week, Jesus was 
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battle, Temptation through 
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why the church fathers and the 
church recommends that all her 

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children, know, the Psalms off 
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acolyte the deacons, the priest.
So that when Temptations come we

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to battle with With scripture 
and the Psalms being the prayer 

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booklet of the church. 
But let's not take enticement. 

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Likely beloved, this is where we
need to nip it in the butt. 

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Change the channel. 
Don't even watch when you're 

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aware of the ratings. 
Don't say well, I'm going to 

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fast forward those scenes, but 
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turn off the computer is some of
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chuckling and you know thinking 
well what land is this priest 

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coming from La La Land? 
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you take it serious, these are 
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We need to take. 
Don't listen to that song. 

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Don't click on play on that Tik 
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Post, when you see the thumbnail
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Seek Jesus Christ. 
You know, this is from the 

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get-go. 
Do the sign of the cross. 

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This is what the demons hate 
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Come from demons. 
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do the sign of the cross cry out
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Oh Lord absolve. 
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your servant singer him. 
It clan he we be your Maria. 

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You know it's we have hope in 
You O Lord our savior Cry out to

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the name of the Lord, shim 
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You know why our forefathers or 
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Each time they perform an act of
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and you know, they've been very 
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switch on a light so that the 
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They would say, shimmered Allah 
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positions, they will flee in the
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Why do I say this? 
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Saint Paul writes that in 
Ephesians 5:19, but speak to 

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yourselves in Psalms and hymns 
and song of the spirit spiritual

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songs, be singing in your heart,
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Why? 
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tempted, can overcome and stand 
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because we learned that 
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God allows for a perfect reason.
Why the simple right? 

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That will he goes on to say in 
Philippians chapter 5 verse 8 to

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9, therefore my brethren, those 
things that are true, those 

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things that are honorable, those
things that are righteous, those

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things that are pure, those 
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things that are praiseworthy 
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meditate on these things. 
The things that you have learned

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and received and heard and seen.
Buy me. 

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Wow, Paul is talking about Deeds
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It would do things. 
His deeds were good because they

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were God's Deeds. 
Do is the do these things. 

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And the God of Peace shall be 
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So when you're singing constant,
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constantly and, and calling out 
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father, and doing the sign of 
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That's the one way of nipping, 
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progressions of The Temptations 
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When you do that, beloved your 
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the environment of your mind and
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some people slap themselves when
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while they're driving. 
Some people say, well, pinch 

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yourself so that you wake up 
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driving. 
No, you should just go and have 

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a rest by the way, right? 
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When you switch off, when you 
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You totally walk away. 
You're walking away to rest from

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that evil ring that you were 
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of sin. 
But you have walked away, you 

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know, playing music with the 
with the f-bombs and sexual 

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stimulant stimulants for your 
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or just blasting it in your car 
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You know, it it boggles my mind 
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the car, touch the cross that is
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do the sign of the cross. 
And I start playing music that 

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are evil. 
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every second word is an effort, 
how can that be that's 

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hypocrisy. 
Please take away that cross from

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Erica. 
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Hide everything. 
There is a religious because I'd

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rather people not see the cross 
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the F music and for people to 
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that's Christianity. 
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Christianity beloved, that's 
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Perform at your celebrations, is
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So if we don't take action from 
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ourselves in the next step after
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And the inciting of the that, 
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comes the commotion, you know? 
Your mind has been already 

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stirred. 
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attraction to Temptation at that
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And there is an opportunity to 
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has found that weakness. 
Satan has found that desire, 

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Satan has found his Target and 
he's now again shooting those 

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flaming arrow arrows Shooting 
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justification, everyone. 
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God knows my weakness. 
God is merciful. 

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He's a righteous God. 
He's a righteous judge, beloved.

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I'm not sinning against others. 
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Just this one time. 
I'll just let it go this one 

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time. 
And here Satan even works harder

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to do one thing to discourage to
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that understanding or that that 
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not worthy anymore. 
How am I going to go back to God

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with these bad thoughts? 
But remember there is still no 

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sin, bad thoughts. 
I'm not the the reason for being

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a bad person, doesn't make you a
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But we can choose to either walk
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If you've been careless in the 
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this second point and you are 
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conscience is is hammering. 
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Again, Place yourself at the 
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Our Lord hearing his cry to his 
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Forgive them for they do not 
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Father, he or she were careless.
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They're a little bit careless. 
They thought they can take it on

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but right now they are Fallen at
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Father, forgive them for, they 
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what they're doing. 
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in his letter to the Colossians 
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not of the things on earth or 
set your mind on the things that

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are above y. 
So that we do not steer 

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ourselves toward the evil. 
Thought, because if we do the 

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next step of Temptation, Is 
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Conforming or connecting or 
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The idea begins to stimulate our
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more pushing us on the path of 
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Entering us even further into 
the gate of sin, say, until this

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point, there was no sin. 
There was no blame for you to 

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have been, you know, enticed and
feel for you to have been, you 

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know, Disturbed. 
But now we're getting closer to 

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that to that point where yes we 
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Just to figure. 
There's no reason we weren't to 

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be blamed for enticement and 
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where we start to get into the 
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Oh yeah, you know let me show 
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Let me get those likes in those.
Sexy body girl and those 

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comments on my post oh wow. 
What a body, what a cute butt, 

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right? 
And I speak like this so don't 

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be surprised. 
Don't turn off your where, if 

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you're listening to you're going
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I call a spade a spade and I'm 
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And I could have one person 
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I still praise the Lord God, 
because Jesus was hated and 

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murdered for the truth. 
Not because he spoke love for 

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the truth. 
So I'll The truth, you know, the

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the dollar signs behind the 
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let me show my shame to the 
world and if I get a million 

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likes I start getting money 
right enjoying that that short 

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period of stimulation and 
passion, satisfying, this is 

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where it begins. 
This is where there is an 

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intention behind our enticement 
and commotions by Temptations. 

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Jesus said, sit, straight 
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But I am saying to everyone. 
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sinned. 
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a man is not a sin, but looking 
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So, as to lust for him and her 
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with her, or him in his heart, 
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says, If you do your charity to 
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you want people to see you. 
You want people to applaud you, 

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you want people to bet you. 
Pat? 

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You on the back you want people 
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What you've done. 
If you do your charitable Deeds 

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with that intention or they're 
not accepted by cross, you've 

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already received your reward. 
But it's still not too late to 

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engage. 
To disengage, I'm sorry to 

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engage forcefully in the battle 
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This is where we need that armor
constantly Ephesians 6:10 to 17,

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therefore my brethren be 
strengthened in our Lord and in 

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the force of his power. 
And I'm going to tell you how we

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can do this and put on all the 
armor of God, so that you can 

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stand against the strategies of 
the devil because your fight has

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not been with flesh and blood. 
But with principalities and the 

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rulers and the powers of this 
dark world, and with Wicked 

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Spirits, which are under Heaven 
because of this, put on all the 

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armor of God, that you shall be 
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And when you are ready in all 
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Therefore, and good. 
Your waist with the truth who is

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Jesus Christ and put on the 
breastplate of righteousness. - 

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through Jesus Christ and shushu 
your feet or put on shoes, on 

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your feet with a Readiness of 
the gospel of peace, which is 

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Jesus Christ. 
And with these take to you the 

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shield of faith in Jesus Christ,
that with it, you have the power

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of Jesus Christ to quench. 
All of the Blazing bolts of the 

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evil one. 
By the way, I was adding the 

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name of out, the precious name 
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Put on the helmet. 
Of Salvation through Jesus 

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Christ and grasp the sword of 
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God himself. 
Jesus Christ, praise and glory 

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to his name or the written word,
the gospel which is Jesus 

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Christ. 
So if we neglect and take this 

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for granted, we are hate with 
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Temptation, which is the 
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hunger, the passion to submit 
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You are pruned to it and become 
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Particular sin though. 
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yes. 
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father's say, and write and 
encourage that we must 

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absolutely devout ourselves to 
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We must absolutely devout 
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evil demon. 
Whatever it may be, sexual 

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desires, gossip, hatred Pride, 
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All these, you have desires, 
like zaccheus Zacharias was the 

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chief tax collector. 
Beloved And being a chief tax 

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collector means that he had 
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authority. 
So what he would do it, he would

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take his that he would take tax 
from the Jewish people, very 

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simply put, give it to the room 
and governments but he would 

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defraud people. 
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20%, he would take 30% and keep 
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Still get paid he would probably
make Money from his agents as 

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well. 
Chief tax collector. 

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And yet. when he came to Jesus 
Christ, when he had heard Jesus 

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Christ, when he was seeking, 
Jesus Christ, looked for this 

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Jesus Christ and Jesus Christ, 
entered into his house, his 

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heart, his mind his life, he 
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Gave half of his wealth to poor 
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to those that He defrauded. 
So we can absolutely make every 

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effort fight, every battle to 
rid ourselves from the sin that 

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we have caused ourselves to 
being because of our evil 

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desires, our carelessness and 
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So what do we do? 
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Well from the get-go, don't lead
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Temptation. 
When you feel it, when you know 

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that the enemy is trying to, you
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bonds, get rid of it, nip it in 
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As I said, turn off the 
computer, turn off the or change

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the channel switch the radio 
channel or or, you know, turn 

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off that song. 
Flee from every evil matter st. 

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Paul instructs to the 
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In his first epistle 5:22 have 
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5:11 and you and have no 
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darkness which are unfruitful, 
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How can we claim that? 
I am a God-fearing god-loving 

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Christian and I've been invited 
or I, you know, I have been 

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called to join an association, 
not an association or to, you 

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know, to attend a gathering 
where I know that there is going

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to be evil. 
I know that there is going to 

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be, you know, deeds and and 
temptations that are And to be 

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totally against God's appeasing 
and God's perfect will flee from

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that. 
That's what the scriptures are 

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telling us submit to God. 
James, 4:7 subject yourselves, 

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therefore, to God and stand firm
against Satan and he will flee 

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from you don't hang around evil 
people, avoid Bad Company, 1, 

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Corinthians, 15:33, evil 
Communications, meaning gossip. 

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Cussing, lies corrupt, good 
manners, beloved, we will be 

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corrupted. 
We have a fallen nature, 

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remember that? 
We have a fallen nature. 

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We have free will in our 
baptism. 

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The punishment of the first sin 
is washed away. 

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From us is wearing his paid by 
Jesus blood, but our Free Will 

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is not washed away. 
Satan wasn't completely 

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destroyed. 
Upon the cross through Jesus 

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sacrifice sacrifice know, Satan 
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Our Free Will is still within 
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And we Fallen nature, we can 
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Why put ourselves in those 
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Come to church, come to church 
to give, thanks to God, come to 

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church as zaccheus seek Jesus 
Christ. 

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When we come to church, we come 
to give. 

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Thanks to the Lord because we 
are all blind. 

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When we come to church, we come 
to change our lives. 

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We want Jesus to change as 
because we're all zaccheus has, 

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when we come to church, we want 
to be given that site of the 

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truth and Holiness because we're
all blind. 

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We're all Mary magdalene's, we 
are all Matthew the tax 

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collector, we are all that 
Pharisee that has so much pride 

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in himself. 
When he prayed, beloved come to 

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church to Humble ourselves 
before the feet of our heavenly 

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father, and to partake in the 
all sanctifying body and blood. 

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The Holy Eucharist, the body and
blood of our Lord. 

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Jesus Christ. 
Don't come to church to attract 

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someone to meet someone. 
We have a trend in the Assyrian 

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community that when a mother 
wants her son to find himself a 

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bride, she will encourage him to
go to church and check out the 

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choir group because they mainly 
mainly female, no, you don't 

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come to church to find someone 
to get married to. 

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You don't come to church to 
seduce someone. 

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You don't come to church to 
impress. 

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Anyone beloved, we come to 
church because we are so 

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attacked by Satan and he's 
Demons that we want to throw 

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ourselves at the merciful feet 
of our Lord and our Savior Jesus

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Christ, and ask for forgiveness 
and ask for strength and ask 

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that if God you permit me to go 
through these Temptation deliver

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me from the evil one, don't come
to church. 

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For the wrong reasons because it
will do nothing come to church 

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for the right motive. 
Read the Holy scriptures with 

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the right motive. 
Pray with a contrite heart and a

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right motive, fast with a 
contrite heart and a right 

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motive. 
Give arms to the needy with a 

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contrite heart and the right 
motives. so that our heavenly 

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father who sees in secret will 
reward in public, let us pray 

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continuously beloved Lord do not
lead us into temptation but 

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Deliver Us from the evil one. 
Let us beseech his gracious, 

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loving kindness, and mercy. 
And pray and beseech that Lord. 

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Make me worthy to abide in you 
and you abide in me. 

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So that all that I Do. 
I Do For Your Glory now and at 

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all times and forever and ever. 
Amen. 

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