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It's certainly good to be here 
this morning. 

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And we appreciate the presence 
of all those that have come to 

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be with us to worship God. 
Today we're grateful for that 

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and I am honored to be your 
speaker. 

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I want to invite your attention.
As I have written on the board 

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to the Book of Matthew, the 18th
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And we'll begin reading there in
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The words of Jesus are these 
moreover, If thy brother shall 

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trespass against thee, go and 
tell him his fault between thee 

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and him alone. 
If He shall hear thee, thou Hast

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gained thy brother, but if he 
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with be one or two more that in 
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Witnesses, every word may be 
established and if he shall 

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neglect to hear them, tell it to
the church. 

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But if he neglect to hear the 
church, let him be unto thee as 

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a heathen, man, and a publican. 
There's much in the in the word 

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of God that tells us about what 
God has done because of man's 

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sin. 
I am so grateful. 

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As are you today that God loved 
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So very much when we were not 
worthy that He sent Jesus 

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Christ, as the Fulfillment of 
his scheme of redemption to die 

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on the cross. 
And that you and I when we 

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contact that blood at, baptism, 
our sins are washed away. 

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Much is said about the sinner 
with regards. 

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Hissing to in the word of God to
the alien sinner who has not 

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been enlightened by the gospel. 
And then is has the 

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responsibility of obeying the 
gospel and going down into the 

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Waters of baptism to rise and 
walk in newness of life with his

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sins washed away. 
The Bible also is clear about 

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what happens to us when we fall 
into the Temptation and a snare.

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And when we stumble and fall, 
after we become a Christian, all

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the Bible, Speaks. 
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of sin, but our question before 
us today, is this, what does it 

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say about my obligation? 
Me personally, what must I do 

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when my brother Falls going to 
talk about this from the 

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eighteenth, chapter of the Book 
of Matthew and what Jesus meant 

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and what you and I can glean 
from these verses of scripture, 

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that Jesus said so long ago, I 
failed to mention just a moment 

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ago and I'd like to say so now 
that we have some Visitors that 

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are among us and we're very 
thankful that you're with us and

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we want to say welcome to you 
and also we say this certainly 

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not to the exclusion of any 
other but it's wonderful that 

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may is better today and is able 
to be with us. 

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We're thankful that prayers have
been heard and answered on her 

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behalf. 
Going back to the occasion upon,

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which Jesus spoke these words. 
So long ago, you remember that? 

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The Disciples of Jesus came to 
him and asked him a question and

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quite certainly, they were not 
prepared, or they couldn't have 

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even fathom. 
That Jesus would answer the 

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question. 
Like he did so long ago. 

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They asked Jesus a question 
much, like maybe you. 

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And I would ask as we live in a 
world or in a society of 

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competitiveness and ranking and 
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And so Fourth, what we want to 
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fleshly bodies that we are in. 
We want to know how it is that 

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we can rise up the chain or rise
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As it were as there. 
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they have a pecking order and I 
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mind's eye, these disciples, 
that came to Jesus and they 

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asked him, this question 
eagerly, anticipating his 

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response and they asked Jesus, 
they said, who is greatest In 

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the Kingdom of Heaven. 
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they sat anxiously as Jesus 
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responded much like he did. 
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surprised them. 
All he calls a little child unto

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them and the Bible says and he 
took that child and he said that

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child in the midst of them. 
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except you be converted and 
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That's exactly how it is. 
That Jesus responded to their 

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inquiry on that occasion. 
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We want to know who the first 
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understand the chain or the 
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But Jesus said this, except you 
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little children, like the child 
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midst of you today, you can't go
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Very interesting because Jesus 
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a number of things regarding one
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these children, what was Jesus 
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When he said except ye be 
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children? 
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Well, this coincides just 
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and John the third chapter. 
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that occasion when he said that 
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understand that the child of God
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We don't, we are not. 
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kinds of Christians and we 
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No, but all Christians are born 
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What did Jesus say in Matthew 
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You have to be converted and 
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Nicodemus had no idea what Jesus
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So, he asks a question much like
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As well and G and Nicodemus 
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How can a man be born again when
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Could he enter the second time 
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born? 
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is born of the flesh is flesh 
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spirit is Spirit. 
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born of water and the spirit and
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6th chapter says, exactly how 
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We rise to Walk in newness of 
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Waters of baptism. 
And when we do that, we contact 

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the precious blood of Jesus 
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that's what Jesus was talking 
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They wanted to know who's going 
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says, except ye be converted and
become as this little child, you

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cannot go to heaven at all. 
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we're discussing, Now, now, 
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child of God. 
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as little children, he refers to
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little ones and so on. 
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now if anyone would offend one 
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be better. 
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around his neck and that he were
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sea. 
Oh, the Lord Jesus Christ, and 

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his Father. 
God, Almighty loves the little 

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Those that have become as a 
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Oh, yes. 
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offend one of these little ones,
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millstone were hung around his 
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the depths of the sea. 
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does the word offend mean? 
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Thayer, it means To put a 
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impediment in the way of upon 
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simply in the common vernacular 
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What Jesus was talking about was
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through 9 Jesus, pronounces woe 
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sin or all those that put 
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or in the Of the righteous and 
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tempted to do evil was to be 
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even the foot in verse 9. 
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The very same words that he said
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So long ago, when he preached 
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chapter of Matthew and verses, 
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these words and And If thy right
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and cast it from thee. 
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that one of thy members should 
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should be cast into hell. 
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thee, cut it off and cast it 
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For it is profitable for thee, 
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perish and not that thy whole 
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What did Jesus mean in Matthew 
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If and what does Jesus mean in 
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What's he saying? 
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chicken fee, for I have a 
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That the only way that I'm going
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is, is he commanding me to go 
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wrist so that I no longer can go
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from another is that what Jesus 
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Jesus mean when one would be 
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or To lust after another one or 
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the sight of God and do so by 
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Is he saying that I must now go 
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better for me to live my life 
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Is that what he means? 
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he's talking about things that 
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hands, my eyes and my feet, I 
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I need my eyes to see. 
I need my And it's the function 

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and I need my feet to walk. 
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need but Jesus was talking about
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important. 
He's talking about offending or 

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And what he's talking about is 
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If one has feet that are running
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home and take something ever so 
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the ankle. 
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We know and God's word that God 
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himself. 
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in that respect. 
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Speaking of he is using 
figurative language to show that

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we need to deny our selfish and 
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said in Colossians. 
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chapter before verse 5 of 
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he's now saying that after you 
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Jesus said after you rise from 
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not through, you are not done 
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responsibility you have to stay 
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You have to stay in a state that
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You now are Governed by 
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and that's found in God's word. 
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what's your risen with Christ 
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You seek those things which are 
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the right hand of God? 
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best way to not struggle in this
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You know what, the very best way
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to think that there are not 
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You need to know this too. 
That the devil, the devil knows 

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your weaknesses and will entice 
you and we'll do things in order

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that you might stumble, because 
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The place called hell was 
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angels and he wants to take as 
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and his angels as possible. 
But, you know, how you avoid the

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Temptation proverbs? 
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their path. 
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oversimplify but it's quite true
that you cannot do two opposite 

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things at the same time. 
What did Paul say by divine 

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inspiration of the Holy Spirit? 
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successful. 
Living the Christian Life. 

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You stop thinking about these 
things and you start setting 

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your affections on these things.
If I am traveling in the proper 

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way and I am governed by the 
things that are found in this 

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word. 
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things are lovely whatsoever. 
Things are true whatsoever, 

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things are pure of good report, 
what did it say, think on these 

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things? 
That's how you avoid the 

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tempter, that's how you avoid 
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So what was Jesus talking about 
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Well, like Paul said in 
Colossians 3 you set your 

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affections on things above, not 
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he says in verse 5, you put To 
death their members which are 

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upon the Earth. 
You turn your back on those 

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fleshly or worldly or sinful 
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God, I'm not going to think 
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Wicked at that very time. 
Surely not, I have to stop 

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thinking about that, which is 
good and that, which is 

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righteous in order to think 
about those things that are 

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evil. 
If you find yourself struggling 

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start being proactive, don't be 
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That is trying to avoid the 
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way of all the negative things 
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Actively thinking on the things 
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accordance with that and let 
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in this life. 
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heed that you despise. 
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Interesting, word, despised 
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It'll or treat with disrespect. 
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Christian Life, I am not to have
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not to belittle him or treat him
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That's what Jesus says when he 
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you do not despise your brother.
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into doing evil. 
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the Lord is the Avenger of those
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Thessalonians chapter 4 and in 
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man, go beyond and defraud his 
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that the Lord is the Avenger of 
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forewarned you and testified, 
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reason for not. 
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which is lost. 
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Pains have been made so that you
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the one that would cause a 
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That Jesus died in order to save
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This is serious business as we 
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Then Jesus continues on and 
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that we would consider the 
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the Flesh would look upon as 
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that that person that would be 
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that, he Likens it like this, if
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got a hundred of them. 99 of 
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stay in the flock and they do 
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Jesus says about this idea. 
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to go out and search for him but
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diligent search and the efforts 
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sheep. 
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depart the 99 and he's going to 
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going to do whatever it takes to
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the parable, it says, even so it
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which is in heaven. 
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the point that Jesus is making 
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of the Shepherd that one in the 
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least of the disciples would 
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Either, now these three verses 
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about little ones, who are the 
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Christians, he talks about the 
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lost and how important it is not
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what do you do when he does 
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What is my obligation? 
What is my duty along that line 

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specifically we're not going to 
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than what Matthew Teen is 
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And that is, if my brother sin 
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that Matthew 18, the rules of 
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specific instance, of one 
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another, the rules of Matthew 
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Do not apply to First 
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10. 
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we'll talk about those things as
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But notice in Matthew, the 18th 
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referring to one specific thing.
What is my responsibility? 

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When my brother sins against me 
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It must be a definite sin and 
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imaginary grievance that comes 
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of Jesus here. 
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of Christ, might imagine that 
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in reality, no sin has been 
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Extend. 
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instructions before we talk 
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What about the idea if God In 
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to die for the sins of the 
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those that are lost, wanting 
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Jesus Christ is going to be the 
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and all of that, what about you 
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man, really quickly, Matthew 7, 
Jesus on the great, Sermon on 

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the Mount. 
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which we judge is under 
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itself. 
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only in Matthew 7. 
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But I am told that I must do so 
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Jesus Likens it, he Likens it 
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He said, if your brother has a 
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speck, and you've got a beam in 
your eye. 

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He wasn't saying, keep your 
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Let him keep his spec and 
everybody work on their own 

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problems. 
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Jesus said, get the beam out of 
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reason for getting to beam out 
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So you can see, clearly to help 
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of his eye, we have a 
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Other, you've heard me say this 
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going to take all of us. 
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We need each other and to help 
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along those lines. 
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He says, you go and tell him his
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alone. 
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When he said, tell him his 
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than just letting him. 
Um, know what he has done. 

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Telling his fault directly means
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entire time. 
There is one object desired. 

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You know, I'll tell you 
sometimes, we're afraid to go 

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talk to someone for fear of how 
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But if you can manifest the 
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your speech and in every manner 
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this and have it be what the 
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that's because you love your 
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want them to be restored. 
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conversation, chances are you're
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if you're not successful, folks 
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angry about those things when 
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entire gist of what Jesus is 
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object is to restore our brother
or our sister. 

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This is very important because 
we are talking about something 

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that is very, very important and
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We're talking about Sin and any 
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that individual lost until he or
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That's why. 
Why should I go to talk to my 

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brother when he has sinned 
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Because he's lost. 
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sin. 
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18 does not apply. 
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unrepented of will cause you to 
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So we need to understand that 
and to restore him to duty 

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number one and also to restore 
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And when we do that, that's the 
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him back to both. 
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not as Some were inclined to 
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do the going. 
But rather it is the offended 

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that must go. 
It is true that elsewhere in the

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word of God. 
It's made the duty of the 

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offender when he remembers that 
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him to go and be reconciled to 
his brother that is true. 

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But in the context of Matthew 
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teaching of this passage the 
offended is not to wait for 

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this. 
The it is to go and speak to the

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offender. 
Have you ever said this though? 

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Have you ever done this ever at 
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Even once. 
He knows where I am. 

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He knows where to find me. 
It's his problem. 

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Not mine. 
He needs to straighten this out.

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That's not what Jesus said. 
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speak to the offender and don't 
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That is very important, those 
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have been sinned against have an
opportunity and an obligation as

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well. 
Mr. McGarvey said you may thus 

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be like the Shepherd that Jesus 
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and they also avoid the sin of 
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I think there's something else 
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Jesus does not specify the time.
He does not specify the place 

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nor does he specify the 
circumstances of going to the 

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offending brother. 
They are not specified by Jesus 

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but it must be like the matter 
and manner of the rebuke, you 

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got to choose a time that you're
going to be successful. 

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That's the whole object. 
If my brother, I'll use Bob 

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because he's in the front row 
and he won't mind. but if Bob 

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sins against me, I have the 
obligation of loving Bob Soul 

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enough that I'm going to go to 
him and speak to him and I'm 

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going to choose a Time. 
And a place with surrounding 

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areas in circumstances where in 
that I'm not there to embarrass 

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him, I'm there to restore him 
and I need to pick and choose 

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the very best circumstances and 
the very best place. 

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Jesus says, when you go do that,
you show him his fault to him 

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and him alone. 
But also notice what Paul said 

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in Galatians 6 and verse 1. 
He said Brethren If any man be 

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overtaken in a fault. 
All ye, which are spiritual 

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restore. 
Such an one in the spirit of 

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meekness considering thyself 
lest thou also be tempted. 

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In other words, show him is 
wrong, so that he will repent. 

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Again, it's the duty of the 
offended party to do such what 

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happens when you don't What 
happens if Bob sinned against 

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me? 
And I don't do what Jesus said. 

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See the rules are perfect, the 
pattern is perfect. 

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It's man that messes it up. 
What if I don't do what Jesus 

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said. 
And Bob has sinned against me, 

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I'm going to start brooding over
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You know what happens when you 
do that, it's really hard not 

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to. 
This is what happens when you 

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brood over it and you don't take
care of it. 

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Over time you start to Harbor 
malice in your heart. 

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If you Harbor malice in your 
heart long enough, it's going to

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gender hatred and now you've 
sinned. 

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Look at that. 
Not only is it the 

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responsibility to restore your 
brother but it's to also help 

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you not to stumble and fall. 
Jesus would say that if a man 

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would have hatred for his 
brother. 

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It's like murder. 
You've done that in your heart, 

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all the things that were under 
the Old Law was specific, black 

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and white do this, don't do 
that. 

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But Jesus would say, I know that
you've heard it hath been said, 

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but I say unto you That tells me
that my thoughts about my 

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brother are in question as well.
Hopefully and prayerfully when I

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go to him. 
He will say sure. 

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And put it away, put it aside. 
And all is well, and let me just

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say this, if he repents don't 
ever speak of it again. 

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That's the worst thing that you 
can ever do. 

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Speak to your brother privately,
if in this private sin. 

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If he has repented speak, no 
more against it. 

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Now, Jesus said, well, if he 
won't hear you, there's a second

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step. 
And he says, you take two more 

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with you, you go with one or two
more. 

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Now, there's three that have 
come to this erring, brother. 

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He is a lost sheep and as 
straight away, and if the 

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brother who is found him cannot 
restore him. 

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Him. 
He must get one or two more to 

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help him again. 
The object is still to gain or 

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restore that brother. 
The Jews required at least two 

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witnesses, to Every Act of crime
and offense against the law 

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Deuteronomy 17 and verse. 
Number 6, this very same 

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principle is carried out in the 
New Testament as well. 

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John 8 and 17 second 
Corinthians, 13 and 1 and 

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Hebrews 10. 
And verse 28, This truly is wise

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or else. 
God God would not have not 

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commanded it to be. 
So now the design of taking two 

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witnesses, maybe two phone, 
number one first of all the 

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Airing or offending brother, 
maybe it may be possible that he

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would be induced to return. 
Because of the prudent and wise 

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Brethren that go with you. 
Maybe someone else just happens 

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to know how to say it, a little 
better. 

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If you ever wanted to tell 
somebody something, and you were

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nervous about it and inside you 
felt a certain way about it, but

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when you conveyed it, it didn't 
sound at all. 

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Like you really wanted it to 
sound. 

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You wanted to delicately speak. 
Something to this, this fellow 

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your brother in Christ, whoever 
it is a family member, but then,

477
00:30:40,300 --> 00:30:43,600
as you hear it, as it's being 
said, that's not really what I 

478
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meant and you sound horrible 
about it in your tone, maybe, 

479
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maybe. 
Maybe you just don't have the 

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ability to speak as you really 
feel. 

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Maybe Jesus said there's plan to
take a couple more. 

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You know something else too it 
may be that your brother does 

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not even know that he sinned. 
You see how important it is to 

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go to him and if he didn't know 
that he said that he has a good 

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00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:14,900
heart he's going to immediately 
say I had no idea, I'm sorry 

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forgive me and then all is well.
So number one, step for bringing

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00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:25,000
one or two more is so that they 
may use all of their influence 

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on restoring the brother too. 
But Says, if the, if he will not

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hear or he will not repent, 
there is yet a third step. 

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And Jesus says you go to the 
church, you tell it to the 

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church. 
Again, the purpose of all of our

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00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:48,100
efforts is to save the wrongdoer
when the one who has received 

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00:31:48,100 --> 00:31:52,900
the wrong has exalted exhausted.
All of his means I use Bob again

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00:31:53,500 --> 00:31:55,300
if I go to Bob and I'm trying so
hard. 

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But I can't be successful. 
And then I go and I bring two 

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00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:07,300
more and we try ever so hard but
we're not successful, we still 

497
00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:10,900
have a brother that's lost the 
needs to take care of his sin. 

498
00:32:11,700 --> 00:32:15,200
So now it goes before the 
church, I want you to notice 

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something, though. 
The attitude and the Heart of 

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the church is the exact same 
attitude and heart as the very 

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first time. 
Then I went and spoke to my 

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brother. 
And what are we going to do now?

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We're going to use everything. 
We possibly can in the spirit of

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00:32:32,308 --> 00:32:36,100
meekness, there needs to be a 
United effort that is 

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00:32:36,100 --> 00:32:40,600
prayerfully, based that we might
restore the brother and to do 

506
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:44,400
so, with every means that we 
possibly can as it goes before 

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00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:48,900
the church, if he will not hear 
thee, tell it to the church. 

508
00:32:48,900 --> 00:32:51,700
If the church, if he will, not 
hear the church. 

509
00:32:51,700 --> 00:32:55,800
Jesus, says treat him as a 
heathen, man, and a publican. 

510
00:32:56,100 --> 00:33:00,900
Skip another words he's to be 
avoided until he repents he is 

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00:33:00,900 --> 00:33:05,100
though entitled to the Ernest 
Goodwill with all the offices of

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humanity. 
But he no longer is in 

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fellowship with the body of 
Christ, because as one man said,

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00:33:11,900 --> 00:33:16,500
one time, the one who will not 
hear the church, has no claim on

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00:33:16,500 --> 00:33:18,700
it for its fellowship and 
blessings. 

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Any more than anyone that's 
outside of the body of Christ. 

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You know, in all manners of 
discipline, In the word of God. 

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00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:35,600
The reason for the discipline. 
Now when he won't hear the 

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00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:40,900
church is for that individual to
feel in his heart, the 

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00:33:40,900 --> 00:33:45,600
separation of his loved ones and
brethren, Not because there's 

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00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:48,700
hatred and Punishment, not 
because somebody's being 

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00:33:48,700 --> 00:33:53,500
vindictive, it's so that person 
comes to see the light, so that 

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00:33:53,500 --> 00:33:56,000
person may repent and make it 
right. 

524
00:33:57,200 --> 00:34:00,200
Sometimes people say, well, you 
know, I just love them too much.

525
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:04,900
I'm going to share something 
with you that this is the best 

526
00:34:04,900 --> 00:34:09,199
way that I know to put this. 
Someone asked me one time. 

527
00:34:09,199 --> 00:34:13,300
What if one of those little ones
was Taylor or Tanner? 

528
00:34:14,699 --> 00:34:18,800
What then, I understand that 
when your child is not living, 

529
00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:21,400
right? 
I understand that that's even 

530
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:24,500
more difficult because of your 
feelings of affection toward 

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them. 
I understand that all I can say 

532
00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:32,400
is I would hope and pray that I 
would love them as much as my 

533
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:34,300
father. 
Loved me. 

534
00:34:36,100 --> 00:34:39,100
There Comes A Time in your life 
when you feel the separation 

535
00:34:39,100 --> 00:34:42,400
from that which is good and 
right and you come to the 

536
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:47,300
crossroads of a decision. 
And sometimes your brethren or 

537
00:34:47,300 --> 00:34:51,400
your family is the only tie that
you have left. 

538
00:34:52,100 --> 00:34:54,800
Sometimes you're so filled with 
the worldly things that are 

539
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:58,100
around you, you've made poor 
choices and decisions and the 

540
00:34:58,100 --> 00:35:02,200
only thing and the only tie that
you have, that, that which is 

541
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:06,800
righteous and right, is your 
brethren, your friends, or your 

542
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:12,000
family. 
Well I happen to know that good 

543
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:15,400
decisions can be made when that 
happens. 

544
00:35:16,700 --> 00:35:19,100
That's the result that we're 
trying to achieve. 

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00:35:20,500 --> 00:35:23,800
That's the reason. 
It's not that we have hatred. 

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00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:28,900
Oh, no, we love them enough to 
do that in that they might 

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00:35:28,900 --> 00:35:31,400
return. 
In conclusion this morning. 

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These are the steps of Matthew 
18, specifically referring to 

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when one sins against you now, 
then as long as we live in the 

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00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,200
flesh, there is going to be 
various conflicts. 

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00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:46,700
I understand that we're in the 
flesh. 

552
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:50,000
We're going to have 
disagreements from time to time.

553
00:35:50,900 --> 00:35:54,800
We're going to have 
misunderstandings and even sin. 

554
00:35:55,900 --> 00:35:58,500
These are things that are going 
to go on, whether we like it or 

555
00:35:58,500 --> 00:36:03,000
not, they do go on, but if we 
would go back to the Bible 

556
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:07,100
pattern and we would follow the 
Bible pattern, that's perfect 

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00:36:07,100 --> 00:36:10,000
and go back to some other things
that we have considered in our 

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00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:12,900
Wednesday, evening, studies 
about the heart and, and the, 

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00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,300
and the motive behind my 
actions. 

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00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:18,400
Again, if I'm thinking about 
Terry, and he's thinking about 

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00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:21,200
me and we're putting our self 
aside as the word of God 

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00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:22,800
teaches. 
We're going to get through 

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00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:25,400
anything. 
We're going to get through 

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00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:29,100
anything. 
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