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10 Shocking Truths in 1st John That Challenge Everything · truthunedited

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  Speaker 1: What if everything you believed about your faith was tested today?
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  Speaker 1: What if the greatest evidence of your salvation wasn't a
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  Speaker 1: prayer you once said, but the way you love, obey,
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  Speaker 1: and walk in truth every single day? What does it
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  Speaker 1: really mean to follow Christ? How do you know if
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  Speaker 1: you are truly walking in truth? And how can you
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  Speaker 1: recognize when others, even those who seem spiritual, are leading
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  Speaker 1: people away from God? The Book of First John answers
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  Speaker 1: these questions in a way that cuts through all the noise.
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  Speaker 1: It was written at a time when false teachers were everywhere,
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  Speaker 1: distorting the Gospel and leading people into deception. Some claimed
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  Speaker 1: to follow Christ yet lived in sin. Others believed they
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  Speaker 1: could have faith without obedience, and John's message was crystal clear,
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  Speaker 1: if you belonged to Christ, your life will show it.
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  Speaker 1: A true believers walk in light, not dark. Love is
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  Speaker 1: the greatest proof of a transformed heart. And in this
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  Speaker 1: Deep Bible Stories video, we are going to break down
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  Speaker 1: ten of the most powerful messages from the Book of
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  Speaker 1: First John in a way you've never heard before. So
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  Speaker 1: let me ask you, what if your actions reveal more
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  Speaker 1: about your faith than your words? What if deception is
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  Speaker 1: closer than you think what if true confidence in Christ
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  Speaker 1: comes from how you live, not just what you believe.
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  Speaker 1: By the time you finish this video, you will understand
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  Speaker 1: exactly what John meant when he said, by this, we
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  Speaker 1: know that we have come to know Him. If we
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  Speaker 1: keep his commandments, you will know how to walk in love,
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  Speaker 1: live in obedience, and stand firm in truth no matter
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  Speaker 1: what the world says. We've created a complete explainer video
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  Speaker 1: for the Book of First John, breaking it down in
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  Speaker 1: a way that makes it easy to understand. We have
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  Speaker 1: also created a separate e book to help you with
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  Speaker 1: your Bible study. Both are linked in the description. It
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  Speaker 1: is our hope and prayer that this video and every
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  Speaker 1: message we share will awaken something in your spirit, a
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  Speaker 1: faith so strong that nothing can shake it. With that
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  Speaker 1: being said, let's get started. If there's one thing that
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  Speaker 1: separates true faith from empty religion, it's this how we walk,
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  Speaker 1: Not what we say we believe, not how many Bible
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  Speaker 1: verses we can quote, not how spiritual we appear to others,
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  Speaker 1: but the way we live when no one is watching.
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  Speaker 1: Out of everything we've explored about faith and obedience, the
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  Speaker 1: most important lesson is this, A true relationship with God
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  Speaker 1: will always pull us out of darkness and into the light.
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  Speaker 1: John doesn't sugarcoat the truth. He doesn't leave room for
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  Speaker 1: middle ground. You are either walking in the light of
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  Speaker 1: Christ or you are still stumbling in the shadow of sin.
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  Speaker 1: There is no in between. This is the message we
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  Speaker 1: have heard from Him and declare to you. God is light,
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  Speaker 1: and in him there is no darkness at all. If
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  Speaker 1: we claim to have fellowship with Him and yet walk
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  Speaker 1: in darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.
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  Speaker 1: First John one five to six. Those words are piercing
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  Speaker 1: because they expose something uncomfortable. How often we claim to
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  Speaker 1: know God while still clinging to things He has called
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  Speaker 1: us to let go of. How often do we justify
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  Speaker 1: our own sins, thinking God understands my struggle while condemning
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  Speaker 1: others for theirs. How often do we walk into church,
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  Speaker 1: raise our hands in worship, but then live the rest
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  Speaker 1: of the week in compromise. John is saying that's not
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  Speaker 1: how it works. God is light. In him, there is
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  Speaker 1: no darkness, and if we are truly walking with Him,
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  Speaker 1: our lives will reflect that light. But if we are
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  Speaker 1: comfortable in sin, if we are living in secret addictions,
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  Speaker 1: in gossip, in pride, in lust, then we are deceiving ourselves.
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  Speaker 1: We do not walk in the light. This is where
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  Speaker 1: confession and repentance come in. John doesn't just point out
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  Speaker 1: the problem, he gives us the solution. But if we
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  Speaker 1: walk in the light as he is in the light,
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  Speaker 1: we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: his son purifies us from all sin. First John one seven,
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  Speaker 1: do you see what he's saying. Walking in the light
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  Speaker 1: isn't about being perfect. It's about being honest. It's about
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  Speaker 1: bringing our struggles, our failures, and our sins before God
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  Speaker 1: instead of hiding them in darkness. It's about choosing repentance
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  Speaker 1: over excuses. It's about surrendering what we want for what
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  Speaker 1: God wants. Think about Adam and Eve in the garden
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  Speaker 1: of Eden. The moment they sinned, what was their first
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  Speaker 1: instinct to hide? They ran into the shadows. They covered themselves.
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  Speaker 1: They didn't want to be exposed before God. But what
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  Speaker 1: did God do? He called out to them, not because
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  Speaker 1: he didn't know where they were, but because he wanted
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  Speaker 1: them to come into the light. And the same is
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  Speaker 1: true for us. Some of us are still hiding. We
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  Speaker 1: wear a mask of faith, but deep down we know
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  Speaker 1: there are areas in our lives we haven't surrendered. Maybe
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  Speaker 1: it's a toxic relationship, Maybe it's an addiction no one
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  Speaker 1: knows about. Maybe it's bitterness, anger, or unforgiveness that we
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  Speaker 1: refuse to release. But God is calling us out of
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  Speaker 1: that darkness, not to condemn us, but to cleanse us.
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  Speaker 1: Walking in the light doesn't mean we never sin. It
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  Speaker 1: means we don't live in it. It means we don't
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  Speaker 1: make excuses for it. It means we don't justify it,
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  Speaker 1: defend it, or cling to it like it's part of
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  Speaker 1: who we are. Look at King David. He was a
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  Speaker 1: man after God's own heart, yet he fell into deep sin.
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  Speaker 1: But what made David different from Saul repentance. When Saul
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  Speaker 1: was confronted with his sin, he made excuses. When David
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  Speaker 1: was confronted, he fell to his knees and cried out,
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  Speaker 1: have mercy on me, O, God, according to your unfailing love,
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  Speaker 1: Psalm fifty one, Colon one. God doesn't expect perfection, he
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  Speaker 1: expects honesty. So ask yourself, are there areas in your
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  Speaker 1: life that you've kept in darkness? Are their sins you've justified,
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  Speaker 1: ignored or hidden? Are you truly walking in the light
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  Speaker 1: or just claiming to This is where true freedom is found,
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  Speaker 1: not in pretending we have it all together, but in
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  Speaker 1: bringing everything into the light and allowing Jesus to cleanse us.
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  Speaker 1: Because here's the truth. Sin grows in darkness, it thrives
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  Speaker 1: in secrecy. But the moment you expose it, the moment
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  Speaker 1: you bring it into the light, its power begins to break.
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  Speaker 1: This is why confession matters, not just saying God forgive me,
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  Speaker 1: but truly repenting, turning away from sin, and walking towards Him.
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  Speaker 1: So what does this look like in every day life.
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  Speaker 1: It means choosing honesty over hiding. It means surrendering every
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  Speaker 1: part of your life, not just the easy parts. It
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  Speaker 1: means filling your life with the things of God, prayer, worship,
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  Speaker 1: the Word so that darkness has no room to return.
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  Speaker 1: And most of all, it means trusting that God's grace
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  Speaker 1: is greater than your worst mistake. There is no sin
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  Speaker 1: so dark that His light cannot overcome it. There is
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  Speaker 1: no failure so great that His blood cannot cleanse it.
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  Speaker 1: But you have to make the choice. Will you stay
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  Speaker 1: in darkness or will you step into the light? Because
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  Speaker 1: this isn't about religion. It's about transformation. The question is
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  Speaker 1: are you ready for it. If there's one thing we've
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  Speaker 1: learned so far, it's that faith isn't about words, it's
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  Speaker 1: about walking in the light. But here's the next hard truth.
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  Speaker 1: Saying you love God means nothing if your life doesn't
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  Speaker 1: reflect it. Out of everything we've explored about faith, the
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  Speaker 1: most important lesson is this, if you truly love God,
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  Speaker 1: you will obey him, not just when it's convenient, not
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  Speaker 1: just when it makes sense, but always. John doesn't leave
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  Speaker 1: any room for confusion here. He doesn't say if you
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  Speaker 1: feel like it, He doesn't say if it fits your lifestyle.
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  Speaker 1: He says it plainly. We know that we have come
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  Speaker 1: to know him if we keep his commands. Whoever says
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  Speaker 1: I know Him but does not do what he commands
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  Speaker 1: is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.
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  Speaker 1: First John two, three to four. That's a harsh statement.
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  Speaker 1: But John isn't being mean, He's being clear. Too many
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  Speaker 1: people claim to know God but live like they don't.
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  Speaker 1: Too many say they love Him but ignore what he says.
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  Speaker 1: And John is warning us, don't deceive yourself. Let's make
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  Speaker 1: this real. Imagine a husband who tells his wife I
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  Speaker 1: love you, but constantly ignores her, disrespects her, and does
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  Speaker 1: things he knows will hurt her. Would we believe his
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  Speaker 1: love is real? No, because love is proven through action.
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  Speaker 1: Love isn't just words, it's commitment. And the same is
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  Speaker 1: true with God. If we truly love him, we won't
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  Speaker 1: just say it, we will live it. Think about Jesus
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  Speaker 1: words in John fourteen fifteen. If you love me, keep
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  Speaker 1: my commands, not if you fear me, not if you
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  Speaker 1: want blessings, not if you feel like it. If you
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  Speaker 1: love me. This means obedience isn't about following a list
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  Speaker 1: of religious rules. It's about relationship. Just like a husband
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  Speaker 1: who honors his wife out of love. We obey God
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  Speaker 1: because we love him. But let's be real, Obedience isn't
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  Speaker 1: always easy. Sometimes it feels like God is asking us
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  Speaker 1: to do things that don't make sense. Forgive people who
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  Speaker 1: hurt us, walk away from toxic relationships, trust him when
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  Speaker 1: everything's falling apart, give up things we desperately want. That's
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  Speaker 1: when we find out if our love for God is real.
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  Speaker 1: Look at Abraham. God told him to sacrifice his son Isaac.
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  Speaker 1: That didn't make sense, that wasn't convenient. That was the
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  Speaker 1: hardest thing God could have asked of him. But Abraham
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  Speaker 1: didn't argue, he didn't hesitate, he obeyed, and because of
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  Speaker 1: that God blessed him beyond imagination Genesis twenty two, sixteen
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  Speaker 1: to eighteen. Obedience requires trust, and trust requires love. So
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  Speaker 1: ask yourself do you really trust God? Because the way
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  Speaker 1: you answer that question will determine whether you obey him.
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  Speaker 1: Obedience isn't about understanding, it's about faith. Think about Peter
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  Speaker 1: when Jesus told him to step out of the boat
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  Speaker 1: and walk on water Matthew fourteen twenty eight to twenty nine.
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  Speaker 1: Peter didn't understand how it was possible, but he stepped
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  Speaker 1: out anyway. He obeyed even when it made no sense,
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  Speaker 1: and something incredible happened. Peter did the impossible. That's what
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  Speaker 1: obedience does. It unlocks supernatural power, it brings breakthroughs, it
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  Speaker 1: takes us into deeper places with God. But here's the warning.
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  Speaker 1: Partial obedience is still disobedience. Look at King Saul. God
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  Speaker 1: told him to completely destroy the Amalekites for Samuel fifteen three,
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  Speaker 1: but Saul only obeyed half way. He kept the best
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  Speaker 1: livestock for himself. And made excuses, saying he would offer
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  Speaker 1: them to God, but God rejected him, saying to obey
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  Speaker 1: is better than sacrifice. For Samuel fifteen twenty two, Saul
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  Speaker 1: thought he could adjust God's commands to fit his preferences,
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  Speaker 1: and because of that he lost everything. Are we doing
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  Speaker 1: the same? Are there areas where we're choosing what parts
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  Speaker 1: of God's commands to follow? Do we obey him in
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  Speaker 1: church but compromise in business? Do we honor him in
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  Speaker 1: public but sin in private? Because real obedience doesn't pick
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  Speaker 1: and choose, It surrenders everything. Look at Jesus himself when
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  Speaker 1: he prayed in the garden of gethsemone. He was in agony.
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  Speaker 1: He knew the suffering that was coming. But what did
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  Speaker 1: he say, Father, If you are willing to take this
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  Speaker 1: cup from me, yet not my will, but yours be
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  Speaker 1: done Luke twenty two forty two. That is true obedience,
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  Speaker 1: not just following God when it's easy, but surrendering when
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  Speaker 1: it's hard. So what does this mean for us? It
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  Speaker 1: means we can't just call ourselves Christians, we must live
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  Speaker 1: like christ. It means obedience isn't just about avoiding sin,
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  Speaker 1: it's about actively following Jesus. It means we stop making excuses,
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  Speaker 1: stop delaying obedience, and start walking in the truth we
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  Speaker 1: claim to believe. Because here's the reality. Delayed obedience is
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  Speaker 1: still disobedience. When God tells you to do something, do
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  Speaker 1: it now. If he's calling you to forgive, forgive to day,
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  Speaker 1: if he's convicting you to change, change today, if he's
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  Speaker 1: leading you to take a step of faith, step out now,
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  Speaker 1: because every moment of delayed obedience is a moment lost.
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  Speaker 1: So take a moment and ask yourself. Are there areas
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  Speaker 1: in your life where you've been ignoring God? Are their
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  Speaker 1: commands you've justified disobeying? Are you truly walking in obedience
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  Speaker 1: or just in convenience? Because love for God isn't just
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  Speaker 1: in your words, it's in your walk. And the greatest freedom,
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  Speaker 1: the greatest power, and the greatest peace are found on
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  Speaker 1: the other side of obedience. So the question is will
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  Speaker 1: you obey. If there's one thing we've learned so far,
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  Speaker 1: it's that loving God isn't just about what we say,
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  Speaker 1: it's about how we live. Obedience is the evidence of
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  Speaker 1: true faith. But here's where things get difficult, because while
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  Speaker 1: we may want to follow God, we live in a
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  Speaker 1: world that constantly pulls us in the opposite direction, and
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  Speaker 1: that as to one of the hardest but most important lessons,
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  Speaker 1: You cannot love God and love the world at the
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  Speaker 1: same time. John makes this point crystal clear. Do not
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  Speaker 1: love the world or anything in the world. If anyone
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  Speaker 1: loves the world, love for the Father is not in
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  Speaker 1: them first John two fifteen. That's a bold statement. But
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  Speaker 1: what does it mean is John saying we shouldn't love people,
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  Speaker 1: that we shouldn't enjoy life, that we should walk around
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  Speaker 1: miserable and isolated. Number what he's warning us against is
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  Speaker 1: a dangerous attachment to the things of this world. He's
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  Speaker 1: talking about the desires, ambitions, and values that oppose God.
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  Speaker 1: He's talking about a life driven by self, success, and
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  Speaker 1: pleasure instead of holiness. Think about it. Everything in our
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  Speaker 1: culture screams live for yourself. The world glorifies power, money, beauty, success,
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  Speaker 1: things that feel important but won't last, and John tells
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  Speaker 1: us exactly why we must reject them. For everything in
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  Speaker 1: the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of
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  Speaker 1: the eyes, and the pride of life comes not from
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  Speaker 1: the Father but from the world. The world and its
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  Speaker 1: desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God
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  Speaker 1: lives forever. First John two sixteen to seventeen. The world
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  Speaker 1: promises satisfaction, but it's a lie. It offers things that
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  Speaker 1: look good but leave us empty. And the worst part,
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  Speaker 1: it's all temporary. Let's put this into perspective. Imagine you
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  Speaker 1: were boarding a plane for a short trip. Would you
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  Speaker 1: spend all your money decorating the airplane seat? Would you
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  Speaker 1: build a house inside the plane? No, because you know
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  Speaker 1: it's temporary. Your real home is at your destination. But
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  Speaker 1: that's exactly what we do when we love the world
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  Speaker 1: world more than God. We invest everything into this life,
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  Speaker 1: our comfort, our dreams, our identity, as if it will
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  Speaker 1: last forever. But John reminds us the world is passing away,
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  Speaker 1: So why do we cling to things that won't last.
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  Speaker 1: Look at the story of the rich young ruler Mark
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  Speaker 1: ten seventeen to twenty two. He had everything, wealth, status,
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  Speaker 1: and a seemingly good life. But when Jesus told him
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  Speaker 1: to give up his riches and follow him, he walked
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  Speaker 1: away sad. Why because he loved the world more than
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  Speaker 1: he loved God, and Jesus didn't chase after him. He
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  Speaker 1: didn't lower the cost of discipleship, because here's the hard truth.
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  Speaker 1: God won't compete for your heart. You must choose, and
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  Speaker 1: the reality is what you love shapes who you become.
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  Speaker 1: If you love money, you will become greedy. If you
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  Speaker 1: love status, you will become prideful. If you love pleasure,
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  Speaker 1: you will chase sin. But if you love God, you
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  Speaker 1: will reflect his character. That's why Jesus said no one
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  Speaker 1: can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one
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  Speaker 1: and love the other, or you will be devoted to
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  Speaker 1: one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God
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  Speaker 1: and money Matthew six twenty four. But here's the problem.
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  Speaker 1: Many believers try to live in both worlds. We want
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  Speaker 1: God's blessings but also the world's approval. We go to
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  Speaker 1: church on Sunday, but chase after the world's desires the
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  Speaker 1: rest of the week. And John is warning us you
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  Speaker 1: can't have both. So how do we break free? How
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  Speaker 1: do we live in the world without being consumed by it? First,
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  Speaker 1: we need a reality check. Everything the world values money, fame,
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  Speaker 1: pleasure is temporary. It fades, it dies, It leaves people empty.
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  Speaker 1: Just look at celebrities who seem to have it all
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  Speaker 1: but are still miserable. Why because the world cannot satisfy
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  Speaker 1: a soul that was made for God. Second, we need
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  Speaker 1: to shift our focus. Jesus told us to store up
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  Speaker 1: treasures in heaven Matthew six, nineteen twenty one. That means
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  Speaker 1: investing in what lasts. Souls last, love lusts, faith lasts.
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  Speaker 1: The will of God lasts. Third, we must be intentional.
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  Speaker 1: Avoid things that stir up lust, pride, and greed. Stop
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  Speaker 1: chasing things that pull your heart away from God. Choose
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  Speaker 1: contentment over comparison, Choose holiness over hype, Choose God over everything.
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  Speaker 1: Because in the end, only one thing will matter. Not
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  Speaker 1: how much money you made, not how many followers you had,
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  Speaker 1: not how successful you were. The only thing that will
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  Speaker 1: matter is did you love God more than the world.
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  Speaker 1: So take a moment look at your life. What are
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  Speaker 1: you to chasing? What do you truly love? Because you
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  Speaker 1: can't love both, and the choice you make right now
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  Speaker 1: will determine your eternity. If there's one thing we've uncovered
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  Speaker 1: so far, it's that you cannot love the world and
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  Speaker 1: love God at the same time. The pull of this
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  Speaker 1: world is strong, but for those who belong to Christ,
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  Speaker 1: there is an even greater danger lurking beneath the surface
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  Speaker 1: deception because while the world openly opposes God, deception operates
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  Speaker 1: in disguise. And that's why John warns us, do not
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  Speaker 1: believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether
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  Speaker 1: they are from God. First. John, for one, this isn't
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  Speaker 1: just about obvious false religions or cults. John is talking
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  Speaker 1: about people who claim to follow Christ but twist the truth.
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  Speaker 1: False teachers don't walk around wearing signs that say I'm
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  Speaker 1: here to deceive you. They look right, they sound right,
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  Speaker 1: they may even quote scripture, But behind them their words
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  Speaker 1: is a different spirit, one that distorts the Gospel and
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  Speaker 1: leads people away from the real Jesus. And here's the
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  Speaker 1: scary part. Many will be fooled. Jesus himself warned us
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  Speaker 1: for false messires and false prophets will appear and perform
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  Speaker 1: great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the
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  Speaker 1: elect Matthew twenty four, twenty four. Think about that, even
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  Speaker 1: the elect true believers can be tempted to believe a lie.
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  Speaker 1: And we are seeing this play out today. People cherry
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  Speaker 1: pick Bible verses to justify sin. Teachers twist God's word
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  Speaker 1: to fit culture, and instead of calling people to repentance,
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  Speaker 1: churches are telling people what they want to hear. Paul
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  Speaker 1: saw this coming, for the time will come when people
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  Speaker 1: will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead to suit
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  Speaker 1: their own desires, they will gather around them a great
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  Speaker 1: number of teachers to say what their itching ears want
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  Speaker 1: to hear. Here Second Timothy four three. And that's exactly
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  Speaker 1: why John says, test every spirit. But how do we
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  Speaker 1: do that? How do we recognize truth from deception when
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  Speaker 1: lies are so well disguised. John gives us the answer.
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  Speaker 1: This is how you can recognize the spirit of God.
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  Speaker 1: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in
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  Speaker 1: the flesh is from God. But every spirit that does
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  Speaker 1: not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the
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  Speaker 1: spirit of the Antichrist. First John four two to three.
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  Speaker 1: The test is Jesus false. Teachers will always distort the
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  Speaker 1: truth about Christ. Some will deny his divinity, others will
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  Speaker 1: reject his authority. Some will twist grace into a license
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  Speaker 1: to sin. Others will preach works as the way to salvation.
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  Speaker 1: But in every case, the real Jesus is altered. And
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  Speaker 1: here's why this matters. A distorted gospel leads to a
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  Speaker 1: powerless faith. If the enemy can get you to believe
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  Speaker 1: in a false version of Jesus, he doesn't need to
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  Speaker 1: pull you into atheism because a half truth is just
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  Speaker 1: as deadly as a full lie. And this is why
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  Speaker 1: deception is so dangerous. It's not just outside the church,
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  Speaker 1: it's inside. It's in preachers who say sin doesn't matter.
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  Speaker 1: It's in movements that put emotions over scripture. It's in
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  Speaker 1: Christians who follow culture instead of Christ. And if you
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  Speaker 1: think your immune, think again. Peter walked with Jesus, saw
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  Speaker 1: his miracles and still denied him. Eve lived in a
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  Speaker 1: perfect world, spoke directly with God and still believed the serpent.
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  Speaker 1: Deception is subtle and no one is above it. So
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  Speaker 1: how do we protect ourselves? First we stay rooted in
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  Speaker 1: God's word. You can't recognize a counterfeit if you don't
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  Speaker 1: know the real thing. The more you know scripture, the
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  Speaker 1: harder it is to be deceived. Second, we ask for discernment.
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  Speaker 1: The Holy Spirit is our guide. Jesus said, the spirit
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  Speaker 1: of truth will guide you into all truth John sixteen thirteen.
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  Speaker 1: That means before believing a teacher a trend or a movement,
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  Speaker 1: we ask God for wisdom. Third, we test everything, Paul says,
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  Speaker 1: test everything, hold fast to what is good first Thessalonians
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  Speaker 1: five twenty one. That means, no matter how popular a
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  Speaker 1: teaching is, if it doesn't line up with scripture, we
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  Speaker 1: reject it. Because here's the truth. The greatest threat to
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  Speaker 1: your faith is not atheism, persecution, or temptation. Its deception.
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  Speaker 1: And that's why John's warning is urgent. Dear friends, do
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  Speaker 1: not believe every spirit, but test the spirits first, John
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  Speaker 1: for one, Because if in the last days many will
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  Speaker 1: follow false teachers, but only those who know the truth
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  Speaker 1: will stand firm. If there is one truth that has
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  Speaker 1: the power to completely transform how you see yourself as
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  Speaker 1: you walk through life, and how you endure trials, it
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  Speaker 1: is this. You are a child of God. Let that
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  Speaker 1: sink in. Not just a believer, not just a servant,
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  Speaker 1: not just someone trying to follow the right path, A child,
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  Speaker 1: a son, a daughter, chosen, loved, adopted. But here's the question,
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  Speaker 1: do you live like one? Because the enemy wants you
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  Speaker 1: to forget this truth. The world tells you that your
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  Speaker 1: identity is in what you achieve. Your past whispers that
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  Speaker 1: you are too broken to belong your failures try to
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  Speaker 1: convince you that you will never be enough. But listen
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  Speaker 1: to what John says. See what great love the Father
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  Speaker 1: has lavished on us. That we should be called children
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  Speaker 1: of God, and that is what we are First John
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  Speaker 1: three one. Do you hear that John isn't just making
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  Speaker 1: a statement. He is in all he is overwhelmed by
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  Speaker 1: the depth of God's love, a love so great, so undeserved,
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  Speaker 1: that it calls us his own. And yet John also
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  Speaker 1: gives us a warning. The reason the world does not
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  Speaker 1: know us is that it did not know him. First
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  Speaker 1: John three one. This world will never understand who you
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  Speaker 1: truly are. It will mock your faith, It will tempt
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  Speaker 1: you to conform. It will pressure you to prove your
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  Speaker 1: worth by what you do, what you own, and how
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  Speaker 1: you measure up. But the truth is this world is
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  Speaker 1: not your home, because your identity is not found in
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  Speaker 1: the approval of people. It is found in the love
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  Speaker 1: of the Father. Paul echoes this truth in Romans. You
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  Speaker 1: did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back
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  Speaker 1: into fear, but you receive the spirit of adoption by
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  Speaker 1: whom we cry out Abba Father. Romans eight fifteen. Do
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  Speaker 1: you see it. You are not a slave to fear.
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  Speaker 1: You are not bound by your past. You are not
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  Speaker 1: defined by what you have or haven't done. You are
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  Speaker 1: a child of God. And here is the most incredible part.
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  Speaker 1: This is just the beginning. John goes on to say,
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  Speaker 1: dear friends, now we are children of God, and what
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  Speaker 1: we will be has not yet been made known. But
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  Speaker 1: we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him,
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  Speaker 1: for we shall see him as he is first John
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  Speaker 1: three two. Right now we live in the tension of
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  Speaker 1: already and not yet. We are already redeemed, already set apart,
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  Speaker 1: already God's children. But we have not yet seen the
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  Speaker 1: full reality of what we will become. There is a
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  Speaker 1: day coming when everything that is broken will be made whole.
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  Speaker 1: Every struggle, every doubt, every fear will disappear in the
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  Speaker 1: presence of Jesus. And in that moment, when we stand
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  Speaker 1: before him face to face, we will be fully transformed.
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  Speaker 1: Can you imagine it? The weight of sin gone, the
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  Speaker 1: battle with temptation over, the insecurity, the shame, the striving
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  Speaker 1: erased forever. And this is why John urges us live
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  Speaker 1: like it now, all who have this hope in him
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  Speaker 1: purify themselves just as he is pure first John three
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  Speaker 1: to three. If you know who you truly are, if
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  Speaker 1: you know that you were made for something greater, if
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  Speaker 1: you know that you belong to the King of kings,
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  Speaker 1: then why would you live like you're still lost? Why
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  Speaker 1: would you chase after things that will fade? Why would
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  Speaker 1: you settle for a temporary identity when you have been
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  Speaker 1: given an eternal one. Because this is the truth. You
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  Speaker 1: are not who you used to be. You are not
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  Speaker 1: your past, your mistakes, or your failures. You are a
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  Speaker 1: child of God, and that changes everything. Out of everything
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  Speaker 1: we've explored about our identity as children of God, the
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  Speaker 1: most striking realization is this love is not just something
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  Speaker 1: we do. It's proof of who we are. If we
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  Speaker 1: truly belong to Christ, it must be evident in how
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  Speaker 1: we treat others. The Bible doesn't leave room for vague
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  Speaker 1: theoretical love. It's not about saying the right words, performing
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  Speaker 1: religious duties, or appearing kind on the surface. John makes
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  Speaker 1: it clear, if love does not define us, then we
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  Speaker 1: do not belong to God, and perhaps that's the hardest
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  Speaker 1: truth to accept. Imagine two people claiming to be close friends,
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  Speaker 1: one constantly speaks about loyalty and commitment, Yet when the
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  Speaker 1: other is in need, they are nowhere to be found.
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  Speaker 1: Would you believe their friendship is genuine? Would words alone
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  Speaker 1: be enough to prove their devotion? John challenges us in
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  Speaker 1: the same way. If we say we love God but
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  Speaker 1: we do not actively love our brothers and sisters, then
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  Speaker 1: our words are empty. This isn't just an idea, it's
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  Speaker 1: life and death. In First John three fourteen, he declares,
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  Speaker 1: we know that we have passed from death to life
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  Speaker 1: because we love our brothers and sisters. Anyone who does
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  Speaker 1: not love remains in death. In other words, love is
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  Speaker 1: not optional. It is the evidence that we have been
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  Speaker 1: transformed by Christ. If our hearts have truly been changed,
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  Speaker 1: we will love not just in sentiment, but in sacrificial action.
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  Speaker 1: But what does that look like in real life? Think
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  Speaker 1: of Jesus washing the feet of his disciples. In John thirteen,
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  Speaker 1: the King of Kings humbled himself performing a task reserved
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  Speaker 1: for the lowest servants. He did not just talk about love,
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  Speaker 1: he demonstrated it through action. Then he gave a command
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  Speaker 1: that redefined love forever, a new command. I give you
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  Speaker 1: love one another as I have loved you, so you
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  Speaker 1: must love one another. By this, everyone will know that
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  Speaker 1: you are my disciples if you love one another John
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  Speaker 1: thirteen thirty four to thirty five. Notice that Jesus doesn't
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  Speaker 1: say by your miracles, your knowledge, or your spiritual gifts,
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  Speaker 1: people will know you are mine. No, it is by
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  Speaker 1: love that means real, difficult, selfless love, the kind that
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  Speaker 1: goes beyond feelings, the kind that serves others when it's inconvenient,
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  Speaker 1: the kind that loves enemies, forgives offenses, and gives without
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  Speaker 1: expecting anything in return. Yet so many of us struggle
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  Speaker 1: to love the way Jesus commands. We say we love others,
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  Speaker 1: but do we forgive as quickly as we expect to
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  Speaker 1: be forgiven. We say we care, but do we serve
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  Speaker 1: when there's nothing in it for us? We say we
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  Speaker 1: are disciples of Christ, but do we love others in
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  Speaker 1: a way that proves it. John doesn't just suggest love.
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  Speaker 1: He warns us of what happens when we refuse to love.
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  Speaker 1: In First John three point fifteen, he writes, any one
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  Speaker 1: who hates a brother or sister is a murderer. And
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  Speaker 1: you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.
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  Speaker 1: That's an intense statement, but it echoes what Jesus himself
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  Speaker 1: taught in Matthew five twenty one to twenty two that
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  Speaker 1: hatred in our hearts is no different than murder in
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  Speaker 1: God's eyes. Why because hatred left unchecked is what leads
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  Speaker 1: to destruction. Look at Cain and Abe in Genesis four.
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  Speaker 1: Cain's jealousy turned to resentment. Resentment became hatred, and hatred
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  Speaker 1: led to murder. This is why John brings up Cain
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  Speaker 1: as an example in Firs John three twelve, saying, do
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  Speaker 1: not be like Cain who belonged to the evil one
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  Speaker 1: and murdered his brother? And why did he murder him?
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  Speaker 1: Because his own actions were evil and his brothers were righteous.
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  Speaker 1: Cain's issue wasn't just his actions, It was his heart.
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  Speaker 1: He refused to love and it led to his downfall.
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  Speaker 1: This is where John challenges us in First John three
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  Speaker 1: sixteen to eighteen. This is how we know what love is.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us, and we
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  Speaker 1: ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
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  Speaker 1: Let that sink in love isn't just a feeling, its sacrifice.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus didn't wait until we deserved his love. He didn't
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  Speaker 1: hold back his love based on how we treated him.
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  Speaker 1: He gave everything for us, even when we were sinners.
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  Speaker 1: And now he calls us to love in the same way.
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  Speaker 1: That means love that costs something. Think about it. How
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  Speaker 1: often do we limit our love to what is convenient.
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  Speaker 1: We love when it's easy, We love when it benefits us,
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  Speaker 1: We love when the person deserves it. But John challenges
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  Speaker 1: us to something greater, real, selfless, sacrificial love. First John
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  Speaker 1: three seventeen to eighteen puts it bluntly. If anyone has
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  Speaker 1: material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need,
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  Speaker 1: but has no pity on them, how can the love
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  Speaker 1: of God be in that person? Dear children, let us
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  Speaker 1: not love with words or speech, but with actions and
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  Speaker 1: in truth. John forces us to ask hard questions. If
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  Speaker 1: we claim to love God but refuse to help those
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  Speaker 1: in need, can we say His love is truly in us?
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  Speaker 1: This is where it becomes real. It's not enough to
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  Speaker 1: say we love people. We have to show it. Think
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  Speaker 1: of someone in your life who needs to see the
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  Speaker 1: love of Christ through you. Maybe it's a friend who
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  Speaker 1: is struggling, a family member who feels alone, or even
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  Speaker 1: someone you've been avoiding because of past hurts. This is
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  Speaker 1: where love is tested, not in big, dramatic gestures, but
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  Speaker 1: in small, daily choices to put others before ourselves. And
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  Speaker 1: if you're struggling to love, ask God to transform your heart.
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  Speaker 1: Because love is not something we force, it is something
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  Speaker 1: we receive from Him and overflow into others. So the
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  Speaker 1: real question is are you loving like Jesus? Are you
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  Speaker 1: forgiving the people who have wronged you? Are you serving
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  Speaker 1: those who cannot repay you? Are you showing grace to
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  Speaker 1: those who least deserve it? Because this is what proves
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  Speaker 1: we belong to God, not our words, but our love.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus said best in John fifteen twelve. My command is this,
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  Speaker 1: love each other as I have loved you, not as
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  Speaker 1: the world loves, not as we feel like loving, but
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  Speaker 1: as Christ has loved us. And that kind of love
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  Speaker 1: changes everything. Of all the life changing truths we've explored
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  Speaker 1: about love, the most profound is this real love and
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  Speaker 1: fear cannot coexist. Love is not just something we feel.
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  Speaker 1: It is the very force that drives out fear, anxiety,
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  Speaker 1: and doubt. And yet how many of us live trapped
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  Speaker 1: in fear. We fear the future. We fear failure, We
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  Speaker 1: fear rejection. We fear that we are not good enough,
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  Speaker 1: not strong enough, not worthy enough. But John gives us
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  Speaker 1: a truth that changes everything. Perfect love casts out fear.
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  Speaker 1: Think about that for a second. Perfect love does not
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  Speaker 1: ignore fear, It drives it out completely. If we are
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  Speaker 1: still consumed by fear, it means we have not fully
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  Speaker 1: grasped God's love for us, because fear has no place
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  Speaker 1: in a heart that is secure in him. John makes
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  Speaker 1: this powerful declaration in Onirse John four eighteen. There is
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  Speaker 1: no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear
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  Speaker 1: because fear has to do with punishment. The one who
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  Speaker 1: fears is not made perfect in love. This verse reveals
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  Speaker 1: a hard truth. Fear is often rooted in a misunderstanding
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  Speaker 1: of God's love. If we believe God's love is conditional,
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  Speaker 1: if we think He loves us based on our performance,
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  Speaker 1: then of course we will live in fear. We will
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  Speaker 1: always wonder am I good enough? Have I done enough?
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  Speaker 1: What if God rejects me? But John is telling us
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  Speaker 1: if we truly know God's love, fear loses its power
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  Speaker 1: over us. Look at how Adam and Eve reacted when
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  Speaker 1: they sinned in Genesis three. The moment they disobeyed God,
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  Speaker 1: fear entered their hearts. They hid from him, ashamed and afraid.
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  Speaker 1: Fear makes us run from God. But love, love makes
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  Speaker 1: us run toward Him. And that's why the enemy wants
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  Speaker 1: us to live in fear, because fear paralyzes faith. It
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  Speaker 1: keeps us from trusting God, from stepping into our calling,
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  Speaker 1: from living boldly for Christ. But here's the good news.
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  Speaker 1: God's love is greater than our fear. If you need proof,
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  Speaker 1: look at Jesus when he went to the cross. He
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  Speaker 1: didn't let fear stop him. He walked straight into suffering
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  Speaker 1: for us. And why because love is stronger than fear.
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  Speaker 1: Hebrews twelve two tells us that Jesus endured the cross
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  Speaker 1: for the joy set before him. What joy, the joy
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  Speaker 1: of bringing us back to God. His love for us
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  Speaker 1: was greater than the pain, greater than the fear, greater
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  Speaker 1: than the suffering. And if Jesus's love was that strong
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  Speaker 1: for us, how can we still live in fear. Think
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  Speaker 1: about Peter, the same disciple who boldly followed Jesus, became
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  Speaker 1: a slave to fear the moment things got hard in
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  Speaker 1: Matthew fourteen. When Jesus walked on water, Peter stepped out
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  Speaker 1: of the boat, but as soon as he saw the waves,
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  Speaker 1: fear took over and he began to sink. That's what
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  Speaker 1: fear does. It makes us focus on the storm instead
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  Speaker 1: of the savior. But what did Jesus do? He reached out,
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  Speaker 1: pulled Peter up and said, why did you doubt? That's
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  Speaker 1: the same question Jesus asked us today. Why do we doubt?
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  Speaker 1: Why do we let fear control us when God's love
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  Speaker 1: is holding us up. John reminds us in one John
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  Speaker 1: four nineteen. We love because He first loved us us.
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  Speaker 1: This is where fear is broken. We are not trying
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  Speaker 1: to earn love. We are not fighting to be accepted.
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  Speaker 1: God loved us first before we ever loved him, before
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  Speaker 1: we ever deserved it. And if his love came first,
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  Speaker 1: then our fears no longer have the final say. But
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  Speaker 1: here's the thing. Many believers still live in fear. Some
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  Speaker 1: fear God's judgment because they don't truly understand his grace.
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  Speaker 1: Some fear suffering because they don't trust that God is
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  Speaker 1: in control. Some fear failure because they still think their
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  Speaker 1: worth is in what they do not who they are
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  Speaker 1: in Christ. But John is calling us to a different
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  Speaker 1: kind of life, a fearless life. So ask yourself. Are
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  Speaker 1: you living in fear of the future or are you
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  Speaker 1: walking in the confidence of God's love? Are you holding
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  Speaker 1: back because of fear of failure, rejection, or uncertainty. Are
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  Speaker 1: you trusting in the unshakable love of God or are
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  Speaker 1: you still questioning if He really loves you. The enemy
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  Speaker 1: will try to keep you in fear. He will whisper
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  Speaker 1: lies You're not good enough. God doesn't love you. You
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  Speaker 1: will never be free. But here is the truth. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: already set you free. Romans eight thirty eight to thirty
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  Speaker 1: nine says, for I am convinced that neither death nor life,
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  Speaker 1: neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future,
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  Speaker 1: nor any powers, neither height nor depth nor anything else
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  Speaker 1: in all creation will be able to separate us from
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  Speaker 1: the love of God that is in Christ, Jesus our Lord.
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  Speaker 1: Nothing not fear, not failure, not even your past mistakes
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  Speaker 1: can separate you from God's love. So to day, choose
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  Speaker 1: love over fear. When fear tells you to stay silent,
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  Speaker 1: love gives you boldness to speak When fear tells you
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  Speaker 1: you're alone, love reminds you God is with you. When
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  Speaker 1: fear tells you you will fail, love assures you God's
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  Speaker 1: plan is greater than your failures. Love and fear cannot
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  Speaker 1: exist together. So which one will you choose? If you're
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  Speaker 1: tired of living in fear? Run to Jesus. His love
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  Speaker 1: is greater than your fears, stronger than your doubts, and
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  Speaker 1: deeper than anything you've ever known. And when you finally
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  Speaker 1: understand that his love is enough, fear has no power
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  Speaker 1: over you any more. If love is what casts out fear,
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  Speaker 1: then what happens next? What does a fearless faith look
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  Speaker 1: like in action? The answer is this a life of victory.
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  Speaker 1: Fear is what keeps people in bondage, but faith, faith
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  Speaker 1: is what sets them free. And John makes it clear
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  Speaker 1: our faith in Jesus is the key to overcoming the world.
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  Speaker 1: In First John five four to five, he writes, for
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  Speaker 1: everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the
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  Speaker 1: victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who
• 42:56
  Speaker 1: is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who
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  Speaker 1: believe leaves that Jesus is the son of God. Let
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  Speaker 1: those words sink in if you are born of God.
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  Speaker 1: You are already victorious. But let's be honest, how often
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  Speaker 1: do we actually live in that victory. The world tries
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  Speaker 1: to tell us who we are. It dictates our worth
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  Speaker 1: based on success, status, and approval. It pushes temptation, distraction,
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  Speaker 1: and compromise at every turn, and for many the battle
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  Speaker 1: feels endless. The enemy whispers, you will never be free,
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  Speaker 1: you will never overcome this struggle. You will always be weak.
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  Speaker 1: But John, silence is the lie. With one unshakable truth,
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  Speaker 1: faith in Jesus is the victory. Look around at the
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  Speaker 1: world to day. The battle between light and darkness is raging.
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  Speaker 1: People are consumed by addictions, chain by anxiety, and trapped
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  Speaker 1: in cycles of sin. The world is broken, and if
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  Speaker 1: you try to fight it in your own strength, you
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  Speaker 1: will lose every time. But here's the good news. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: already won the battle. When he stepped on to the scene,
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  Speaker 1: Darkness had to bow. When he touched the sick, disease
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  Speaker 1: had to leave. When he called out demons, they trembled.
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  Speaker 1: When he went to the cross, sin was defeated. And
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  Speaker 1: when he rose from the grave, death itself lost its power.
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  Speaker 1: This is the victory we stand in a think about
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  Speaker 1: the Israelite standing before the Red Sea. Pharaoh's army was
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  Speaker 1: behind them, and an impossible barrier was in front of them.
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  Speaker 1: They thought they were trapped, but God was not limited
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  Speaker 1: by what they saw. He made away where there was
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  Speaker 1: no way. That's what faith does. It doesn't just hope
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  Speaker 1: for victory, It walks in it. Jesus told his disciples
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  Speaker 1: in John sixteen thirty three, in this world you will
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  Speaker 1: have trouble, But take heart, I have overcome the world.
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  Speaker 1: Did you catch that? Jesus never promise an easy life.
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  Speaker 1: He never said we wouldn't face struggles, temptations, or persecution.
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  Speaker 1: But he did promise victory. So why do so many
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  Speaker 1: believers still live defeated because they are trying to fight
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  Speaker 1: battles Jesus already won. Too many are carrying shame when
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  Speaker 1: Jesus already forgave them. Too many are struggling alone when
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  Speaker 1: Jesus already gave them the Holy Spirit. Too many are
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  Speaker 1: afraid of the world when Jesus already told them I
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  Speaker 1: have overcome it. Victory doesn't mean the absence of struggle.
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  Speaker 1: It means the world no longer has power over you.
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  Speaker 1: When temptation comes. You don't have to give in. When
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  Speaker 1: fear rises, you don't have to surrender to it. When
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  Speaker 1: the enemy lies, you don't have to believe it, because
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  Speaker 1: in Christ you are an overcomer. This is what John
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  Speaker 1: is telling us. If you belong to Jesus, the world
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  Speaker 1: cannot define you, it cannot hold you, it cannot defeat you.
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  Speaker 1: Think of Daniel in the Lion's Den. The world threw
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  Speaker 1: him into a pit, expecting him to die. But Daniel
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  Speaker 1: didn't belong to the world. He belonged to God, and
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  Speaker 1: God shut the mouths of the lions. Think of the
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  Speaker 1: three Hebrew boys in the Fiery Furnace. The world tried
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  Speaker 1: to destroy them, but they refuse to bow, and Jesus
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  Speaker 1: walked with them in the fire. That is victory. Not
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  Speaker 1: that we will never face the fire, but that the
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  Speaker 1: fire cannot destroy us. So let me ask you what
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  Speaker 1: battle are you fighting to day. Is it a battle
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  Speaker 1: of a diction where the world keeps pulling you back.
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  Speaker 1: Is it a battle of fear where doubt creeps in
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  Speaker 1: and tells you God won't come through. Is it a
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  Speaker 1: battle of identity where the enemy keeps whispering that you're
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  Speaker 1: not enough? John is reminding us the battle has already
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  Speaker 1: been won. If you are in Christ, you have already overcome.
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  Speaker 1: But victory isn't just about knowing the truth. It's about
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  Speaker 1: standing in it, standing when the world mocks you, standing
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  Speaker 1: when temptation pulls at you, standing when everything in you
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  Speaker 1: wants to give up. Because faith is what overcomes. So
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  Speaker 1: the question is will you live like a victor or
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  Speaker 1: like a victim. The world will try to define you,
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  Speaker 1: control you, and silence you, but it cannot overcome you
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  Speaker 1: because Jesus already overcame it. So to day walk in
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  Speaker 1: victory not because of who you are, but because of
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  Speaker 1: who He is. Not because of what you've done, but
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  Speaker 1: because of what He has done for you. This is
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  Speaker 1: what it means to overcome the world. If overcoming the
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  Speaker 1: world is the mark of a true believer, then what
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  Speaker 1: is the greatest victory of all? What is the ultimate
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  Speaker 1: proof that our faith is not in vain? John doesn't
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  Speaker 1: leave us guessing. He declares it boldly. Eternal life is
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  Speaker 1: found in Jesus alone. In First John five eleven thirteen,
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  Speaker 1: he writes, and this is the testimony God has given
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  Speaker 1: us eternal life. And this life is in his son
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  Speaker 1: Whoever has the Son has life. Whoever does not have
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  Speaker 1: the Son of God does not have life. I write
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  Speaker 1: these things to you, who believe in the name of
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  Speaker 1: the Son of God, so that you may know that
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  Speaker 1: you have eternal life. Did you catch that? Not so
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  Speaker 1: that you may hope, not so that you may wonder,
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  Speaker 1: but so that you may know. Yet, how many people,
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  Speaker 1: even in the church, live with uncertainty? How many believers
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  Speaker 1: fear that one mistake, one failure, or one unanswered prayer
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  Speaker 1: might mean they aren't truly saved. How many wake up
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  Speaker 1: each day carrying doubt instead of confidence, wondering if they've
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  Speaker 1: done enough, if they're good enough, if they're really saved
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  Speaker 1: at all. But John is not speaking in uncertainty. He
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  Speaker 1: is declaring an unshakable truth. And the truth is this
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  Speaker 1: eternal life is not about what we do. It's about
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  Speaker 1: who we belong to. Think about the world's idea of security.
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  Speaker 1: People chase it in money, status, relationships, and success. They
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  Speaker 1: build their lives on things that fade, and when those
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  Speaker 1: things crumble, so does their hope. But John tells us
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  Speaker 1: real security is only found in Jesus, not in our
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  Speaker 1: own strength. Because we fail, not in our own goodness
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  Speaker 1: because we sin, not in our emotions because they change,
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  Speaker 1: but in Christ alone, because he is unchanging. This is
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  Speaker 1: why assurance of salvation is so critical, because if we
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  Speaker 1: don't believe God's promise of eternal life, then we are
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  Speaker 1: living without confidence. Imagine a child who constantly questions if
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  Speaker 1: their father loves them. They live in fear. Every mistake,
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  Speaker 1: every failure, every bad moment makes them question their place.
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  Speaker 1: But a child who knows they are loved, they walk
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  Speaker 1: with boldness. They don't fear rejection, They don't wonder if
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  Speaker 1: they belong, They know who their father is. This is
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  Speaker 1: the kind of assurance. John is giving us a confidence
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  Speaker 1: that we are secure, not because of us, but because
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  Speaker 1: of him. Jesus himself said in John ten twenty eight
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  Speaker 1: to twenty nine. I give them eternal life, and they
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  Speaker 1: shall never perish. No one will snatch them out of
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  Speaker 1: my hand. My father, who has given them to me,
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  Speaker 1: is greater than all. No one can snatch them out
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  Speaker 1: of my father's hand. Do you believe that no one
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  Speaker 1: can snatch you out of his hand? Not the enemy,
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  Speaker 1: not the world, not even yourself. But here's the key.
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  Speaker 1: Whoever has the son has life. That means Eternal life
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  Speaker 1: isn't found in religious activity. It isn't found in being
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  Speaker 1: a good person. It isn't found in church attendance, tithing,
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  Speaker 1: or serving. It is found in Christ alone. The world
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  Speaker 1: doesn't understand this. It tells you there are many paths
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  Speaker 1: to God. It claims that as long as you're sincere,
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  Speaker 1: as long as you follow your truth, you'll be fine.
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  Speaker 1: But John doesn't give us multiple options. He gives us one.
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  Speaker 1: Whoever has the Son has life. Whoever does not have
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  Speaker 1: the Son of God does not have life. There is
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  Speaker 1: no in between. You either have Jesus or you don't.
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  Speaker 1: And this isn't just about eternity. It's about life right now,
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  Speaker 1: because when you are in Christ, you don't just receive
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  Speaker 1: a future promise, you receive a present reality. Eternal life
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  Speaker 1: isn't just about heaven some day. It's about the transformation
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  Speaker 1: that starts the moment you belong to Jesus. Think about
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  Speaker 1: the thief on the cross. He had nothing to offer,
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  Speaker 1: no time to make up for his past, no religious
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  Speaker 1: works to prove himself, but he believed. And in that moment,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus didn't say we'll see. He didn't say try harder.
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  Speaker 1: He said to day you will be with me in
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  Speaker 1: paradise and Luke twenty three forty three. That is the
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  Speaker 1: confidence we are given. That is the certainty John wants
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  Speaker 1: us to walk in. So let me ask you, do
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  Speaker 1: you know that you have eternal life? Not do you
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  Speaker 1: feel saved? Not do you hope you've done enough? But
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  Speaker 1: do you know? Because John is clear, God doesn't want
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  Speaker 1: you to live in doubt. He wants you to walk
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  Speaker 1: in assurance. This is why salvation is called a gift.
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  Speaker 1: You don't earn a gift. You don't achieve a gift,
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  Speaker 1: you receive it. And if you are in Christ, you
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  Speaker 1: have already received it. So stop living like you have
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  Speaker 1: to prove yourself. Stop believing the lie that salvation is fragile,
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  Speaker 1: stop questioning. If you are love chosen and secure. If
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  Speaker 1: you have Jesus, you have life. Period. This is the
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  Speaker 1: confidence of a true believer, Not arrogance, but assurance, not
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  Speaker 1: pride but trust. And when you truly understand this, you
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  Speaker 1: will live differently because when you know you are saved,
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  Speaker 1: you stop trying to earn what has already been given.
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  Speaker 1: When you know you are secure, you stop being afraid
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  Speaker 1: of failure. When you know you belong to Christ. You
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  Speaker 1: stop letting the world define you. This is why eternal
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  Speaker 1: life is the ultimate victory. Because nothing, not sin, not death,
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  Speaker 1: not the enemy can take it away from you. And
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  Speaker 1: that means you can walk forward with boldness, not wondering
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  Speaker 1: if you are saved, but knowing coming out of everything
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  Speaker 1: we've explored about overcoming the world. The most crucial warning
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  Speaker 1: John gives us is this, stay faithful to God alone.
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  Speaker 1: Because here's the reality I Widolatry isn't just about statues
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  Speaker 1: or ancient rituals. It's about anything that competes for the
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  Speaker 1: throne of your heart. This is why First John five
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  Speaker 1: twenty one ends with a final urgent command, Dear children,
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  Speaker 1: keep yourselves from idols. Think about that. After everything John
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  Speaker 1: has taught about love, obedience, faith, and victory, his last
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  Speaker 1: words are a warning against idolatry. Why because nothing threatens
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  Speaker 1: your relationship with God more than giving your heart to
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  Speaker 1: something else. And here's the real danger. Most idols don't
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  Speaker 1: look evil. They look like ambitions, success, comfort, relationships. Even
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  Speaker 1: good things can become God things if we allow them
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  Speaker 1: to take God's place. In the Old Testament, idols were
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  Speaker 1: physical objects, golden calves, statues of bal or altars built
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  Speaker 1: of false gods. But today idolatry is farm more subtle.
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  Speaker 1: What do you think about the most? What do you
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  Speaker 1: trust in for security? What controls your decisions? If it's
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  Speaker 1: not God, that's your idol. This is what happened to
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  Speaker 1: the rich young ruler in Mark ten seventeen to twenty two.
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  Speaker 1: He came to Jesus, asking what must I do to
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  Speaker 1: inherit eternal life? And Jesus told him sell everything you
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  Speaker 1: have and follow me. But the man walked away sad
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  Speaker 1: because his wealth was his idol. He wanted God, but
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  Speaker 1: not more than his money. And that's the core of idolatry.
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  Speaker 1: It's not just about worshiping something bad. It's about wanting
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  Speaker 1: anything more than you want God. So let me ask
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  Speaker 1: you what's your golden calf? For some, its approval. They
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  Speaker 1: crave the opinions of others more than the voice of God.
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  Speaker 1: For others, it's success. They trust in their career more
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  Speaker 1: than they trust in the Lord. For many, its comfort.
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  Speaker 1: They would rather of an easy life than an obedient one.
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  Speaker 1: And John is warning us, don't be deceived. Remember what
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  Speaker 1: happened to Israel in Exodus thirty two. Moses was on
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  Speaker 1: the mountain with God, but the people got impatient. They
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  Speaker 1: wanted a God. They could see something immediate, something tangible.
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  Speaker 1: So they built a golden calf. And here's what's terrifying.
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  Speaker 1: They still called it God. They mixed idolatry with worship,
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  Speaker 1: and that is exactly what happens today. People want Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: but on their own terms. They want faith, but with
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  Speaker 1: no sacrifice. They want God, but not if it means
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  Speaker 1: giving up their idols. But God says in Exodus twenty three,
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  Speaker 1: you shall have no other gods before me, not alongside me,
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  Speaker 1: not beneath me, none at all. This is why John's
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  Speaker 1: final words are so powerful, because if you don't guard
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  Speaker 1: your heart, something will take God's place. Idolatry is not
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  Speaker 1: just about bowing down something. It's about giving your time,
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  Speaker 1: your devotion, and your trust to something more than you
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  Speaker 1: give to God. Think about Abraham and Isaac. In Genesis
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  Speaker 1: twenty two. God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son, the
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  Speaker 1: very thing he had waited his whole life for. But
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  Speaker 1: Abraham was willing to lay Isaac down because nothing, not
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  Speaker 1: even God's blessings, were more important than God himself. That's
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  Speaker 1: the difference between devotion and idolatry. Devotion says God, I
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  Speaker 1: will follow you no matter what. Idolatry says God. I
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  Speaker 1: will follow you. But don't take this away from me.
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  Speaker 1: And here's the hard truth. If you won't give it
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  Speaker 1: up for God, it's already taken his place. So John's
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  Speaker 1: warning is not just a suggestion. It's a call to
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  Speaker 1: examine our hearts. Ask yourself to day, what do I
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  Speaker 1: rely on for peace? What do I sacrifice the most for?
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  Speaker 1: What do I fear losing the most? If the answer
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  Speaker 1: isn't God, then John's message is for you, dear children.
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  Speaker 1: Keep yourselves from idols because idols will never satisfy you.
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  Speaker 1: They will demand everything and give you nothing. Money will disappear,
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  Speaker 1: fame will fade, people will let you down. But God remains.
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  Speaker 1: And when everything else crumbles, only one thing will matter.
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  Speaker 1: Did you stay faithful? This is why John ends his
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  Speaker 1: letter with this warning, because nothing will rob you of
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  Speaker 1: your faith faster than an idle, And the most dangerous
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  Speaker 1: ones are the ones you don't even realize your worshiping.
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  Speaker 1: So today will you examine your heart? Will you surrender
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  Speaker 1: whatever is competing for God's place? Because true faithfulness is
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  Speaker 1: not just saying I love God, it's living in a
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  Speaker 1: way that proves He is First. If eternal life is
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  Speaker 1: found in Jesus alone, then the greatest question we can
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  Speaker 1: ask ourselves is this, Are we truly living for Him?
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  Speaker 1: Not just believing in him, but living for him? Because
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  Speaker 1: the message of First John is clear, faith is not
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  Speaker 1: just something you claim, it's something you live. John didn't
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  Speaker 1: write this letter to make us feel comfortable. He wrote
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  Speaker 1: it to make us examine our hearts. So here's the
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  Speaker 1: real question. Does your life reflect Christ? Not do you
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  Speaker 1: go to church? Not, do you call yourself a Christian? Not?
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  Speaker 1: Do you agree with the Bible? But does your life
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  Speaker 1: show it? Because John doesn't separate faith from action, he
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  Speaker 1: doesn't allow a category of believers who don't follow Christ.
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  Speaker 1: In fact, he challenges anyone who thinks they can belong
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  Speaker 1: to Jesus while living in darkness. He says in First
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  Speaker 1: John two four, whoever says I know Him but does
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  Speaker 1: not do what he commands is a liar, and the
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  Speaker 1: truth is not in them. That's a hard truth, but
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  Speaker 1: it's a the truth we need to hear because the
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  Speaker 1: greatest deception isn't found in the world it's found in
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  Speaker 1: those who think they belong to Christ but don't. So
• 1:00:10
  Speaker 1: ask yourself, what does my life say about my faith?
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  Speaker 1: Does my love reflect Christ's love? Does my obedience prove
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  Speaker 1: my devotion? Does my confidence rest in Jesus alone? Or
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  Speaker 1: am I still clinging to the world chasing its desires,
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  Speaker 1: blending in instead of standing apart. John is drawing a
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  Speaker 1: line in the sand. You are either walking in light
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  Speaker 1: or in darkness. There is no in between. And maybe
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  Speaker 1: this is where some of us need to get real.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you've been going through the motions, Maybe you know
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  Speaker 1: all the right words, but your heart is far from God.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you still cling to secret sins, hidden compromises, or
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  Speaker 1: excuses that keep you from fully surrendering. Or maybe you're
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  Speaker 1: struggling with doubt, wondering if you are truly saved, wondering
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  Speaker 1: if your faith is strong enough. Here's the truth. God
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  Speaker 1: has already given you everything you need. First John two
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  Speaker 1: twenty says, but you have an anointing from the Holy One,
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  Speaker 1: and all of you know the truth. That means if
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  Speaker 1: you are in Christ, you don't have to live in confusion.
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  Speaker 1: You don't have to question if you are enough, because
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  Speaker 1: He is enough. But you do have to choose. Choose
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  Speaker 1: to follow him fully, choose to reject the lies of
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  Speaker 1: the enemy, Choose to stand firm in truth no matter
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  Speaker 1: what the world says, Because the world will try to
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  Speaker 1: pull you away, John warns us in Firse John two fifteen.
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  Speaker 1: Do not love the world or anything in the world.
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  Speaker 1: If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is
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  Speaker 1: not in them. This is where we must be honest.
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  Speaker 1: Are we living for eternity or are we still chasing
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  Speaker 1: the temporary? Are we clinging to Jesus or are we
• 1:01:58
  Speaker 1: still holding on to sin? Are we standing firm in
• 1:02:02
  Speaker 1: truth or are we still bending to fit in? Because
• 1:02:06
  Speaker 1: Jesus is coming back, and when he does, there will
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  Speaker 1: only be two kinds of people, those who are ready
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  Speaker 1: and those who are not. So what about you? If
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  Speaker 1: you knew Christ was returning tomorrow? What would change in
• 1:02:20
  Speaker 1: your life to day? Would you forgive the person you've
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  Speaker 1: been holding a grudge against? Would you finally surrender the
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  Speaker 1: sin you've been excusing? Would you stop delaying obedience and
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  Speaker 1: step into your calling? Because John makes one thing clear.
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  Speaker 1: Faith that is real is faith that is lived. So
• 1:02:41
  Speaker 1: as we close, I have to ask you are you
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  Speaker 1: truly living for Christ, not perfectly, but actively, not just
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  Speaker 1: believing in Him, but walking with him, because this is
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  Speaker 1: the greatest calling of all, not just to be saved,
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  Speaker 1: but to live as those who belong to Jesus and
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  Speaker 1: the Good News whose He has already given us everything
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  Speaker 1: we need. His spirit strengthens us, his grace sustains us it,
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  Speaker 1: his truth leads us. All we have to do is follow.
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  Speaker 1: So now it's your turn. Which lessons spoke to you
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  Speaker 1: the most, drop a comment below, and if this video
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  Speaker 1: has challenged you, if it has stirred something in your heart,
• 1:03:20
  Speaker 1: don't just walk away unchanged, share it, live it, and
• 1:03:24
  Speaker 1: let your life be the proof that you belong to Jesus.
• 1:03:28
  Speaker 1: If there's one thing we've learned from First John, it's
• 1:03:31
  Speaker 1: that faith is not just something we talk about, it's
• 1:03:34
  Speaker 1: something we live. And as we come to the end
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  Speaker 1: of this journey, there's only one thing left to do.
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  Speaker 1: Pray because none of this walking in truth, standing firm
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  Speaker 1: in love, rejecting deception, overcoming the world, none of it
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  Speaker 1: is possible without God's strength. So take a deep breath,
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  Speaker 1: pause for a moment. This is not just another closing statement.
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  Speaker 1: This is an invitation for you to align your heart
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  Speaker 1: with God, to surrender what's holding you back, and to
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  Speaker 1: ask Him to make these truths come alive in your life.
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  Speaker 1: Heavenly Father, we come before you with humble hearts, knowing
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  Speaker 1: that apart from you we are nothing. We have heard
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  Speaker 1: your word, we have seen the truth laid out before us,
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  Speaker 1: and now, Lord, we ask for your help to walk
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  Speaker 1: in it. Your word says in First John one five
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  Speaker 1: that you are light, and in you there is no
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  Speaker 1: darkness at all. So Father, we ask that you would
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  Speaker 1: shine your light on every area of our lives. Expose
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  Speaker 1: anything in us that does not belong, any hidden sin,
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  Speaker 1: any secret doubt, any love for the world that we
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  Speaker 1: have not fully surrendered. Lord, bring it to the surface.
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  Speaker 1: Forgive us for the times we have compromised, for the
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  Speaker 1: moments we have chosen convenience over obedience, for the times
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  Speaker 1: we have called ourselves followers of Christ but lived in
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  Speaker 1: a way that did not reflect you. Lord, give us
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  Speaker 1: hearts that long for righteousness. Make us people of truth.
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  Speaker 1: Help us to walk in holiness, not just on Sundays,
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  Speaker 1: not just when people are watching, but every single day
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  Speaker 1: of our lives. Your word tells us in firs John
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  Speaker 1: two fifteen to seventeen, not to love the world or
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  Speaker 1: the things in the world because they are passing away.
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  Speaker 1: But Lord, we confess that sometimes the world pulls at
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  Speaker 1: our hearts, the desire for success, for approval, for comfort.
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  Speaker 1: It tempts us to drift away. But we don't want
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  Speaker 1: to drift, Lord, we want to stand firm. So right now,
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  Speaker 1: in this moment, we surrender. We surrender our fears because
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  Speaker 1: perfect love casts out fear. We surrender our doubts because
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  Speaker 1: we know that you are faithful. We surrender our own
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  Speaker 1: desires because your will is greater than ours. God, fill
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  Speaker 1: us with your love because we cannot love others in
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  Speaker 1: our own strength. Teach us to love even when it's difficult,
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  Speaker 1: to forgive, even when it hurts, to reflect Christ, even
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  Speaker 1: when the world rejects us. And Lord, we ask for wisdom.
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  Speaker 1: Your word in James one five says that if any
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  Speaker 1: one lacks wisdom, they should ask, and you will give generously.
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  Speaker 1: So we ask, Father, give us wisdom to discern truth
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  Speaker 1: from deception in a world full of confusion. Make us
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  Speaker 1: people of clarity. Help us to recognize the lies of
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  Speaker 1: the enemy, to test every spirit, to hold fast to
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  Speaker 1: what is good and reject what is false. Let us
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  Speaker 1: not be easily swayed by culture, but let us be
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  Speaker 1: anchored in your word. Father. For or anyone listening to
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  Speaker 1: this prayer who feels weak, remind them that in You
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  Speaker 1: they are strong. For anyone who feels lost, remind them
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  Speaker 1: that in You they are found. For anyone who feels unworthy,
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  Speaker 1: remind them that in You they are loved beyond measure.
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  Speaker 1: We don't want to be people who just hear your
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  Speaker 1: word and forget it. We want to be doers of
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  Speaker 1: the word, people whose lives reflect the truth of what
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  Speaker 1: we believe. Lord, As we go forward from this moment,
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  Speaker 1: let this not just be another video. We watched, another message,
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  Speaker 1: we heard another prayer, we prayed. Let this be the
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  Speaker 1: moment everything changes. Let this be the moment we fully surrender,
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  Speaker 1: the moment we step out in boldness, the moment we
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  Speaker 1: decide once and for all that we will live for you. Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: You are our Lord, You are our savior, You are
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  Speaker 1: our victory, and in you we have everything we need.
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  Speaker 1: We love you, we trust you, and we give our
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  Speaker 1: lives to you. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ,
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  Speaker 1: we pray amen. If you prayed that prayer and you
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  Speaker 1: know that God is calling you to a deeper walk
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  Speaker 1: with him, take the next step. Don't stop here, keep seeking,
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  Speaker 1: keep growing, keep walking in faith. We've created a full
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  Speaker 1: explainer video to help you dive deeper into the Book
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  Speaker 1: of First John, breaking it down so you can understand
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  Speaker 1: and apply it to your life. And if you are
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  Speaker 1: ready to go even further, we've also put together an
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  Speaker 1: linked in the description below. And one more thing, if
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  Speaker 1: this message spoke to you, share it with someone who
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  Speaker 1: needs to hear it, because the truth of God's word
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  Speaker 1: is too powerful to keep to ourselves. With that being said,
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  Speaker 1: stay strong, stay faithful, and never stop walking in truth
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  Speaker 1: and love.