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Buckle up. 
It's time to hit the road on 

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this week's edition of Liberty 
at Home. 

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Hello and welcome to our latest 
episode of Liberty at Home, 

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produced by Liberty Baptist 
Church of Easton and broadcast 

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from global headquarters here at
ECAT. 

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I'm your host, Adam Rivera, and 
I'm the pastor of LBC here in 

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Easton. 
And Speaking of Easton, did you 

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know that Easton's Quiset Brook 
powered one of the first 

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primitive forges in the colonies
around 1650, producing iron for 

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tools and weapons that help 
settle the frontier? 

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But it was so low key that even 
colonial maps barely noticed it,

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earning Easton a quiet 
reputation as a forge hamlet 

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before the Ames era. 
Man, isn't the Internet great? 

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Today I want to talk to you 
about how we find places like 

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the Queen Set Brook Course. 
Once Upon a time, the map was 

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king, helping us find local 
landmarks and helping us to be 

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able to drive to them with ease.
Well, at least a little bit of 

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ease. 
But today it's all about the 

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GPS. 
There's little doubt that the 

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Global Positioning System is one
of the greatest modern marvels 

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yet. 
Not so long ago, navigating was 

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done the old fashioned way. 
You know, I have fond memories 

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of going to the AAA with my dad 
when I was growing up, eager to 

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pick up a triptych paper map 
that would show us a customized 

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route for our destination. 
Flipping through page after page

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of maps made me feel like an 
adventure was about to begin. 

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Unfortunately, paper maps have 
severely been relegated to the 

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dust heap of history, softly 
weeping as they were mercilessly

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shoved aside by the GPS. 
I have to admit, in a lot of 

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ways I miss them. 
And yes, I know I'm being a 

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curmudgeon and you can stay off 
my lawn. 

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Although I miss maps for the 
sake of nostalgia, even I have 

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to admit that the modern GPS is 
most often far superior and 

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easier to use than the paper 
map. 

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However, if you're not careful, 
your car's GPS can get you into 

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trouble in ways a paper map 
never could. 

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Our family experienced this a 
while back as we were driving 

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from southern New Jersey back 
home to Easton. 

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As we drove N on the Jersey 
Turnpike, we decided to use the 

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Garden State Parkway and the 
Tappan Zee Bridge or whatever 

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it's called now to skip the 
gridlock in New York City. 

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As we began our trip on the 
Parkway, my GPS spit some 

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information out of me. 
It said this. 

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Click the screen to choose this 
new route, which will save you 5

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minutes. 
The GPS informing. 

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Reflexively, I almost blindly 
chose the new route, but I 

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quickly glanced first at the 
screen to see where it wanted me

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to go. 
Surprisingly, it was directing 

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me back towards New York City. 
Not only was that route not 

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going to save me time, I knew it
was going to take me through the

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infamous Holland Tunnel, which 
costs almost $15.00 to use some 

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shortcut. 
I knew that my paper map, neatly

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folded in the glove compartment,
was uncontrollably laughing at 

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my GPS. 
As we continued our drive up the

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original route on the Parkway, 
though, I had a thought. 

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So many times. 
Satan loves to give directions. 

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He tells us little shortcuts we 
can take to fulfillment and 

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happiness. 
However, the Bible makes it 

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abundantly clear that he cannot 
be trusted. 

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His first encounter with mankind
in Genesis 3 was one big lie, 

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and He's been lying ever since. 
Fact, Jesus said of Satan in 

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John 844. 
He was a murderer from the 

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beginning and abode not in the 
truth, because there is no truth

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in him. 
When he speaketh a lie, he 

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speaketh of His own, for He is a
liar and the father of it. 

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In the short term, Satan's 
directions bring pain and 

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heartache to people in this 
world. 

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That's why Hebrews 1125 tells us
that there is pleasure in sin, 

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but it only lasts a season. 
The bondage and destruction that

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follows is never disclosed by 
Satan and is never worth a small

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amount of pleasure. 
When the devil gives directions,

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he never tells you the pain his 
path will bring. 

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And like my GPS, he hides the 
true cost lurking behind his 

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so-called guidance. 
However, the long term 

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consequences are even more 
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The Bible tells us that the 
wages of sin is death in Romans 

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623. 
This is why Hebrews warns us in 

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Hebrews Chapter 9 verse 27 that 
it is appointed unto men wants 

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to die, but after this the 
judgment. 

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Thankfully, the paper map of the
Scriptures can show us the 

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correct path. 
Jesus Christ, in the world's 

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most spectacular display of 
love, died on the cross to take 

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away the penalty of sin, death, 
and hell. 

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Isaiah chapter 53, verse 5 
explains it this way. 

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But He was wounded for our 
transgressions. 

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He was bruised for our 
iniquities. 

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Chastisement of our peace is 
upon Him, and with His stripes 

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we are healed. 
So it is up to each one of us to

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call upon Christ to save us, 
repenting of our sins. 

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When we do, He sets us back on 
the proper route, which is the 

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one that leads to heaven. 
This is God's desire, which is 

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why Second Peter chapter 3 verse
9 says that God is not willing 

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that any should perish, but that
all should come to repentance. 

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The next time your GPS tries to 
take you on the wrong route, use

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it as a reminder of Proverbs 3, 
five and six. 

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Trust in the Lord with all thine
heart, and lean not unto thine 

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own understanding. 
In all thy ways acknowledge Him,

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and He shall direct thy paths. 
Oh, and don't forget to keep a 

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paper map in your glove 
compartment. 

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Well, we are overtime for 
today's episode, so it's time to

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wrap. 
But before we do, I want to give

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you a quick reminder to visit us
some Sunday or Wednesday at 

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Liberty Baptist Church, 800 
Washington St. in Easton. 

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Learn more about us and find all
of our many digital platforms at

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my libertybaptist.org. 
Well, this Pastor Adam Rivero 

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signing off from another episode
with this weekly reminder that 

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where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there's Liberty. 

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Catch you next week right here 
on Liberty at home.