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Tonight, we want to continue on 
our theme that we've been 

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teaching ever since Lord's Day 
morning, and for those of you 

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who haven't made them all, we've
been talking about some things 

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that that absolutely must 
change. 

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Some things that must not change
and what are the differences in?

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How can we get it? 
The image of Christ into our 

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hearts and into our minds? 
God does not accept us just as 

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we are. 
He loves us. 

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Just As we are but he does not 
accept us just as we are He 

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commands. 
All men everywhere to repent, 

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acts 17 and verse 30 and because
of that you and I both in 

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reflecting on that verse ask 
ourselves, what do I need to do 

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to repent? 
What is it that I need to repent

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about? 
Well, repentance is a word which

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we, as we've said, doesn't it 
don't doesn't normally come up 

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in our everyday language, but 
the word me. 

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Needs to change. 
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what we're studying tonight. 
We've been studying change or 

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we've been studying, studying 
repentance all week we've been 

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studying about things that we 
really need to change but one of

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the things I want to focus on 
tonight before we make another 

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specific application of, this is
how important it is to have the 

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right knowledge of what to 
change about to really focus and

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look into the mirror. 
That God gave us in James. 

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The first chapter, if you have 
your Bibles open in James, the 

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first chapter We there notice 
that the Bible tells us in James

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one that we're going to start 
reading if you will, and verse 

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19. 
This, you know, my beloved 

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Brethren, but everyone must be 
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slow to anger for the anger of 
man does not achieve the 

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righteousness of God. 
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here's one of those things that 
he described using the clothing 

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metaphor again. 
He says, this is something I 

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want you to put off after. 
I've just told you some things 

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to put on you. 
To put on some of these things, 

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put it. 
Be swift to hear. 

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Slow to speak and slow to anger,
that's Behavior. 

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He wants us to adopt if we don't
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repent of that and put these 
things on, but notice he says, I

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want you to put this these 
things off, be get away from the

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anger for the anger of man does 
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God. 
Therefore putting aside all 

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filthiness and all the remains 
of wickedness in humility, 

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received the word implanted, or 
as the King James, Says 

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engrafted, which is able to save
your souls. 

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Now, he specifically talks about
this scriptures, the scriptures 

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that God gave us, he says, these
have a work, God designed them, 

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not to be a spiritual rabbit's 
foot if you will or some kind of

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Talisman. 
Whereas if you purchase a Bible,

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you've bought your ticket. 
All you got to do is show God at

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the Gate of Heaven, that you 
bought a Bible and have it 

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punched and you get in. 
That's not what this is about. 

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He said the word God wants us to
use. 

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God wants us to use it and put 
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minds. 
That's what he's saying, here, 

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receive the word, implanted or 
engrafted. 

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It means literally to put in to 
put under the surface and so the

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word has its work. 
James tells us that the word is 

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important. 
Very, very important to our 

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understanding, what it is that 
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Off and put on in our life. 
How can we even know that we're 

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supposed to put this on? 
Unless the word tells us the 

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very word itself tells us its 
purpose and the Bible must be 

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respected. 
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verse 22 but prove yourselves 
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underline that phrase because 
whenever he says prove 

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yourselves he's not saying I 
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a copy. 
I want you to demonstrate is 

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what he's saying. 
I want you to show That you have

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this word in your heart and in 
your mind, I want you to 

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demonstrate it demonstrate. 
If you will yourselves doers of 

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the word and not merely hearers 
who delude themselves, there's a

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delusion that goes on with 
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We sometimes think because we 
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do it. 
Well, you know, I've read books 

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on fixing cars, but I can 
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There's a difference between 
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what I can do on a car. 
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that's the way it is. 
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between that and God says here, 
I want you to not only know, the

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word, I want you to do it 
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sometimes can deceive you into 
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You know, many times, Christians
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memorized in their life years, 
use that knowledge as a 

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substitute for obedience, they 
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but they don't do it. 
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that's what James is talking 
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Don't be a person that gets dim 
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because, you know, your Bible, 
your holy just because you know,

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your Bible, your obedient know, 
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do and still not do it. 
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important point, I want you to 
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those who obey it, those who 
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make sure that their Are doers 
of the word and not merely a 

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hearer a hearer notice. 
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hearer of the word and not a 
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He is like a man who looks at 
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but once he is looked at himself
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immediately has forgotten what 
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is. 
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this word of God reveals to us, 
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lot of times just having that 
knowledge, we go away and it 

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brings about About no real 
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reveals to us how God sees us. 
We oftentimes don't use the word

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to check out and see how God 
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If we don't have a mirror 
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Well, I know what guys do they 
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Do I look okay, honey, you know,
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And if she loves you, she may 
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Or if you look, okay, she'll say
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Okay. 
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Spirit, she may see all kinds of
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Yeah, you look fine. 
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don't care if she may not say 
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of the matter is, is sometimes 
your friends aren't very helpful

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sometimes. 
They don't want to do the hard 

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things that friendship demands. 
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at all time. 
All but proverb says the most 

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wonderful things. 
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friend wounds of a friend 
sometimes our friends tell us we

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have bad breath. 
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you know we got toilet tissue on
our shoe, sometimes our friends 

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tell us that things aren't 
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cracked up to be. 
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But God, doesn't say, I want you
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God says, don't use them for a 
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Especially, he says I gave you 
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going to find different 
religious opinions about what's 

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pleasing to me, and you're going
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That's going to look at you and 
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You know, something I don't care
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morally, even or ethically you 
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That thinks polygamy is okay, 
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groups that believe 
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There are Christian religious 
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behavior is okay, different 
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definitions of the family, all 
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To check with religious groups 
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He says, I gave you the word. 
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I want you to look into them to 
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trusting everybody else. 
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mirror. 
I gave you that reflects what 

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manner of man you are notice 
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He has looked at himself got 
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What point it kind of person. 
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And one, but one who looks 
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Liberty and abides by it. 
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That's the key phrase and abides
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Notice, this this man will be 
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So God gave us the word to bring
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to make and our life. 
He says, this is a mirror. 

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This is a mirror. 
I want you to look into to, I 

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want you to look into that 
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And I want you to see how I see 
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And this is my word. 
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That's the source, that's the 
Judgment because you're going to

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find men that will give you all 
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The Bible talks about this 
process a little bit different 

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terms and the book in the 
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chapter 5 and verse 7. 
The bible says, for we walk by 

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faith and not by sight. 
Now, what does it mean to walk 

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by faith? 
Let's talk about that for just a

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little bit walking by faith and 
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Normally we walk by sight, don't
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Normally we look and we look 
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We say that's where I want to go
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toward that and we can be 
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But what if we don't have our 
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That's that's visually 
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How does he do that? 
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To inform him so that he can 
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toward a certain kind of place. 
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He literally walks by faith but 
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that God tells us we walk by 
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How do we know what? 
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word. 
We we don't know. 

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We have good guests. 
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We have our conscience. 
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faith. 
How can we walk by faith and not

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by sight? 
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Well, first of all, he's saying 
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That's the point your site often
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walk by faith. 
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Unseen and Hebrews the eleventh 
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The Bible says faith is the 
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Hoped for a conviction about 
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Not Seen, Hebrews chapter 11 and
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Now, he tells us what faith is? 
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confidence, faith is having some
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Faith is having a strong 
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things, unseen. 
Ah, that's what it means to walk

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by faith. 
In other words, we're not 

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walking by our site, or walking 
by faith in an area where we 

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don't have that knowledge in and
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It's like walking in a dark room
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my site, I may bump into the 
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I'm not going to try it here but
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God who loves us, informs us of 
where he is, then we can follow 

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his voice. 
Can't we? 

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That's how we walk by faith. 
When God says, Hey, follow my 

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voice, follow my voice, follow 
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This is how, you know, this is 
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the way that is safe. 
Follow my voice, listen to my 

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words, then we can walk 
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Oh, that this is pleasing to 
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If not, we're just making 
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The scripture says sanctify them
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Thy word is truth. 
Here's how I can know that I 

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pleasing to God, I don't have to
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I don't have to ask how many 
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Here's how I can walk by faith. 
I can know that the word of God 

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reveals to me what truth is and 
then I want you to make note of 

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this passage Judge, Romans 10, 
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verse 17. 
The Bible says, faith comes by 

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hearing And hearing by the word 
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That's how I can know. 
That's how can I can be 

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confident that what I'm doing is
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back to the word of God the word
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me apart from sin that word of 
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darkness calls to me and my 
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me of how I can walk 
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In my Wok before. 
God how can I know that I'm 

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pleasing to God? 
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have the word of God. 
Given to me, that causes me to 

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look into it and I can see 
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know what God's will is for my 
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to tell me. 
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eyes, I can have confidence in 
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look into the mirror it reveals 
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Those things. 
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It tells me those things that I 
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of God Romans 10 and verse 17. 
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That we could talk about tonight
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talk about all of them. 
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Christians today that aren't 
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one Christian that he would it 
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I asked him where he's Bible was
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my car. 
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of your car and he said so I 
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church. 
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church every Sunday. 
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And I carry it in and I don't 
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my trunk so I won't forget to 
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you hand to down the rows and 
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You know how many people have 
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God gave us the word for a 
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He wants us to look into it to 
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walk by faith. 
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every woman in the world, you 
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It will tell us what it is that 
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pleasing to God. 
Now religious group, may tell us

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what it takes to please them. 
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pleasing God. 
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That's the whole point. 
Sanctify them by thy truth. 

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Thy word is truth. 
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Well, what how what is let me 
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What is it that we're supposed 
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Well the Bible tells us it 
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the Bible tells us in Romans the
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before that we are Being 
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God, we quoted, Romans 8 and 
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2:29 notice what the Bible says 
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conformed, to the image of his 
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The Bible says, that's our 
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Is the things that we need to 
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Our chain, are things that do 
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If Christ is our life, if we're 
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doesn't mean looking like Christ
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I remember in the 60s tell, You 
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So sorry about that, you know, 
whenever there were people 

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walking around in sandals and 
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thinking, that's what it meant 
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unless it was a modest or 
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He was concerned about the Inner
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Jesus that got, it's the 
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It's the heart of Christ that 
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hearts and into our lives. 
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desire to please, his father. 
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And so the Bible tells us here 
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be conformed to his character or
his image in that sense, as the 

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word image is talking about 
inner character. 

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I believe that's what he's 
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Well, now notice, go to Romans 
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Romans 12 verse 1 in Romans 12 
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Therefore Brethren, therefore I 
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mercies of God, to present your 
bodies, a living and holy 

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sacrifice acceptable, to God, 
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Standard says, spiritual service
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King, James did better on this 
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New King James is real good, 
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rational service in other words,
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God died For us. 
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sacrifices to him to show him 
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That's reasonable. 
That's rational, somebody died 

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for me. 
Iõm iom, I need to honor them in

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some way. 
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conformed to this world. 
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do not be conformed to this 
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But be transformed in the Greek.
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which is literally where we get 
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It means it's what happens to a 
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butterfly. 
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supposed to be doing. 
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supposed to happen to our life. 
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butterflies whenever we serve 
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And so he says, here, do not be 
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the renewing of your mind. 
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is good and acceptable and 
perfect, our lives are supposed 

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to demonstrate our lives are 
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will of God, that which is good 
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That's wild. 
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That's our purpose. 
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can't be a Christian without 
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A Christian means follower of 
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It doesn't just mean a state 
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Yeah, I'm a Christian stamp. 
It on my hand, but I can behave 

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any way. 
I want. 

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God says, that's not it. 
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You are supposed to be a 
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demonstrates. 
What the will of God is that 

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which is good and acceptable and
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You have a responsibility if you
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How many people don't know that?
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If we wear the name to 
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way, we live that which is good 
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And if you'll remember last 
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treat people substitute, holy 
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church. 
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they check in and they give 
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that without giving their life. 
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no. 
Toot for a holy life. 

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It is not don't get deceived 
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That's what he's saying. 
Right here. 

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We're supposed to have a 
transformed life so we can prove

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that which is good and 
acceptable and perfect. 

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Oh there's so much more. 
Let's go on down. 

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Verse 34. 
Well, no, let's just go on. 

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There are things that we need to
get to tonight. 

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That's we've talked about in 
Luke 640 and disciple when he's 

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fully trained will be like his 
feature. 

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Christlikeness is our objective 
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being christ-like in your home, 
it to your husband, to your 

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wife, to your children, to your 
employer, to your neighbors, you

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haven't really grasp the 
authentic Christianity, that 

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Jesus Christ taught Jesus Christ
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godliness, he brought the 
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we his followers are supposed to
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living is what we're supposed to
be devoted to but we can talk, 

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we can preach a lot of we could 
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tonight by just talking about 
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my friends. 
That's important. 

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We must worship God in spirit 
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Don't get me wrong. 
But don't substitute that 

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assembly for the holy life, you 
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They're both equally important. 
All of its important. 

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And so in our holy living, we 
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Is this the way Jesus would 
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toward his parents toward a 
husband and toward a wife, a my 

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reflecting what the word of God 
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Do I reflect my knowledge of the
word of God, when I read 

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Ephesians 5, is it? 
Something people can see in my 

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life and can you Preach, what I 
practice does the word of God 

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substantiate the way I'm 
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And the attitudes, I possess 
well tonight, let's talk about 

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one specific thing. 
It's 8:15, I'm going to, you 

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know, Monday night, I gave you, 
I thought they paid overtime and

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so I went long but last night, I
cut it off and tonight I'm going

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to try to cut it off to, I get 
really in enthused in some of 

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these things. 
But tonight I want to look at 

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some primary things that the 
Bible says, we've got to put off

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if You'll turn to First Peter 
once again. 

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First Peter, the second chapter 
verse 1 through 3 notice, let's 

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talk about one thing where he 
says, therefore putting aside 

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all malice and all deceit and 
hypocrisy. 

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We talked about that the other 
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Apocrypha see was it was that 
insincerity, it was that 

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sometimes majoring on the 
miners, it was that sometimes 

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that, that that being 
hypercritical, and we talked 

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about all those aspects of it. 
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all envy and all slander, like, 
newborn babes long for the pure.

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Lotus, what he says in verse 
too, long. 

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Long. 
And that word long. 

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Their beans desire earnestly. 
It's like a romantic term. 

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What happens when you long for 
someone? 

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Well, it's something that you 
focus and you miss them and you 

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want them and you want them to 
be with you. 

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I long for them and he says, 
long here, verse 24, the pure 

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milk of the word. 
So that by it, you may grow in 

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respect to Salvation. 
If you have tasted of the 

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kindness of the Lord, this is 
supposed to be a Christians 

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attitude. 
He's so both still long for this

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word. 
It's something we're supposed to

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desire. 
I hope you're spiritually 

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healthy enough, that you have an
appetite. 

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You know, whenever the doctor 
asks you if you've lost your 

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appetite that's a sign that 
maybe not everything is alright 

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and spiritually. 
The same thing is true whenever 

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a Christian does not long for 
the word, there may be some 

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weakness. 
There may be some spiritual 

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cancer, there's something going 
on in their life, that's not 

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right. 
Because newborn babes long for 

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the milk of the word, they long 
for it. 

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They look forward to it. 
They are satisfied when they're 

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getting nourished on it and 
that's what Christians are 

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supposed to be as well, long for
the pure milk of the word. 

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So that by it you may grow in 
respect to salvation but let's 

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talk about one of the things he 
mentioned. 

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Like we said we're going to get 
to one of them anyway tonight, 

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one of the things he mentioned 
putting away in verse one is all

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Pas. 
Crasy and all in be and I'll 

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slander. 
To talk about Envy for just a 

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moment. 
If you've got your old 

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testament's, please turn to 
Psalms, Psalm, if you wilt Psalm

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number 73 and Psalm 73, the 
entire Psalm is a Psalm talking 

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about the temptation of envy. 
That isn't that interesting? 

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I didn't think Envy was that big
of a thing to put out of my 

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life. 
Well, he says, as newborn babes,

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it's something that's supposed 
to be put out of our Lives. 

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First thing first thing. 
What is Envy have you has 

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anybody ever asked you? 
What is Envy? 

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Well, you might not. 
You may say, well, I I don't 

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know what the words are, but I 
know when I've arrived, if I 

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have that feeling, I go. 
What is that feeling? 

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How do you know that you've 
envied something or that you are

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envious of it? 
Well, I asked the young kids at 

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the Whispering Pines 
congregation, I asked the 

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younger ones about 13 and 14. 
I said, help me with this word 

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in vien and what is, how do you 
know when you're envious or not?

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And one of the little kids, just
hit it right on the head. 

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He said. 
It's that uncomfortable feeling 

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whenever somebody gets a new 
pair of shoes. 

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I said from the shoes, he said 
no, whenever they get shoes that

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I wanted, it's that 
uncomfortable feeling when I 

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write see them when those shoes 
and I go and I'm comfortable 

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feeling. 
Yeah. 

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In other words, he's saying, I 
want them and they got them. 

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It makes me feel uncomfortable 
about it and I thought, well, 

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that's that's an interesting 
definition. 

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But, you know, it is kind of an 
uncomfortable feeling. 

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Think about it for a minute, 
everything's fine with you and 

448
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:55,500
your friends until they get a 
different kind of car your head.

449
00:25:55,700 --> 00:25:57,400
Are satisfied. 
You know, you're satisfied with 

450
00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,800
everything until they get 
another house, and then 

451
00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:05,300
something happens to you, it 
makes you feel uncomfortable. 

452
00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:10,400
Uncomfortable about it. 
You begin to maybe get envious 

453
00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,500
of them. 
Ah, that's it. 

454
00:26:13,700 --> 00:26:16,400
Maybe it's their new boyfriend, 
their new girlfriend, their new 

455
00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:18,400
bike, their new shoes, their new
shirt. 

456
00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:21,100
I don't care what it is. 
Anything fill in the blank. 

457
00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:23,900
It's whenever somebody else is 
blessed. 

458
00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:28,200
And instead of rejoicing, with 
those who rejoice, it makes you 

459
00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:30,000
feel uncomfortable. 
You go. 

460
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:35,900
Yeah, you know, I thought well 
Glenn, you know, you're mature, 

461
00:26:35,900 --> 00:26:39,800
you don't have these feelings 
very often, you know, do you? 

462
00:26:40,300 --> 00:26:42,000
And I thought Glen, are you ever
India? 

463
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,000
So I asked myself Glenn, are you
ever envious? 

464
00:26:44,900 --> 00:26:47,300
You know, I'm really not envious
of other people's cars. 

465
00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,100
I know they I know they lose 
that new car smell. 

466
00:26:51,100 --> 00:26:53,400
Just put a kid in it for a while
and it'll lose the new cards. 

467
00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:56,800
Now, you know, houses need 
maintenance. 

468
00:26:56,800 --> 00:27:00,400
I've had houses, I know that 
they get old, you know, knew 

469
00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:04,600
this thing that that's not it. 
Grandkids. 

470
00:27:06,500 --> 00:27:10,100
Somebody got a grandkid and I 
went, I wish I had one of those.

471
00:27:13,300 --> 00:27:14,600
That's the thing. 
You know? 

472
00:27:15,300 --> 00:27:17,300
That's something you kind of go,
man. 

473
00:27:17,700 --> 00:27:20,600
I'd like one of those so I asked
my daughter. 

474
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,700
Can I have a grandkid? 
And she says, if I helped pay 

475
00:27:23,700 --> 00:27:28,800
for shipping but anyway, the 
whole point is You know, it may 

476
00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:31,100
be something weird. 
It may not be material. 

477
00:27:31,300 --> 00:27:33,500
We're not talking about 
materialism here. 

478
00:27:36,100 --> 00:27:38,600
Mostly when you use the word 
envy or coverages, you think 

479
00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:40,100
about materialism but guess 
what? 

480
00:27:40,100 --> 00:27:42,900
Folks, it doesn't just apply to 
materialism. 

481
00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:50,200
It applies to listen any 
blessing that someone else has 

482
00:27:51,500 --> 00:27:55,800
That you wish you had. 
That's whenever you know, you're

483
00:27:55,800 --> 00:28:02,100
envious, it could be respect, it
could be a blessing of something

484
00:28:02,100 --> 00:28:04,700
else. 
Some other kind, it could be the

485
00:28:04,700 --> 00:28:08,600
fact that they're healthy and 
you're not, it could be all 

486
00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:13,100
kinds of things that create this
sense of Envy within you this 

487
00:28:13,100 --> 00:28:15,600
uncomfortableness. 
It's somebody else's blessing 

488
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:21,100
that, that feeling of jealousy. 
And by the way, this Greek word 

489
00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,200
is the root word for jealousy as
well. 

490
00:28:24,700 --> 00:28:27,800
In fact, many translators, 
translate them interchangeably 

491
00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:32,000
jealousy and envy because 
they're both it conveys. 

492
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:35,700
The same idea. 
The Bible says this attitude is 

493
00:28:35,700 --> 00:28:39,200
devilish or evil. 
Notice in James the third 

494
00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:44,300
chapter In James the third 
chapter, they're starting read 

495
00:28:44,300 --> 00:28:47,900
verse 14, 13, WHO among you is 
wise and understanding. 

496
00:28:47,900 --> 00:28:50,600
Let him show by his good 
behavior, his deeds in the 

497
00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:55,600
gentleness of wind wisdom, but 
if you have bitter jealousy, 

498
00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:58,300
there's that word that's 
translated in be in First Peter,

499
00:28:58,300 --> 00:29:02,900
to notice bitter jealousy and 
selfish ambition in your heart. 

500
00:29:02,900 --> 00:29:05,600
Do not be arrogant and so lie 
against the truth. 

501
00:29:06,100 --> 00:29:10,700
This wisdom is not that which 
comes down from above But his 

502
00:29:10,700 --> 00:29:18,700
Earthly natural, not spiritual 
and demonic demonic. 

503
00:29:18,700 --> 00:29:21,700
Look at that word there. 
In verse 15 demonic. 

504
00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:27,400
Verse 16, for where jealousy and
selfish ambition exist. 

505
00:29:27,500 --> 00:29:31,100
There is disorder and every evil
thing. 

506
00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:38,100
But the wisdom from above is 
first, pure then Peaceable, 

507
00:29:38,700 --> 00:29:44,100
gentle reasonable full of mercy 
and good, fruits unwavering 

508
00:29:44,100 --> 00:29:48,100
without hypocrisy, who's the, 
and the seed, whose fruit is 

509
00:29:48,100 --> 00:29:52,900
righteousness, is sown in Peace 
by those who make peace. 

510
00:29:53,300 --> 00:29:56,100
Now, here's where God exposes us
to ourselves. 

511
00:29:56,300 --> 00:30:00,400
He says, this is not Heavenly 
wisdom, this is Earthly wisdom. 

512
00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:02,900
This is natural as Posed to 
spiritual. 

513
00:30:02,900 --> 00:30:05,100
And it is demonic instead of 
Godly. 

514
00:30:05,100 --> 00:30:08,400
This is something that must be 
put out of our young Christian 

515
00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:10,800
Hearts. 
It's something that's got to be 

516
00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:13,700
put out of it. 
Well Glen, you know what is the 

517
00:30:13,700 --> 00:30:16,900
difference between being 
motivated and Desiring 

518
00:30:16,900 --> 00:30:19,400
something? 
And being envious, good 

519
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:22,200
question, that is a good 
question because all of us are 

520
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:25,900
motivated to W certain things. 
Whenever we see things, 

521
00:30:25,900 --> 00:30:28,600
advertise, we may want something
good. 

522
00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:31,800
Refreshing drink, you're not 
envious of that drink yet you 

523
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:35,000
Desire. 
It it's not wrong for us to want

524
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:40,200
to get a better house, or get a 
better car or anything like 

525
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:41,900
that. 
That's not the point. 

526
00:30:41,900 --> 00:30:45,900
It's not Wang for us to want to 
improve ourselves to be more 

527
00:30:45,900 --> 00:30:50,100
respected. 
But envious has within that 

528
00:30:50,100 --> 00:30:54,100
desire, the quality of being 
irritated that others are 

529
00:30:54,100 --> 00:30:58,000
blessed. 
That's indeed, it's being upset 

530
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:02,400
with someone else's blessing. 
The point is, is if we, We do it

531
00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:04,500
for ourselves. 
If we do it to improve 

532
00:31:04,500 --> 00:31:07,600
ourselves, if we have a goal and
we go after it, that's one 

533
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:11,500
thing, but to be irritated at 
somebody else's blessings, there

534
00:31:11,500 --> 00:31:16,400
are thin That's the point he 
wants us to get and he says, I 

535
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:19,100
want you to get that out of your
heart and out of your mind, you 

536
00:31:19,100 --> 00:31:22,200
know, Envy has hurt the church, 
probably more than anything 

537
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:26,500
else. 
It really has envy and jealousy 

538
00:31:26,700 --> 00:31:28,900
in James of for chapter, just go
back on. 

539
00:31:28,900 --> 00:31:32,200
Gone to the next chapter. 
In James chapter 4, verse 1 and 

540
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:34,300
2. 
What is the source of quarrels 

541
00:31:34,300 --> 00:31:36,600
and conflicts among you is not 
the source? 

542
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:38,700
Your pleasures that wage war in 
your members? 

543
00:31:38,900 --> 00:31:41,900
You lust and do not have. 
So you commit murder. 

544
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,000
You are envious and cannot 
obtain. 

545
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:47,800
So you fight and quarrel you do 
not have because you do not ask.

546
00:31:48,500 --> 00:31:51,300
Now, there's where he says, 
where's the source of the 

547
00:31:51,300 --> 00:31:52,800
quarrels? 
Where's the fighting? 

548
00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:56,300
Among you? 
He says it's your jealousy. 

549
00:31:56,600 --> 00:32:00,200
It's that's what's caused a lot 
of problems in the church. 

550
00:32:01,100 --> 00:32:03,900
A brother. 
No, get a new car and 

551
00:32:04,100 --> 00:32:05,800
inadvertently. 
There's nothing wrong with 

552
00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:10,000
buying a new car, but some other
brother will be envious of that.

553
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:16,200
And it'll create bitterness, 
it'll create jealousy and envy 

554
00:32:16,700 --> 00:32:19,600
and it becomes the source of 
trouble later on all of sudden, 

555
00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:24,300
trouble shows up and nobody 
connects, nobody connects the 

556
00:32:24,500 --> 00:32:28,800
the problem with the new car, 
nobody connects the problem with

557
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:32,200
the new house, nobody connects 
the problem with the new child, 

558
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:34,800
the new blessing, whatever it 
might be, but there is a 

559
00:32:34,808 --> 00:32:39,100
connection, the connection is 
envy and jealousy. 

560
00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:43,200
My friends, when things explode 
and there's no seeming 

561
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:46,700
connection, double check, if 
you're uncomfortable at somebody

562
00:32:46,700 --> 00:32:50,300
else's blessing, perhaps, that's
the problem in our hearts and 

563
00:32:50,300 --> 00:32:52,700
our minds, but my friend's, this
is such a great Temptation, you 

564
00:32:52,700 --> 00:32:54,700
might say, well, Glenn that's 
pretty selfish and that's very 

565
00:32:54,700 --> 00:32:57,800
childish, that should never be a
problem for us. 

566
00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:02,000
Well, as Christians, you know, 
sometimes generally we are 

567
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,600
jealous. 
We are envious of the wicked in 

568
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:08,100
Psalm 73. 
Like I said, we were let me read

569
00:33:08,100 --> 00:33:09,700
verse 1. 
Let's Start read it together. 

570
00:33:09,700 --> 00:33:14,400
If Open to Psalm 73. 
Surely God is good to Israel. 

571
00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:19,000
Notice what he says to those who
are pure in heart but as for me 

572
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:23,200
my feet came close to stumbling,
you know, a song here in this. 

573
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:26,800
Psalm the writer is saying, my 
feet came close to stumbling and

574
00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:30,500
here's why notice my steps had 
almost slipped verse 3. 

575
00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:35,000
For I was envious of the 
Arrogant as I saw the prosperity

576
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:38,300
of the wicked for there were no 
pains in their death and their 

577
00:33:38,300 --> 00:33:42,400
body is fat. 
I think that is probably changed

578
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:46,200
Through the Ages. 
But it says they were blast. 

579
00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:50,600
Notice they are, they are not in
trouble as other men nor are 

580
00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:54,000
they plagued like mankind. 
Therefore pride is in there 

581
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:57,700
necklace and the Garment of 
violence covers them their eyes 

582
00:33:57,700 --> 00:34:01,200
bulge from fatness, the 
imaginations of their heart run 

583
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:04,500
Riot, they Mock and wickedly 
speak of Oppression. 

584
00:34:04,500 --> 00:34:08,100
They speak from on high, they 
have set their mouth against the

585
00:34:08,100 --> 00:34:10,800
heavens and their tongue parades
through the Earth. 

586
00:34:12,300 --> 00:34:14,199
Now, here the writer is saying, 
look. 

587
00:34:15,300 --> 00:34:19,100
I was perfectly fine, living my 
life until I began to look at a 

588
00:34:19,107 --> 00:34:22,300
wicked man. 
One day and I saw his arrogance 

589
00:34:22,500 --> 00:34:24,699
and I saw the way he died, I saw
the way he lived. 

590
00:34:24,699 --> 00:34:27,900
All the blessings that he had 
and I almost slipped. 

591
00:34:29,100 --> 00:34:34,400
I almost slipped because I 
envied the wicked. 

592
00:34:35,699 --> 00:34:39,500
Has that ever happened to you? 
Has that ever happened? 

593
00:34:40,199 --> 00:34:44,400
When it whenever you grown weary
of serving God and you do it and

594
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:48,199
you do it and it cost you and 
your persecuted for it and there

595
00:34:48,199 --> 00:34:50,800
doesn't seem to be any blessing 
and those who are wicked. 

596
00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:54,000
Just go act, wickedly and seem 
to get blessed and blessed and 

597
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:57,700
blessed. 
And there's that little 

598
00:34:57,700 --> 00:35:01,700
temptation to Envy The Wicked. 
The Bible says, don't let your 

599
00:35:01,700 --> 00:35:04,500
heart and be Sinners, don't let 
it happen. 

600
00:35:04,700 --> 00:35:08,600
Proverbs 23 and verse 17, I want
you to all memorize this 

601
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:11,200
passage. 
I want you to really think about

602
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:14,400
its message, and I want to see 
if it affects your heart and 

603
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:20,300
your mind, Psalms 23 and verse 
17, do not let your heart in be 

604
00:35:20,300 --> 00:35:26,600
Sinners, but live in the fear of
the Lord always, you know, All 

605
00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:30,300
the way through the scriptures. 
The Bible tells us of envious 

606
00:35:30,300 --> 00:35:33,100
people. 
All we could talk about so many 

607
00:35:33,100 --> 00:35:38,600
tonight because of Envy Cain 
slew Abel First John 3 and verse

608
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:41,700
2, because of Envy, the 
Philistines stopped up Isaac's 

609
00:35:41,700 --> 00:35:45,300
well, Genesis 26, because of 
Envy Joseph's brothers, sold him

610
00:35:45,300 --> 00:35:49,500
into slavery, Genesis 37, verse 
11, because of Envy men 

611
00:35:49,500 --> 00:35:54,600
crucified the Lord, Matthew, 27 
and verse 18, because of Envy 

612
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:58,400
the apostles were cast. 
Prison acts 5 verse 17. 

613
00:35:58,700 --> 00:36:04,200
Envy is a big problem. 
Envy is a big problem. 

614
00:36:05,500 --> 00:36:10,300
The Bible says in Proverbs 14 
and verse 30, but in Venus is a 

615
00:36:10,300 --> 00:36:15,700
rottenness to the Bone. 
It's a rottenness what that word

616
00:36:15,700 --> 00:36:19,000
suggests cancer. 
My friends bone cancer is what 

617
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,800
he's talking about. 
In other words, it's cancer to 

618
00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:23,500
the very thing that holds your 
body. 

619
00:36:23,500 --> 00:36:27,900
Upright, it real a road, the 
very thing that causes you to 

620
00:36:27,900 --> 00:36:33,800
stand, Envy is nasty and 
horrible, it's a malignancy in 

621
00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:36,600
your life, crook. 
Wrath is cruel and anger 

622
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:41,100
outrageous, but who is able to 
stand before Envy Proverbs 27 

623
00:36:41,300 --> 00:36:45,000
and verse 4 in these associated 
with all kinds of. 

624
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:47,300
So, I want you to notice how 
many times it's brought up envy 

625
00:36:47,300 --> 00:36:50,700
and jealousy because of the same
thing notice in Galatians. 5 

626
00:36:50,700 --> 00:36:52,700
verse 19. 
Let's see if you're taking 

627
00:36:52,700 --> 00:36:55,500
notes, please take some notes 
real quick and I'll repeat them 

628
00:36:55,500 --> 00:37:00,000
twice so that you can write them
down in Galatians 5 and verse 

629
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:03,700
19. 
Notice what it says here. 

630
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,400
Now, the Deeds of the flesh are 
evident which are immorality 

631
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:12,000
impurity situation, ality 
idolatry sorcery, enmities 

632
00:37:12,100 --> 00:37:15,400
Strife jealousy. 
There's the word right there. 

633
00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:19,400
It means Envy jealousy. 
Outbursts of anger disputes. 

634
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:23,900
Factions dissensions factions, 
in beings this word in beams is 

635
00:37:23,900 --> 00:37:26,200
even more. 
It's in the plural and it means 

636
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:30,600
having a heart that is if you 
will covetousness, it really 

637
00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:32,400
probably should be translated. 
Coverages. 

638
00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:35,100
But the whole point is, is he's 
talking about all of these 

639
00:37:35,100 --> 00:37:38,300
things that are works of the 
flesh, their deeds of the flesh,

640
00:37:38,500 --> 00:37:41,200
but notice the fruits of the 
spirit verse 22. 

641
00:37:41,900 --> 00:37:44,300
But the fruit of the spirit is 
love joy, peace patience. 

642
00:37:44,300 --> 00:37:47,100
Kindness goodness and 
faithfulness gentleness 

643
00:37:47,100 --> 00:37:48,600
self-control against such 
things. 

644
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:52,100
There is no law. 
This is the character. 

645
00:37:52,100 --> 00:37:55,300
Des, if you will description 
that a Christian is supposed to 

646
00:37:55,300 --> 00:37:58,100
have those last fruits to the 
spirit, but he said this other 

647
00:37:58,100 --> 00:38:01,300
description is something that's 
not supposed to be in Christians

648
00:38:01,300 --> 00:38:07,200
at tall and notice in 2nd 
Corinthians 12 and 20. 2nd 

649
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:13,900
Corinthians, 12, and verse 20. 
It says, I am afraid that 

650
00:38:13,900 --> 00:38:15,900
perhaps when I come I may find 
you not to be what? 

651
00:38:15,900 --> 00:38:18,600
I wish that may be found to you,
be not what you wishes. 

652
00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:22,700
Well perhaps there will be 
Strife, jealousy, angry tempers 

653
00:38:22,700 --> 00:38:26,300
disputes Slanders, gossip 
arrogance, disturbances. 

654
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:30,100
And I'm afraid that when I come 
again, my God May humiliate me 

655
00:38:30,100 --> 00:38:33,400
before you. 
He mentions, all of these lists 

656
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:37,500
of debates and write a wrath. 
And, and problems, First Timothy

657
00:38:37,500 --> 00:38:41,100
6 and verse 4, if you're taking 
notes, It's associated with all 

658
00:38:41,100 --> 00:38:43,400
kinds of evil strife and 
railings. 

659
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:47,900
Perverse disputing Titus 33 
foolishness dose, obedience 

660
00:38:47,900 --> 00:38:52,100
diverse lusts, Titus 33. 
First Corinthians 3, 1 through 

661
00:38:52,100 --> 00:38:57,000
3, Romans 129, we don't have 
time to mention all the places 

662
00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,000
that the word ND is found in the
scriptures. 

663
00:38:59,300 --> 00:39:02,500
But what is the remedy for it? 
What is the remedy for it? 

664
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:04,900
Now, this may be kind of 
interesting. 

665
00:39:05,100 --> 00:39:07,900
You may say, oh, Clank Clin. 
Now, that I know this is 

666
00:39:07,900 --> 00:39:11,400
something I need to put off. 
I need to put in its place. 

667
00:39:11,700 --> 00:39:16,700
You know, the Bible tells us 
every don't don't Christianity 

668
00:39:16,700 --> 00:39:21,300
is not a don't do religion. 
A lot of times people consider 

669
00:39:21,300 --> 00:39:24,200
themselves just to be Christians
because they don't murder. 

670
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:28,900
Don't steal don't lie, you know.
Are you a good Christian? 

671
00:39:28,900 --> 00:39:30,800
Yeah, I don't do a lot of 
things. 

672
00:39:32,300 --> 00:39:35,100
Well, my friends, Christianity 
is stopping doing some things 

673
00:39:35,100 --> 00:39:38,900
but it's doing its positively 
doing some things we need to 

674
00:39:38,900 --> 00:39:41,900
replace the Avoid, we need to 
stop doing certain things and 

675
00:39:41,900 --> 00:39:45,200
then start doing other things to
fill that void in our lives. 

676
00:39:45,500 --> 00:39:49,800
And so the, why do we fill in be
with when we put in be out of 

677
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:54,600
our Lives? 
Well, we put in love because the

678
00:39:54,600 --> 00:40:00,700
Bible says in First Corinthians 
13 and verse 4 love, doesn't 

679
00:40:01,100 --> 00:40:08,800
Envy There it is. 
The solution to Envy is love. 

680
00:40:09,900 --> 00:40:14,400
Well, wait a minute, I think I 
love my sister, my brother, the 

681
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:16,900
gets. 
Oh, really then why aren't you 

682
00:40:16,900 --> 00:40:19,500
rejoicing with them? 
Or are you selfishly saying? 

683
00:40:19,500 --> 00:40:23,600
I wish I had it, and they didn't
That's not real love. 

684
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:27,500
Love is truly. 
And honestly rejoicing with 

685
00:40:27,500 --> 00:40:31,200
somebody who is rejoicing? 
Let me put it this way. 

686
00:40:31,300 --> 00:40:34,900
One writer I was reading after 
this, Jay Adams, he talks about 

687
00:40:34,900 --> 00:40:38,500
some of the things he says. 
Sometimes the best comparison is

688
00:40:38,500 --> 00:40:42,300
to make it is to understand your
feelings toward a child. 

689
00:40:42,300 --> 00:40:46,000
That gets an award. 
You know, do you do you feel 

690
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:49,300
envious of your child? 
Whenever your child is honored 

691
00:40:50,100 --> 00:40:53,300
whenever your child is honored? 
You kind of go great. 

692
00:40:53,500 --> 00:40:58,200
You did so good and you're happy
for them, aren't you? 

693
00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:02,700
You don't, you don't kind of 
say, you know, honey I really 

694
00:41:02,700 --> 00:41:05,700
felt empty tonight. 
Whenever my child received the 

695
00:41:05,700 --> 00:41:09,600
role that award, I'd all the 
lights just went off of me and I

696
00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:13,400
felt empty and lost. 
What do you say to somebody like

697
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:15,500
that? 
Get a life. 

698
00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:19,700
That's what you probably say. 
It's not all about you. 

699
00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:25,200
That's what you. 
If somebody really says that you

700
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:28,000
wouldn't say you are. 
Why would you be jealous of your

701
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,600
son, or your daughter getting an
award? 

702
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:34,500
Gimme a Break because you love 
them. 

703
00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:38,900
You want to see them honored. 
Can we make a parallel to the 

704
00:41:38,900 --> 00:41:43,200
church? 
Yes, whenever brother and 

705
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:46,500
sisters are blessed. 
It's not about what you don't 

706
00:41:46,500 --> 00:41:47,600
have. 
It's about what they're 

707
00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:53,900
receiving Rejoice with them. 
Be happy for them, be happy. 

708
00:41:53,900 --> 00:41:57,900
They got that car. 
So don't we ask him to borrow 

709
00:41:57,900 --> 00:42:01,600
yours be and be thankful 
whenever they got that new 

710
00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:04,000
computer be thankful whenever 
they got their blessing, 

711
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:08,200
whatever it might be because 
you're not supposed to be 

712
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:10,500
thinking about what you haven't 
got. 

713
00:42:10,900 --> 00:42:14,100
It's not about you. 
It's about them Rejoice with 

714
00:42:14,100 --> 00:42:16,800
them. 
First, Corinthians 2:12 chapter.

715
00:42:17,100 --> 00:42:21,900
So love does not envy a parent. 
Doesn't experience discomfort 

716
00:42:21,900 --> 00:42:25,200
over the advantage and blessings
of their children and neither 

717
00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:28,800
should we? 
We to one another, the Bible 

718
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:33,700
said Paul says, put on the Lord 
Jesus Christ Romans 13 verse 13 

719
00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:36,000
and 14. 
Let's look at this passage 

720
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:39,000
because he just tells us to put 
off the Envy notice in Romans 

721
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:40,900
13. 
I do want to, I'm going to have 

722
00:42:40,900 --> 00:42:46,900
to speed on here but Romans 13. 
Verse 13 and 14. 

723
00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:51,900
Let us behave properly, as in 
the day, not in carousing and 

724
00:42:51,900 --> 00:42:55,700
drunkenness, not in sexual 
promiscuity and set in situat 

725
00:42:55,900 --> 00:43:01,200
nor in strife, and jealousy, but
put on the Lord, Jesus Christ, 

726
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:04,100
and make no provision for the 
Flesh and regards to its lust. 

727
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:07,000
He tells us here whenever we're 
putting on the Lord, Jesus 

728
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:09,300
Christ, that it's going to 
automatically. 

729
00:43:09,300 --> 00:43:12,900
Take off, take off Envy in our 
lives. 

730
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:16,500
Jesus Christ, wasn't envious. 
Jesus Christ, wasn't envious. 

731
00:43:17,600 --> 00:43:20,200
Let me ask one more question, 
then I'll bring our lesson to a 

732
00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:24,100
focus here at the end, but you 
know what have you ever worked 

733
00:43:24,100 --> 00:43:25,900
in an office with a lot of 
people. 

734
00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:32,600
Have you ever heard the petty 
stuff that goes on sometimes in 

735
00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:35,100
office? 
You know, somebody was 

736
00:43:35,100 --> 00:43:38,200
disrespected, they disrespected 
me, they didn't wash my coffee 

737
00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:41,200
cup. 
They did, they took my parking 

738
00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:43,400
place and all kinds of the 
garbage. 

739
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:47,000
Did you know people get killed 
over that kind of stuff people 

740
00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:49,900
get killed. 
There was a boy killed over a 

741
00:43:49,900 --> 00:43:54,000
pair of tennis shoes that he 
wore to school. 

742
00:43:54,700 --> 00:43:59,300
It was a source of murder. 
Source of murder in school. 

743
00:43:59,300 --> 00:44:01,600
Somebody's tennis shoes. 
Give me a break. 

744
00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:03,800
I don't care what your label 
says. 

745
00:44:05,300 --> 00:44:08,800
Is it is the label on your 
clothes causing problems at 

746
00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:13,700
school at work, the kind of 
clothes you have our, don't have

747
00:44:14,300 --> 00:44:16,900
does what somebody else where 
causing you problems. 

748
00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:23,100
It really is childish. 
And it really is not like 

749
00:44:23,100 --> 00:44:27,200
Christ. 
Let's Christians as Christians. 

750
00:44:27,500 --> 00:44:28,900
We're not playing church 
tonight. 

751
00:44:28,900 --> 00:44:30,900
We're not here. 
Scratching Engineers, folks. 

752
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:35,100
I'm trying to get really real 
Since we're trying to imitate 

753
00:44:35,100 --> 00:44:37,700
Jesus, jealousy is something 
that was no part of his 

754
00:44:37,700 --> 00:44:40,400
character and it should have no 
part of ours. 

755
00:44:41,500 --> 00:44:46,000
Let it totally get out of us. 
Let's think about others welfare

756
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:49,100
above our own. 
It B is one of the works of the 

757
00:44:49,100 --> 00:44:51,200
flesh. 
It is not a work of the spirit, 

758
00:44:51,400 --> 00:44:54,600
therefore we should not. 
If there's any place that a 

759
00:44:54,600 --> 00:45:00,500
person should find Refuge from 
envious pettiness, it should be 

760
00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:05,800
in the body of Jesus Christ in 
Philippians chapter 4 and verse 

761
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:10,900
11. 
In Philippians 4:11 right quick.

762
00:45:14,100 --> 00:45:17,600
Not that I speak from want. 
Paul says, for I have learned to

763
00:45:17,600 --> 00:45:22,300
be content and whatever. 
Circumstances I am, the Apostle 

764
00:45:22,300 --> 00:45:25,200
Paul learned that whatever he 
had, he was going to be content 

765
00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:27,200
with it. 
And that's what we need to be in

766
00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:29,200
this world. 
We need to learn some 

767
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:31,800
contentment. 
We need to put to death, some 

768
00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:34,700
materialism. 
We need to put to death envy and

769
00:45:34,700 --> 00:45:37,100
jealousy. 
Let's just learn. 

770
00:45:37,500 --> 00:45:40,800
Paul said he was a secret that 
he had to learn and it is a mark

771
00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:45,300
of maturity learn. 
Learn to be content, learn to be

772
00:45:45,300 --> 00:45:50,400
content. 
We can overcome Envy if we will 

773
00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:52,900
consider. 
What Envy is what the nature of 

774
00:45:52,900 --> 00:45:55,500
it is. 
What its source is, what its 

775
00:45:55,500 --> 00:45:58,900
cost is the Habit that it's 
rigged, wrecked on the church, 

776
00:45:58,900 --> 00:46:03,400
and exactly how much it is, not 
in the image of Jesus Christ. 

777
00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:06,200
So tonight, that's all we've got
time for. 

778
00:46:06,500 --> 00:46:10,300
I wish we could talk, I wanted 
to bring in hatred to, but we're

779
00:46:10,300 --> 00:46:11,900
not going to have time to bring 
that in. 

780
00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:13,900
Night. 
The lesson is yours. 

781
00:46:13,900 --> 00:46:16,200
We've looked into the word of 
God, and we've saw its one 

782
00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:20,800
aspect of it, and one aspect of 
a character thing that we've got

783
00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:23,400
to change. 
Now tonight, this may or may not

784
00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:26,700
have applied to you, but one 
thing we can do is teach our 

785
00:46:26,700 --> 00:46:30,700
children, not to Envy. 
We can teach them about how to 

786
00:46:30,900 --> 00:46:34,500
Rejoice with those who rejoice 
and weep with those who weep and

787
00:46:34,500 --> 00:46:38,300
not whine about not having what 
other all the other little kids 

788
00:46:38,300 --> 00:46:41,600
have. 
My friend, you can teach your 

789
00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:46,100
children, very basically early 
on not to hate and you could 

790
00:46:46,100 --> 00:46:52,400
teach them not to Envy as well, 
don't it anytime your child. 

791
00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:55,500
It sometimes looks down on 
another kid because of the 

792
00:46:55,500 --> 00:46:58,200
clothing there where that's 
something that really needs to 

793
00:46:58,207 --> 00:47:03,400
be corrected, but, more than 
that, it may be expected of a 

794
00:47:03,400 --> 00:47:10,100
child, but never in an adult. 
Let us get it out of our Lives. 

795
00:47:10,400 --> 00:47:13,200
Let's make sure that we don't 
reflect to our children 

796
00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:17,100
attitudes that are Unworthy of 
following Jesus Christ. 

797
00:47:17,400 --> 00:47:19,900
Let's make sure that we're not 
uncomfortable. 

798
00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:27,100
When somebody else is blessed. 
Okay. 

799
00:47:28,900 --> 00:47:33,000
Because Jesus rejoices with 
those who rejoice and he weeps 

800
00:47:33,100 --> 00:47:36,700
with those who weep. 
So tonight the lessons yours. 

801
00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:38,700
We don't have time to look at 
everything in the mirror 

802
00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:41,100
tonight. 
I would love to but I can't have

803
00:47:41,100 --> 00:47:43,200
time tonight. 
If you have any questions about 

804
00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:46,400
this or anything else about the 
church, or about the necessity, 

805
00:47:46,400 --> 00:47:51,200
the need of looking into the 
mirror of the word tonight, then

806
00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:53,100
please just ask and we'll 
attempt to give an answer for 

807
00:47:53,100 --> 00:47:55,000
the hope that lies within us 
tonight. 

808
00:47:55,000 --> 00:47:57,600
If you want to know how to 
please God, I don't we don't 

809
00:47:57,600 --> 00:47:59,900
stand up here, like, Paula, 
missions and say, trust me, I 

810
00:47:59,900 --> 00:48:03,800
know you need to ask a question 
of somebody who says, they know,

811
00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:06,700
What do you know, where in the 
scriptures? 

812
00:48:06,700 --> 00:48:09,200
Is that what scripture tells 
that? 

813
00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:10,400
Oh, dude? 
Is that something you just 

814
00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:12,100
imagined? 
Something you thought up 

815
00:48:12,100 --> 00:48:14,000
something? 
You think something you guessed?

816
00:48:14,100 --> 00:48:16,500
Or is this a word? 
What is the word of God teach? 

817
00:48:16,500 --> 00:48:18,400
I want to know how to please 
God. 

818
00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:21,200
Well the Bible tells us what it 
takes to please. 

819
00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:23,800
God without faith, Hebrews 11 
and verse 6. 

820
00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:28,200
It is impossible to please him. 
If you want to, please God, you 

821
00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:32,200
can you can do all kinds of 
religious are behave in 

822
00:48:32,200 --> 00:48:35,600
religious ways. 
But without faith, It is totally

823
00:48:35,600 --> 00:48:39,800
insincerity at Apocrypha see. 
God says he's not pleased ta 

824
00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:42,200
even though you give your body 
to be burned and have not 

825
00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:43,600
charity. 
It profiteth. 

826
00:48:43,600 --> 00:48:46,400
Nothing First Corinthians 13. 
What's going on in our heart is 

827
00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:49,900
important. 
So he says without faith, it's 

828
00:48:49,900 --> 00:48:54,400
impossible to please him Hebrews
11 and verse 6, in our faith. 

829
00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:55,500
Then what do we do? 
I believe. 

830
00:48:55,500 --> 00:48:58,200
In God, I believe Jesus is the 
son of God. 

831
00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:01,000
I believe that he brought the 
message from God, what is it 

832
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:04,200
that he wants me to do? 
Jesus says, if you keep my words

833
00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:08,100
this, He it is who loves me in 
John the 16th chapter Jesus, 

834
00:49:08,100 --> 00:49:11,000
what do you want me to do? 
Jesus himself said in Mark 

835
00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:14,300
16:16. 
He that believes and is baptized

836
00:49:14,300 --> 00:49:17,100
shall be saved. 
But he that believeth not shall 

837
00:49:17,100 --> 00:49:20,500
be damned, you know he didn't 
have to say and is baptized not 

838
00:49:20,500 --> 00:49:22,000
because if somebody didn't 
believe, they're not going to 

839
00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:25,300
obey him. 
All you need to say is he that 

840
00:49:25,300 --> 00:49:28,100
believes in is baptized shall be
saved my friends. 

841
00:49:28,100 --> 00:49:29,600
That's what Jesus told us to 
trust. 

842
00:49:29,600 --> 00:49:33,200
If we trust him, we trust his 
word and as a preacher of God's 

843
00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:36,000
word, I don't know what churches
either say that or don't say 

844
00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:38,300
that, but that's what I've got 
to teach tonight because that's 

845
00:49:38,300 --> 00:49:43,100
what Mark 16:15. 
And 16 says, and I'm not making 

846
00:49:43,100 --> 00:49:45,600
a guess about it. 
That's what it says he that 

847
00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:47,300
believes in is baptized shall be
saved. 

848
00:49:47,300 --> 00:49:50,200
If you have a right to leave 
out, baptism, I have a right to 

849
00:49:50,207 --> 00:49:53,100
relieve that belief. 
But who's going to do that? 

850
00:49:53,100 --> 00:49:55,400
God says don't. 
You add to or take away from my 

851
00:49:55,400 --> 00:49:57,600
word. 
So we're not doing that tonight.

852
00:49:58,100 --> 00:49:59,700
Tonight. 
This church did get together and

853
00:49:59,700 --> 00:50:02,800
vote on what it took to please. 
God, we just try to follow the 

854
00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:04,300
word of God. 
That's all it is. 

855
00:50:04,700 --> 00:50:07,800
So tonight, the word says, Mark 
16:16. 

856
00:50:07,900 --> 00:50:10,800
He, that believes and is 
baptized shall be saved. 

857
00:50:11,100 --> 00:50:14,200
We've got to repent of our sins 
to accepting 30. 

858
00:50:14,200 --> 00:50:16,300
God is commanding all men 
everywhere to repent. 

859
00:50:16,300 --> 00:50:18,600
That means we've got to make a 
choice that we're going to 

860
00:50:18,600 --> 00:50:22,300
follow Jesus and stop sinning 
and start obeying. 

861
00:50:24,100 --> 00:50:27,700
So we've repent of our sins and 
the bond, our repentance and 

862
00:50:27,700 --> 00:50:31,100
upon our belief, and our on, and
we're going to go ahead and obey

863
00:50:31,100 --> 00:50:33,100
the Lord. 
What does he tell us to do? 

864
00:50:33,300 --> 00:50:35,700
He tells us to confess Jesus 
Christ before men. 

865
00:50:35,700 --> 00:50:38,100
Matthew 10:32, it's not a 
one-time thing. 

866
00:50:38,400 --> 00:50:41,600
Matthew 10:32 says, whoever, 
confesses me before men him will

867
00:50:41,600 --> 00:50:43,300
I confess before my Father which
is in heaven. 

868
00:50:43,400 --> 00:50:46,400
Whosoever shall deny me before 
men him will I deny before my 

869
00:50:46,400 --> 00:50:49,500
Father, which is in heaven. 
We need to confess that we 

870
00:50:49,500 --> 00:50:51,700
believe Jesus Christ, the son of
God before Men. 

871
00:50:51,700 --> 00:50:55,700
First John chapter 4. 
Makes it very plain that we need

872
00:50:55,700 --> 00:50:59,000
to confess that. 
Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 

873
00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:01,700
Why do you believe Peter was 
asked Peter? 

874
00:51:02,200 --> 00:51:06,300
What a man said, uphill one of 
the prophets, one of the set. 

875
00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:09,800
What do you believe? 
I believe you're the Christ. 

876
00:51:10,500 --> 00:51:13,300
I believe you're the Son of God.
That's what we need to stand up 

877
00:51:13,300 --> 00:51:17,100
and say tonight, I believe Jesus
Christ is the Son of God and 

878
00:51:17,100 --> 00:51:20,100
upon that confession were fit 
subject for baptism in Acts 8. 

879
00:51:20,100 --> 00:51:22,400
And they both went down both 
Philip and the eunuch into the 

880
00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:26,400
water and he baptized him and he
went on his way rejoicing. 

881
00:51:27,500 --> 00:51:31,100
Tonight, why is baptism? 
So important, why is he immersed

882
00:51:31,100 --> 00:51:33,400
in water? 
So important, I do want you to 

883
00:51:33,400 --> 00:51:35,700
look at one last person passage 
right quick. 

884
00:51:35,700 --> 00:51:40,000
Please turn to Roman's the sixth
chapter in Romans the 6th after 

885
00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:42,800
we're talking about change and I
want to talk about the important

886
00:51:42,800 --> 00:51:44,900
part right here. 
This last / I promise. 

887
00:51:44,900 --> 00:51:49,600
This is the last verse. 
Usually at my home congregation 

888
00:51:49,600 --> 00:51:53,500
whenever whenever I say ask the 
brother in there, what does 

889
00:51:53,500 --> 00:51:57,200
Glenn mean whenever he says in 
conclusion and they say it means

890
00:51:57,300 --> 00:52:02,200
absolutely nothing. 
But look at this passage right 

891
00:52:02,200 --> 00:52:06,700
quick and Romans 6 chapter. 
Verse 3. 

892
00:52:07,300 --> 00:52:10,500
Do you not know that all of us 
who have been baptized into 

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Christ? 
Jesus have been baptized into 

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his death. 
Therefore, we have been buried 

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with him. 
With him. 

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I thought I was only one of the 
water. 

897
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No, we've been buried with him, 
end get through baptism into 

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death. 
That as Christ was raised from 

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the dead, through the glory of 
the father. 

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So we too might walk in newness 
of Life verse 54. 

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If we have become United with 
him in the likeness of his 

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death, certainly we shall also 
be in the likeness of his 

903
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resurrection knowing this that 
our old Old self was crucified 

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with him in order that the body 
of sin might be done away with. 

905
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So we would no longer be slaves 
to sin right there. 

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Folks were United with him in 
the likeness of his death, 

907
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baptism is a lightness of the 
death of Jesus Christ. 

908
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He died was buried and raised. 
He says, we do a likeness of 

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that. 
In baptism, we do. 

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I to our sin were buried in 
water. 

911
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Not sprinkled, we don't sprinkle
people here. 

912
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Sprinkling dirt on somebody 
doesn't bury him and sprinkling 

913
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water on. 
Somebody doesn't bury him 

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either. 
We are immersed in water in the 

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likeness of his death and then 
raised to walk in newness of 

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life. 
That's why baptism is so 

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important because it brings 
about that change that freedom 

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from sin that death to sin and 
and a whole new life. 

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So tonight if you want to start 
change, that's the very 

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beginning. 
It's obeying the gospel. 

921
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The good news about Christ's 
death, burial, Resurrection by 

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imitating, it in your life. 
Have you been baptized in a 

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likeness of Jesus? 
Death, burial. 

924
00:54:07,300 --> 00:54:11,300
Resurrection in baptism tonight.
If you haven't, we stand? 

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Ready and willing to help you do
that in our following of Jesus. 

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Jesus Christ. 
All of us. 

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We're not here. 
We're not a club for perfect 

928
00:54:17,300 --> 00:54:19,400
people tonight. 
We're a bunch of imperfect 

929
00:54:19,400 --> 00:54:23,000
people that are trying our best 
to imitate Jesus Christ, and we 

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need your help. 
Won't you come and join with us 

931
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tonight on that Journey? 
Come with us. 

932
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If you haven't obeyed the Lord. 
Now, you know, at least some 

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primary things to do. 
So put off and put on to do. 

934
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Why don't you do what? 
You know, you've looked into the

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word. 
If you see that you need to do 

936
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that. 
Then why don't you let us help 

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00:54:41,700 --> 00:54:44,800
you do that? 
We thank you for listening to 

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00:54:44,800 --> 00:54:49,600
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00:54:49,600 --> 00:54:53,200
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00:55:05,600 --> 00:55:10,800
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