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Don't Neglect The Word | Pastor Darren Palmer | Faith Church · Faith Church Podcast

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We're in Judges chapter 7, and in the book of
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Judges, in chapter 6, let me just give you some
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history here so that it makes sense when we read
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it. In Judges chapter 6, Gideon was called, everybody
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say Gideon, just making sure you're all awake.
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Gideon was called, and he was... called in a
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very interesting place. He was threshing wheat
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in a wine press. And he was threshing the wheat
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in the wine press because the Midianites ruled
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the land. And the Midianites were watching the
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threshing floor where the wheat was normally
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threshed. And Gideon knew if I take the wheat
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to the threshing floor, the Midianites are going
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to steal it. And so he was threshing the wheat
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in a wine press, and the angel of the Lord came
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to him and said, greetings, mighty warrior. And
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he did not feel like a mighty warrior in that
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moment. And he said, what do you mean? Who am
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I? And his calling, he was called to be the next
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ruler, the judge of Israel, the next one up,
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and to deliver. the Israelites from the hand
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of Midian. And so then later on, after he said
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yes, he went to choose the army. And God said,
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I want you to do what I tell you to do. And God
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whittled the army down from thousands of people
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across Israel to 300 men. And so God said, I'm
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going to deliver you from Midian with 300 people.
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And that would take an act of faith. The Midianites,
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if you read the story, it says they were like
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locusts on the seashore. They were uncountable.
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There were so many of them. But God was going
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to do it with 300. Can I just tell you this is
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not part of my message, but God does not need
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resources to get anything done. He just needs
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availability. He needs somebody to say, here
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I am, Lord, use me. And God can and will do it.
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Amen? We don't see a way, but God will make a
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way. Hallelujah. And so we pick up the story
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in Judges chapter 7 and verse 9. And it happened
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on the same night that the Lord said to Gideon,
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Arise, go down against the camp, for I have delivered
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it into your hand. That's a powerful word from
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God, isn't it? If you are afraid to go down,
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go down to the camp with Purah your servant,
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and you shall hear what they say. And afterward,
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your hands shall be strengthened to go down against
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the camp. And he went down with Purah his servant
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to the outpost of the armed men who were in the
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camp. Now the Midianites and the Amalekites,
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all the people of the east, were lying in the
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valley as numerous as locusts, and their camels
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were without number as the sand by the seashore
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in the multitude. And when Gideon had come, there
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was a Midianite telling a dream to his companion.
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And he said, I've had a dream. To my surprise,
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a loaf of barley bread tumbled into the camp
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of Midian. It came to a tent and struck it so
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that it fell and overturned and the tent collapsed.
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And then his companion answered and said, this
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is nothing else but the sword of Gideon, the
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son of Joash, a man of Israel. Into his hand,
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God has delivered Midian and the whole camp.
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This is quite a story, isn't it? So the enemies,
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the ones that don't even know God, had a dream.
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And his buddy interpreted the dream and said,
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this is the hand of Gideon. And what they didn't
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know is that less than a stone's throw away,
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Gideon and his servant Purah were sitting there
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listening to the interpretation of the dream.
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God had already spoken to Gideon. But now God
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is confirming his word through his very enemies.
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This is an amazing story. And so it was, verse
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15, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream
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and its interpretation that he worshipped. Father,
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I'm just asking you that in this moment that
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you would speak to us your very word in Jesus'
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mighty name. In Jesus' mighty name. Hallelujah.
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This is an amazing story. Gideon needed to hear
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a word from God. We are no different. We need
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to hear a word from God. We need to hear the
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voice of the Lord. Amen? Let me share some scriptures
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with you. You can just write them down. I'm going
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to read them too quickly for you to turn to them.
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I want to read some scripture. Hebrews 4 .12.
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For the word of God is living and powerful and
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sharper than any two -edged sword, piercing to
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the division of soul and spirit and of joints
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and of marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts
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and intents of the heart. Ephesians 6, 17. And
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take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word
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of God. Isaiah 55 10 for as the rain comes down
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and the snow from heaven and they do not return
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there but water the earth and make it bring forth
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and bud that it might give seed to the sower
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and bread to the eater so shall my word be that
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goes forth from my mouth it shall not return
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to me void but it shall accomplish what I please
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and it shall prosper in the thing For which I
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sent it. We're talking about the word of God.
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2 Timothy 3 .16, all scripture is given by inspiration
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of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof,
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and for correction in instruction and righteousness
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that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly
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equipped for every good work. That's a great
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scripture, isn't it? You can tell from just what
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I'm reading that the word of God changes everything.
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The word of God is powerful and effective. Now
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listen to this. In the beginning, this is John
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1 .1. In the beginning was the word. And the
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word was with God. And the word was God. And
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then John 1 .14. And the word became flesh and
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dwelt among us. beheld his glory. Jesus is the
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living word. Amen? We're talking about the word
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of God. We're talking about that thing that sustains
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us and changes us and shapes us. The psalmist
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said, your word have I hidden in my heart that
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I might not sin against you. This is the word
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of God. I love 1 John 2, 14. It says this, I
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have written to you, young men, because you are
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strong and the word of God lives in you. I want
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to read that one again. All the young men, listen
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to me. I have written to you, young men, because
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you are strong and the word of God abides in
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you. That's powerful. And then the last one that
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I'm going to read for now, John 15, 7. This is
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a promise from Jesus. If you abide in me and
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my word. abides in you, you will ask whatever
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you desire and it shall be done for you. We need
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to latch on to that promise. Amen? I'm going
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to read it again. If you abide in me and my word
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abides in you, you will ask what you desire and
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it shall be done for you. And so just in these
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verses that I've read, the Word of God shapes
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us and changes us. The Word of God leads us and
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guides us. The Word of God empowers us. The Word
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of God changes our prayer life. We didn't continue
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in Acts chapter 4, but in Acts chapter 4, one
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thing they did is they quoted back to God Psalm
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chapter 2. And they prayed the word of God back
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to the Lord. The word of God changes everything.
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The word of God is powerful and effective. There
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is power in the word of God. There has been an
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onslaught down through the centuries against
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the word of God. It's the most burned book, banned
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book, book that has been discarded and tried
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to be silenced throughout history. There were,
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in fact, times in dark times in church history
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where leaders tried to keep the people of God
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from knowing the word of God. They wanted only
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the priests. To know the Word of God. Why? So
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that they could exercise control over the people.
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It was a dark chapter in the history of the church.
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Keep everybody in the dark. That way we can use
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the Word of God to manipulate the people. And
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then came along people like John Wycliffe. John
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Wycliffe was a Catholic priest. Some people don't
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know that. But he was also called the morning
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star of the Reformation. This English scholar,
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he directed the first complete translation of
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the Bible into English in the 1300s. And he argued
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that the Bible was the ultimate authority for
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Christians, not the Pope. He sent out traveling
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preachers to share the Scriptures with ordinary
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people. This was the beginning of something.
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Another man named John Huss was a Czech. In Bohemia,
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he was inspired by John Wycliffe and he promoted
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preaching and worship in the local Czech language
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instead of Latin so that the common people could
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understand the word of God. He was burned at
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the stake for heresy. which sparked a national
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movement to defend the freedom of Scripture.
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Isn't that awesome? Another important step in
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the advancement of the Word of God came in 1440
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when the printing press was invented in Germany
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by, I forgot to write his name down, Gutenberg,
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thank you. And right after the printing press
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was invented, a man by the name of William Tyndale,
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who was an English scholar, he translated the
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first New Testament into English using the...
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the Greek language that the scriptures were written
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in. It was the first one. And he printed the
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first copies in 1526. He stated this, that his
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goal was to make a common plow boy know more
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of the scripture than the clergy. That was his
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goal. I want to make the common plow boy know
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more of the scripture than the clergy. Wow. That's
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pretty awesome, isn't it? He was martyred by
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strangulation for translating and distributing
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the Bible without church approval. Can you even
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imagine it? This is the history of the church.
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This is where we came from. And from that history
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up until now, from the time of William Tyndale,
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really, up until now, the Scriptures have gotten
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more and more and more and more accessible. And
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I thank God for that. Somebody give God praise
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for that. Praise God. And so we, in fact, within
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this last calendar year, we were honored to partner
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with our missionary, Mark Haney, and we helped
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financially support a project that interpreted
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the Scriptures into a verbal language. The language
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of the people that he is trying to reach is not
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written. It is only verbal. And so they translated
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and recorded the entire... scriptures into the
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language of the people so that they could hear
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the Bible for the very first time in 2025 and
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2026, for the very first time they can hear the
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scriptures in their own language. Hallelujah.
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It's happening. It's amazing. And in my lifetime,
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in my lifetime should Jesus tarry. Every language
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on the planet will have access to the Scriptures
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in their own language. Somebody give God praise.
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It is happening right now. Praise God. Praise
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God. And yet, so many of us in our walk with
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the Lord are neglecting. The Scriptures. It takes
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effort to get the Word inside of you. It takes
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effort. Nobody can do it For you. If you are.
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Finding yourself. Sluggish. In your Christianity.
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It could be that you are neglecting the word
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of God. If you are finding yourself. Bored. with
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your Christianity. You would rather do a thousand
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other things. It could be that you are neglecting
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the Word of God. And the remedy is very simple.
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You open the book and read. Open the book and
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read. Gideon didn't have a Bible to read. And
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I believe God speaks direct just like he did
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to Gideon still today. But I believe that the
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main source of our inspiration and hearing from
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God comes from this book. Amen? Gideon had to
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hear from God. It takes effort to get the word
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of God in your heart. But some of your spirits
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are starving. Your spirit feeds on the Word of
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God just like your body needs food. And some
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of our spirits are starving because we have neglected
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the Word of God. I'm not asking you to read the
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scriptures through in a year. That's some of
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your practice. I think it's good. I'm not asking
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you to read seven chapters a day to keep the
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devil away. What I'm asking is that whether it's
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a verse, One. Or a chapter. Or you have a plan
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that you follow. That you feed your spirit with
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the word of God. Somebody say amen to that. Hallelujah.
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Feed your spirit with the word of God. Hallelujah.
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We had a woman in one of the churches that we
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pastored before we came here who would stand
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up every Sunday nearly and give a prophecy. And
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she said to a group of people, she said, God
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speaks to me direct. I do not need to read the
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scriptures. That was the end of her giving words
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in the church. We got to get the word of God
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inside of us. Husbands, you think you can lead
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your marriage without the word of God inside
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of you? Parents, you think you can lead your
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families without the word of God inside of you?
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We need the word of God. The word of God has
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been exalted above his name. The word of God
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is powerful. Hallelujah. Glory to God. The church,
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friends, is founded on the word of God. Praise
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the Lord. And everybody's glad they weren't sitting
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in that chair right there because I just let
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out some spittle. It must be true. The word of
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God, the word of God changes everything. I'm
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preaching a basic message here. We've got to
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come back to the Word of God. Do you think Gideon
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could have done what he did without a word from
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God? Without the Word of the Lord? No, he needed
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the Word of the Lord. In fact, later in the story,
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I'm not going to take the time to read it this
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morning because I want to get to the part where
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we make a fresh commitment, church, to the Word
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of God. I'm trying to stir you up, brother. I'm
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trying to stir you up, sister. I'm trying to
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stir you up to get back to the basics of the
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Word of God. Amen? Feeding your spirit daily
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by reading the Word of the Lord. It's more important
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than anything else. It's more important than
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your job. It's more important than the physical
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food that you eat. It is more important than
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anything that you feed your spirit with the word
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of the Lord. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. So Gideon,
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what did he go through? If you read later on.
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towards into chapter 8. It says in verse 4 that
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he came to the river Jordan, although he was
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exhausted, and he crossed it. He had had trouble
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with the Ephraimites in verse 1. He had to cross
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the Jordan River in verse 4. When they got to
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the other side, the men of Succoth, they had
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refused to give them any food, and they had to
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pursue their enemies with nothing to eat. And
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they did it anyway. Was it food that sustained
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them? No. Was it their own strength that sustained
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them? No. It was the word of the Lord that sustained
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Gideon and his 300 men to go and capture the
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kings of Midian and destroy the Midianites entirely.
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Hallelujah. It was the word of God. What is it
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that's going to sustain you? What is it that's
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going to keep you on the right path? What is
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it that's going to keep you moving forward? It's
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the Word of God that is going to sustain you.
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It sustained Gideon. It's going to sustain us.
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Hallelujah. Now, Gideon... When he heard the
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first time that God spoke to him, he did not
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mix it with faith. Remember, God told him, he
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said, hey, I'm going to use you to overtake the
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Midianites. But if you're still afraid, let me
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speak to you another way. Take your servant.
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and go to the camp of the Midianites and listen.
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And God spoke to him another way. And when Gideon
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heard the interpretation of the dream, something
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happened inside of him. And that thing that happened
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inside of him was faith. We have got to mix the
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word of God With faith. And believe. Hallelujah.
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Faith. We've got to mix it. With faith. And the
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word of God mixed with a believing heart. Will
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sustain you through anything that you face. Matthew
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chapter 24 verse 35 says. Heaven and earth may
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pass away. But my words will never. pass away.
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Matthew 7 24 says, therefore, whoever hears these
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words of mine and does them, they mix them with
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faith believing. I will then liken to him to
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a wise man who built his house on the rock. The
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rain descended, the floods came, the winds blew
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and beat on that house and it did not fall for
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it was founded. on the rock. Hallelujah. Was
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founded on the rock. Praise God. Founded on the
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rock. Are you founded on the rock? Now, in my
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life, in many different departments, I have had
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goals, but many of my goals have remained merely
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aspirational. Does anybody know what that word
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means, aspirational? It means that you have incredible
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intentions, but they never actually come to fruition.
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You believe that it's a good thing, but it never
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manifests in your life. How many of you have
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aspirational goals when it comes to eating? Ha
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ha ha ha ha ha. Yeah. There's a lot more hands
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up on the inside than on the outside. I know
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that to be true. You have aspirational goals
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with exercise. You know that it's good for you.
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You know that you should do it, but you don't
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do it. You have the belief. But friends, aspirational
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faith is not faith. Aspirational faith, it just
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keeps you in the same place that you are day
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after day after day after day, year after year
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after year after year, and nothing else changes.
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God wants us to move from the aspirational to
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the real. And where the rubber meets the road
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is, Am I going to get up 15 minutes early so
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that I can pray and read? Am I going to meditate
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on the Word before I go to sleep at night? Am
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I going to feed on the Word? I had a friend that
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just made it her goal that every time she ate
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food, she was also going to feed on the Scriptures.
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That's a pretty good goal, isn't it? have the
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word with breakfast. She had the word with lunch.
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She had the word with dinner. I don't know if
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she's still doing that, but a season of her life,
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that's the way that she did it. She decided,
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I'm going to feed my body. I'm also going to
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feed my spirit. I'm going to open up the word
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of God. I'm going to open up the word of God.
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Well, I don't understand it, pastor. Well, I
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don't understand it all either. I'm growing.
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But I know this, it has power in my life. And
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God will increase and he'll teach me by the Holy
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Spirit and he'll teach you and he'll lead you
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and he'll show you. And you might not at first,
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at first you might say, well, what good did that
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do me to read that? What good did it do me to
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read all those names in Chronicles? What good
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did it do me to read this or read that? But I'm
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telling you, if you will stick with it and you
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will make it your portion, you will make it your
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habit that you will grow in the Lord simply by
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reading the Word of God. Continue anyway. And
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then finally this morning, I want to say this.
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The written word can never replace the living
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word. I want to say that again. The written word
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can never replace the living word. What did Gideon
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do when faith came into his heart and he realized,
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hey, this really was the God that spoke to me?
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He got down on his face and he worshiped. He
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worshiped. Let me read a scripture from John
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chapter 5. This is very interesting for the religious
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among us. He says this, you diligently search
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the scriptures for in them you think you have
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eternal life. These are the scriptures that testify
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of me. But you are not willing to come to me
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that you might have life. That's very interesting,
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isn't it? Because the religious scholars were
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looking at this book like a textbook. They were
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looking at this book not as God intended them
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to look at it. They were trying. to master all
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of the commandments so that they could be better
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people. When the living Word, Jesus, came on
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the scene, they were blinded to it. They couldn't
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see. Oh, but when you and I come to this book,
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and we don't forget that this book Leads us to
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the living word of God. Whose name is Jesus.
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Oh, then life comes into us. Imagine what it
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was like for Paul. His name was Saul in Acts
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chapter 9, and he was a master of the Old Testament.
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In fact, he had most of the Old Testament memorized
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as a star student in the Word, hand -chosen disciple
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of Gamaliel. He was a student of the Old Testament,
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but he despised Christians and Christianity,
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and he was even putting them to death. Can you
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imagine what happened to him when he met Jesus
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on the road and was knocked off of his horse
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and blinded, and he heard the voice of heaven,
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and he saw the light, and he said, Saul, Saul,
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why are you persecuting me? And Saul, his heart
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began to stir. Something began to happen. And
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he responded and said this, who are you, Lord?
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Who are you, Lord? He was saying, I don't know
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who you are, but you are bigger than me. Who
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are you, Lord? He already knew this person talking
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to me right now has some cloud. And Jesus responded
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and said, I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.
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It's hard for you to live the way you're living.
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And in the next three days, Saul surrendered
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his life to Christ. And can you imagine? He had
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all that. word in him that he had diligently
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studied and it was inside of him but can you
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imagine how all of that word began to go and
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come to life as he met the living word and he
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came he came to the understand the old testament
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scriptures now not through the lenses of gamaliel
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not through the lenses of all his all his teaching
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ever since he was a child but through the lenses
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of the living word Jesus. Hallelujah. It's no
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wonder that as soon as Ananias came and laid
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hands on him and he received his sight, it's
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no wonder that he began to preach and teach that
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Jesus was the Messiah. And he began to prove
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it from the Old Testament scriptures that he
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had memorized in his heart. Everything came to
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life. Hallelujah. Because you cannot separate
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the written word. From the living word. We've
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got to come. To the Lord. When you open your
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scriptures. You're saying to God. God I want
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to know you more. God I'm hungry for you. God
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feed me today. God open up my eyes. To what you
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want to say to me today. Give me ears to hear.
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What you want to say to me today. God is speaking
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to some of you. And he's saying come back son.
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Come back daughter. To my word. It will sustain
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you. I'm going to ask if the worship team would
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come. And begin to minister. We build our life
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on Jesus. What are we building our life on? The
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Word. The eternal Word of God that will never
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change. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Thank you, Father.
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Thank you, Father. Just begin. Just begin to
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respond this morning to the Word. I don't know
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what everybody else is going to do, but I'm I'm
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going to give myself to God's word. I'm going
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to feed my soul and my spirit every day on the
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word of God. I'm going to lean my ear into here.
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What God would say to me through his word. We
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believe in this church and the gifts of the spirit.
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We believe in the verbal gifts. We believe in
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teaching and preaching. We believe in the prophetic.
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We believe in prophecy and interpretation of
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tongues. We believe that God speaks to us in
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many different ways. But this morning, the call
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is to reaffirm our commitment to the Word of
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God. The Word of God. Thank you, Lord. Just have
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a conversation with the Lord right now. Just
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you and him. God, renew our love for your word.
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We're addicted to so many things in this life.
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God, forgive us. We come back to the word. God,
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we feed our bodies, but we so often neglect our
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spirit. God, we give ourselves to the word of
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God. We come back. We come back. Thank you, Lord.
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Thank you, Lord. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh,
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my God. Thank you, Father. I'm going to ask everybody
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to stand across this place. And the altar call
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this morning is simple. We're giving ourselves
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to the word of God. We're going to sing this
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song just once through. Building our lives on
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the foundation of Christ, the living word. And
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as we sing it, if you... If you want to make
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a fresh commitment to the word of God, I'm going
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to ask you to get up out of your seat. I'm going
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to ask you to come down. I'm going to ask you
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to come down to the altar here and just make
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that commitment to the Lord. Brianna, go ahead
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and lead us. Thank you, Lord. You're worthy,
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God. You're worthy. Just find a place around
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the altar. All of it. Worthy of every breath
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we could ever breathe. We live for you. We live
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for you, oh God. Holy, oh. Jesus, the name above
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every other name. The living word. Jesus, the
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only one. We could ever breathe for you. We live
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for you. There is no one like you. There is none
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beside you. To those around me. There is none
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beside you. There is none beside you. Open up
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my eyes in wonder. to those around me. Let's
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sing, I will build my life. Oh God, this is what
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we're praying this morning. Calling out to the
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living word. I will build my life. Lord, we repent
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right now from the things that have kept us from
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your word. It is the enemy that has worked overtime
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to keep us too busy, too entertained, too comfortable,
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too enthralled with this life, too caught up
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with other responsibilities. And we have neglected
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your word. And we ask your forgiveness right
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now. In the name of Jesus. And we ask a washing
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to come. A washing to come. God, never has your
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word been more accessible than it is right now.
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But we repent, God, and we turn. We turn to your
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word. We turn to your word. We will build our
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lives on your word. We will follow your word.
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Come what may, we will give ourselves to the
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living word of God. Hear our cry, O God. couples
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are up here together I thank you for marriages
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built on the living word of God I thank you Lord
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Jesus for families and homes built on the word
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of God that say like Joshua as for me and my
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house we will serve the Lord hallelujah I thank
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you God for the commitment to allow the word
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to have its place in our lives and in our hearts