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To Bring Glory To Him | Episode #420 | Encore Episode #091 · Reflections On The Word With Richard Kay

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  Speaker 1: Great is Thy faithfulness Great is Thy faithfulness Morning by
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  Speaker 1: morning New mercies I see All I have needed thy
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  Speaker 1: hand hath provided. Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome to today's edition of Reflection on the Word with
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  Speaker 2: Richard Kay. I'm Chuck Christie, and today we are asking
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  Speaker 2: you to spend a few moments of your time with
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  Speaker 2: us each day as Richard shares from God's Word notes, quotes,
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  Speaker 2: and stories, along with some of his own personal experiences,
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  Speaker 2: to confirm for you God's great love for us, that
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  Speaker 2: his compassion for us never fails, and that he has
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  Speaker 2: a great faithfulness toward us in every regard. Now, if
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  Speaker 2: you miss a portion of today's broadcast or would like
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  Speaker 2: to recommend it to a friend, you can hear this
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  Speaker 2: program anytime online at talknetworkradio.com. Well now, here's Richard with
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  Speaker 2: today's reflection.
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  Speaker 3: I say then, walk by the Spirit, and you will
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  Speaker 3: not carry out the desire of the flesh. For the
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  Speaker 3: flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit
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  Speaker 3: desires what is against the flesh. These are opposed to
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  Speaker 3: each other, so that you don't do what you want.
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  Speaker 3: But if you are led by the Spirit, you are
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  Speaker 3: not under the law. There is a passage that we
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  Speaker 3: read in regards to this war between the spirit and
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  Speaker 3: the flesh, or as we've described, the old nature of man.
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  Speaker 3: You see, believer, our old nature has a means of
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  Speaker 3: being able to motivate us. It will cause us in
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  Speaker 3: many ways to believe in many cases a lie. We
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  Speaker 3: can be deceived because we listen to our old nature
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  Speaker 3: and its desires. There is a scripture which I think
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  Speaker 3: is appropriate when we talk about dealing with the spirit
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  Speaker 3: and the old nature. When we talk about how we
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  Speaker 3: are actually in a battle, but as we are shown
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  Speaker 3: that we are walking in a fleshly manner, because it says,
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  Speaker 3: for although we are walking in the flesh, we do
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  Speaker 3: not wage war in a fleshly way. since the weapons
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  Speaker 3: of our warfare are not fleshly, but are powerful through
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  Speaker 3: God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments and
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  Speaker 3: every high-minded thing that is raised up against the knowledge
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  Speaker 3: of God, taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. Now,
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  Speaker 3: this is found in Paul's letter to to the Corinthian church,
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  Speaker 3: the 10th chapter of 2 Corinthians, and it begins with
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  Speaker 3: the third verse, continuing through the fifth. The one thing
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  Speaker 3: about this particular passage that is so important is that
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  Speaker 3: the weapons of our warfare are not of the old nature,
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  Speaker 3: but they are powerful through God. For the demolition, some
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  Speaker 3: versions say the pulling down of strongholds. We demolish arguments
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  Speaker 3: and every high-minded thing that is raised up against the
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  Speaker 3: knowledge of God. Now, believer, listen to this part. It
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  Speaker 3: says taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.
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  Speaker 3: What is this really saying to us? Well, it is
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  Speaker 3: saying that our thoughts will actually become our deeds. You see,
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  Speaker 3: if we continue to follow the old nature, our thoughts
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  Speaker 3: will lead us into the results of the old nature.
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  Speaker 3: If we follow after the spirit, then we will have
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  Speaker 3: thoughts that are from the Spirit. There are two factions
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  Speaker 3: at war within. One is the self-life. The other is
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  Speaker 3: the Spirit-filled life. We've already discussed the desire to be
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  Speaker 3: full of the Spirit. But now we see that one
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  Speaker 3: of the greatest hindrances to being full continually of the
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  Speaker 3: Spirit of God is our own old nature, which for
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  Speaker 3: some has not been crucified. Remember the scripture that we
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  Speaker 3: read that is in an earlier portion of Galatians, Galatians 2.20.
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  Speaker 3: where it actually states in the Amplified Version, I have
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  Speaker 3: been crucified with Christ. That is, in Him, I have
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  Speaker 3: shared His crucifixion. It is no longer I who live,
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  Speaker 3: but Christ lives in me. The life I now live
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  Speaker 3: in the body, I live by faith, by adhering to,
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  Speaker 3: relying on, and completely trusting in the Son of God
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  Speaker 3: who loved me and gave himself up for me. You see, believer,
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  Speaker 3: if we have actually become possessed, and I'm talking about
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  Speaker 3: possessed by the Holy Spirit, we are going to recognize
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  Speaker 3: very quickly anything that deviates from the truth. There are
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  Speaker 3: some lies which are presented in such a way that
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  Speaker 3: they become believable. And because of that, we actually tend
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  Speaker 3: to lean towards the belief of the lie. We need
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  Speaker 3: to know when something that is being said or done
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  Speaker 3: is not of God. We talked about discerning of spirits. Well,
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  Speaker 3: we know that we want to be able to know
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  Speaker 3: when the devil is actually at work. Discerning of spirits
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  Speaker 3: is important. It is vital to us being able to
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  Speaker 3: determine demonic influence. But what about deliverance from the flesh,
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  Speaker 3: deliverance from our old nature? These are the things that
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  Speaker 3: daily we must deal with. we have to allow the
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  Speaker 3: Holy Spirit to completely crucify those areas of our life.
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  Speaker 3: And because of that, we should be quickly, obviously noted
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  Speaker 3: that we brought every thought into the subjection of Jesus Christ. Believer,
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  Speaker 3: Let me give you an example. Today, we live in
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  Speaker 3: a very chaotic world. We have people that are constantly jockeying,
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  Speaker 3: if you will, for power. They are looking at what
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  Speaker 3: they rule. And in so many ways, we have been
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  Speaker 3: led to follow them. Now, I'm not speaking of a
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  Speaker 3: particular individual. But I am speaking of a particular practice.
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  Speaker 3: The practice is that anything that exalts itself above God
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  Speaker 3: is sin. If we do anything that exalts us above God,
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  Speaker 3: that to us is sin. How do we do that?
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  Speaker 3: Let me give you a good example. Suppose that you
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  Speaker 3: are given an opportunity and that opportunity will provide great
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  Speaker 3: reward here on earth. But it will cause you to
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  Speaker 3: sacrifice eternal purposes in heaven. Think about that for just
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  Speaker 3: a moment. Where could that be applied? Well, I can
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  Speaker 3: certainly tell you that in the business world, it is
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  Speaker 3: very easy to spot. You see, we can serve this
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  Speaker 3: world and its system. We can serve its methods. We
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  Speaker 3: can even keep ourselves in a position where we think
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  Speaker 3: our goals and plans align with God. But I can
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  Speaker 3: tell you from personal experience that That is not always
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  Speaker 3: the case. Now, I'm not speaking of when God gives
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  Speaker 3: us a task and we are supposed to complete that task,
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  Speaker 3: whatever it may be, and it will bring glory and
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  Speaker 3: honor to him. That could be in our workplace. It
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  Speaker 3: could be in our church. It could be in our
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  Speaker 3: neighborhood or church. It could be in the community at large.
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  Speaker 3: But wherever it is, if it is God doing the
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  Speaker 3: work through us, then it will bring glory to him
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  Speaker 3: and others will be drawn to him. If it brings
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  Speaker 3: glory to us, then it is no longer a work
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  Speaker 3: that he proclaimed. And it's very easy for us to
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  Speaker 3: confuse the difference. Sometimes we are led by self-improvement gurus
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  Speaker 3: to do things that will pattern our life after someone
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  Speaker 3: else's success. And that's not to say that there aren't
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  Speaker 3: logical means of being able to achieve certain things. But
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  Speaker 3: the life we now live, we live totally surrendered to
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  Speaker 3: the will of God, to the Holy Spirit that leads
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  Speaker 3: and guides us into all truth, so that the fullness
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  Speaker 3: of God can be evident in us and others will
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  Speaker 3: see Jesus. It is so critical that we cannot allow
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  Speaker 3: ourselves to be drawn in to the world's method, because
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  Speaker 3: the world's method is at enmity with God. But Jesus said,
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  Speaker 3: be of good courage, for I have overcome the world.
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  Speaker 3: Jesus gives us the same power to overcome the world
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  Speaker 3: and its ambitions, everything that it offers. And in many ways,
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  Speaker 3: it offers what we are drawn to. We are actually
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  Speaker 3: victims without knowing that it is our own old nature
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  Speaker 3: that is driving us towards that end. We do not
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  Speaker 3: want to be victims of our own old nature. Believer,
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  Speaker 3: we want to be totally possessed, possession of the Spirit
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  Speaker 3: of Almighty God. We want to be devoted to, surrendered to,
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  Speaker 3: and available for His use, regardless of what it may cost.
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  Speaker 3: It could cost us fame, fortune, or accomplishment, but that
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  Speaker 3: is of little significance if it doesn't bring glory to him.
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  Speaker 2: Richard will be right back in a moment to wrap up.
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  Speaker 2: But if you just joined us, you've been listening to
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  Speaker 2: Reflections on the Word with Richard Kay. You can hear
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  Speaker 2: this message in its entirety again online, as well as
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  Speaker 2: Richard's entire archive at talknetworkradio.com. We would like to acknowledge
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  Speaker 2: our theme song, How Great Is Thy Faithless, from the
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  Speaker 2: America's 25 Favorite Hymns album. Unless otherwise expressed, scriptures are
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  Speaker 2: read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible, which is published
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  Speaker 2: Discovery House Publishers. Again, here is Richard to wrap up
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  Speaker 2: today's message.
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  Speaker 3: Our life is not our own. We are bought and
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  Speaker 3: purchased by His precious blood. And because of that, we
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  Speaker 3: have no means of looking for our own desired result.
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  Speaker 3: Our desire should be to glorify Him. And believer, there
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  Speaker 3: are so many things that the world offers. In fact,
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  Speaker 3: it has been said about the church in our society today.
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  Speaker 3: It was said by a noted evangelist, and yet it
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  Speaker 3: has probably been repeated by many. And that is this statement.
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  Speaker 3: The church has become so worldly, and the world has
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  Speaker 3: become so churchy, meaning so much about religion, but about
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  Speaker 3: nothing that has to do with condemning or putting to
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  Speaker 3: death the works of the old nature. The world has
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  Speaker 3: become churchy and the church has become worldly, and it's
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  Speaker 3: very difficult to know the difference. I want us to
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  Speaker 3: be known for the difference. Believer, surrender everything you have
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  Speaker 3: and everything you desire to the will of God. Don't
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  Speaker 3: allow the enemy to influence you with thoughts that your
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  Speaker 3: achievements bring glory to God. Only what God can do
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  Speaker 3: through us will bring glory to his name. Ultimately, Our
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  Speaker 3: sole purpose is to bring glory to Him. And that
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  Speaker 3: is today's Reflection on the Word.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Richard. Join us again tomorrow when we continue
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  Speaker 2: with the next edition of Reflections on the Word with
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  Speaker 2: Richard Kay. For Richard and the entire team, this is
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  Speaker 2: Chuck Christie saying thanks for listening to this edition of
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  Speaker 2: Reflections on the Word.
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  Speaker 1: Great is thy faithfulness, Lord unto me. Great is thy faithfulness,
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  Speaker 1: Lord unto me.