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First Corinthians chapter 10 Let us pray.
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Our Lord, our Father, our King, God, God Almighty, it is you
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alone that we are here for today.
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Lord, we come expectantly, knowing that it is your heart
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and your will for many to be saved.
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God, you are not willing that any should perish.
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So Lord, I pray that your word will go out to the ends of the
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earth. Lord, I pray in the name of
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Jesus that'll fall on fertile soil.
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God, I pray that there is a harvest, there is a crop, there
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is fruit that springs up from the seed that is scattered
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throughout all the lands, throughout all of the world.
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Father, I pray in the name of Jesus for the Holy Spirit to be
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present today and to fill us today to teach us your eternal
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paths. Father, I pray we could get out
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of our own way, get out of our own understanding, get out of
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all of our own predispositions. God, we release fear.
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God, we break down the strongholds of the fear of man,
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and Lord, we grab a hold of the hem of your garment.
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Lord, we come in to the holiest of holy places.
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God, let your Shekinah glory flow all around us and in US and
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through US. God, I pray that we will be your
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hands and feet. God, I pray that we will put our
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hand to the plow and not be distracted.
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God, I pray in the name of Jesus for a supernatural zeal to fill
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this house. Let it eat us up.
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God, we only want you, Father. Eyes like fire and hair like
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wool. The voice of the many
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multitudes. Let the glory fill the temple.
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Father. Lord, I pray in the name of
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Jesus for a sound mind and sound doctrine.
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God, for sound theology, in the name of Jesus, I pray Holy
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Spirit, you will teach us and guide us and show us the eternal
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paths of Yahweh the way. We thank you, Father, for all of
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your many blessings that you've already poured out upon us
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today, or even the things that we're not even aware of.
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Thank you, God, for putting the hedge of protection around us as
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we slept through the night. Thank you, Father, that you gave
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us another day where your mercies are new.
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And God, we wake up and we acknowledge you, and we are
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asking that you will lead us and you will direct our steps,
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Father, for many of the plans of a man, But you direct our steps,
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Father. So I pray in the name of Jesus
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for your will to be done and Your Kingdom to come here on
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this earth just as it is there in heaven.
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Father, I pray for daily bread today.
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God Almighty, I pray for forgiveness for all the times
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that we have come up short, Father.
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And I pray we can extend that forgiveness out to the people
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who are not even asking for forgiveness, God, that we can
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extend out forgiveness to the undeserving, God, because we
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were undeserving and God, we were once sinners.
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We were once caught up in all of the idol worship and all of the
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Pagan idolatrous things that people are wrapped in.
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Father, I pray in the name of Jesus that you will bind the
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enemy. God, keep us from the accuser.
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Father, silence his accusations. God, I pray in the name of Jesus
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that we will be not, that we will not be LED off into traps
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and snares. God, I pray in the name of Jesus
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you put us on the highway. Father, I pray in the name of
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Jesus that you will lead us home.
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God, we are your sheep, You are the shepherd, and we pray for
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your rod today, for they cut it comforts us.
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God, you are leading us besides Stillwater, Father, and you are
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comforting us. So God, we say yes and Amen to
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all of your promises, Lord Jesus, for yours is the power,
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Yours is the Kingdom, yours is the glory forever, and it's in
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Jesus Christ. Holy glory, worthy name and we
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pray today, Amen. Let's start in verse one.
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Moreover, brothers, I would not that you should be ignorant how
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that all our fathers were under the cloud and all passed through
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the sea. So this is Israel in the
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wilderness getting LED out of Egypt out of bondage.
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There are many people who have been LED through the dry ground
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as the sea was parted. The Red Sea got parted and you
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were led through on dry ground and you were once a slave to sin
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and now you are wandering in the wilderness and we are awaiting
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our promised land. And many start to mumble and
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grumble and they want to go back into slavery.
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But it is impossible for God to split the sea again, for you to
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walk back through so you can get your leeks and onions.
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And here we're going to see how the Israelites grieve the heart
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of God. Because where there should have
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been gratitude, there was ingratitude.
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And we are no different friends. So many of us desired to go back
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into sin. So many of us have not counted
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the cost. Well, and when we get on this
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side, we realize that we are offended by God's ways.
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And there's no way we can believe in the God who would
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allow such atrocities. There is no way we can believe
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in the God who would allow all of the diseases.
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And we get offended and we fall away.
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And the apostate church rises, friends, and you can see it all
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playing out. And this is what he is going to
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reference here of how these Corinthians were behaving no
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different than the Israelites in the wilderness.
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And here you must remember that Paul is talking to a church in
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Corinth. And these were Gentiles, and he
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was giving them the back history of the Jewish faith.
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Verse 2. And we're all baptized unto
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Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
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So there was a picture of baptism as they pass through the
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waters on each side, the wall of water on each side, as they pass
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through the dry land you and I pass through from death into
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life. The regenerated man has been
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born twice, friends. And here he is saying that they
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were baptized. All the Israelites as they went
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through the waters they were baptized in to all the decrees
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in the law of Moses, 3 and did eat and did all eat the same
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spiritual meat. So we know that God gave them
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quail to eat in the wilderness, and He gave them the manna as
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well, these wafer like crisps. And you can see here that God
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provided for them the entire 40 years.
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He kept them alive and sustained them and their shoes didn't even
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wear out and they took gold and they took all of the luxury from
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Egypt as they were leaving that place because of all the plagues
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that had happened in the first born sons that were killed on
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the night of the Passover where they were to take the hyssop and
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they were to dip it in the lamb's blood and put it on the
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lentil. And we celebrate the Passover
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because the death Angel has passed us over and we have gone
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from death into life. Friends for and did all drink
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the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual
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rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ.
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Just imagine that as they're asking God for water and Moses
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strikes the rock, it is all in reference of Jesus Christ being
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in their midst, Emmanuel, God with us, and these
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Christophanies all the way back in the wilderness where the
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Israelites were being LED out of bondage and into the Promised
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Land. And our lives should look like
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that as well. And Jesus Christ is our rock,
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and it is the rock that was cut out not by human hands, and it
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smashes all of the kingdoms and it pulverizes them into dust,
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Friends. These 10 toes of clay and iron
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that are intermingled and could never get along and cohabitate,
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friends. And it is all written about and
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prophesied about, and we're seeing it in our day and our
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hour and it's all around us. Wake up, O sleeper.
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Look around and see that your redemption is drawing near.
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The leaves are on the fig tree, Friends, this rock is following
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us, and do not let it be a rock of a fence to you.
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Friends. 5 But with many of them, God was not well pleased,
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for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
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So we're going to see that only two of this generation got to
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actually make it into the Promised Land because of all of
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their mumblings and grumblings and all of the sins that they
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committed against God, of making the golden calf and disobeying
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God and displeasing God. And only to Caleb and Joshua
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actually made it into the promised land.
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And they were leading an entirely new generation in to
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God's promised land, the land flowing with milk and honey. 6
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Now these things were our examples to the intent we should
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not lust after evil things as they also lusted.
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You know, all the prophets of old long to see this day, and
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we're actually getting to see all these people, these
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forerunners who came before us as examples for us.
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How long-suffering is God Almighty that He would raise up
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generations just to be an example for you and for me?
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Deep calls to deepen this calls for wisdom.
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Friends. They lusted after the evil
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things. They were overthrown in the
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wilderness. Seven.
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Neither be you idolaters. As for some of them, as it is
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written, the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to
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play. This is sexual immorality that
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is referenced here. This play.
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These were idolatrous drunken orgies.
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Friends, and God was not well pleased with them in all of
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their licentiousness. Friends, the lusting and the
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whoring after idols, and they brought all of those Pagan ideas
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out of Egypt. Friends, they sat down to eat
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and drink, and then they rose up to play.
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We would do well to have a monogamous relationship, and the
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marriage bed is holy. 8. Neither.
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Let us commit fornication, as some of them committed and fell
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in one day. Three and 20,000.
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So he's referencing two different events here in this
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one verse. He's referencing the 3000 that
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fell and he's also referencing the 24,000 that fell.
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And he's pushing the two ideas here together in one little
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verse and he's showing the Corinthians that if they will
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not obey God, it is only going to lead to their destruction and
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demise. And they don't need to try and
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tempt God and think that they could just abuse grace and use
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it as a license to sin. And Paul is warning them that
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God did not spare those in the wilderness.
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And we are not talking about salvific issues here, friends.
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We are talking about the rewards.
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We are talking about getting snuffed out, premature surely,
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and we cannot understand all of God's ways, but sometimes there
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is a sin that leads unto death. We do not need to tempt Christ,
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friends. We do not need to commit
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fornication. We do not need to be in sexual
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immorality. Now neither let us tempt Christ
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as some of them also tempted and were destroyed of serpents.
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So just think about it. God loved them, was leading them
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out of bondage and in the wilderness, which should have
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only taken a short time, took 40 years, friends.
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And you could see here that in God's sword displeasure with his
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people, the serpents came. Think about it.
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And it was because they tempted Christ.
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We need not tipped Christ, friends, this is serious
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business and we do not need to be irreverent, we do not need to
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be sacrilegious in our worship unto Him.
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This is serious. And yes, God gives grace and
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grace of bounds, but we need not sin so that grace would abound
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all the more. God forbid. 10 Neither murmur
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you, some of them also murmured and were destroyed of the
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destroyer. There's this destroying Angel
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that God possesses then has and created friends and it is the
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one that went into the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000
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Assyrians and one night friends. And it is the same destroying
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Angel that on the night of the Passover went in and killed all
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the first born sons. And we need not murmur against
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God and against his ways, friends, because you can see the
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example that is set for us. And there are many who have
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erred on this side. And they called God into the
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courtroom and they thought they could take God to task.
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And they were calling all of God's ways into question.
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And we need to be like Job at the end of the book of Job and
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put our hand over our mouth and say, I've said too much.
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Think about it, friends, this destroyer.
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We should work out our salvation with fear and trembling.
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And it is an all inspiring fear, friends, and we should rejoice
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with trembling that we can even be known by Him, that our names
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are even written in the Lamb's book of life, that we're counted
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his. What an awesome thing to
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meditate upon. If God is for us, then who can
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be against US11 Now all these things happened upon them for
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examples, as they are written for our admonition, upon whom
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the ends of the world are come. This wilderness, this wilderness
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experience is an example unto us.
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Think about it, how amazing is our God that He would have all
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of these things written down for our edification, that we can
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look and we can, We can be wise and we can be warned, and we can
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be the virgins who keep our lamps full and our Wicks
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trimmed. 12 Wherefore let him that thinks that he stands take
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heed, unless he falls. Think about it friends, those
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who think of themselves as wise as in their own eyes, and the
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little bit that you have will be taken from you.
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We do not need to be prideful and puffed up.
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We need to make sure we stay humble and in humility and level
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with the gravel friends and laying prostate at His feet so
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that He can lift our chin up and He can fill us with His presence
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and He can give us the fullness of the Spirit and that we can go
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out into the earth and be difference makers and we are
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more than conquerors. But we do not need to be
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prideful. Pride is the thing that always
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gets our lamps to be snuffed out.
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Do not become prideful. Do not become arrogant.
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It is a good way for, like Samson, for God to depart and to
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turn you over to the systems of the world.
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And yes, you might still hold on to your salvation friends, but
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the anointing has left. 13 There has no temptation taken you, but
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such as is common demand. But God is faithful who will not
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suffer you to be tempted above all that you are able, but will
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with the temptation also make a way to escape that you may be
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able to bear it. 13 is a magnificent verse.
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Underline it, highlight it. Really 12 and 13, really the
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entire Bible. Just circle the whole Bible.
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Underline the whole Bible. Highlight the whole Bible,
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friends, it is a wonderful promise from God.
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And listen to what he's saying here.
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He's saying for sure you're going to have temptations for
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sure. But when you are tempted, do not
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give into it. Stop and pause.
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Call upon the name of the Lord and go to war.
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Put the belt of truth on, put on that breastplate of
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righteousness. Go ahead and put on those shoes,
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the gospel shoes of peace. Put your helmet of salvation on.
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Grab the shield of faith and grab the sword of the word,
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friends. And you are going to find that
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if you will not give in to the temptation.
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There's a mountain pass. There's a cleft in the rock to
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hide into. There is a way of escape that
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God has given you, the way that God designed and created all of
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the world. And even as Satan is in the
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world, as the accuser of the brethren and the tempter has
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gone out and he's the Prince of the air, friends, you need to
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know that God is higher and God is stronger.
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And you need to know that God always provides a way out.
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And that if we will call upon the name of the Lord Jesus
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Christ, we will be able to bear the load that comes, and it will
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not crush us. And we will be like Joseph
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whenever Potiphar's wife was trying to come against him and
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trying to get him to sin against God and sin against Potiphar,
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and he would flee from her presence as she grabbed a hold
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of his coat. Friends, you need to understand
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there is always a way out, that God does not ever allow Satan to
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tempt you without giving you a way out.
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Friends, that is what we all need to remember in the midst of
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the temptation. Whether it is your phone, throw
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it out the window. Friends, no matter what it is,
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if it is your work environment, find another job.
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Whether it is your friend group, find another friend group.
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Whether it is the television, whether it is whatever is coming
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at you, if you have to go a certain way to get to work and
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in the meantime you get tempted, find another way around.
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Leave the house earlier, friends.
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If it is a billboard that keeps drawing your eyes, go another
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way, friends. We need to get a house phone.
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Get a flip phone if that is what your temptation is.
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There is always a way out. We do not get the excuse that we
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are too weak to resist. God will provide that way out.
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Don't forget it, friends. 14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved,
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flee from idolatry. Don't just resist it, flee from
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it. Big difference.
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Resisting is trying to stay in it and trying to get over it.
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Fleeing is absolutely leaving the entire scene, going as far
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away from it as possible. If you want to change your
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habits, you must change your environment.
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Friends 15 I speak as to wise men.
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Judge what I say. He's saying deep calls to deep
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in. This calls for wisdom.
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Judge for yourselves and we must have these personal experiences.
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I cannot just push these things upon you.
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These are only things that I have had to go through in my own
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walk with the Lord. Friends, this is personal and I
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want you to know that it is available to you.
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There is nothing that is available to me that is not
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available to you. But we must empty ourselves of
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ourselves. Rid yourself of all of the
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carnal, worldly, fleshy pleasures, friends, because He
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is worthy in the abundant life that you will find far exceeds
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anything that all of the pleasures and pleasantries of
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this world could ever offer you. And just remember, whenever
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Jesus was tempted in the wilderness and Satan said, bow
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down to me and all these things, I will give you these kingdoms
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of the world. And so many people sell their
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birthright for a mess of pottage.
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But Jesus could see through it all, friends, and I pray that so
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can you. 16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the
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communion of the blood of Christ, the bread which we
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broke, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
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So you can see here that Paul is going to take the Corinthians to
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task and he's going to talk about how they have been acting
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in their communion and they were overindulging in both the food
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and in the drink. They were gluttonous and they
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were drunkards. And Paul is going to call them
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out and show them there needs to be reverence and they need to
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make sure that whenever they do communion with each other that
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it is in a way that pleases the Lord. 17 For we being many are
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one bread, one body, for we are all partakers of that one bread.
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So that is what you need to understand is that communion
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should be done very often. It's very common.
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And we do it in remembrance of what Jesus Christ did for us on
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the night of his crucifixion, the night of his arrest.
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Friends, we need to remember him in the upper room breaking the
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bread and telling them that that is his body broken and drinking
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the wine and telling them that that is his blood spilled out
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and he told them prior when he had a great multitude in front
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of him. He said Unless you drink my
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blood and eat my flesh, you have no part with me, friends.
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And you need to understand that this communion is very special
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unto God, and it is not the actual blood and it is not the
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actual body. It is in remembrance, but it is
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more than just a symbol, friends.
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This is something that is divine and it pleases God, and we do it
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as often as we eat bread and as often as we drink wine.
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And yes, we can come together as a body and as a congregation,
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and it should be very special and very reverent.
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But you also need to know this is a common thing that should be
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done as often as we are eating bread and drinking wine. 18
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Behold Israel after the flesh. Are not they which eat of the
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sacrifices partakers of the altar?
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So here we can see that He wants us to lock in and to make sure
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that we are emptied of all of the sinful desires and all of
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our lustings and whoring after idols.
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We need to make sure that when we come to the Lord's Supper,
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when we come to the eating of His flesh and the drinking of
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His blood, that we are not doing it haphazardly and flippantly,
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friends, that we understand the gravity of what He did that
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night for us. 19 What say I then?
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That the idol is anything or that which is offered and
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sacrificed to idols is anything. So he's not going back on what
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he's already taught about in the previous couple chapters
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whenever he told them that there is no God other than our God,
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the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and all of the other
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lowercase G gods are just idols. They cannot see, they cannot
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hear. There is only one true living
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God, and he's not going back on that.
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He's telling them that this sacrificing to the idols that he
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is accusing the Corinthians of is something they need to take
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very serious. And he's not saying that there's
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any inherent power in any of the physical idols there, but there
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are representations of the fallen angels in the demonic.
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And they would love for us to be ignorant of what is actually
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happening in the spiritual realm.
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And they will take advantage and try to get any amount of worship
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and glory in our ignorance, friends.
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And that is why we must beware and be on guard.
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And that is why we must understand that this is so much
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more that is happening than just the physical bread and the
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physical wine, that God Himself is honored and glorified
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whenever we remember what Jesus did for us on that night.
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Friends, that is what we are after and that is what we seek
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for, is we want God to be honored and to be blessed and to
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be glorified. And we need not be polluted and
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stained by the world and all of the idol worship and all of the
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demonic hosts who try to usurp this worship.
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And that was the cause of the fall of Satan.
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And all of the third of the angels, friends, these fallen
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angels, is because they wanted worship.
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And that is why he is called the Antichrist.
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He could have been called the monster, he could have been
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called the dragon, but he is called the Antichrist because he
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desires worship. And he sets up all of these
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false places of worship, and he wants to be higher than God.
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There is none higher than God. And we need to understand there
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is a whole lot more going on than just us coming to get our
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bellies full or coming to get drunk. 20 But I say that the
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things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to
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devils and not to God. And I would not that you should
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have fellowship with devils. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the
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Lord and a cup of the devils. You cannot be partakers of the
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Lord's table and of the devil of the table of devils. 22 Do we
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provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
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You shall have no other gods besides the Lord God Almighty.
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Yahweh. I deny Elian El Shaddai, we need
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to understand that He will take second place to no one and share
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his glory with no one. And we cannot intermingle all of
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the idol practices. And that is how we started this
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whole chapter off. And he showed us how the
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Israelites grieve the heart of God because they were trying to
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intermingle the golden calf with all of the tablets of stone and
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they were trying to intermingle all of the Pagan idolatrous
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worship in with the worship of God.
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And he will have none of it, friends.
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And we need to understand that we do not take communion just so
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we can have a bite to eat and get a sip to drink.
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Friends, this is something that we need to come and we need to
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consecrate our hearts and our minds.
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We need to make sure that we understand the gravity of what
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Jesus Christ did and who it is that we are representing and
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worshiping in that moment, Friends.
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And your whole life should be an act of worship unto God.
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Are you stronger than Him? Are you trying to intermingle
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the world in with the things of God, the holy things, friends?
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And all the earth is the Lords and everything in it.
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And we would do well to make sure that we see every moment of
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every day as unto God never checking out and never
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compartmentalizing. 23 All things are lawful for me, but
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all things are not expedient. All things are lawful for me,
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but all things edified not. And that is the whole purpose is
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that everything is permissible, but not everything is
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beneficial. And when we step up to
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communion, when we step up to prayer, when we step up to
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worship, we need to make sure that we're not intermingling all
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the Pagan practices into our worship unto God.
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This is how you will cause God to become jealous.
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He is a jealous God and He will share His glory with No 124.
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Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.
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So he's saying that we should be edifying each other and not
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being a stumbling block to our brothers.
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We should be thinking of others as better than ourselves friends
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we should be taking the low position of a servant friends,
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and and making sure we're washing our brother's feet. 25
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whatsoever is sold in the shambles that eat asking no
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question for conscience sake. So he into the last two chapters
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before this one, talking about meat that was sacrificed to
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idols. And was it OK to eat in the
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places of the idol worship there in the temples where they would
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go in and buy the meat. And he is telling them that when
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you are invited into hospitality for your own conscience sake,
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don't even ask the person has this been sacrificed to idols?
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If you have a clear conscience and if you are not told about
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it, then it should not bother you in the inner man.
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It should not bother you in your conscience.
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It should not bother you in your spirit, friends.
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And he's telling you that you have great liberty, but do not
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abuse that liberty. And the moment that you know
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that a place is worshipping the devil and they're calling in all
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of the evil things, there is such a an amazing amount of
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responsibility for you to flee from that area and get out of
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that place. But if you can go into that
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place and be a light unto that place, then that is what you
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should do. And this calls for wisdom,
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Friends 26 for the earth is the Lords in the fullness thereof.
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He's going to tell us that a couple times here.
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And we need to understand that everything that God made is
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good. We are the ones who attach the
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wrongful false worship to in and of itself.
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God's creation is good, and if he is holy, you are holy, and
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blessed is the man who sins will never be counted against him,
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and you have great grace and liberty.
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But we need not abuse that. Friends. 27 If any of them that
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believe not, bid you to a feast, and you be disposed to go,
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whatsoever is set before you eat, asking no questions for
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conscience sake. So that is the principle here,
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that you have great liberty, friends, and you can go into the
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darkest places and not be stained by those things.
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If you're walking in the spirit, you can be of great help and you
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can snatch many out of those deplorable positions.
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But we also need to know that the moment that our conscience
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is pricked, if we go against it, it is sin to know what you ought
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to do and not to do it. It is sin, friends, and there is
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a very thin line between us abusing grace and us walking in
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our liberty, and this calls for wisdom. 28 But if any man say
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unto you, this is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not
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for his sake that showed it, and for conscience sake.
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For the earth is the Lord's and the fullness of it.
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So he's saying as an example to those that are stuck in that
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Satanic New Age occult practice that we should not eat it
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because they will see that we are Christian and that there is
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a difference in US. And because of conscience sake
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and because of this person's sake, and we do not want to be a
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stumbling block, we will not eat anything that we knowingly know
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is sacrificed unto idols and satanic worship. 29 conscience.
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I say not your own, but of the other.
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For why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?
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So? Because none of our sins will
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ever be counted against us, we still do not need to be a
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stumbling block for another. 30-4 If I by grace be a
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partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give
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thanks. So imagine that you have a
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Christian who is found getting drunk at a bar and it's not a
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salvific issue and they're still going to get to go to heaven.
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But what is their witness amongst men?
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They have none. It has been stripped away and
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that is the tactic of the enemy. Friends.
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We do not need to look like the rest of the world.
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We are called out of the world, friends, and we should be the
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difference makers in our community. 31 Whether,
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therefore, you eat, drink, whatsoever you do, do all to the
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glory of God. That's the whole point of the
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whole matter, friends. Every single thing that you do
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should be an act of worship unto God.
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Whether it is watching a movie, whether it is listening to
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music, whether it is in your spare time, your free time, your
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idle time. No matter what you were doing,
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the work that you do, how you make a living, the way that you
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treat your family, the way that you treat your friends, the way
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that you walk in all of society should be an act of worship unto
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God. And we've got to see God's glory
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in the mundane. We have to see that He's in the
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taking out of the trash, that He is in the washing of the dishes,
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that He is in all things that we do, the paying of our bills, the
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going to the store. He is in it all.
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And it is not until the light bulb moment comes on that you
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can see God in every single arena of your life, that you
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will be discouraged and you'll be yearning for more.
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And you will find yourself pricked with many sorrows
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because you're making the world out to be something that God
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never intended it to be you. You will be building your own
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Kingdom instead of living within the dominion in the Kingdom that
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God is ruling and reigning all around us at all times.
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He is not just in heaven. And we're waiting to get there.
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He is moving mightily in our midst every day.
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And we need to get in line with what He's already doing.
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Friends, we do not need to manufacture anything.
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All we need to do is acknowledge Him and He will lead us and He
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will direct us. Home, friends, and we will go
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from glory to glory. Hallelujah and Amen. 32 Give no
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offense neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the
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Church of God. We'll end on 33 even as I please
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all men in all things, not seeking my own prophet, but the
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prophet of many, that they may be saved.
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Paul here has channeled the heart of God and what it's all
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about. Friends, we don't need to be an
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offense to those. We do not need to offend those
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who are watching us. And you're being watched whether
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you like it or not. And think about it.
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Think about how many people's salvation is on the line when
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they're watching you and you're saying one thing and you're
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doing another. And they say, if that's what
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church is all about, I want no part of it.
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If that's what God is all about, I want no part of it.
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If that's what the Bible teaches, I want no part of it.
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This is the gravity of our walk with Him.
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Heaven and hell weigh in the balance for so many, and it
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should be our heart. And it is God's heart that many
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will come into the fold and give their life over to Him today.
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And who knows how. And we never get the credit.
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It's all about God, but He uses us, friends.
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And if you desire to be used by God, you must empty yourself of
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self and all of your vanity and all of your pride and reputation
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and all of yourself seeking and self preservation.
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And you must be willing to go to the cross and to be spilled out
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for Him. His heart is that none would
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perish, but that all would come to him.
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I hope you've been blessed by this amazing chapter here in
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God's Word. I know I sure have.
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I'm praying for you. I love you.
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So does God. Stay prayed up today.
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We'll see you back here tomorrow.
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God bless you.