1 00:00:01,100 --> 00:00:05,700 It's a great day in many ways, but just a few it's a great day 2 00:00:05,700 --> 00:00:08,400 for one thing that it's the Lord's Day. 3 00:00:10,100 --> 00:00:12,600 And I don't know if you noticed on the drive here this morning, 4 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,500 you could see the snow covered mountains. 5 00:00:16,900 --> 00:00:20,800 And just see the beauty around. And they declared there is a 6 00:00:20,808 --> 00:00:23,500 God. And we gather together this 7 00:00:23,500 --> 00:00:28,000 morning and we declared there is a God and we worship Him. 8 00:00:29,100 --> 00:00:32,400 And we do. So in thankfulness we do so 9 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:37,500 because it's a blessing we do so in honor to him because he's 10 00:00:37,500 --> 00:00:41,700 done so much for us. He's been very, very good to us. 11 00:00:42,300 --> 00:00:46,400 He's granted us salvation, he's loved us. 12 00:00:47,500 --> 00:00:53,400 Even though we don't deserve it. And so we it's a wonderful time 13 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:57,400 to be able to gather together and assemble like this, and just 14 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,500 give him all the glory and praise. 15 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:09,000 As we begin this morning, you'll see a passage here written by 16 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:14,500 the by Solomon. The great wise man as it says 17 00:01:14,500 --> 00:01:16,700 here in Proverbs 13 and verse 15. 18 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,100 Good and is stunned. Good at understanding giveth 19 00:01:20,100 --> 00:01:24,800 favor but the way of transgressors is hard and that's 20 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:26,800 what I want to focus on this morning. 21 00:01:27,300 --> 00:01:33,100 About that idea of how really it is harmed. when we choose not to 22 00:01:33,100 --> 00:01:37,800 obey, I really it is hard when we choose to do what we want to 23 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:42,300 do as opposed to God's way because there are there are some 24 00:01:42,300 --> 00:01:45,900 people in the world today and maybe you know some of them 25 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:48,100 About it. They claim. 26 00:01:48,100 --> 00:01:52,200 It's well, it's pretty hard to live the life of the Christian. 27 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:57,000 And they can look at the Bible and have an attitude that the 28 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:01,900 Bible is just simply just too restrictive for them and they 29 00:02:01,900 --> 00:02:05,200 could look at such verses as this and Matthew chapter 7, 30 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:09,800 where Jesus says here, beginning in verse number 13, Jesus says, 31 00:02:09,900 --> 00:02:13,000 enter by the narrow gate for wide. 32 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:17,600 Is the gate and Broad is the way that leads to destruction. 33 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:23,300 And there are many who go in by it. because narrow is the gate 34 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:29,700 and difficult is the way which leads to life and there are few 35 00:02:30,700 --> 00:02:34,200 Who find it? And a person can look at that 36 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:36,300 and see what Jesus said and so well. 37 00:02:36,300 --> 00:02:40,700 But the odds are stacked against me if I try to follow the lord. 38 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:47,500 And and they might conclude. Well what's the point if you 39 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:52,200 will be able to enter Heaven And not only can you find Jesus 40 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:55,400 stating that it's going to take some work to get into heaven, 41 00:02:55,900 --> 00:02:58,700 but Paul also writes that those who lived the life of a 42 00:02:58,708 --> 00:03:02,600 Christian, well there's going to be some tough times as well. 43 00:03:02,900 --> 00:03:04,700 Your faith is going to be tested. 44 00:03:05,300 --> 00:03:08,100 You might be persecuted in one way or another, you're going to 45 00:03:08,100 --> 00:03:12,000 have troubles in life in one way or another because Paul says 46 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,100 this in second, Timothy chapter 3, verse number 12. 47 00:03:15,100 --> 00:03:20,200 Yes, and all who desire to live Godly in Christ Jesus. 48 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:25,800 Us will suffer persecution and he states that as a fact. 49 00:03:26,900 --> 00:03:30,600 It's going to happen as you live your life and people might hear 50 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:34,700 that and and hear that Christians suffer for serving 51 00:03:34,700 --> 00:03:37,500 the lord and I don't want any part of that. 52 00:03:38,500 --> 00:03:41,500 After all, who wants to be persecuted in the first place 53 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:46,700 and what more reason to even avoid persecution will not only 54 00:03:46,700 --> 00:03:49,100 met some not want to be a Christian because of the 55 00:03:49,100 --> 00:03:52,900 persecution that it could bring. But others might have the idea 56 00:03:53,500 --> 00:03:57,300 that it requires them to stay away from certain things. 57 00:03:57,700 --> 00:04:01,300 It required could require them to stay away from works of the 58 00:04:01,308 --> 00:04:05,300 flesh that that might enjoy doing and Galatians chapter 5. 59 00:04:05,300 --> 00:04:08,100 Tells us that those who practice that the works of the flesh. 60 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:10,900 Flesh. It simply says they will not 61 00:04:10,900 --> 00:04:16,800 inherit the kingdom of God. And so again, after seeing such 62 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,100 a list from Paul there in Galatians, chapter 5 for one 63 00:04:20,100 --> 00:04:23,900 thing concerning, how a Christian should not be involved 64 00:04:23,900 --> 00:04:28,600 in those things, someone could simply conclude, it's just too 65 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:33,300 hard to just cut those things off from life because without 66 00:04:33,300 --> 00:04:35,500 those things. How can we really enjoy it? 67 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:40,100 How can we spend a good time with other people? 68 00:04:41,700 --> 00:04:46,100 How can we really enjoy life? Well, let me leave you with the 69 00:04:46,100 --> 00:04:49,200 won't let me State. This one passage that Jesus says 70 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:53,700 in Matthew chapter 11 and he says this in verse number 30, he 71 00:04:53,700 --> 00:05:00,000 says, my yoke is easy. And he says my burden is light. 72 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,400 You Christ said this and and think about what he says here in 73 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:11,400 light of what we've seen so far. How is the Yoke of Jesus? 74 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:13,200 Easy? And how is it light upon us? 75 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:17,200 That there are restrictions upon us and we're going to face some 76 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:20,500 troubles or space some difficulties while Living For 77 00:05:20,500 --> 00:05:26,100 The Master. Well, hold on to that thought 78 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,000 because we're going to answer that in our study. 79 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:34,400 This morning of how this statement by Jesus is true, when 80 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,900 we live for him now in a different light Christians might 81 00:05:37,900 --> 00:05:41,300 sometimes see the world enjoying the pleasures of sin and we 82 00:05:41,300 --> 00:05:44,600 might have the desire to participate and I don't know why 83 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:48,000 that's blank but will discontinue on. 84 00:05:48,700 --> 00:05:52,400 It will show up here in a moment. and when we look at 85 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:57,600 other people out in the world, And maybe had that temptation. 86 00:05:59,100 --> 00:06:02,500 Of. Well, should I or shouldn't I 87 00:06:02,500 --> 00:06:07,200 participate in that? Now, I would lie to you and I 88 00:06:07,207 --> 00:06:09,400 would tell you, I would be lying to you. 89 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,700 If I told you that sin isn't fun because we all know it is. 90 00:06:14,500 --> 00:06:17,200 And Satan is going to try to lure Us in any way possible. 91 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,500 And one of the ways he does it is to make sense, Santa's fun, 92 00:06:21,100 --> 00:06:24,200 fun and enjoyable. But when you take a look at the 93 00:06:24,207 --> 00:06:27,300 scriptures, especially the Book of Proverbs, it's tells us, 94 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:31,600 don't envy those people. Don't envy what they do, don't 95 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:36,200 envy the fun that they have In fact, you look at various 96 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:39,600 passages such as like, Proverbs 23 verse 17. 97 00:06:39,900 --> 00:06:44,100 He says, do not let your heart in be Sinners. 98 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:48,100 But on the other side of the coin, he says, but be zealous 99 00:06:48,900 --> 00:06:54,500 for the fear of the Lord, all the day and then in Proverbs 24 100 00:06:54,500 --> 00:07:01,200 in verse 1, it says do not be envious of evil men, nor desire 101 00:07:01,700 --> 00:07:05,500 to be with them. And then Proverbs 24 and verse 102 00:07:05,500 --> 00:07:09,800 19. Do not fret because of evildoers 103 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:16,100 nor be envious of the wicked. And there are countless things 104 00:07:16,100 --> 00:07:19,100 that the that the Book of Proverbs tells us, no matter 105 00:07:19,100 --> 00:07:24,300 what they're doing. Don't let that be something that 106 00:07:24,300 --> 00:07:29,700 you desire in regards to unholiness and ungodliness, 107 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:34,000 don't be fooled by the fund that they might be having or the 108 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,100 enjoyment, they that they might be having. 109 00:07:38,100 --> 00:07:41,800 And as Solomon writes, if we envy that sinner who Delights in 110 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:43,900 the Sin? Well, we might begin to 111 00:07:43,900 --> 00:07:48,500 rationalize within our own minds that it just might be okay. 112 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:54,100 It might be okay to do this or it might be okay to do that. 113 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:59,200 Well in the course of our study of this morning, I want to take 114 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:02,300 a look at what Solomon, wrote concerning the life of the 115 00:08:02,300 --> 00:08:06,400 center and again compared to the life of a Christian when he 116 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:10,300 says, again, good understanding giveth favor, but the way of 117 00:08:10,300 --> 00:08:15,900 transgressors is hard according to Proverbs 13 and verse 15 118 00:08:16,300 --> 00:08:20,700 because he simply States this fact that the Sinners life is 119 00:08:20,700 --> 00:08:23,800 actually more difficult while on Earth while the man who walks in 120 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:27,700 obedience to the Lord. And we're going to see exactly 121 00:08:27,700 --> 00:08:31,800 how that works out and how that is in our study of this morning. 122 00:08:32,500 --> 00:08:38,000 Now, all of us believe that our obedience toward God is best for 123 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:41,100 us in view of Eternity, we're looking forward to that goal. 124 00:08:41,299 --> 00:08:43,900 We're looking forward to that reward reward of heaven. 125 00:08:44,300 --> 00:08:48,500 And what we do here on Earth is going to get us there as we live 126 00:08:48,500 --> 00:08:51,600 Faithfully for our Lord and we all understand that. 127 00:08:52,500 --> 00:08:56,600 Yet, there might be some who believe that obedience is only 128 00:08:56,600 --> 00:09:00,700 best in view of Eternity. And what I mean by that is that 129 00:09:00,700 --> 00:09:04,600 a person service to the Lord is ultimately fulfilled in Eternal 130 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:08,100 promises while really hardly looking at really the full 131 00:09:08,100 --> 00:09:12,100 blessings of blessing that we can encounter while we still 132 00:09:12,100 --> 00:09:17,300 live upon this Earth. And not just only in view of 133 00:09:17,300 --> 00:09:23,200 heaven and Eternity. And if we look at it from a kind 134 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:27,000 of a smaller picture like that, we really miss out the big 135 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,800 picture of really the entire goodness of God and and God's 136 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:35,100 blessings. While we live here upon this 137 00:09:35,100 --> 00:09:38,000 Earth, there's something interesting and unique about the 138 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:43,100 Book of Proverbs. in fact, while Solomon while he's riding these 139 00:09:43,100 --> 00:09:49,100 words of advice to his son, he gave advice in the direction 140 00:09:49,100 --> 00:09:53,300 which would result to rewards a consequences in life while we 141 00:09:53,300 --> 00:09:57,100 live upon this Earth. And this, this is unique about 142 00:09:57,100 --> 00:10:01,000 the Book of Proverbs because very rarely if any does Solomon, 143 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:05,400 write anything about eternal consequences, very rarely. 144 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,300 If any does he talk about heaven, or does he talk about 145 00:10:08,300 --> 00:10:11,000 hell throughout the Book of Proverbs? 146 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:17,000 He focuses on the life now and he focuses on the joy that you 147 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:21,700 can have in life right now or the heartache that could come 148 00:10:21,700 --> 00:10:24,400 because of poor church because of poor choices. 149 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:28,800 And so it all depends on your individual Choice while you're 150 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:31,300 here upon this Earth. And when you look to other 151 00:10:31,300 --> 00:10:35,100 passages, we know that not only are Solomon's words, good for us 152 00:10:35,100 --> 00:10:38,100 while we live on this Earth, but God's commands are given to us 153 00:10:38,500 --> 00:10:42,000 in order to keep us from Bad consequences. 154 00:10:42,100 --> 00:10:44,100 Because they're written for our own good. 155 00:10:44,500 --> 00:10:47,300 He look here, Deuteronomy chapter 6, verse 24. 156 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:52,700 It says and the Lord commanded us to observe all these statutes 157 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:58,100 to fear the lord, our God. For our good always. 158 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:02,300 Why is that? Well, here's a result of us of 159 00:11:02,300 --> 00:11:07,400 it that he might preserve Us Alive as it is this day. 160 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:13,400 It is for our own good, so that we can be preserved by God. 161 00:11:13,700 --> 00:11:17,200 Not only that Deuteronomy, 10 verse 13 and to keep the 162 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:21,000 Commandments of the Lord and his statutes, which I command to you 163 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:27,000 today for your good. And so we see that it just here 164 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,800 primarily in the book of Deuteronomy not, but not only 165 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,600 that someone writes that a person who obeys the commands. 166 00:11:33,100 --> 00:11:35,800 Well, they're going to keep themselves from Evil, they're 167 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:38,000 going to do themselves some good. 168 00:11:38,300 --> 00:11:40,700 What? During that, in fact, it says 169 00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:42,400 here. Proverbs 16 / 17. 170 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:47,400 The highway of the upright is to depart from Evil. 171 00:11:48,300 --> 00:11:52,400 He who keeps his way. Well it says the end result he's 172 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:58,300 going to preserve his soul. Not only that Proverbs 19 16 he 173 00:11:58,300 --> 00:12:02,200 who keeps the Commandment keeps his soul but he who is careless 174 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:05,400 of his ways. He says he's going to die. 175 00:12:06,700 --> 00:12:09,500 And that's an interesting phrase, one who is careless 176 00:12:09,500 --> 00:12:13,200 about his life one who was careless about the decisions 177 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:19,300 that they make in their life. It's foolishness and eventually 178 00:12:19,300 --> 00:12:22,700 they're going to die in a spiritual sense. 179 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:26,400 Not only that. But here's another interesting 180 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:31,300 phrase by the book, by Solomon, Proverbs 8, verse 36 but he who 181 00:12:31,300 --> 00:12:35,800 sins against me wrongs his own soul, you're not just doing 182 00:12:35,900 --> 00:12:38,200 wrong against God. You're doing wrong against 183 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,700 yourself and you're not doing yourself any good, but he also 184 00:12:41,700 --> 00:12:45,700 says all those who hate me. Here's an interesting phrase, 185 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:50,600 they love death. And who loves death? 186 00:12:51,500 --> 00:12:57,000 No one. But by the actions of poor 187 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:00,200 decisions. We show that. 188 00:13:03,300 --> 00:13:09,000 We all know that sin not only has Eternal consequences but it 189 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:11,900 as well has its Earthly consequences. 190 00:13:11,900 --> 00:13:15,700 Because Solomon wrote that, we can't still the deflesh without 191 00:13:15,700 --> 00:13:18,800 reaping, it's harvest of sorrow and whoa. 192 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:24,300 In fact, he says this and chapter 11 verses 3 and 5. 193 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:29,200 The Integrity of the upright will guide them but the 194 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:33,600 perversity of the Unfaithful he says it will destroy them. 195 00:13:33,700 --> 00:13:35,600 Then skipping on down to verse number five. 196 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:39,500 He says the righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, 197 00:13:39,500 --> 00:13:43,600 right? But the Wicked Will Fall by his 198 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:47,200 own wickedness. And let me give you just a 199 00:13:47,208 --> 00:13:49,600 couple more passages here regarding this. 200 00:13:50,100 --> 00:13:55,200 Proverbs 13 13, He Who despises the word will be destroyed. 201 00:13:55,300 --> 00:13:59,800 Roid, but he who fears the commandant will be rewarded. 202 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:05,600 And then in chapter 15 verse 32, he who disdains instruction who 203 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,500 doesn't want to keep it. He said he despises his own soul 204 00:14:08,500 --> 00:14:11,700 but he who heeds rebuke gets understanding. 205 00:14:13,500 --> 00:14:18,500 So from these things, these are General statements by the 206 00:14:18,500 --> 00:14:22,900 Solomon, but let me bring this down, kind of fungal it down to 207 00:14:22,900 --> 00:14:27,200 something specific here, as we progress the in our study. 208 00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:31,300 Because for one thing, the man who was cruel, for example, 209 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:35,200 well, he brings trouble upon himself, it says in virtue 210 00:14:35,900 --> 00:14:41,000 11:17, but the merciful man does good for his own soul. 211 00:14:43,300 --> 00:14:46,200 But on the other hand, he who is cruel troubles. 212 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:49,800 His own flesh. I don't know if you've ever 213 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:54,000 seen, you might have seen this burst in action, really mm, both 214 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:57,500 ways. I used to work with the guy. 215 00:14:59,100 --> 00:15:03,600 Where he was, he was always coming to work or we would 216 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:07,200 saying that he got in an argument with this person or 217 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:09,300 he'd get into a fight with this person. 218 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:13,600 And he would always tell the story that he was always the 219 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,500 victim, always given that perspective. 220 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:21,200 But not only that, but this guy he was always stressed. 221 00:15:22,700 --> 00:15:25,800 And because of his stress and because of his situation, he 222 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:28,000 was, he was on medication because of that. 223 00:15:30,900 --> 00:15:34,100 Anything, he didn't realize that the way he, the reason why he 224 00:15:34,100 --> 00:15:37,000 was getting into these fights all the time wasn't because 225 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:41,300 everyone else is bad. But the problem was him. 226 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:46,700 He was the problem. He was the one who was cruel to 227 00:15:46,700 --> 00:15:48,900 other people. He was the one who was picking 228 00:15:48,900 --> 00:15:51,100 the fights. He was the one who created the 229 00:15:51,100 --> 00:15:56,800 stress in his life. He brought, he was cruel upon 230 00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:03,700 his own flesh, in other words. He was always carrying that chip 231 00:16:03,700 --> 00:16:06,300 on his shoulder. Yet, he blamed other people for 232 00:16:06,300 --> 00:16:11,800 his actions. and as on the other side of the coin, Solomon says, 233 00:16:11,900 --> 00:16:15,100 if your merciful upon other people, if you treat other 234 00:16:15,100 --> 00:16:18,600 correctly, And you're not cruel to them. 235 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,200 We're not going to have to complain about other people. 236 00:16:22,900 --> 00:16:26,300 People are going to return love and kindness back to you when 237 00:16:26,300 --> 00:16:29,100 you show that to them. Generally speaking. 238 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:33,000 There are some difficult people out there to deal with but we 239 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,700 still treat them with love and mercy and respect. 240 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:42,600 But we do ourselves good. When we treat other people with 241 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:48,500 mercy and we don't bring trouble Upon Our Own up on our own 242 00:16:48,500 --> 00:16:53,800 selves and bring that into our life. when we talk about Sin 243 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:58,400 having its consequences there might be some who might think 244 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:02,300 that well it could be especially those who are younger that 245 00:17:02,300 --> 00:17:06,200 things, you know, we could we can make some decisions in life 246 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:12,400 and just Yeah, we might not have followed the advice of some and 247 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:14,200 we might be able to get away with it. 248 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:18,700 Maybe it will never catch up with us or we might we might not 249 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:22,700 suffer too much from some of the choices that we make. 250 00:17:23,599 --> 00:17:26,400 There's something that Solomon writes here in the Book of 251 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:29,700 Proverbs that to me, when I first read it, it was very 252 00:17:29,700 --> 00:17:36,900 striking to me about this idea of what we choose to do and the 253 00:17:36,900 --> 00:17:39,400 consequences that may or or may not lie. 254 00:17:40,300 --> 00:17:42,500 We might have to endure from that. 255 00:17:42,700 --> 00:17:46,400 And it says, this in the very first chapter of the Book of 256 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:51,500 Proverbs, it says, beginning of verse number, 25 is says, 257 00:17:51,500 --> 00:17:57,200 because you disdained all my counsel, And would have none of 258 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:00,600 my rebuke. Listen to what the Lord says 259 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:04,800 here in verse number 26. He says I also will laugh at 260 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:08,600 your calamity. It's pretty harsh, isn't it? 261 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:14,800 I will laugh at your Calamity. I will mock when your Terror 262 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:18,200 comes. When your tear comes like a 263 00:18:18,208 --> 00:18:22,600 storm and your destruction comes like a whirlwind when distress 264 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:27,000 and anguish come upon you. He says be continued on in verse 265 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:31,800 number 28, then they will call on me but I will not answer. 266 00:18:32,900 --> 00:18:37,300 They will seek me diligently but they will not find me. 267 00:18:38,300 --> 00:18:43,700 Here's the reason why. Because they hated knowledge and 268 00:18:43,700 --> 00:18:46,600 did not choose the fear of the Lord. 269 00:18:48,700 --> 00:18:55,000 See what bad decisions. Do he says they would have none 270 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:58,000 of my counsel and despised my every rebuke. 271 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:02,300 Therefore Here's the result. They shall eat the fruit of 272 00:19:02,300 --> 00:19:06,800 their own way and be filled the full with their own fancies. 273 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,500 So here you have a situation with the Lord. 274 00:19:10,500 --> 00:19:14,300 Speaking to someone who made a bad choice, who chose to sin did 275 00:19:14,300 --> 00:19:18,100 not follow wise counsel. We've all been there. 276 00:19:18,700 --> 00:19:23,200 We've all done that. And there are things that we do 277 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:29,200 in our life that we regret. And there are things that were 278 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:33,400 sorry for. But there are some things that 279 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,700 we do in our life that even though we're sorry about. 280 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:40,900 And even though we might go to God and ask him to forgive us of 281 00:19:40,900 --> 00:19:45,300 what we've done. He says, In this passage, you 282 00:19:45,300 --> 00:19:48,700 might still have to live with the consequences of your bad 283 00:19:48,700 --> 00:19:53,400 choice while upon this Earth. He says, there are things. 284 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:57,800 I will not take away. Even though I still will forgive 285 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:02,200 you. And that's one of the things 286 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:04,800 about what one, the bad things of sin is. 287 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:09,500 You know, you could still be grounded by your parents for not 288 00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:11,300 obeying them. Even though, you're sorry for 289 00:20:11,300 --> 00:20:14,800 what you've done, you still going to have to endure that. 290 00:20:16,900 --> 00:20:20,000 It could be having to serve jail time for disobeying the law of 291 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:23,200 the land even though you're sorry for what you've done, it 292 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:26,500 could be having a ruined reputation from treating others 293 00:20:26,500 --> 00:20:30,300 wrong even though you're sorry for treating them the way that 294 00:20:30,300 --> 00:20:34,300 you have it could be also having a difficult time earning the 295 00:20:34,300 --> 00:20:36,900 trust of others after lying to him. 296 00:20:37,900 --> 00:20:42,200 It takes a long time, sometimes Arista restoration like that 297 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:45,200 never happens, even though you're sorry. 298 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:48,700 You've done that. And you could go the list could 299 00:20:48,700 --> 00:20:53,100 go on and on about what we still have to endure. 300 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:56,900 Even though we're sorry for what we've done. 301 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:03,400 And that's one of the harsh realities of our bad decisions. 302 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,600 But even after stating some examples of some of our 303 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:11,000 consequences that we face in life and making Porter's, poor 304 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,700 choices are sinning. Solomon also mentioned something 305 00:21:14,700 --> 00:21:18,600 else about what poor choices are sitting can do to us. 306 00:21:19,100 --> 00:21:23,400 In fact, for one thing, it says this interesting phrase and 307 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:28,400 proverbs 10 verse 27, he says the fear of the Lord, prolongs, 308 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:32,500 Things. But the years of the wicked he 309 00:21:32,500 --> 00:21:36,400 says they will be shortened. That's an interesting phrase, 310 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:38,400 isn't it? That's an interesting concept. 311 00:21:38,500 --> 00:21:42,200 How is that possible? Those of us who live 312 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:44,100 righteously? Does that mean we're going to go 313 00:21:44,100 --> 00:21:45,800 on to live longer than those who? 314 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,300 Continue to sin? Who continue to make poor 315 00:21:49,300 --> 00:21:53,500 choices? Well, it could be yes. 316 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:59,400 But the principle here is that living the life of a Christian 317 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:02,400 is going to keep you away from things that shorten your life. 318 00:22:04,100 --> 00:22:06,600 Is going to keep you away from making bad choices. 319 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:10,600 That might result in may. Be degrading your quality of 320 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:12,500 life or bring you into Harm's Way. 321 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:16,100 It could keep you from deadly situations. 322 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:20,100 You see, when you take to heart the advice, given through the 323 00:22:20,100 --> 00:22:23,900 Book of Proverbs, it keeps a helps us to stay safe and it 324 00:22:23,900 --> 00:22:26,700 helps us to stay healthy in our life. 325 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,000 It keeps us from wreaking havoc to our lives and the lives of 326 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,100 others. And this is how the Christian 327 00:22:32,100 --> 00:22:35,600 enjoys a prolong life. But another thing we find as a 328 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:40,300 consequence of sin, is that, well, it could create addiction. 329 00:22:42,700 --> 00:22:46,100 Proverbs 5 verse 22 says his own iniquities. 330 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:49,400 He says it entraps the Wicked Man. 331 00:22:50,500 --> 00:22:52,700 And he is caught in the cords of his sin. 332 00:22:56,000 --> 00:23:01,200 And we don't want to be there. An addiction could come in 333 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:07,400 various ways, and forms. And whatever that is that we 334 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,900 become a slave to it through our bad habits, we are prone to 335 00:23:10,900 --> 00:23:15,700 become addicted to it. And bad habits and addictions 336 00:23:15,700 --> 00:23:18,100 can be very difficult to break, can't they? 337 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:23,400 We could all agree on that. That's why we try to make wise 338 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:28,300 to wise choices and what we have fun with but what we put into 339 00:23:28,300 --> 00:23:33,900 our bodies, because we never know if that buzz, we never know 340 00:23:33,900 --> 00:23:37,800 if that high will become something that We crave It's 341 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:43,700 best just to stay away knowing that there's that potential of 342 00:23:43,700 --> 00:23:48,500 us being entrapped in it and becoming a slave to it. 343 00:23:50,700 --> 00:23:54,000 And as we continue to talk about the consequences of our poor 344 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:58,000 choices and sin while on Earth, I want to take a moment and I 345 00:23:58,008 --> 00:24:02,000 want to look at the prodigal son here for just a moment. 346 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:05,900 And this is a parable top my Jesus. 347 00:24:05,900 --> 00:24:08,000 So I'm not going to read, I'm just kind of summarize. 348 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,100 But if you want to read along while I summarize, it's in Luke 349 00:24:11,100 --> 00:24:13,300 chapter 15, beginning of verse number 11. 350 00:24:14,500 --> 00:24:17,900 And we all know this Parable taught by Jesus it's a it's one 351 00:24:17,900 --> 00:24:22,000 of the Beloved ones that we love to read because it we love 352 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:28,500 seeing the end result of God's love and grace at the end, but I 353 00:24:28,508 --> 00:24:32,500 don't focus upon this son who decides to leave for a moment. 354 00:24:35,500 --> 00:24:39,200 He won this this this, this boy this young man. 355 00:24:41,100 --> 00:24:43,600 In my mind, wanted to experience the world. 356 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:47,700 And perhaps, perhaps, he had talked to, some of his friends, 357 00:24:47,700 --> 00:24:51,300 about how great it was to live on their own and have have 358 00:24:51,300 --> 00:24:55,300 complete Freedom over the lives. No, curfew. 359 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:03,900 No one to tell you what to do. No one to give you chores, no 360 00:25:03,900 --> 00:25:07,700 responsibilities at home, I don't know. 361 00:25:07,700 --> 00:25:11,800 But maybe he let those ideas stirred, his mind until one day. 362 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:14,900 He asked his father, give me my money. 363 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:19,900 That is due me. So that he could experience what 364 00:25:19,900 --> 00:25:24,600 was out there? And now, no Jesus doesn't say 365 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,500 this. I just speculate again. 366 00:25:26,500 --> 00:25:30,500 This is just a parable. Maybe the father just tried to 367 00:25:30,500 --> 00:25:33,700 reason with them and warn them that what was out there, wasn't 368 00:25:33,700 --> 00:25:38,500 worth it, son. It's not worth you spending your 369 00:25:38,500 --> 00:25:42,800 money on, it's not worth your time and a part of your life 370 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:46,400 investing in. On the other hand, maybe his 371 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:48,800 father, just let him have the money without reasoning with 372 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,100 him, knowing that his son had already made up his mind. 373 00:25:51,100 --> 00:25:53,700 And there was nothing that the father was going to say that was 374 00:25:53,700 --> 00:25:58,400 going to change his mind. There are some fathers out there 375 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:02,800 that just would just hand over the money knowing full. 376 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:07,100 Well, the sum would be back. Because he knew what was out 377 00:26:07,100 --> 00:26:14,800 there and how long it will last. Well, after some days, the some 378 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,900 left and Jesus tells us that he wasted his money on things that 379 00:26:17,900 --> 00:26:21,500 were simply just pointless and he really didn't get very far 380 00:26:21,500 --> 00:26:25,300 with it. And it came to a point where now 381 00:26:25,300 --> 00:26:28,500 he was out of money and there was a Great Famine in that land 382 00:26:28,500 --> 00:26:38,500 too. so, he and really, when it came to an end of all that he 383 00:26:38,500 --> 00:26:41,700 had, As kind of a principle for us. 384 00:26:41,700 --> 00:26:45,600 They even went wouldn't Solomon teaches this one very thing 385 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:51,700 about what we have weird to be wise with because he wasted what 386 00:26:51,700 --> 00:26:53,900 he had. In fact, you look here, what it 387 00:26:53,900 --> 00:26:55,700 says? Proverbs 21 17. 388 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:58,900 He who loves pleasure. He says he's going to be a poor 389 00:26:58,900 --> 00:27:02,600 man. And that's exactly what we find 390 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,200 in this Parable, don't we? He says, he who loves wine and 391 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:09,900 oil will not be rich. It's because he wasted his money 392 00:27:09,900 --> 00:27:12,700 on those things. His poor choices had led him to 393 00:27:12,700 --> 00:27:16,800 poverty and so he felt he he tried to find a job just to make 394 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:21,400 ends meet him found himself feeding pigs and I don't know 395 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:24,200 how long it took Jesus doesn't tell us. 396 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,700 Maybe it took a day, maybe it took a week, maybe it took 397 00:27:26,700 --> 00:27:29,400 longer than that. Jesus really doesn't tell us. 398 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:36,100 But as he was feeding the pigs one day, this slop he began to 399 00:27:36,100 --> 00:27:39,200 desire that to desire that any thought man, I'm so hungry. 400 00:27:43,100 --> 00:27:44,800 It has, he's thinking about this. 401 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:46,700 We know that he's hit rock bottom. 402 00:27:49,300 --> 00:27:53,900 And he knows it too. Because we know as he's going 403 00:27:53,900 --> 00:27:55,700 through this and he's hit rock bottom. 404 00:27:55,700 --> 00:27:59,400 He reflects the back of how he had it at home. 405 00:28:02,100 --> 00:28:05,300 And he says, here I am in this situation. 406 00:28:06,900 --> 00:28:09,400 And my father's servants, have it much better than I do right 407 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:13,600 now. He came to that realization. 408 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:20,400 And here's a hard truth that we see sometimes in a person's 409 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:24,500 life. That would it's us or maybe 410 00:28:24,500 --> 00:28:28,300 others who make poor choices or we become enslaved to sin. 411 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:33,400 Maybe we're looking to other people who made really bad 412 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:36,500 decisions that we try to encourage someone to try to turn 413 00:28:36,500 --> 00:28:39,900 things around, or we might try to give them like a heart to 414 00:28:39,900 --> 00:28:42,900 heart. Maybe have some type of 415 00:28:42,900 --> 00:28:44,900 intervention intervention with them. 416 00:28:47,900 --> 00:28:51,200 But sometimes people choose not to listen, to the wise counsel 417 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:52,900 of others. And sometimes the only thing 418 00:28:52,900 --> 00:28:55,600 that's going to cause them to turn their life around is for 419 00:28:55,600 --> 00:29:01,300 them to hit rock bottom. And that's hard to see. 420 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:08,200 Especially our loved ones. To hit rock bottom. 421 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:13,500 Because of the careless life that they lived. 422 00:29:15,100 --> 00:29:21,100 Sometimes, that's what it takes. you have for this young man to 423 00:29:21,100 --> 00:29:23,800 hit rock bottom, it caused him to change his way of thinking 424 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:28,500 and so He left that world of poor choices behind him and he 425 00:29:28,500 --> 00:29:32,100 started home. And we know that as he was 426 00:29:32,100 --> 00:29:34,700 approaching his father's house, his father saw him from a 427 00:29:34,700 --> 00:29:38,200 distance there. And he ran out to him, he 428 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:41,400 embraced him, he showed him his great love and he was so glad to 429 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:44,000 see him. But as his son, he was like, Dad 430 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:47,800 Dad. Trying to stop him and he had 431 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:52,500 rehearsed the speech and he was going to tell him, but his dad 432 00:29:52,500 --> 00:29:57,200 wouldn't hear, his dad, wouldn't hear it because his son was 433 00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:00,900 home. And they had a celebration 434 00:30:00,900 --> 00:30:04,300 because of that. He was going to tell him dad, I 435 00:30:04,300 --> 00:30:07,800 made bad choices. I'm not even worthy to be even 436 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:10,200 called your son. Just make me, just make me a 437 00:30:10,208 --> 00:30:16,800 servant and I'll be good. But his father embraced him as 438 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:19,700 his son, and they celebrated the return of his son. 439 00:30:20,300 --> 00:30:24,700 And you, look at a parable like that, that Jesus taught And let 440 00:30:24,700 --> 00:30:27,800 me ask you this regarding what he went through. 441 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:33,700 Do you think this young man Learned that the way of 442 00:30:33,700 --> 00:30:38,700 transgressors is hard. I think we could all agree in. 443 00:30:38,700 --> 00:30:42,300 Yes. In fact, he learned the hard 444 00:30:42,300 --> 00:30:45,900 way. That the way of transgressors is 445 00:30:45,900 --> 00:30:49,600 hard. L want to tell you, I'm telling 446 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:54,000 myself this to, we don't have to learn the hard way. 447 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:59,700 We don't. We can listen to the advice of 448 00:30:59,700 --> 00:31:02,500 our peers, we can listen to the advice of our parents. 449 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:05,600 You can read the wise counsel of Solomon here in the Book of 450 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:07,900 Proverbs. And you could read the examples 451 00:31:07,900 --> 00:31:11,900 of people in scripture who made poor choices and we can learn 452 00:31:11,900 --> 00:31:16,700 from their mistakes. And we can see that the way of 453 00:31:16,700 --> 00:31:20,800 the transgressors is hard without having to experience its 454 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:25,400 heartaches and, and the stress and the difficulty and the sin, 455 00:31:26,900 --> 00:31:31,200 That we might have to face. We can avoid all that. 456 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:40,300 By listening to wise counsel. I want to talk just for a few 457 00:31:40,300 --> 00:31:44,600 minutes, as we begin to wrap things up this morning about the 458 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:47,800 advantage of making right choices and how it keeps us 459 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:52,300 from, making it harder than what it really always, what it really 460 00:31:52,700 --> 00:31:55,900 is. In fact, I'm not going to read 461 00:31:55,900 --> 00:31:59,400 this, but I'm just going to summarize what Paul writes in 462 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:02,900 Romans chapter 5, I encourage you to turn there and read along 463 00:32:02,900 --> 00:32:05,800 with, read along as I'm describing these things in the 464 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:08,900 first 10 verses. As we talk about these great 465 00:32:08,900 --> 00:32:12,600 advantages, when we do make right decisions in our life, 466 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:16,300 Paul he'll has some great promises and Paul lists. 467 00:32:16,300 --> 00:32:20,100 Some great benefits that we have in God through Jesus Christ. 468 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:24,700 And how we get this, we get this through our obedience to him. 469 00:32:26,100 --> 00:32:28,700 We get this through holy lives and righteous living. 470 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,000 And he mentions, for example, that we have peace. 471 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:35,400 We have peace in our life that comes from an informant 472 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:39,400 obedience to him. And this is the piece that we 473 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:42,800 can't find when we continue to make bad decisions in our life. 474 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:46,600 We can't find peace in those things but we do find peace and 475 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:49,600 God. When we live, right? 476 00:32:50,100 --> 00:32:54,800 He also says that we have access to God's grace when we do what 477 00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,700 is right. He says that we have a true Joy 478 00:32:57,700 --> 00:33:01,800 from God that nothing in this world could ever bring to us. 479 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:05,500 And sometimes yeah, we might find joy that I've stated 480 00:33:05,500 --> 00:33:10,400 already in some of the some of the bad decisions that we make. 481 00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:13,400 Yes, there is fun in that. But there's not an everlasting 482 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:18,700 joy that comes from any of that. But an everlasting joy in God 483 00:33:18,700 --> 00:33:23,000 for doing right? and he says, if Hard Times come 484 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:29,600 our way, Paul says were able to glory in those trials and from 485 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:33,800 those trials were able to develop patience and we also 486 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:37,500 gain experience when we endure through those trials and through 487 00:33:37,500 --> 00:33:41,100 that patience. And as we do this and live 488 00:33:41,100 --> 00:33:44,900 Faithfully, God gives us a promise, and he gives us a hope. 489 00:33:46,900 --> 00:33:50,400 And Paul says, we have a love that God bestows upon his 490 00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:55,200 children and these are just a few things just from this one 491 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:59,900 passage of when we choose to do what is right. 492 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:05,200 And God is so good, that he's willing to give us these things 493 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:09,500 in our life to help us along. And to just give us, give us the 494 00:34:09,500 --> 00:34:13,100 Boost in our life. And to even at the end, give us 495 00:34:13,100 --> 00:34:18,100 that promise of heaven. When we are faithful in the end. 496 00:34:20,500 --> 00:34:26,300 and so, as we summarize our study, As we conclude again, 497 00:34:26,300 --> 00:34:31,199 going back to Proverbs 13, 15. Good understanding is says gains 498 00:34:31,199 --> 00:34:36,600 favor, but again, the way of the Unfaithful is hard and then 499 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:41,300 Proverbs 22 and verse 5, Thorns and snares are in the way of the 500 00:34:41,300 --> 00:34:44,699 perverse. But he, who guards, his soul 501 00:34:44,699 --> 00:34:48,699 will be far from them and don't you want to be far from them? 502 00:34:49,300 --> 00:34:51,300 Don't you want your laugh to be easy? 503 00:34:51,300 --> 00:34:56,500 The easiest that it can be. We know how to do that. 504 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:00,500 Now, I'll tell you something, we should be thankful that the way 505 00:35:00,500 --> 00:35:04,500 of the transgressor is hard, we really should because when we 506 00:35:04,500 --> 00:35:07,700 realize that the way of the transgressor is hard, and when 507 00:35:07,700 --> 00:35:12,800 we suffer the consequences of sin, we realize that we had it 508 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:16,400 better. When we were living, right? 509 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:23,400 We realize that. And we realize how good God is 510 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:28,300 to us. And so how easier it is to live 511 00:35:28,300 --> 00:35:32,300 in The Obedience to God's word rather than disobedience. 512 00:35:33,900 --> 00:35:39,300 And so let these words just be words of reminders to you as we 513 00:35:39,300 --> 00:35:44,400 mainly focused really upon what the wise men Solomon wrote as 514 00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:48,900 advice to his son and really advice to all of us. 515 00:35:51,100 --> 00:35:54,600 And take advantage of God's goodness, really? 516 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:59,000 Because God, he wants to, he wants to bestow us with so many 517 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:02,200 blessings. Let's let him do it. 518 00:36:03,300 --> 00:36:07,600 Through living for him. I'm praising him and glorify him 519 00:36:07,900 --> 00:36:12,200 and all that we do. And I leave these words with you 520 00:36:13,100 --> 00:36:18,100 this morning and we don't want to close our thoughts without 521 00:36:18,100 --> 00:36:20,500 offering the Lord's, invitation to you this morning. 522 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:24,000 It's not the invitation from the congregation. 523 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,100 This the Lord's invitation to you. 524 00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:30,100 Do you have, maybe you've never obeyed the Gospel of Jesus 525 00:36:30,100 --> 00:36:34,000 Christ. The best decision that you will 526 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:38,800 ever make in your life, is to obey the Gospel of Jesus Christ, 527 00:36:39,700 --> 00:36:42,700 that is the best decision you will ever make. 528 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:46,900 I understand that Jesus came to this world and he died for you 529 00:36:46,900 --> 00:36:50,700 because he loved you, and he bore your sins upon the cross. 530 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:55,000 And he died, he was buried. But yet he was resurrected on 531 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:58,800 the third day and because of that you can have salvation in 532 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:03,100 his name. You must believe that and then 533 00:37:03,100 --> 00:37:07,400 act upon that faith that you're going to change your life. 534 00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:10,100 Repent. Change your life for the better 535 00:37:10,100 --> 00:37:13,300 change of life and you're going to take God's Will and replace 536 00:37:13,300 --> 00:37:16,700 it with yours. And then confess that Jesus 537 00:37:16,700 --> 00:37:20,700 Christ is the Son of God. We find that in Acts chapter 8 538 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:27,100 and then we see in Acts chapter 2, those people were baptized 539 00:37:27,100 --> 00:37:29,800 for the remission of their sins and they were added to the 540 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:33,300 church the Lord added them to the church because of their 541 00:37:33,300 --> 00:37:35,600 Obedience of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 542 00:37:35,900 --> 00:37:39,900 And you could do that today. The Lord wants you to do that 543 00:37:39,900 --> 00:37:44,000 today, if you haven't done it, I'll be the best thing you will 544 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:47,000 ever do in your life is to come to him. 545 00:37:49,300 --> 00:37:51,900 We thank you for listening to our podcast, put on by the 546 00:37:51,900 --> 00:37:57,600 Church of Christ at 22:15 plans. 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