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Now enjoy this message. 
First, empty chapter 4, verses 

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one and two. 
This has been our text that 

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we've launched out on. 
Concerning this thing called 

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pride, it says this the Holy 
Spirit has explicitly revealed, 

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I'm reading out the Passion 
translation again. 

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I read out of multiple 
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So again, you know, everybody 
gets in their little, you know, 

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situations where they act like 
one translation is no good or 

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whatever the case, and then they
try to do history on stuff. 

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I'm just telling you right now, 
if you're only reading one 

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translation, you're already 
going to be at a deficit. 

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You should read more. 
You then need to also go to its 

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original text at the end of the 
day. 

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So when we read things, we're 
not reading things just because 

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we like the way it reads. 
I read things because it's 

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lining up with the original text
in the first place in the Greek.

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As far as the New Testament 
Hebrew concerning the Old 

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Testament, OK. 
And so in this particular 

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context, for the sake of. 
Understand us being at easily 

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understand without me having to 
read a different translation or 

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literally break out this 
definition to you. 

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In the original Greek, the 
Passion translation did a 

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doggone good job. 
OK, all right. 

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The Holy Spirit has explicitly 
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At the end of this age, many say
many will depart from the true 

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faith. 
One after another, devoting 

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themselves to spirits of 
deception and following demon 

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inspired revelations and 
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Verse 2 hypocritical liars will 
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conscience won't bother them at 
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So this is one of those 
scriptures that you don't want 

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to be true, but it's true and 
just because there's a truth 

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here you can decide I'm not 
going to be in this verse. 

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So what I love about God's 
warnings is God's warning tells 

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the stuff so that we are not 
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It's amazing the fantasy that 
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they're not rooted and grounded 
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They have their own little 
thought processes of how this 

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things will play out. 
But yet the Lord has been very 

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clear on how everything is going
to play out so that we aren't 

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deceived in the end. 
And just because he says it, 

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then we need to know it. 
And then when things start 

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happening, we aren't like, why 
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I mean, you get around some 
Christians, they're like, you 

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know, they're they're in such 
they have such anxiety, even 

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though the Bible says be anxious
for nothing, full to worry. 

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Yeah, the Bible says do not 
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And they're only worried because
of the things that are going on 

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yet the Lord's like, it's going 
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So when you're seeing it, then 
you're like, well, the Lord said

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this would happen, but what do I
do to to safeguard myself from 

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it happening to me? 
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So the Holy Spirit says this is 
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this age. 
That's the one we're in now. 

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So which age are we talking 
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This one you're in right now at 
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Many. 
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How many? 
Many? 

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Not a few. 
Many will depart from the true 

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faith That means they once 
worship with you beside you, 

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have faith victories with you, 
believe God, with you, prayed 

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with you, could have taught you,
could have given you 

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instruction, could have been at 
your wedding, could have been 

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your best man made honor, could 
have been your childhood friend 

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forever. 
Many will depart, They will let 

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go of, they will set aside, they
will discontinue the true faith.

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But what will they do? 
They will turn from the true 

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faith and remain loyal in a 
religious exercise to a 

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different teaching. 
So in essence they're not living

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what is considered organ 
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Coming together they will just 
transfer to a place that 

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communicates teachings that come
from spirits of deception and 

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our demon inspired revelations 
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Good. 
That's the truth. 

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Now the Bible lets is going to 
let us know and we're going to 

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talk about it more. 
If how does a person fall into 

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this? 
Well we know the 1st Rd. to get 

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into deception is called pride. 
Proverbs 1618 says pride goes 

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before destruction and a haughty
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The passion translation reads it
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prophecy of your future failure.
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in pride, the harder you will 
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We define pride. 
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defines pride this way? 
Pride is when a person takes any

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thought exhausted above God's 
thought of the same on the same 

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situation and performs their 
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Lets their thought govern how 
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thought and how it operates. 
That's Pride. 

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Now we discussed this again, 
just quick review because we've 

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got a lot to cover today. 
Pride manifested first within 

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environments that were without 
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The first time we get about 
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devil. 
When he was the anointed cherub.

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He was lifted up in pride 
because of all of his beauty and

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he decided he's going to take 
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heaven. 
But Jesus said I saw Satan fall 

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out lightning from heaven. 
Here's a heaven, there's an 

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God's creation. 
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This guy's is doing a position. 
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staying in the position he was 
created, he decided I'm taking 

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over creation and that was 
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fell fast lightning the 2nd. 
Realm that we see. 

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Our example of pride was in 
Genesis, where God creates a new

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this heaven and earth and he 
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And the earth is without sin, 
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And all of a sudden here's Adam 
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and in his image Eve as well. 
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in a perfect environment, yet 
pride happens because they took 

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the thought. 
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that they're not going to die 
when they eat the fruit that God

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said they were going to die. 
So in both environments, no sins

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around pride manifested. 
OK, now how do we know that we 

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are moving towards the road of 
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We do not want to consult with 
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conversation when they are 
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on the road to rebellion. 
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If you were here last week, we 
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don't eat of the tree of the 
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For the day you eat you will 
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Now God's been coming and 
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today. 
He's always been in the 

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conversation. 
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God to get with Adam? 
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age where our body is decaying, 
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We have not put on immortality. 
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body that would have never died.
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He was in a body that wouldn't 
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Cause again if you don't eat the
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So spiritual and body in the 
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another level at the time he ate
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Well, here we are in a mortal 
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Our minds are being renewed. 
We're having to say that thing 

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constantly. 
We're having to get it in line 

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with God's word. 
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sanctified. 
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It's in right standing with God.
How quick can we hear from God 

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right now? 
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You are the temple of the. 
Holy Spirit, so in Adam's world,

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before he ate the fruit, what 
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So when the serpent is saying 
you're you God, you're not going

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to die. 
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you're going to be like him. 
I'm no one good. 

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And even why in the world did 
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that is not what the Creator has
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The conversation I would had 
with him was way different than 

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what you just said. 
So I'm going to ask him to come 

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down and have a meeting with us.
But the minute you don't have 

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that meeting, you're on the road
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Why does Adam not ask God to 
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Because Adam already wants to 
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saying, which means he's already
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He's got a foot. 
In the door of deception because

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he wants to believe what the 
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has said, then what God has 
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then what God has said, then 
what God has said. 

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OK, now let me give you a few 
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The majority of believers do not
read the Bible. 

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In the beginning was the Word, 
and the Word was with God, and 

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the Word was God. 
The Word became flesh, which is 

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Jesus. 
But if we don't read His Word, 

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then we don't and don't know His
Word, then we don't know His 

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voice, which means we get 
situations and we pray in the 

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air to God, wanting him to 
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Yet we won't spend any time in 
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recognize His voice. 
So we don't actually bring him 

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in the conversation. 
So many have never brought him 

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into the conversation because 
they're not reading his word 

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yet. 
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pray. 
They'll ask their friends 

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advice. 
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pray, we already have a 
premeditated idea of what we 

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want before we pray. 
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having a premeditated thought 
when you're praying in a 

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declaration of what God has said
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Now you said Lord. 
So again, at this point I'm not 

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having a self prescribed prayer 
that you're going to do what I 

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want. 
No, I my prayer is I'm telling 

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you what you said I had. 
So this is actually your will 

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for my life and that's why we're
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Because I'm reminding you of 
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Are you hearing me? 
But if we don't bring God into 

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the conversation, I mean we'll 
let all all kinds of people in 

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on our issues and dilemmas, but 
we will not consult with God 

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himself, who will deliver the 
righteous out of all their 

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trouble. 
And how many of their troubles? 

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How many of them? 
So why are you not talking to 

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him? 
Well, I don't want to bother him

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like he's so busy. 
Is God busy? 

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Well, I would say he's 
purposeful. 

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I'm sure he's answering the 
prayers of his children. 

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He's performing his word, He's 
doing his plan. 

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But you're not. 
He's not so busy that he can't 

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answer you. 
And you're 1 little problem that

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you think you shouldn't bother 
him with. 

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He's saying you should consult 
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Are you hearing me? 
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Again, God's not asked to come 
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When the the devil is saying to 
Adam and Eve, you're going to be

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like God knowing good and evil, 
you're really not going to die 

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when you eat it. 
Because Adam wanted to hear that

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side, He wanted to believe that 
side, and he sure didn't want 

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God to show up. 
Are you hearing me? 

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Which brings us to our Hebrews 
513 and 14. 

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This is really. 
Pivotal because at the end of 

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the day, I mean, I've been in 
ministry now for almost 3 

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decades, maybe 3 decades now, 
and been pasturing in this one 

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location 19 years. 
And I've been all over the world

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now ministering the gospel of 
the Kingdom, and I've run into a

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lot of people and a lot of 
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And I realized that the majority
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For everyone who partakes only 
of milk is not accustomed to the

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word of righteousness, for he is
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Righteousness is God's way of 
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We say you're righteous, you're 
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governing authority. 
Well, my spirit man is in right 

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standing with the governing 
authority because I've been made

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righteous in Christ. 
But my mind, I'm having to grow 

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in that righteousness so that I 
can walk out that righteousness.

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I have to then yield to what I'm
hearing in my spirit by the Holy

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Ghost and say, how does the Lord
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only partaking a milk? 
Tell me again. 

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I'm going to heaven when I die. 
Tell me again I'm going to 

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heaven when I die. 
Tell me again. 

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You want to know what milk is 
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If you went over to the next 
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said. 
Man, we need to go on from 

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elementary teachings, elementary
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Being born again, laying on the 
hand. 

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These are elementary teachings. 
We need to graduate. 

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But you know what? 
Most of us, we just want to know

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where we're going to go when we 
die. 

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And that's all we want to know 
about God. 

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Well, guess what? 
If that's where you're at, then 

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verse 14 does not applicable to 
your life. 

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But solid food is for the mature
who, because of what practice or

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training, have their senses what
train to discern. 

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So this implies that if you only
partake a milk, you cannot 

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discern between good and evil. 
This is why my wife and I were 

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at a particular location. 
I'm going to keep the very 

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general where with the person 
that was waiting on us had a 

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conflict, and the reason they 
were in this conflict is because

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they left where they were living
to move to another place. 

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But they were moving to the 
other place because the person 

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they had a relationship with 
lived there as well. 

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Now they're not married, and 
this person's A believer. 

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So how in the world could a 
believer leave their one 

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location, move into another 
location with the person they're

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having a relationship with 
without saying I do? 

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Doing the benefits that come 
with I do, how could they not 

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discern? 
I can't move over there. 

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I mean, at what point was it? 
Well, we'll save money. 

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We can combine our bills. 
It'd be cheaper economically as 

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smart. 
Well, what about flee the 

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appearance of evil, even if you 
move into another room? 

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I mean, but you're an item and 
we're going to church. 

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They're singing songs. 
Oh, you don't want to hear this.

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That's fun. 
Because you know how many 

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believers now are justifying 
being with that person before 

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they get married? 
How many people are justifying 

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talking about somebody? 
How many people are justifying 

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gossiping, justifying back body,
justifying, as Pastor Marcy by 

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the Holy Ghost communicated, are
taking their stance on church 

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hurt The church hurt me. 
Church didn't hurt you and she's

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right. 
The church didn't hurt you 

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because the Holy Ghost said 
church didn't hurt because how 

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does Jesus Christ hurt you now? 
People hurt people. 

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But the reality is, is that if 
you're hurt, you choose to be 

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hurt. 
Because anyone who could hurt 

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you, and you hold that hurt, 
that means you are offended you 

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have taken an offense, and as a 
result of taking an offense, you

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are actually hurting the church.
So anyone that says they have 

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church hurt you might as well 
say no, you're hurting the 

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church. 
I'm not hurting the church. 

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The church hurts me. 
No, you're hurting the church 

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because you won't forgive. 
Jesus forgave you of your sin 

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and that person may have done 
this to you. 

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That could be reality. 
But why don't you just forgive 

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him? 
Won't you just let it go? 

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Why don't you just show up 
anyway? 

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Why don't you just praise God 
anyway? 

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But you can't even show up now 
because you hurt. 

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Have you talked with them? 
Well, no. 

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Well, why not? 
The Bible says man, if you got 

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an issue with your brother, go 
to them and then settle this 

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deal. 
Well, they may not sell it. 

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Who cares? 
At least try. 

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I mean people are going to 
secular jobs day in and day out 

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with people who hurt them all 
the time. 

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So we know who they're serving 
mammon cause they're what, 

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they're babies, they can't even 
discern good or evil and the 

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devil is baits them with just go
to another church and they're 

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hurt from this church, which 
guess what they bring to the 

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next church. 
They're her. 

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So the next time they get around
somebody that's dealing with 

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something and then you become 
the oh, I'm heard of that. 

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And then they go, And then the 
devil finally gets you to the 

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place where you say I can 
worship God on my own at my 

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house because it's really just 
about me and Jesus. 

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But the Bible doesn't say it's 
about me and Jesus. 

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The Bible says it's about the 
body of Christ. 

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So once again, he isolates you 
because that's what wolves do, 

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gets you off by itself. 
And then the wolf will divine 

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with your life. 
All the while you thinking it 

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was the church that set you up, 
but that's only because you're a

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baby. 
Now you can choose to not be a 

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baby. 
Say Amen. 

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You can choose. 
Because what I'm preaching now 

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is called personal 
responsibility. 

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Right. 
God did the responsibility he 

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had to do. 
Now you got to take the 

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responsibility to do what you're
supposed to do. 

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Because at the end of the day, 
did Jesus die for you? 

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Did Jesus raise from the dead? 
Did he put his blood on the 

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mercy seat? 
Has he paid for sin once and for

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all? 
Big deal. 

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Doesn't matter if you do not 
make Jesus Lord of your life, 

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you'll still be cast into the 
lake of fire, which is the 

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second death. 
He did the responsible part. 

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He was. 
Now you got to take 

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responsibility and lay your life
down for him. 

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But you just don't lay down your
life. 

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This is what elementary teaching
I lay down my life. 

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I asked you just to be Lord of 
my life so I could be born 

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again. 
He gets you into the Kingdom and

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you say sucking your thumb the 
rest of your life. 

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When the Lord's like you're the 
child of the King. 

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Let's raise up. 
Let's go. 

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Now let's teach you something. 
Let me put you in the body of 

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Christ. 
I'm gonna put you with some 

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pass. 
I'm gonna put you with some 

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teachers. 
I'm gonna put you with some 

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apostles. 
I'm gonna push you with you 

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advantages. 
I'm gonna train you up so you 

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can get to maturity. 
Is that true? 

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Efees in chapter 4. 
Fees in chapter 4, verse 11 

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through 16 it says and he 
appointed some with the grace to

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be apostle, some of the grace to
be prophet, some of the grace to

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be advantageous, some of the 
grace to be pastor, some of the 

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grace to be teachers. 
And they're calling is to 

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nurture and prepare all the holy
believers to do their own works 

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of ministry. 
As they do this, they will 

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enlarge and build up the body of
Christ. 

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These grace ministries will 
function until we all attain to 

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what Oneness. 
Us in the faith until we all 

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experience the fullness of what 
it means to know the Son of God.

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And finally we become one 
perfect man with the full 

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dimensions of spiritual maturity
and fully developed into the 

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abundance of Christ. 
And then our immaturity will 

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end. 
And we will not be easily shaken

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by trouble, nor led astray by 
novel teachings or by the false 

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doctrines of deceivers who teach
clever lies, but instead we will

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remain strong and always sincere
in our love as we express the 

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truth. 
All our direction and ministries

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will flow from Christ and lead 
us deeper into Him, the anointed

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head of His body, the. 
Church, for his body has been 

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formed in His image, and is 
closely and is closely joined 

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together and constantly 
connected, as one and every 

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member say every member, every 
member has been given divine 

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gifts to contribute to the 
growth of all, and as these 

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gifts operate effectively 
throughout the whole body, we 

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are build up and made perfect. 
In love, the number one way you 

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can guarantee that you will not 
be one of the many deceived is 

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that you refuse to leave the 
local body Church God has 

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assigned you to. 
You refuse. 

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I'm not going anywhere. 
God placed me here and I'm not 

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going anywhere. 
I don't care what I hear. 

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What's been said? 
Cause let me tell you, lots 

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going to be said, lots going to 
be talked about, lots going to 

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be said. 
I said lots going to be said. 

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Boy, if they talked about the 
head when he walked around on 

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the planet and performed 
miracles, said man that guy cast

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out devil in the name of bells 
above, that's just a demon man 

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right there. 
If they go say that about Jesus,

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do you think they're not going 
to say that about his church, 

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about his body? 
You don't think the devil's 

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going to want to try to come in 
and bring disunity and and 

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discord and try to break up what
God is functioning and flowing 

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through? 
Man, You got to be at a safe 

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man. 
You ain't never going to let me.

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I ain't never getting off this 
thing, ain't never going to Get 

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Me Out of here because we are 
stronger together. 

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And here's the thing. 
We are with less excuse than the

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Old Covenant. 
Because we are born again. 

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Our spirit is alive. 
We do have the Holy Ghost on the

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inside of us. 
We have the Word, and God's 

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revealing that word to us by His
Spirit, which means the fruits 

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of the Spirit to walk in love 
towards the brethren is ever 

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present in us. 
Easy to forget they're not a 

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situation you're in that your 
emotions could get you so riled 

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up. 
That you couldn't say No, Lord, 

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what do you want me to do? 
That's how I'm going to stand, 

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and I'm going to be right there.
Now that's twofold, because for 

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the one that's in sin, 
resistance is coming to you. 

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For me to walk in love, I got to
resist your behavior or your 

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action. 
Love does that because we cannot

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accept that sin is not accepted 
in the Kingdom of God. 

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We can be merciful. 
long-suffering give you an 

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opportunity to repent. 
But there come a point. 

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That there's resistance because 
God is never well with sin. 

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But now when you repent and have
a lifestyle and keep them with 

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repentance, we act like it. 
Now, have you ever been around 

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someone who's blown it? 
They made mistakes, and this is 

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usually their testimony. 
The church left me, you know, I 

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got in trouble and they just 
abandoned me. 

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No, you abandoned the church. 
When you did your wrong, you are

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the one walking away from the 
church, entertaining the lust of

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your flesh while the Church will
like stay here, do the Word. 

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Stay here. 
We're all together. 

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We're all doing the Word. 
We're all loving God. 

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You're like Hallelujah. 
Glory to God. 

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Praise the Lord, praise the 
Lord. 

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You're backing away. 
But then now that you're in sin 

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and you've fallen and the church
is like, get up, come on now, 

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get up. 
But you're not wanting to get 

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up. 
You don't want to get up. 

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So what do you do? 
You begin to say the church left

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me, abandoned me. 
They didn't want me anymore. 

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They cut me off. 
No, you cut yourself off because

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you are eating what you're not 
supposed to eat. 

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You are doing what you're not 
supposed to do. 

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Devil's done a really good job 
of deceiving the church. 

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That we have to accept 
everything. 

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I don't accept sin. 
I don't accept it one bit. 

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I know there's people sitting in
here and sin. 

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I know why. 
Cause you're people, that's why.

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At the end of the day, you're 
people, right? 

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You know, so sins in the house. 
Some of you might be lost. 

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So you were like professional 
center. 

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I get it. 
I was professional center one 

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time myself. 
That was my nature. 

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That's what I did. 
I sinned. 

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I was cut off from God. 
But there's some believers in 

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here that have actually fallen 
away. 

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Now not all the way, but they're
on the road and instead of 

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resisting because what pride 
says, I can't go down the alter 

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and people see because that's 
what the devil you can't go down

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there. 
You know what position you hold 

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people can't you know what 
people going to think of you. 

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I mean he's deceiving all the 
time like that. 

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But instead of Nah, man, I I got
to get this right. 

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I can't live like this. 
I can't, I can't act like that 

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towards them. 
I know there's a comp, but I got

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to fix me so that hopefully we 
can fix that. 

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You know how many? 
You know how many logged? 

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You know how many spec finders 
do we have here? 

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Spec finders. 
You know who spec finders are? 

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No, they're your law. 
You see the log in your brother 

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eye, right? 
You're looking for logs all the 

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time. 
Now here's the thing, the Bible 

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doesn't say you're wrong in 
identifying the log. 

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He just says deal with your spec
first before you go pulling out 

455
00:28:34,790 --> 00:28:40,030
a log. 
So at the end of the day, we all

456
00:28:40,030 --> 00:28:41,510
have to come to grips with 
stuff. 

457
00:28:44,390 --> 00:28:48,750
But if you want to guarantee 
number one, you say I stay 

458
00:28:48,750 --> 00:28:51,710
submitted to the church I'm 
assigned. 

459
00:28:52,090 --> 00:28:55,170
Under the fivefold ministry that
God has assigned in my life, 

460
00:28:55,450 --> 00:28:58,770
they are there to build me up 
and straight. 

461
00:28:58,770 --> 00:29:01,810
You understand? 
We are here to coach you and 

462
00:29:01,810 --> 00:29:09,610
train you to maturity. 
That's what we're here to do, I 

463
00:29:09,610 --> 00:29:10,770
said. 
That's what we're here to do. 

464
00:29:12,250 --> 00:29:18,090
And again, Saints have no issue 
in every other sector of society

465
00:29:18,090 --> 00:29:24,100
when these things go down. 
The number one that we are the 

466
00:29:24,100 --> 00:29:29,300
most tolerant of correction is 
in the sports arena because for 

467
00:29:29,300 --> 00:29:31,380
whatever reason, all you little 
Mamas and daddies thinks your 

468
00:29:31,380 --> 00:29:33,340
kids going to be playing in the 
professional leagues. 

469
00:29:35,580 --> 00:29:39,460
So everyone of them, you're 
going so you know the coach, 

470
00:29:39,460 --> 00:29:42,820
yell at them, tell them to do 
more, tell them to run more 

471
00:29:42,820 --> 00:29:44,220
coach. 
But how many times you yelled at

472
00:29:44,220 --> 00:29:46,260
one of your students, right? 
One of the athletes, right? 

473
00:29:46,420 --> 00:29:47,940
I mean, you can't even name it 
right? 

474
00:29:48,370 --> 00:29:50,250
You know, but Mama, don't run 
over there and say, don't you 

475
00:29:50,250 --> 00:29:52,410
talk to my son like that. 
Don't you talk to my daughter. 

476
00:29:52,410 --> 00:29:55,490
Who do you think you are? 
No, they reinforce you. 

477
00:29:55,530 --> 00:29:56,730
Did you hear what your coach 
said? 

478
00:29:59,010 --> 00:30:01,650
I wish I'd get some parents to 
reinforce what their pastor 

479
00:30:01,650 --> 00:30:05,650
says. 
Did you hear what your pastor 

480
00:30:05,650 --> 00:30:07,570
said? 
Give me that phone. 

481
00:30:07,570 --> 00:30:10,410
Do you hear what your pastor 
said? 

482
00:30:10,970 --> 00:30:13,410
I know you want stuff. 
I know you got your other little

483
00:30:13,410 --> 00:30:15,610
apps in here that's got me 
locked out. 

484
00:30:18,700 --> 00:30:24,380
Hallelujah, right. 
I mean, all of a sudden, I mean,

485
00:30:24,380 --> 00:30:26,580
we take all this because we 
going to do the work, man. 

486
00:30:26,580 --> 00:30:29,220
We going to be champions and we 
trying to let help help you do 

487
00:30:29,220 --> 00:30:32,220
the work so you can release the 
champion you already are. 

488
00:30:34,180 --> 00:30:35,500
In order to do that, you 
understand? 

489
00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:37,700
Just don't get offended when I'm
like, bro, you're going to have 

490
00:30:37,700 --> 00:30:41,780
to do better than that. 
Said I work good. 

491
00:30:41,820 --> 00:30:47,490
No, Hallelujah. 
I mean, Coach Bo's just trying 

492
00:30:47,490 --> 00:30:51,290
to release their potential. 
He sees things as they're 

493
00:30:51,290 --> 00:30:54,290
running and he's like, if they 
do this, they do that. 

494
00:30:54,290 --> 00:30:57,210
We could get another half a 
second shaved off their time. 

495
00:30:57,290 --> 00:30:59,250
We can do this. 
We can do that. 

496
00:30:59,930 --> 00:31:05,850
We have no problem with that. 
We let the world educate our 

497
00:31:05,850 --> 00:31:09,090
kids and they'll come home and 
next thing you know, you're 

498
00:31:09,090 --> 00:31:11,330
like, OK, well, you know, if 
your teacher wants you to do 

499
00:31:11,330 --> 00:31:13,170
that project, do it. 
You're going to have to stay up 

500
00:31:13,170 --> 00:31:17,750
late. 
Pastor wants you to read the 

501
00:31:17,750 --> 00:31:23,110
Bible. 
Well, I know you're tired. 

502
00:31:23,110 --> 00:31:23,790
Honey. 
Go home. 

503
00:31:23,870 --> 00:31:25,310
You can just. 
We won't even go to church 

504
00:31:25,310 --> 00:31:27,190
tonight. 
OK? 

505
00:31:28,870 --> 00:31:32,590
Say Amen anyway. 
I mean, deception's afoot 

506
00:31:34,270 --> 00:31:38,750
because pride is ever present to
try to get you to think that 

507
00:31:38,750 --> 00:31:41,910
your way of doing it is better 
than God's way of doing it. 

508
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:49,560
Come on, it's ever present. 
Multiple situations are 

509
00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:52,320
happening that you're going to 
have to decide. 

510
00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:56,160
Is that what God would want me 
to do, or is that my own 

511
00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:59,480
thoughts? 
There Now Philippians chapter 3,

512
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:01,560
verse one through 3. 
Praise the Lord. 

513
00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:04,680
You need to understand I already
have two sermons here. 

514
00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:08,320
Literally I finished two. 
I got next week's already done. 

515
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,960
So I really need to finish this 
today. 

516
00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:14,520
Philippians 3. 
One through 3 says this, Paul 

517
00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:16,680
said. 
Finally, my brethren, rejoice in

518
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:18,520
the Lord. 
To write the same things again 

519
00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:20,920
is no trouble to me, and it is a
safeguard to you. 

520
00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:27,840
Beware of the dogs, Beware of 
the evil workers, Beware of the 

521
00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:32,840
false circumcision, for we are 
the true circumcision who 

522
00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:36,480
worship in the Spirit of God and
glory in Christ Jesus and put no

523
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:39,800
confidence in the flesh. 
Now this is this age. 

524
00:32:40,940 --> 00:32:47,220
Paul is saying in this age there
are dogs, there are evil 

525
00:32:47,220 --> 00:32:50,740
workers, there are false 
circumcision. 

526
00:32:53,020 --> 00:33:04,180
Then he was also bold enough to 
say I'm true, which tells me 

527
00:33:04,260 --> 00:33:10,100
discerning who's false and 
wicked and who's true. 

528
00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:17,660
Is available and he does not 
mention names, but he's 

529
00:33:17,660 --> 00:33:27,340
obviously implying people. 
He did not mention their names, 

530
00:33:27,340 --> 00:33:29,900
but he's letting them know 
there's some people you're 

531
00:33:29,900 --> 00:33:34,180
listening to. 
They're dogs. 

532
00:33:35,060 --> 00:33:40,310
They're evil workers. 
They're notice these terms he's 

533
00:33:40,310 --> 00:33:44,150
using. 
He didn't say, well, you know, 

534
00:33:44,150 --> 00:33:51,990
just got to love people. 
They're dogs. 

535
00:33:55,670 --> 00:33:57,310
Go ahead and say it. 
Say they're dogs. 

536
00:33:57,950 --> 00:34:03,270
Say they're evil workers. 
Say they're false circumcision. 

537
00:34:05,190 --> 00:34:07,900
They're out there. 
Now you understand I love the 

538
00:34:07,900 --> 00:34:10,500
false circumcision. 
And he goes there because he's 

539
00:34:10,500 --> 00:34:14,139
letting you know They give the 
appearance of circumcision in 

540
00:34:14,139 --> 00:34:19,500
covenant, but they're not 
because they're not living it. 

541
00:34:21,260 --> 00:34:24,260
How do we know he's of the true?
Because he says this. 

542
00:34:24,540 --> 00:34:27,900
We're the true who worship the 
Spirit of God and glory in 

543
00:34:27,900 --> 00:34:29,420
Christ. 
And what do we do? 

544
00:34:29,860 --> 00:34:35,900
Put no confidence in the flesh? 
None. 

545
00:34:36,900 --> 00:34:40,699
There's no confidence there. 
They have no confidence in 

546
00:34:40,699 --> 00:34:46,659
themselves outside of Christ, in
themselves, outside of Christ, 

547
00:34:47,260 --> 00:34:49,620
in themselves, outside of 
Christ. 

548
00:34:49,940 --> 00:34:53,620
And if you could have a 
discerning, trained ear, you can

549
00:34:53,620 --> 00:34:57,580
tell when people are putting 
confidence in themselves. 

550
00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:04,280
But that's only when you're 
trained, because you stayed 

551
00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:06,840
submitted to a local body church
and under the fivefold ministry 

552
00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:10,280
that is maturing you. 
He jumps on and goes further 

553
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:13,080
down in the 17th verse of the 
same chapter, he says, Brethren,

554
00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:18,440
join in following my example and
observe those who walk according

555
00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:21,680
to the pattern you have in us. 
I mean, this is bold stuff here 

556
00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:25,600
that he's saying you want to 
know how to do it, right? 

557
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:34,760
Watch me. 
He said for many walk, of whom I

558
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:39,880
often told you, and now tell you
even weeping, that they are 

559
00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:44,000
enemies of the Cross of cry. 
What is Paul saying here? 

560
00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:47,520
He goes on and says, whose end 
is destruction, whose God is 

561
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:51,240
their appetite, and whose glory 
is in their shame, Who set their

562
00:35:51,240 --> 00:35:57,040
minds on earthly things. 
Now we're not just talking 

563
00:35:57,040 --> 00:36:00,760
possessions, we're talking 
things of the flesh. 

564
00:36:01,140 --> 00:36:04,580
Things that person that are, 
that advance them personally, 

565
00:36:04,580 --> 00:36:09,940
that make them look good, that 
advance their selfish ambitions.

566
00:36:11,780 --> 00:36:14,740
Are you hearing what I'm saying?
So he's saying now there were 

567
00:36:14,740 --> 00:36:22,140
many that walked in my example, 
but now they're not, and they're

568
00:36:22,140 --> 00:36:26,980
actually enemies of the cross. 
And now he's talking to the 

569
00:36:26,980 --> 00:36:30,540
church here. 
Are you hearing what I'm saying?

570
00:36:31,730 --> 00:36:33,850
He said, well, Pastor Earl, what
if someone gets off? 

571
00:36:33,930 --> 00:36:36,290
Is there no hope? 
There is hope if they repent. 

572
00:36:36,770 --> 00:36:38,290
But if they don't repent, 
there's no hope. 

573
00:36:39,650 --> 00:36:48,850
They need to repent. 
Which tells me we cannot afford 

574
00:36:49,530 --> 00:36:53,490
to not stay. 
Passionately submitted to the 

575
00:36:53,490 --> 00:36:56,530
Word and spirit of God and 
constantly grow. 

576
00:36:56,530 --> 00:37:02,600
We cannot coast in this life. 
The minute you do, you're 

577
00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:09,760
already starting to slide. 
You're going backwards and you 

578
00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:15,720
don't even know it. 
But this also tells me there are

579
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:23,520
observable ministries that you 
can know. 

580
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:29,200
I said no, that they are doing 
it right. 

581
00:37:30,030 --> 00:37:33,710
Now Paul prefaces in his 
Corinthian letter this way, he 

582
00:37:33,710 --> 00:37:37,670
said, imitate me as I imitate 
Christ. 

583
00:37:39,390 --> 00:37:41,590
So when you get around someone 
and you're hearing their 

584
00:37:41,590 --> 00:37:43,950
conversations, how they're 
dealing with situation because 

585
00:37:43,950 --> 00:37:46,590
you know, people come in. 
Hey, Pastor Earl, tell me about 

586
00:37:46,590 --> 00:37:50,230
so and So what happened here. 
I always, you know, digging for 

587
00:37:50,230 --> 00:38:00,130
information and I'm like. 
Why don't you just pray for 

588
00:38:00,130 --> 00:38:03,090
them? 
You know, I really can't talk to

589
00:38:03,090 --> 00:38:07,370
you about that. 
They come to me, you know, got 

590
00:38:07,370 --> 00:38:09,130
some situation or problem going 
on. 

591
00:38:09,610 --> 00:38:13,690
Well, what does the Bible say 
Who we pointing to? 

592
00:38:15,370 --> 00:38:18,370
Some of you may even know of 
personal attacks that are coming

593
00:38:18,650 --> 00:38:22,690
against me. 
How am I responding? 

594
00:38:22,690 --> 00:38:28,410
Are you watching the example? 
How are others responding? 

595
00:38:28,410 --> 00:38:34,290
Are you watching theirs or do 
you just want to believe the 

596
00:38:34,290 --> 00:38:37,610
other party? 
It's amazing how many people 

597
00:38:37,610 --> 00:38:43,450
want to believe that a person 
that's living right actually 

598
00:38:43,450 --> 00:38:49,930
isn't. 
Now the reason why that isn't 

599
00:38:49,930 --> 00:38:53,410
because usually the person 
hearing isn't living right 

600
00:38:53,410 --> 00:38:56,180
themselves. 
And they want to be to continue 

601
00:38:56,180 --> 00:39:05,100
to justify their living. 
So turn over to Second Peter 

602
00:39:05,100 --> 00:39:08,860
Chapter 2. 
See Deception is going to Run 

603
00:39:08,860 --> 00:39:12,620
amok in these last days. 
It's going to continue to 

604
00:39:12,620 --> 00:39:17,020
increase and increase and 
increase and increase and 

605
00:39:17,020 --> 00:39:19,820
increase and increase and 
increase. 

606
00:39:19,940 --> 00:39:22,700
Now, that shouldn't cause you 
for alarm that you should just 

607
00:39:22,700 --> 00:39:26,940
be conscious of the fact that 
just because it increases, what 

608
00:39:26,940 --> 00:39:31,060
do I do to continue to increase 
my strength in staying always 

609
00:39:31,060 --> 00:39:34,860
pure with the word of God and 
staying a true circumcision, 

610
00:39:36,020 --> 00:39:39,780
walking wholly and blameless and
the Bible tells you how to do 

611
00:39:39,780 --> 00:39:41,580
it. 
Very simple, actually. 

612
00:39:41,990 --> 00:39:46,150
Is extremely simple actually. 
If you are a studier of the 

613
00:39:46,150 --> 00:39:50,150
word, if you actually are what 
God originally wanted us to be. 

614
00:39:51,590 --> 00:39:54,430
If what he told the disciples go
into all the world and make 

615
00:39:55,510 --> 00:40:00,350
disciples, but the church got 
deceived and decided to quit 

616
00:40:00,350 --> 00:40:02,950
making disciples and make 
converts. 

617
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:06,880
That all we want to do is get 
them to confess Jesus's Lord, so

618
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:08,520
that when they die they'll go to
heaven. 

619
00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:10,920
And we're not really going to 
take personal responsibility in 

620
00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:13,400
disciplining them. 
How do you disciple somebody? 

621
00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:14,880
What if you're going to disciple
someone? 

622
00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:16,400
You got to let them know when 
they're wrong. 

623
00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:18,800
It's called enlist them as a 
pupil. 

624
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:21,920
We have a private school. 
I would love to tell you all of 

625
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:24,280
your children make hundreds, but
they don't. 

626
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:32,440
Our actual teachers give them 
back papers with X marks on 

627
00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:36,230
them. 
Wrong answer. 

628
00:40:40,150 --> 00:40:43,150
I hope your child's not damaged 
when they found out they were 

629
00:40:43,150 --> 00:40:50,830
wrong. 
But why do we do that? 

630
00:40:50,990 --> 00:40:53,030
That isn't right. 
That isn't correct. 

631
00:40:53,110 --> 00:40:56,270
We not only do it in academics, 
but then we do it in behavior. 

632
00:40:58,790 --> 00:41:00,590
I have so many sensitive 
parents. 

633
00:41:01,210 --> 00:41:02,530
Thank God. 
Hopefully it's none of you. 

634
00:41:02,530 --> 00:41:05,290
If you are, we'll deal with you 
because you're in this 

635
00:41:05,290 --> 00:41:07,450
congregation. 
I can't do it with the others, 

636
00:41:07,650 --> 00:41:10,810
but they get so sensitive 
because, you know, my child 

637
00:41:10,810 --> 00:41:12,810
brought on other another red 
note. 

638
00:41:12,810 --> 00:41:14,970
Well, they're in the flesh 
today. 

639
00:41:15,130 --> 00:41:17,290
What can I tell you? 
That doesn't make them a bad 

640
00:41:17,290 --> 00:41:19,250
kid. 
We're training them to hear 

641
00:41:19,250 --> 00:41:20,970
their spirit instead of their 
flesh. 

642
00:41:21,130 --> 00:41:23,170
Now, why don't you support that 
at the house? 

643
00:41:24,270 --> 00:41:27,470
Instead of acting like we don't 
like your child and we're 

644
00:41:27,470 --> 00:41:31,550
targeting them. 
Because in the public school, 

645
00:41:31,750 --> 00:41:34,230
you're going to be really 
deceived when my child never 

646
00:41:34,230 --> 00:41:34,950
gets in trouble. 
Why? 

647
00:41:34,950 --> 00:41:37,470
Because the public school will 
let your child live by the 

648
00:41:37,470 --> 00:41:40,990
flesh. 
They're not going to correct 

649
00:41:40,990 --> 00:41:44,470
them when they're lusting after 
another person, they're not 

650
00:41:44,470 --> 00:41:46,550
going to correct them. 
When they're smooching on 

651
00:41:46,550 --> 00:41:53,510
somebody, they're not going to 
correct them. 

652
00:41:55,290 --> 00:41:57,650
I mean, they're not hardly 
corrected at all anymore. 

653
00:41:57,650 --> 00:42:00,250
Their hands are so tied in the 
public school system and your 

654
00:42:00,250 --> 00:42:02,090
child's never going to and 
you're going to be man. 

655
00:42:02,090 --> 00:42:05,930
Look how they're doing so good. 
Now they be maybe making a 

656
00:42:05,930 --> 00:42:09,130
grade, but their moral life is 
decaying in front of your eyes 

657
00:42:09,130 --> 00:42:14,770
and you don't even know it. 
No. 

658
00:42:14,770 --> 00:42:17,050
OK, say Amen Anyway. 
I'm just trying to help you get 

659
00:42:17,050 --> 00:42:19,790
out of deception. 
I'm not saying your child can't 

660
00:42:19,790 --> 00:42:22,870
go to public school. 
What I'm saying is don't buy the

661
00:42:22,870 --> 00:42:24,710
lie that they're doing that 
great. 

662
00:42:25,790 --> 00:42:29,750
All of us are never free from 
the conflict of our flesh. 

663
00:42:29,870 --> 00:42:32,710
Galatians 5 tells us our spirit 
and flesh battle daily. 

664
00:42:33,550 --> 00:42:35,430
Period. 
Do you know how many times I 

665
00:42:35,430 --> 00:42:42,350
have to kill the flesh daily and
a lot daily? 

666
00:42:43,050 --> 00:42:47,690
I mean, my sword is so I have to
sharpen that thing every day. 

667
00:42:47,930 --> 00:42:50,850
I'm telling you, I'm like 
cutting stuff constantly. 

668
00:42:57,130 --> 00:42:59,330
Don't think you're coming behind
me, man. 

669
00:42:59,770 --> 00:43:02,250
I get a 2 edged sword here. 
I'll put like you know the 

670
00:43:02,250 --> 00:43:08,210
lightsabers you've got too. 
You'd be like 'cause the word of

671
00:43:08,210 --> 00:43:12,900
God is a sword. 
And it cuts down every thought 

672
00:43:12,900 --> 00:43:18,020
that exalts itself above God to 
try to get my flesh decide. 

673
00:43:18,020 --> 00:43:20,900
So I'm having to cut that down 
and cut that every day. 

674
00:43:21,020 --> 00:43:24,380
And man, if you don't sharpen 
that sword with the Word, then 

675
00:43:24,380 --> 00:43:28,780
you're going to quit tired of 
yielding and willing that sword 

676
00:43:28,860 --> 00:43:30,620
and next thing you know the 
flesh is going over. 

677
00:43:30,620 --> 00:43:37,140
I don't care how many Bible 
doctrine degrees you have, how 

678
00:43:37,140 --> 00:43:42,460
long you been in the church. 
You can fall away like that. 

679
00:43:43,420 --> 00:43:46,860
Your flesh will jump on you and 
suffocate you. 

680
00:43:47,980 --> 00:43:53,820
You got to be vigilant all the 
time, cutting down thoughts. 

681
00:43:53,820 --> 00:43:56,860
And let me tell you something. 
You know how many times Jesus 

682
00:43:56,860 --> 00:44:00,620
had to just cut down thoughts? 
Sometimes you would hear him 

683
00:44:00,620 --> 00:44:02,460
say, man, how much longer I got 
to suffer with you? 

684
00:44:03,700 --> 00:44:05,900
Now why did he say that? 
Because he knows all the 

685
00:44:05,900 --> 00:44:10,710
thoughts. 
Concerning what you know and why

686
00:44:10,710 --> 00:44:16,110
in the world are you not acting 
on it Seriously, we've had this 

687
00:44:16,110 --> 00:44:20,670
teaching already. 
Be a doer of it, yet you're not.

688
00:44:25,270 --> 00:44:30,510
So everyone of us, I get Red 
Note days. 

689
00:44:32,150 --> 00:44:35,190
Yeah, self-inflicted. 
I'm like, man, I could have, I 

690
00:44:35,190 --> 00:44:36,670
could have processed that 
better. 

691
00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:43,000
I should have responded way 
quicker in a different light. 

692
00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:47,560
There, that's a red note for me 
because my spirit man's talking.

693
00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:53,840
Are you hearing me? 
Everybody can correct in the 

694
00:44:53,840 --> 00:44:55,840
world, but the church isn't that
amazing. 

695
00:44:56,440 --> 00:44:58,840
Second Peter, Two One through 4.
Passion says it this way. 

696
00:44:58,840 --> 00:45:03,360
In the past there arose false 
prophets among God's people. 

697
00:45:04,050 --> 00:45:06,370
Just as there will continue to 
be false teachers who will 

698
00:45:06,370 --> 00:45:11,930
secretly infiltrate in your 
midst, why did abide you 

699
00:45:12,730 --> 00:45:16,530
bringing with them their 
destructive heresies? 

700
00:45:17,450 --> 00:45:21,370
They will even deny the Master 
who paid the price for them, 

701
00:45:21,450 --> 00:45:23,850
bringing swift destruction on 
themselves. 

702
00:45:24,250 --> 00:45:26,690
This means they let me finish 
reading these four version. 

703
00:45:26,690 --> 00:45:29,930
I'll come back and dissect it. 
Many will follow immoral 

704
00:45:29,930 --> 00:45:33,090
lifestyles because of these 
corrupt false teachers. 

705
00:45:33,090 --> 00:45:35,370
The way of truth will be 
slandered. 

706
00:45:36,650 --> 00:45:39,930
They are only out for 
themselves, ready to exploit you

707
00:45:40,250 --> 00:45:43,010
for their own gain through their
cunning arguments. 

708
00:45:43,010 --> 00:45:45,690
Their condemnation has been a 
long time coming, but their 

709
00:45:45,690 --> 00:45:49,490
destructive destruction does not
slumber or sit. 

710
00:45:49,490 --> 00:45:53,930
Wow, okay. 
Thank you idly by, for it is 

711
00:45:53,930 --> 00:45:58,430
sure to come. 
Now do not forget, God has had 

712
00:45:58,430 --> 00:46:02,990
no pity for the angels when they
sinned, but threw them into the 

713
00:46:02,990 --> 00:46:07,230
lowest, darkest dungeon of gloom
and locked them in chains where 

714
00:46:07,230 --> 00:46:09,750
they are firmly held until the 
judgment of torment. 

715
00:46:17,030 --> 00:46:22,470
So here we see that people 
really through selfish 

716
00:46:22,470 --> 00:46:26,270
ambitions. 
Come in among the church. 

717
00:46:28,230 --> 00:46:31,350
A person can realize that 
they're lost without God, get 

718
00:46:31,350 --> 00:46:33,790
born again. 
But if they do not renew their 

719
00:46:33,790 --> 00:46:37,950
mind, the selfish ambitions they
had when they were lost are 

720
00:46:37,950 --> 00:46:40,670
still the same selfish ambitions
when they're born again. 

721
00:46:44,350 --> 00:46:51,110
In fact, it is so such a so 
problematic that Paul instructed

722
00:46:51,110 --> 00:46:54,390
Timothy do not put a brand new 
believer. 

723
00:46:55,130 --> 00:46:59,290
In some form of leadership. 
Because if you do that, they run

724
00:46:59,290 --> 00:47:03,610
the risk of incurring the same 
sin as the devil. 

725
00:47:04,130 --> 00:47:09,890
They'll get lifted up in pride. 
They'll be lifted up in pride. 

726
00:47:12,090 --> 00:47:16,490
So there's a cleansing of your 
mind, a washing of your mind 

727
00:47:16,490 --> 00:47:19,170
through the watering of the 
word, the training of your mind,

728
00:47:19,330 --> 00:47:22,780
the growing of your mind. 
And then when I was reading 

729
00:47:22,780 --> 00:47:26,740
this, the Lord said, son, that's
why I told you, you're not going

730
00:47:26,740 --> 00:47:32,620
to have any type of teaching 
outside of the inside of this 

731
00:47:32,620 --> 00:47:37,220
church. 
So why do not do small groups 

732
00:47:37,820 --> 00:47:43,700
sell groups of Bible teaching? 
I have none that are sanctioned 

733
00:47:43,980 --> 00:47:47,740
outside of this local body. 
Now I can't control you at your 

734
00:47:47,740 --> 00:47:49,300
house. 
I'm not here to control you. 

735
00:47:49,820 --> 00:47:51,580
I mean, if you have one of 
somebody that y'all were 

736
00:47:51,580 --> 00:47:53,420
discussing where that's entirely
up to you. 

737
00:47:53,580 --> 00:47:56,780
But I don't do that. 
God has literally told me not to

738
00:47:56,780 --> 00:47:58,500
do that. 
And he just reminded me here 

739
00:47:58,500 --> 00:48:04,180
son, This is why you don't, 
because I never instituted that 

740
00:48:04,180 --> 00:48:08,580
there would be this context, it 
it would always be at risk if 

741
00:48:08,580 --> 00:48:14,740
you begin to allow everybody to 
be teaching that at the end of 

742
00:48:14,740 --> 00:48:18,020
the day somebody's going to want
to start their own stuff through

743
00:48:18,020 --> 00:48:22,370
a fence. 
Keep it in the house, keep it in

744
00:48:22,370 --> 00:48:28,690
the house, keep it in the house.
So I keep in that and our city, 

745
00:48:28,850 --> 00:48:33,050
you when that ministry came 
through, and again if it may. 

746
00:48:33,050 --> 00:48:38,410
In other nations, it is more, it
functions better because of the 

747
00:48:38,410 --> 00:48:40,650
hindrance of them being able to 
come to church. 

748
00:48:41,010 --> 00:48:44,490
In fact, in some places it 
almost has to be because you get

749
00:48:44,490 --> 00:48:47,850
too large. 
The government comes shut it 

750
00:48:47,850 --> 00:48:50,260
down. 
But that's not the case here. 

751
00:48:51,460 --> 00:48:53,900
Now, I'm not saying you can't 
talk with people at your house 

752
00:48:53,900 --> 00:48:55,940
about the word. 
You should always be talking the

753
00:48:55,940 --> 00:48:57,660
word. 
No problem there. 

754
00:48:58,820 --> 00:49:03,100
But what I am saying is that you
understand, the minute we start 

755
00:49:03,100 --> 00:49:07,820
this process, there's you. 
It is guaranteed I'm going to 

756
00:49:07,820 --> 00:49:13,180
shut a house down. 
It's guaranteed I'm going to 

757
00:49:13,180 --> 00:49:16,820
shut down somebody's house 
because I'm going to have a 

758
00:49:16,860 --> 00:49:21,630
rogue. 
A backsliding prideful I know 

759
00:49:21,630 --> 00:49:25,070
more than the pastor we have in 
the Holy Goes move more and our 

760
00:49:25,070 --> 00:49:29,070
stuff that is going to happen. 
It happens all, especially in 

761
00:49:29,070 --> 00:49:30,510
the United States and the United
States. 

762
00:49:30,510 --> 00:49:35,910
At the end of the day, we are 
that the least excuse to 

763
00:49:35,910 --> 00:49:41,150
collect, yet we are the weakest.
That's what's sad. 

764
00:49:41,570 --> 00:49:45,650
We are a nation where we could 
have the strongest thriving body

765
00:49:45,650 --> 00:49:47,810
of Christ, but we have become 
the weakest. 

766
00:49:47,810 --> 00:49:50,170
Why could we stay home and watch
it on TV? 

767
00:49:55,850 --> 00:50:00,010
We watch it on TV. 
I mean, I can't even stop that 

768
00:50:00,010 --> 00:50:02,690
kind of teaching. 
All I can do is preach truth 

769
00:50:02,690 --> 00:50:05,530
here, mature you here. 
Because here's the thing. 

770
00:50:06,110 --> 00:50:09,270
If you are hanging out with 
people at your house and and and

771
00:50:09,870 --> 00:50:11,870
are you in our anchor faith life
classes? 

772
00:50:14,590 --> 00:50:18,030
I mean, if it's about a hunger 
of the word, are you in those 

773
00:50:18,030 --> 00:50:22,990
classes? 
I mean, because I have plenty of

774
00:50:22,990 --> 00:50:25,390
people who can teach, you know, 
the only reason why I don't add 

775
00:50:25,390 --> 00:50:29,390
more classes is because I'm 
actually right now only getting 

776
00:50:29,390 --> 00:50:33,110
a handful of people actually 
attending, I mean. 

777
00:50:33,970 --> 00:50:35,970
How many of you know about the 
full armor of God? 

778
00:50:37,010 --> 00:50:38,890
How many of you could learn more
about it? 

779
00:50:40,170 --> 00:50:44,170
Maybe you should go to class. 
We're talking about the origin 

780
00:50:44,170 --> 00:50:46,410
of the Bible, the history of the
Bible. 

781
00:50:46,610 --> 00:50:50,130
It's really important to know 
that class is being taught right

782
00:50:50,130 --> 00:50:52,210
now. 
We'll have some other classes 

783
00:50:52,210 --> 00:50:55,170
come at the end of the day. 
This if we're really hungry for 

784
00:50:55,170 --> 00:50:57,810
the word. 
But you know what? 

785
00:50:58,290 --> 00:51:01,010
Pastor Mars preaching on this in
Valdosta. 

786
00:51:01,250 --> 00:51:03,290
He's having to deal with the 
spirit of Jezebel. 

787
00:51:05,610 --> 00:51:08,010
Oh, yeah, That comes into New 
Testament Church. 

788
00:51:09,370 --> 00:51:12,210
You know what they do? 
They want Bible studies and more

789
00:51:12,210 --> 00:51:13,370
prayer time. 
But what they're doing it, 

790
00:51:13,370 --> 00:51:15,330
they're absaloms and they're 
Jezebels. 

791
00:51:15,330 --> 00:51:20,010
They're pulling people away. 
Now, I don't have this problem 

792
00:51:20,010 --> 00:51:22,410
here. 
Let me can I just say that I 

793
00:51:22,410 --> 00:51:26,330
have no known problem of this 
occurring at Anchor Bay Church. 

794
00:51:28,210 --> 00:51:33,090
I do not have this. 
Are you hearing what I'm saying?

795
00:51:34,200 --> 00:51:38,400
I know of particular people that
get together and meet and do 

796
00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:43,080
some study on their own, but 
they asked me and I said, okay, 

797
00:51:43,160 --> 00:51:44,680
you know, I can't control what 
you do in your house. 

798
00:51:44,680 --> 00:51:46,720
Just know it's not sanction. 
And if you end up teaching 

799
00:51:46,720 --> 00:51:49,400
something that ain't right, you 
know I'm not. 

800
00:51:49,480 --> 00:51:53,280
I will preach from here. 
So, you know, make sure you're 

801
00:51:53,280 --> 00:51:55,200
rightly divided at the end of 
the day. 

802
00:51:55,200 --> 00:51:58,000
Are you hearing what I'm saying?
Okay. 

803
00:51:58,740 --> 00:52:00,900
And those individuals are active
in ministry here. 

804
00:52:00,900 --> 00:52:02,900
They're actively doing stuff. 
I don't have that issue. 

805
00:52:03,060 --> 00:52:07,740
But all I'm saying is, is that 
if you're wanting things, what 

806
00:52:07,740 --> 00:52:13,340
are you doing in the house? 
Because the house offers a lot, 

807
00:52:14,540 --> 00:52:18,420
Okay. 
So we have to understand then 

808
00:52:18,660 --> 00:52:23,420
they may come in secretly, but 
they are going to be exposed. 

809
00:52:25,720 --> 00:52:28,440
Because verse four tells us This
is why I'm not afraid. 

810
00:52:28,680 --> 00:52:32,200
That's why I'm not afraid. 
At the end of the day, you can't

811
00:52:32,200 --> 00:52:35,600
violate this scripture. 
Your sin will surely find you 

812
00:52:35,640 --> 00:52:38,120
out. 
Your motive will show up. 

813
00:52:38,320 --> 00:52:42,200
It's going to happen. 
And man, we are going to have a 

814
00:52:42,200 --> 00:52:45,080
meeting. 
Because if you're not listen to 

815
00:52:45,080 --> 00:52:47,120
the Holy Ghost to get it right, 
God's going to show. 

816
00:52:47,120 --> 00:52:51,080
Make me show up as pastor. 
It's just going to happen. 

817
00:52:51,360 --> 00:52:54,240
And I'm not against you. 
I'm here to liberate you. 

818
00:52:55,050 --> 00:52:57,970
Set you free, keep you in 
freedom. 

819
00:52:58,090 --> 00:53:01,010
But know this it says. 
Do not forget verse four. 

820
00:53:01,250 --> 00:53:06,490
God had what no pity on the 
angels when they sinned? 

821
00:53:08,650 --> 00:53:17,450
None. 
God does not feel pity now He 

822
00:53:17,450 --> 00:53:24,130
has mercy, but he does not have 
pity, because if you resist His 

823
00:53:24,130 --> 00:53:27,420
voice. 
He will give you that 

824
00:53:27,420 --> 00:53:32,300
consequence, verse 5. 
And he did not spare the former 

825
00:53:32,300 --> 00:53:35,180
world in the days of Noah, when 
he sent a flood to destroy the 

826
00:53:35,180 --> 00:53:37,620
depraved world, although he 
protected Noah, the preacher of 

827
00:53:37,620 --> 00:53:40,860
righteousness, along with the 
seven members of his family. 

828
00:53:40,860 --> 00:53:44,980
And don't forget that he reduced
to ashes the cities of Sodom and

829
00:53:44,980 --> 00:53:48,220
Gomorrah, condemning them to 
ruin and destruction, And God 

830
00:53:48,220 --> 00:53:52,540
appointed them to be examples as
to what is coming. 

831
00:53:53,740 --> 00:53:58,420
To the ungodly. 
Yet he rescued A righteous man, 

832
00:53:58,420 --> 00:54:03,100
Lot, suffering the indignity of 
the unbridled lust of the 

833
00:54:03,100 --> 00:54:06,020
lawless. 
For righteous Lot lived among 

834
00:54:06,020 --> 00:54:09,660
them day after day, distressed 
in the his righteous soul by the

835
00:54:09,660 --> 00:54:11,540
rebellious deeds he saw and 
heard. 

836
00:54:11,740 --> 00:54:16,100
If the Lord Yahweh rescued Lot, 
he knows how to continually 

837
00:54:16,100 --> 00:54:18,900
rescue the godly from their 
trials and to reserve the 

838
00:54:18,940 --> 00:54:24,230
ungodly for punishment. 
On the day of judgment. 

839
00:54:24,430 --> 00:54:28,910
Now I want to tell you a little 
bit about Lot here. 

840
00:54:29,710 --> 00:54:32,390
Rick Renner and his sparkling 
Jim's book says this concerning 

841
00:54:32,390 --> 00:54:37,070
verse eight. 
It says that Lot was distressed.

842
00:54:37,070 --> 00:54:40,830
One translation says he was 
tortured OK. 

843
00:54:40,830 --> 00:54:44,910
Another translation said he was 
vexed OK and that Greek word 

844
00:54:44,910 --> 00:54:47,950
here when it says that he was 
distressed in this passage of 

845
00:54:47,950 --> 00:54:51,440
scripture. 
It means to be tortured it. 

846
00:54:51,480 --> 00:54:54,720
You see, when Lot first moved 
into the city of Solomon Gore, 

847
00:54:54,720 --> 00:54:58,200
the evil sights he saw in those 
cities were a torture to a soul.

848
00:54:58,200 --> 00:55:03,600
But because he dwelled among 
them and saw their sin deeds day

849
00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:07,520
after day, after a period of 
time his soul was number longer 

850
00:55:07,520 --> 00:55:11,010
tortured. 
In seeing and hearing their 

851
00:55:11,250 --> 00:55:16,170
unlawful deeds day-to-day, his 
righteous soul became 

852
00:55:16,170 --> 00:55:23,370
desensitized and he acclimated 
to that evil environment and 

853
00:55:23,370 --> 00:55:29,130
he's righteous. 
He completely lost his spiritual

854
00:55:29,130 --> 00:55:33,210
sensitivity because of the 
images that became so 

855
00:55:33,210 --> 00:55:36,940
commonplace to him. 
What a lesson the story of Lot 

856
00:55:36,940 --> 00:55:41,420
teaches us, especially in these 
last days when violence abounds.

857
00:55:41,780 --> 00:55:45,300
If we we must set our guard and 
stay viligent regarding 

858
00:55:45,500 --> 00:55:49,380
regarding what we see in here, 
the scenes and sounds we allow 

859
00:55:49,380 --> 00:55:54,180
to enter our eyes and ears have 
the ability to save us or 

860
00:55:54,300 --> 00:56:02,140
desensitize our soul. 
Now I wrote a whole book on Lot 

861
00:56:02,140 --> 00:56:06,060
called More Than a Lot. 
Because the Bible, Jesus himself

862
00:56:06,180 --> 00:56:09,060
talks about how Sodom and Gamora
could have stayed. 

863
00:56:10,660 --> 00:56:15,020
But because righteous Lot did 
not live out his righteousness, 

864
00:56:15,500 --> 00:56:18,260
did not speak it, communicate 
it, confess it. 

865
00:56:19,580 --> 00:56:24,420
He had no profound effect. 
In his community and the church 

866
00:56:24,420 --> 00:56:28,740
today, especially in the United 
States, we are desensitized. 

867
00:56:28,740 --> 00:56:31,060
In our soul. 
We are accepting. 

868
00:56:32,580 --> 00:56:37,260
Sin in the church and just want 
people to go to heaven when they

869
00:56:37,260 --> 00:56:43,100
die. 
We're letting carnality run 

870
00:56:43,100 --> 00:56:47,140
amok. 
Now when I say we we are not. 

871
00:56:48,100 --> 00:56:49,780
Let me just prep. 
We are not. 

872
00:56:52,820 --> 00:56:55,900
We are not. 
I know right now in the church 

873
00:56:55,900 --> 00:57:01,060
today of people who are dealing 
with stuff and I am patient and 

874
00:57:01,060 --> 00:57:03,830
long-suffering. 
To see them repent. 

875
00:57:05,190 --> 00:57:08,790
But they're about one more 
visit, and I'm going to meet 

876
00:57:08,790 --> 00:57:17,310
them face to face at the door. 
Because carnality and an 

877
00:57:17,310 --> 00:57:22,430
unrepentant heart to someone who
knows better is not tolerated in

878
00:57:22,430 --> 00:57:25,270
the Kingdom of God. 
And that's not unmerciful. 

879
00:57:30,510 --> 00:57:34,620
It is mercy. 
Because if you're not doing what

880
00:57:34,620 --> 00:57:38,580
the Holy Ghost says and giving 
me the evidence of it, we're 

881
00:57:38,580 --> 00:57:47,300
having a meeting. 
Because I refuse for you to be 

882
00:57:47,300 --> 00:57:50,380
here and not bring the 
originator of the conversation 

883
00:57:50,420 --> 00:57:57,340
into the conversation. 
Now you say, pastor, oh, you're 

884
00:57:57,340 --> 00:57:58,580
not going to grow a church that 
way. 

885
00:57:59,060 --> 00:58:03,500
I will grow his church that way.
I may not grow numbers, but I 

886
00:58:03,500 --> 00:58:05,380
will grow. 
His church and his church will 

887
00:58:05,380 --> 00:58:07,540
be powerful. 
His church will be blameless. 

888
00:58:07,620 --> 00:58:09,420
His church will be without 
spotter Rico. 

889
00:58:09,580 --> 00:58:12,740
His church will be victorious. 
His church will conquer, and 

890
00:58:12,740 --> 00:58:15,860
those individuals will be one. 
They will be a community. 

891
00:58:15,900 --> 00:58:18,500
They will be a family. 
They will love each other. 

892
00:58:18,620 --> 00:58:21,660
And they'll say you can be with 
us if you only repent. 

893
00:58:23,180 --> 00:58:26,220
But if you don't, this is your 
choice. 

894
00:58:27,660 --> 00:58:31,930
It's what you're doing. 
Now I understand that I'm the 

895
00:58:31,930 --> 00:58:34,290
one that gets attacked because 
Jesus is the one that gets 

896
00:58:34,290 --> 00:58:37,210
attacked. 
But at the end of the day, are 

897
00:58:37,210 --> 00:58:38,890
we going to be doers of the word
or not? 

898
00:58:40,570 --> 00:58:42,490
How long did it take to get 
saved? 

899
00:58:45,930 --> 00:58:48,930
You believed you got born again.
How long did it take to get 

900
00:58:48,930 --> 00:58:50,650
filled with the Spirit you 
believe? 

901
00:58:50,810 --> 00:58:53,410
You began to speak. 
How long does it take to repent?

902
00:58:54,330 --> 00:58:59,430
You believe, you confess. 
He cleanses you from all 

903
00:58:59,430 --> 00:59:03,030
unrighteousness. 
And now yet walk straight. 

904
00:59:05,110 --> 00:59:09,030
Now here's the thing. 
Every sin we do after Christ in 

905
00:59:09,030 --> 00:59:12,110
Christ has different 
consequences. 

906
00:59:13,870 --> 00:59:19,150
I can hate my brother. 
To God that's like murder. 

907
00:59:20,150 --> 00:59:23,950
But I ain't killed him. 
I said I ain't killed him. 

908
00:59:25,670 --> 00:59:29,240
So when I confess. 
And say, Lord, I hated my 

909
00:59:29,240 --> 00:59:30,320
brother. 
Forgive me. 

910
00:59:30,400 --> 00:59:33,480
And say son, I forgive you. 
Now guess what I don't have to 

911
00:59:33,480 --> 00:59:39,000
do go to jail. 
But now if I hate my brother to 

912
00:59:39,000 --> 00:59:43,480
the point I actually kill him, 
can God forgive me to be now a 

913
00:59:43,480 --> 00:59:46,880
murderer? 
Physically, can I be forgiven? 

914
00:59:47,920 --> 00:59:54,120
But that doesn't mean I won't 
have to serve serve time. 

915
00:59:54,240 --> 00:59:56,800
The Bible says if you lust after
a woman in your heart. 

916
00:59:57,920 --> 01:00:03,640
You commit the sin off well. 
Mental lust is different than 

917
01:00:03,800 --> 01:00:09,200
physical adultery, and the 
consequence of both actions can 

918
01:00:09,200 --> 01:00:12,440
be different. 
God will forgive both. 

919
01:00:13,720 --> 01:00:16,840
God can restore both marriages, 
but God could. 

920
01:00:16,920 --> 01:00:20,120
But one marriage could fall 
apart because of the physical 

921
01:00:20,120 --> 01:00:23,880
action, because that personnel 
has the right You've broken the 

922
01:00:23,880 --> 01:00:26,280
covenant, and they can 
righteously step out. 

923
01:00:29,250 --> 01:00:33,730
Yep. 
So again, it's consequence of 

924
01:00:33,730 --> 01:00:35,730
how far you allow your action to
go. 

925
01:00:36,970 --> 01:00:38,450
Can God forgive? 
Yes. 

926
01:00:38,610 --> 01:00:40,170
Does the Church forgive? 
Yes. 

927
01:00:40,370 --> 01:00:42,250
Does the Church forget? 
Yes. 

928
01:00:46,170 --> 01:00:50,330
But you have to keep a lifestyle
in keeping with repentance. 

929
01:00:52,490 --> 01:00:54,810
Say, well, who's judging that? 
We are? 

930
01:00:56,290 --> 01:00:58,010
I'll say, oh, you're a judge. 
Nope. 

931
01:00:58,050 --> 01:01:01,290
I'm not judging your eternal 
salvation, but I am examining 

932
01:01:01,290 --> 01:01:05,090
your fruit. 
The Bible says to judge your 

933
01:01:05,090 --> 01:01:07,250
fruit. 
He says you'll know they're my 

934
01:01:07,250 --> 01:01:11,170
disciples by their He said I'll 
know that they're you're they 

935
01:01:11,170 --> 01:01:14,530
are my disciples. 
By their I'll know not. 

936
01:01:14,530 --> 01:01:16,490
He knows. 
Well, the Lord knows my heart. 

937
01:01:16,490 --> 01:01:20,810
He sure does. 
I have not met a person to date 

938
01:01:20,810 --> 01:01:22,690
that has told me that that 
wasn't in sin. 

939
01:01:24,900 --> 01:01:28,100
The Lord knows my heart. 
Yep, Yep. 

940
01:01:29,100 --> 01:01:32,940
I've not met a person to date 
that has said that to my face. 

941
01:01:32,940 --> 01:01:37,940
That wasn't in sin. 
You bet he does. 

942
01:01:37,940 --> 01:01:40,220
And you should be extremely 
afraid right now. 

943
01:01:41,020 --> 01:01:43,020
You should have the fear of the 
Lord on you, because he does 

944
01:01:43,020 --> 01:01:45,100
know your heart. 
He knows what you did. 

945
01:01:45,180 --> 01:01:47,180
He's been in every room that 
you've been in. 

946
01:01:47,180 --> 01:01:49,060
He's been in every conversation 
you've been in. 

947
01:01:49,180 --> 01:01:50,540
He's been in every place you've 
been. 

948
01:01:50,620 --> 01:01:53,620
He's been on every text thread 
He's been on every pornographic 

949
01:01:54,660 --> 01:01:57,260
website you've been in. 
He's been everywhere you've 

950
01:01:57,260 --> 01:02:00,860
been, and he knows whether 
you've repented. 

951
01:02:05,100 --> 01:02:10,060
Say Amen anyway, now, again, 
when you live a free life. 

952
01:02:11,800 --> 01:02:14,480
In the fear of the Lord, none of
this preaching bothers you. 

953
01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:15,920
Like, preach it. 
Preach it. 

954
01:02:16,200 --> 01:02:18,960
I'm holy. 
I'm washed in the blood. 

955
01:02:19,120 --> 01:02:21,640
My mind's right. 
I'm like walking in love with 

956
01:02:21,640 --> 01:02:22,800
everybody. 
This is good. 

957
01:02:22,960 --> 01:02:25,320
Preach it. 
It's when you're having 

958
01:02:25,320 --> 01:02:29,480
challenges that you like. 
But again, that's the Lord 

959
01:02:29,480 --> 01:02:33,960
saying I got freedom for you. 
I got, I'm not here to condemn 

960
01:02:33,960 --> 01:02:37,160
you. 
I'm saying be free, be released 

961
01:02:37,160 --> 01:02:38,960
from it. 
Let's get past it. 

962
01:02:39,160 --> 01:02:43,200
Let's strengthen you so you 
don't fall in that area again. 

963
01:02:44,520 --> 01:02:50,600
So it's actually behind you. 
It's your past, not your future 

964
01:02:50,600 --> 01:02:54,480
again. 
I mean, it's amazing how many. 

965
01:02:54,560 --> 01:02:56,720
Well, what if I messed up again?
Why are you acting like you're 

966
01:02:56,720 --> 01:03:00,320
going to get out of sin 
consciousness, Get into victory 

967
01:03:00,320 --> 01:03:06,840
consciousness, praise the Lord. 
Oh, Hallelujah. 

968
01:03:07,400 --> 01:03:09,840
Y'all doing all right. 
Can I finish this? 

969
01:03:10,720 --> 01:03:20,960
OK, I am so again. 
God dealt with dispensations, 

970
01:03:20,960 --> 01:03:23,000
know us destroyed the whole 
world. 

971
01:03:23,000 --> 01:03:29,440
Why? 
Sin destroyed it. 

972
01:03:30,630 --> 01:03:32,350
Destroyed his city. 
Why sin. 

973
01:03:32,510 --> 01:03:34,870
What does he deliver every time?
Righteousness. 

974
01:03:34,990 --> 01:03:37,950
So here's the thing. 
Even in the horrible world that 

975
01:03:37,950 --> 01:03:41,910
Noah lived in, and he was a 
preacher of righteousness, he 

976
01:03:41,910 --> 01:03:47,710
was telling the whole world he 
had no converts, no converts, 

977
01:03:48,590 --> 01:03:50,830
nobody got right. 
Everybody, everybody dies. 

978
01:03:52,950 --> 01:03:54,750
He building the ark? 
Tell him y'all going to have to.

979
01:03:54,750 --> 01:03:56,670
You better get it right. 
You just need to. 

980
01:03:58,750 --> 01:04:01,710
And they are mocking him. 
We're going to talk about 

981
01:04:01,710 --> 01:04:04,870
mockers next week, Mocked him, 
scoffed at him. 

982
01:04:06,830 --> 01:04:14,550
But he rises, literally rises. 
He's caught up together in the 

983
01:04:14,590 --> 01:04:21,310
air, OK? 
And the rest of them die. 

984
01:04:23,670 --> 01:04:25,950
Sonom and Gamore die. 
And you know what? 

985
01:04:26,270 --> 01:04:33,670
There was an opportunity. 
I am firmly persuaded that the 

986
01:04:33,670 --> 01:04:38,550
minute lot stood out and said, 
gentlemen, you need to quit this

987
01:04:38,550 --> 01:04:47,030
wickedness, that if they would 
have said you're right, we need 

988
01:04:47,030 --> 01:04:49,790
to quit this wickedness, that 
city would have been saved. 

989
01:04:52,470 --> 01:04:55,390
But instead they like who made 
you our judge. 

990
01:04:58,230 --> 01:05:00,350
I'm just telling you, a couple 
guys fixing to smoke the place 

991
01:05:01,030 --> 01:05:08,510
advise you I would like. 
I'd change okay and then to 

992
01:05:08,790 --> 01:05:15,910
angels in a perfect Realm. 
Second, Peter 210 says this. 

993
01:05:15,910 --> 01:05:19,390
This especially applies to those
who live their lives despising 

994
01:05:19,390 --> 01:05:23,230
authorities and who abandon 
themselves to chasing the 

995
01:05:23,230 --> 01:05:27,470
deprived lust of the flesh. 
They are willingly ignorant. 

996
01:05:28,200 --> 01:05:32,040
Are arrogant and insolent, 
Unafraid to insult the glorious 

997
01:05:32,040 --> 01:05:34,520
ones. 
Man, you got to watch out with 

998
01:05:34,520 --> 01:05:37,280
people who have no problem 
talking about the fivefold 

999
01:05:37,280 --> 01:05:42,760
ministry. 
You said. 

1000
01:05:42,760 --> 01:05:46,880
Well, what I think they're I'm 
just telling you right now, God 

1001
01:05:46,880 --> 01:05:50,120
has placed gifts in the body and
you want to be extremely 

1002
01:05:50,120 --> 01:05:59,000
cautious. 
You better know that you know 

1003
01:05:59,000 --> 01:06:02,240
something that doesn't mean 
something can't be said about. 

1004
01:06:02,280 --> 01:06:04,440
Because here's the thing, he's 
talking about glorious ones. 

1005
01:06:04,440 --> 01:06:06,240
Ones who are actually called to 
the fivefold. 

1006
01:06:06,240 --> 01:06:08,880
We're not talking about 
selfproclaimed prophets and 

1007
01:06:08,880 --> 01:06:10,760
selfproclaimed teachers all 
pastor. 

1008
01:06:10,760 --> 01:06:12,600
Don't be talking about them. 
That's the glorious ones. 

1009
01:06:12,600 --> 01:06:13,840
Know their faults. 
Teachers. 

1010
01:06:13,840 --> 01:06:15,560
They're not actually in the 
office. 

1011
01:06:18,280 --> 01:06:22,520
That's a whole other different 
ball game, but someone who is 

1012
01:06:22,520 --> 01:06:24,880
actually in the office, even if 
they're King Saul. 

1013
01:06:26,560 --> 01:06:32,920
Because he was in the office, 
David treaded lightly on how he 

1014
01:06:32,920 --> 01:06:38,920
talked about Saul. 
Same in anyway, even. 

1015
01:06:39,040 --> 01:06:42,280
Yet even angels who are greater 
than they empower and strength, 

1016
01:06:42,280 --> 01:06:44,760
do not dare slander them before 
the Lord. 

1017
01:06:45,360 --> 01:06:47,960
These individual are nothing but
brute beasts, irrational 

1018
01:06:47,960 --> 01:06:50,160
creatures born in the wild to be
caught and destroyed. 

1019
01:06:50,320 --> 01:06:51,680
And they will perish like 
beasts. 

1020
01:06:51,680 --> 01:06:56,080
They are professional insulters.
Who slander whatever they don't 

1021
01:06:56,080 --> 01:06:59,240
understand and in their 
destruction they will be 

1022
01:06:59,240 --> 01:07:01,960
destroyed. 
It's amazing how many things the

1023
01:07:01,960 --> 01:07:05,320
Saints actually don't understand
because of the limited knowledge

1024
01:07:05,320 --> 01:07:07,880
they actually have concerning 
situations. 

1025
01:07:07,880 --> 01:07:14,840
So you got to be careful that 
you don't want to all of a 

1026
01:07:14,840 --> 01:07:18,000
sudden pick up on something and 
begin to. 

1027
01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:20,440
This is how deception begins to 
move. 

1028
01:07:22,180 --> 01:07:27,540
This is how the enemy functions 
because the devil knows he 

1029
01:07:27,540 --> 01:07:29,740
cannot destroy the church 
outside it. 

1030
01:07:33,180 --> 01:07:37,580
He has to infiltrate inside it 
and get the Saints deceived. 

1031
01:07:40,340 --> 01:07:45,660
And as he has to plant a bug, a 
virus got to try to destroy it 

1032
01:07:45,660 --> 01:07:50,020
from within. 
He goes on and says this. 

1033
01:07:50,590 --> 01:07:53,110
For all the evil they have done 
will come crashing down on them.

1034
01:07:53,110 --> 01:07:55,350
They consider it a great 
pleasure to crowd in broad 

1035
01:07:55,350 --> 01:07:57,390
daylight when they come to your 
love feast. 

1036
01:07:57,950 --> 01:08:04,710
They are but stained and 
blemished blemishes, reveling in

1037
01:08:04,710 --> 01:08:07,550
their deceptions as they feast 
with you. 

1038
01:08:07,830 --> 01:08:10,110
They are addicted to adultery. 
And we're not talking about 

1039
01:08:10,110 --> 01:08:13,550
sexual fornication alone, we're 
talking about they. 

1040
01:08:13,630 --> 01:08:16,550
They are aligning themselves 
with other things to worship 

1041
01:08:16,550 --> 01:08:19,330
beside God. 
Although they could be full of 

1042
01:08:19,330 --> 01:08:23,290
sexual immorality as well, with 
eyes that are insatiable, there 

1043
01:08:23,410 --> 01:08:27,490
with sins that never end. 
They seduce the vulnerable and 

1044
01:08:27,490 --> 01:08:30,890
are experts in their greed. 
But they are children of a 

1045
01:08:30,930 --> 01:08:34,609
curse. 
Pastor Mark said that he was 

1046
01:08:34,609 --> 01:08:37,810
listening to our series on Pride
and he gave me this thought. 

1047
01:08:37,810 --> 01:08:39,569
I said, man, that's good, I'm 
going to use it tomorrow, he 

1048
01:08:39,569 --> 01:08:41,170
said. 
Pride is the bedrock of 

1049
01:08:41,170 --> 01:08:43,370
deception. 
Submission is the bedrock of 

1050
01:08:43,370 --> 01:08:47,700
revelation. 
Notice in this passage they 

1051
01:08:47,700 --> 01:08:51,100
despise authorities. 
You know why you're not getting 

1052
01:08:51,100 --> 01:08:52,620
revelation? 
Because you're not being 

1053
01:08:52,620 --> 01:08:56,620
submitted. 
This is why you'll look for 

1054
01:08:56,660 --> 01:09:00,380
anything new. 
And that's why the devil can 

1055
01:09:00,380 --> 01:09:04,939
give you different doctrines, 
because they'll offer you 

1056
01:09:04,939 --> 01:09:09,180
freedom from submission to 
anything. 

1057
01:09:12,300 --> 01:09:15,960
Praise the Lord. 
Amen. 

1058
01:09:17,720 --> 01:09:21,200
So there's a group of 
individuals that the Lord is not

1059
01:09:21,200 --> 01:09:25,760
well with because of what 
they're bringing to his church. 

1060
01:09:26,319 --> 01:09:29,840
But here's the thing. 
It says in verse 13 that they'll

1061
01:09:29,840 --> 01:09:31,479
come crashing down. 
So it lets me know. 

1062
01:09:31,760 --> 01:09:37,080
Even though it can show up in a 
crash at the end of the day, I 

1063
01:09:37,080 --> 01:09:39,560
don't get anxious about it. 
I remember one time I had a 

1064
01:09:39,560 --> 01:09:43,680
selfproclaimed apostle show up. 
I had a selfproclaimed prophet 

1065
01:09:43,680 --> 01:09:47,290
show up. 
I've had this, a couple things 

1066
01:09:47,290 --> 01:09:48,490
that have happened. 
self-proclaimed. 

1067
01:09:48,490 --> 01:09:51,609
They want to get over in the in 
the in the lobby and start you 

1068
01:09:51,609 --> 01:09:57,370
know trying to prophesy. 
OK, let's let's meet. 

1069
01:09:59,370 --> 01:10:02,210
They left. 
I had another self-proclaimed 

1070
01:10:02,210 --> 01:10:04,850
prophet came sent in service set
in the back all the time. 

1071
01:10:04,850 --> 01:10:06,210
Finally decided we're going to 
meet with me. 

1072
01:10:06,210 --> 01:10:08,800
It was a female. 
And so Pastor Angie and I met 

1073
01:10:09,160 --> 01:10:13,360
with this individual and they 
raved about the teaching here 

1074
01:10:13,360 --> 01:10:15,920
and the ministering of the word 
and love the worship. 

1075
01:10:15,920 --> 01:10:17,920
Right. 
And just, you know, I mean, it's

1076
01:10:17,920 --> 01:10:20,000
why they told how awesome it 
was, right? 

1077
01:10:20,000 --> 01:10:22,040
Remember Pastor Angie, stand up.
Shake, tell everybody that's a 

1078
01:10:22,040 --> 01:10:23,640
true statement. 
Yeah, this happened. 

1079
01:10:24,440 --> 01:10:26,680
I mean, I was like amazing 
preacher. 

1080
01:10:26,680 --> 01:10:29,320
It was amazing. 
So then they proceeded to tell 

1081
01:10:29,320 --> 01:10:32,760
me they were prophetess. 
And that the Lord had sent them.

1082
01:10:32,880 --> 01:10:34,800
And So what they were gonna do 
is they were gonna give me a 

1083
01:10:34,800 --> 01:10:37,720
word from God. 
They were so humble that they 

1084
01:10:37,720 --> 01:10:40,000
didn't want to take credit. 
They would give it to me and I 

1085
01:10:40,000 --> 01:10:47,960
would deliver it. 
And by the way, never talk on 

1086
01:10:47,960 --> 01:10:53,600
money again. 
So I said, well, you look, 

1087
01:10:53,600 --> 01:10:55,640
you're not the Holy Ghost, so 
I'm not doing that. 

1088
01:10:59,270 --> 01:11:00,750
I mean, I'm not take them 
accused from you. 

1089
01:11:00,750 --> 01:11:08,710
It's not how this works. 
So then they proceed to say, 

1090
01:11:08,710 --> 01:11:11,670
well, I guess I'll just come and
worship and leave. 

1091
01:11:14,350 --> 01:11:16,430
Wait a minute. 
You had you just told me how 

1092
01:11:16,430 --> 01:11:21,190
great the teaching was. 
So I proceeded to say, well, if 

1093
01:11:21,190 --> 01:11:24,550
you can't stay for the whole 
message, then there's probably 

1094
01:11:24,550 --> 01:11:27,540
no reason to come. 
And they said, are you saying 

1095
01:11:27,540 --> 01:11:29,580
I'm not allowed to the church? 
I said, I didn't say that. 

1096
01:11:30,220 --> 01:11:33,540
I said if you're only coming to 
hear the worship and not say for

1097
01:11:33,540 --> 01:11:36,540
the preaching of the Word, then 
there's probably no reason to be

1098
01:11:36,540 --> 01:11:38,020
here. 
Are you saying that I'm not 

1099
01:11:38,020 --> 01:11:39,580
welcome? 
I said, I didn't say that. 

1100
01:11:39,780 --> 01:11:41,260
I looked at Patreon. 
I didn't say that. 

1101
01:11:41,660 --> 01:11:45,980
What I said was, if you're only 
going to come for the worship 

1102
01:11:46,100 --> 01:11:48,740
and not say for the preaching of
the Word, there's probably no 

1103
01:11:48,740 --> 01:11:51,260
reason to be here. 
Well, I believe the Lord just 

1104
01:11:51,260 --> 01:11:53,500
released me. 
I said, I think you're correct. 

1105
01:11:59,150 --> 01:12:02,670
And they're not here. 
But I've seen them in town. 

1106
01:12:05,750 --> 01:12:08,350
Yeah. 
Now let me tell you where my 

1107
01:12:08,350 --> 01:12:11,270
love walks at. 
I go up and shake their hand. 

1108
01:12:11,270 --> 01:12:16,390
Hey, how you doing? 
Because I'm not intimidated by 

1109
01:12:16,390 --> 01:12:19,510
false prophetesses and false 
teachers. 

1110
01:12:22,240 --> 01:12:24,440
They don't intimidate. 
I don't like all so and so's 

1111
01:12:24,440 --> 01:12:26,240
there and I I don't. 
They hide. 

1112
01:12:26,360 --> 01:12:28,680
They turn another owl. 
Well, what's the problem? 

1113
01:12:30,920 --> 01:12:37,720
I mean, what's the issue here? 
I mean, your pastor is having to

1114
01:12:37,720 --> 01:12:44,120
deal with stuff a lot, but why 
do I do it? 

1115
01:12:44,120 --> 01:12:47,040
Because they come after the 
vulnerable. 

1116
01:12:52,770 --> 01:12:55,490
They going after the vulnerable.
You think I'm going to let 

1117
01:12:55,490 --> 01:12:59,730
somebody who's got degrees and 
if taught and done all kind of 

1118
01:12:59,730 --> 01:13:04,730
stuff fall away and going to 
continue to start dealing with 

1119
01:13:04,730 --> 01:13:05,690
it. 
And I'm not going to say 

1120
01:13:05,690 --> 01:13:07,370
something, I'm going to say 
something. 

1121
01:13:12,050 --> 01:13:14,690
But I guarantee you they are not
going to set up a meeting with 

1122
01:13:14,690 --> 01:13:19,730
you and me and them, because the
day that happens, you'll 

1123
01:13:19,770 --> 01:13:21,330
actually know what's really 
going on. 

1124
01:13:25,630 --> 01:13:28,910
Because they're always right, if
you're only hearing their side. 

1125
01:13:32,110 --> 01:13:35,550
And some of you need to quit 
entertaining those conversations

1126
01:13:36,430 --> 01:13:39,950
because you're going down the 
road of deception, because you 

1127
01:13:39,950 --> 01:13:44,310
don't want to bring me in or my 
associates in on the 

1128
01:13:44,310 --> 01:13:48,140
conversation. 
Because you want to believe what

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01:13:48,140 --> 01:13:50,660
they say, which means you're 
already on the road to the 

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01:13:50,660 --> 01:13:53,540
rebellion. 
But it won't crush this 

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01:13:53,540 --> 01:13:55,540
ministry, It won't crush this 
vision. 

1132
01:13:55,540 --> 01:13:58,340
It won't stop it. 
In fact, it would just make us 

1133
01:13:58,340 --> 01:14:03,380
stronger. 
We'll grow more, cause God to do

1134
01:14:03,380 --> 01:14:07,620
it in spite of you. 
And we'll actually hear about 

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01:14:07,620 --> 01:14:09,060
your destruction. 
And it. 

1136
01:14:09,060 --> 01:14:11,220
Be sad and we'll grieve and 
we'll still be praying. 

1137
01:14:11,220 --> 01:14:15,180
Lord, forgive them. 
Not that they don't know what 

1138
01:14:15,180 --> 01:14:16,620
they do, cause they know what 
they're doing. 

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01:14:17,420 --> 01:14:19,380
Last part of this chapter and 
we'll close. 

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01:14:20,140 --> 01:14:24,460
I know I'm going along, but 
where are you going? 

1141
01:14:26,580 --> 01:14:29,060
I know you're hungry, but this 
is what fasting's about. 

1142
01:14:30,100 --> 01:14:31,740
Somebody ain't fasting so long. 
You. 

1143
01:14:31,820 --> 01:14:33,820
I mean you. 
This is the longest you've gone 

1144
01:14:33,820 --> 01:14:35,380
without food. 
You're going to be alright. 

1145
01:14:36,420 --> 01:14:38,580
We going to make it. 
Amen. 

1146
01:14:38,580 --> 01:14:40,860
And not anybody. 
Nobody's going to finish the 

1147
01:14:40,860 --> 01:14:42,820
YouTube anyway, so I might as 
well keep preaching. 

1148
01:14:45,850 --> 01:14:48,930
Because everybody wants to be 
deceived, apparently, You know, 

1149
01:14:48,930 --> 01:14:50,810
we don't have an appetite for 
the word. 

1150
01:14:50,810 --> 01:14:52,450
I mean, I want hungry people 
around me. 

1151
01:14:52,610 --> 01:14:56,250
And I don't care if it takes me 
10 years to, out of the 8 

1152
01:14:56,250 --> 01:14:59,330
billion people on the planet, 
for God to move a group of 

1153
01:14:59,330 --> 01:15:03,330
people in this location who is 
hungry for God, rightly divided,

1154
01:15:03,530 --> 01:15:08,690
living in love, in unity, go and
pay the price, then I'll do it. 

1155
01:15:10,360 --> 01:15:13,160
Because he's coming back for the
church without spot or wrinkle, 

1156
01:15:13,240 --> 01:15:15,840
which means it's obtainable. 
And I'm going to be a part of 

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01:15:15,840 --> 01:15:17,680
the process. 
I'm going to be in it. 

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01:15:18,960 --> 01:15:21,760
Amen. 
Second, Peter 215 to 22 says it 

1159
01:15:21,760 --> 01:15:23,560
this way. 
Forgive me guys. 

1160
01:15:23,560 --> 01:15:25,440
I'm going to deviate from the 
script. 

1161
01:15:26,440 --> 01:15:28,560
So you might want don't want to 
put this on the video. 

1162
01:15:28,640 --> 01:15:32,640
They have wandered off the main 
road and have gone astray 

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01:15:32,960 --> 01:15:37,080
because they are prophets who 
love prophet and wages that 

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01:15:37,080 --> 01:15:40,730
earned by wrongdoing. 
They are following the example 

1165
01:15:40,730 --> 01:15:43,850
of Balem. 
Now you if you if Balem is 

1166
01:15:43,890 --> 01:15:48,930
pretty amazing, you need to go 
read raw numbers 22 for yourself

1167
01:15:49,770 --> 01:15:53,410
because Balem is classic 
deceiver. 

1168
01:15:54,970 --> 01:15:59,250
Classic the way the deceives 
function. 

1169
01:15:59,530 --> 01:16:03,250
OK 1st 16 let me read it and 
then I'm going to deal with 

1170
01:16:03,250 --> 01:16:06,690
that. 
Who was rebuked for evil? 

1171
01:16:07,130 --> 01:16:12,220
For what? 
He was reviewed for what evil by

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01:16:12,220 --> 01:16:17,220
a donkey incapable of speech, 
yet spoke with a human voice and

1173
01:16:17,220 --> 01:16:19,500
restrained the prophet's 
madness. 

1174
01:16:19,900 --> 01:16:24,180
Now when you read Romans Numbers
22, it goes something like this.

1175
01:16:24,850 --> 01:16:27,970
The Moab see all the Israelites 
and they've heard how they 

1176
01:16:27,970 --> 01:16:30,850
destroyed Ammonites and they're 
like, man, we going to deal with

1177
01:16:30,850 --> 01:16:32,610
these people right here? 
Are we going to be in trouble? 

1178
01:16:32,850 --> 01:16:34,610
Let's go get this prophet called
Balam. 

1179
01:16:34,770 --> 01:16:37,090
Because Balam, whoever he curses
is cursing. 

1180
01:16:37,090 --> 01:16:39,370
Whoever he's blessed is blessed.
And we'll get him to come and 

1181
01:16:39,370 --> 01:16:41,770
curse these people so that we 
can win in war. 

1182
01:16:42,010 --> 01:16:45,450
So they show up at Balam and 
Balam says, look, I can't say 

1183
01:16:45,450 --> 01:16:47,610
anything other than what God 
says. 

1184
01:16:49,250 --> 01:16:52,890
So they said we'll go ask him. 
So he goes to God and God says 

1185
01:16:52,890 --> 01:16:55,920
don't go with the people. 
Don't have nothing to do with 

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01:16:55,920 --> 01:16:58,320
them. 
Send them on the way. 

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01:16:58,600 --> 01:17:02,120
And the prophet obeyed the voice
of God. 

1188
01:17:03,920 --> 01:17:08,400
Well, the king was not well with
that, So the king sent back 

1189
01:17:08,640 --> 01:17:17,160
higher officials, more 
dignitaries, people of influence

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01:17:17,200 --> 01:17:26,260
and renown, then offered him. 
Finance. 

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01:17:26,420 --> 01:17:27,700
We're going to exalt your 
ministry. 

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01:17:27,700 --> 01:17:30,100
We're going to pay for it. 
We're going to do something, 

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01:17:31,460 --> 01:17:33,260
Balam. 
Then Balam does this. 

1194
01:17:34,100 --> 01:17:39,540
Now you know I can't do anything
but what the Lord says now. 

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01:17:39,540 --> 01:17:50,820
The first time he probably meant
that, but the second time he's 

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01:17:50,820 --> 01:17:55,420
like. 
And I could get wealthy off of 

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01:17:55,420 --> 01:17:58,140
this deal. 
I might. 

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01:17:58,140 --> 01:18:01,140
Let me, let me go talk to God, 
see if I can convince him 

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01:18:01,140 --> 01:18:03,940
otherwise. 
Now he's going to the Lord and 

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01:18:03,940 --> 01:18:09,500
motive. 
So he goes back to the Lord and 

1201
01:18:09,500 --> 01:18:19,140
the Lord says, all right, you 
can go, but you only say what I 

1202
01:18:19,140 --> 01:18:23,460
say. 
Now when you read it, you're 

1203
01:18:23,460 --> 01:18:25,060
almost like, what did Balam do 
wrong? 

1204
01:18:26,220 --> 01:18:28,540
Second, Peter tells us what 
Balam did wrong. 

1205
01:18:29,660 --> 01:18:35,860
Balam wanted the wealth and was 
trying to manipulate God, to 

1206
01:18:35,860 --> 01:18:40,580
give him a different word. 
And not only did God set him up 

1207
01:18:40,580 --> 01:18:44,500
and he wouldn't let him say it, 
but he said let me try it again.

1208
01:18:44,940 --> 01:18:48,380
He kept trying to manipulate 
God. 

1209
01:18:49,020 --> 01:18:51,740
To be at a Give a word. 
You know how many false prophets

1210
01:18:51,740 --> 01:18:53,420
today are. 
I'm trying to manipulate God to 

1211
01:18:53,420 --> 01:18:54,860
give a word. 
But here's the thing that 

1212
01:18:54,860 --> 01:18:58,500
happens in this one. 
They are tapping into familiar 

1213
01:18:58,500 --> 01:19:02,260
spirits and deceiving spirits 
and they're giving a word 

1214
01:19:02,660 --> 01:19:05,460
because they do it in. 
This is why I asked you to stand

1215
01:19:05,460 --> 01:19:08,420
up. 
I'm done with the days at Anchor

1216
01:19:08,420 --> 01:19:11,780
Faith Church that we're not 
going to be accurate. 

1217
01:19:13,540 --> 01:19:16,860
I'm not going to let anybody get
up here and give a word about 

1218
01:19:16,860 --> 01:19:19,430
something. 
And we not going to find out was

1219
01:19:19,430 --> 01:19:25,350
it a word either we heard about 
a headache or we did not. 

1220
01:19:26,630 --> 01:19:30,550
Either we heard about healing or
we didn't because you know, say 

1221
01:19:30,550 --> 01:19:32,510
well, we, you know, I believe 
people are getting healed today.

1222
01:19:33,190 --> 01:19:37,430
Well, anybody could say that 
think about that's so general. 

1223
01:19:38,590 --> 01:19:40,550
No, it was obvious. 
It wasn't general. 

1224
01:19:40,830 --> 01:19:45,550
It was accurate word of 
knowledge and then became 

1225
01:19:45,550 --> 01:19:49,120
specific about a headache. 
Are you hearing me? 

1226
01:19:49,800 --> 01:19:54,520
But it's amazing how people will
get general that a fortune 

1227
01:19:54,520 --> 01:20:01,280
teller could do that. 
You know, I believe that there's

1228
01:20:01,280 --> 01:20:04,080
a great blessing on the on on on
the way for you. 

1229
01:20:05,080 --> 01:20:08,880
Anybody can say that. 
Never can say that and bless 

1230
01:20:08,880 --> 01:20:15,240
you, OK. 
Because I know in these last 

1231
01:20:15,240 --> 01:20:18,950
days deceptions coming. 
So we're going to just have to 

1232
01:20:18,950 --> 01:20:21,070
verify. 
I said we're going to have to 

1233
01:20:21,070 --> 01:20:25,310
verify. 
At the end of the day, don't 

1234
01:20:25,310 --> 01:20:28,230
come up here and act like you 
repenting and crying and 

1235
01:20:28,230 --> 01:20:34,590
snotting all over the podium or 
the stage and then go walk in 

1236
01:20:34,590 --> 01:20:42,390
your excuse, Verify. 
I said verify. 

1237
01:20:44,070 --> 01:20:51,120
Say Amen. 1st 17 These are dried
up river beds, waterless clouds,

1238
01:20:51,840 --> 01:20:55,040
pushed along by stormy winds and
the deepest darkness of gloom 

1239
01:20:55,040 --> 01:20:58,560
they have prepared for them. 
They spouted off with grandiose 

1240
01:20:58,560 --> 01:21:01,880
so impressive nonsense. 
Consume with the lust of the 

1241
01:21:01,880 --> 01:21:04,080
flesh. 
They lure back in to send those 

1242
01:21:04,080 --> 01:21:06,040
who recently escaped from the 
air. 

1243
01:21:06,720 --> 01:21:13,520
I do not tolerate. 
I have no patience. 

1244
01:21:13,720 --> 01:21:14,880
None. 
And I'll have to. 

1245
01:21:15,570 --> 01:21:20,050
Of someone who knows better, 
been trained better, has gone 

1246
01:21:20,050 --> 01:21:23,890
through all kinds of years with 
us, and then you going to fall 

1247
01:21:23,890 --> 01:21:26,370
off and then you going to start 
trying to go after somebody. 

1248
01:21:27,410 --> 01:21:34,970
No, you're going to be done. 
It's not going to happen. 

1249
01:21:35,570 --> 01:21:38,850
Because here's the thing, if you
read scripts, you understand God

1250
01:21:38,850 --> 01:21:41,610
deals with people in sin based 
upon what they know. 

1251
01:21:42,530 --> 01:21:45,330
How can Moses hit rock twice and
can't get into promised land? 

1252
01:21:47,410 --> 01:21:50,650
How can Adam, who's never born 
to eat a fruit and bring sin 

1253
01:21:50,650 --> 01:21:53,970
into the whole Dang planet? 
It's because they've been with 

1254
01:21:53,970 --> 01:22:04,810
the Lord. 
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1255
01:22:04,810 --> 01:22:07,290
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