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War And Victory - Part 1 - Are You A Christian | Episode #363 | Encore Episode #034 · Reflections On The Word With Richard Kay

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of Reflection on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard K. I'm Chuck Christie, and today we are asking
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  Speaker 1: you to spend a few moments of your time with
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  Speaker 1: us each day as Richard shares from God's work with notes, quotes,
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  Speaker 1: and stores, along with some of his own personal experiences,
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  Speaker 1: to confirm for you God's great love for us, that
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  Speaker 1: his compassion for us never fails, and that He has
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  Speaker 1: a great faithfulness toward us in every regard. In Lamentations,
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  Speaker 1: Chapter three, verses twenty two and twenty three, we read,
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  Speaker 1: because of the Lord's great love, we are not consumed,
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  Speaker 1: for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning.
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  Speaker 1: Great is your faithfulness. Now, if you miss a portion
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  Speaker 1: of today's broadcast or would like to recommend it to
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  Speaker 1: a friend, you can hear this program anytime online at
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  Speaker 1: Talknetwork Radio dot com. Well, now here's Richard with today's reflection.
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  Speaker 2: And there shall be signs in the sun, and in
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  Speaker 2: the moon, and in the stars, and upon the earth,
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  Speaker 2: distressive nations with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring
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  Speaker 2: men's hearts, failing them for fear and for looking after
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  Speaker 2: those things which are come on the earth. For the
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  Speaker 2: powers of Heaven shall be shaken Luke twenty one Versus
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  Speaker 2: twenty five and twenty six, taken from the King James
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  Speaker 2: version of the Bible. Today we begin the first segment
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  Speaker 2: of our series, War and Victory, the Christian Fight of Faith.
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  Speaker 2: To begin with, we want to understand why we fight.
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  Speaker 2: The question has to be answered in order to determine
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  Speaker 2: are we supposed to fight? If we are, then how
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  Speaker 2: do we fight? So first, let's determine the condition that
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  Speaker 2: we live in today. Not very much different from many
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  Speaker 2: times when the world was in constant up evil, but
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  Speaker 2: today's condition, our world seems to be in turmoil. There's
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  Speaker 2: tremendous perplexity in our government and the governments of all nations.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, the most knowledgeable politicians deliberate world conditions constantly.
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  Speaker 2: The finest minds, greatest scientists, and learned philosophers are trying
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  Speaker 2: to find the answers to the world's problems. Now, these
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  Speaker 2: problems plague the very core of our lives and threaten
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  Speaker 2: mankind with destruction. According to many scientists, we are running
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  Speaker 2: out of our resources, food, water, air, energy. All of
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  Speaker 2: these things are either being abused or misused. Every day.
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  Speaker 2: We hear about an new threat to our health. Fear
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  Speaker 2: of many dreaded diseases is rampant. We are experiencing problems
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  Speaker 2: in epidemic proportion. It is as though some unseen arch
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  Speaker 2: enemy has waged this increasing scale of conflict. As we
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  Speaker 2: read the Bible speaks of times of peril when men's
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  Speaker 2: hearts will fail due to fear of world conditions. Mankind
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  Speaker 2: has contributed to the crisis simply through the lack of
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  Speaker 2: knowledge and improper planning, perhaps causing even more waste for neglect.
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  Speaker 2: We need to know if we're going to determine what
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  Speaker 2: we do in this fight. We have to know whose
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  Speaker 2: side we're on. Now. I have to ask this question
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  Speaker 2: because I can't assume anything. I'm actually asking for my listeners.
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  Speaker 2: Are you a Christian? Simply? Have you made Jesus Christ
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  Speaker 2: your Lord and savior? Now? If you are not sure,
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  Speaker 2: or if you have reservations about this, the most important
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  Speaker 2: of all of your life's decisions, then let's stop for
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  Speaker 2: just a moment and reason together. What I want to
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  Speaker 2: do is ask a few questions, and then also we
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  Speaker 2: want to be able to point out scriptures that will
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  Speaker 2: help us know that we're making the right choice. Now
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  Speaker 2: is the time to choose. Is the right side. The
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  Speaker 2: following scriptures will help you make the right choice. Please listen.
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  Speaker 2: We're familiar with John three point sixteen. For God so
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  Speaker 2: loved the world that he gave his only begotten son,
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  Speaker 2: that whoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
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  Speaker 2: everlasting life. Friend, you and I are the whosoever now.
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  Speaker 2: John ten ten says, the thief cometh not but for
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  Speaker 2: to steal and to kill, and to destroy. I am
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  Speaker 2: come that they might have life, and that they might
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  Speaker 2: have it more abundantly. You and I are they. Romans
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  Speaker 2: three twenty three states that for all have sinned and
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  Speaker 2: comes short of the glory of God, so we are
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  Speaker 2: all sinners, and Romans six point twenty three says the
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  Speaker 2: wages of sin is death, but the gift of God
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  Speaker 2: is eternal life through Jesus Christ, our Lord. You see, friends,
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  Speaker 2: we deserve death as payment or the wages for our sin.
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  Speaker 2: But God's gift to us is eternal life through Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 2: Ephesians two and verses eight and nine state, for by
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  Speaker 2: grace are you saved through faith, and that not of yourselves.
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  Speaker 2: It is the gift of God. Not of works, lest
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  Speaker 2: any man should boast. You know, good works can't save us,
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  Speaker 2: only God's gift of his son Jesus Christ. What must
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  Speaker 2: we do simply ex God's gift. You might say that's
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  Speaker 2: too easy, or there's got to be some catch. No,
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  Speaker 2: read with me the next scripture in Romans verses ten
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  Speaker 2: or nine and ten of chapter ten, that if thou
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  Speaker 2: shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe
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  Speaker 2: in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead,
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  Speaker 2: thou shalt be saved. For with the heart, man believeth
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  Speaker 2: unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
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  Speaker 2: Believe that Jesus died for your sin and that he
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  Speaker 2: was resurrected or raised from the dead. Then confess or
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  Speaker 2: say that, and the Bible clearly states you will be saved.
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  Speaker 2: You will have eternal life. You are from that time
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  Speaker 2: forever more on the right side. You've made the right choice.
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  Speaker 2: You can simply pray this prayer out loud. All you've
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  Speaker 2: got to do is recognize it's your condition that Jesus
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  Speaker 2: died for. Say this prayer with me. God. I know
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  Speaker 2: I am a sinner in need your forgiveness. I believe
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  Speaker 2: your son, Jesus Christ died on the cross of Calvary
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  Speaker 2: as payment for my sins. I believe that you raised
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  Speaker 2: him from the dead to give me eternal life, and
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  Speaker 2: I accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. Now, friend,
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  Speaker 2: you may not feel a difference, but God is not
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  Speaker 2: a liar, and by your active confession, you have received
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  Speaker 2: God's gift. Trust him now to lead you and guide you.
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  Speaker 2: Study the Bible, God's holy work. Start with the Gospel
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  Speaker 2: of John, tell others about your experience, and read the
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  Speaker 2: scriptures that follow.
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  Speaker 1: Richard will be right back in a moment to wrap up.
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  Speaker 1: But if you've just joined us you've been listening to
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  Speaker 1: Reflections on the Word with Richard k. You can hear
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  Speaker 1: this message in its entirety again online as well as
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  Speaker 1: Richard's entire archive at Talknetwork Radio dot com. We would
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  Speaker 1: like to acknowledge our theme song, how Great is Thy
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  Speaker 1: faithuess from the America's twenty five Favorite Hymns album unless otherwise.
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  Speaker 1: Express scriptures are read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible,
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  Speaker 1: which is published by homand Bible Publishers in Nashville, Tennessee.
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  Speaker 1: Additional resources used for reflections on the Word with Richard
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  Speaker 1: k include Great is Thy faithfulness, by our daily breadth
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  Speaker 1: and printed by Discovery House Publishers. Again here is Richard
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  Speaker 1: to wrap up today's message.
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  Speaker 2: This scripture gives you assurance First John, chapter five and
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  Speaker 2: verses nine through twelve. If we receive the witness of men,
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  Speaker 2: the witness of God is greater. For this is the
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  Speaker 2: witness of God, which He hath testified of his son.
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  Speaker 2: He that believeth on the Son of God hath the
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  Speaker 2: witness in himself. He that believeth not God hath made
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  Speaker 2: him a liar, because he believeth not the record that
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  Speaker 2: God gave his son. And this is the record that
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  Speaker 2: God hath given to us eternal life. And this life
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  Speaker 2: is in his son. He that hath the Son hath life.
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  Speaker 2: He that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
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  Speaker 2: This is the passage that will give you the knowledge
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  Speaker 2: that you have eternal life. First John, chapter five and
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  Speaker 2: verse thirteen. These things have I written unto you that
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  Speaker 2: believe on the name of the Son of God, that
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  Speaker 2: you may know that you have eternal life, and that
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  Speaker 2: you may believe on the name of the Son of God.
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  Speaker 2: Remember it's not our feeling, but our faith in God
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  Speaker 2: and his record of his son Jesus Christ as his
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  Speaker 2: gift to us. That is our assurance. There's a songwriter
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  Speaker 2: that has written blessed assurance, Jesus is Mine, and that
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  Speaker 2: is today's Reflection on the Word.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Richard. Join us again tomorrow when we continue
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  Speaker 1: with the next edition of Reflections on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard k or Richard on the entire team. This is
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  Speaker 1: Chuck Christie saying thanks for listening to this edition of
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  Speaker 1: Reflections on the Word.