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EPISODE 59 Jeremiah 23:1–8 “The Righteous Branch” · His Hop Radio Podcast

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  Speaker 2: What up, what up, what up, what up, family? Hey,
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  Speaker 2: what's going on? Welcome to another episode of the His
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  Speaker 2: by verse where we get into God's word one verse
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  Speaker 2: at a time. Now, this is episode 59. And today
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  Speaker 2: we're moving into chapter 23. We praise God for a
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  Speaker 2: whole new chapter today. And we're going to tackle the
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  Speaker 2: first eight verses today. Now, Jeremiah 22 showed us that
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  Speaker 2: God was confronting corrupt leadership. He was confronting a corrupt king. Now,
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  Speaker 2: chapter 23 begins with another powerful warning. But this time,
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  Speaker 2: God specifically addresses the shepherds who were responsible for his
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  Speaker 2: people directly. So this is a good one. Remember, God is.
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  Speaker 2: is a righteous judge. God is going to evaluate our lives.
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  Speaker 2: walk down the path of righteousness. The Bible tells us
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  Speaker 2: few will find it. And so that means there are
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  Speaker 2: The broad road of destruction, which is tragic. But that
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  Speaker 2: and we will dive right into it. Heavenly Father, thank you,
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  Speaker 2: Father God, for another day. You allowed us to wake up.
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  Speaker 2: You allowed us to be here today. Help us to
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  Speaker 2: put you first, oh God. Help us, Lord, to gain insight,
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  Speaker 2: gain understanding, oh God, when it comes to your word,
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  Speaker 2: when it comes to the book of Jeremiah. Those of
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  Speaker 2: us who have a calling in our lives, oh God,
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  Speaker 2: help us to fulfill our call. Open up doors, Father God,
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  Speaker 2: that only you can open, oh God. And close every door,
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  Speaker 2: oh God, that the enemy tries to, oh God, oh Lord,
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  Speaker 2: trick us with, oh God. Yes, Lord. We ask, Father God,
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  Speaker 2: oh Lord, that you bless the hearer today, Father. Bless me,
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  Speaker 2: oh God, to speak your word and only your word
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  Speaker 2: and speak faithfully, oh God. And we ask this in
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  Speaker 2: Jesus' name.
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  Speaker 5: Amen.
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  Speaker 3: Amen. All right.
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  Speaker 2: All right, let's get into it. Jeremiah chapter 23. And
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  Speaker 2: we're going to start with verse one. Woe to the
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  Speaker 2: shepherds who destroy and scatter sheep of my pasture, says
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  Speaker 2: the Lord. Now, that is a very strong opening and
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  Speaker 2: it starts with. A warning will be unto the pastors. Now,
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  Speaker 2: the word pastor here carries the idea of shepherds. These
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  Speaker 2: are those who are responsible for leading God's people. And
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  Speaker 2: God says these shepherds are destroying and scattering his sheep.
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  Speaker 2: Does that sound familiar? Does that sound like what is
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  Speaker 2: happening today?
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  Speaker 5: Today.
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  Speaker 2: And this is very serious for the simple fact that
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  Speaker 2: for one, the people belong to God. A lot of
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  Speaker 2: pastors think that the church belongs to them and the
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  Speaker 2: people in the church belong to them. So notice he
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  Speaker 2: didn't say your sheep. He calls them the sheep of
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  Speaker 2: my pasture. So the people ultimately belong to God. And
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  Speaker 2: the more we realize it, the more we should be
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  Speaker 2: humble and know that we are only stewards of what
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  Speaker 2: God has placed in our hands. Also, that should change
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  Speaker 2: how we think about leadership as well. If God puts
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  Speaker 2: people under your care, they are not your property. That
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  Speaker 2: makes me think of that group from years ago, God's Property.
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  Speaker 2: Who was that? Yeah, I believe that was Kurt, right?
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  Speaker 2: But they're God's people. And that applies to pastor. It
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  Speaker 2: applies to parents, to ministry leaders, to mentors. It applies
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  Speaker 2: to anybody interested with ministry. I mean, anybody entrusted with influence, right?
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  Speaker 2: Leadership isn't ownership. Leadership is stewardship. You are responsible for
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  Speaker 2: how you handle what God has placed in your hands.
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  Speaker 2: You can either be abusive or you can be faithful
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  Speaker 2: unto the Lord. Now, the people who tend to abuse God,
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  Speaker 2: Other people who don't realize that they're going to give
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  Speaker 2: an account. They're going to be judged for the type
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  Speaker 2: of husband, the type of wife, even the type of
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  Speaker 2: child that they have been. Amen. Verse two, therefore, thus
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  Speaker 2: says the Lord God of Israel against the shepherds who
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  Speaker 2: feed my people. You have scattered my flock, driven them
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  Speaker 2: away and not attended to them. Behold, I will attend
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  Speaker 2: to you for the evil of your doing, says the Lord.
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  Speaker 3: Hmm.
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  Speaker 2: Okay. That is not good. So God identifies three problems.
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  Speaker 2: They scattered the flock. They drove the people away. And
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  Speaker 2: they failed to care for them. God says, I will
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  Speaker 2: visit upon you the evil of your doings. In other words,
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  Speaker 2: leadership is accountability before the Lord, our God, right? People
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  Speaker 2: think leadership is only about privilege. No, it's about responsibility
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  Speaker 2: and accountability. So this is something we need to take
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  Speaker 2: seriously right here. Leadership isn't just about having a microphone, right?
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  Speaker 2: It isn't just about having a title. It isn't about
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  Speaker 2: gaining followers, gaining influence or respect. And of course, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we talked about this before in other episodes, but it
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  Speaker 2: keeps coming up in the scripture. And so we're going
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  Speaker 2: to stay faithful to the scriptures, right? So it's not
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  Speaker 2: about respect. Leadership means responsibility. And the Lord keeps hammering
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  Speaker 2: this very point. So if you're leader, if you're leading
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  Speaker 2: people your decisions also affect other people. So if you're
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  Speaker 2: a parent, your decisions affect your children. And if you
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  Speaker 2: are a pastor, your decisions affect your congregation. If you
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  Speaker 2: are a mentor, your decisions affect the people that you
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  Speaker 2: are mentoring, your mentees. And if you are an artist
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  Speaker 2: with a platform, your words affect your audience. And God
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  Speaker 2: takes that serious. He doesn't take that lightly at all.
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  Speaker 2: Verse three, but I will gather the remnant of my
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  Speaker 2: flock out of the all countries where I have driven
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  Speaker 2: them and bring them back to their folds. And they
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  Speaker 2: shall be fruitful and increase. OK. So let's break that down.
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  Speaker 6: Right.
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  Speaker 2: So God promises. And he takes a turn right here.
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  Speaker 2: Let me read that again. And I will set up.
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  Speaker 2: Hold on. Did I read this completely? I will gather
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  Speaker 2: a remnant of my flock out of the countries. Okay.
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  Speaker 2: I will gather the remnant out of my flock, out
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  Speaker 2: of all countries, whether I have driven them, and will
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  Speaker 2: bring them again to this fold, to their folds, and
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  Speaker 2: they shall be fruitful and increased.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: Alright, so here is a change right here. I am
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  Speaker 2: thankful that God is just not about judgment, judgment, judgment, judgment, judgment. Right?
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  Speaker 2: He is also giving a promise here. He's He changes
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  Speaker 2: his tone. Now God has confronted the bad shepherds. Now
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  Speaker 2: he talks about the sheep. God says he will gather them.
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  Speaker 2: The people have been scattered. But scattered doesn't mean forgotten.
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  Speaker 2: Praise God. Broken doesn't mean abandoned. And displaced doesn't mean
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  Speaker 2: God has lost track of you at all. God knew
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  Speaker 2: exactly where the people were. So there's no, I don't
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  Speaker 2: know if you heard the phrase, the 10 lost tribes
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  Speaker 2: of Israel. I've heard of it, but there's no such
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  Speaker 2: thing as the 10 lost tribes of Israel because God
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  Speaker 2: knows exactly where they are. Amen. Hallelujah. Looks like you
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  Speaker 2: lost another one. God knows where the sheep have been scattered.
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  Speaker 2: He said that he will bring them back. So somebody
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  Speaker 2: listen today. You might feel like you're scattered. And maybe
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  Speaker 2: your life is taking you somewhere that you never expected
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  Speaker 2: it to take you. You know, maybe you've been hurt
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  Speaker 2: by people who are supposed to lead you. A lot
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  Speaker 2: of people say, complain about church hurt and I'm in
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  Speaker 2: that category but the church will never hurt you it
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  Speaker 2: was just religious bad seeds in the church maybe you're
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  Speaker 2: disappointed by a church disappointed by ministry itself maybe somebody
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  Speaker 2: you trusted let you down verse 23 reminds us don't
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  Speaker 2: confuse the failure of a shepherd with the failure of
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  Speaker 2: God does not fail. People can fail you. Leaders can
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  Speaker 2: fail you. Institutes can fail you. But God himself remains faithful. Amen.
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  Speaker 2: And the good thing is that you can have your
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  Speaker 2: own personal relationship and walk with God. So there is
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  Speaker 2: no excuse. We can't say, oh, because the churches were bad.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't want to serve you, God. We can't say
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  Speaker 2: that on a day of judgment. Verse four, I will
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  Speaker 2: set up shepherds over them who will feed them and
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  Speaker 2: they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, nor shall
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  Speaker 2: they be lacking, says the Lord. Amen. Now this is
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  Speaker 2: a great and a beautiful promise, right? He promises new shepherds.
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  Speaker 2: And I pray that I'm amongst that group. Amen. This
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  Speaker 2: is my desire. This is what I strive to be.
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  Speaker 2: Now let's look at the main job of these good shepherds.
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  Speaker 2: They will feed the sheep. And the people will not
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  Speaker 2: live in fear. And I pray this over this podcast
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  Speaker 2: right now. I pray that those who listen and follow
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  Speaker 2: this podcast will not live in fear. They will not
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  Speaker 2: be dismayed and they will not be lacking because my heart,
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  Speaker 2: if you follow this podcast verse by verse, my heart
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  Speaker 2: is definitely there to feed the flock. And the only
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  Speaker 2: thing that will allow us to grow spiritually is the
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  Speaker 2: word of God. God's word is the only thing. So
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  Speaker 2: we can't get that twisted at all. Amen. And this
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  Speaker 2: is exciting to me because if you know anything about
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  Speaker 2: my ministry and my heart, I've always desired to feed
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  Speaker 2: the flock. There's pastors out there. They want to rule
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  Speaker 2: over the flock. They want to control people. They want
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  Speaker 2: to manipulate people. They want to always make people feel
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  Speaker 2: guilty and beat the people and try to whip them
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  Speaker 2: in shape. But the Bible doesn't tell us to whip
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  Speaker 2: people in shape. The Bible tells us to feed the flock.
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  Speaker 2: That is your main job as a pastor or a
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  Speaker 2: spiritual leader.
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  Speaker 3: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: A good shepherd doesn't consistently ask, what can the sheep
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  Speaker 2: do for me? Right? So God's idea of leadership is
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  Speaker 2: one that feeds, protects rather than those who exploit and scatter.
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  Speaker 2: A good leader should ask the question, how can I
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  Speaker 2: care for the sheep of God? Now, that is a
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  Speaker 2: completely different mindset. A servant leader isn't obsessed with being
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  Speaker 2: served At all, right? A servant leader looks for opportunities
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  Speaker 2: to serve. And Jesus is the perfect example of that.
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  Speaker 2: And it just reminds me, I just think of Sunday
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  Speaker 2: going to church and getting that flat tire. And yes,
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  Speaker 2: I was in a suit and I appreciate the community
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  Speaker 2: supporting me. the brother who came out and changed the
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  Speaker 2: tire for me real quick, got me back on the road.
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  Speaker 2: So I was able to make it to church, but
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  Speaker 2: I received special treatment in a way because I was
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  Speaker 2: in a suit and people asked if I was a
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  Speaker 2: minister and they asked about church and people wanted to
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  Speaker 2: talk about God. And I'm glad that I was able
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  Speaker 2: to have that type of effect, but It wasn't about
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  Speaker 2: me in a suit. It wasn't about me looking good.
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  Speaker 2: It wasn't about me. I wasn't, you know, walking up
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  Speaker 2: and down the street expecting someone to change my tire.
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  Speaker 2: After all, I'm a minister of the Lord. No, my
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  Speaker 2: heart and my prayers, Lord, send me back. Send us back.
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  Speaker 2: How can we go and minister to this area? As
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  Speaker 2: a guy was changing out my tire, he was telling
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  Speaker 2: me that people didn't are dying over there. People end
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  Speaker 2: up dead in that area. People are strung out on
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  Speaker 2: drugs and things like that. So please help me pray
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  Speaker 2: that God will open up a door. If God doesn't
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  Speaker 2: send me, if it's not for me or my ministry
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  Speaker 2: to go there, then pray that God will raise up
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  Speaker 2: those who he has called to go in that area. Amen.
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  Speaker 2: It's not about me building my brand and building my
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  Speaker 2: name and In app downloads. And you know, it's not
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  Speaker 2: about that. It's about a work, a revival. It's about
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  Speaker 2: sheep that need to be fed by faithful leaders. Amen.
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  Speaker 2: Verse five, behold, The days are coming, says the Lord,
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  Speaker 2: that I will rise. I will rise to David, a
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  Speaker 2: branch of righteousness. A king shall reign and prosper. Now,
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  Speaker 2: that is a beautiful promise right here. Now, this is
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  Speaker 2: an important scripture right here. God says, I will raise
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  Speaker 2: unto David a righteous branch. This is a messianic promise
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  Speaker 2: right here. And I love to point out, I'm going
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  Speaker 2: to start pointing out Jesus in the Old Testament. We
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  Speaker 2: have to realize that Jesus is in the Old Testament
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  Speaker 2: as well as in the New Testament. And so this
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  Speaker 2: is a messianic promise. God is pointing towards the coming king.
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  Speaker 2: And notice what kind of king he will be. Amen.
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  Speaker 2: He will be righteous. He will reign. He will execute
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  Speaker 2: judgment and execute justice. This is not a corrupt king
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  Speaker 2: that is on his way. We know that Jesus is
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  Speaker 2: coming soon. His return is very near. He will not
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  Speaker 2: be another corrupt king. This is a king That God's
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  Speaker 2: people truly need.
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  Speaker 3: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: Because we can see that the earthly kings failed repeatedly.
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  Speaker 2: But God promised a righteous branch who would come from
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  Speaker 2: David's line. Now, the king that is coming will not
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  Speaker 2: be ruling according to selfish ambition or corruption that we
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  Speaker 2: see so many leaders do today, right? He's going to
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  Speaker 2: rule with righteousness and with justice. Now, the ultimate fulfillment
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  Speaker 2: of this promise is found in Jesus Christ, the Messiah.
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  Speaker 2: hallelujah now let's look at this phrase the righteous branch
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  Speaker 2: this is extremely important a branch comes from a living
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  Speaker 2: tree right even when the visible part of the tree
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  Speaker 2: appears damaged or cut down new growth can emerge which
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  Speaker 2: is a blessing hallelujah Judah's royal line looked devastated. The
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  Speaker 2: nation was facing judgment at this point, right? But God
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  Speaker 2: was saying, I'm not finished. This is a beacon of
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  Speaker 2: hope for the nation right here. So out of what
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  Speaker 2: looked like just total destruction, God would bring forth the
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  Speaker 2: promised king, the Messiah.
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  Speaker 1: It looks like you lost another one.
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  Speaker 2: And for us who are living in this generation and
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  Speaker 2: us who know us Christians, we know that this passage
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  Speaker 2: is pointing to Jesus Christ. Hallelujah.
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  Speaker 3: Hallelujah.
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  Speaker 2: The righteous. Verse 6. In his days Judah will be
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  Speaker 2: in his days Judah will be saved and Israel will
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  Speaker 2: dwell safely. Now this is his name by which he
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  Speaker 2: shall be called. The Lord our righteousness. Wow, that is beautiful. Amen.
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  Speaker 2: Let's not miss this, right? Let's look at this real
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  Speaker 2: closely right here. The Lord, our righteousness. This is so powerful.
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  Speaker 2: The answer to human unrighteousness isn't simply try harder. And
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  Speaker 2: we all get caught up in that. We all think
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  Speaker 2: we work hard, try hard, try in our own efforts. No,
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  Speaker 2: the ultimate answer is found in the righteous king God provides.
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  Speaker 2: This righteous king that was coming at this point. Our
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  Speaker 2: point of view, he has already come and he is
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  Speaker 2: about to return. We see the work of God. Hallelujah.
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  Speaker 2: You saw God's plan. Now, Jesus is not simply another teacher.
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  Speaker 2: He is the one who provides righteousness and salvation.
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  Speaker 3: That is beautiful.
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  Speaker 2: The righteous king. Now, think about what we've been studying.
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  Speaker 2: Jeremiah 22 showed us kings who were failing. Chapter 23
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  Speaker 2: begins by condemning shepherds. who are scattering God's people. And
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  Speaker 2: then God says, I'm going to give you the kings
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  Speaker 2: that I'm going to give you the king that you
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  Speaker 2: actually need right here. This, this is awesome, beloved. And
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  Speaker 2: so this is the gospel message found in the Old Testament.
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  Speaker 2: This is about Jesus in the Old Testament. This is
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  Speaker 2: preaching the gospel in the Old Testament. So the New Testament,
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  Speaker 2: you can find the New Testament in the Old Testament
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  Speaker 2: if you just dig. So human leadership is limited at best.
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  Speaker 2: Human righteousness is limited or even if it exists, the
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  Speaker 2: Bible says that our righteousness are as filthy rags. Even
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  Speaker 2: human power has limits. But God's salvation doesn't depend on
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  Speaker 2: us creating the perfect system. God himself has provided the
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  Speaker 2: righteous king Jesus is the righteous branch and that's where
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  Speaker 2: a lot of churches and occults get it mixed up
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  Speaker 2: because they think it's human effort they think that they
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  Speaker 2: have to try harder they think that they have to
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  Speaker 2: keep rules and laws and different things no all we
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  Speaker 2: have to do is put our trust and faith in
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  Speaker 2: the righteousness that God has already provided He's already taken
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  Speaker 2: care of our sin problem. Verse seven, therefore, behold, the
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  Speaker 2: days are coming, says the Lord, that they shall no
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  Speaker 2: longer say as the Lord lives, who brought us up,
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  Speaker 2: who brought up the children of Israel from the land
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  Speaker 2: of Egypt. But as the Lord lives, who brought up
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  Speaker 2: and led the descendants of the house of Israel from
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  Speaker 2: the north country, And from all the countries where I
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  Speaker 2: had driven them, they shall dwell in their land. Hallelujah.
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  Speaker 2: And this week, I can't think of the chapter, but
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  Speaker 2: we read this before where they said that they're not
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  Speaker 2: going to talk about the fact that they brought them
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  Speaker 2: out of Egypt and but because they were gathered back together.
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  Speaker 2: So this shows us right here that there will be
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  Speaker 2: a future deliverance that is so significant that the people
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  Speaker 2: would speak about it alongside and in a sense of
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  Speaker 2: beyond the great exodus from Egypt. God will gather his
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  Speaker 2: people from where they have been scattered. so this is
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  Speaker 2: important because they are about to be captured and taken
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  Speaker 2: into exile at this point but God is a God
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  Speaker 2: of restoration and we need to reach out to him
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  Speaker 2: for that amen from scattering to gathering right There's the
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  Speaker 2: pattern right here. The shepherds scattered, but God gathers. So
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  Speaker 2: the leaders here, they failed. But God, he provides a
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  Speaker 2: righteous king. Even though the people were displaced, God promises
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  Speaker 2: restoration here. The nations experienced judgment, God still had a
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  Speaker 2: future for his people. That is hope, beloved.
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  Speaker 3: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: Let's take a quick break.
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  Speaker 5: You are listening to The Light of Las Vegas.
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  Speaker 6: Everything telling me I better be cautious The ups and
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  Speaker 6: downs of life, yeah, it's making me nauseous I can't
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  Speaker 6: stay the same, I had to make a change But
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  Speaker 6: they just see the old me, I'm trying to find.
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  Speaker 4: A better way Sometimes I blame.
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  Speaker 6: Everybody else when the problem is really me And sometimes
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  Speaker 6: I let my world fall apart over everything And then
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  Speaker 6: that's when you pick me up.
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  Speaker 3: Live me up right now. Live me up right now.
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  Speaker 3: You really live me up. Live me up right now.
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  Speaker 3: Live me up right now. Everything telling me I better
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  Speaker 3: be cautious. The ups and downs of life is making
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  Speaker 3: me nauseous.
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  Speaker 4: I can't slow down. I'm trying to win a race,
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  Speaker 4: but I don't want to. That they got the news
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  Speaker 4: I be.
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  Speaker 3: Up, then I'm down Yeah, I'm.
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  Speaker 5: Right, then I'm wrong Think I got it in control
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  Speaker 5: I be barely.
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  Speaker 4: Holding on Sometimes I blame everybody else When the problem
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  Speaker 4: is really me And sometimes I.
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  Speaker 3: Let my world fall apart Over everything and then that's
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  Speaker 3: when you lift me up.
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  Speaker 5: Lift me up right now Lift me up right now
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  Speaker 5: You really lift me.
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  Speaker 3: Up Live me up right now. Live me up right now.
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  Speaker 3: I need you to lift me up. Lift me up
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  Speaker 3: right now. Live me up right now. You really lift
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  Speaker 3: me up.
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  Speaker 7: Lift me up right now. Live me up right now.
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  Speaker 7: I know I don't deserve it. Your pain was my purchase.
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  Speaker 7: My faith so imperfect.
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  Speaker 3: Lift me up. Lift me up.
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  Speaker 2: At this time, I want to shout out to those
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  Speaker 2: we're going to go ahead and head over to our
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  Speaker 2: we may be healed. Amen. We don't want to just
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  Speaker 2: leave it to that. We want to make sure you're
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  Speaker 2: plugged in to a home church. There are some faithful
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  Speaker 2: pastors out there, faithful ministers out there that are able
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  Speaker 2: to to bless and enhance our life just like this
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  Speaker 2: episode right we're talking about the righteous king the righteous
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  Speaker 2: shepherds those who will gather and not scatter so this
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  Speaker 2: is a part of it allowing ourselves to be held
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  Speaker 2: accountable so the question today is the challenge is Ask
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  Speaker 2: your accountability partner, am I leading anybody in my life?
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  Speaker 3: Right?
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  Speaker 2: Then ask the question, do the people I'm influencing feel served, encouraged,
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  Speaker 2: and protected or controlled and pressured? That is a great question,
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  Speaker 2: especially for pastors and leaders, those who have ministries. Let
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  Speaker 2: me ask that again. And I'm examining myself, right? Do
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  Speaker 2: the people I'm influencing feel served? Do they feel encouraged?
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  Speaker 2: And do they feel protected or do they feel controlled
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  Speaker 2: and pressured? So whatever you're leading, you're leading one person
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  Speaker 2: or 100 people.
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  Speaker 3: This applies.
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  Speaker 2: And pray together and ask God to make you a
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  Speaker 2: better shepherd. Especially men, right? I love to minister to
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  Speaker 2: men because the Bible puts men in leadership. We are
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  Speaker 2: the leaders in the heads of our families. Now the
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  Speaker 2: enemy will deceive women and to make women think that
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  Speaker 2: they are the leaders, but that is out of order
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  Speaker 2: in a family dynamic. Now, I'm not a male chauvinist.
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  Speaker 2: This is not me, but this is the Bible. It's
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  Speaker 2: the word of God. There is an all out attack
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  Speaker 2: against men. The enemy wants men to be passive. He
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  Speaker 2: wants us to be sissies. He doesn't want us to
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  Speaker 2: lead our families. I pray that all of our masculinity
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  Speaker 2: will be working at 100 percent and that we will
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  Speaker 2: be the men that God designed us to be and
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  Speaker 2: called us to be. And we come against all strongholds
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  Speaker 2: of the enemy. We are the protectors and the providers
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  Speaker 2: of our families. And we ask, oh, Lord God, that
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  Speaker 2: you will help us. Amen. By your grace, in the
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  Speaker 2: name of Jesus.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 2: to be ashamed of my brother sitting on the throne
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  Speaker 2: learning the word of god getting deeper into it being
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  Speaker 2: able to answer these questions and understand these bible passages
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  Speaker 2: today so the question is what two specific responsibilities does
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  Speaker 2: jeremiah say the righteous branch will carry out during his
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  Speaker 2: reign let me ask that again what two specific responsibilities
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  Speaker 2: does Jeremiah say the righteous branch will carry out during
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  Speaker 2: his reign so there's two responsibilities that the righteous branch
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  Speaker 2: will carry out where other leaders had failed and man
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  Speaker 2: righteous branch will be successful hallelujah all right i want
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  Speaker 2: to give a community shout out this is where we
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  Speaker 2: we want to put together a care package for the
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  Speaker 3: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: Normally I like to reach out and I'm the one
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  Speaker 2: serving people and reaching out to people. But wow, it's like, man,
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  Speaker 2: you know what? When you sow those seeds, right? When
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  Speaker 2: at all. And that brother just came running across the street.
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  Speaker 2: He got his jack. He ran across the street to
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  Speaker 2: for that. Hallelujah. And so, yes, we do have a
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  Speaker 3: So, beloved, I.
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  Speaker 2: Got some closing remarks here. Amen. Amen. So the big
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  Speaker 2: lesson in today's podcast, today's episode is bad shepherds scatter,
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  Speaker 2: good shepherds feed the flock. Bad leaders exploit the people.
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  Speaker 2: Godly leaders serve the people. And human kings will fail us.
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  Speaker 2: God provides the righteous king. God is our righteousness that
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  Speaker 2: we desire and long for. And the king is ultimately
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  Speaker 2: fulfilled that righteous king that prophecy was fulfilled in our
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  Speaker 2: lord jesus christ so don't put your ultimate hope in
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  Speaker 2: a human leader.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 2: Don't put your identity in a platform. Don't put your
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  Speaker 2: him alone. Jesus is the Lord, our righteousness. So today
• 47:39
  Speaker 2: we saw God's warning to the shepherds who scattered his people,
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  Speaker 2: but we also saw God's promise to gather them back together. Hallelujah.
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  Speaker 2: Then we saw one of the most beautiful promises in Jeremiah,
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  Speaker 2: the righteous branch. Human leaders can fail us, but Jesus doesn't.
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  Speaker 2: Human shepherds can get distracted, but Jesus remains faithful. Human
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  Speaker 2: kingdoms rise and fall, but Christ remains king. So if
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  Speaker 2: you're hurting because someone Representing God failed you. Don't give
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  Speaker 2: up on Jesus because of one person. Take your eyes
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  Speaker 2: off the imperfect shepherd and put your eyes on the
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  Speaker 2: perfect shepherd. Jesus, the righteous branch. Amen. We love you.
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  Speaker 3: Remember.
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  Speaker 2: It's not about us. It's all about the Christ in us.
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