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The Book of Jeremiah, episode 55. Jer 22:6–10 “When Blessing Turns Into Judgment” · His Hop Radio Podcast

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  Speaker 3: the book of Jeremiah chapter 22. And we are in
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  Speaker 3: verse 6. We're going to take it from verse 6
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  Speaker 3: to verse 10. The title of today's message is When
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  Speaker 3: Blessing Turns Into Judgment. This is very, very sobering. So
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  Speaker 3: let us make sure we pay attention. In our last episode,
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  Speaker 3: God commanded the king of Judah to execute judgment and
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  Speaker 3: righteousness and to look to deliver the oppressed and to
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  Speaker 3: stop abusing those who are vulnerable in the community. And
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  Speaker 3: now God explains what is going to happen if they
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  Speaker 3: refuse to listen. And the picture God gives us, Jeremiah
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  Speaker 3: is powerful. He compares the house of the king of
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  Speaker 3: Gilead and the top of Lebanon place in Lebanon. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I believe that's how Lebanon. Yeah, those places were lush
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  Speaker 3: and beautiful.
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 3: And they love they used to get cedars from Lebanon.
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  Speaker 3: So they used to build a palace with the wood
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  Speaker 3: trees and from Lebanon and it was always associated with beauty, strength,
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  Speaker 3: and abundance. But God says that this same place will
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  Speaker 3: become desolate. Why? Because blessings do not cancel obedience. Just
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  Speaker 3: because God has blessed us does not mean we can
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  Speaker 3: stop being obedient to his word and be submitted to him. Amen.
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  Speaker 3: He is our Lord and our savior. So All right.
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  Speaker 3: With that being said, let's go ahead and get our scripture.
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  Speaker 3: Starting in verse six. For this says the Lord to
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  Speaker 3: the house of the king of Judah. You are Gilead
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  Speaker 3: to me.
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  Speaker 1: It looks like you lost another one.
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  Speaker 3: The herd of Lebanon. Yet I surely will make you
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  Speaker 3: a wilderness place. cities which are not inhabited.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 3: We're getting right into it, right? God is describing Judah
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  Speaker 3: and he's describing the royal house in terms of something
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  Speaker 3: valuable and impressive. In other words, Gilead was known for
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  Speaker 3: its Terrific land and resources. A very lush place. Green
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  Speaker 3: cedar wood. Cedar trees came out of the place. If
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  Speaker 3: you read the Bible, King Solomon used the lumber from
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  Speaker 3: Lebanon to build a temple. So God is essentially saying
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  Speaker 3: right here, I have given you something beautiful today. invaluable
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  Speaker 3: but then comes a warning yet surely I will make
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  Speaker 3: it a wilderness now that is a drastic change something
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  Speaker 3: that was once flourishing would become desolate I've seen this
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  Speaker 3: happen in my personal life I've seen this happen in
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  Speaker 3: so many ministries And in so many places, right? And
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  Speaker 3: it's always tragic when it does happen. But the lesson here,
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  Speaker 3: we can't miss it. We can't go past it too fast.
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  Speaker 3: When God blesses can be damaged by our disobedience. God
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  Speaker 3: has given Judah tremendous opportunity. They had the temple. He
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  Speaker 3: gave he made a covenant with the nation. He gave
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  Speaker 3: them their laws and how to interact and how to
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  Speaker 3: have this marital relationship together. They had the very throne
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  Speaker 3: of David. And in the last episode, we talked about
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  Speaker 3: how rich in history they godly dynasty that was a
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  Speaker 3: godly legacy that david left his descendants they had prophets
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  Speaker 3: that spoke directly to them This nation had a awesome
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  Speaker 3: history with God, but having blessings doesn't mean we can
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  Speaker 3: live however we want. Sometimes people think God has blessed me.
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  Speaker 3: So something I'm doing must be OK. I must be
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  Speaker 3: doing something right. Right. Just because the blessing is there.
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  Speaker 3: But no, a blessing is not necessarily God's approval of
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  Speaker 3: something that we are doing.
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  Speaker 5: Right?
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  Speaker 3: Sometimes God blesses you because he is giving you an
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  Speaker 3: opportunity to use what you've received for his purpose.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 3: Sometimes a blessing is not for you. There's an assignment
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  Speaker 3: attached to it. Maybe there's a hungry family. Maybe there's
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  Speaker 3: a ministry you're supposed to be supporting. Maybe there are
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  Speaker 3: souls attached to $ 5, $ 2 that you could give in support. Right?
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 3: Verse 7. I will prepare destroyers against you. Everyone with
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  Speaker 3: his weapons. They shall cut down your choice cedars and
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  Speaker 3: cast them into the fire. Wow. Now, God gives Jeremiah
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  Speaker 3: a picture of destruction right here. Could you imagine this?
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  Speaker 3: Us living in the United States, we've never really feared
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  Speaker 3: other countries invading us. I mean, yes, we were in
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  Speaker 3: competition with Russia for years. I do acknowledge the Cold War,
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  Speaker 3: but we've never experienced soldiers walking up and down the
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  Speaker 3: streets of our neighborhoods. from a foreign country threatening us
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  Speaker 3: for two reasons one we do have a powerful military
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  Speaker 3: and at one point we were the most powerful military
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  Speaker 3: in the world I'm not sure if we still have
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  Speaker 3: that status anymore but we're still up there we're still
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  Speaker 3: a force to be reckoned with and also the second
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  Speaker 3: reason is the citizens of our country We have had
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  Speaker 3: the right to bear arms for 250 years. There are
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  Speaker 3: so many guns in this country. It is not the
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  Speaker 3: army that they fear. It is the citizens. There'd be
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  Speaker 3: so many bullets. They wouldn't even know where to look.
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  Speaker 3: If we were invaded like that, like they would really
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  Speaker 3: have to take us out. In order to get this
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  Speaker 3: country now. Nothing is too hard for God. It's not
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  Speaker 3: like it can't happen if we keep running away and
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  Speaker 3: turning our backs on God, just like God is doing
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  Speaker 3: to Judah. He said that these men are coming with weapons.
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  Speaker 3: They're coming to invade the land. The enemy will cut
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  Speaker 3: them down even though the choice cedars were something valuable
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  Speaker 3: what they had built up would be torn down what
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  Speaker 3: looked strong would suddenly be vulnerable so God is showing
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  Speaker 3: them what the destruction is about to look like right
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  Speaker 3: judgment when people continually reject God's warning. God doesn't bring
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  Speaker 3: judgment without first giving people opportunities to repent. That is merciful.
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  Speaker 3: That is a beautiful God. And I repent on a
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  Speaker 3: daily basis, beloved, like I don't want to waste a second. Now,
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  Speaker 3: Judah had been warned repeatedly and the prophets, they have
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  Speaker 3: spoken to the nation, but God had called the nation
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  Speaker 3: to turn back to him. But persistent rebellion eventually produces consequences.
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  Speaker 3: The destruction Jeremiah describes isn't simply about buildings or political power.
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  Speaker 3: It represents the consequences of turning away from God after
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  Speaker 3: repeatedly being given the opportunity to return back to him.
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  Speaker 3: And man, we need Jesus, y'all. America needs Jesus. Verse 8,
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  Speaker 3: and many nations will pass by the city and everyone
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  Speaker 3: will say to his neighbor, why has the Lord done
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  Speaker 3: so to this great city? Why has the Lord done
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  Speaker 3: so to this great city now? Imagine that for a second.
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  Speaker 3: Look at this scene. Foreign nations walk past Jerusalem. They
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  Speaker 3: see what happened. They look at the city that once
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  Speaker 3: appeared great and they ask, why did God allow this
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  Speaker 3: to happen? Now that becomes an object lesson. That becomes
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  Speaker 3: a Bible study. They ask directly. They know that Jerusalem
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  Speaker 3: has always been associated with God. His name was there. Now,
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  Speaker 3: the reason why this is important is because judgment would
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  Speaker 3: become a testimony. People would see the consequences and ask
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  Speaker 3: what caused it. That would be an opportunity to learn.
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  Speaker 3: Even in destruction, God could use it. Amen? Do you
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  Speaker 3: want to be a lesson or message to people. Verse nine,
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  Speaker 3: then they will answer because they have forsaken the covenant
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  Speaker 3: of the Lord, their God, and worship other gods and
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  Speaker 3: served them. Man, I mean, that is just a straight
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  Speaker 3: up lesson. Like that is, I mean, that is a
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  Speaker 3: testimony right there. Now, Here are the inhabitants of the land.
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  Speaker 3: They tempt them to worship their gods. And then once
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  Speaker 3: they get destroyed and then they say, wow, they worship
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  Speaker 3: other gods. That is why the Lord God has dealt
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  Speaker 3: with them this way, right? They forsook God's covenant. They
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  Speaker 3: abandoned their relationship with God. They replaced God with other
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  Speaker 3: gods with a lowercase g. This wasn't simply political failure, beloved.
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  Speaker 3: It was spiritual rebellion against God. Ideology changes everything. Jeremiah
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  Speaker 3: keeps bringing us back to this issue throughout this book.
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  Speaker 3: Judah wasn't merely making a few bad decisions here. They
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  Speaker 3: were rejecting God straight out. And that's where we have
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  Speaker 3: to be careful, even as today, most people aren't bowing
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  Speaker 3: down to carved statues, but an idol doesn't have to
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  Speaker 3: be made of wood or stone for it to become
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  Speaker 3: an idol in our hearts. Anything that takes God's rightful
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  Speaker 3: place in our hearts can become an idol. It could
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  Speaker 3: be money. It could be fame. A relationship, your spouse
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  Speaker 3: could become an idol. Your children can become idols. Success
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  Speaker 3: can become an idol. Your career could become an idol.
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  Speaker 3: Do you give more energy and more effort in your
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  Speaker 3: career than you do in seeking God? Right? Even ministry
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  Speaker 3: can become an idol. If the work becomes more important
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  Speaker 3: than us to us, then. the God we are supposed
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  Speaker 3: to be serving, right? The question isn't simply, do I
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  Speaker 3: have idols? The question is, is anything competing with God
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  Speaker 3: for first place in my life? Amen. Who is competing
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  Speaker 3: for first place in our hearts? Whatever it is, beloved,
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  Speaker 3: If it's not God, it's considered an idol. And it's
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  Speaker 3: something that we definitely got to pray against. Verse 10,
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  Speaker 3: weep not for the dead. Nor become. Nor bemoan them.
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  Speaker 3: Weep bitterly for him who goes away. For he shall
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  Speaker 3: return no more. Nor see his native country.
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  Speaker 2: That.
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  Speaker 1: That.
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  Speaker 3: It's heartbreaking. Now this verse requires us to slow down
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  Speaker 3: for a little bit. Let's park for a second. Jeremiah
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  Speaker 3: tells the people don't weep for the dead. Instead weep
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  Speaker 3: for the person who is going away into captivity. Now
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  Speaker 3: it's talking about the coming exile. Those who will go
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  Speaker 3: into Babylon. The people were going to experience something worse
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  Speaker 3: than simply mourning someone who had died or who was
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  Speaker 3: killed in this besiege, in this battle. Now, they would
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  Speaker 3: watch people being taken away from their homelands And I
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  Speaker 3: can't help but to think about the United States at
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  Speaker 3: the time where they had slavery in this country and
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  Speaker 3: being a black man, you know, my descendants, my ancestors
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  Speaker 3: were taken from their native country. And they were put
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  Speaker 3: into chains and they were brought to the United States. Now,
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  Speaker 3: I don't speak out of bitterness or out of racism
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  Speaker 3: or anything like that because I believe spiritually Africa has
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  Speaker 3: been entrenched in witchcraft and idolatry for years. I think
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  Speaker 3: it was an act of mercy.
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  Speaker 1: Looks like you lost another one.
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  Speaker 3: That we were delivered from that and that we were
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  Speaker 3: introduced to the God of heaven when we came to
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  Speaker 3: the United States. Now, this is not me saying I
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  Speaker 3: support slavery. I'm just talking about the spiritual side of it.
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  Speaker 3: I want every man to be free. And of course,
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  Speaker 3: we have been reading, if you haven't heard or listened
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  Speaker 3: to the last podcast, we saw God's attitude about those
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  Speaker 3: who are being oppressed and God doesn't want his people oppressed.
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  Speaker 3: God will judge a nation for oppressing the vulnerable instead
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  Speaker 3: of supporting and helping them. So that's not what I'm
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  Speaker 3: saying at all. But spiritually, everything was so corrupt in
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  Speaker 3: Africa that it is not above God to judge. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: just think about it. Was it a judgment of God?
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  Speaker 3: I think it was. If God will do it to Judah,
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  Speaker 3: how come he won't do it to Africa and other
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  Speaker 3: nations of the world? But also, I believe it was
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  Speaker 3: an act of mercy as well so that our descendants
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  Speaker 3: can get away from a witchcraft environment. But here in
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  Speaker 3: the passage, they would not see their homeland And that
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  Speaker 3: person will not return to see his native country. It's happened.
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  Speaker 3: If it happens to them, why not us? Now, think
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  Speaker 3: about what Jerusalem is going through and the message of Jeremiah.
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  Speaker 3: Death will bring grief, right? It's just a part of it.
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  Speaker 3: We all have loved ones that we grieve and that
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  Speaker 3: we miss, but exile brings another kind of pain. You
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  Speaker 3: don't just lose someone, you watch them leave. You don't
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  Speaker 3: know what their future will look like. You don't know
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  Speaker 3: when or if they will ever come back home. And
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  Speaker 3: Jeremiah is essentially saying, don't miss the real tragedy here.
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  Speaker 3: The real tragedy is that sin is, the real tragedy
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  Speaker 3: is what sin is producing the consequences of their rebellion.
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  Speaker 3: And if we're not careful, and if we don't deal
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  Speaker 3: with sin in our own lives, it could most definitely
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  Speaker 3: affect us. Sometimes we just, we focus so much on
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  Speaker 3: the visible consequences that we forget to examine the spiritual
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  Speaker 3: condition that caused them. Let me say that again. We
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  Speaker 3: focus so much on the physical consequences that we forget
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  Speaker 3: about the spiritual condition that caused them that's exactly my
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  Speaker 3: point when it comes when it came to slavery in
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  Speaker 3: this country what was going on spiritually that could have
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  Speaker 3: caused the consequences and even United States of America we
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  Speaker 3: are not above God's law America is not above the
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  Speaker 3: Ten Commandments and That's a t-shirt right there. Amen. So
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  Speaker 3: the big lesson here is blessing doesn't replace obedience.
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  Speaker 6: God can give you opportunity, resources, influence, and success, but
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  Speaker 6: those things don't give you permission to abandon him at all.
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  Speaker 3: Amen. Amen. And also, persistent rebellion eventually produces consequences. God
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  Speaker 3: is patient. God will send warning after warning. God gives
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  Speaker 3: opportunity to repent. But we should never mistake God's patience
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  Speaker 3: for God's approval. And idolatry always competes with our relationship
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  Speaker 3: with God. Judah They did not just simply have a
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  Speaker 3: weak political system in the nation. They became spiritually unfaithful.
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  Speaker 3: There's a difference. They abandoned the covenant and worshipped other gods.
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  Speaker 3: What do you think America is doing right now? Satan
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  Speaker 3: worship is on the rise. So many religious influences other
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  Speaker 3: than I mean I'm talking about a cult like Islam
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  Speaker 3: is on the rise in this nation. And they say
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  Speaker 3: openly that they want to destroy America. And all we
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  Speaker 3: have to do is look at Europe. Look at what
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  Speaker 3: Muslims are doing in Europe. And we can see what
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  Speaker 3: their plan and what their strategy is for the United States.
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  Speaker 3: I believe that they will be the foot soldiers for
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  Speaker 3: the Antichrist. Because in their religion, they believe in murder.
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  Speaker 3: They are commanded to kill Christians and Jews. And that
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  Speaker 3: is so demonic. All right, beloved, let's take a quick break.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to go in now.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, okay.
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  Speaker 2: It ain't nothing to talk about. I see they fake. Hey,
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  Speaker 2: it ain't nothing to talk about. I see they hate.
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  Speaker 5: Time to clear the whole room.
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  Speaker 2: Watch me renovate. Time to clear the whole room. Watch me.
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  Speaker 5: Hey, big truck coming like a U-Haul. Got grooved in.
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  Speaker 5: Tell them back, back.
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  Speaker 2: I'm about to move in. Time to clear the whole room.
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  Speaker 2: Watch me renovate. Watch me renovate. Time to clear the
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  Speaker 2: whole room.
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  Speaker 3: Let me.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, hey.
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  Speaker 5: Truck coming like a U-Haul, got grooved in. Tell them back, back,
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  Speaker 5: I'm about to move in. We gon' do construction in
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  Speaker 5: the building, brought them tools in. Glued in, Yahweh on
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  Speaker 5: my side, boy, I ain't losing. I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm
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  Speaker 5: turnt up to the maximum. I'm swerving in the maximum.
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  Speaker 5: They wanna show, I'm taxing them. I did it, I
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  Speaker 5: did it, I did it without asking them. I'm plain
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  Speaker 5: Jane down, I'm different, I ain't matching them.
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  Speaker 5: .
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  Speaker 2: .
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  Speaker 5: on them you
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  Speaker 5: can't kill a spirit with a bullet knock the sin
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  Speaker 5: off them i just left the trenches i got 10
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  Speaker 5: off them oh wow you ain't wipe.
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  Speaker 2: The nose you just pretend don't you pop up in
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  Speaker 2: your city comfort and feel like i'm.
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  Speaker 5: Bulletproof your angels on my side i hit the stage and.
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  Speaker 2: Send them through the roof they know that i be rapping.
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  Speaker 5: Out i'm asking is it really you beep beep Let
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  Speaker 5: me show them what I really do.
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  Speaker 2: It ain't nothing to talk about. I see they fake.
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  Speaker 2: It ain't nothing to talk about. I see they hate.
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  Speaker 2: Time to clear the whole room. Watch me renovate. Time
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  Speaker 2: to clear the whole room. Watch me hate. Big truck
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  Speaker 2: coming like a U-Haul. Got grooved in.
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  Speaker 5: Tell them back, back. I'm about to move in. Time
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  Speaker 5: to clear the whole room.
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  Speaker 2: Watch me renovate. Watch me renovate. Time to clear the
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  Speaker 2: whole room, let me leave.
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  Speaker 7: Leave it up to Ringo for to get me out
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  Speaker 7: my element. Heaven sent, but I'm still big stepping like
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  Speaker 7: an elephant. Play with me, I'm snitching when I pray,
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  Speaker 7: but I be telling it. Used to be a handyman
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  Speaker 7: to things that I knew better than like half a
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  Speaker 7: boy dead with a little season. I was deviling. Life
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  Speaker 7: is not a game. If you still breathing, better cherish it.
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  Speaker 7: Boasted up with grace, I'm with that season.
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  Speaker 2: We in fellowship. Fell off a couple times. I used
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  Speaker 2: to think that I would never slip. I'm up. Man,
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  Speaker 2: you know exactly what it do. I'm hollering.
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  Speaker 3: Beep, beep. Clear the room, that tractor coming through.
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  Speaker 2: Hold it balanced. Man, I feel like Michael.
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  Speaker 3: Jackson when I move.
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  Speaker 2: I be like, hee, hee. Hold on.
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  Speaker 3: Demons try to take me out.
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  Speaker 2: I had to hit them with that bing, boop, bop, bam.
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  Speaker 3: Wonder would you love me still if you could.
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  Speaker 2: See who I am. You be calling y'all way back
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  Speaker 2: to back. Me too, I spam.
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  Speaker 3: Ringo, they still hating after that.
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  Speaker 2: Me too, got. Hold on. It ain't nothing to talk about.
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  Speaker 2: I see they think.
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  Speaker 4: Let go.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, it ain't nothing to talk about. I see they hate. Yo,
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  Speaker 2: time to clear the whole room. Watch me renovate. Time
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  Speaker 2: to clear the whole room. Watch me.
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  Speaker 5: Hey, big truck coming like a U-Haul. Got grooved in.
• 31:21
  Speaker 5: Tell them back, back. I'm about to move in. Time
• 31:23
  Speaker 5: to clear the whole room.
• 31:24
  Speaker 2: Watch me renovate. Watch me renovate. Time to clear the
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  Speaker 2: whole room. Let me cook. It's time to renovate. We'll
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  Speaker 2: be right back. I'm rolling.
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  Speaker 8: I'm going in. Started this at 14. My daddy thought
• 31:56
  Speaker 8: it'd be a phase. Started with a must of C9s
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  Speaker 8: like the Himalayas.
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  Speaker 2: Never seen so many.
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  Speaker 8: Salty people who ain't got no flavor. OG, I'm the
• 32:03
  Speaker 8: coach now, but somehow I still keep it playing. Sure
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  Speaker 8: you want to hop up in the swan water with
• 32:07
  Speaker 8: the Gators? Ringo already told us that this ain't no entertainment.
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  Speaker 8: So use those cheat codes for extra lives and best
• 32:13
  Speaker 8: of luck with gaming.
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  Speaker 4: You are listening to The Light of Las Vegas.
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  Speaker 3: This is Yo, yo, we are back from the break.
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  Speaker 3: That was the Ringo on the musical break there. Check
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  Speaker 3: them out. One of my wife's and my daughter's favorites,
• 32:51
  Speaker 3: the Ringo. He's got some hot CHH. If you want
• 32:57
  Speaker 3: to look up some new artists. Now it is time
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  Speaker 3: for the accountability partner segment. One of the reasons why
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  Speaker 3: we love meeting together every day is so that we
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  Speaker 3: can pray and uplift and support one another. The Bible
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  Speaker 3: says iron sharpens iron. Fellowship is a blessing. So I
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  Speaker 3: want to give a shout out to my brother Zone.
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  Speaker 3: I am so glad, my brother, that God is blessing you,
• 33:29
  Speaker 3: oh God, with this podcast. Blessing you, oh God. But
• 33:33
  Speaker 3: God is blessing you, my brother, with this podcast. I
• 33:38
  Speaker 3: pray that it will be a blessing to you and
• 33:39
  Speaker 3: your family. And we definitely want to grow and we
• 33:48
  Speaker 3: we get hundreds of people who download the podcast but
• 33:51
  Speaker 3: we want more people to log into the live chat
• 33:57
  Speaker 3: because we we want to get to know who you
• 34:00
  Speaker 3: are who are you out there you know all i
• 34:03
  Speaker 3: can see is this microphone so my way to see
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  Speaker 3: you guys is in the chat in our community if
• 34:12
  Speaker 3: you guys log in what's up to our brother corinth
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  Speaker 3: corinth is a comedian If you look him up, I
• 34:20
  Speaker 3: believe his YouTube is You Play Too Much, something like that.
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  Speaker 3: So shout out to y'all who log in and support us.
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  Speaker 3: And so talking about accountability, the challenge for today is
• 34:36
  Speaker 3: get in touch with your accountability partner and ask them,
• 34:41
  Speaker 3: what is the thing that become an idol in my life? Now,
• 34:52
  Speaker 3: do not defend yourself. Just throw it out there. Just
• 34:57
  Speaker 3: ask the question and listen. Then ask the question, what
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  Speaker 3: can I do this week to put God back in
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  Speaker 3: first place? How can I put God back in the
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  Speaker 3: first place? This isn't about condemnation is about examination examine
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  Speaker 3: our hearts and see what the spirit is telling us
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  Speaker 3: at this moment sometimes we need somebody who loves us
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  Speaker 3: enough to tell us something that even if we don't
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  Speaker 3: want to hear it right that's why i gotta be
• 35:32
  Speaker 3: careful even myself that i'm not pursuing a platform as
• 35:37
  Speaker 3: much as i want to Reopen the club as much
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  Speaker 3: as I want this podcast to grow, as much as
• 35:43
  Speaker 3: I want listeners to grow on the radio station. I
• 35:47
  Speaker 3: want more website visits. I want more app downloads. I
• 35:51
  Speaker 3: would love to be able to do this full time.
• 35:53
  Speaker 3: You know, I work a full time gig, but my
• 35:58
  Speaker 3: passion and my heart is to be able to to
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  Speaker 3: run this organization full time and to be able to
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  Speaker 3: bless my family and bless our community. But am I
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  Speaker 3: chasing a platform or am I chasing God? I love it.
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  Speaker 3: Sometimes it gets great. I ain't gonna lie. I have
• 36:19
  Speaker 3: to look at my energy. I have to look at
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  Speaker 3: where am I spending, investing my time. I have to
• 36:26
  Speaker 3: look at a lot of these things and a lot
• 36:27
  Speaker 3: of these Bible studies are convicting to me just as
• 36:32
  Speaker 3: well as the people who listen. Any good Pastor, preacher
• 36:38
  Speaker 3: worth worth his salt will tell you that they were
• 36:41
  Speaker 3: convicted first before they brought the message. So pray for me, beloved.
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  Speaker 3: Pray that this is my accountability moment right here. You know,
• 36:54
  Speaker 3: pray that this platform will not become an idol or
• 36:58
  Speaker 3: even relationships, you know, my marriage or other people. In
• 37:03
  Speaker 3: my life that they will not have a louder voice
• 37:05
  Speaker 3: than the word of God in my life. That that's
• 37:08
  Speaker 3: my prayer request today. That's my accountability. I appreciate y'all. Also,
• 37:16
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• 37:32
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• 37:37
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• 37:40
  Speaker 3: of promos running right now. We got some songs that
• 37:43
  Speaker 3: have been added to the new track of the week. So, amen.
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  Speaker 3: We appreciate y'all. Now at this moment. Let's go to
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  Speaker 3: the community and log in. By the way, our accountability,
• 38:06
  Speaker 3: our community. We even have a question for the episode,
• 38:10
  Speaker 3: but I don't go over the question on the podcast.
• 38:14
  Speaker 3: That is strictly for the community. So if you want
• 38:18
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• 38:22
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• 38:26
  Speaker 3: All these exercises are to help us grow in our
• 38:31
  Speaker 3: relationship with God so the trivia challenge today let's see
• 38:40
  Speaker 3: if we can get zone 3 some competition the first
• 38:45
  Speaker 3: person to answer the question wins and becomes a trivia
• 38:52
  Speaker 3: champion instantly let's see if zone is able to stay
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  Speaker 3: on the throne, or is he going to get knocked
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  Speaker 3: off today? So head on over to the community, get
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  Speaker 3: your fingers ready, and the question is, what explanation is
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  Speaker 3: given for why people would ask why the Lord had
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  Speaker 3: done such a thing to this great city? Let me
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  Speaker 3: ask that again. What is the explanation given for why
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  Speaker 3: people would ask why the Lord had done such a
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  Speaker 3: thing in this great city? If you need to read
• 39:37
  Speaker 3: this chapter, I'm not going to tell you exactly where
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  Speaker 3: it is, but read the chapter, the full chapter and
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  Speaker 3: find the answer. But If you've been paying attention, it
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  Speaker 3: should be an easy one. All right. Now our community
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  Speaker 3: shout out. Once again, we had a great event. September 12th.
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  Speaker 3: We went to Doolittle Park. We blessed the community. So
• 40:09
  Speaker 3: many children out there. Also, we have some other events
• 40:13
  Speaker 3: coming up. We have a glow night coming up. This
• 40:16
  Speaker 3: is going to be a youth night for this huge
• 40:20
  Speaker 3: event that's coming to town it's going to be awesome
• 40:25
  Speaker 3: uh actually i got to get more information about it
• 40:29
  Speaker 3: myself i've been talking to the people uh there's a
• 40:33
  Speaker 3: church that is doing an event i believe late october
• 40:37
  Speaker 3: i'm going to be working with the police department they
• 40:40
  Speaker 3: have a trunk or treat scheduled i have to get
• 40:44
  Speaker 3: information for that and also we're starting to plan for
• 40:48
  Speaker 3: our christmas this will be our fifth annual christmas event
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  Speaker 3: this year community event so if y'all wanna bless the
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  Speaker 3: community if y'all want to volunteer and be a part
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  Speaker 3: of it or if you know of families that can
• 41:05
  Speaker 3: use some extra toys and some extra help this year
• 41:08
  Speaker 3: we're probably going to start our signups early this year
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  Speaker 3: to get the word out So you can sign up
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  Speaker 3: on our website, hishopnation.com or on the app, His Hop
• 41:19
  Speaker 3: Radio on all platforms. If you want to get signed
• 41:23
  Speaker 3: up there and also we'll be looking for artists to
• 41:26
  Speaker 3: come and minister on that day. We also want to
• 41:36
  Speaker 3: let you know that His Hop Nation is a 501c3,
• 41:39
  Speaker 3: a nonprofit organization that We opened up a Christian club
• 41:44
  Speaker 3: in 2012. We're looking to relaunch, reopen so that we
• 41:49
  Speaker 3: can be a blessing to reach our community. We also
• 41:52
  Speaker 3: have youth programs and classes that we want to put
• 41:56
  Speaker 3: out there. There's just so much we're doing and we
• 41:59
  Speaker 3: would like to do. But we're asking for support. We
• 42:05
  Speaker 3: do have to sustain it financially. $ 5, $ 2 a month
• 42:08
  Speaker 3: helps If you want to be a monthly supporter or
• 42:14
  Speaker 3: if you want to give on an annual basis, that's fine.
• 42:19
  Speaker 3: If you know of any grants or grant writers that
• 42:21
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• 42:25
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• 42:33
  Speaker 3: And you can also go to hishopnation.org and you can
• 42:38
  Speaker 3: be a blessing that way as well. And the great
• 42:44
  Speaker 3: thing about it is it is all tax deductible. You
• 42:47
  Speaker 3: can write it off on your taxes. It is a
• 42:51
  Speaker 3: blessing to be a blessing. All right, well, let's close
• 42:58
  Speaker 3: out with some final comments. Closing remarks. Amen. Jeremiah 22,
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  Speaker 3: 6 through 10 is a warning against Taking God's blessing
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  Speaker 3: for granted. Judah had been given something beautiful, but beauty
• 43:19
  Speaker 3: didn't protect them from judgment. Position didn't protect them. History
• 43:28
  Speaker 3: did not protect them. The throne of David did not
• 43:31
  Speaker 3: protect them. What mattered was whether they remained faithful to God.
• 43:39
  Speaker 3: That's the challenge for us today, right? Don't let God's
• 43:42
  Speaker 3: blessing become substitutes for his presence. Now we can use
• 43:51
  Speaker 3: what God has given to us. We can enjoy what
• 43:54
  Speaker 3: God has blessed us with. Build with what God gives you,
• 44:00
  Speaker 3: but never worship the blessing. Worship the one who gave it. Amen.
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  Speaker 8: Amen.
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  Speaker 3: So that's it for today's episode. Thank you for tuning
• 44:14
  Speaker 3: in to the His Heart Radio podcast. This is verse
• 44:18
  Speaker 3: by verse. Jeremiah 22, verse 6 through 10 reminds us
• 44:23
  Speaker 3: that God takes covenant seriously. Leadership carries responsibility and rebellion
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  Speaker 3: has consequences. It reminds us that anything can become an
• 44:41
  Speaker 3: idol when we allow it to take God's place. So, beloved,
• 44:47
  Speaker 3: let's check our hearts, check our priorities, check our platform,
• 44:52
  Speaker 3: check our relationships, check our ambitions. Ask ourselves, is God
• 45:00
  Speaker 3: still first? Amen. That's a T-shirt right there. If the
• 45:11
  Speaker 3: answer is yes, then keep him first. If the answer
• 45:14
  Speaker 3: is no, don't run from him. Come back to him.
• 45:23
  Speaker 3: This is your brother, Mr. His Hop. You can find
• 45:26
  Speaker 3: me on all social media platforms, Mr. His Hop. Also,
• 45:31
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• 45:33
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• 46:08
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