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All right, we're in Matthew, 
Chapter 7. 

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Open your Bibles. 
You can follow along. 

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Almost finished with the Sermon 
on the Mount. 

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The Sermon on the Mount was 
started the beginning of chapter

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5. 
And now here we are coming up on

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the end of chapter 7A. 
Sermon that took Jesus 1516 

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minutes to preach has taken us 
many hours to study as we've 

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taken our time because his words
are rich, His words are deep, 

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his words are profound. 
So Jesus had started his 

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ministry, remember? 
And then he says, all right, I'm

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going to call disciples unto me.
And then he preaches this sermon

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on the Mount as it's come to be 
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This is the bullseye. 
This is the target for Kingdom 

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living. 
What is it? 

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What are Christians really 
supposed to be like? 

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What is it really supposed to 
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To walk after the Lord? 
What does it really look like to

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walk in faithfulness and 
obedience to him? 

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Well, the Sermon on the Mount 
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that. 
Interestingly enough, the 

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enemies of Christ and the 
enemies of the Cross will most 

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often quote the Sermon on the 
Mount more than any other part 

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of the scripture. 
They don't know that it's from 

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the Sermon on the Mount. 
But every every non Christian's 

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favorite verse ever comes from 
Matthew chapter seven. 

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We already covered that one 
judge not, lest you be judged. 

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They don't know the context 
there, and I don't know what's 

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actually being taught, but 
sounds good. 

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So it's a good thing to bite 
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But no, we don't want to just 
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We don't ever just take one word
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We take what is the word of God 
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That's the question a wise 
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What is the word of God really 
revealing not. 

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Do you have a verse for that? 
Do you have a verse for that? 

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Do you have a verse for that? 
Well, the wise question is, 

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what's the word of God teaching?
What's the word of God show us? 

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And Jesus is bringing us such 
wisdom, such profound truth from

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heaven, bringing the Kingdom of 
God all the way down to be with 

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men, to live with us, to dwell 
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strengthen us and to guide us in
his powerful truth. 

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So we're in Matthew Chapter 7 
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We're going to go through verses
15 to 23. 

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He's just finished telling us 
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And then he explains, gives an 
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He says there's a narrow gate 
and there's a wide gate. 

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He's saying the golden rule. 
Love others as you love as you 

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would have them. 
Love you. 

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That's the narrow path. 
Every world religion, every 

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world philosophy we know, and we
talked about this last week, has

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a wide path that says if you 
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you, then don't do it to them. 
Jesus says all you have to do in

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those religions and in those 
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you've done well. 
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actually give. 
You must actually do something. 

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I have to give to you the love 
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receive. 
So this is the narrow path. 

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This is the high calling that 
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And now he continues to go as 
he's as he's wrapping up the 

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message, as he's wrapping up his
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He says beware of false prophets
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clothing but inwardly are 
ravenous wolves. 

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You will recognize them by their
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thorn bushes or figs gathered 
from thistles. 

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So every healthy tree bears good
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bears bad fruit. 
A healthy tree cannot bear bad 

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fruit, nor can a diseased tree 
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Really simple stuff here, right?
Stuff that everybody knows, 

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Stuff that everybody could see 
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Very logical, very simple. 
Verse 19 Every tree that does 

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not bear good fruit is cut down 
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Thus you will recognize them by 
their fruits. 

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Not everyone who says to me, 
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Kingdom of heaven, but the one 
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who is in heaven on that day. 
Many will say to me, Lord, Lord,

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did we not prophecy in your 
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your name and do many mighty 
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And then I will declare to them.
I never knew you depart from me,

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you workers of lawlessness. 
Heavenly Father, this is a a 

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warning to us. 
It's something that grabs our 

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attention. 
There's a danger that we must be

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aware of as as the sheep of your
pasture, if that is what we are.

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And we're thankful that you've 
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you've brought us covering, and 
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clarity. 
I pray today, God, that there 

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would not be any spirit of fear 
among your people, but that 

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there would be a wisdom, a 
growth, a discernment, a 

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strength, and a courage to stand
up for your truth, to lean more 

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closely to you, the Good 
Shepherd, and to run from 

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anything that would growl, to 
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devour, to run from anyone who 
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consistently bearing the bad 
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God prune us of any bad fruit 
that's in US, and most 

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importantly, continue to keep 
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God make us humble if we're not 
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Keep us humble if we already 
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Help us to walk in a deep 
humility as you as you started 

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off your sermon on the Mount. 
Blessed are the poor in spirit, 

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those who know exactly how much 
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how much mercy they need to 
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Lord, that's us this morning. 
Hungry and thirsty for 

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righteousness. 
So we know we will be filled. 

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We ask and we receive in Jesus 
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Amen. 
Beware of false prophets who 

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come to you in sheep's clothing 
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Jesus is saying beware. 
You know what beware means? 

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You've seen signs. 
Beware of dog, right? 

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You go up to somebody's fence, 
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There could be a danger here. 
Now maybe they're bluffing. 

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Maybe it's a little Chihuahua, 
or maybe they have a Pitbull, 

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and I want to be much more aware
if it's the Pitbull, of course, 

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but I'm being cautious. 
The most dangerous thing to real

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believers is false believers, 
because they're harder to 

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recognize, because they actually
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There's something there that's 
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There's something there that's 
familiar, We might think, Well, 

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I would always recognize that. 
Well, I haven't always 

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recognized that I haven't. 
I've been duped before. 

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I have been deceived before. 
I have. 

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I've given one of the biggest 
offerings I've ever given. 

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I gave it the direction of a 
false prophet. 

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Now, thankfully, that false 
prophet actually directed it was

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going to a good place in this 
example. 

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But as I've looked back and 
assessed my life over the years 

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and assessed different 
ministries that I've received 

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from you might go well, Joe. 
Michael, was it all bad? 

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Of course it wasn't all bad. 
That's why I was. 

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That's why I was deceived. 
That's why I was able to pay 

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attention to some things. 
I would go, that's good, that's 

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good, that's good. 
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That doesn't make much sense. 
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So I would dismiss the thing 
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Hang on a second. 
One of my favorite phrases that 

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I claim to have invented. 
Doesn't mean everything, but it 

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doesn't mean nothing. 
Right. 

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Doesn't mean nothing. 
But it doesn't mean everything. 

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What does that? 
What does that phrase mean to 

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you, Michael? 
I'm happy to tell you. 

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It doesn't mean everything, but 
it doesn't mean nothing. 

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So this was this was discernment
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Now there's a there's many 
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I've gotten plenty of excuses. 
But the point is, Jesus said you

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can know them by their fruits. 
So we're going to talk about how

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you can know things so you don't
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You don't have to be paranoid. 
You don't have to be afraid. 

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It does. 
Jesus said you'll know there's a

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way for you to know. 
You don't have to be confused or

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perplexed. 
So it's a dangerous thing for 

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believers whenever they get 
around false believers, because 

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they're everywhere. 
They're on your radio, they're 

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on your TV, they're on YouTube, 
they're on Facebook, they're on 

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Instagram. 
They're even in your mailbox 

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asking you for a certain amount 
of money that they tell you that

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the Lord told them to ask you 
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Because it's that they they're 
supposed to send you this 

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envelope and you're supposed to 
send it back. 

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I mean it gets, it gets way, 
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You know when they say, hey, 
we'll send you this holy water 

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and you can rub it on the four 
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mortgage will be paid off in 30 
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That would be like more the 
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That's a real thing, by the way,
that that that false prophets 

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have claimed. 
So that would be what was. 

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But some of us are chuckling at 
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But if you followed that 
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it was faithful to you because 
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faithful and it was faithful and
good and you actually saw good 

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fruit, it's hard for you to 
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mortgage pay off thing as as as 
the sham that it is. 

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Because you're like, hey, who am
I to question the Lord, right? 

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So then you start to then then 
you start to be deceived. 

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How can I know the difference? 
I'm so glad you asked. 

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Jesus will protect you. 
His word will keep you safe. 

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And we're going to get into all 
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But all these things are all 
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The world was full of false 
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this. 
The world is full of false 

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prophets now. 
False prophets, false converts. 

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Many of us have been guilty of 
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our soul by by lending our ears 
to those who do not love us and 

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do not protect us. 
And there's one of your first 

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clues about someone who's false.
There is not a love and a 

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protection for you. 
There's an extraction from you. 

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So how do we recognize? 
How do we really know? 

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In verse 15, Beware of false 
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That's the first thing I want 
you to see about a false 

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prophet. 
The false prophet. 

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They come and get you. 
They will gather people unto 

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themselves. 
You can recognize the wolf 

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because the wolf will come to 
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The sheep will go to a shepherd,
but a wolf will come to you. 

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They will keep showing up. 
A wolf will hunt you down. 

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A false prophet will always look
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And that's how false prophets 
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That's how their ministries 
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Whether it's your weirdo cousin 
who's always got a word from the

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Lord for somebody, always got a 
word from the Lord but hadn't 

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been in church in 20 years. 
Because, you know, he's got his 

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own thing with the man upstairs.
Wolf, Wolf. 

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Easily, easily. 
I can call that a wolf so 

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easily, I could say it to his 
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Are you saying he's going to 
heaven or hell? 

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I'm just saying you won't. 
You won't get anywhere near my 

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flock. 
That's what I'm saying. 

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That's a wolf. 
Well, can they be saved? 

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Repentance changes everything. 
The blood of Jesus changes it 

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all. 
And still, we got to be clear 

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about saying what's a wolf who's
a taker, who's an extractor, who

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wants an authority over others, 
who wants to be impressive to 

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others, who wants glory for 
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Look at me, The man of the Lord.
All those things. 

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These are these are red flags. 
Maybe one red flag all by itself

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doesn't equal wolf. 
Because you know what? 

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I'm a human being. 
So Jim Michael's going to make 

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mistakes, too. 
I don't want to be called wolf 

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every time I make a mistake. 
We're all doing our, oh, 

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faithful shepherds are still 
doing their best. 

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Faithful Christians are still 
doing their best. 

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And we all have sin. 
So we're not going on a witch 

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hunt. 
You know, We're not a Elijah 

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fan. 
What's the magic trick you do 

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where you like this? 
The goofy thing where you just 

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remove your thumb? 
You have all seen that, right? 

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Like you can show like a little 
child. 

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Like you pull your finger off. 
It's like Salem witch trials. 

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If you had done that, he'd be 
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Like, what's this voodoo? 
He's he's just performed. 

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So we're not on any kind of 
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be discerning. 
And we've got to be discerning 

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because Jesus calls us sheep. 
The word of God calls us sheep. 

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Did you know that sheep are not 
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It's not exactly high praise 
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Now he's a Good Shepherd and 
that brings us comfort. 

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But sheep are pretty stupid. 
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They're they're very, very 
unintelligent. 

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There was a video I saw a couple
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It's hilarious. 
This shepherd pulls the sheep 

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out of this ditch he had gotten 
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And the sheep like, as soon as 
the shepherd gets him out, the 

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sheep goes bounding away from 
the trench and then immediately 

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comes back and Yeats itself 
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You go on and somebody put the 
caption on there, like me. 

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And then the Lord, of course, 
like, no, no, not into the hole,

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not into the pit of despair. 
Actually over here, into the 

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field where there's lots of 
grass and protection from me. 

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So you can recognize the wolf, 
Though the wolf will always 

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come. 
The wolf will always just keep 

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showing up, showing up, showing 
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And it's easier than ever now 
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they don't have to come into the
pulpit, because a Good Shepherd 

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is going to be perceptive of 
that and not let them in the 

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pulpit. 
But they will come to you 

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through your phone. 
They will come to you through 

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your computer. 
They will come to you through 

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your mailbox. 
Another thing you you can 

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recognize a wolf. 
The wolf always hates the 

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shepherd. 
Wolves hate shepherds. 

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Wolves always have a reason why 
why they don't need a shepherd 

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and why you don't need a 
shepherd either. 

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Like they'll always say the 
thing about the shepherd that's 

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really true about them. 
So they'll say, oh, I think 

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they're trying to gather people 
unto themselves. 

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Interesting. 
How many of you felt like I had 

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to. 
I gathered you here. 

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I haunted you down. 
There's not one person in this 

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church that can say that. 
Well, well, maybe you invited 

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me. 
Sure, maybe I invited you 

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because I'm a Christian and I 
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in a local, in a local body of 
Christ. 

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But no one insult church now or 
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be able to say, you know, 
Michael was corralling people 

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unto himself. 
So the wolf always hates the 

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shepherd. 
They'll always have a clever 

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reason why they should avoid 
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still, interestingly enough, be 
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They are not men or women under 
authority. 

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They want authority, but they'll
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And then, most importantly, how 
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More precisely, exactly what 
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You will recognize them by their
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Not just fruit. 
And that's where a sheep can 

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easily be deceived. 
I saw something good happen. 

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I heard them say they're a 
Christian. 

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I saw a good thing happen. 
What more do you need? 

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Well, it's called time and it's 
called fruit. 

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Again, we're not cynics. 
I'm not a cynical person, but I 

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have learned in my 20 plus years
of walking faithfully with the 

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Lord and many of those years in 
ministry, I've just learned to 

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give some things some time 
instead of getting excited about

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somebody, man. 
So and so look at their gifts, 

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let's put them to work in the 
let's, let's slow down, let's 

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have some wisdom here. 
Let's give it time. 

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Or what are you trying to say? 
I'm trying to say I want to see 

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fruit displayed over time. 
It's called character, and 

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character takes time to show up.
Oh, they were super impressive 

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at dinner. 
Well, that's good. 

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That's not a bad thing. 
I'm glad they were impressive at

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dinner. 
I'll invite them over again. 

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We enjoy their company. 
And yet time will tell me the 

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whole truth. 
Time the whole story. 

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I can look at their spouse over 
time. 

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I can look at their children 
over time. 

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I can look at their life over 
time. 

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And time reveals the truth about
everything. 

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I can recognize them by their 
fruits. 

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That is, all of your character 
displayed over time, their 

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words, their actions, their life
over time. 

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Not one piece of fruit. 
Look at this good grape. 

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I agree. 
It's a good grape. 

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It's one good grape. 
Could we see more? 

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Oh, you're just so cynical. 
No, not at all. 

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This is called wisdom. 
This is called discernment. 

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This is just called paying 
attention. 

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Or, man, maybe there was good 
fruit here for a long time and 

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then you're like, that was a 
little bit off. 

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That was a little bit weird. 
All right, we don't have to say 

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wolf yet, but it don't mean 
nothing. 

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It don't mean nothing. 
Well, it doesn't mean 

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everything. 
Fair enough. 

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But it doesn't mean nothing. 
And I'm not. 

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I don't even be totally 
dismissive of it. 

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Because this ministry was so 
faithful for so long, so it must

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still be faithful forever. 
This is my soul, and I'm pretty 

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protective of it, actually. 
I actually want to make sure 

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it's safe. 
I actually want to make sure 

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it's protected. 
I want to make sure it's close 

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to Jesus. 
So in doing so, yeah, I'm not 

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going to apologize for being 
discerning. 

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And a Good Shepherd will will 
never make you apologize for 

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that or feel bad for that. 
If you're if you're cautious and

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you and you have questions and 
you want investigation and you 

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want clarity, a Shepherd will 
never get defensive about that. 

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A shepherd will never get 
egotistical about that. 

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A shepherd will never just say, 
just trust me. 

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Just take my word for it, 
brother. 

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Take my word for it, sister. 
I walk with the Lord. 

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Behold. 
You should be so lucky as to 

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carry my tissue after service. 
Throw it away from me. 

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Sorry, That's a little too gross
on as I wipe my nose. 

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I'll take your tissue. 
Thank you, Brother Don. 

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And then you'll be elevated. 
That's another thing. 

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That's another thing false 
prophets will do. 

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If you'll be a Yes man, you can 
accelerate quickly. 

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In the False Prophet's Kingdom, 
you can move up very quickly and

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you have a position of 
prominence. 

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Why? 
Because you're under the control

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of the False prophet. 
So just because a ministry was 

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bearing good fruit at one time, 
and I've seen that, I've seen a 

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a ministry recently online. 
I was watching something and it 

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was the most horrific, cringy 
thing I've ever seen from from 

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this ministry. 
And there were certainly times 

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where I saw good things from 
this ministry and good things 

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from this ministry and good 
things from this ministry. 

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But it was a it was a teaching 
and communion that was at best 

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super, super weird, at best. 
At worst, it was just 

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blasphemous Satanism. 
So like, I don't like that, 

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right? 
And again, I don't have to 

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follow this ministry. 
You know what? 

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There's more than one ministry 
out there that blesses and 

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edifies. 
So when I see something like 

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that, I just go, I'm out. 
I don't have to say wolf, I 

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don't have to go all the way to 
false prophet necessarily with 

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this one thing. 
But I'm like have some 

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discernment, have some 
discernment. 

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Pay attention. 
Don't be so, so lackadaisical 

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with your soul because these 
things are impacting and 

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affecting your soul. 
And Jesus is worth far more. 

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Their fruits will tell you the 
truth their character displayed 

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over time. 
Well, I can't get close enough 

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to see their character. 
What does that tell you? 

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That's another thing to pay 
attention to. 

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I can't get close enough to 
them. 

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Well, they got a Church of 
10,000 people, Joe Michael. 

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So that's not fair. 
Fair enough. 

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I understand the the the Church 
of 10,000. 

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That pastor cannot have 
everybody in his living room in 

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the same way that maybe I could 
at this point, right? 

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So fair enough. 
And yet, is anybody in that 

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pastor's living room? 
Is anybody able to get close 

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enough to inspect? 
Are are there and again, are 

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they a man? 
Are they a woman under 

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authority? 
Is there safety here? 

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One. 
One thing doesn't indicate Wolf.

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So again, we're not paranoid 
here. 

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We're not on a witch hunt. 
But we're paying attention. 

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We go. 
Things mean things, right? 

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It took me so long in life. 
So many of you have so much 

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wisdom that I did not have. 
But it took me so long to 

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realize and and just start to 
pay attention to things. 

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That's how I came up with the 
phrase. 

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It doesn't mean everything, but 
it doesn't mean nothing because 

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for so long in life, I would 
just go, huh. 

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Well, that was strange. 
And I would dismiss the thing 

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that should have said, Hey, 
stupid, this means something and

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I'll just go. 
That's crazy. 

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That that happened. 
That's so strange that they said

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that, Huh? 
What might that mean? 

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I guess nothing. 
No, John Michael, you're being a

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bit of a sheep right now. 
You're a bit of the dumb animal 

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in the animal Kingdom. 
You should be more wise, You 

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should be more discerning. 
You should be more protected. 

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Well, I don't want to be 
judgmental, Oh, how holy of you,

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John Michael, but what you 
should actually do is read the 

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entire passage like we did 
together, and learn that you 

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should have a judgement that is 
discerning, A judgement that is 

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accurate. 
Not hypocritical and not 

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condemning, but a judgement that
is accurate and wise. 

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You'll know them by their 
fruits, by their character 

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displayed over time. 
So if you're thinking about your

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favorite, your own, your 
favorite online ministry, you've

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got to have some wisdom here to 
even be honest and recognize you

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really can't know them. 
And you have to be honest with 

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yourself To say that I really 
don't know them and I can't know

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them. 
Why? 

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Well, because I can only get 
what they've presented. 

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That doesn't make them guilty or
innocent, But it just means 

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let's just be honest about the 
situation, right? 

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The family captain, my business.
Like, how much can guys really 

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know about me? 
So what do I do? 

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Well, I bring Natalie onto 
things so they can see my wife 

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and they and I'll let her speak 
for herself. 

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And we can interact with one 
another, with with one another 

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in front of them, but they all 
can't come into my home. 

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They can't live with me. 
So I've got to. 

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I want to keep putting 
information out so they can 

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build trust, so we can build as 
much relationship as possible. 

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But there's still, they got to 
be honest and realize there's 

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still some sort of barrier here,
right? 

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I can't really, really, really 
know from a distance, So we need

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to just recognize this. 
But when I can see character now

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I know the truth. 
It's interesting that Jesus 

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references the tree, right? 
A tree? 

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Does a tree bear fruit the first
day you plant it? 

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No. 
It takes time. 

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You need to assess fruits over a
season. 

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The false Christian will have 
something appealing about them. 

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The false prophet will have 
something appealing about them. 

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They won't be all bad. 
They won't be all bad, but there

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will be bad in there. 
So Islam isn't all bad. 

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It's not 100%. 
Every single part of it is evil.

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It's not. 
There's some stuff in like, 

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sure. 
Yeah, that's true. 

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That's a Kingdom principle 
stolen from the Kingdom used 

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elsewhere. 
We want people to use Kingdom 

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principles all over the place. 
We like that. 

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Judaism, it's not all bad. 
It's not all of it bad. 

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But yeah, if you follow it, you 
will end up in hell, just like 

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the Muslim, the Mormons. 
It's not all bad, but it'll 

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still take you to hell and 
destruction. 

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Jehovah's Witnesses. 
Not all bad, not everything in 

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it, but still enough to take you
to hell and to destruction. 

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It's not all bad, but they won't
have a real love for the real 

453
00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:58,840
Jesus or his church. 
These are the things that are 

454
00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:00,760
missing from false prophets and 
false believers. 

455
00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:02,960
The other thing about the false 
prophet is they won't be 

456
00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:06,480
fatherly, they won't be giving, 
they won't be sacrificial, and 

457
00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:10,040
they won't be serving. 
Instead, they will require you 

458
00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:13,120
to serve them and you will be a 
cog in their ministry. 

459
00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:17,080
You'll be an important part of 
what they're doing, but it'll 

460
00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:20,600
all be always about them. 
They will be the the thing 

461
00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:24,240
that's the most important, and 
you will just be useful the 

462
00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,880
moment you stop being useful to 
them, the moment they have no 

463
00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:28,800
need for you. 
Their love will not extend 

464
00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:32,840
beyond your usefulness to them. 
It won't be this fatherly care, 

465
00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:36,360
this sacrificial care. 
And again they will resemble 

466
00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,360
sheep. 
They are in and among the church

467
00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:44,280
they are in, and among the 
church still in verse 15. 

468
00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:45,920
Y'all y'all are listening too 
slow. 

469
00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:50,640
Beware of false prophets who 
come to you in sheep's clothing 

470
00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:52,840
but inwardly are ravenous 
wolves. 

471
00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,560
So what is their motive? 
So this is how we can clarify 

472
00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,920
between between somebody who's 
off on something. 

473
00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,160
OK, he's a bit of a weirdo, but 
he's not a wolf. 

474
00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,240
OK, they're a little bit quirky 
over here, but that does not 

475
00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:06,200
equal wolf. 
How do you know the difference? 

476
00:23:06,360 --> 00:23:11,440
The wolf is inwardly ravenous. 
The wolf wants to devour. 

477
00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:13,560
This person is a little bit 
incompetent. 

478
00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:15,840
This person is a little bit 
foolish. 

479
00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:19,560
That's not the same thing as 
being inwardly ravenous and 

480
00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:22,200
wanting to destroy. 
This is why it takes 

481
00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:24,920
discernment, right? 
You've got some ministries out 

482
00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:27,920
there who even specialized 
themselves as being discernment 

483
00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:30,000
ministries. 
Oh my goodness, everybody's a 

484
00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:31,240
wolf. 
Everything's a wolf. 

485
00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:35,000
Everybody's a false prophet. 
Everybody's a damnable heretic. 

486
00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:39,200
Everybody, man. 
And I'm like, I don't like that.

487
00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:40,800
I don't like what that preacher 
said either. 

488
00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:42,480
I'm like, listening to this 
discernment ministry. 

489
00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:44,240
I'm like, yeah, I'm with you. 
I don't like what they said. 

490
00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:46,840
I would have never preached that
that way, and I would never be 

491
00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:48,680
in their church. 
All those things are true. 

492
00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:52,520
And still I cannot go so far as 
to say this is an absolute 

493
00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:54,880
heretic who who does not follow 
Christ. 

494
00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:57,200
I can't go that far. 
But discernment ministries are 

495
00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:59,640
very comfortable going that far 
pretty regularly. 

496
00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:04,800
Inwardly, though, what's the 
distinction? 

497
00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:07,480
They're ravenous wolves. 
Why? 

498
00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:10,000
The fruit shows us. 
The fruit shows us that they 

499
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,640
will consume. 
They teach nothing that 

500
00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:15,720
resembles the opening passage of
the Sermon on the Mount. 

501
00:24:16,360 --> 00:24:20,360
They don't require holiness. 
They the the false prophets, the

502
00:24:20,360 --> 00:24:23,040
false believers. 
They will never preach something

503
00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:24,800
like Blessed are the poor in 
spirit. 

504
00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,160
Blessed are those who mourn. 
Blessed are the meek. 

505
00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:31,040
Blessed are those who hunger and
thirst for righteousness. 

506
00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:33,920
Blessed are the pure in heart. 
Those messages don't come from 

507
00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:36,280
false prophets. 
False prophets don't have a 

508
00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:38,160
harsh word that offends your 
flesh. 

509
00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:41,840
That's another big indicator, 
big red flag. 

510
00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:43,560
Do you always hear what you want
to hear? 

511
00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:46,400
Yeah, that's why you go to them.
That's the appeal. 

512
00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:48,680
It was the same thing in 
Jeremiah's day. 

513
00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:51,360
The word of the Lord was coming 
to Jeremiah and it was a it was 

514
00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:53,960
a word of correction and 
judgment to Israel. 

515
00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:56,960
And he was the true prophet. 
And there were all these false 

516
00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:59,520
prophets saying it will be well 
with you, Israel, saying what 

517
00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,520
the king wanted to hear, saying 
what the people wanted to hear. 

518
00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:04,520
You were blessed. 
You're just blessed. 

519
00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:06,440
You're just blessed. 
And the Lord said, I'm going to 

520
00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:09,280
destroy all of them. 
They will be destroyed by the 

521
00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:11,360
very things they say I'm not 
going to do. 

522
00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:13,800
The Lord will not bring us 
pestilence to the land. 

523
00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:16,240
He's like I'll destroy those 
prophets with pestilence. 

524
00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,200
The Lord will not bring drought 
to our landlord, said I'll make 

525
00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:22,440
sure they die of thirst. 
He's saying, and I'm you're 

526
00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:24,880
going to get my particular 
attention because the the word 

527
00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:26,400
of the Lord was coming through 
Jeremiah. 

528
00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,280
But it's a word that nobody 
wanted to hear, which is why the

529
00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:30,840
prophets always got killed by 
the people. 

530
00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:34,320
So the true prophets who 
actually love you say, I do 

531
00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:36,440
speak for the Lord. 
I will tell you the truth 

532
00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:39,000
because I love you And they go, 
I hate that message. 

533
00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:42,160
Like, don't hate the message. 
Humble yourself under it. 

534
00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:46,120
Humble yourself under the Lord 
and and he'll be merciful. 

535
00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:49,480
But but you can't just believe 
what you want to believe, 

536
00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:50,880
because it's what you want to 
believe. 

537
00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,360
That's not how truth works. 
But people have always struggled

538
00:25:54,360 --> 00:25:58,520
with that desire Inwardly, their
ravenous wolves, their fruit is 

539
00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:01,520
consuming. 
They don't require holiness. 

540
00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,360
They will add to the scriptures 
or take away from the 

541
00:26:04,360 --> 00:26:07,120
scriptures. 
Here's another interesting 

542
00:26:07,120 --> 00:26:09,760
thing. 
They might always, always, 

543
00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:14,440
always say things that are true.
What do you mean by that? 

544
00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:18,280
I mean, the table's supposed to 
have four legs, and they always 

545
00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:21,680
only talk about 1:00. 
So they always tell the truth. 

546
00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:25,960
Technically, everything they say
might even be true. 

547
00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:30,080
But it's not the whole truth. 
It's not the entire truth. 

548
00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:31,960
Right. 
When you go, when you, when you 

549
00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:33,840
go underoath, that's what they 
make you say. 

550
00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:37,960
Do you swear to tell the truth? 
Yes, the whole truth. 

551
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,520
Oh, OK. 
And nothing but the truth. 

552
00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,040
The entire truth. 
So it's not to say yes, this 

553
00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:46,480
happened, but you left out 
important details. 

554
00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:49,360
We want the whole truth, the 
whole reality. 

555
00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:51,080
The false prophets don't do 
that. 

556
00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:53,680
And sometimes there are some 
false prophets who they 

557
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,240
emphasize and they claim. 
This is just me staying in my 

558
00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:58,280
lane. 
This is my calling. 

559
00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:02,080
It's my particular ministry to 
just preach this one particular 

560
00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:04,560
message. 
Bro, You don't get to have your 

561
00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:08,120
own particular ministry. 
The ministry is God's word to 

562
00:27:08,120 --> 00:27:10,360
his people. 
And if you're a minister of the 

563
00:27:10,360 --> 00:27:13,760
word of God, you are to minister
the whole counsel of the word of

564
00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:16,680
God to God's people, because he 
wants to feed his sheep a 

565
00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,680
balanced diet. 
He wants to feed them healthy 

566
00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:23,440
food that builds them up and 
strengthens his church. 

567
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,640
Well, my personality, be careful
that you don't build your 

568
00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:28,240
ministry around your 
personality. 

569
00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:30,680
I have that temptation like 
anybody else. 

570
00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,120
But preaching verse by verse by 
verse through the Scriptures is 

571
00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:37,360
a protection for you and a 
protection for me because it 

572
00:27:37,360 --> 00:27:40,800
forces me to come and face 
passages and to preach passages 

573
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,640
and to teach passages that maybe
John Michael doesn't have on his

574
00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:46,440
refrigerator and maybe I don't 
want to talk about him. 

575
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,600
But when I go through the word 
of God right in front of you, 

576
00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:52,000
you have to go, wait a second, 
why do you just have us jump 

577
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:53,800
past 8 verses? 
What's in that? 

578
00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:56,040
Go home and read those. 
You better go double check 

579
00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:58,280
those. 
There's times where 

580
00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,600
contextually, maybe Paul, for 
example, has got one of his, you

581
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:03,640
know, enormous Paul run on 
sentences where that could be 

582
00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:05,000
useful. 
And you just say, hey, go here, 

583
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,680
go to verse seven. 
That could be useful, but again,

584
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:11,520
not for the purpose of biblical 
gymnastics to dodge the truth. 

585
00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:16,520
So what might it look like if 
they're always saying something 

586
00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:18,160
that's true? 
God loves you. 

587
00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:21,800
God is a friend of sinners. 
God is rich in mercy. 

588
00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:25,280
Jesus died for the whole world. 
Jesus said Judge not, lest you 

589
00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:27,160
be judged. 
All true, right? 

590
00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:30,200
Should I build an entire 
ministry on those statements 

591
00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:32,240
alone? 
Absolutely not. 

592
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:35,040
I haven't told you the whole 
truth and I've implied 

593
00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:38,240
something, haven't I? 
I've implied you know nothing of

594
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,520
judgment. 
You know nothing of sin. 

595
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:44,440
You know nothing of penalty. 
You know nothing of the need for

596
00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:46,040
Christ. 
Substitution in the big in the 

597
00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:48,800
1st place. 
God's just so merciful and so 

598
00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:50,280
wonderful. 
I guess I'm amazing. 

599
00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:53,440
It's the difference between what
they call cat and dog theology. 

600
00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:57,520
Dog theology says you feed me, 
you love me, you take care of 

601
00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:59,040
me. 
You must be God. 

602
00:28:59,960 --> 00:29:02,120
Cat theology says you feed me, 
you love me, you take care of 

603
00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:03,160
me. 
I must be God. 

604
00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:05,200
It's the difference between dogs
and cats. 

605
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:08,520
Another jab that cats. 
I'm a dog. 

606
00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:10,240
I'm a dog like her. 
Not a dog lover. 

607
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:13,560
But I'll take a dog over a cat. 
Now that I've offended everybody

608
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:15,200
over something useless, let's 
keep going back to the 

609
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:18,840
scriptures. 
I'm an equal opportunity 

610
00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:20,600
offender because dog lover's 
like you don't love dogs. 

611
00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:23,680
I'm like, no, I like them. 
And cat lover's like you don't 

612
00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:25,200
like cats like no, not even a 
little bit. 

613
00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:30,960
So if they would like me, I 
would like them back. 

614
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:33,680
I'm just. 
I hate them because they first 

615
00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:36,720
hated me. 
It's we just keep it even like 

616
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:38,680
that. 
I want to bet them. 

617
00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:41,000
I want to pet them and like them
but then they bite me and like 

618
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,960
bro and they run behind the sofa
before I can kick them. 

619
00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,640
They're quick. 
They leave out the whole truth. 

620
00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:52,360
They don't teach you to obey the
entire sermon on the mount. 

621
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:55,280
Just the part that says love 
others which they redefined to 

622
00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:59,240
mean approve of sin and they and
they teach the part that says 

623
00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:02,120
judge not, which they also 
redefined to mean don't even 

624
00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:05,480
call it sin. 
They're never poor in spirit. 

625
00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:06,880
They don't tell you to be 
either. 

626
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,720
They just continue to say 
rejoice and be glad because God 

627
00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,160
is gracious. 
Well Saints I tell you rejoice 

628
00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:15,600
and be glad because God is 
gracious and and that is because

629
00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:18,760
of your repentance in response 
to what Jesus has done. 

630
00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:23,960
Jesus says, not everyone who 
says to me, Lord Lord, will 

631
00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:27,240
enter the Kingdom of heaven, but
only the one who does the will 

632
00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:31,640
of my Father. 
So this is interesting because 

633
00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:33,000
this is where you and I get 
tempted. 

634
00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:36,320
We judge the fruit of ministry 
instead of the fruit of 

635
00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:38,440
character. 
This is the distinction. 

636
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:40,960
Look at what Jesus does here. 
It seems confusing at first. 

637
00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:45,600
Hey look out for false prophets.
You go, OK how will I know? 

638
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:49,440
He says judge their fruits and 
immediately I go to like, OK, so

639
00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:51,520
they have a powerful ministry 
that produces a lot of good 

640
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,560
fruit. 
And she says, no, that's not the

641
00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:55,960
fruit that I mean. 
I mean their character of their 

642
00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:59,640
life because they could actually
drive out demons and do many 

643
00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:02,000
mighty works in my name. 
And I will say to them on that 

644
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,240
day, I never knew you, I'm like,
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, 

645
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,960
They can have powerful 
ministries in the name of Jesus.

646
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:09,600
Yes. 
Well, why is that? 

647
00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:12,040
I mean, my personal belief on 
that sense is just because God 

648
00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:14,080
is good and he is eager to bless
people. 

649
00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:17,400
So he will, He will make the 
Kingdom come. 

650
00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:19,680
He can draw a straight line with
a crooked stick. 

651
00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:22,760
So where the name of Jesus is 
proclaimed, where the word of 

652
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:26,040
God is taught, God will bless 
the ignorant sheep like you and 

653
00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:27,840
I. 
Yeah, that large offering I told

654
00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:29,920
you that I gave. 
Do you think the Clark's went 

655
00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:31,520
without? 
You think the Lord is going to 

656
00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:33,240
let his sheep? 
Could it? 

657
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:35,040
Could it have harmed us? 
It certainly could have, I 

658
00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:38,960
suppose, but the But the Lord is
my shepherd and I wasn't 

659
00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:42,520
worshipping man. 
I was temporarily deceived, but 

660
00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:45,400
I wasn't worshipping man. 
I wasn't caught up in some grand

661
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:46,960
scandal. 
It was just a simple momentary 

662
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:48,320
thing that came from a heart of 
joy. 

663
00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:51,280
And I said I'm happy to give 
What's mine is the Lord's. 

664
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:54,320
Whether or not a charlatan can 
convince me to do it was 

665
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:57,080
irrelevant. 
The Lord's like that was 

666
00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:58,320
probably me jumping into a 
trench. 

667
00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:02,480
He's like, Oh my, OK, I 
thankfully I have a Good 

668
00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:04,800
Shepherd. 
Thankfully, goodness and mercy 

669
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:06,240
followed me all the days of my 
life. 

670
00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:09,840
So even though Joe Michael is 
foolish, my shepherd is not. 

671
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,920
He protects me. 
Your shepherd protects you. 

672
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:16,240
Not everyone who says to me, 
Lord, Lord will into the Kingdom

673
00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:20,040
of heaven, but the one who does 
the will of my father doing the 

674
00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:21,760
will of my father. 
That's about character. 

675
00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:25,320
It's not about look at his 
powerful ministry, man. 

676
00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:28,000
They had, they had 10,000 people
there at that event. 

677
00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:32,800
OK, that doesn't mean anything. 
Taylor Swift has a lot more than

678
00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:37,240
10,000 people at her events. 
And so does a crowd equal 

679
00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:42,840
wholesome holiness? 
Does it equal the Kingdom 

680
00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:44,640
movement? 
Oh, but I see. 

681
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:45,480
Good fruit. 
Yeah. 

682
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:47,320
Well, don't confuse the fruit of
character with the fruit of 

683
00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:49,640
Ministry, which is actually just
the Lord blessing people. 

684
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:52,920
Because the Lord is good. 
The Lord is good, And he wants 

685
00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:55,280
to glorify his name. 
And he can write. 

686
00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:57,320
He can draw straight lines with 
crooked sticks. 

687
00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:00,120
Some of you right now. 
I hope you're being discerning 

688
00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:01,280
already. 
You're like now. 

689
00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:03,080
I've been listening to this guy,
but I have seen a few things 

690
00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:05,240
from Pay attention, pay 
attention. 

691
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,240
Be discerning. 
Don't be the baby bird. 

692
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:08,360
Baby birds. 
Wait. 

693
00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:11,400
Whatever Mama drops in, they're 
going to eat whatever Mama drops

694
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:13,280
in that baby birds. 
Ah, I'll take it. 

695
00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,160
It's always been good before. 
It's probably always going to be

696
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:16,240
good in the future. 
Nope. 

697
00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:18,680
Nor should you do that on a 
Sunday morning. 

698
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:20,520
You're just going. 
Show me. 

699
00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:24,280
Give me the word, pastor. 
Show me the scriptures preach 

700
00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:28,960
and teach the word of God so 
they can cast out demons. 

701
00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:34,200
They can do mighty works in his 
name but he never knew them so 

702
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:37,040
this shouldn't make you worry. 
This is not intended for the 

703
00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:39,320
humble St. to worry. 
Am I saved? 

704
00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,080
That is not what's supposed to 
happen here. 

705
00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:43,360
Because why? 
You can simply ask do I know 

706
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:45,560
him? 
That's the question that the 

707
00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:49,320
that the sheep can say Oh no. 
Many will say Lord, Lord, on 

708
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:50,320
that day. 
You know how many Christians 

709
00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:52,960
have been thrown, thrown for a 
cartwheel on this verse? 

710
00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:55,040
Like Will? 
Will I be one? 

711
00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:57,040
I don't know. 
And the simple thing is, do you 

712
00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:58,960
know Jesus? 
Do you know the Lord? 

713
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:00,960
Yeah. 
Then. 

714
00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:03,920
Then it's irrelevant. 
This is this is the description 

715
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:06,080
of a wolf who knows exactly who 
they are. 

716
00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:09,760
This is not the description of a
a St. who stumbles and then 

717
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:11,480
walks in repentance again with 
the Lord. 

718
00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:14,440
This is one who is ravenous in 
their heart. 

719
00:34:15,159 --> 00:34:18,639
They're manipulating the church 
for any number of reasons. 

720
00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:22,800
The answer for the sheep is an 
obvious yes. 

721
00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:27,320
I know him, so I'm not afraid, 
and Jesus knows his own. 

722
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:31,159
You might fool the sheep, but 
you cannot sneak past the 

723
00:34:31,159 --> 00:34:35,000
shepherd. 
King Jesus, verse 19. 

724
00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:38,639
Therefore whoever relaxes? 
Nope. 

725
00:34:38,639 --> 00:34:44,760
That's chapter 5, Chapter 7, 
verse 19. 

726
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:49,440
Every tree that does not bear 
good fruit is cut down and 

727
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:53,920
thrown into the fire. 
The tree bearing bad fruit. 

728
00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:56,080
Jesus will cut it down and throw
it into the fire. 

729
00:34:57,000 --> 00:35:01,840
My Jesus would never do that. 
My what? 

730
00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:04,240
Big teeth. 
You have to say something like 

731
00:35:04,240 --> 00:35:06,240
that. 
That's something a false prophet

732
00:35:06,240 --> 00:35:08,320
would say. 
That's something false converts 

733
00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:10,760
would say. 
My Jesus, hey, do me a favor and

734
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:12,520
do you a favor. 
Don't finish that sentence 

735
00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:16,800
because it's going to be dumb 
way and maybe way worse than 

736
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,680
just dumb. 
Talk about Jesus, the real 

737
00:35:19,720 --> 00:35:20,800
Jesus. 
The only Jesus. 

738
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:24,080
Not your Jesus or my Jesus or 
somebody else's Jesus, but just 

739
00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:26,960
Jesus as he defines himself. 
Because he's good, he's 

740
00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:29,440
trustworthy, he's faithful, and 
he does love you, by the way. 

741
00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,720
Very much. 
He died for you because you 

742
00:35:32,720 --> 00:35:35,720
needed somebody to die for you 
because you're you are a wicked 

743
00:35:35,720 --> 00:35:37,960
Sinner. 
All those things are true. 

744
00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:40,720
Welcome to the whole truth. 
It's way more beautiful than 1/2

745
00:35:40,720 --> 00:35:42,640
truth. 
Wouldn't you prefer a table with

746
00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:45,600
four legs instead of 1? 
Well, I just. 

747
00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:48,480
I just feel like you're you're 
not appreciating this table leg.

748
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:49,680
Look how beautiful and strong it
is. 

749
00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:51,960
I love the beautiful, strong 
table leg. 

750
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:56,520
I agree it's it's excellent. 
The problem is to eat on this 

751
00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:58,280
table. 
You're essentially still going 

752
00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:01,360
to be eating in the floor. 
I don't want to eat my food off 

753
00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:04,440
the floor. 
Jesus doesn't want his people to

754
00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:07,720
eat off of the floor. 
He wants the strength of the 

755
00:36:07,720 --> 00:36:10,560
whole table. 
So what does this really look 

756
00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:13,040
like? 
Well, Jesus is actually going to

757
00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:17,600
send the false prophets and 
false converts to hell because 

758
00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:19,960
he is coming to judge the living
and the dead. 

759
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:24,080
The living being the Saints, the
living being the physical still 

760
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:26,880
breathing at his second coming, 
and the dead, the spiritually 

761
00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:31,400
dead and the physically dead. 
So what are the real prophets? 

762
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:33,160
What are the real shepherds look
like? 

763
00:36:33,720 --> 00:36:39,840
Go to First Timothy. 
We'll start wrapping up First 

764
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:49,920
Timothy chapter 3. 
How can I inspect their 

765
00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:51,240
character? 
What kind of character am I 

766
00:36:51,240 --> 00:36:54,960
looking for when I'm looking for
someone who's a faithful 

767
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:57,240
shepherd? 
Someone who is a a loving 

768
00:36:57,240 --> 00:37:02,080
believer in the body of Christ? 
Trustworthy. 

769
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:10,440
First, Timothy chapter 3. 
This saying is trustworthy. 

770
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:13,520
Paul writing to Timothy here. 
He's left Timothy behind an 

771
00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:16,840
Ephesus to install elders and 
he's saying Timothy, these are 

772
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:18,720
the kind of elders. 
These are the kind of overseers,

773
00:37:18,720 --> 00:37:20,560
these are kind of pastors. 
These are the kind of shepherds 

774
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:24,640
that you have to install. 
This saying is trustworthy. 

775
00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:28,320
If anyone aspires to the office 
of Overseer, he desires a noble 

776
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:31,080
task. 
So desire to leadership is not a

777
00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:33,840
crime. 
Desire for leadership is not a 

778
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:38,360
is not a problem for the Lord. 
For someone to say I want to do 

779
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:40,960
this, I want to lead others like
we don't have to look at them 

780
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:44,120
with suspicion at all. 
That in itself could be a very 

781
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:46,880
good thing. 
But now we judge the fruit. 

782
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:53,160
Therefore an overseer must be 
above reproach, the husband of 

783
00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:58,680
one wife, sober minded, self 
controlled, respectable, 

784
00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:04,280
hospitable, able to teach. 
Not a drunkard, not violent but 

785
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:08,400
gentle, not quarrelsome, not a 
lover of money. 

786
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:12,800
He must manage his own household
well with all dignity, keeping 

787
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:16,160
his children submissive. 
For if someone does not know how

788
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:19,680
to manage his own household, how
will he care for God's church? 

789
00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:23,840
He must not be a recent convert,
or he may become puffed up with 

790
00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:26,480
conceit and fall into the 
condemnation of the devil. 

791
00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:30,160
Moreover, he must be well 
thought of by outsiders, so that

792
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:33,680
he may not fall into disgrace, 
into a snare of the devil. 

793
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:36,040
What do you What am I supposed 
to look for? 

794
00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:37,400
That's what you're supposed to 
look for. 

795
00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:39,880
Those are the fruits of 
character that you're supposed 

796
00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:43,400
to look for in a Good Shepherd, 
in a good Bible teacher, and 

797
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,400
someone who claims anyone, 
anyone in church leadership 

798
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:49,520
throughout the body of Christ, 
YouTube, or elsewhere, who who 

799
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:52,560
implies with their ministry that
they speak for the Lord. 

800
00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:55,800
Anytime anyone is implying that 
they speak for the Lord. 

801
00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:58,640
These are the things that you 
that you want to be able to see.

802
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:00,240
Are they going to do these 
perfectly? 

803
00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:02,240
Of course not. 
But will they do these 

804
00:39:02,240 --> 00:39:04,120
faithfully? 
Absolutely. 

805
00:39:04,240 --> 00:39:07,480
If they don't, they're not 
qualified for that position. 

806
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:10,920
They're not qualified to say I'm
speaking to the Lord, I'm an 

807
00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:15,440
overseer of the souls of others 
above reproach. 

808
00:39:15,720 --> 00:39:18,240
That means above accusation. 
Now, of course, any enemy can 

809
00:39:18,240 --> 00:39:21,720
bring an accusation to anyone, 
but generally speaking, they 

810
00:39:21,720 --> 00:39:24,520
live and display a life that is 
above accusation. 

811
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:28,320
They have a life that that looks
as it should look, the husband 

812
00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:30,720
of one wife. 
Everybody, Everybody in here 

813
00:39:30,720 --> 00:39:32,720
only has one wife at the moment.
That's correct. 

814
00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:35,120
Good. 
So not Mormon. 

815
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:36,720
That would be an instant 
disqualification. 

816
00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:41,640
Sober minded. 
So he has a seriousness. 

817
00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:44,640
There's a weight to him. 
There's a a gravity to who he 

818
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:46,040
is. 
Self controlled. 

819
00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:49,160
It speaks for itself. 
It it shows up in every area of 

820
00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:51,680
his life. 
Also his speech. 

821
00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:55,960
Respectable, hospitable, so 
hospitable. 

822
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:58,200
There's a warmth, There's an 
invitation. 

823
00:39:59,240 --> 00:40:02,760
Can you get close enough to him?
Again, the the, the large, the 

824
00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:04,400
large. 
Audiences are a bit of a unique 

825
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:06,680
example there. 
Our church has 100,000 people in

826
00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:08,480
it. 
Like, OK, but is it still? 

827
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:10,240
Is this man hospitable? 
It's still an important 

828
00:40:10,240 --> 00:40:17,400
qualifier, able to teach. 
Not a drunkard, not violent, but

829
00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:20,400
gentle, not quarrelsome, not a 
lover of money. 

830
00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:23,480
There's a big one. 
He must manage his own household

831
00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:24,720
well. 
How in the world are you 

832
00:40:24,720 --> 00:40:26,800
supposed to know how he manages 
his own household? 

833
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:30,520
How could you possibly know how 
he manages his own household? 

834
00:40:30,720 --> 00:40:32,040
Isn't that none of your 
business? 

835
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:34,560
Isn't that none of your 
business? 

836
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:36,600
Stay out of my. 
This is my marriage. 

837
00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:38,680
These are my kids. 
I'm your pastor. 

838
00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:39,920
You stay out of my personal 
life. 

839
00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:42,160
It's none of your business. 
You better run for the hills. 

840
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:45,240
If you ever hear or see anything
like that, run for the hills. 

841
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:47,160
Wolf. 
I'll say it. 

842
00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:53,320
That's a wolf as part of his 
hospitality. 

843
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:55,760
Come into my home. 
Come look and see. 

844
00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:58,160
Come look and see. 
Why? 

845
00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:01,760
So you can know for sure. 
So you can inspect on your own. 

846
00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:05,000
So you can observe. 
You can ask your questions. 

847
00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:07,680
I want you to know this is your 
soul we're talking about. 

848
00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:11,000
You don't owe me anything. 
You don't owe me anything. 

849
00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:14,320
I owe you something. 
I owe you clarity. 

850
00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:18,200
I owe you truth. 
I owe you a vulnerability. 

851
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:21,000
I owe you my life. 
That's what a Good Shepherd is 

852
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:22,440
supposed to do. 
We're talking about us under 

853
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:24,440
shepherds. 
Of course Jesus has given us his

854
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:26,280
life. 
He's he is the Good Shepherd. 

855
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:30,560
But under shepherds, they they 
owe their life to the church and

856
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:33,480
they're happy to do so. 
And that's a part of it for 

857
00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:37,720
them. 
Managed his own household well 

858
00:41:37,720 --> 00:41:40,200
with all dignity, keeping his 
children submissive. 

859
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:41,920
So you're supposed to pay 
attention to his kids? 

860
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:44,320
Well, I don't know his kids. 
I haven't seen his kids. 

861
00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:48,880
OK, well, then that should at 
least 'cause you go, Oh well, 

862
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:52,240
clearly I maybe I can't assess 
everything that in the way that 

863
00:41:52,240 --> 00:41:54,160
I that I would like to. 
Fair enough. 

864
00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:56,400
You don't have to condemn him. 
You don't have to call him a 

865
00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:58,320
wolf. 
But you just need to recognize 

866
00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:00,800
your own limitations here. 
Just be honest about your own 

867
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:02,360
limitations. 
That's a wisdom. 

868
00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:06,920
He must not. 
If he does not, no doubt how to 

869
00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:09,120
manage his own household. 
How will he care for God's 

870
00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:11,160
church? 
He must not be a recent convert.

871
00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:13,880
Man, this person got saved. 
And we're just so excited. 

872
00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:16,640
And we are right, Christians. 
We are excited when somebody 

873
00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:18,360
gets saved. 
Praise God. 

874
00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:20,200
Hallelujah. 
And now what? 

875
00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:22,160
You know what? 
You're going to come in under 

876
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:25,560
someone's wing and be discipled.
I don't want to be discipled. 

877
00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:26,880
I feel called to my own 
ministry. 

878
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:30,080
You're called to the ministry of
being discipled. 

879
00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:33,600
That's the ministry. 
And discipling others right. 

880
00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:35,680
Now, right away. 
You're ready to make disciples 

881
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:40,640
unto Jesus, teaching them to 
obey everything He has 

882
00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:44,200
commanded, not the revelation 
that you got the other day 

883
00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:48,560
unless it is also been tested by
those above you. 

884
00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:51,120
Because you're a man or woman 
under authority, not just a man 

885
00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:56,360
or woman with authority in the 
word of God. 

886
00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:59,120
Perfect. 
Isn't God's word so safe and so 

887
00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:00,960
good? 
Isn't Jesus actually a Good 

888
00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:03,560
Shepherd? 
Isn't he so perfect in the way 

889
00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:06,520
he cares for us and the way he 
teaches us and the way he points

890
00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:14,520
things out to us? 
Must not be a recent convert. 

891
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:16,080
Oh, that's where I was going 
with that. 

892
00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:18,560
So we get excited when, 
especially when a famous person 

893
00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:21,440
comes to Christ, we get a little
too excited sometimes. 

894
00:43:21,720 --> 00:43:25,280
We're like, yes, Hulk Hogan. 
Hulk 

895
00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:43,240
Hogan P Diddy I don't know. 
But whoever it is, I mean we get

896
00:43:43,240 --> 00:43:44,680
excited when somebody comes to 
Christ. 

897
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:47,000
I'll get excited when some of 
these online ministers come to 

898
00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:49,680
Christ. 
I mean I will rejoice when when 

899
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:52,360
some of them actually repent and
believe the gospel and and 

900
00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:53,880
humble themselves. 
It will be awesome. 

901
00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:56,040
So. 
So that's a good thing. 

902
00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:58,400
And still we're we're quick to 
promote those people. 

903
00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:01,120
And it's a damage to them and 
it's a damage to the body of 

904
00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:02,440
Christ and it's the damage to 
the world. 

905
00:44:02,720 --> 00:44:05,120
They should come into the body 
of Christ and go, hey, welcome 

906
00:44:05,120 --> 00:44:09,000
Mr. Famous Movie Star. 
Hey, welcome Mr. Famous Athlete.

907
00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:12,200
Hey, just so you know in the 
church, you're nobody. 

908
00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:15,600
Jesus is everything. 
He's the king. 

909
00:44:15,600 --> 00:44:18,000
Like, well, I'm used to a bit of
a Yeah, I know you're used to 

910
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:19,440
that. 
You won't get any of that here. 

911
00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:22,440
You'll get tons of love. 
You'll get tons of love. 

912
00:44:22,440 --> 00:44:25,880
You'll get tons of care. 
But do you do you know that I've

913
00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:27,720
done this and this. 
Yeah, we know all that. 

914
00:44:27,720 --> 00:44:31,400
And here we call it dung 
compared to the compared to the 

915
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:33,840
greatness of knowing Christ. 
It means nothing. 

916
00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:37,640
It means nothing to any of us. 
Now some of the immature among 

917
00:44:37,640 --> 00:44:39,840
us will be very impressed by it.
And you have to be careful 

918
00:44:39,840 --> 00:44:41,880
against that and guard them and 
make sure you deflect glory to 

919
00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:44,320
Jesus, because that's the right 
thing to do. 

920
00:44:44,520 --> 00:44:47,080
But in the body of Christ, we're
just we just don't care because 

921
00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:49,000
we've seen Jesus. 
So you're just not that big of a

922
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:50,760
deal anymore. 
We love you. 

923
00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:53,440
We're glad you're here. 
I will give my life for you, 

924
00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:57,360
truly and completely. 
And still you're not that big of

925
00:44:57,360 --> 00:44:59,680
a deal. 
This is a good thing. 

926
00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:06,000
Must not be a recent convert, or
he may become puffed up with 

927
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:08,360
conceit and fall into the 
condemnation of the devil. 

928
00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:10,720
Welcome, new Christian now lead 
others. 

929
00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:12,280
You're in charge. 
You're the shepherd. 

930
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:15,280
You're the overseer. 
Wow, I'm pretty great. 

931
00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:28,950
Moreover, I figure I'll stay in 
front of it instead of watch. 

932
00:45:28,990 --> 00:45:30,790
Make you watch me have a 5 
minute coughing spell. 

933
00:45:31,350 --> 00:45:32,550
Probably the better way to do 
it. 

934
00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:38,640
Moreover, he must be well 
thought of by outsiders so that 

935
00:45:38,640 --> 00:45:41,280
he may not fall into disgrace, 
into a snare of the devil. 

936
00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:43,360
This one's kind of funny 
because, well, thought of by 

937
00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:45,200
outsiders. 
Like, well, I have people who 

938
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:47,920
hate me for sure and we're told 
and we're told we're going to 

939
00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:49,560
have enemies. 
Like if you follow Christ you 

940
00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:51,640
will be hated. 
So which is it? 

941
00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:55,680
But again, I think we're looking
at generally here by a normal 

942
00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:58,960
person, a normal non believer 
even is not always going to hate

943
00:45:58,960 --> 00:46:01,600
him for no reason. 
So these are things that you're 

944
00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:03,560
supposed to judge. 
These are things that you're 

945
00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:06,760
supposed to assess, and if you 
have no ability to assess them, 

946
00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:10,280
then it should also give you 
pause and make you think. 

947
00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:12,680
What am I doing with my soul? 
Who am I listening to? 

948
00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:15,920
What am I receiving from? 
These are the men that God says 

949
00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:22,320
to follow them and become like 
them, real prophets and 

950
00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:25,000
shepherds. 
Their life displays great 

951
00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:29,120
character over time. 
They have more holiness, not 

952
00:46:29,120 --> 00:46:32,960
less. 
As time goes by, they agree 

953
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:35,760
fully with the Bible and they 
acknowledge that the Bible is 

954
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:38,000
the final authority for all 
things pertaining to life. 

955
00:46:38,280 --> 00:46:41,520
The scriptures, they they never 
say stuff like that was written 

956
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:45,760
a long time ago or what it is is
was OK. 

957
00:46:47,080 --> 00:46:49,560
But they just say no. 
The scriptures are good and safe

958
00:46:49,560 --> 00:46:53,760
and true and faithful. 
They will offend your flesh with

959
00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:56,960
their ministry. 
They won't be afraid to upset 

960
00:46:56,960 --> 00:46:58,160
you. 
They will be like Jeremiah. 

961
00:46:58,160 --> 00:47:00,240
Hey, I'm speaking for the Lord. 
We hate that message. 

962
00:47:00,280 --> 00:47:02,680
I didn't say you'd love it. 
I just said I speak for the Lord

963
00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:06,360
and they will deflect all glory 
to King Jesus. 

964
00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:08,360
Will they do all these things 
perfectly? 

965
00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:11,520
I don't think so. 
I don't think I do. 

966
00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:16,080
But again, faithfulness and 
consistency and fruit can be 

967
00:47:16,080 --> 00:47:20,080
judged over time and inwardly. 
The false is a ravenous wolf. 

968
00:47:20,480 --> 00:47:23,400
The faithful shepherd can make 
corrections and make adjustments

969
00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:25,760
and continue to grow, but the 
ravenous wolf won't. 

970
00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:27,920
So what are you telling me, 
Pastor? 

971
00:47:28,160 --> 00:47:31,600
What I'm telling you is, unless 
you know somebody, you don't 

972
00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:41,200
know somebody. 
Following that ministry for 

973
00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:43,000
years does not equal knowing 
somebody. 

974
00:47:44,360 --> 00:47:47,160
If you can't get close enough to
confirm any of the standards 

975
00:47:47,160 --> 00:47:50,320
listed in scripture, how in the 
world could you so boldly ever 

976
00:47:50,320 --> 00:47:52,960
trust them with the with your 
soul and the souls of your 

977
00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:55,840
family? 
If you can't feel a fatherly 

978
00:47:55,840 --> 00:47:59,040
love and care from them, that's 
not self-serving. 

979
00:47:59,120 --> 00:48:02,040
How can you actually assess who 
or what they are? 

980
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:05,360
Well, you know, I just like. 
I like how they focus on this 

981
00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:07,560
one table leg. 
Again, that's another warning 

982
00:48:07,560 --> 00:48:08,680
sign. 
If their ministry is 1 

983
00:48:08,680 --> 00:48:11,320
dimensional, this isn't 
complicated. 

984
00:48:11,320 --> 00:48:13,360
This should not cause paranoia 
for any of us. 

985
00:48:13,720 --> 00:48:15,680
But we should know the word of 
God. 

986
00:48:15,800 --> 00:48:17,280
This should drive you to the 
Scriptures. 

987
00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:21,360
Know the word of God. 
Read your Bible and look for 

988
00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:23,480
fruits. 
Amen. 

989
00:48:24,400 --> 00:48:27,240
God, give us discernment. 
Give us your wisdom. 

990
00:48:27,240 --> 00:48:32,360
Give us your clarity. 
We're not afraid because we have

991
00:48:32,360 --> 00:48:34,120
a Good Shepherd. 
Your rod and your staff, they 

992
00:48:34,120 --> 00:48:37,280
comfort us. 
You keep us safe from wolves 

993
00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:39,640
when we actually listen to your 
voice, and that's our 

994
00:48:39,640 --> 00:48:43,000
temptation. 
God is to get excited and and to

995
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:47,000
chase ministry. 
Fruit instead of recognizing the

996
00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:50,360
value of character fruit. 
We're so excited and hungry and 

997
00:48:50,360 --> 00:48:52,680
thirsty for your Kingdom to come
and your will to be done. 

998
00:48:55,880 --> 00:49:03,240
So we rightfully rejoice when we
see the Kingdom expanding, but 

999
00:49:03,240 --> 00:49:06,520
help us God to not just rejoice,
the demons obey, help us to 

1000
00:49:06,520 --> 00:49:08,440
rejoice that our names are 
written in the Lamb's Book of 

1001
00:49:08,440 --> 00:49:12,240
Life. 
I pray for your people, that 

1002
00:49:13,360 --> 00:49:15,320
they would be comforted, that 
they would be strengthened, and 

1003
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:20,160
that they would be wise, 
enjoying the Com, the covering 

1004
00:49:20,160 --> 00:49:23,440
of Jesus, the Good Shepherd, and
being wise to look out for one 

1005
00:49:23,440 --> 00:49:27,840
another, paying attention, 
caring for and loving well. 

1006
00:49:28,520 --> 00:49:31,920
Help us to be a people full of 
grace, full of boldness, and 

1007
00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:38,560
full of truth in Jesus name. 
And now the Lord bless you and 

1008
00:49:38,560 --> 00:49:41,640
keep you the Lord. 
Make his face shine down upon 

1009
00:49:41,640 --> 00:49:44,800
you and be gracious to you. 
The Lord lift up his countenance

1010
00:49:44,800 --> 00:49:48,560
upon you and give you great 
peace in Jesus name. 

1011
00:49:49,120 --> 00:49:49,600
Amen.