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The Book of Jeremiah, episode 52. Jer 21:1–8 — “The Way of Life and the Way of Death” · His Hop Radio Podcast

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  Speaker 2: Other than that, it was pretty chill, pretty relaxing. Hopefully
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  Speaker 2: holiday and things like that. Well, this is Verse by
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  Speaker 2: We are in chapter 21 of the book of Jeremiah.
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  Speaker 2: We're just going to go through the first eight verses.
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  Speaker 2: Just a little bit of background. We've been following Jeremiah
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  Speaker 2: through some extremely difficult moments. He's been rejected. He's been beaten, mocked,
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  Speaker 2: even threatened. And Jeremiah got a little discouraged. I can't
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  Speaker 2: blame him. I think all of us would if we
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  Speaker 2: were in his shoes. And now we're at the point
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  Speaker 2: where the king is sending messengers to Jeremiah. He wants
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  Speaker 2: to know what's going to happen. He noticed that there
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  Speaker 2: is a battle. There is a war that is about
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  Speaker 2: to take place. And so it's going to be pretty deep.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to get deep on this episode. So let's
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  Speaker 2: go before the Father in prayer. Oh, Heavenly Father, we
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  Speaker 2: thank you, Father God, for another opportunity to study your word.
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  Speaker 2: As we look at Jeremiah chapter 21, 1 through 8,
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  Speaker 2: give us ears to hear what the Lord is saying.
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  Speaker 2: Help us understand the difference between asking you to bless
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  Speaker 2: our plans and actually surrendering our plans over to you, Father. Oh, God,
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  Speaker 2: give us humble hearts. Oh, God, Lord, we humble ourselves. God,
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  Speaker 2: help us respond to your correction instead of resisting it. Lord,
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  Speaker 2: when we hear the word of the Lord for our lives.
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  Speaker 2: And when you show us the way we need to go,
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  Speaker 2: give us the courage to obey and to go those directions. Father,
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  Speaker 2: we ask this in Jesus mighty name. Amen and amen. Alright,
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  Speaker 2: so I'm excited. We're starting a whole new chapter. Chapter
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  Speaker 2: 21 and verse 1 says, Word which came to Jeremiah
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  Speaker 2: from the Lord when King Zedekiah sent to him Pasher.
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  Speaker 2: Now remember, Pasher is the one who beat him and
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  Speaker 2: put him in stocks. Pasher was the high priest. And
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  Speaker 2: Pasher was one of the leaders in persecuting the prophet.
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  Speaker 2: And he was a false prophet himself trying to comfort
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  Speaker 2: the people with lies. Now, Pasher, the son of Meleshek
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  Speaker 2: and Zedekiah, the son of Mashiach, the priest saying, please
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  Speaker 2: inquire of the Lord for us. For Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon,
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  Speaker 2: makes war against us. Now, this is not news. This
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  Speaker 2: is old news. This is what Jeremiah has been saying
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  Speaker 2: the whole time was going to happen. But the prophet
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  Speaker 2: was telling the people that they were going to have
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  Speaker 2: peace when it's actually war. So be careful of ministers
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  Speaker 2: that will comfort you in a lifestyle of sin. Perhaps
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  Speaker 2: the Lord will deal with us according to all his
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  Speaker 2: wonderful works and that the king may go away from us. Amen.
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  Speaker 2: That's pretty straightforward, but we're going to break it down
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  Speaker 2: a little further, right? Now, the king wants Jeremiah to
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  Speaker 2: ask the Lord whether God will perform a miracle. Of course,
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  Speaker 2: they have a history, a rich history of God moving
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  Speaker 2: for them. God has moved for other kings in the
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  Speaker 2: Old Testament. David, for one, God has blessed David to
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  Speaker 2: win every battle and things like that. One king that
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  Speaker 2: I'm thinking about is Jehoshaphat, how God moved for him
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  Speaker 2: and defeated the army that was coming against him. So
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  Speaker 2: he wanted, Zedekiah wanted God to move for him like
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  Speaker 2: he did For the kings of old, right? He wanted
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  Speaker 2: King Nebuchadnezzar to leave Jerusalem. Now, let's think about what's
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  Speaker 2: happening right here. The king knows Jeremiah is God's prophet.
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  Speaker 2: The king knew that Jeremiah has been delivering God's word.
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  Speaker 2: And now that Judah is in serious trouble, he wants
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  Speaker 2: Jeremiah to go and ask God for help. Now, how
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  Speaker 2: come he didn't ask? He said, Pastor, if you really
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  Speaker 2: trusted in him, how come you didn't ask him all
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  Speaker 2: these questions? Right now, his request right here. It shows
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  Speaker 2: you how. desperate the king got in the desperation of
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  Speaker 2: the leader, right? It shows his desperation. They wanted God's
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  Speaker 2: intervention against Babylon, but they had not truly dealt with
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  Speaker 2: the disobedience that had brought them this punishment. Ain't that
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  Speaker 2: the human heart? We want to escape the consequences, but
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  Speaker 2: you do not want to change our behavior. They were
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  Speaker 2: looking for deliverance from the consequences without truly submitting to God. Now,
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  Speaker 2: we really need to think about this. This is deep.
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  Speaker 2: This is something to think about. Sometimes we pray, Lord,
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  Speaker 2: get me out of this situation, but we don't pray, Lord,
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  Speaker 2: show me what got me here. That That is good revelation, right? Now,
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  Speaker 2: those are two separate prayers. We want God to remove
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  Speaker 2: the consequences, but sometimes God wants us to examine the
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  Speaker 2: choices that produced the consequences. What brought you here in
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  Speaker 2: the first place? And they were just not willing to
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  Speaker 2: do that. Let's go. Verse three and four. Then Jeremiah
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  Speaker 2: said to them, thus you shall say to Zedekiah. Thus
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  Speaker 2: says the Lord God of Israel, behold, I will turn
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  Speaker 2: back the weapons of war that are in your hands.
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  Speaker 2: Now that's scary. With which you fight against the king
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  Speaker 2: of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you besides the walls.
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  Speaker 2: And I will assemble them in the midst of this city. Wow.
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  Speaker 2: Let's break that down. That's pretty deep right here. So
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  Speaker 2: Jeremiah responds to the king's messengers and the king's answer.
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  Speaker 4: It looks like you lost another one.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Is not, oh, don't worry. I'm going to destroy Babylon.
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  Speaker 2: There's going to be peace in the city. His other
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  Speaker 2: prophets were prophesying that I'm going to take their weapons
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  Speaker 2: and throw them away. No, that is not what he heard. Instead,
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  Speaker 2: God says that he himself is going to fight against Jerusalem.
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  Speaker 2: Now that right there was that I'd have been shaking
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  Speaker 2: in my boots if I heard a prophecy like that, right?
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  Speaker 2: Judah thought Babylon was the enemy, but God tells him
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  Speaker 2: that because of your rebellions, He is opposing them in
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  Speaker 2: this judgment. Now, let this be a reminder to us.
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  Speaker 2: You don't want to spend your life fighting against God
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  Speaker 2: while thinking you're only fighting against your consequences. We have
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  Speaker 2: to really discern and determine everything. Are these consequences of
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  Speaker 2: my own actions in which God allowed? Sometimes the biggest
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  Speaker 2: problem isn't what's happening around you. The biggest problem is
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  Speaker 2: what is going on between you and God? Are you
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  Speaker 2: fighting with God? Have you become an enemy of God?
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  Speaker 2: The Bible says friendship with the world is enmity with
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  Speaker 2: God and the scripture says doesn't play around with this.
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  Speaker 2: God tells us what's acceptable. God tells us what is
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  Speaker 2: not acceptable. If we choose to live the life that
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  Speaker 2: is not acceptable to God, you become his enemy. You
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  Speaker 2: think that you're hating on Christians. You think you can
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  Speaker 2: rewrite the Bible. You think you can change scriptures to
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  Speaker 2: fit your lifestyle when in reality you You have become
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  Speaker 2: an enemy of Almighty God. That's not good, beloved. All right.
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  Speaker 2: Where are we at? Verse five. Verse five. I myself
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  Speaker 2: will fight against you with an outstretched hand, with a
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  Speaker 2: strong arm. Now, an outstretched hand and a strong arm
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  Speaker 2: that is leading an army into battle. Even in anger
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  Speaker 2: and fury and great wrath. Now, we have to learn.
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  Speaker 2: I always say we have to learn about God's character. Right.
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  Speaker 2: We have to learn the whole counsel of God. God
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  Speaker 2: has anger. He has fury. And he has great wrath.
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  Speaker 2: We're talking about the God who created the whole entire universe.
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  Speaker 2: He created, look at, go outside tonight. Look at the stars.
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  Speaker 2: Look at the moon. Look at this universe that God
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  Speaker 2: has created. The same God who created this very planet
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  Speaker 2: that we're standing on can get angry. Even more than angry,
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  Speaker 2: he can become furious. And his wrath can become great.
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  Speaker 2: How much more should we study his word and learn
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  Speaker 2: his ways? Amen. He said, I myself will fight. Imagine
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  Speaker 2: hearing this from God as the king of Judah. Judah
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  Speaker 2: wanted God to fight for them and Instead, God says,
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  Speaker 2: I'm fighting against you. And he gives us the reason why,
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  Speaker 2: because they had continually rejected him, rejected his counsel. Are
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  Speaker 2: we rejecting God on a continuous basis? Now, the tragic
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  Speaker 2: reversal taking place here, Israel and Judah had historically been
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  Speaker 2: depended upon the Lord to fight their enemies. But present
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  Speaker 2: rebellion had replaced, I mean, had placed them under God's judgment. Now,
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  Speaker 2: if you go through the book of Judges and you
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  Speaker 2: go through their history, there is a history of God
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  Speaker 2: fighting for them and delivering them and it became a
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  Speaker 2: game to them. Now, the greatest need was not military.
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  Speaker 2: victory in this situation. It was repentance and restoration before
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  Speaker 2: the Lord, their God. Now, this is a powerful point
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  Speaker 2: right here. We need to be careful about assuming that
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  Speaker 2: because we call ourselves God's people, God automatically has to
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  Speaker 2: bless everything we do. And I tell you, beloved, I
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  Speaker 2: can tell you through experience, that's not true. God is
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  Speaker 2: not obligated To bless disobedience. Being associated with God isn't
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  Speaker 2: the same as walking with God. Amen. Just calling yourself
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  Speaker 2: a Christian without living a lifestyle does not mean that
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  Speaker 2: you know him.
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  Speaker 1: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: All right, let's go to first verse six. I will
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  Speaker 2: strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast.
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  Speaker 2: They shall die of a great pestilence. Wow, now that's
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  Speaker 2: pretty straightforward right there. Now, God tells him that he
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  Speaker 2: will strike the inhabitants of Jerusalem with a severe plague.
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  Speaker 2: The people who thought they were protected inside the city
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  Speaker 2: were not going to escape simply because they were inside Jerusalem. Now,
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  Speaker 2: we know that inside the city back then, when they
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  Speaker 2: would build a city, they would build walls around the
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  Speaker 2: city and the walls, they felt protected and secure because
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  Speaker 2: they had huge walls around the city to protect them
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  Speaker 2: from an outside invading army. But even the walls that
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  Speaker 2: they trusted in was not going to give them the
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  Speaker 2: salvation they were looking for. See, sometimes we can put
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  Speaker 2: confidence in the wrong things. We think I'm safe because
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  Speaker 2: I'm in this building or I have this job or
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  Speaker 2: I have money or I am connected with the right people.
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  Speaker 2: But earthly security is temporary. Our ultimate security is doing
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  Speaker 2: the will of God. God is our true safety. God
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  Speaker 2: is our Only protection. Verse 8. Sometimes these verses escape me. No,
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  Speaker 2: verse 7. Okay. And afterwards says the Lord, I will
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  Speaker 2: deliver Zedekiah, king of Judah, his servants and the people
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  Speaker 2: and such as are left in the city from the pestilence.
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  Speaker 2: and the sword in the famine, and to the hand
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  Speaker 2: of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and to the hand of
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  Speaker 2: their enemies, and unto the hand of those who seek
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  Speaker 2: their life. And he shall strike them with the edge
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  Speaker 2: of the sword, and he shall not spare them or
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  Speaker 2: have pity upon them.
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  Speaker 5: Wow.
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  Speaker 2: Now that's pretty deep. So God says that after the plague,
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  Speaker 2: he will deliver Zedekiah, his servants, the people and those
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  Speaker 2: who serve. I mean, those who survived the plague. He
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  Speaker 2: will deliver them over to the sword and over to
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  Speaker 2: the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. This is the answer Zedekiah did
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  Speaker 2: not want to hear. He wanted God to rescue Jerusalem.
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  Speaker 2: God tells him. that Jerusalem is going to experience judgment.
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  Speaker 2: At this point, it's inevitable. This judgment is not going
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  Speaker 2: to be turned away from the nation. Now, the lesson
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  Speaker 2: here about hearing God's word, even when we don't like
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  Speaker 2: the answer, we don't get to choose which part of
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  Speaker 2: scripture that we accept. We don't get to say, oh,
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  Speaker 2: this is good and that is bad. We can't say,
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  Speaker 2: I'll take this promise, but I don't want this correction.
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  Speaker 2: God's word contains encouragement. It also contains warnings. It contains blessings.
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  Speaker 2: It also contains consequences. And we need to read and
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  Speaker 2: we need to understand all of it. We need to
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  Speaker 2: understand it and we need to be diligent students of
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  Speaker 2: it because beloved. Once we truly understand it, we can
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  Speaker 2: avoid the judgment parts, right? We can correct our lives.
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  Speaker 2: The Bible gives us a promise that if we correct ourselves,
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  Speaker 2: God will not have to correct us. If we judge ourselves,
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  Speaker 2: then God will not have to judge us. Amen. Verse eight,
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  Speaker 2: now you shall say to this people, thus says the Lord, behold,
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  Speaker 2: I set before you the way of life, The way
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  Speaker 2: of death. Does that sound familiar? That sounds like the
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  Speaker 2: Garden of Eden, right? I set before you the way
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  Speaker 2: of life. The way of death. Now, this right here
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  Speaker 2: is a key verse. God tells Jerusalem to tell the people.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, God tells Jeremiah. To tell the people, behold,
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  Speaker 2: I set before you the way of life and the
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  Speaker 2: way of death. This is the choice. Now, God gives
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  Speaker 2: him a path, even though he has great anger, great
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  Speaker 2: fury and great wrath that is rising up in him.
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  Speaker 2: The pity and the mercy of God still gives them
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  Speaker 2: a choice, even to this point, even with Nebuchadnezzar outside
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  Speaker 2: the walls. marching against them there is a way and
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  Speaker 2: he gave them a choice he's telling Judah if you
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  Speaker 2: surrender to Babylon that would preserve their lives right let
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  Speaker 2: me see I didn't read that I'm going to go
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  Speaker 2: ahead and I was going to stop at eight, but
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  Speaker 2: this is good. Verse nine. And who remains in this
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  Speaker 2: city shall die by the sword, by famine and by pestilence.
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  Speaker 2: But he who goes out in defects to the Chaldeans
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  Speaker 2: who besiege you, he shall live. And his life shall
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  Speaker 2: be as a prize to him. Well, his life shall
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  Speaker 2: be as a prize. This is the way out. This
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  Speaker 2: is the way of salvation. This is their ark. Right?
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  Speaker 2: Just like Noah built an ark, God will give us
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  Speaker 2: an ark even in the midst of judgment. For I
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  Speaker 2: have set my face against this city for adversity and
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  Speaker 2: not for good, says the Lord. It shall be given
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  Speaker 2: unto the hand of the king of Babylon, and he
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  Speaker 2: shall burn it with fire. Now, this is deep. Now,
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  Speaker 2: what's shocking is that God will give us the choice
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  Speaker 2: of life and death. And so many people will choose death.
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  Speaker 2: I hear people criticize and I even wonder myself like, man,
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  Speaker 2: why did Adam eat the fruit? If Adam didn't eat
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  Speaker 2: the fruit, a lot of this would have been avoided.
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  Speaker 2: Not one soul would have went to hell. If Adam
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  Speaker 2: would have been obedient. Right. At least that is the understanding.
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  Speaker 2: But the truth is. God gives us the option. Of
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  Speaker 2: life and death. On a daily basis. What are people choosing.
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  Speaker 2: And when you choose. Contrary to God's word. You're choosing death.
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  Speaker 2: But when you choose. To be obedient. And obey God's word.
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  Speaker 2: You are choosing life. And this is the way God
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  Speaker 2: deals with humanity. God has given us this choice all
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  Speaker 2: the way through history. God has given us free will,
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  Speaker 2: but it's up to us to choose. Are we going
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  Speaker 2: to choose life or are we going to choose death?
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes surrender means is the way of life. Don't wait
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  Speaker 2: until you're in trouble to seek God. You need to
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  Speaker 2: seek God before the crisis hits. And don't ask God
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  Speaker 2: to bless disobedience. Ask Him to change your heart. God's
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  Speaker 2: answer may not be the answer you wanted, but His
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  Speaker 2: answer is still trustworthy It will come to pass. And
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  Speaker 2: also religious identity doesn't replace obedience. Calling yourself a believer
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  Speaker 2: is not enough. There are consequences to our choices. And
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  Speaker 2: God's warning are meant to protect us when he warns us, right?
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  Speaker 2: And sometimes surrender is the way forward. Judah wanted victory.
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  Speaker 2: But God told them to surrender to their enemies. And
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  Speaker 2: that is the only way that their life would be spared. Amen. Now,
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  Speaker 2: if the king would have just surrendered and brought the
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  Speaker 2: entire city out, he probably would have saved everyone if
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  Speaker 2: he would have taken heed to the word of the prophets.
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  Speaker 2: All right, let's take a break.
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  Speaker 3: I've been up, I've been down, I've been up, I've
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  Speaker 3: been down, right?
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  Speaker 5: But no matter where I go, you will never let
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  Speaker 5: me down, right?
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  Speaker 3: I've been up, I've been down, I've been up, I've
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  Speaker 3: been down, right?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, but no matter where I go, you'll never let
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  Speaker 5: me down, right? High field being the one that's tapped into.
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  Speaker 3: The plug, right?
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  Speaker 5: I ain't talking to you in street code. I'm just
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  Speaker 5: talking to you like heroes. Standing so tall, I don't
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  Speaker 5: see foes. Under pressure, this really free throws. Meaning the
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  Speaker 5: easiest shots, the hardest to take.
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  Speaker 3: When you got thoughts on your brain, they try to
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  Speaker 3: tell you you can't.
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  Speaker 5: But I know I can. This is not my plan.
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  Speaker 5: I really see God's hands. Like, be patient. Slow motion
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  Speaker 5: is motion.
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  Speaker 3: Don't be anxious. God got it.
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  Speaker 2: We coasting.
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  Speaker 5: If he don't tell me to move, then I'm posting.
• 27:42
  Speaker 3: Hold our head to the sky. We not hopeless.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I've been up. I've been down. I've been up. I've
• 27:49
  Speaker 3: been down, right?
• 27:52
  Speaker 5: But no matter where I go, you will never let
• 27:54
  Speaker 5: me down, right?
• 27:57
  Speaker 3: I've been up. I've been down. Yeah, but no.
• 28:03
  Speaker 5: Matter where I go, you'll never let me down, right?
• 28:06
  Speaker 3: That's why I'm confident. That's why I can't forget.
• 28:11
  Speaker 5: I would go to sleep on my brother's couch, dreaming
• 28:13
  Speaker 5: about this, working day and night with everything to make
• 28:15
  Speaker 5: it exist. Fast forward, I've been made it, but I'm
• 28:18
  Speaker 5: still here stressing, thinking, God, I know you here, but
• 28:20
  Speaker 5: did you run out of blessings? Hey, the stakes is
• 28:23
  Speaker 5: high like daylight. Hey, I sometimes forget that it's not
• 28:26
  Speaker 5: I that holds the World on its axis, faith is
• 28:29
  Speaker 5: a practice. That mean the wins and the losses create balance.
• 28:33
  Speaker 5: Be patient, slow motion is motion. Don't be anxious, God
• 28:37
  Speaker 5: got it, we coasting. If you don't tell me to move,
• 28:40
  Speaker 5: then I'm posting. Hold our head to the sky, we
• 28:43
  Speaker 5: not hopeless. I've been up, I've been down, I've been up,
• 28:48
  Speaker 5: I've been down, right?
• 28:51
  Speaker 3: But no matter where I go, you will never let
• 28:53
  Speaker 3: me down, right? You are listening to The Light of
• 28:58
  Speaker 3: Las Vegas.
• 29:25
  Speaker 4: This is the HizHop Radio Show.
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  Speaker 2: All right, beloved, we are back. That is our brother,
• 29:47
  Speaker 2: Derek Minor on the musical break up and down. Check
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: him out. He's got some high heat for you. I
• 29:57
  Speaker 2: want to give a huge shout out to the live chat.
• 30:01
  Speaker 2: I want to thank everyone who has logged in. Shout
• 30:05
  Speaker 2: out to my brother Zone 3, my brother Corinth. Everyone
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: who's logged in and everyone who has taken time out
• 30:13
  Speaker 2: just to show us some love. We show y'all some
• 30:15
  Speaker 2: love back. And also, I don't know if you guys
• 30:19
  Speaker 2: realize this, but we do have a prayer room. We
• 30:22
  Speaker 2: have a prayer ministry here on the radio station. Now,
• 30:26
  Speaker 2: if you go to the website, hishopnation.com. When you scroll
• 30:31
  Speaker 2: down on the homepage, you will see the His Hop
• 30:34
  Speaker 2: Radio logo. Click on that. That takes you to the
• 30:38
  Speaker 2: actual radio page. And on that, there is, if you
• 30:44
  Speaker 2: scroll down a little bit, there is a prayer request
• 30:46
  Speaker 2: where you can submit your request and also a prayer
• 30:50
  Speaker 2: room where you can enter in, submit your request. And
• 30:53
  Speaker 2: also what I like about the prayer room is that
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: when the prayer is answered, you can Notify us that
• 31:01
  Speaker 2: the prayer has been answered. And then at that point,
• 31:03
  Speaker 2: we could worship and praise God with you. You see
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: God move. And there's a little area where we could
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: chat and just praise God and talk about all his
• 31:13
  Speaker 2: great and wonderful works. And with that being said, we
• 31:17
  Speaker 2: do have a prayer request that came through. The first
• 31:21
  Speaker 2: one that is actually came through on the radio station. Amen.
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  Speaker 4: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: Every little step, right? I praise God for it came
• 31:31
  Speaker 2: from Kay. And the request is for C just to
• 31:35
  Speaker 2: pray for her mouth. So let's pray right now. Father,
• 31:38
  Speaker 2: we just ask for healing. We ask Father God that
• 31:42
  Speaker 2: you know who Kay is. You know who C is.
• 31:45
  Speaker 2: And we don't know what's going on with her mouth.
• 31:49
  Speaker 2: We don't know if she is speaking in a way
• 31:52
  Speaker 2: that is not honoring to you or if it's a
• 31:55
  Speaker 2: health issue issue. that they're dealing with. We don't know specifically,
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  Speaker 2: but you know. And we ask, O God, for healing.
• 32:05
  Speaker 2: We ask for your will to be done, O God,
• 32:08
  Speaker 2: concerning her mouth. We ask that you will touch that family, Lord,
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  Speaker 2: draw them closer to you. We ask, O God, that
• 32:14
  Speaker 2: you will send your angels, O God, Lord, that darkness
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  Speaker 2: will be defeated in that situation and that Jesus will
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  Speaker 2: be glorified. Amen.
• 32:23
  Speaker 3: Amen.
• 32:25
  Speaker 2: So please, if you have a prayer request, submit them
• 32:28
  Speaker 2: to us. We would love to assist you in that.
• 32:31
  Speaker 2: That brings us to our accountability partner segment. This is
• 32:35
  Speaker 2: where we encourage each other to stay on the straight
• 32:39
  Speaker 2: and narrow path. The Bible says that is narrow. The
• 32:42
  Speaker 2: path is narrow. That leads to life. And there are
• 32:45
  Speaker 2: a few who find it. And so this is the
• 32:48
  Speaker 2: narrow path podcast. It's a tongue twister right there, right?
• 32:53
  Speaker 2: We want to keep y'all on the narrow path. You know,
• 32:55
  Speaker 2: we don't want anyone to go astray because broad is
• 32:59
  Speaker 2: a road that leads to destruction. And there are many
• 33:02
  Speaker 2: who go by that. As we see in today's episode,
• 33:05
  Speaker 2: it doesn't pay to rebel against God and his word.
• 33:12
  Speaker 2: So we give you a challenge on the podcast. Call
• 33:16
  Speaker 2: your accountability partner, text or email. Just stay in contact
• 33:20
  Speaker 2: with them. And this will be a good topic for
• 33:23
  Speaker 2: you to talk about. And you also see this in
• 33:26
  Speaker 2: the community. We are in the live chat, but also
• 33:31
  Speaker 2: we're in the community. Oh, and by the way, log
• 33:33
  Speaker 2: into the live chat as you download the His Hot
• 33:36
  Speaker 2: Radio app, H-I-S-H-O-P on all platforms. And then go to
• 33:41
  Speaker 2: the top left menu, hit that drop down, click on
• 33:44
  Speaker 2: live chat, click the register button that gets you into
• 33:48
  Speaker 2: the live chat. And also you do the same Just
• 33:52
  Speaker 2: scroll down to where you see community in the bar
• 33:55
  Speaker 2: in the menu and you can log into our community.
• 33:58
  Speaker 2: And the community is where we can do a little more.
• 34:01
  Speaker 2: We can upload video and pictures and do a little
• 34:04
  Speaker 2: more in our community. So we're utilizing both. But right now,
• 34:08
  Speaker 2: if you're in a live chat, hop over to the
• 34:10
  Speaker 2: community so that you can see the accountability partner challenge
• 34:15
  Speaker 2: for today. Ask your accountability partner, am I asking God
• 34:20
  Speaker 2: to fix a situation that I may actually need to
• 34:25
  Speaker 2: surrender to him? Talk about it honestly. Maybe there's something
• 34:31
  Speaker 2: that you've been trying to control. Maybe you're asking God
• 34:36
  Speaker 2: to change another person. Maybe you're asking God to remove
• 34:41
  Speaker 2: a consequence. Then ask yourself, What would surrender look like
• 34:50
  Speaker 2: for me in this situation? Does God want me to
• 34:54
  Speaker 2: surrender and not escape consequences? That is a good question. Amen. Also,
• 35:10
  Speaker 2: we want to let you know that His Heart Radio
• 35:11
  Speaker 2: is a monitored and a reporting radio station. Submit your music.
• 35:17
  Speaker 2: We would love to get you the exposure. You can
• 35:21
  Speaker 2: advertise on our app. You can advertise on our radio station,
• 35:24
  Speaker 2: our website, and our email blast and our push notifications
• 35:30
  Speaker 2: on our app itself. There's a lot of ways you
• 35:33
  Speaker 2: can do it. Look up our promos on the website,
• 35:36
  Speaker 2: his hot nation.com. And even on the app, his hot
• 35:40
  Speaker 2: radio and all platforms. And you will be able to
• 35:47
  Speaker 2: to check out all the services that we offer and
• 35:51
  Speaker 2: it's all affordable all right at this time it's time
• 36:00
  Speaker 2: for our trivia i want to give a huge shout
• 36:03
  Speaker 2: out to our brother zone three he is our trivia
• 36:07
  Speaker 2: champion he has been raining For a long time. Are
• 36:13
  Speaker 2: there any challengers out there. That are willing to step
• 36:16
  Speaker 2: up to the challenge. Head on over to the community.
• 36:20
  Speaker 2: So that you can. Be a contender. Alright. So the trivia.
• 36:28
  Speaker 2: The way it works. Is the first person. To answer
• 36:31
  Speaker 2: the question correctly. Is the trivia champ for today. So
• 36:36
  Speaker 2: we give you a question. Sometimes it's about. episode we
• 36:40
  Speaker 2: just went through or it could be something else. But
• 36:44
  Speaker 2: once you get the answer and you know you have it,
• 36:46
  Speaker 2: post it, be the first to post and you'll be
• 36:50
  Speaker 2: the champion for today. So the question for today is
• 36:53
  Speaker 2: what two choices did the Lord say he was setting
• 36:57
  Speaker 2: before the people of Jerusalem? He gave them two choices.
• 37:03
  Speaker 2: What two choices did Did the Lord say he was
• 37:08
  Speaker 2: setting before the people of Jerusalem? So you got to
• 37:13
  Speaker 2: give us both choices. You got to be the first
• 37:18
  Speaker 2: one to answer that to become the trivia champion. And
• 37:27
  Speaker 2: while you guys are doing that, I also want to
• 37:30
  Speaker 2: give a community shout out real quick. We just had
• 37:35
  Speaker 2: a great event at the Resort World. It was a
• 37:39
  Speaker 2: blessed opportunity to serve in that capacity. We have another
• 37:43
  Speaker 2: event coming up at Doolittle going down this Saturday, September 12th.
• 37:51
  Speaker 3: Doolittle.
• 37:51
  Speaker 2: If you're from Vegas, you should know what that is.
• 37:55
  Speaker 2: The historical west side. Uh, I'll be providing the music
• 38:01
  Speaker 2: is going to be an outside event. We're going to
• 38:03
  Speaker 2: be giving to the community, supporting the community in so
• 38:07
  Speaker 2: many ways. We've passed out a little over 200 flyers
• 38:14
  Speaker 2: in that area. So if you are available, you're around
• 38:17
  Speaker 2: that area, you know where Mario's Market is over there
• 38:21
  Speaker 2: by Martin Luther King in Lake Mead over there. Meet
• 38:27
  Speaker 2: us in the Doolittle Park. as we jam out for
• 38:32
  Speaker 2: the community. Also, we are starting our planning stages of
• 38:37
  Speaker 2: our Christmas event this year. This year, we are looking
• 38:41
  Speaker 2: to have even more toys. We're doing a toy drive
• 38:46
  Speaker 2: for the community. This year, we are looking to give
• 38:51
  Speaker 2: out prizes and love on our community. We are working
• 38:55
  Speaker 2: once again with our partners, Metro Police Department. We got
• 39:00
  Speaker 2: other community leaders that we are working with. So if
• 39:03
  Speaker 2: you make sure you guys go to our website and
• 39:06
  Speaker 2: get signed up for that so that you can let
• 39:12
  Speaker 2: you know. Actually, we're going to send out sign up
• 39:15
  Speaker 2: on our email blast as well so that you can
• 39:18
  Speaker 2: get notified and so that you can start signing up.
• 39:22
  Speaker 2: We're probably going to start signups early this year and
• 39:27
  Speaker 2: we want to get you in there so that you can.
• 39:30
  Speaker 2: start to get information on where we're going to have it.
• 39:37
  Speaker 2: Like I say, we're looking forward where we have other organizations.
• 39:41
  Speaker 2: So there's going to be even more toys. We're looking
• 39:43
  Speaker 2: for a venue to have it at. And we're working
• 39:48
  Speaker 2: with some amazing partners. So you don't want to miss
• 39:51
  Speaker 2: this year's toy drive event. Our Christ mess event. This
• 39:58
  Speaker 2: will be our fifth annual. All right, beloved. And also
• 40:10
  Speaker 2: we just want you to know, we got some great
• 40:12
  Speaker 2: things on the app, some new features, check out our
• 40:15
  Speaker 2: prayer room, check out our, we have the Bible on
• 40:17
  Speaker 2: the app. And we even have a place where you
• 40:19
  Speaker 2: can take notes. If you're sitting in Bible study or
• 40:23
  Speaker 2: church and it'll save the notes for you. It's like
• 40:25
  Speaker 2: a little journal. Uh, you can go back to it.
• 40:28
  Speaker 2: You can, uh, put the date in the teacher, the
• 40:32
  Speaker 2: ministry that was that, um, you know, that you visited
• 40:36
  Speaker 2: or your home church, you could put all that info
• 40:38
  Speaker 2: and save your notes. There's some functions on the app.
• 40:42
  Speaker 2: I like to highlight for people to, to utilize and
• 40:47
  Speaker 2: just to help you guys. Just like we said earlier,
• 40:49
  Speaker 2: we do have a prayer room and a prayer request
• 40:53
  Speaker 2: on the website. And we got our first prayer request
• 40:57
  Speaker 2: that came through. So we appreciate y'all. We appreciate the growth. Also,
• 41:04
  Speaker 2: we want to let you know, I do have another
• 41:05
  Speaker 2: episode on YouTube. I do go on YouTube and I
• 41:09
  Speaker 2: have a podcast there. If you look us up, His
• 41:12
  Speaker 2: Homination on YouTube, you would be able to find me.
• 41:17
  Speaker 2: This one is we're talking about mainstream artists who are
• 41:21
  Speaker 2: now praising God in their concerts, in their services. So
• 41:27
  Speaker 2: it's pretty interesting podcast. Like, subscribe and share. Let us know.
• 41:33
  Speaker 2: And also, I have questions about some chat, some live
• 41:40
  Speaker 2: chat questions, because that podcast is more like a debate
• 41:45
  Speaker 2: and questions. We go back and forth. So if you
• 41:47
  Speaker 2: go to the community and just scroll down a little bit,
• 41:50
  Speaker 2: some of those some of that information is coming from
• 41:53
  Speaker 2: the YouTube version of the podcast. Also, we want to
• 42:01
  Speaker 2: let you know that His Hot Radio is a... What?
• 42:05
  Speaker 2: We're monitored? I mentioned that we are monitored. Yeah, I
• 42:08
  Speaker 2: mentioned that. Okay, we are 501c3. Excuse me. Now you
• 42:12
  Speaker 2: know this ain't AI, right? Because I have to think
• 42:15
  Speaker 2: about all the segments here. This is live. I'm a
• 42:18
  Speaker 2: real person. Sometimes I forget where we're at. But anyway,
• 42:23
  Speaker 2: we are 501c3. We are a public charity. We started
• 42:28
  Speaker 2: Club His Hot. Back in 2012, we opened up a 5,000
• 42:33
  Speaker 2: square foot warehouse. We turned it into a venue, into
• 42:37
  Speaker 2: a concert hall. And we did Christian hip hop events
• 42:43
  Speaker 2: every month for seven years. We missed one month because
• 42:49
  Speaker 2: it fell on Valentine's Day and we wanted to stay married.
• 42:53
  Speaker 2: So we had to skip an event that year, but
• 42:56
  Speaker 2: we were pretty faithful. to do events and concerts. We
• 43:00
  Speaker 2: believe the community could definitely use a venue like that.
• 43:04
  Speaker 2: It was a public, open to the public. We just
• 43:07
  Speaker 2: wanted the youth and young adults to experience a good
• 43:11
  Speaker 2: time of music and of ministry. So if you'd like
• 43:16
  Speaker 2: to support us, if you believe in the vision, it
• 43:18
  Speaker 2: takes finances. That's why we became a nonprofit so that
• 43:22
  Speaker 2: if you would like to donate, support, and give, you
• 43:25
  Speaker 2: can write it off on your taxes at Go to hishopnation.com.
• 43:31
  Speaker 2: Our goal is to raise a hundred grand. You can
• 43:34
  Speaker 2: see our goal bar on the website towards the bottom. And, uh,
• 43:38
  Speaker 2: I want to thank everyone who has donated so far,
• 43:41
  Speaker 2: but we are far away from the grant, uh, from
• 43:44
  Speaker 2: our goal. But yes, our goal is to raise at
• 43:49
  Speaker 2: least a hundred grand, uh, this year. And also, uh,
• 43:56
  Speaker 2: Our goal is to relaunch and reopen the venue. So
• 44:01
  Speaker 2: if you'd like to support us in that prayerfully, consider
• 44:06
  Speaker 2: becoming a monthly partner. However, you can give $ 5, $ 2,
• 44:12
  Speaker 2: $ 3 a month. It's great. We're even looking for grants
• 44:16
  Speaker 2: and grant writers.
• 44:17
  Speaker 3: Amen.
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  Speaker 4: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: All right, beloved. Well, that is my time for today.
• 44:31
  Speaker 2: As we close Jeremiah, we start verse 21 through eight.
• 44:40
  Speaker 2: It's a difficult, but it's a powerful lesson. Zedekiah wanted
• 44:43
  Speaker 2: God to rescue Jerusalem. The king wanted God to intervene.
• 44:49
  Speaker 2: He wanted a miracle from the Lord. He wanted God
• 44:55
  Speaker 2: to defeat Babylon, but God told Judah something that they
• 45:03
  Speaker 2: did not want to hear. He told them that they
• 45:06
  Speaker 2: need to surrender to their enemies. And then at that point,
• 45:12
  Speaker 2: he gave them the choice, the way of life or
• 45:16
  Speaker 2: the way of death. Now, that is a part that
• 45:22
  Speaker 2: I really want to take away. I want us to
• 45:25
  Speaker 2: take this home today. Sometimes we think faith means asking
• 45:29
  Speaker 2: God to make everything go the way that we want.
• 45:33
  Speaker 2: The real faith sometimes means that, Lord, even when your
• 45:39
  Speaker 2: answer isn't what I wanted, I will obey you. Amen.
• 45:44
  Speaker 2: That is how we surrender. We surrender faith. But that
• 45:51
  Speaker 2: doesn't mean that we're losing once we surrender. We may
• 45:54
  Speaker 2: be losing our will, but we're gaining the will of God.
• 45:58
  Speaker 2: Sometimes surrender is exactly how God brings us into the
• 46:02
  Speaker 2: place where he wants us to be. So today, let's
• 46:06
  Speaker 2: examine our hearts today. Is there something that we are
• 46:11
  Speaker 2: fighting that God is asking us to surrender? Is there
• 46:15
  Speaker 2: something that we're holding on? Is there something that we're
• 46:18
  Speaker 2: trying to control? You know, control is an illusion anyway, right?
• 46:22
  Speaker 2: Is there something we're asking God to bless that he
• 46:27
  Speaker 2: may actually be asking you to release? Do not be
• 46:33
  Speaker 2: afraid to surrender. God's way leads to life every time.
• 46:38
  Speaker 2: So let's stay in his word. Let's stay humble. Let's
• 46:40
  Speaker 2: stay teachable. And most importantly, choose God's way. Amen. Amen.
• 46:48
  Speaker 2: That's my time, beloved. And remember, it's not about us.
• 46:53
  Speaker 2: It's all about the Christ in us.
• 47:09
  Speaker 4: You are listening to the light of Las Vegas. This
• 47:12
  Speaker 4: is the His Hop Radio Show.