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Welcome back. Yes, as we're.
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Wrapping up this series with the letter of John, right?
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Yeah. Here we are there, John, and I
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believe this has only 1 chapter. Yes, 1 chapter, Yeah, the title
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of this has a good report. So essentially, essentially he's
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writing as in like excellent, a good report that goes without
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saying of the things that he needs to say.
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Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Absolutely.
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How was your day? My day was good.
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The pollen today was actually really intense.
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Oh yeah, but it's going to rain tomorrow.
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Yeah, the rain calms it down, right?
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Yeah, I don't know. Pollen never really affected me.
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Actually, it did once, like post pandemic, like 2021.
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I was working with a friend over there somewhere in Long Island.
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It was. Oh my God, I forgot the name of
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that town, but dude, it was so bad.
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Yeah, that I was like sneezing red eyes and but this year
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wasn't much of the sneezing. It was more of the eyes.
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Yeah, the eyes, right? Oh my God.
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Yeah, my, my eyes. Like when I was driving I was
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like why am I so itchy? Yeah.
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But it's 'cause it's very windy today, so yeah, Oh well.
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Alright, so before we start, you want to start us with a prayer?
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Yeah, absolutely. Cool.
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Thank you, Father, for allowing us just to be here, Oh God.
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And I just pray, O Heavenly Father, that you guide us and
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you lead us to the absolute truth.
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But we're about to read it, the word of Heavenly Father and I
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pray for my brothers and sisters, guide us and lead us in
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your holy mighty name, Amen. Amen.
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So as we were finishing this up, we were reading we were reading
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earlier about Leviticus. Yeah.
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And you were brain blown of the John quoting it, James quoting
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from there, Jesus quoting. There, Yeah, absolutely.
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Now I understand so much more when when they say this is not a
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a new commandment but an old one.
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Yeah, yeah, 'cause. And when and when he's and when
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John says, well, here's a new one, but which was not almost
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like he said it sarcastically, right?
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Use use a new one. Right, right.
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But it was just correlating to the.
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Exactly. The other yeah, the commandment
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that was already there. Exactly.
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So here we are, third John and chapter 1, because it's only
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one, it says, well, for those who don't know, I'm reading the
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Nab's version, The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love, in
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truth. All right, so there's an elder
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in the church, right? Gaius, right, right, right.
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Who seems like was the one there?
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Maybe not in regards to leadership or Bishop, but.
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Or I mean, yeah, possibly. Right.
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Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be
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in good health. There's nothing wrong with
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working out. Yep, absolutely.
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Being safe and being in good health, yeah, all right.
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To have proper function to do the good work of God.
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Correct. Yeah, I know.
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Even in the Old Testament with the commandments I you know they
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were ordered to be clean. You know, Oh, yeah.
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So we were reading Leviticus and you were like, what?
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And I was explaining to you every specific thing.
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Yeah. Right.
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Absolutely. Just as your soul prospers, so
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he's like, look, be in good health and just as your souls
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prospers. So if your soul with God that
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walk thinking, you know, walking in the spirit, yeah.
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And well, if you're so adamant about your health, well, so so
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should your spiritual life be absolutely same.
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Time with God. Yeah, for I was overjoyed when
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brothers came and testified to your truth.
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So it seems like they would visit.
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John. That is how you are walking in
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truth, right? Yep.
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I have no greater joy than this. So he was more concerned with
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his soul than his health, right? Right.
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Still said. Good.
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Excellent to hear of my children walking in truth.
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Isn't that great? Awesome.
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Yeah, absolutely. Beloved so.
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So this is almost like a letter of like his last, like maybe one
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of his last letters, right. Beloved, you are acting
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faithfully in whatever you accomplish for the brothers and
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sisters. He's he's writing to guys and
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especially when they are strangers and they have
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testified to your love before the church, you will do well to
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send them on their way in a manner of worthy of God.
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So he's doing a good job being a teacher.
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Yep, for they went out for the sake of the name, accepting
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nothing from the Gentiles. Therefore we ought to support
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such people so that we may prove to be fellow workers with the
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truth. What do you think that?
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Fellow workers with the truth. This is therefore out to support
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such people so that we may prove OK.
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Fellow workers with the truth. Right.
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And by fellow workers, there's action involved.
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Exactly. And if there's action involved,
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people are seeing those actions. Yep, absolutely.
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Proving that you're with. The truth.
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Amen. Right.
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And again, remember what was going on during that time.
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So they were, there had to be a distinction of them as followers
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of the Messiah, right, versus other different sects of Jews
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and the way of thinking that the Gentiles and all of this they
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have, they have to be, they had to look different, not of the
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world, right, right, right. Look or think or love the things
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of the world, stuff like that. Absolutely.
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And then verse nine goes, do you have anything?
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Sorry, no, no. No, I'm just following along, I
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wrote. Something to the church and I'm
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I think he was referring to the second letter.
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OK, but that Diotrepis, who loves to be first among them,
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does not accept what we say. It's already there's
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controversy. Oh OK with this guy here.
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Diatrepus. Right.
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That's why he he writes about a lot about people that go against
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the teachings of Christ, the Antichrist, people within the
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church. Right now he says this name
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because it seems like at some point he grew and developed some
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form of responsibility or leadership and now it's like
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going against, right? Therefore I wrote something to
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the church. So he's probably referring to
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1st John 1345, Second John. Right.
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Revelations, too. Absolutely.
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For this reason, if I come, I will call attention to his
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deeds, which he does unjustified, accusing us of
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malicious work words right and and not satisfied with his He
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himself does not receive the brothers either, and he forbids
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those who want to do so and puts them out of the church.
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So he's, he's being chaotic in the church.
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Right, right. Kicking and doing whatever.
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Yeah, yeah, closing the doors to the body of Christ, basically,
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right? He thinks it's malicious, but
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beloved. He's talking to Gaius again,
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remember? Right.
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And he's talking to Gaius about Diatrepis.
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Beloved, do not imitate. So now he's saying Gaius do not
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fall into this trap. So he's talking to Gaius.
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So let's let's picture this guy as being a let's pretend, right
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that we're like Gaius and Gaius talking to us, if you will.
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He then says, beloved, do not imitate what is evil.
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So he's calling out Diatrepus evil.
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But what is good? Imitate what is good.
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The one who does what is good is of God.
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So he's American. The comparison of guys to
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Diatrepus, the one who does what is evil, has not seen God.
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Oh wow, what a bold statement, right?
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Very bold. I mean, because he's talking a
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believer. Diatreps is essentially A
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believer who is like literally kind of misbehaving.
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Right, right. Because he doesn't want to
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accept, does not accept what we say.
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And by what we say, he's referring to him and the, I
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guess you could say the missionaries who go back and
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forth. Right?
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Yeah, then he says Demetrius has received a good testimony from
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everyone. So here's another third person.
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And from the truth itself, and we testify too.
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And you know that our testimony is true.
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Good. Look at that.
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There's a testimony there. Proof.
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I had many things to write to you, but I did not want to write
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to you with a pen and ink. And once again, he says this.
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But I hope to see you shortly, and we will speak face to face.
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Please be to you. The friends greet you greet the
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friends by name. All right, you're right.
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This is like a letter saying like.
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Sounds like this is his last letter.
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Yeah, he doesn't want to write anymore.
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He wants to. Yeah, be face to face.
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Yeah. And it seems like he,
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historically speaking, does get that chance to do that.
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Yeah, because I want, I don't want to say theory.
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Well, there's speculation, right, That they say that
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there's the two different Johns here.
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Oh, OK. But they say that it is the same
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John, right. Because it has a different
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writing skill. And I think or maybe not writing
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skill, it's just different. It's just a slightly different.
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Yeah. But but it is known that John,
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the Gospel of John in Revelation is the same John.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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This one they're not sure because they say, well, the the
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so so I forgot his name Theolophile.
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This This is a weird name to say, but basically it was a
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different name that he underwent.
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Oh, OK. As a disguise.
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Not not necessarily as a disguise, but almost like to
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throw off any attention to him. Oh, OK what's the?
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Last apostles say something had to be somehow preserved, right?
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Yeah. So he didn't want to write
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anymore. He wanted to, to, to speak to
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him. He probably does get the chance
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because he was the last. And I think he did witness to
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see where the church doesn't get prosecuted anymore like the way
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they were before. Yeah, I.
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Believe so. Oh, OK.
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So I like this part where he said he uses another person,
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that Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone.
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So Demetrius came to John with a bunch of testimonies about
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Gaius. Oh, OK.
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And from the truth itself, and we testify too, and you know
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that our testimony is true. And so, yeah, there you go.
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So what are your thoughts about this?
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No, it sounds like so far what I've read from from from his
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letters sounds like he was alone a lot right out and about who
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John because he's like he's like, I don't want to be reading
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in in computer anymore. I want to see you guys.
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I think right is that he's not going out and about.
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He's like in prison. Or in prison.
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I think he's outside if I'm not singing at this point.
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In some island called Patmos. Oh, OK, OK, yeah.
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It's an an island off I believe Turkey, or.
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Yeah. Oh, OK.
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Oh wow. And if he kept saying I want to
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see face to face, then he was revealed that at some point he
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would see them. Yeah, absolutely.
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And then he'll then call them to the attention of all these
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things. Yeah, yeah.
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But absolutely. What got my attention was this.
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Hold on right here, 11. OK.
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Beloved, do not imitate what is evil.
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Do not imitate. What is evil?
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So he goes back. In all his letters he always
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talks about evil, the Antichrist.
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But what is good, right? The one who does not, So he's
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talking to about that, but he's not talking about another person
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who's not a believer. Not only talking about a
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believer. A believer, yeah.
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Who essentially proclaims Yeah. Because there there was that one
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guy where, what church was it? Or which one?
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A person that that John was like this one, he does not accept his
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brothers and sisters in Christ. What do you mean?
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What was it? What was his name?
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Was it in the second book? No, no.
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No, it was this one and the third one.
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Who? Who was he against?
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Who was he against? Diotrepis.
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Yeah. Diotrepis.
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Yeah, 'cause he was doing some evil things, right?
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Yeah, he he was not agreeing and not accepting things that they
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were saying. Right.
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Exactly. Yeah, yeah.
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So he was having false testimony versus Guy is having good
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testimony. Yeah, Dimitri has brought all
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that good testimony. Right, right.
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Absolutely. And so now he's he's he's
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talking about two believers here, one who essentially
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supposed to be supporting the elder and the elder is getting
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backlash from this person diet therapist.
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And John got that he received that information.
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So he writes about that, right, right.
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So he lets him know do not imitate what is good.
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Now, how can a believer amongst another believer within the
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congregation, within the assembly, within the the
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gathered right there, right? How can 1 be compromised?
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How can one compromise? Like what?
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How? Can one end up compromising
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themselves? Well, it has to be due to lack
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of faith, right? It has to be due to lack of
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faith. Well, yeah, then you start
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interest on the other people. Right.
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Other people. Something like diatrepis?
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Yeah, yeah. Yeah, are you a diatrepis right
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in the church? Right, because I'm if I'm not
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mistaken, right, like in first John, he, he says like the
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testimony of man, but then he mentions the testimony of God,
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right, Which is greater, right? Yes, exactly.
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Yeah. Yeah, he does mention that,
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yeah. So to try and get with this.
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No. Well, Dimitrius is saying, well,
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he says that Dimitrius has received a good testimony from
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everyone. Uh huh.
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You know what I'm saying? Yeah.
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And from the truth itself and what we testify, you know that
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word, the testimony is true, all of that correlates.
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So it's like saying, OK, I have received good testimony amongst
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everybody else. Everybody spoke good.
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Yeah, right. But there's a testimony that's
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greater, that's within you. That's what.
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Right. Right.
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That's what he then says. And from the truth itself, from
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within, Yeah. And we testify too.
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And you know that our testimony is.
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True, true. Yeah.
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So no, what I'm trying to get at is that how the only way you can
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compromise yourself within a church amongst other people to,
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I don't know, rebelling or who has not seen God, is if you
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start to imitate their things, right?
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Those evil things, those evil little works.
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Yeah, yeah. That's why and and and 1st John,
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he talks about do not love the world or the things of the
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world. You know, 'cause the whole,
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every letter here connects with each other.
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So he, he, he talks about like, now do not let your heart
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deceive you because your heart will, because of your lack of
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faith in falling, maybe failing a few times, you know, your
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heart is like, it's OK, you know, maybe you can do some
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compromises here and there. So that's what it seems like
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what was happening. Yeah, in some of the churches.
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So now. In our time, for example, well,
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we could say a person comes to the church and they they start
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to become part of the, you know, congregation, the the assembly
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of this location. And he starts to going and then
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he said gets a tattoo, a small one.
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I'm not saying, just want to clarify.
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That's another conversation. But let's say he gets a tattoo.
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Yeah, right. Essentially, that's something of
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the world, right, Right. Let's be real here.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right.
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Because the Gentiles were the ones who did it.
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He told the Israelites, don't do that.
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Don't cut yourselves for the dead air and to get tattoos on
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yourselves. It's something that they did.
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The Egyptians did, the Canaanites.
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You shouldn't do that. Yeah.
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So let's say that's of the world, even if it's a Christian
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verse that you want to put the concept of having incurred your
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skin is of the world. Yeah, it is.
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Absolutely. So let's say someone comes and
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does that. The leader, the elder, if you
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will, comes and says, hey, listen, we're trying to follow
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the example of the of the, you know, the apostles.
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Oh, well, no, well, I kind of disagree with that.
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I'm just self expressing, you know, or I just want to you
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know, that's you're a believer who and that's just one thing.
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It could be many. Right, right, it could.
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Be many, many other things. Serious, Shang, you know, Yeah,
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No, I've seen it a lot with our our music.
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A lot. A lot.
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Well, that's another thing too. Like now we're doing that with
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music, right? Right.
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And that's tough. We don't know where the line is.
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Yeah, right. And I'm a musician and, and, and
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music can be very manipulative in regards to emotions.
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Absolutely, you know. I totally agree, yeah, 'cause
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people in the world, like they, they know what they're doing
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with their music, the lyrics they put and everything they
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know. It's like touching, catchy.
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Some, some people do it for passion, right?
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Some people say, well, what's a good lyric that we can sell
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that, you know, will have 100 copies and it'll be sold and
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it'll be the number one in the Billsboard, whatever, blah,
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blah, blah, blah, blah. Uh huh.
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So at the end of the day, anything, any, any little thing
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you do ends up being a business. Yeah, it's true.
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Sell something, right? And so how does one get a
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tattoo? He got sold into it.
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Someone sold him to it. Yeah, absolutely.
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So either you let the world or things will sell you on these
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things or imitate what is good. And someone who imitates what is
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good is of God. Is what he's saying, Absolutely.
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For those who don't, it's because he hasn't seen God, and
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by seeing God that means he only follows by hearing, but he
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doesn't see God. Right, right, right.
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So. Like like Joe.
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Yeah, yeah, absolutely. I guess like, how do I say this,
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The one who has not seen God. So like, for example, a true
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follower of Christ, right? Someone that really truly
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follows God, they will see like the fruits that God bears,
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right? Is that what he's trying to
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refer to? Like refer to?
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Say it again. Like if someone is a true
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follower of Christ. Right, right.
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That person is a perfect example of of God like being with them,
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right? So is that what he's trying to
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imply? There.
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Yeah, of course. Right.
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Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
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No, no, I'm saying like, like like.
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Someone who does, who imitates the good, right?
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Is of God. Is of God?
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Absolutely. That means has to God, and I've
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seen God meaning in a way of like, I see you right?
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I know who you are. Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
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Yeah. Because like you don't have to
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like really what, what I've seen in like within the world, like
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you don't have to like put like so much effort into trying to I
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guess show that you're a Christian.
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It comes out naturally. Well, that's, that's my
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experience. Like I just like hang out in the
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place and I hang out there long enough they start noticing
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they're just like, yo, are you a Christian?
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I'm like, yeah, I'm a follower of Christ, man, say, oh, what
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denomination? I'm like, I'm just a follower of
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Christ. But like, they, they, they,
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like, you know, the world will know you by your fruits.
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You know what I mean? Yeah.
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So did not imitate because if I was, if I imitate evil, because
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there's a lot of people that say like, like, oh, I'm, I'm a
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Christian. Well, now it's hard these days.
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With why? Sometimes.
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How do you know with? Who, Oh, who is who?
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That's no, that's what I was trying to get to.
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There's a lot of people that like say like, oh, I'm a
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Christian and this and that, right?
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But the only way someone would know that they're Christian is
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if they actually mention, say by mouth, not the one that's
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actually following God and following good.
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That person just naturally will come out as a follower of
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Christ. Well, I'll give you an example.
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Like when you wear a hat, right? If you wear it backwards or
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forward, how then do you determine if that person is
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Christian? If he wears a baseball hat, a
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baseball cap, right where you know, the the ghetto culture and
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the hip hop culture wear it, you wear that.
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Does that now determine that you're not or does that point
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that you follow the trend of the world?
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How do you know if wearing a hat forward or backward is not
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following or wearing a hat in and of itself is a trend of the
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world? So do you see where like you see
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what what's happening, right? So yes, you're saying it's hard
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to draw the line or? It's it's no, there is no line.
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There's no line. Well, for example, it is much
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easier. But even that appearance,
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because God looks at the heart, it's at the heart from the
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heart, everything comes out. For example, Oh my God, it's
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like this is unfortunate, but let's say a female, right.
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By by nature a female, you know, you know, it's very well
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figured, right? Yeah.
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From the from the from the from the upper side and then the
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lower side. Yeah.
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Yeah. Obviously, if the female was to
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follow a trend of the world, she might not intentionally be
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provoking, but the guy's being provoked to Logan essentially
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lost and by loss, maybe he'll think of something be like, oh
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wow, this and that, right, right conclusion, right.
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But what if that girl is a Christian?
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Why doesn't why doesn't she wear that type of wardrobe?
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I mean, the only, the only conclusion we can really come up
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with is like vanity pretty much, right?
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But what if she's not doing it with that intention?
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With that intention. But you see what I mean though,
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right? Yeah, it's.
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Tough to say, yeah. In the world that we live in
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now, it it is to say, well, someone who fears God, well, a a
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woman or guy, because a guy can also be prerogative.
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And I've seen pastors on social media that were they're wearing
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such a tight shirt, dude, you might as well like, just wear a
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tank top. Yeah.
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While you're at it, yeah, yeah. Right.
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And your, your pants are so tight, like ridiculously tight
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that you, you might as well just wear like like like an Under
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Armour or something. Yeah, right, right.
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No, I've seen it too. Yeah, I'm like OD.
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So a guy equally this is not Sebastian, but a guy could
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equally be prerogative as well. Yeah, absolutely.
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So if that guy, he's a Christian, does he not know or
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does he do that on purpose, right?
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Like, you have to know, you have to be considerate.
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Yeah, absolutely. Right, Yeah, yeah, that like all
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right, you your body shaped is prerogative.
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Maybe you should wear some couple things that are loose and
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vice versa for a female. Yeah.
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If you know, she's, you know, and by she has that
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attractiveness, all regards, right.
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She should like maybe consider. All right, well, maybe, you
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know, maybe wear a skirt. Long skirt, you know?
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Yeah. So she doesn't look prerogative.
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Right, right. Right.
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No, I totally agree. Yeah, absolutely.
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That's just wardrobe and fashion about the way you're speaking,
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the way you're thinking all this now, they would be like, well,
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those are works. Well, listen brother, that's
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nothing to do with works. That is the consideration of who
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you are before. God to others, absolutely.
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Right. Yeah, Yeah.
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So that's what I'm saying. Like when we were reading
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Leviticus, it felt like we were reading through the lens of God.
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Yeah, Yeah. How he sees it, right, Versus
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how we see it. For example, he tells do not
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shave your head on the side. Yeah, on all sides and don't
24:14
have a tattoo. You look at a guy right now, his
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heads are shaved and he has tattoos, Right, Right.
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That's the look everybody wants or each guy wants.
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And so, although they were doing it for other reasons, now it is
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much of A more fascist statement.
24:28
Yeah. So when we were reading
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Leviticus, we were reading in the through the lands of God.
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How see He sees. Things right, right.
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Yeah, absolutely. That's what I'm saying.
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It's tough. Yeah, it is tough.
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Yeah, Yeah. It's hard to draw the line
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nowadays. You know, And when you read the
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Old Testament, when I was reading the the commandments, I
24:50
noticed that there are parts where as the commandment was
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done like that, that, you know, commandment, there are some
24:57
parts where it ended with I am the Lord your God.
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Like for example, the tattoos, it ends with I am the Lord your
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God. And you're right when you said
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when you were like, dude, this is, it's almost like we're
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reading it through the lenses of, of how God sees things.
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I'm like, that's so true. That is so true.
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So where do we draw the line nowadays?
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Yeah, because I mean, this guy Diotrep is, how can he be
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against if, if so-called John is speaking about love, Why would
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dietrepers be against that? Right.
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Because he was, Yeah, yeah, I guess he was compromised,
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compromising a lot. Oh, how, why would he be against
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that? And then not letting, not
25:37
letting the brothers and sisters and forbid them from wanting to
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do so. And yeah, not letting them onto
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the to the, to the to the assembly.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. So he was against love?
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I guess so maybe that maybe he's he saw that John was the like
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with the body of Christ was not love the way they they wait the
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way they like. How do I say this?
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Saw the way love is. And some believers are like
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that, yeah. When it's not the type of love
26:05
like that, they they get like so guarded and they start to push
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away. Yeah, yeah, I've noticed that
26:12
too. Like when you present the love
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of the true love of how God describes love, right?
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And the apostles, how they describe love exactly.
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And it all connects together. Like there's some people that
26:24
are like, Nah, it's too harsh. But then there's some people
26:26
that are like, Yo, that makes sense, That makes sense, that
26:29
love makes sense. So it's like we get a bunch of
26:31
mixed feelings and emotions. But I think what, what hurts the
26:36
most or sucks is when the our own brothers and sisters, when
26:41
we point out things in the Bible and Scripture of how God is
26:44
because God is love and we point to how God is right.
26:48
It's almost like they get upset and try to defend their way of,
26:53
of the way they see God. But like, you know, we've heard
26:56
that expression of facts don't care about feelings.
27:00
And the truth is that the way God is, is just the way God is,
27:03
you know? And he's a God of love, mercy,
27:06
yes, but he's also a God that judges.
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He judges just like with. Justice.
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Yeah, with justice. So anything that.
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He does end righteously. Yeah, exactly.
27:15
Because I've heard of Christians are like, oh, how can such a
27:17
loving God send people to hell for eternity?
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I'm just like, how can you say that when he was the one that
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sent his only son to die for the world?
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So. For something that wasn't even
27:30
worth. It that was.
27:30
Yeah, exactly. So I would.
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I was. I'm just like that makes no
27:35
sense. Yeah, read.
27:35
I think Jeremiah or Isaiah's like filthy rags.
27:38
That's what we. Were yeah, yeah, yeah,
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absolutely. And even even even Paul was
27:42
like. What a wretched man.
27:44
What a wretched man I am. Who can deliver me from from
27:47
this sin? Who can deliver me from this?
27:50
Only Christ Jesus. You know what I mean?
27:52
Yeah, exactly. So there's no excuse, man, at
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the end of the day. Like once those commandments
27:58
enter your heart. Right.
28:00
Then sin becomes alive in your life, because now you have the
28:04
light shining on it, and you notice it.
28:06
Exactly so. There's no excuse.
28:08
And and and the the world tries to redefine this love and tries
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to implement it. This.
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This is the love. Right, right.
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Absolutely. What?
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Dude, it's almost like they they want to so badly be attached to
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the way the world has presented love to them.
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Exactly, but it's not. It's not, it's not, it never
28:27
will be. God is love.
28:29
He's, He is love. That is the true definition of
28:31
love. So it's either either like you,
28:37
you accept God's love and all he is, or no, or you don't.
28:42
That's it. Because it seems like this guy
28:44
was going against the what John would say, yeah, essentially
28:49
against Gaia's. Yeah, yeah.
28:51
And if he was going against them, he's going against
28:53
everything. You read through one.
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Yep. Second and third John.
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Yeah, 'cause remember what John said?
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He says if they are of us, like they will listen to us, they
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will listen to us. That's what he says.
29:05
So in this moment here, he's pointing out his diatripus as an
29:07
Antichrist. Yeah, exactly.
29:09
Because they came from us and now they're not of us.
29:12
Yeah. So it's, it's and yeah, those
29:15
who are listening, if anyone here listening possibly who is
29:19
not a believer, right, understand that we are talking
29:24
to our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, within the
29:26
church, within the body of Christ.
29:29
But if there's anyone listening who is right, I want you to know
29:33
that have perspective, right? Because God did die for you.
29:39
Yep. He died for you.
29:42
He so loved the world. Is John 316 right that whoever
29:45
believes in and we shall have eternal life.
29:46
Those who don't are condemned already are condemned already
29:49
because the law points sin and sin causes them a prisoner to
29:54
death, and by that you are condemned already.
29:57
Yeah, absolutely. Right.
29:59
And so, yeah, you know, we wrapped it up.
30:03
It's a short. It's short.
30:04
Yeah, it was short. Yeah, it was almost like a a
30:06
closing letter like, well, hopefully I get to see you guys.
30:11
But he, he, he had to say something without, you know,
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Hey, listen, man, you know, imitate what's good.
30:17
Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely. Not imitate What's evil with
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evil? That is crucial.
30:22
That is crucial. Especially nowadays, that is
30:24
very crucial, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
30:26
Something to consider. Absolutely.
30:28
So, you know, always subscribe to Spotify, our channel, and
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and we'll see what God has next for us to speak about.
30:44
Once again, feel free to comment and we can talk about anything
30:50
you guys want to talk about. And we'll close with a prayer.
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Thank you, Father, for this opportunity to read these words
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that we have and in our modern era, we have the technology,
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phone, computer or the book to read of your word.
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We have that. I would say we're spoiled.
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Thank you so much. And the enemy might be angry
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will always want us to to behave well and for him to take the
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credit. But you died for us.
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And we thank you that that through you in one hand, we can
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serve you, O Lord of your law and also have understanding of
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the law of sin of the flesh through Christ.
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We can all do we can all do all these things through you.
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Christ, that strengthened us and have a great night guys.