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How Do We Clear Obstacles Of Unity | Episode #378 | Encore Episode #049 · Reflections On The Word With Richard Kay

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of Reflection on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard K. I'm Chuck Christie, and today we are asking
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  Speaker 1: you to spend a few moments of your time with
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  Speaker 1: us each day as Richard shares from God's work with notes, quotes,
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  Speaker 1: and story along with some of his own personal experiences,
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  Speaker 1: to confirm for you God's great love for us, that
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  Speaker 1: his compassion for us never fails, and that He has
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  Speaker 1: a great faithfulness toward us in every regard. Now, if
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  Speaker 1: you miss a portion of today's broadcast or would like
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  Speaker 1: to recommend it to a friend, you can hear this
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  Speaker 1: program anytime online at Talknetwork Radio dot com. Well, now
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  Speaker 1: here's Richard with today's reflection.
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  Speaker 2: Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar and
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  Speaker 2: there remember that your brother has something against you. Leave
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  Speaker 2: your gift there before the altar and go your way.
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  Speaker 2: First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and
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  Speaker 2: offer your gift. Matthew five, twenty three and twenty four
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  Speaker 2: from the New King James Version of the Bible. How
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  Speaker 2: do we clear obstacles to unity? Imagine looking out your
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  Speaker 2: window and seeing your neighbor back his car into yours,
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  Speaker 2: leaving a sizeable den. He sees you watching, but drives away.
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  Speaker 2: How do you feel? You see each other in the
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  Speaker 2: neighborhood and at church, but he never mentions the incident.
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  Speaker 2: For weeks, you carry on an internal debate about confronting him. Finally,
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  Speaker 2: as he's getting into his dent free car, you approach
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  Speaker 2: him and say, you hit my car last month. Your
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  Speaker 2: neighbor responds, yes, I did, to which you say, why
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  Speaker 2: haven't you talked to me? He answers, because I talked
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  Speaker 2: to God about it. I confessed what I did at
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  Speaker 2: the altar and even gave an extra offering to pay
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  Speaker 2: for it. So God has forgiven me and everything is okay.
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  Speaker 2: Now this may sound crazy, but what does this do
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  Speaker 2: to our unity in the faith. Jesus said that we
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  Speaker 2: are to reconcile with our brother before worshiping, and he
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  Speaker 2: is referring to a similar scenario. God forgives us of
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  Speaker 2: our sins, but before we praise him, we are to
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  Speaker 2: do everything possible to remove obstacles such as guilt, unresolved conflict,
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  Speaker 2: or bitter attitudes. Jesus emphasizes relationships over rituals, and people
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  Speaker 2: are more important than processes. As we follow Jesus, we
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  Speaker 2: are to do whatever it takes to remove the obstacles
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  Speaker 2: that keep us from oneness with God and unity with
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  Speaker 2: our brother.
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  Speaker 1: Richard will be right back in a moment to rep up.
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  Speaker 1: But if you've just joined us, you've been listening to
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  Speaker 1: Reflections on the Word with Richard K. You can hear
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  Speaker 1: this message in its entirety again online as well as
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  Speaker 1: Richard's entire archive at Talknetwork Radio dot com. We would
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  Speaker 1: like to acknowledge our theme song, how Great Is Thy
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  Speaker 1: Faithness from the America's twenty five Favorite Hymns album and
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  Speaker 1: let's otherwise Express scriptures are read from the Holman Christian
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  Speaker 1: Standard Bible, which is published by Homan Bible Publishers from Nashville, Tennessee.
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  Speaker 1: Additional resources used for Reflections on the Word with Richard
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  Speaker 1: K include Great Is Thy Faithfulness by Our Daily Bread
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  Speaker 1: and printed by Discovery House Publishers. Again, here is Richard
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  Speaker 1: to wrap up today's message.
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  Speaker 2: What should we do in just this kind of situation?
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  Speaker 2: We can't justify waiting until we clear the obstacle. We
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  Speaker 2: must act as soon as we realize its existence. It
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  Speaker 2: doesn't matter who may have been wrong, It only matters
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  Speaker 2: that we make it right. Therefore, if you bring your
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  Speaker 2: gift to the altar and there remember that your brother
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  Speaker 2: has something against you. Leave your gift there before the
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  Speaker 2: altar and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother,
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  Speaker 2: and then come and offer your gift. Matthew five, twenty
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  Speaker 2: three and twenty four. And that is today's reflection on
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  Speaker 2: the word.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: Richard.
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  Speaker 1: Join us again tomorrow when we continue with the next
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  Speaker 1: edition of Reflections on the Work with Richard k or
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  Speaker 1: Richard the entire team. This is Chuck Christy saying thanks
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  Speaker 1: for listening to this edition of Reflections on the Work.