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The five minute Bible study: Going deep as Christians · Spending time with Dr. Christina

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  Hello and welcome back to my podcast spending
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  time with dr. Christina we're in season 7 coming
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  to a close with episode 10 in the five -minute
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  Bible study and Tonight we're talking about going
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  deep as Christians Now to begin oddly enough
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  a lot of people today think that they are deep
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  people They're very pensive. They think deeply
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  they are those that critically think even But
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  what I've noticed is that a lot of people that
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  think that they are deep per se are actually
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  pretty surfaced. And we're going to talk about
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  that for a moment and what it means as a Christian
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  to go deep. So when I think about being a Christian
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  and I think about being a person that goes deep
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  with another, for us as Christians, It means
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  that we will go the extra mile. We will do everything
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  to reach them just like the Bible tells us to.
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  In fact, when we have brothers and sisters that
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  are in trouble, that are backsliding, that are
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  missing the mark, we are the ones that should
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  be out there telling them and helping them and
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  praying for them or whatever it's called to do
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  at that time to get them back on track. Maybe
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  it's a case where we need to just pray for them.
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  Take it to the prayer closet and pray for them
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  to come out of whatever sin or wrong that they're
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  involved in. Or maybe it's a case we need to
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  tell the truth and love. The Bible calls us to
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  tell the truth. And why? Because we know that
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  lies come from the father of lies. When we have
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  a brother and sister that's being deceived and
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  not walking in the truth, we should do everything
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  we can to reach them. to be available to them
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  to walk in love and compassion and God's grace
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  which he bestows to us and give it toward them
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  and if this is a very troubling matter then do
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  what the Bible says if they will not listen to
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  you you bring a second person who is that witness
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  and if they still do not listen then it becomes
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  a rebuke this is what the Bible tells us to do
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  but we know that God is great in grace and mercy
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  so the same grace and mercy he gives to us we
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  should be demonstrating to others as much as
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  humanly possible in fact I think about a scripture
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  you probably also know all too well forgive so
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  your heavenly father can forgive you when we
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  forgive others when we walking that compassion
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  and grace that God gives to us We are basically
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  sewing it back into our own lives. So this is
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  why we always want to be able to be a person
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  that is available to others, a person that walks
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  deeply in the faith, following all the precepts
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  that God has called us to in this lifetime. And
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  let's talk about this some more and see exactly
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  what this means. For example, as a Christian,
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  when we go deep with others, We don't worry about
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  what they think, what others may think, looking
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  like, or if you feel like you're going to be
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  very foolish. These are things that we should
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  not be concerned about. We should never be concerned
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  about how things look. We should be concerned
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  about telling the truth in love, walking with
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  the Lord, and being His mouthpiece when He calls
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  us to. So as Christians, we can never be concerned
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  about how things may look or how things may sound
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  per se. What we should be concerned about is
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  walking in God's truth and sharing it with others.
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  And when God calls us to, to... do the correction
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  with others or to show them something they may
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  be missing. We should be readily available to
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  do so. And in this short time today, we're going
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  to talk some about it, but I'm also going to
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  revisit this later on in future Bible study episodes
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  because there's so much to say. We know when
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  we look at the Bible, Jesus' character showed
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  how he showed his disciples things privately
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  and publicly. And this is what we have to do
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  as well. We have to be in tune with the Holy
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  Spirit and understand when God wants us to say
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  something publicly or when He's calling us to
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  say something privately or do something privately,
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  such as praying for others. But as Christians,
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  our goal is to always go deep. This is going
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  the extra mile and trying to reach and help a
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  person. Well, As I mentioned, we're going to
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  be revisiting this topic again later on. But
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  this is all I have to share with you tonight.
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  I hope this season has been a blessing to you.
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  And until the next time, I wish you all a good
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  week.