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Episode 70 — Jeremiah 25:15–16 Episode Title: “The Cup of God's Wrath: When Judgment Comes to the Nations” · His Hop Radio Podcast

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  Speaker 2: We're only going to go and examine two verses today.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to go through two verses today. Verses 15
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  Speaker 2: and 16. I believe we're going to get a lot
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  Speaker 2: out of those two verses. Now, in our previous episode,
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  Speaker 2: we learned that Judah was served Babylon for 70 years.
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  Speaker 2: But Babylon itself would eventually face God's wrath. Now the
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  Speaker 2: Lord gives Jeremiah another powerful picture, a cup filled with
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  Speaker 2: wine of his wrath. So that's one of the reasons
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  Speaker 2: why I wanted to go slow. I wanted to examine
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  Speaker 2: the scripture so that we can learn God's character, his heart,
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  Speaker 2: so that we ourselves can avoid what has happened to
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  Speaker 2: the nations, right? We're supposed to learn from history. Now,
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  Speaker 3: It looks like you lost another one.
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  Speaker 2: Like I said, we're going to go over to two scriptures,
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  Speaker 2: but these scriptures are powerful. I don't want to rush
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  Speaker 2: through the word of God. We want the word of
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  Speaker 2: God to speak to our hearts. We're talking about the
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  Speaker 2: wine of the cup of the fury. So I'm going
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  Speaker 2: to read both verses 15 for that says the Lord
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  Speaker 2: God of Israel to me. Of course, this is Jeremiah
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  Speaker 2: speaking and I'm coming from you. coming to you from
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  Speaker 2: the new King James that says the Lord God of
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  Speaker 2: Israel to me take this wine cup of fury from
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  Speaker 2: my hand and cause all the nations to whom I
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  Speaker 2: send you to drink it that's powerful and they will
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  Speaker 2: drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword
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  Speaker 2: That I will sin among them. Amen. Now I want
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  Speaker 2: to point out. For those of you who like to drink.
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  Speaker 2: Especially our sipping saints out there. They always talking about
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  Speaker 2: how the Lord turned water into wine. And they try
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  Speaker 2: to use it as a justification to drink alcohol. But
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  Speaker 2: also you got to look at these verses as well.
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  Speaker 2: Wine also represents God's fury in his wrath. I don't
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  Speaker 2: think we want to drink of this wine, right? As
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  Speaker 2: we break this down. The cup of God's fury. Now,
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  Speaker 2: as I go over some of my notes here. God
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  Speaker 2: gives Jeremiah a symbolic cup representing divine judgment. Jeremiah is
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  Speaker 2: instructed to make the nations drink of it. Meaning that
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  Speaker 2: the nations identified in the surrounding prophecy would experience the
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  Speaker 2: consequences of God's judgment. This image communicates that the judgment
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  Speaker 2: comes under God's authority rather than being merely a random
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  Speaker 2: series of political events. Now, let's look closely at the
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  Speaker 2: language in this verse. God tells Jeremiah to take the
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  Speaker 2: wine of the cup of this fury and calls the
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  Speaker 2: nations to drink from it. Throughout the Bible, a cup
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  Speaker 2: can serve as a symbol of what someone is giving
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  Speaker 2: to experience. Here, the cup represents God's judgment against the
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  Speaker 2: nations because of their wrongdoing. Now, let's think about this.
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  Speaker 2: Let's think about what it means. The nations may have
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  Speaker 2: possessed armies. the nations around them probably had greater wealth
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  Speaker 2: than Judah greater political influence and they have possibly would
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  Speaker 2: have had powerful rulers but none of those things place
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  Speaker 2: them beyond God's So the cup was in God's hands.
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  Speaker 2: This reminds us that God is not simply watching human
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  Speaker 2: history unfold without authority or purpose behind it. Now in
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  Speaker 2: this passage, he announces judgment against nations that have acted wickedly.
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  Speaker 2: God is always in control and he's in control of
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  Speaker 2: the whole story, the whole narrative, all of history. But however,
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  Speaker 2: we need to be careful with how we apply this today.
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  Speaker 2: Jeremiah was delivering a specific prophetic message from God. We
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  Speaker 2: should not look at every war, every natural disaster, every
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  Speaker 2: economic circumstance or political event and automatically declare that we
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  Speaker 2: know is God's judgment against a particular nation. Which I
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  Speaker 2: believe is a pretty good warning, right? But we must
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  Speaker 2: distinguish what scripture explains reveals from our own assumptions. Now,
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  Speaker 2: here is the principle. God is holy. He takes evil seriously.
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  Speaker 2: And no earthly power is ultimately beyond his authority. So
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  Speaker 2: we can also examine this in a personal way. Sometimes
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  Speaker 2: we want to talk about God's love without acknowledging his holiness.
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  Speaker 2: The Bible tells us that without holiness, no one will
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  Speaker 2: even see the Lord. We want to hear about his
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  Speaker 2: blessings and His protection and his favor, which are beautiful things,
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  Speaker 2: but we don't want to hear about accountability. We don't
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  Speaker 2: want to hear about that. We want to be able
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  Speaker 2: to do our own thing and not be accountable. I've
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  Speaker 2: noticed something that has happened over the years, especially since
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  Speaker 2: I've been in ministry. We're living in a time where
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  Speaker 2: people can create their own personal brand is very easy
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  Speaker 2: to do and I'm not really speaking against it I'm
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  Speaker 2: not saying that there's something wrong with it but it
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  Speaker 2: also creates a disunity right in our society people begin
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  Speaker 2: to think that I can stand on my own two
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  Speaker 2: feet I don't need anyone else. I can do it myself.
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  Speaker 2: I got all the tools. I mean, we got AI
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  Speaker 2: agents now. We could run a whole organization with robots,
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  Speaker 2: with technology. We could go a long distance before we
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  Speaker 2: actually need another human touch in a lot of areas
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  Speaker 2: in our lives. And that could bring us further apart
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  Speaker 2: from further isolation and so when someone you hire to
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  Speaker 2: work at your organization or your company you got to
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  Speaker 2: then go and do what you're doing and become a
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  Speaker 2: competitor because it's so easy for people to be individual
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  Speaker 2: and and isolate it and do their own thing, especially
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  Speaker 2: in this society today. But what we lack is the
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  Speaker 2: human touch. We lack character, loyalty, things that are honoring
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  Speaker 2: unto God. In God's eyes, he honors unity. He honors loyalty.
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  Speaker 2: He honors love. Remember the greatest commandments, love your brother
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  Speaker 2: as yourself. We're not meant to be selfish and self-centered
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  Speaker 2: and puff ourselves up. As a matter of fact, the
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  Speaker 2: platform that God gives us is not for you. It's
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  Speaker 2: Lord and learn their gifts and talents and learn the
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  Speaker 2: purposes that God has placed on their lives. Amen. I
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  Speaker 2: forgot why I went down this path. Talk about individualism,
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  Speaker 2: but I know that the wrath of God, right? Oh,
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  Speaker 2: we're talking about the accountability. See, ultimately we are accountable
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  Speaker 2: before God. And if we can, God has been so gracious.
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  Speaker 2: He said, if we judge ourselves, he will not have
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  Speaker 2: to judge us. Right? And so it's good to have
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  Speaker 2: a mature brother or sister in our lives that can say,
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  Speaker 2: you know what? That is not God's will for your life.
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  Speaker 2: This does not line up with scripture. In other words,
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  Speaker 2: they're trying to tell you like if you went before
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  Speaker 2: God today, your bacon will be cooked. You might not
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  Speaker 2: make it into the kingdom. Some of these things are
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  Speaker 2: a matter of life and death. Right? And so it's
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  Speaker 2: good to have those relationships in our lives. Someone that
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  Speaker 2: can pour into us and then someone that we can
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  Speaker 2: pour into ourselves. Amen? But the severe consequences to the nations,
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  Speaker 2: the severe accountability to the nations, the nations drinking from
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  Speaker 2: the cup experience staggering and confusing this imagery that communicates
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  Speaker 2: the overwhelming effect of the judgment announced by God. It
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  Speaker 2: says that the nations will be staggering, right? Now, the
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  Speaker 2: same Bible that speaks about God's blessing And God's mercy
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  Speaker 2: also warns us about the consequences of our rebellion against God.
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  Speaker 2: God's patience gives people opportunities to turn from wrongdoing. It
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  Speaker 2: should never become an excuse to continue in it. God's
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  Speaker 2: mercy should lead us towards repentance, not give us permission
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  Speaker 2: to remain in rebellion. Amen? And the nations stagger under
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  Speaker 2: God's judgment. The reference to the sword points to violent
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  Speaker 2: conflict and destruction. The passage describes the severe consequences the
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  Speaker 2: nations would experience under the judgment God declares. So as
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  Speaker 2: I was saying, the nations drinking from the cup experience
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  Speaker 2: staggering and confusion and they're just overwhelmed by this cup,
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  Speaker 2: this wine of God's fury. Verse 16 describes a response
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  Speaker 2: of the nations after drinking from the cup. They would
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  Speaker 2: be moved or stagger and become confused because of the
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  Speaker 2: sword God would send among them. So imagine the picture
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  Speaker 2: Jeremiah is presenting to the nations here nations that once
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  Speaker 2: appeared stable would experience turmoil leaders who believe they had
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  Speaker 2: control would face circumstances they could not manage They found
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  Speaker 2: out how much control they really don't have. The violence
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  Speaker 2: of war would disrupt communities and overturn people's expectations. Beloved,
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  Speaker 2: Jeremiah is prophesying about the times we're living in right now.
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  Speaker 2: We can put this verse in today's newspaper. Now the
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  Speaker 2: image of staggering communities that the nations would be overwhelmed
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  Speaker 2: by what was coming upon them. And we can see
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  Speaker 2: that in our nation today. We should not reduce this
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  Speaker 2: passage to the idea that every person who experienced confusion
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  Speaker 2: or suffering is being punished for personal sin. But the
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  Speaker 2: immediate context concerned God's announced judgment against the nations. But
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  Speaker 2: there is an important lesson for us though. Human beings
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  Speaker 2: are not as self-sufficient as we sometimes imagine. We can plan,
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  Speaker 2: we can build, we can organize, we can pursue success,
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  Speaker 2: but we cannot control everything that happens in this world.
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  Speaker 2: That's why it's even a sin to worry. God tells us,
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  Speaker 2: why worry about the things we can't control? We need
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  Speaker 2: to Give everything over to him. On that day of judgment,
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  Speaker 2: he will ask us, how come you didn't give this
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  Speaker 2: over to me? How come you did not surrender this
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  Speaker 2: to me? It could be fear. It could be unforgiveness, bitterness.
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  Speaker 2: It could be even hurt. God wants us to forgive.
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  Speaker 2: God has really impressed on my heart lately the importance
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  Speaker 2: of forgiveness and love. The Bible tells us if you
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  Speaker 2: don't forgive, you will not be forgiven. I imagine unforgiveness
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  Speaker 2: will probably be one of the biggest reasons why people
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  Speaker 2: don't make it into the kingdom. Forgiveness is so important.
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  Speaker 2: If there's somebody you need to forgive, forgive them now.
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  Speaker 2: Put this podcast on pause and forgive and reconcile and
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  Speaker 2: ask God to fill your heart with love. so that
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  Speaker 2: we can be obedient to his word. It is serious, beloved.
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  Speaker 2: Please do not allow unforgiveness to grow and fester in
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  Speaker 2: your heart. Now, that should lead us towards humility, brother,
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  Speaker 2: than fear. Instead of living as though we are In
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  Speaker 2: complete control, we should recognize our dependence on God and
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  Speaker 2: seek to live according to his word. Amen. We need
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  Speaker 2: to yield. We need to add to our prayer. Lord,
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  Speaker 2: your will, not my will be done. We are not
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  Speaker 2: created to live a self-centered, selfish life because we can
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  Speaker 2: never please self. It's an impossible task. People who are
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  Speaker 2: living to please themselves are the most miserable people on
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  Speaker 2: the planet. And there's also a warning about the destructive
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  Speaker 2: consequences of wickedness. When leaders pursue violence, injustice, and oppression,
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  Speaker 2: ordinary people often suffer. Entire communities can be affected by
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  Speaker 2: the decisions of those who hold power. God's judgment in
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  Speaker 2: this passage is not presented as meaningless chaos. It is
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  Speaker 2: a response to wrongdoing within the border message of Jeremiah's prophecy. Oh, OK.
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  Speaker 2: All right. I'm looking at my notes here. I read
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  Speaker 2: that wrong. This guy's judgment in this passage is not
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  Speaker 2: presented as meaningless chaos. It is the response to the
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  Speaker 2: wrongdoing within the broader message of Jeremiah's prophecy. That makes
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  Speaker 2: more sense. So for us, the particular response is to
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  Speaker 2: reject evil, pursue justice. and remain faithful to God. Now
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  Speaker 2: that is just being practical. Let me say that again.
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  Speaker 2: Our response is to reject evil, pursue justice, and remain
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  Speaker 2: faithful to God. We should not celebrate the suffering of
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  Speaker 2: others or rush to declare that we know why a
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  Speaker 2: particular tragedy occurred. I mean, unless God gives you a
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  Speaker 2: specific word, or maybe God gives you a word of prophecy,
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  Speaker 2: a word of wisdom or knowledge, then it's okay to
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  Speaker 2: share if that's what the Holy Spirit tells us to.
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  Speaker 2: But we shouldn't be quick to say that we know.
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  Speaker 2: We should allow scripture to humble us and remind us
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  Speaker 2: that every person and nation is accountable to God. When
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  Speaker 2: we recognize that God is the ultimate authority, you should
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  Speaker 2: become more humble, more careful within our choices and more
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  Speaker 2: serious about living righteously. See, some of us, we think
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  Speaker 2: it's your pastor you're dealing with. Oh, my pastor is
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  Speaker 2: trying to make me accountable or my pastor is, you know, whatever.
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  Speaker 2: You know, like we feel we want to dismiss or
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  Speaker 2: not listen to our pastors. Or it could be your parents.
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  Speaker 2: It could be a mentor or someone in our lives.
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  Speaker 2: But ultimately, God is the final authority to where we
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  Speaker 2: have to give an account to. And God blesses with
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  Speaker 2: people to help us get things right so that he
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  Speaker 2: will not have to deal with us on that day.
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  Speaker 2: Because when we go before him, it'll be too late.
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  Speaker 2: You'll be locked into whatever it is. If it's rebellion
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  Speaker 2: against God, if it's stealing money from him, not tithing,
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  Speaker 2: not giving offerings, if it's drugs, sex, alcohol, whatever it is,
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  Speaker 2: whatever your particular sin may be, you will have to
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  Speaker 2: give an account for it if you don't deal with it,
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  Speaker 2: if we don't deal with it on this side of eternity. So,
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  Speaker 2: The big lesson for today, like I said, we just
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  Speaker 2: went over two verses. God gives us three important lessons, right?
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  Speaker 2: God holds the nations accountable. So up to this point,
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  Speaker 2: we've been talking about Judah and their rebellion and their consequences.
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  Speaker 2: Now we turn to the nations. Everyone is accountable before God.
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  Speaker 2: Judah happened to be judged first because Judah, that nation,
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  Speaker 2: they are his chosen people. And so if we are wise,
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  Speaker 2: we will learn from their mistakes, right? The cup symbolizes
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  Speaker 2: the judgment God announced against the nations. Political power, wealth,
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  Speaker 2: And military strength do not make anyone greater than the Lord.
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  Speaker 4: Right?
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  Speaker 2: You might be great in the natural, but God created
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  Speaker 2: the universe. Number two, sin has consequences. The sword represents
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  Speaker 2: the devastating conflict associated with the judgment described in this passage.
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  Speaker 2: initiate them. Point three, God's patience is an opportunity to repent.
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  Speaker 2: We should never assume that because judgment has not come immediately,
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  Speaker 2: God approves of our behavior. The right response to his
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  Speaker 2: holiness is humility, repentance, and obedience. Remember, we are not
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  Speaker 2: called to speculate arrogantly about God's hidden purposes. We are
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  Speaker 2: called to take his revealed words seriously and examine our
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  Speaker 2: own lives. Amen. So the question is not whether we
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  Speaker 2: can identify every person or nation we believe deserves judgment.
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  Speaker 2: The question is whether we are willing to let God's
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  Speaker 2: word correct us. Amen. So that we can avoid his wrath.
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  Speaker 2: The Bible tells us that the wise man will see
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  Speaker 2: trouble and hide himself, but the fool will keep going
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  Speaker 2: and will get punished. Think about that. Let's take a break.
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  Speaker 3: You are listening to The Light of Las Vegas. This
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  Speaker 3: is the HizHop Radio Show.
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  Speaker 5: Had to give me up cause I know I was
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  Speaker 5: dragging I ain't had my armor on so I was
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  Speaker 5: lacking But now I'm stronger than before more than a
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  Speaker 5: rapper See I'm the head and not the tail so
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  Speaker 5: they gon' back up I fall like seven times and
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  Speaker 5: get up with amnesia Father in my rise I used
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  Speaker 5: to be a sleeper.
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  Speaker 6: Like I gained muscle I been working on my speaking
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  Speaker 6: They ain't gon' catch me non-confident no more either, yeah.
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  Speaker 6: I used to fear people judging, then I found me.
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  Speaker 6: I'm announcing, found identity, now my faith moving mountains. I
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  Speaker 6: took a break, came back.
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  Speaker 4: 100, ready and all in.
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  Speaker 6: Ready for calling, ready for options, ready for talking. Animal starling,
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  Speaker 6: animal probably, animal nonsense, animal clocking. Now it's shocking, animal
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  Speaker 6: breaking down for them or them. The enemy ain't doing nothing,
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  Speaker 6: killing them will stop us. I had to pop up
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  Speaker 6: like surprise, no more crawling. My head is up, it's
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  Speaker 6: tunnel vision to my father. Had to get off Instagram,
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  Speaker 6: I got addicted. I got so satisfied, I felt all
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  Speaker 6: of me drifting. Started to hate myself and even hate
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  Speaker 6: my image. I'm done with that like revelation, it is finished.
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  Speaker 4: Had to give me up cause.
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  Speaker 6: I know I was dragging. I ain't had my armor
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  Speaker 6: on so I was lacking. But now I'm stronger than...
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  Speaker 6: See you next time. My desire right now turned into
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  Speaker 6: a million, yeah. Daughter of the king, the power so appealing, huh.
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  Speaker 6: The only one that's been there all this time, the realest, huh.
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  Speaker 6: I fall like seven times to get up like what happened.
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  Speaker 6: I can't grasp it. I'm already up back into it
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  Speaker 6: with passion and I'm laughing. Without fear in the future,
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  Speaker 6: consult with a captain.
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  Speaker 2: I don't have.
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  Speaker 4: We'll be right back. We'll be right back.
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  Speaker 3: You are listening to the light of Las Vegas. This
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  Speaker 3: is the His Hop Radio Show.
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  Speaker 2: And we are back from the break. That's our sister,
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  Speaker 2: Kid Lee. I know she's changed her name. I keep Again,
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  Speaker 2: I think it's Leandre or something like that. Sorry, sis.
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  Speaker 2: If I'm messing up your name, I'm trying to get
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  Speaker 2: used to a new one. But that was Head and
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  Speaker 2: Not the Tail. One of my favorite artists out there
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  Speaker 2: doing the thing. Keep up the good work, sis. I
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  Speaker 2: want to give a huge shout out to those in
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  Speaker 2: the live chat. Shout out to Brother Zone 3, our
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  Speaker 2: trivia champion. He got another... trivia question correct the question
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  Speaker 2: for yesterday is what two tragic tragic okay let me
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  Speaker 2: do this again what two targets of god's judgment are
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  Speaker 2: specifically named after the 70 years of captivity and his
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  Speaker 2: answer was the king of babylon and other Chaldeans. So
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  Speaker 2: let's give zone three a hand. Amen, brother. We love
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  Speaker 2: to see you grow in the word of God. Amen.
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  Speaker 2: So let's see who the trivia champion will be today.
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  Speaker 2: But we're not in time for that right now. It's
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  Speaker 2: time for the accountability partner. We give you topics to
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  Speaker 2: talk about today. And we give you a challenge. Every episode,
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  Speaker 2: we tell you to call, text, or maybe email, however
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  Speaker 2: you communicate, video chat, Zoom. But get in touch with
• 36:46
  Speaker 2: your accountability partner and ask them these questions. And you
• 36:52
  Speaker 2: can find these questions in our community on the His
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  Speaker 2: Hot Radio app as well if you want to go
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  Speaker 2: over them later. We'll take a few minutes to reflect.
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  Speaker 2: First question is, is there an area of my life
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  Speaker 2: where I've been treating God's patience as permission to continue
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  Speaker 2: doing something I know is wrong? That's a big one. Amen.
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  Speaker 2: We need to ask ourselves that. Ask our partner. Maybe
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  Speaker 2: they see something in you. Have my words, attitudes, or
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  Speaker 2: choices contributed to conflict or hurt in someone else's life?
• 37:45
  Speaker 2: That's another good one. Question number three. What is one
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  Speaker 2: particular step I can take this week to turn away
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  Speaker 2: from that behavior and honor God? Hallelujah. We need to
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  Speaker 2: be Constantly in an attitude of repentance. We should turn
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  Speaker 2: away constantly from things that dishonor God and cause people
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  Speaker 2: to stumble and even ourselves to stumble. Amen. Also, we
• 38:35
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  Speaker 2: out as well. All right. It's time for the Trivia Challenge.
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  Speaker 2: now you know how this work the first person to
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  Speaker 2: get the answer correct is the trivia champ for today
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  Speaker 2: and we like to give out prizes we like to
• 39:43
  Speaker 2: reward those to participate in our online activities so let's
• 39:53
  Speaker 2: see is there a challenger out there that can challenge
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  Speaker 2: our brother zone who's been holding it down for a
• 40:00
  Speaker 2: while challengers step up but then I don't know they
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  Speaker 2: get scared or something then they disappear because they don't
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  Speaker 2: want to go up against our brother zone so let's
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  Speaker 2: see who's our challenger today the question is in the
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  Speaker 2: Today's episode, what specific object does God tell Jeremiah to
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  Speaker 2: take from his hand? And what does Jeremiah have to
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  Speaker 2: do with it? So what object is Jeremiah supposed to
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  Speaker 2: take from God's hand? And once he takes it from
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  Speaker 2: his hand, what is he supposed to do with his object?
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  Speaker 2: The first one to get it right. He is today's
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  Speaker 2: trivia champion. Alright, time for our community shout out. We
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  Speaker 2: have a business mixer going down on November 3rd. Check
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  Speaker 2: out our calendar. It is one of the off campuses
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  Speaker 2: of Reno College. Off of a I think it's McDonald's.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not going to mess it up. Just check out
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  Speaker 2: the calendar. But if you're a business owner or if
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  Speaker 2: you're inspiring to get into business, it's worth coming out
• 41:33
  Speaker 2: mixed with other like-minded people. We have restaurants. We have
• 41:40
  Speaker 2: representatives from Caesars Palace and the MGM. We have a
• 41:46
  Speaker 2: lot of professional people that come out. And also... You
• 41:50
  Speaker 2: can check out our business mixer podcast because we go
• 41:55
  Speaker 2: down there and we talk to the people. And so
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  Speaker 2: you can get an idea of who you're going to
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  Speaker 2: meet and what you're going to expect. But we want
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  Speaker 2: you to come out. It starts at six o'clock on
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  Speaker 2: a Tuesday, November the third. It's the first Tuesday of
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  Speaker 2: every month. And also we have other events coming up.
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  Speaker 2: Check out our website or even the app so that
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  Speaker 2: you can get all the information and you can come out.
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  Speaker 2: We also want to remind you that His Hot Radio
• 42:33
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• 42:39
  Speaker 2: a non-profit organization. We opened up a Christian club in 2012.
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  Speaker 2: We ran it for about six and a half years.
• 42:52
  Speaker 2: We are looking to relaunch and reopen. We believe our
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  Speaker 2: community can be greatly impacted by a positive place for
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  Speaker 2: youth and young adults to come get the word and
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  Speaker 2: have fun doing it. We also have youth programs with
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  Speaker 2: our organization that we want to implement. We need the
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  Speaker 2: classrooms and space like that. We want to be a
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  Speaker 2: blessing to our community. So If you want to sow
• 43:20
  Speaker 2: into good ground, we have provided a place where you
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  Speaker 2: can do that on our website, hishopnation.com, even on our
• 43:28
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• 43:37
  Speaker 2: any amount helps. We're also looking for grants and grant writers.
• 43:43
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• 43:49
  Speaker 2: good news is that we are a public charity, so
• 43:53
  Speaker 2: you can write it off on your taxes. Yes, we
• 43:57
  Speaker 2: got our house in order when it comes to the business.
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  Speaker 2: So we appreciate each and every one that would love
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  Speaker 2: to sow into this vision. All right, beloved. Well, with
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  Speaker 2: all that out of the way, I got some closing remarks.
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  Speaker 2: Jeremiah 25 verses 15 to 16 gives us a serious
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  Speaker 2: picture of God's judgment. The cup represents the consequences God
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  Speaker 2: declared would come upon the nations while the sword represents
• 44:39
  Speaker 2: the conflict and the destruction associated within that judgment. This
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  Speaker 2: passage reminds us that God is not indifferent to evil.
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  Speaker 2: His patience does not mean that injustice, violence, and rebellion
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  Speaker 2: are acceptable. But we must approach this truth with humility.
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  Speaker 2: We should not use God's judgment as an excuse to
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  Speaker 2: celebrate other people's suffering or even to claim that we
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  Speaker 2: know that divine explanation for every tragedy. But instead, we
• 45:35
  Speaker 2: should examine our own hearts, reject wrongdoing, and take his
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  Speaker 2: word seriously. God's justice reminds us that our choices matter. Remember,
• 45:51
  Speaker 2: we're going to do a t-shirt, right? Black lives matter. Well,
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  Speaker 2: our choices matter. Integrity matters. Amen.
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  Speaker 4: What we say, what we do matters.
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  Speaker 2: His holiness reminds us that we need his mercy. And
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  Speaker 2: the gospel points us to Jesus Christ through whom God
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  Speaker 2: offers forgiveness and reconciliation to those who repent and place
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  Speaker 2: their faith in him. Don't wait for the crisis before
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  Speaker 2: you start taking your walk with God seriously. Listen to
• 46:52
  Speaker 2: his word. Turn away from what is wrong. Treat people
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  Speaker 2: with dignity and use your influence responsibly. Amen. And remember,
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  Speaker 2: it's not about us. It's all about the Christ in us.
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  Speaker 2: See you in the next episode. God bless.
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  Speaker 3: You are listening to The Light of Las Vegas. This
• 47:30
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