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The Third Watch with Gary & Sara: # 7- God's activity: See and Hear. · Challenges of Faith Radio Program

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  Speaker 1: Greetings to all of our listeners. Once again, this is
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  Speaker 1: Sarah Jewel, co hosts for the Third Watch for Challenges
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  Speaker 1: of Faith Radio hosted by Gary mc cantson. I am
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  Speaker 1: so grateful to be with you to day. In continuing
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  Speaker 1: our series of The Third Watch, a time when men
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  Speaker 1: on the tower would look out beyond their city walls
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  Speaker 1: between the hours of midnight and three in the morning
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  Speaker 1: to identify any possible trouble that would threaten their community.
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  Speaker 1: Their duty was to raise the alarm and alert the townspeople.
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  Speaker 1: Gary and I, in these last days before Jesus returns,
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  Speaker 1: are offering you insight to what we are seeing and
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  Speaker 1: to help you prepare so you won't be discouraged, caught
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  Speaker 1: unawares and surprised. God is love Jesus's hope, and so
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  Speaker 1: we thank God for bringing us together in obedience to
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  Speaker 1: His will to include all of you in our fellowship
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  Speaker 1: of staying alert to God's activities in these very unsettled times. Father,
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  Speaker 1: we ask that you open all of our eyes and
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  Speaker 1: ears to make us sensitive to what's going on around us,
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  Speaker 1: so we can prepare through prayer and observation, the work
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  Speaker 1: of those that we need to stay away from and
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  Speaker 1: those we need to fellowship with. We ask you to
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  Speaker 1: keep us spiritually prepared for onslaughts of misinformation and negativity.
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  Speaker 1: We ask that you keep us strong in you, for
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  Speaker 1: you promised in the Book of Isaiah chapter forty one,
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  Speaker 1: verse ten. Fear not, for I am with you. Be
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  Speaker 1: not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: I will help you. I will uphold you with my
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  Speaker 1: righteous right hand. We ask through your Holy Spirit to
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  Speaker 1: help us pray and depend only on you God. And
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  Speaker 1: we pray this all in Jesus' name. Listeners, our discussion
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  Speaker 1: today is about God's activity happening now. It's about seeing
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  Speaker 1: and hearing events from a deeper spiritual standpoint and not
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  Speaker 1: just taking them at face value. I want to read
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  Speaker 1: you from the Book of Isaiah, verses six through seven,
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  Speaker 1: and this is in chapter sixty two. God speaks through
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  Speaker 1: the prophet Isaiah and proclaims, I have posted watchmen on
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  Speaker 1: your walls, Jerusalem. They will never be silent day or night.
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  Speaker 1: You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest,
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  Speaker 1: and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and
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  Speaker 1: makes her the praise of the earth. A lot is
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  Speaker 1: saying that all of us can be watchmen, paying attention
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  Speaker 1: continually to what is going on around us, and it's
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  Speaker 1: our duty not to ignore or slack off, but stay alert,
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  Speaker 1: calling at all times upon the Lord, meaning my friends,
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  Speaker 1: to keep in prayer as we look to him for resolution, redemption,
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  Speaker 1: and restoration, and not only for Jerusalem, but for us
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  Speaker 1: his children, who had been grafted as branches into the
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  Speaker 1: vine of Jesus Christ, along with the natural branches of
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  Speaker 1: His chosen. And so we all look forward to a
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  Speaker 1: new heaven and a new Earth that is built on justice, righteousness,
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  Speaker 1: and peace. And we continually look out for our countries.
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  Speaker 1: But until that time, the time of a new heaven
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  Speaker 1: and a new Earth, we are witnessing God's active warnings
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  Speaker 1: and signs He's reaching out to us, and it's our duty,
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  Speaker 1: as I said earlier, to keep our eyes and ears
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  Speaker 1: open for not only the small events, but big ones
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  Speaker 1: as well. And here is the recent big one. We
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  Speaker 1: all know what happened. On October seventh, twenty twenty three,
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  Speaker 1: hamas Terris attacked Israel, brutally killing one hundred and forty
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  Speaker 1: three people and taking two hundred and fifty four people hostage.
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  Speaker 1: Israel responded by bombing the Gaza Strip and launching an
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  Speaker 1: invasion that has killed more than thirty four thousand Gozzens
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  Speaker 1: as of April twenty twenty four and at the time
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  Speaker 1: of this broadcast, according to Israel, seventy three hostages were
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  Speaker 1: reportedly killed on October seventh, or as they were in
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  Speaker 1: Hamas's captivity. Some were returned, and as of the beginning
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  Speaker 1: of September of twenty twenty four one and hostages still
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  Speaker 1: remain in captivity. Overall, this war has now spread, and
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  Speaker 1: again at this time no end is in sight. But
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  Speaker 1: throughout the Old Testament, in the Hebrew Bible, the prophets
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  Speaker 1: and the Psalmists have been predicting attacks on Israel. But
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  Speaker 1: in those predictions there is always the underlying hope of restoration.
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  Speaker 1: In the New Testament, we find this most solidly presented
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  Speaker 1: in the Book of Revelation. So we have a firm
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  Speaker 1: hope in Jesus return and in the restoration of his people.
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  Speaker 1: And that's all of His people. Sin will end, our
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  Speaker 1: misery will end. Let me read you what it says
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  Speaker 1: in Revelation chapter twenty one, verse four. The apostle John
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  Speaker 1: hears a loud voice from the throne saying he will
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  Speaker 1: wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no
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  Speaker 1: more death or mourning, or crying or pain, for the
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  Speaker 1: old order of things has passed away. Listeners, we have
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  Speaker 1: that future hope. The old order of things has passed away.
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  Speaker 1: And a definition of biblical hope is different from the
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  Speaker 1: definition of our common use of the word hope. Our
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  Speaker 1: common use of hope is more like a wish. But
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  Speaker 1: biblical hope is firm understanding that what God has said
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  Speaker 1: will happen. It's total confidence in God's word. It's important
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  Speaker 1: for all of us, as part of staying alert to
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  Speaker 1: world events, to keep our eyes on the Mid East
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  Speaker 1: because this conflict impacts not only Israelis and Palestinians, but
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  Speaker 1: all of us. Why because Israel is a part of
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  Speaker 1: end Time's prophecy. But other events are happening around us.
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  Speaker 1: And remember, if we keep in prayer, our spiritual preparedness grows.
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  Speaker 1: We begin to experience God's work and signs as we've
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  Speaker 1: become increasingly sensitive in recognizing current events that have been prophesied.
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  Speaker 1: And I refer to you the Book of Matthew, chapter
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  Speaker 1: twenty four, as I've mentioned it in almost all of
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  Speaker 1: our podcasts. Please read it even if you're not a Christian.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus speaks of a serious list of what to look
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  Speaker 1: out for as we enter these troubled days. Wars being prominent,
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  Speaker 1: as I spoke of between Israel and the Palestinians. But
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  Speaker 1: we are also seeing and hearing in the conflicts we
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  Speaker 1: hear about Russia and Ukraine. We are seeing and hearing
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  Speaker 1: the threats of China towards Taiwan. We know of cartel
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  Speaker 1: wars in Mexico, and we know the conflicts of Mine, Mars,
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  Speaker 1: Somalia and in various nations in Africa. I'm hammering home
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  Speaker 1: the point we must be aware of world events, but
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  Speaker 1: in a spiritual and prophetic sense, because these are signs
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  Speaker 1: to prepare ourselves and make decisions about turning to God
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  Speaker 1: through his son Jesus. You might ask, well, how do
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  Speaker 1: we do that. I'll tell you by adding the reading
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  Speaker 1: of Scripture to your daily prayer life. You see, when
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  Speaker 1: we do, we begin to discern in a spiritual way
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  Speaker 1: of how we can recognize what we are seeing and hearing,
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  Speaker 1: and this helps us in determining what to expect in
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  Speaker 1: how the events of the world are being presented to us.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, we can't be at ground level. We mostly
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  Speaker 1: gather our information and news from what others show us
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  Speaker 1: and tell us. But this is where we need discernment
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  Speaker 1: in order to understand, and through scripture we find markers
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  Speaker 1: of prophecy in the escalation of wars, natural disasters, famines, deceivers,
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  Speaker 1: you know those people who seemed believable, but they have
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  Speaker 1: their own corrupt agendas. And my friends, Jesus speaks of
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  Speaker 1: health issues in these troubled times, he warns us in
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  Speaker 1: Matthew twenty four to seven. He says, listen to this.
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  Speaker 1: There will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.
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  Speaker 1: All these are the beginning of sorrows. He says, the
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  Speaker 1: word pestilences. We can't shrug that prophecy off COVID is
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  Speaker 1: a real example. The entire world, the entire world was
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  Speaker 1: affected by it and how many people died. Nations, economies
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  Speaker 1: were disrupted, people were in isolation. Schools and churches were
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  Speaker 1: shut down and had to resort to online teaching and preaching.
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  Speaker 1: So we were living it. But because we're paying attention,
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  Speaker 1: we as believers are not going to be surprised or
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  Speaker 1: we'll be caught up in it. We won't be protected
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  Speaker 1: from disturbances, but at least we know what to expect,
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  Speaker 1: and we know we can go to our Lord in
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  Speaker 1: prayer and trust him for resolution and strength. Now resolution
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  Speaker 1: might not be the solving of problems, but it'll be
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  Speaker 1: a resolution of peace in our hearts. Others who don't
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  Speaker 1: know the Lord will see only disaster or blame others
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  Speaker 1: for the circumstances, you know, basically pointing fingers in the Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: they'll listen to what others have to say. They'll follow trends, untruths,
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  Speaker 1: and explanations that are not of God. They won't understand
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  Speaker 1: the importance of God's view of seeing and hearing through
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  Speaker 1: the lens of God's word. Non Believers will hold on
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  Speaker 1: to worldly discernment of particular concepts because they won't grasp
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  Speaker 1: the eternal meaning or consequence of either distorted information or
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  Speaker 1: the escalation of chaos by the ungodly yikes. I'm reminded.
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  Speaker 1: In Second Corinthians four, verse four, Paul writes, the God
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  Speaker 1: of this age he's talking about Satan. The God of
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  Speaker 1: this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they
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  Speaker 1: cannot see the light of the Gospel that displays the
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  Speaker 1: glory of Christ, who is the image of God. And
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  Speaker 1: I want to read you what the Apostle Paul writes
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  Speaker 1: in it Sesions, chapter six, verse twelve. For us struggle
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  Speaker 1: is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers,
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  Speaker 1: against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world,
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  Speaker 1: and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
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  Speaker 1: The dark spiritual forces easily influencing ungodly and so what
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  Speaker 1: happens a chain reaction happens. The ungodly influence other ungodly people,
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  Speaker 1: and those who are confused in looking for hope and
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  Speaker 1: answers fall into the trap of we all know it,
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  Speaker 1: different movements, subjectives, ideology, and definitely the words of influencers,
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  Speaker 1: because they don't know God's word, and so they believe
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  Speaker 1: what other people are telling them based on those people's
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  Speaker 1: own personal insights. In light of prophecy, in the Book
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  Speaker 1: of Matthew, Chapter thirteen, verses fourteen through fifteen, the Apostle
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  Speaker 1: Matthew refers to Isaiah, who is also a prophet in
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  Speaker 1: the Old Testament, his prophecy, and he speaks, you will
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  Speaker 1: listen and listen, yet never understand. You will look and look,
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  Speaker 1: yet never perceive. So this people's heart has grown callous,
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  Speaker 1: their ears heart of hearing, and they have shut their eyes.
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  Speaker 1: Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with
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  Speaker 1: their ears, understand with their hearts and turn back, and
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  Speaker 1: I would cure them. In other words, because of not
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  Speaker 1: knowing God in his word, unbelievers will be trapped in
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  Speaker 1: their unbelief. And you can see this happening now. We're
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  Speaker 1: seen this right before our very eyes and in our hearing.
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  Speaker 1: In their lack of faith, the ungodly are spiritually deaf
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  Speaker 1: and blind, and follow only what seems right to them.
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  Speaker 1: I must read you what King Solomon of the Old
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  Speaker 1: Testament writes in the Book of Proverbskay, you can find
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  Speaker 1: this in chapter fourteen, verse twelve, And this is spot on.
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  Speaker 1: He writes, there is a way which seems right to
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  Speaker 1: a person, but its end is the way of death.
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  Speaker 1: That's pretty powerful. What does he mean, Well, he's speaking
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  Speaker 1: of no doubt of disaster that can lead to real death,
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  Speaker 1: but ultimately it's the loss of salvation. Now, in the
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  Speaker 1: Old Testament, the prophet Jeremiah writes in chapter seventeen, verse nine,
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  Speaker 1: the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick.
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  Speaker 1: Who can understand it. The ungodly's hot can deceive themselves
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  Speaker 1: into thinking their way is right, and then they try
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  Speaker 1: to convince others. Will we choose a way we think
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  Speaker 1: is the right way, or do we choose God's way? Again, listeners,
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  Speaker 1: we have a choice, and we are in the times
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  Speaker 1: of our lives when it is critical to make the
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  Speaker 1: right choice. I want to bring up the recent US
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  Speaker 1: presidential election. Ah, that's a can of worms. How can
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  Speaker 1: anybody forget it? Anyway, if you're not from the States,
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  Speaker 1: you and other countries have certainly heard about it. Certainly
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  Speaker 1: we did. We were bombarded with it through the whole
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  Speaker 1: election cycle. Hateful speech, hateful accusations. It was rampant. And
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  Speaker 1: the reason why I bring it up is that I
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  Speaker 1: want to point out again this hate, this chaos, is
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  Speaker 1: prophesied in two Timothy, chapter three, verse three. The apostle
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  Speaker 1: Paul writes, they will be unkind, merciless, slanderers, violent and fierce.
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  Speaker 1: Now you might argue, rightfully, oh, it's been like that forever,
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  Speaker 1: Yes it has. But seriously, have you ever witnessed such
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  Speaker 1: a ramping up of nationally televised and broadcasted rhetoric that
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  Speaker 1: was blatantly unkind to use the apostle Paul's words, and
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  Speaker 1: slanderous name calling. But the name calling was on both
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  Speaker 1: sides of the political spectrum. And then there were people
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  Speaker 1: who had the public's attention through their networks or platforms
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  Speaker 1: who presented fierce factual distortion. And yes there was also violence.
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  Speaker 1: Are two attempted assassinations on one candidate, and from we've
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  Speaker 1: read in the press even more we're in the planning.
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  Speaker 1: But here are some of God's commandments we've got to
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  Speaker 1: keep in mind, regardless of political beliefs. In First John four,
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  Speaker 1: verse twenty, he writes, if anyone says I love God
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  Speaker 1: and hates his brother, he is a liar. For he
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  Speaker 1: to who does not love his brother whom he has seen,
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  Speaker 1: cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this
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  Speaker 1: is from the Old Testament and the Hebrew Bible Levitigous
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  Speaker 1: Chapter nineteen, verse eighteen. Do not seek revenger, bear grudge
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  Speaker 1: against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. Clearly,
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  Speaker 1: in this US presidential election, we saw two very different
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  Speaker 1: groups of people who in some case hated and probably
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  Speaker 1: still do each other. Most of it based on what
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  Speaker 1: was presented to them. It could be misinformation or spin
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  Speaker 1: as the newscasters would say, or even truth that they
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  Speaker 1: might or might not agree with. In any case, the
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  Speaker 1: two different parties are at odds with each other. How
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  Speaker 1: do we view God's activity in all this? As we
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  Speaker 1: move forward, We're certainly seeing and hearing behavior that's been prophesied,
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  Speaker 1: because that's exactly what we are seeing and hearing for
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  Speaker 1: ourselves in our own country, people who hate each other
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  Speaker 1: on a nationally divided scale. But my friend Ginger Cox,
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  Speaker 1: who is a Christian writer, puts it in unique perspective.
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  Speaker 1: She addressed the story of Lazarus. This is what she
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  Speaker 1: pointed out from the Book of John, chapter eleven, Verses
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  Speaker 1: one through forty three. This is an excerpt from her
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  Speaker 1: recent letter called The Morning After November fifth, from her
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  Speaker 1: Reflections collection. Ginger writes, Mary and Martha cried over lazarus death.
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  Speaker 1: It was evident how Jesus cared how they were feeling,
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  Speaker 1: although he purposely waited until after Lazarus was dead before
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  Speaker 1: he came. He then cried alongside them. Remember listeners, Verse
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  Speaker 1: thirty five it read Jesus wept, so she continues why
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  Speaker 1: he felt their sorrow. He then raised Lazarus from the
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  Speaker 1: dead to show the power of God, and in a
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  Speaker 1: preview of things to come, she concludes with Jesus still cares,
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  Speaker 1: even though he reigns in a higher position as King
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  Speaker 1: of kings, whether we are celebrating or mourning, he desires
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  Speaker 1: an intimate relationship with us. So how do we react
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  Speaker 1: to the news. Do we believe God is in control?
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  Speaker 1: Regardless of how we voted? I found Ginger's thoughts to
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  Speaker 1: be so important and pertinent to what we're discussing here.
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  Speaker 1: We are viewing God's activities in our eyes and in
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  Speaker 1: our ears as a people, no matter where we are
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  Speaker 1: or who we disagree with. Do we believe that God
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  Speaker 1: is still in control regardless of the series events we
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  Speaker 1: are witnessing. If we do believe He is in control,
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  Speaker 1: then we have an entirely different attitude towards events and
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  Speaker 1: news that are enfolding be right in front of us.
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  Speaker 1: Do you believe he cares? Yes, we do. Jesus wept
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  Speaker 1: at lazarus death, but in raising Lazarus, he showed us
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  Speaker 1: things to come through his love. There is hope. And
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  Speaker 1: here is where its assessing current events becomes important. First,
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  Speaker 1: let's begin to see and hear sp spiritually. Two, let's
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  Speaker 1: ask ourselves if God is in control, what is his
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  Speaker 1: activity telling us? Three? How do we determine if what
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  Speaker 1: we are hearing and seeing is right, wrong, true, or
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  Speaker 1: false or twisted? Four? The answer to question number two
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  Speaker 1: what is his activity telling us? Is that we go
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  Speaker 1: to God's word and see what the Bible tells us.
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  Speaker 1: In other words, we evaluate events based on biblical direction
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  Speaker 1: and keep in mind always God's assurances we know one
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  Speaker 1: way or the other. As we get close to judgment,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus is coming back and we're in the third hour,
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  Speaker 1: and Gary and I are seeing and hearing from the
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  Speaker 1: watchtower God's activities through Jesus and the prophet's prophecies. God
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  Speaker 1: is in control, He has us. And I'm gonna recommend
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  Speaker 1: the last book of the Bible, the Book of Revelations,
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  Speaker 1: and I suggest one with a study guide. It's a
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  Speaker 1: little bit difficult, difficult to get through, but it's worth reading.
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  Speaker 1: But listen is not all the doom and gloom. It's
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  Speaker 1: about understanding what's going on around us in this present age.
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  Speaker 1: But I understand. We're blessed because we have hope, biblical hope.
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  Speaker 1: God God stands by his word. He's going to strengthen us,
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  Speaker 1: sustain us, and keep us in his hand. Why because
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  Speaker 1: He made us and loves us as his children. Remember
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  Speaker 1: what Jesus said in John chapter eleven, verse twenty five.
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  Speaker 1: I am the resurrection and life. Anyone who believes in
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  Speaker 1: me will live even after dying. So I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: close this with an upbeat note. This is from Philippians
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  Speaker 1: chapter four, verses four through seven. Rejoice in the Lord always.
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  Speaker 1: I will say again, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be evident
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  Speaker 1: to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious
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  Speaker 1: about everything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition,
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  Speaker 1: with thanksgiving, present your request to God and the peace
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  Speaker 1: of God, which transcends all understanding. Will God your hearts
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  Speaker 1: and your minds in Christ Jesus. Thank you once again,
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  Speaker 1: dear listeners for turning in. I'm getting tongue tied. And
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  Speaker 1: I always thank you Gary for your creation of challenges
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  Speaker 1: of Faith Radio and your hosting of the Third Watch.
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  Speaker 1: If anyone like to contact me, you can email me
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  Speaker 1: at Team of God at Earthlink got net. God is
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  Speaker 1: good and we find victory in Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: Yes we do, We surely do. Welcome back to Challenges,
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  Speaker 2: a faith radio program. The seventh part of the Third Watch,
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Sarah one technowledged the God of the Scriptures.
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  Speaker 2: And the reason why you hear me say the God
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  Speaker 2: of the scriptures because you know, you really don't know
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  Speaker 2: when you're communicating with individuals what type of God, little
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  Speaker 2: g God they're talking about. But what I'm speaking of
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  Speaker 2: and Sarah speaking of, is the God of the Scriptures.
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  Speaker 2: And of course our listeners, especially tuning in from pod
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  Speaker 2: Bean Andy Id Radio. You know, the Bible speaks a
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  Speaker 2: lot about the end of the world, and it really
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  Speaker 2: doesn't mean the end of life, but you already knew that,
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  Speaker 2: But it means the end of the world that has
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  Speaker 2: been dominated by by what look around now, by evil.
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  Speaker 2: You know, the scripture let us know that the present
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  Speaker 2: evil world system, you know all that you really see,
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  Speaker 2: it's going to pass away and it's going to come
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  Speaker 2: to a dramatic end. You hear a little bit more
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  Speaker 2: about this and upcoming segments. We're also told that our
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  Speaker 2: save is going to come again and he's going to
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  Speaker 2: set up a kingdom of righteousness, that which is right
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  Speaker 2: before him. And when you talk about social justice, and
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  Speaker 2: He's going to set that up as well, where there's
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  Speaker 2: not going to be any hatred that Sarah alluded to,
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  Speaker 2: or greed or jealousy or war and guests death as
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  Speaker 2: we know it will no longer be known. And this
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  Speaker 2: is called the Kingdom of God. You know, our Savior
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  Speaker 2: didn't engage in make believe. You notice how he wasn't
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  Speaker 2: given to, you know, scare tactics or terroristic type tactics.
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  Speaker 2: He was truth and verassed as the person fied. Did
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  Speaker 2: you notice that? And some may call it personified, but
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  Speaker 2: you notice how he indicated and when we see certain
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  Speaker 2: things come to pass, be sure that the end is near.
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  Speaker 2: You notice how he always indicated. Only those who have
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  Speaker 2: spiritual discernment given by the Holy Spirit of God can
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  Speaker 2: understand the trends the meanings of history. Do you remember
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  Speaker 2: that a brother of the household of fame. Do you
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  Speaker 2: notice how God's were when you look at it and
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  Speaker 2: listen to it and read it and apply it to
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  Speaker 2: your life, how it plainly says that certain conditions is
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  Speaker 2: going to prevail just before the end. You notice how
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  Speaker 2: the Bible says, there will be knowledge without wisdom. Look
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  Speaker 2: around today, there's more knowledge about everything than any other
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  Speaker 2: time in history. Do you notice there's more knowledge inside
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  Speaker 2: of our heads than any time the world has ever known,
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  Speaker 2: but our hearts are empty? Do you notice that? Look
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  Speaker 2: around globally, irrespect the way you happen to be are
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  Speaker 2: living only for pleasure? You know it is true, But
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  Speaker 2: you notice why living that way, you're never really pondering
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  Speaker 2: about what life is really all about. When's the last
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  Speaker 2: time you pondered what life and living is really all about?
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  Speaker 2: Do you notice that when there's challenges too and four
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  Speaker 2: our faith, it allows you and I to think about
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  Speaker 2: what's important you do, don't you? Time is running out
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  Speaker 2: for individuals to get right with God. The Bible says,
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  Speaker 2: not Gary, not there, not your pastor, not the pew member,
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  Speaker 2: not the human teaching, not the rabbi, not the priests,
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  Speaker 2: not the amon. The Bible says, prepared to meet your
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  Speaker 2: God over an amy of Chapter four, verse twelve. Are
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  Speaker 2: you delaying at today? Look around? Everywhere the world is
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  Speaker 2: wrecked with pain, suffering, hunger, war, murder, greed, hate, fraud,
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  Speaker 2: and corruption. Every possible form of human government seems to
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  Speaker 2: be failing. You know it's true, and each kneed one
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  Speaker 2: seems to be unsuccessful in dealing with today's problems. Look around,
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  Speaker 2: the world's becoming more helpless and more hopeless. And you
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  Speaker 2: notice how it's grown more complicating the age of IA technology.
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  Speaker 2: You said, Gary, there's no IA that's right. Just wanted
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  Speaker 2: to make sure you was listening AI technology. Have you
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  Speaker 2: been paying attention to that? Do you notice how the
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  Speaker 2: scripture says to those who are fearful hearted, be strong,
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  Speaker 2: do not fear. We hope your God will come with
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  Speaker 2: the recompense of God. He will come and save you
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  Speaker 2: over in Isaiah chapter thirty five, verse four, especially for
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  Speaker 2: the believers of the household of faith. That's taking your
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  Speaker 2: eyes off of God. In his words, there are a
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  Speaker 2: lot of sociologists and scientists today walking around globally who
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  Speaker 2: believe we have the capability to destroy ourselves. So guess what.
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  Speaker 2: Like Sarah alluded to as released to good News, hope
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  Speaker 2: is going to come back to deserve and one day
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  Speaker 2: he's going to make things right. But for right now,
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  Speaker 2: we're living in a period called grace and graces that
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  Speaker 2: God gives to you and I as humans. You are
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  Speaker 2: human are You're not an ai you and He gives
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  Speaker 2: that to so that we can decide to live for
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  Speaker 2: him and not for ourselves. You know, our Savior said
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  Speaker 2: that as the end approaches, the world is gonna be
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  Speaker 2: on a in moral beings like you've never seen before
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  Speaker 2: in history. Look around, you're seeing the human race right
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  Speaker 2: now and not type of condition. But for those who
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  Speaker 2: believe in Him, you do. Don't you be confident of
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  Speaker 2: the truth that there is no situation beyond God's control.
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  Speaker 2: You don't need to fear the future. God is already there.
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  Speaker 2: But let me ask you a question. When was the
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  Speaker 2: last time you pray for others who are still lost
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  Speaker 2: in hopelessness. When was the last time that you prayed
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  Speaker 2: that they would turn their hearts to Almighty God? When
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  Speaker 2: was the last time, especially during this third watch time,
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  Speaker 2: I'm gearing the cancer along with Blink author and co
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  Speaker 2: host Sa Jewel. Thank you for taking the time out
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  Speaker 2: of your schedule and tuning in. But you know you
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  Speaker 2: didn't tune in by accident.