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In The World But Not Of The World | Episode #337 | Encore Episode #008 · Reflections On The Word With Richard Kay

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of Reflection on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard K. I'm Chuck Christie, and today we are asking
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  Speaker 1: you to spend a few moments of your time with
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  Speaker 1: us each day as Richard shares from God's Word with notes, quotes,
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  Speaker 1: and stories along with some of his own personal experiences,
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  Speaker 1: to confirm for you God's great love for us, that
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  Speaker 1: his compassion for us never fails, and that he has
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  Speaker 1: a great faithfulness toward us in every regard. In Lamentations
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  Speaker 1: chapter three, verses twenty two and twenty three, we read,
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  Speaker 1: because of the Lord's great love, we are not consumed,
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  Speaker 1: for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning.
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  Speaker 1: Great is your faithfulness. Now, if you miss a portion
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  Speaker 1: of today's broadcast or would like to recommend it to
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  Speaker 1: a friend, you can hear this program anytime online at
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  Speaker 1: Talknetwork Radio dot com. Well, now here's Richard with today's reflection.
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  Speaker 2: In Matthew's Gospel, chapter twenty four, verses nine through fourteen,
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  Speaker 2: we read, then they will hand you over for persecution,
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  Speaker 2: and they will kill you. You will be hated by
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  Speaker 2: all nations because of my name. Then many will take offense,
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  Speaker 2: portray one another, and hate one another.
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  Speaker 1: Man fall.
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  Speaker 2: Else, prophets will rise up and deceive many. Because lawlessness
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  Speaker 2: will multiply, the love of many will grow cold. But
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  Speaker 2: the one who endures to the end will be delivered.
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  Speaker 2: This good news of the Kingdom will be proclaimed in
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  Speaker 2: all the world as a testimony to all nations, and
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  Speaker 2: then the end will come. You know, as followers of Christ,
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  Speaker 2: we are told that we are in the world, but
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  Speaker 2: not of the world. This is a familiar phrase that
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  Speaker 2: basically tells us, if you lay down with dogs, you
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  Speaker 2: will get up with fleets. This is not to say
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  Speaker 2: that the world represents the similarity of dogs, but more
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  Speaker 2: that we will begin to produce the same habits. Prejudices
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  Speaker 2: form as the same for the unsaved. So how can
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  Speaker 2: we be witnesses of Christ and still live in this world.
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  Speaker 2: Let's look more into the world's system or systems. The
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  Speaker 2: monetary system, which controls every country's currency, determines the economic
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  Speaker 2: condition in which we all live. The political system in
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  Speaker 2: democracies and dictatorships, determines in which manner we are governed.
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  Speaker 2: The educational system is either a proponent of good or
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  Speaker 2: used to mold and manipulate for ill purposes. We should
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  Speaker 2: let history teach us the ways of the world, so
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  Speaker 2: that we might not repeat the same pattern. We reflect
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  Speaker 2: on history to tell us. In Germany, following their defeat
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  Speaker 2: in World War One, their economic system was in shambles.
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  Speaker 2: The German mark had very little value, and the political
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  Speaker 2: system was geared for a new savior. People were desperate
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  Speaker 2: for leadership. A very charismatic man stepped onto the scene.
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  Speaker 2: He made promises of a new and victorious Germany. He
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  Speaker 2: convinced the majority of the people that they were of
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  Speaker 2: a superior race and that others were inferior. He manipulated
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  Speaker 2: the educational system to teach only his dogma and rewarded
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  Speaker 2: those who would inform on family, friends, and neighbors that
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  Speaker 2: would not follow him. His name was Adolf Hitler. He
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  Speaker 2: was called de Fua, the leader or guide, and everyone
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  Speaker 2: saluted him for his plan of annihilation of all those
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  Speaker 2: who would oppose him. It was a world system in
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  Speaker 2: chaos during the years of Germany's rule by the Nazis.
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  Speaker 2: Millions of men, women and children were subjected to the
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  Speaker 2: most inhuman torture and ultimately died by a system that
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  Speaker 2: was dedicated to an aryan race ruling the world. Jews died,
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  Speaker 2: Christians died. Many other ethnic peoples were numbered in the
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  Speaker 2: Nazi war crimes. The few that opposed Hitler and chose
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  Speaker 2: to die rather than be a part of his system.
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  Speaker 2: Many were Christian believers. One known as Cory ten Boon.
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  Speaker 2: She and her family, who were from Holland, did everything
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  Speaker 2: in their power to hide and protect Jews from the
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  Speaker 2: Nazi Holocaust. Most of her own family perished along with
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  Speaker 2: those they protected. Corey lived through the Holocaust. She became
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  Speaker 2: a voice of warning to all of us never again.
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  Speaker 2: She is only one of many that history records who
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  Speaker 2: had given their lives to save some of those destined
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  Speaker 2: to die. In Hitler's death camps. Jesus said before his
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  Speaker 2: return that events such as those described here would happen
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  Speaker 2: when our persecution comes to this country. Will we be
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  Speaker 2: able to stand in God's power and die if need be,
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  Speaker 2: rather than give in to the world system.
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  Speaker 1: Richard will be right back in a moment to wrap up.
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  Speaker 1: But if you've just joined us you've been listening to
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  Speaker 1: Reflections on the Word with Richard Ka. You can hear
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  Speaker 1: this message in its entirety again online as well as
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  Speaker 1: Richard's entire archive at Talknetwork. Radio dot Com. We would
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  Speaker 1: like to acknowledge our theme song, how Great Is Thy
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  Speaker 1: Express scriptures are read from the Homan Christian Standard Bible,
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  Speaker 1: which is published by Homann Bible Publishers in Nashville, Tennessee.
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  Speaker 1: Additional resources used for reflections on the Word with Richard
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  Speaker 1: K include Great Is Thy Faithfulness by Our Daily Bread
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  Speaker 1: and printed by Discovery House Publishers. Again here is Richard.
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  Speaker 1: To wrap up today's.
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  Speaker 2: Message, Jesus said, a greater love has no man than
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  Speaker 2: that he would lay down his life for his friends.
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  Speaker 2: Then they will hand you over for persecution, and they
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  Speaker 2: will kill you. You will be hated by all nations
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  Speaker 2: because of my name. Then many will take offense, betray
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  Speaker 2: one another, and hate one another. Many false prophets will
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  Speaker 2: rise up and deceive many. Because the lawlessness will multiply,
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  Speaker 2: the love of many will grow cold. But the one
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  Speaker 2: who endures to the end will be delivered. This good
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  Speaker 2: news of the Kingdom will be proclaimed in all the
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  Speaker 2: world as a testimony to all nations. And then the
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  Speaker 2: end will come. And that is today's reflection on the word.
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  Speaker 1: Thank You. Richard join us again tomorrow when we continue
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  Speaker 1: with the next edition of Reflections on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard k or Richard and the entire team. This is
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  Speaker 1: Chuck Christie saying thanks for listening to this edition of
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  Speaker 1: Reflections on the Word.