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Luke chapter 6 · Scripture Unscripted

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  Luke chapter 6 Let us pray. Heavenly Father, you are
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  exalted. Lord, you are lifted up high
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  above every entity, everything, every thought.
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  God, you are the highest and most loftiest idea in
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  literature. You are above all of our
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  feelings and emotions. You are above every single
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  ruler, king. You are above all government.
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  You are above all of our wants and cares and desires.
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  You are high and lifted up above every single man, woman, child,
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  beast, all of the landscape, every planet.
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  God, you are high and you are lifted up above it all.
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  You are the King of the universe.
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  You are the ruler of our hearts. You are the greatest and
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  mightiest God, Elohim. You are the great I am, and
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  Father, we worship you today in spirit and truth.
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  Father, we come to you and ask that you will purify us and
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  purge all the dross out Father. Purge all of the iniquities out.
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  Father, pull anything out that does not belong.
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  God, I pray in the name of Jesus the Holy Spirit that you will
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  highlight that you will magnify anything within us does that
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  does not belong anything within us that is holding us back from
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  you. God Almighty, I pray in the name
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  of Jesus, you cut out the cancer.
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  Father, I pray in the name of Jesus that you will put a
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  spotlight on anything in our lives that we are holding on to
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  that is keeping us from experiencing the fullness that
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  you have for us today. Father, in the name of Jesus,
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  come in Holy Spirit and fill us today, overflowing into the
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  communities, God into our families, God, into our hearts
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  and minds, and let us speak the truth over our circumstances.
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  Father, let us speak the truth over our health.
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  Let us speak the truth over all of the negative pulls in our
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  lives. God, I pray against distraction.
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  God, I pray against the delusion.
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  God, I pray against anything that is trying to rear its ugly
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  head above you. And so, Lord, we put you in your
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  rightful place on the throne of our hearts.
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  God and Lord, we ask that you will give us a sound mind.
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  God, give us the mind of Christ. God, take us to new depths of
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  your love. God, take us to new heights of
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  your wisdom. Lord, give us more of you, give
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  us more of Christ. Lord, we just want to know
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  Christ and Christ crucified. And as we open up your holy Word
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  today, as we open up the Scriptures today, I pray in the
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  name of Jesus that you will give us a greater understanding of
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  your words, of the full counsel of you, the knowledge of Jesus
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  Christ. Lord, we just want to be where
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  you are. And God, I pray you'll fill us
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  today. Overflowing.
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  You will give us more. God, we just want to see you, to
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  see you rightly, to see you high and lift it up over this world
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  to take your rightful place as the ruler over the earth.
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  God, we pray that your Kingdom comes and your will is done
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  right here on this earth, just as it is there in heaven.
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  God, thank you for the daily bread of your word today.
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  Let us devour it. God, let us drink deeply and be
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  satisfied. Father, I pray against all
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  deception. God, I pray against any of the
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  darkness. God, I push against it.
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  In the name of Jesus, let light flood in.
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  God, in the name of Jesus, I pray that many people will be
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  rescued out of bondage today. Let today be the day of
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  salvation. Father, we love you.
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  King Jesus, we love everything about you.
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  King Jesus, you are our everything we laid down today.
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  God, we laid down all of our presuppositions of how we think
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  that this world should go. We laid down all of our cares,
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  Lord, we laid down all of our wants and desires and God, we
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  just take up our marching orders from you and we want to do what
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  it is that you want us to do today.
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  God Almighty, we love you and it's in Jesus holy and precious
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  name that I pray, Amen. Let's start in verse one.
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  And it came to pass on the second Sabbath after the first,
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  that he went through the cornfields, and his disciples
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  plucked the ears of corn and did eat, rubbing them in their
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  hands. What's He talking about here in
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  verse one? Well, we know that this was on a
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  Sabbath. We know that the religious folk
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  of the day had created all kinds of bylaws on top of their laws
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  to protect the original law from being broken.
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  And it was like these bumpers that are attached that would
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  keep you from getting to the center.
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  And here they were watching Jesus's disciples to see what
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  they were up to. And they saw them meticulously.
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  They were watching and they saw them grabbing some of this food
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  and crushing it within their hands and eating it.
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  And let's see what they have to say in verse 2.
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  And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, why do you that?
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  Which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath days.
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  They're calling them lawbreakers.
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  They're telling them that they're guilty of breaking the
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  law. But this was man made law, by
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  the way, friends. And we're going to see here the
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  heart of God and that the human need far supersedes any of their
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  religious dogmatic approach to God.
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  And that God sees the heart of man and God judges us in what we
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  do for our neighbors. He sees that we love our
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  neighbors and love them well and that we should always choose to
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  do good and hear these religious people were so afraid of
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  breaking man made religious rules that they had forsook the
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  heart of God here. 3 And Jesus answered them and said, have you
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  not read so much as this? What David did when himself was
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  hungered and they which were with him.
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  He says, do you even know the scriptures?
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  That's what he's asking these religious people.
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  And there are so many today and our day and our hour who could
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  quote the Bible back in front. They will tell you that they've
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  read the Bible and they know the Bible and they grew up with the
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  Bible, but they miss the heart of God, friends.
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  And here Jesus is going to expound on how God works and the
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  way that God thinks. And Jesus is God, and He had all
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  authority to tell us what it was that the Father desired of us,
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  because He is the Father Son, the only begotten.
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  For how he went into the House of God, and did take and eat the
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  showbread, and gave also to them that were with him, which it is
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  not lawful to eat, but for the priests alone.
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  So here Jesus points them to the Scripture where David went in
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  and got the bread that was only supposed to be for the priest.
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  And God did not condemn him to death.
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  God did not strike. Write him dead.
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  God gave him this special permission.
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  And don't be surprised when you're following hard after God
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  Almighty if God doesn't do the same for you.
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  Friends, there are so many times that we miss the mark because
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  we're so incensed against people.
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  And we have so much division within our hearts and minds, and
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  God is inviting us into this labor of love.
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  God is inviting us into these arenas where it's uncomfortable
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  and where we have to rely on God for our very next meal.
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  We have to rely on God to protect us, and we miss it
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  because we choose comfort. We miss it because we choose
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  religion and we don't have the relationship that it takes to
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  stay connected to the vine and produce much fruit.
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  And we play it safe and by doing so, friends, we miss the mark
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  five. And he said unto them that the
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  Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath.
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  He was claiming deity here, He was claiming divinity here, and
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  he was showing these religious leaders that all of their man
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  made rules were going to be torn down because Jesus is on the
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  scene. Jesus is doing a new thing, and
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  you cannot put the new wine into old wineskins that will burst
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  them. And Jesus is saying that both
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  are beneficial, but we need to be able to hear from God.
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  We need to be able to know that God is speaking to us.
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  We need to have the convictions that come from following after
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  God Almighty and He'll lead us home.
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  Friends, 6 And it came to pass also on another Sabbath that he
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  entered into the synagogue and taught, and there was a man
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  whose right hand was withered. 7 And the scribes and Pharisees
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  watched him whether he would heal on the Sabbath day, that
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  they might find an accusation against him.
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  Here it seems as if they have placed this man strategically in
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  this particular synagogue. It seems as if they had their
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  little spies there because they knew the heart and they knew
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  that Jesus was love and they knew that he would heal.
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  Imagine the evil ear of using Jesus's heart against him to try
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  to convict him and to try to condemn him to death.
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  What an evil plot, and you can see it playing out in our day
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  and our hour, the goodness of God being torn down.
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  And woe to them who call evil good and who call good evil.
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  And it's happening all around us.
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  You can see it, friends. It's all shaping up just like he
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  told us it would. Nothing should be a surprise
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  when you're connected to the vine and you know the heart of
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  God, and you know that all these things must take place, but woe
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  to the one whom they come through. 8 But he knew their
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  thoughts, and he said to the man which had the withered hand,
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  Rise up, stand forth in the midst, and he arose and stood
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  forth. 9 Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing,
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  Is it lawful on the Sabbath days to do good or to do evil?
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  To save life or to destroy it? Common sense theology here,
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  friends. Is it better to do good or evil?
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  Knee jerk reaction, it's better to do good.
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  Is it better to save life or destroy it?
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  Knee jerk reaction to save life. But here you can see the evil
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  intentions of these men who loved their little Playhouse.
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  They loved all of their little rules.
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  They love to exact this over the masses.
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  They loved the power and the greed and they saw someone who
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  was coming in and threatening their little way of life.
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  And God saw through it and Jesus sees through it.
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  And Jesus heals this man anyway, even though he knew their evil
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  intentions. And we should be so bold in the
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  face, friends of opposition. We should not shrink back and be
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  cowards whenever we're up against the rulers and up
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  against the people who could very well take our lives.
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  We need to stand firm in the faith.
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  We need to stand our ground and know that we are rooted in the
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  rock solid foundation of Jesus Christ the cornerstone. 10 And
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  looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man,
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  Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so, and his hand was
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  restored whole as the other. That is what it's like when we
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  come in contact with Jesus. We are made whole.
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  Friends. If any man is in Christ, he is a
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  new creation. The old is passed away.
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  Behold, the new has come. And we need to know that we are
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  restored. We need to know that we are
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  whole. We need to know that our sins
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  are forgiven. We need to know that we know
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  that. We know that if we were to die
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  today, we would be welcomed into paradise and eternity and be
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  there with him. We do not need to have a hope.
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  So maybe so kind of faith. We can have a no so kind of
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  faith today because today is the day of salvation.
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  Work out your salvation with fear and trembling friends. 11
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  And they were filled with madness, and commune one with
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  another what they might do to Jesus.
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  Anytime you come up against Jesus, it is madness.
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  It will only lead to your demise.
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  There is no mocking of God's word that will not be poured
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  back on top of you. God's word will never return
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  void and God will not be mocked. 12 And it came to pass in those
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  days that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued
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  all night in prayer to God. When is the last time you
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  prayed? All the way through the night
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  with God? And you can see the model of
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  Jesus Christ. You can see all the power that
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  he had was connected to this prayer life, Friends. 13 And
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  when it was day, he called unto him his disciples, and of them
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  he chose 12, whom also he named apostles.
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  So you can see these 12 are the foundation friends.
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  Just as Israel had the 12 tribes, here Jesus has the 12
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  disciples friends, and it's all adding up and it's congruent and
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  God is good at what he does. And here this all night prayer
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  has LED Jesus to pick the 12 and we can see just how blessed this
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  entire world has been from the faith of these men.
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  And God turned the whole world upside down with 12 lives.
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  We should not be concerned with numbers, friends.
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  We need to be concerned with the devotion that we have for God
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  and the ability to endure hardships and not run and tuck
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  tail and flee when persecution arises. 14 Simon, whom he also
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  named Peter, Andrew his brother James, John, Philip Bartholomew,
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  Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon called the
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  Zealot. 16 and Judas the brother of James and Judas Iscariot,
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  which also was the traitor. We know that God can use people
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  and nations, but never excuse what they do.
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  God gives us free will, but he already knows what we're going
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  to do. 17 And he came down with them and stood in the plain, and
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  the company of his disciples, in a great multitude of people out
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  of all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and
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  Sidon, which came to hear him and to be healed of their
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  diseases. So here is the sermon on the
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  plain. And it depends on which thought
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  process you flow into either. This was the same as the Sermon
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  on the Mountain. Just depends on which angle
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  you're looking at it. Or this was a sermon that Jesus
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  would give in multiple places. Either way, it's going to mimic
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  and mirror a lot of the the beatitudes that we saw on the
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  Sermon on the mount. Perhaps the same sermon just
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  reorganized, or perhaps a different time Jesus was
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  reiterating the same sermon, but either way, friends, it stays
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  the same. The heart of God, the heart of
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  Jesus, the teachings that this entire world, the entire globe
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  benefits from everything, all the laws and all the land should
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  be traced back to these very words.
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  And look at how Jesus is healing them of their diseases.
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  Look at how the great multitude of people, it would look as if
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  he's trying to amass some kind of army to go and overtake the
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  Roman government. And a lot of people were there
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  for the wrong reasons, and Jesus had mercy on them. 18 And they
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  that were vexed with unclean spirits, and they were healed.
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  So not only were they healed of their diseases, but they were
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  healed of all of the demonic possession and oppression and
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  influence. And today, friends, there's so
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  much going on around us. And we would do well to make
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  sure that we have a host of angels encamped all around us,
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  forming a hedge around us, friends, and not giving in to
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  all of the pressures of this world, all the pressures of the
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  darkness. We need to pray circles around
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  our families, in circles around our houses.
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  In circles around our minds, friends.
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  And we need to know that the devil is so subtle and he comes
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  in, he's like a roaring lying. And he comes in and looks for
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  the weak who are not connected to the vine, those that forsake
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  the reading of the Scripture and their prayer life, those that
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  forsake the assembling. He looks for the weak friends.
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  And those are the easy targets. And that is who that prowling
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  lion goes and finds the weak friends.
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  We would do well to strengthen ourselves in the Lord, like
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  David did when he thought that the men were going to kill him
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  and stone him because their families and their children were
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  let off. It says that David strengthened
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  himself in the Lord. Are you strengthening yourself
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  in the Lord, or are you too busy being entertained?
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  Friends 19 And the whole multitude sought to touch Him,
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  for there went virtue out of Him and healed them all.
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  Have you gone in today for a touch of the Lord?
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  Have you grabbed a hold of the hem of His garment?
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  Has He led you into the holiest of holy places?
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  Have you received your healing today?
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  Friends, I pray that you have go to Him daily and receive your
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  wholeness. Do not let a day go by without
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  getting connected to the vine and without giving your lives
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  completely overly over to Him daily, every day give your life
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  to the Lord. 20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples and
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  said, Blessed be you poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God.
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  He's talking about the poor and spirit.
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  Friends, we know that God looks very generously upon the poor of
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  this world, and He expects for us to take care of those that
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  have lack. If you have much in your house,
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  there should be a very generous, outflowing and outpouring upon
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  those that do not have, whether it be from their inabilities,
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  whether it be from some kind of ailment.
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  We need to be tapped in and tuned in to the needs of the
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  poor. And he says, blessed are they,
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  for theirs is the Kingdom of God. 21 Blessed are you that
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  hunger now, for you shall be filled.
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  Blessed are you that weep now, for you shall laugh.
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  So he's saying that those that hunger and thirst after
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  righteousness will be filled. Friends and blessed are those
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  that mourn, for they will laugh, they will rejoice, and we should
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  not mourn like the rest of the world who has no hope.
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  We have hope, Friends 22 Blessed are you, and men will hate you,
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  and when they shall separate you from their company and shall
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  reproach you and cast out your name as evil for the Son of
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  man's sake. So when you get connected to
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  Jesus, do not be surprised when you are subtly persecuted,
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  financially persecuted, when you are ousted and outcasted from
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  the in crowd because they are debaucherous and because you,
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  your whole presence is conviction unto them.
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  Friends, just you being there, just the you being silent and
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  looking around is convicting unto them and they do not want
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  it. They do not like it.
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  Don't be surprised whenever you give your life over to the Lord
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  Jesus Christ, and you go in to the places that you used to go
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  in. If they do not laugh you to
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  scorn, if they do not ridicule you, if they do not say all
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  kinds of evil things against you, do not be surprised.
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  Friends, what does he say about it?
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  23 Rejoice you in that day. Leap for joy.
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  Behold, your reward is great in heaven.
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  For in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets, they
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  stoned the true prophets of God. They killed the true prophets of
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  God. And when you're truly connected
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  to the power, it is convicting unto the world.
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  And they do not want to watch it.
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  They do not want their consciences to be pricked.
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  They do not want to have to sit and think about the truth.
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  They just want to be delusional. They just want to drown it all
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  out in the drugs and alcohol and sex friends.
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  They just want to continue down these paths of sin.
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  But they do not realize that the enemy is here to steal, kill,
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  and destroy, and if they will get out and away from all of
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  their sinful practices and behavior, that Jesus Christ will
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  give them the abundant life that he promises them. 24 But woe
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  unto you that are rich, for you have received your consolation.
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  So we know that we should not seek after wealth and riches.
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  Friends, he says that we should have just enough.
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  That way we do not forget about him.
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  When you become too rich and too wealthy, you will have a
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  tendency to forget him. And it is easier for the camel
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  to go through the eye of the needle than it is for a rich man
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  to make it into heaven. And that is because they turn
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  their backs on Almighty God, and they trust in their riches.
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  They have received their consolation. 25 Woe unto you
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  that are full, for you shall hunger.
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  Woe unto you that laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.
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  So you can see here how these points are represented against
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  each other, where he tells the ones above that if they hunger
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  they will be filled, and if they weep they will laugh.
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  And then down here it says, woe to you that laugh now, for you
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  will mourn, woe to you that are full, for you will hunger.
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  You can see that these are set against each other.
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  You can see here that it is better in this lifetime to count
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  the cost because in the life to come it will be much better.
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  But if you get everything that you ever wanted down here and
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  you are cast into hell, what good is that?
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  What is it? Profit a man to gain the whole
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  world but to lose his soul and do not fear the one that can
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  take your life away, but the one that can take your life and your
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  soul away and cast it into hell. We need to be hyper fixated upon
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  eternity and we need to live in light of eternity friends, and
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  not choose used to have all of our blessings and consolation
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  and fullness and joy in this life. 26 Woe unto you when all
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  men shall speak well of you, for so did their fathers to the
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  false prophets. My goodness gracious, pay
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  attention, lock in friends, listen.
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  We do not need to have our names exalted in this lifetime.
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  We do not need to be known in this lifetime by any other than
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  Jesus Christ. We do not need to be those that
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  stand before him and give him our pedigree, give him all of
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  our resume and he says depart from me for I never knew you.
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  We need to only be known by Jesus Christ and Jesus alone.
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  He knows everything. He knows your inner motives.
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  He knows why you do what you do and when you do it, and he, he
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  is going to be the one to decide where you go.
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  And it's all hinged upon being known by him, being covered in
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  his blood. Friends 27 But I say unto you,
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  which here love your enemies, do good to them which hate you.
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  This is foundational, friends. It will prove that you actually
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  belong to him when you have no hate and harbor no hate in your
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  life for another human being. This is a hinge point, an hour
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  walk with him. You should not hate anybody.
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  You can hate the spirit that is behind those people, but do not
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  hate them. There's hope for them if there's
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  breath in their lungs. 28 Bless them that curse you.
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  Pray for them, which despitefully use you.
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  And just remember, friends, that you were once these people, you
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  were once, you were once hostile towards the cross of Christ.
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  Do not forget that. And if you have breath in your
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  lungs today, God's not done with you.
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  If they have breath in their lungs today, there's hope for
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  them, friends. 28 Bless them that curse you, pray for them,
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  which despitefully use you. What did Jesus say on the cross?
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  He says, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.
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  29 And unto him that strikes you on one cheek, offer also the
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  other. And him that takes away your
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  cloak, forbid him not to take away your coat also.
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  So Jesus here he is giving us these foundational truths of how
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  we are to operate in this lifetime.
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  And when we suffer violence, it is OK for us to remove ourselves
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  from those situations. But when people revile you and
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  say all kinds of nasty things towards you, do not be surprised
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  if they were to strike you. Then you are to turn the other
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  cheek. And this is when someone is
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  disgracefully treating you. And Jesus here is giving us our
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  marching orders and showing us how we are to operate in this
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  lifetime. If they take away our outer
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  garment, give them our inner garment, because there is no
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  lack in the Father's house, and we know where everything comes
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  from. And with food and clothing be
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  content. Be content with your wages.
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  And just know that godliness with contentment is great gain.
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  30 Give to every man that asks of you, of him that takes away
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  your goods. Ask them not again. 31 And as
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  you would that men should do to you, do you also to them
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  likewise? It is very simple, friends, just
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  do unto others as you would want done unto you.
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  Do not treat others shamefully and disgracefully, because you
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  are in a position to do so. God sees that, and he'll remove
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  you from that position. 32 For if you love them, which love
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  you, what think have you? For sinners also love those that
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  love them. He's saying it's easy to love
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  those who are lovable, it's harder to love those that are
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  unlovable, It's harder to love those who don't deserve love,
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  it's harder to love those who are violent, and it's harder to
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  love those who seek your demise. 33 And if you do good to them,
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  which have done good to you, what thank have you for sinners
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  also do even the same. He's saying the rest of the
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  world operates that way, but we should look differently. 34 And
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  if you lend to them of whom you hope to receive what thank have
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  you for sinners, also lend to sinners to receive as much
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  Again. He's saying when you give, don't
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  expect to get back. Give generously and liberally,
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  knowing that you can never out give.
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  God in the grace that's been poured upon you cost him
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  everything. 35 But love your enemies, do good, and land
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  hoping for nothing again, for your reward shall be great.
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  And you shall be the children of the highest.
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  For he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
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  For he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil.
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  For he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil.
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  For he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil.
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  Friends He makes it rain on the righteous and the unjust.
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  You can see God in his provision over the land that He is
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  merciful, and this is as close to heaven as the unrepentant
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  Sinner. This is as close to heaven as
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  they will ever get, but for us who are blood bought and born
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  again, this is as close to hell as we will ever get.
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  And you can see that all of creation proclaims His name, so
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  that man is without excuse. You can see the goodness of God
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  in this lifetime, friends, and how people who are blasphemous
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  towards God, He continues to give them love and He continues
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  to give them food to eat. He continues to give them warmth
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  and He continues to give them rain. 36 BU therefore merciful,
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  as your Father also is merciful. 37 Do not judge, for you shall
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  not be judged. Do not condemn, and you shall
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  not be condemned. Forgive and you shall be
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  forgiven. Very simple stuff here, friends.
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  It's the same measurement that you judge people, that you will
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  feel and have that judgment. It's the same measure that you
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  condemn others, that you will feel and have that condemnation.
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  You need to know that the unforgiveness that you will not
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  give to another, it's the same unforgiveness that you will feel
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  and have in your own mind and heart.
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  Friends, this is simple stuff. It is by not judging that you do
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  not feel judgment. It is by not condemning that you
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  will not feel condemned. It is by offering the
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  forgiveness that you will feel the forgiveness.
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  Friends, it's simple stuff that Jesus is teaching us.
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  We need to know. It's that same measurement. 38
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  Give, and it shall be given unto you a good measure, pressed
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  down, shaken together, running over, shall men give into your
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  bosom. For with the same measure that
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  you meet with all, it shall be measured to you.
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  Begin There it is, friends. You need to know that.
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  You need to know that we need to act graciously, we need to be
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  forgiving and we need to make sure that we do not hold
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  anything over anybody else and we do not ridicule and make fun.
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  Because if we will do that, then we can walk in freedom. 39 And
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  he spoke a parable unto them. Can the blind lead the blind?
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  Shall they not both fall into the ditch?
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  This is simple stuff here, friends.
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  Obviously, if a blind guide is leading someone, they're going
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  to lead them off the wrong path. 40 The disciple is not above his
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  master, but everyone that is perfect shall be as his master.
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  So when you're learning is done, you will not be greater then
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  Jesus's teachings here. You will only mirror what he
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  says, 41. And why behold you the note that
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  is in the Moat that is in your brother's eye, but perceive not
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  the beam that is in your own eyes, talking about a speck in
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  your brother's eye and you're trying to point it out when
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  you've got a whole 2 by 4 hanging out of yours, 42 either.
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  How can you say to your brother, brother, let me pull out the
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  Moat that is in your eye when you yourself behold not that the
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  beam that is in your own eye, you hypocrite, cast out first
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  the beam out of your own eye and then you shall see clearly to
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  pull out the Moat that is in your brother's eye so you can
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  see. He doesn't say not to go and
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  show you, your brother, the error of his way.
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  He's saying, first deal with your own stuff. 43 For a good
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  tree brings not forth corrupt fruit, neither does a corrupt
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  tree bring forth good fruit. 44 For every tree is known by his
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  own fruit. For a thorn's men do not gather
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  figs, nor of a Bramble Bush do they gather grapes.
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  So he's showing us here that we will know each other by the
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  fruit that we bear, and out of the mouth comes springing out
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  what is stored in it, whether it be evil or good. 45 A good man
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  out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is
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  good, and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart
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  brings forth that which is evil. For out of the abundance of the
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  heart his mouth speaks. If you'll just get quiet and
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  listen, a lot of times people will give you the calling cards.
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  If you will just sit and listen, be slow to speak and quick to
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  listen, be slow to anger. Friends, you will find out a lot
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  out of people. That is what Jesus is telling us
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  that out of the heart of man they speak. 46 And why call you
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  me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say.
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  So he's telling us what to do, and he's telling us why it'll be
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  when people get there and they stand before him and say, Lord,
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  we prophesied in your name, Lord, we cast out demons in your
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  name, Lord, we perform miracles in your name.
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  And he says, depart from me, for I never knew you.
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  And it was all a bunch of outward expressions.
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  It was just ceremony and tradition, and they never had
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  the heart of God. They were just going through the
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  motions. And that is what he says here.
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  Why do you call me Lord? Lord, and you don't do what I
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  say. If you call him Lord, you will
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  do what he has asked us to do. It's that simple.
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  Friends. When you're connected to the
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  vine, you will produce much fruit. 47 Whosoever comes to me
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  and hears my sayings and does them, I will show you.
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  To whom he is like 48. He is like a man which builds a
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  house, and dug deep, and laid the foundation on a rock.
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  And when the flood rose, the steam beat vehemently upon the
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  house, and could not shake it, for it was founded upon a rock.
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  So you can see that this flood came.
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  The stream rose. You can see that it was violent
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  upon that house, but it could not take it down.
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  Why? Because it was founded upon
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  Jesus, the cornerstone, the rock.
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  He is our foundation, friends, and when you build your house
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  upon that, all the storms of life that come that try to tear
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  it down, it could never tear it down, because He is the rock
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  that was cut out without human hands, that smashes all the evil
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  kingdoms of the earth. Friends, we'll end on 49.
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  But he that hears and does not is like a man, that without a
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  foundation, He built the house upon the earth, against which
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  the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell.
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  And the ruin of that house was great.
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  When we try to build our life upon this earth, When we try to
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  build our life upon all of the logical teachings of man.
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  When the storms come and the wind blows, we will be knocked
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  over quickly, Friends, we will be duped, friends.
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  Whenever we build our house upon the shaky foundation of this
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  earth, we will be tossed to and fro by every single storm that
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  comes. And that is what Jesus is
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  showing us, that if we try to build our house on anything but
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  Him, it will lead to our demise. It is only by getting into this
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  good book, trusting in Him, giving our lives completely,
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  totally and utterly over to Jesus Christ, our cornerstone,
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  that we will find life and life abundant.
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  And there is no other way to the Father except through Jesus
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  Christ. What an amazing chapter this has
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  been. I hope you've been blessed by
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  it. I know I sure have, many times
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  over. Jesus is Lord.
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  Can you say that today? Friends?
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  Is Jesus Lord of your life? Are you not only reading this,
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  but obeying it? It's the love of Jesus that
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  produces the obedience. Friends, I love you, so does
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  Jesus, so does God. I pray that you're full of the
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  Holy Spirit today. I pray that you've been blessed
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  by our time through the Word. We'll see you back here
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  tomorrow. God bless you.