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Episode 69 — Jeremiah 25:12–14 Episode Title: “God Has the Final Word” · His Hop Radio Podcast

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  Speaker 5: Let's have some fun as we do this together. And
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  Speaker 5: for a little bit of review, in our previous episode,
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  Speaker 5: we learned that Judah would face 70 years of Babylonian dominion.
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  Speaker 5: They went into captivity and because of the people repeatedly
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  Speaker 5: refused to listen to God's warnings. So today we discover
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  Speaker 5: what would happen after that period had ended. God was
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  Speaker 5: not only holding Judah accountable, right? If only they would
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  Speaker 5: add accountability partners. Amen. And look at us. We got
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  Speaker 5: one right here on this app. It's very important to
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  Speaker 5: have that. He would also hold Babylon accountable, the Babylonians,
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  Speaker 5: King Nebuchadnezzar. This is the nation that was attacking Jerusalem.
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  Speaker 5: This was a nation that God used to judge his people,
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  Speaker 5: but he will also hold them accountable for their own actions.
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  Speaker 5: So that's important because Babylon might have looked unstoppable at
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  Speaker 5: one point, but his armies... even though their armies were powerful.
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  Speaker 5: And his king exercised tremendous authority, and the nations around
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  Speaker 5: it had reason to fear its strength. But Babylon was
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  Speaker 5: not above God. Now, here is a message for the
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  Speaker 5: United States of America. No nation, no leader, And no
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  Speaker 5: earthly power gets the final word. God does. So let's pray.
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  Speaker 5: Heavenly Father, we ask, Lord, that you will attach a
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  Speaker 5: all those who are shared, Father God, we ask, Lord,
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  Speaker 5: not that we, to just grow in numbers just so
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  Speaker 5: in Jesus' name.
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  Speaker 6: Amen.
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  Speaker 5: All right. So we're only going to go through a
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  Speaker 5: couple of scriptures today, but meet me in Jeremiah chapter 25.
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  Speaker 5: And we're going to go through 12 and 14. So
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  Speaker 5: verse 12 says, then I will come. Then it will
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  Speaker 5: come to pass. The 70 years are completed and I
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  Speaker 5: will punish the king of Babylon and that nation. The
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  Speaker 5: land of the Chaldeans for their iniquity, says the Lord.
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  Speaker 5: And I will make it a perpetual desolation, says the Lord. Amen.
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  Speaker 5: All right. Let's start right there. Babylon's power. has an
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  Speaker 5: expiration date right so God declared that Babylon's dominion would
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  Speaker 5: not last indefinitely there is no earthly power there's no
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  Speaker 5: earthly kingdom this world this earth is temporary you can
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  Speaker 5: see it with the celebrities that at one point were
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  Speaker 5: on top and all of a sudden their glory fades
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  Speaker 5: away And they're not on the scene. But if you
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  Speaker 5: want an eternal kingdom, an everlasting reward, it's all in Christ.
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  Speaker 5: We need to follow and give our lives to Christ. Amen.
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  Speaker 5: So after 70 years, he would punish the nation of
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  Speaker 5: Babylon and its king, King Nebuchadnezzar, for their iniquity. Now,
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  Speaker 5: this is important. So even though God had used Babylon
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  Speaker 5: for his judgment against Judah, at the same time, he
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  Speaker 5: did not excuse Babylon's own wrongdoings. So the nation itself
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  Speaker 5: would eventually face divine judgment as well. Now, Look at
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  Speaker 5: the first part of this verse, when 70 years are accomplished.
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  Speaker 5: In the previous verses, God announced that Judah and the
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  Speaker 5: surrounding nations would serve Babylon for 70 years. They had
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  Speaker 5: a good 70 year run. Now he reveals that Babylon's
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  Speaker 5: time of dominance would come to an end. Think of
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  Speaker 5: the United States of America. We are 250 years old
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  Speaker 5: and nations are trying to topple us today. But at
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  Speaker 5: one point we were untouchable. Kind of similar to this,
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  Speaker 5: but we were at least untouchable. trying to serve God
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  Speaker 5: at one point but the Babylonians they were a pagan
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  Speaker 5: nation even though they had been the instrument of God's
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  Speaker 5: judgment now the Babylonians themselves were not the ultimate authority,
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  Speaker 5: God had established a limit to its dominance. And he
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  Speaker 5: would hold that nation accountable for their own iniquity. It
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  Speaker 5: doesn't pay to go against God and his word. I
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  Speaker 5: don't care if it's an individual or an entire nation.
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  Speaker 5: So this teaches us a powerful principle being used for
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  Speaker 5: a purpose does not mean everything we do is approved
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  Speaker 5: by God. A lot of pastors really need to learn this.
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  Speaker 5: People think because I have a position or title or
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  Speaker 5: a spiritual privilege that they can live any way they want. No,
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  Speaker 5: God wants our obedience. So Babylon would not claim that
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  Speaker 5: his wrongdoing was acceptable simply because God had used it
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  Speaker 5: in his larger plan. The same principle would make us
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  Speaker 5: examine ourselves. Maybe somebody has influence, talent, or a position
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  Speaker 5: of authority. Maybe they are accomplishing things that appear successful,
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  Speaker 5: but success, does not automatically equal a life of righteousness.
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  Speaker 5: I even think about our government today, how some politicians
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  Speaker 5: would promote things that line up with our Judeo-Christian values.
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  Speaker 5: And we think that, okay, maybe this person is a Christian.
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  Speaker 5: Maybe they're a godly person. leader, we're going to finally
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  Speaker 5: have a godly president. And then they get into the office,
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  Speaker 5: they do all kinds of wicked and ungodly things. That
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  Speaker 5: doesn't necessarily mean that that leader is a righteous leader
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  Speaker 5: just because they cater to biblical principles at one point.
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  Speaker 5: A person can be gifted and still be dishonest. A
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  Speaker 5: leader can be Effective and still abuse people in ministry
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  Speaker 5: can attract a large audience and still need correction. We
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  Speaker 5: must never confuse being successful with being righteous.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 5: We can only get that from God's word. The only
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  Speaker 5: applause that we should be looking for is the applause
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  Speaker 5: that comes from heaven. And this is another important lesson.
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  Speaker 5: Earthly power has limits. So Babylon probably appeared invincible to
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  Speaker 5: many people living during that period. Yet God had already
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  Speaker 5: declared that his dominance would end. They only had 70
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  Speaker 5: years to do what they were going to do. And
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  Speaker 5: the same is true for every earthly empire. Governments rise
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  Speaker 5: and governments fall. Leaders gain influence and eventually they lose it.
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  Speaker 5: Wealth and status do not last forever. So we should
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  Speaker 5: respect authority constantly. where it is appropriate, but we must
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  Speaker 5: never treat human authority as though it was the ultimate authority.
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  Speaker 5: And if you know my history, and if you know
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  Speaker 5: my testimony, you know that I went to a church
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  Speaker 5: where the pastors were trying to make themselves the ultimate authority.
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  Speaker 5: Do not allow anyone to stand in the Lord's place
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  Speaker 5: in your life. God can always permit a power to
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  Speaker 5: rise without giving that power permission to do whatever it
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  Speaker 5: wants to do. Verse 13. Verse 13. So I will
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  Speaker 5: bring on that land, all my words, which I have
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  Speaker 5: pronounced against it. All that is written in this book,
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  Speaker 5: which Jeremiah had prophesied concerning all the nations. That is powerful.
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  Speaker 5: All right, so. Now, biblical prophecy is not merely a
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  Speaker 5: collection of interesting predictions.
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  Speaker 6: Right.
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  Speaker 5: God had prophesied against Babylon and against the nations, plural.
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  Speaker 5: As we get into this now, this passage is God
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  Speaker 5: is declaring judgment against nations through the prophet Jeremiah. The
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  Speaker 5: people may have wondered whether Jeremiah's warnings would ever come
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  Speaker 5: to pass. Babylon was powerful and its victories might have
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  Speaker 5: made it seem that nobody could challenge it. But God's
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  Speaker 5: word was not dependent on Babylon's opinions. Now, let's apply
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  Speaker 5: this carefully. We should not take every political event or
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  Speaker 5: personal hardship and claim it that we know exactly what
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  Speaker 5: God is doing. Now, Jeremiah was delivering a specific message.
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  Speaker 5: Sometimes I get a tongue twister trying to say that word.
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  Speaker 5: A specific message from the Lord in Scripture records what
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  Speaker 5: God had declared so our responsibility today is to read
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  Speaker 5: God's revealed word faithfully and understand it in context and
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  Speaker 5: take that teaching seriously we can be confident in what
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  Speaker 5: scripture says clearly about God's character his justice his authority
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  Speaker 5: without pretending to know every detail about his plan. So
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  Speaker 5: there's also a personal lesson here. When God's word corrects us,
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  Speaker 5: we shouldn't assume that time. We should, we shouldn't assume
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  Speaker 5: that that time will make truth disappear. I don't know
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  Speaker 5: why I can't talk right now. In other words, we
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  Speaker 5: can't ignore God. God's warning and think, oh, he said
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  Speaker 5: that 20 years ago, so God must have changed his mind. Right?
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  Speaker 5: Ignoring a warning doesn't make it false. So if scripture
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  Speaker 5: tells us to forgive, live honestly and pursue holiness and
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  Speaker 5: love our neighbors, those instructions do not become irrelevant because
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  Speaker 5: obedience is inconvenient, right? Because we don't want to obey
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  Speaker 5: or maybe we put it off for 50 years. There's
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  Speaker 5: a lot of people, beloved, going to hell because they
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  Speaker 5: refuse to forgive. They refuse to love some of the
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  Speaker 5: simplest things. And I heard a woman, her testimony that
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  Speaker 5: she Had a near death experience where God judged her.
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  Speaker 5: She went to hell because she refused to forgive herself.
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  Speaker 5: She had an abortion and she would not forgive herself
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  Speaker 5: for what she did. And God allowed her to meet
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  Speaker 5: her child in heaven and her child forgave her. Amen.
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  Speaker 5: All right. Verse 14. Yeah. for many nations and great
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  Speaker 5: kings shall be served by them also. And I will
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  Speaker 5: repay them according to their deeds and according to the
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  Speaker 5: works of their own hands. On me back up for
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  Speaker 5: a second. So I will bring on them that land,
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  Speaker 5: all my words, which I have pronounced against it, all
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  Speaker 5: that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied
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  Speaker 5: concerning all the nations for many nations and The great
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  Speaker 5: king shall be served by them also. And I will
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  Speaker 5: repay them according to their deeds and according to the
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  Speaker 5: works of their own hands. Amen. All right, let's break
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  Speaker 5: this one down as well. So Babylon and the inhabitants,
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  Speaker 5: the entire society here would not escape The consequences of
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  Speaker 5: their own conduct. Other nations and powerful rulers would eventually
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  Speaker 5: dominate them. And God declares that he would repay them
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  Speaker 5: according to their own deeds. Now that's important. Their own
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  Speaker 5: actions would become the basis of their accountability. God says
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  Speaker 5: this throughout the Bibles. On the day of judgment, God
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  Speaker 5: will repay us according to our own deeds. How do
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  Speaker 5: you treat people? Are you merciful? Are you kind? Are
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  Speaker 5: you forgiving to others? Remember, Jesus says, do unto others
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  Speaker 5: as you want them to do unto you. Because what
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  Speaker 5: you do to others, it will happen. It will come
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  Speaker 5: back to you. That's why it's important for us to
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  Speaker 5: forgive and to love. Now, this verse brings us the
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  Speaker 5: message and it brings it to conclusion. God would recompense
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  Speaker 5: Babylon according to his deeds and the works of its
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  Speaker 5: own hands. So in plain language, Babylon would be held
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  Speaker 5: accountable for for what it had done. Now notice the
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  Speaker 5: connection between this verse and the earlier description of Babylon
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  Speaker 5: as God's servant. God used Babylon in his judgment against Judah,
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  Speaker 5: but Babylon still bore responsibility for its own actions. So
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  Speaker 5: it's almost like using a rapist to punish a murderer.
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  Speaker 4: Right?
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  Speaker 5: Like they're both in the wrong. So that distinction matters
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  Speaker 5: between the two. God's sovereignty does not mean human choices
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  Speaker 5: are meaningless. People and nations remain accountable for how they
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  Speaker 5: use their power and how they treat others. So this
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  Speaker 5: should challenge everyone who believes that influence and authority places
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  Speaker 5: them above accountability. You see this in our celebrities today.
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  Speaker 5: How many celebrities are out there thinking that they're above
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  Speaker 5: the law? You hear so much about their nasty and
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  Speaker 5: disgusting deeds and And they think that they can get
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  Speaker 5: away with it because they're rich and they're powerful and
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  Speaker 5: they have privilege. And then when it comes crashing down,
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  Speaker 5: then that's when they learn, right? I mean, it's the
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  Speaker 5: same for us. A leader cannot simply say, I have
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  Speaker 5: power so I can do whatever I want. With great
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  Speaker 5: power comes great responsibility. We saw that in Spider-Man, right?
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  Speaker 5: A business owner can't say, I'm successful, so my dishonesty
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  Speaker 5: doesn't matter. A Christian minister cannot say, God is using me,
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  Speaker 5: so nobody should question my behavior. No one should use success, position,
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  Speaker 5: or even religious language as a shield against illegitimate correction.
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  Speaker 5: So at the same time, we should not turn this
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  Speaker 5: verse into an excuse to pronounce God's judgment on specific
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  Speaker 5: people whenever we disagree with them as well, right? Final
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  Speaker 5: judgment belongs only to God. And we must be careful
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  Speaker 5: about claiming To know his particular purposes in somebody else's life.
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  Speaker 5: So the practical lesson is that our actions matter. You know,
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  Speaker 5: we see here that that phrase right. Black lives matter.
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  Speaker 5: Somebody needs to start a movement called our actions matter.
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  Speaker 6: Right.
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  Speaker 5: Our words matter. Our behavior matters. Integrity matters. We should
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  Speaker 5: live with integrity. Take responsibility when we do wrong. And
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  Speaker 5: remember that human applause is not the same as God's approval.
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  Speaker 5: So you may be able to avoid accountability before people
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  Speaker 5: for a time, but you are never beyond God's authority.
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  Speaker 5: So we have to remember that there is no power
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  Speaker 5: above God. God has the final say. Earthly power is temporary.
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  Speaker 5: Babylon's dominance had a expiration date. It had a limit.
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  Speaker 5: No nation or leader has ultimate authority or control over history.
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  Speaker 5: And being used does not mean... being approved by God.
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  Speaker 4: Amen.
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  Speaker 5: There's going to be a lot of people who did
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  Speaker 5: a lot of deeds for God. They cast out devils.
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  Speaker 5: They prophesied in his name. They did many wonderful works
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  Speaker 5: in his name, but Jesus will tell them, I never
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  Speaker 5: knew you. That is scary, beloved. God used Babylon to
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  Speaker 5: accomplish a purpose, but Babylon remained accountable for its own iniquity.
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  Speaker 5: So we should never use our gifts, our success, or
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  Speaker 5: position to excuse our wrongdoing. Our actions matter. That's a
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  Speaker 5: t-shirt right there. So God declared that Babylon would be
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  Speaker 5: repaid according to his deeds. This passage calls us to integrity,
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  Speaker 5: to humility, and to responsibility. It's good to have people
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  Speaker 5: in our lives that can help hold us accountable because
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  Speaker 5: we are accountable ultimately before God. And we rather hash
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  Speaker 5: that out now before we go face to face with
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  Speaker 5: him or Because if we go before him, it'll be
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  Speaker 5: too late to make any changes or corrections. So here's
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  Speaker 5: the question. Are you more concerned with appearing successful in
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  Speaker 5: front of people or with living faithfully before God? That
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  Speaker 5: is a good question right there. Don't let popularity power,
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  Speaker 5: money influence you and make you think that you no
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  Speaker 5: longer need to be corrected or to be held accountable.
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  Speaker 5: God has the final say and he has the final word.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 5: Let's take a break.
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  Speaker 4: Hey, baby.
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  Speaker 5: Hey, mommy.
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  Speaker 4: I know, mom.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 4: I'm sorry. She isn't suffering anymore. Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: Somehow we forget about the bounty of death. We think
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  Speaker 3: our family will always be around. We neglect keeping in touch,
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  Speaker 3: but then we're all down and regret when they pass
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  Speaker 3: on that death is a reality check on any given
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  Speaker 3: day we could vanish from the face of this planet
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  Speaker 3: so i'm taking advantage of this moment i'll no longer
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  Speaker 3: take them for granted with all of my love i'll
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  Speaker 3: be embracing my fan with i hold my mom in
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  Speaker 3: my arms her and i mourn cause the woman that
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  Speaker 3: is given her life's gone and it's hurtful losing a
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  Speaker 3: parent that birthed you I tread the day when she's
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  Speaker 3: gone and I am in her shoes. And that day's
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  Speaker 3: probably getting close. I look at mom and she's getting old.
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  Speaker 3: So while I still have her here with me, I
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  Speaker 3: just gotta let her know. I love her and I'll
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  Speaker 3: never let her go. I'll never let her go.
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  Speaker 6: No.
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  Speaker 4: At any given moment, you are all I can take.
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  Speaker 4: Wish I would know. I won't take time for granted.
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  Speaker 6: No, I won't.
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  Speaker 4: I'll challenge every second. I will take advantage. know i
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  Speaker 4: won't let.
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  Speaker 3: You go sunrise so i'm blessed to see another day
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  Speaker 3: my favorite moments are when the sun's bleeding through the
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  Speaker 3: shades and when the daylight's gleaming on the face of
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  Speaker 3: my lady because i see the lord's genius on display
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  Speaker 3: the best photography couldn't properly capture the details in this
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  Speaker 3: beauty my optics see a filter on a hat would
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  Speaker 3: not compete so as i lay there silently and i
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  Speaker 3: watch her sleep.
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  Speaker 4: I see his glory in.
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  Speaker 3: She smiles then she leans into my warm embrace with
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  Speaker 3: the head on my chest and wrapped in my arm
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  Speaker 3: she lays it's love I wish that I could freeze
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  Speaker 3: time and rewind these moments cause they always seem to
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  Speaker 3: speed by but while I have her here now I'ma
• 31:33
  Speaker 3: let her know how much I love her and I
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  Speaker 3: will never let her go no no.
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  Speaker 4: At any given moment, you or I can dance. We
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  Speaker 4: should never know, yeah. So while I have it here,
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  Speaker 4: I won't take time for granted. No, I won't, no.
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  Speaker 4: I'll cherish every second. I won't take advantage. I'll hold
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  Speaker 4: you close and I won't let you go. I won't
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  Speaker 4: let you go. I won't let you go. I won't
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  Speaker 4: let you go.
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  Speaker 3: I should have known.
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  Speaker 5: Yo, look, look, look, look.
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  Speaker 3: Here goes mommy busting out with the old photo albums
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  Speaker 3: and the baby pictures. She wants to show everybody my
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  Speaker 3: first rash and embarrassment.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, shut up.
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  Speaker 2: I just wanted to show you this picture I found
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  Speaker 2: of you and your family.
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  Speaker 3: Look.
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  Speaker 4: Let me see.
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  Speaker 5: I'm just kidding.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, baby.
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  Speaker 5: I miss her so much.
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  Speaker 4: Not for nothing.
• 32:39
  Speaker 5: That picture's dope.
• 32:40
  Speaker 4: You might want to use that for your next album, though.
• 32:43
  Speaker 3: Hey, that's a good idea. You already know every classic
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  Speaker 3: got a baby picture on it.
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  Speaker 4: That's true.
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  Speaker 5: That's hard.
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  Speaker 4: Look at this picture of you and your father.
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  Speaker 2: He was teaching you.
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  Speaker 4: How to mix.
• 32:53
  Speaker 5: Wow. Jenny, look at this bit. It's hard, too.
• 32:56
  Speaker 2: No, music is game.
• 32:58
  Speaker 5: You are listening to the light of Las Vegas.
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  Speaker 4: This is the His Hop Radio Show.
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  Speaker 5: Alright, we are back from the break. That's our brother
• 33:45
  Speaker 5: Dayton with I Will Not Let You Go that had
• 33:51
  Speaker 5: a powerful message there. When you are around your loved ones,
• 33:57
  Speaker 5: Take the time out to love them. Take the time
• 33:59
  Speaker 5: out to appreciate them. Because you never know one day
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  Speaker 5: when they will not be there. Come on. That's a
• 34:07
  Speaker 5: great reminder that's going to get some heavy rotation on
• 34:10
  Speaker 5: the station. So hopefully you guys are listening 24-7. Quick
• 34:14
  Speaker 5: shout out to the live chat. What's up to our
• 34:18
  Speaker 5: brother Zone 3, our brother Corinth. Everyone who stops by
• 34:22
  Speaker 5: to show love. We appreciate y'all. We are praying for y'all. Hey,
• 34:27
  Speaker 5: let's walk this narrow road together. Amen. All right. Well,
• 34:34
  Speaker 5: let's go and head right into our accountability partner segment. Yeah,
• 34:40
  Speaker 5: we've been talking about this podcast, right? We've been talking
• 34:45
  Speaker 5: about how a nation can just drift away in our
• 34:49
  Speaker 5: deeds and actions. The Bible says even our very words,
• 34:54
  Speaker 5: we have to give an account for we will be
• 34:57
  Speaker 5: evaluated and judged for our entire life. The key is
• 35:04
  Speaker 5: abiding in Jesus. Jesus is the way and truth in
• 35:09
  Speaker 5: the life. No one comes to the Father but through Him.
• 35:12
  Speaker 5: So we need to learn His ways and apply His
• 35:16
  Speaker 5: ways to our life. His ways need to become our ways.
• 35:21
  Speaker 5: His mind needs to become our mind. We need to
• 35:25
  Speaker 5: be totally engulfed in his life. So when God looks
• 35:34
  Speaker 5: at us, he sees his son. And that's going to
• 35:37
  Speaker 5: take work. It takes focus. It's not going to happen
• 35:41
  Speaker 5: by accident. It's an intentional life. And you need someone
• 35:50
  Speaker 5: in your life to help you. That's why God created discipleship. Amen. So,
• 36:03
  Speaker 5: we give you challenges on this podcast. Hopefully, you guys
• 36:06
  Speaker 5: are following these challenges. Hopefully, you have someone in your
• 36:09
  Speaker 5: life that can hold you accountable. If not, hey, join
• 36:14
  Speaker 5: us on this podcast and we will do it together
• 36:17
  Speaker 5: as a group. You can always reach out to us.
• 36:20
  Speaker 5: Just hit that top left menu. Once it drops down,
• 36:24
  Speaker 5: go to podcast and then click on the his hot
• 36:28
  Speaker 5: radio podcast and right then and right there you can
• 36:33
  Speaker 5: go through all the questions click that accountability partner link
• 36:37
  Speaker 5: and request to follow up and we would love to
• 36:39
  Speaker 5: pray with you and also we would love to invite
• 36:43
  Speaker 5: people into our podcast and walk through this accountability together
• 36:49
  Speaker 5: as a family man but What we have right now
• 36:55
  Speaker 5: is we give you daily challenges. So take a moment
• 37:00
  Speaker 5: and consider these three questions. Where in my life have
• 37:05
  Speaker 5: I been tempted to believe that success excuses a wrong decision?
• 37:14
  Speaker 5: Number two, am I willing to accept correction when someone
• 37:18
  Speaker 5: points out a genuine problem in my life? And number three,
• 37:26
  Speaker 5: what is one practical way I can demonstrate greater integrity
• 37:33
  Speaker 5: this week? These are great questions and you can find
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  Speaker 5: them in our community. So if you're on the live chat,
• 37:45
  Speaker 5: head on over to the community and check out these
• 37:48
  Speaker 5: questions because this is also in the community is also
• 37:51
  Speaker 5: the place where we're going to do our trivia challenge
• 37:55
  Speaker 5: in a few minutes right now we want to let
• 38:00
  Speaker 5: you know that it's how radio is a monitored and
• 38:05
  Speaker 5: a reporting radio station we have a couple of charts
• 38:10
  Speaker 5: that we report to and you can become the number
• 38:12
  Speaker 5: one artist on the radio station itself on the radio
• 38:17
  Speaker 5: app if you notice on the home page we have
• 38:20
  Speaker 5: multiple stations that we partner with and you can also
• 38:27
  Speaker 5: vote on those other stations and it still registers on
• 38:32
  Speaker 5: the app. So we want to help you get that
• 38:37
  Speaker 5: exposure you're looking for. We want to help you get
• 38:39
  Speaker 5: in front of the audience that you are targeting. So
• 38:46
  Speaker 5: if you want to submit your music to us, head
• 38:49
  Speaker 5: on over to our website, hishotnation.com, hit that submit tab,
• 38:55
  Speaker 5: Make sure you fill out all the info and also
• 38:58
  Speaker 5: check out our promo advertising packages. Very affordable. It'll help
• 39:03
  Speaker 5: you achieve your musical goals. Amen. Alright, now it's time
• 39:13
  Speaker 5: to head to the Trivia Challenge. Also located in the community. Now,
• 39:25
  Speaker 5: A quick shout out to our brother Zone 3. Our
• 39:28
  Speaker 5: brother Zone has been the champ. champ for a while
• 39:32
  Speaker 5: because challengers, they come and they go. But this is
• 39:39
  Speaker 5: a challenge that you want to stay consistent in because
• 39:43
  Speaker 5: you're learning the word of God. Amen. What better challenge
• 39:47
  Speaker 5: is there to have and challenging yourself in the word.
• 39:52
  Speaker 5: But we also throw it out there. Is there anyone
• 39:55
  Speaker 5: else out there that would download the His Heart Radio app,
• 39:59
  Speaker 5: jump in the live chat in the community also, and
• 40:03
  Speaker 5: give him a challenge? Challenge his title. Is there anyone
• 40:10
  Speaker 5: out there? Alright, so in order to be the trivia champion,
• 40:15
  Speaker 5: what you need to do is you need to be
• 40:17
  Speaker 5: the first to give the correct answer to the question. Obviously, right?
• 40:23
  Speaker 5: So whoever can post it first wins. And so the
• 40:27
  Speaker 5: question is, what two targets of God's judgment are specifically
• 40:32
  Speaker 5: named after the 70 years of where we're completed? The
• 40:40
  Speaker 5: 70 years of captivity. Let me ask that again. What
• 40:43
  Speaker 5: two targets of God's judgment So God is getting ready
• 40:48
  Speaker 5: to judge, but he has two targets that he will
• 40:53
  Speaker 5: judge are specifically named after the 70 years of captivity
• 41:02
  Speaker 5: was completed. So we're looking for two names, two targets,
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  Speaker 5: and you'll get that right. Thank you. Amen. Also, we
• 41:18
  Speaker 5: want to do our community shout out. This is where
• 41:25
  Speaker 5: we let you know about our deeds, our actions, our events,
• 41:29
  Speaker 5: things that we've been doing out in the community and
• 41:32
  Speaker 5: our up and coming events. We just did an event
• 41:36
  Speaker 5: with Metro last Saturday, actually. We were off of 8th
• 41:44
  Speaker 5: Street in Owens over there. On the west side, if
• 41:48
  Speaker 5: you know anything about Vegas, this is the west side.
• 41:51
  Speaker 5: This is the hood. Basically, there's a church right there
• 41:57
  Speaker 5: on the corner. As we arrived, my family and I,
• 42:03
  Speaker 5: we pulled up on them. The whole block looked like
• 42:08
  Speaker 5: they had some type of event. And to be honest,
• 42:12
  Speaker 5: they all look straight gangsters. I believe it was uh
• 42:18
  Speaker 5: that's blood turf over there so i believe there was
• 42:21
  Speaker 5: a lot of blood i saw a lot of red
• 42:24
  Speaker 5: and there was cars and food and people just kicking
• 42:29
  Speaker 5: it out there and so we pulled through the parking
• 42:32
  Speaker 5: lot but then we went over to like around the
• 42:36
  Speaker 5: corner i mean not really around the corner just the
• 42:40
  Speaker 5: other side of the parking lot was where our event
• 42:42
  Speaker 5: was set up we were working with a church there.
• 42:46
  Speaker 5: And with, you know, we have police officers and fire
• 42:49
  Speaker 5: department and all that. And so we went to our spot,
• 42:54
  Speaker 5: found our people, got ready to set up. I started
• 42:58
  Speaker 5: unloading all the equipment. So I get the music up
• 43:02
  Speaker 5: and going. And then I looked up and saw rain clouds, man,
• 43:07
  Speaker 5: they were coming in our direction. And I'm like, you
• 43:11
  Speaker 5: know what? Then I thought about just doing it under the,
• 43:15
  Speaker 5: uh they had like a little canopy over there i
• 43:19
  Speaker 5: thought about setting up under the canopy but then you
• 43:24
  Speaker 5: know i didn't know where the water was gonna go
• 43:26
  Speaker 5: i didn't want my equipment i didn't want to risk
• 43:27
  Speaker 5: the equipment also if it starts raining i'm like well
• 43:31
  Speaker 5: they'll probably shut the event down because who's gonna be
• 43:35
  Speaker 5: out in the rain they had bounce houses they had
• 43:37
  Speaker 5: candy food they had a lot of things going who's
• 43:41
  Speaker 5: gonna stand out there in the rain you know what
• 43:43
  Speaker 5: i mean and so Sure enough, the rain came, and
• 43:48
  Speaker 5: so I packed everything. I didn't take everything out. I
• 43:51
  Speaker 5: packed everything back up, the stuff that I did take out,
• 43:55
  Speaker 5: and we just passed out flyers. We sat in the truck,
• 43:59
  Speaker 5: me and the family, but we were still able to
• 44:01
  Speaker 5: meet people, some awesome people in the community. We told
• 44:05
  Speaker 5: them about our ministry to download the app, so we
• 44:07
  Speaker 5: got some more app downloads. Some more people who are
• 44:11
  Speaker 5: aware that there's a Christian hip hop radio station in
• 44:14
  Speaker 5: Vegas and we give away monthly prizes. We do have,
• 44:19
  Speaker 5: I got to announce it more. We do have a
• 44:21
  Speaker 5: monthly raffle that we do. You know, right now we
• 44:24
  Speaker 5: have a football contest where participants can win 50 grand.
• 44:31
  Speaker 5: So I was passing out flyers, bringing awareness to some
• 44:35
  Speaker 5: of the stuff we do here on the radio station.
• 44:39
  Speaker 5: And on the podcast. So we saw a lot of
• 44:42
  Speaker 5: smiling faces. Things were cool. Our next event, actually our
• 44:47
  Speaker 5: next business mixer will be November the 3rd at the
• 44:51
  Speaker 5: Reno campus. Check out our calendar. If you are a
• 44:57
  Speaker 5: business owner or if you inspire to go into business,
• 45:01
  Speaker 5: we invite you to come and join us on that day.
• 45:06
  Speaker 5: And also, we're getting geared up for our Christmas event,
• 45:10
  Speaker 5: our Christmas event. We're going to be passing out toys
• 45:14
  Speaker 5: and doing some great things in the community. So, yes,
• 45:19
  Speaker 5: we also invite you to come to that. That will
• 45:22
  Speaker 5: be December 19th is the Target Day. So that is
• 45:31
  Speaker 5: our community shout out. And we also want you to
• 45:39
  Speaker 5: know that His Hop Nation is a nonprofit organization. We
• 45:45
  Speaker 5: opened up a Christian club in 2012. You can look
• 45:48
  Speaker 5: us up online. It was called Club His Hop Las Vegas.
• 45:52
  Speaker 5: We've been in the news, the newspaper. We were able
• 45:56
  Speaker 5: to minister for seven years. Out of the club, a 5,000
• 46:02
  Speaker 5: square foot warehouse, we uplifted the name of Jesus Christ.
• 46:07
  Speaker 5: We're looking to relaunch. Should we open that again? We
• 46:11
  Speaker 5: desire Club Hissop Part 2. That's why we became a
• 46:18
  Speaker 5: nonprofit so that we can get grants and ask our
• 46:22
  Speaker 5: brothers and sisters to donate, become monthly donors. $ 2 a
• 46:26
  Speaker 5: month helps. $ 3, $ 5, $ 1, 000, whatever you can do. Become
• 46:35
  Speaker 5: a monthly donor. You can donate annually. You can become
• 46:39
  Speaker 5: a sponsor. If you're a business or a business owner,
• 46:41
  Speaker 5: you can sponsor us. And also, if you know of
• 46:45
  Speaker 5: any grants or if you know of any grant writers,
• 46:48
  Speaker 5: send them our way. And we believe that this is
• 46:52
  Speaker 5: good ground. We believe that God will bless us. We
• 46:59
  Speaker 5: believe that we're God guides. He provides us. And the
• 47:02
  Speaker 5: great thing is, is you can write it off for
• 47:05
  Speaker 5: your taxes because of our nonprofit charity status. With that,
• 47:16
  Speaker 5: let's go ahead and close out today's episode. So Jeremiah 25,
• 47:26
  Speaker 5: 12 through 14 reminds us that Babylon's power was temporary power.
• 47:31
  Speaker 5: and that God would hold the nation accountable for their
• 47:36
  Speaker 5: own works and wrongdoing. God used Babylon in his judgment
• 47:43
  Speaker 5: against Judah, but that did not excuse Babylon's actions. God
• 47:53
  Speaker 5: remained sovereign over history, and no earthly power was beyond
• 47:59
  Speaker 5: his authority. So we need to take this lesson into
• 48:06
  Speaker 5: our everyday life. Don't allow success to make us proud.
• 48:12
  Speaker 5: Don't use our position to mistreat other people. Don't assume
• 48:20
  Speaker 5: that because something is working out in our favor, that
• 48:26
  Speaker 5: every decision you've made must be a right decision. Instead,
• 48:32
  Speaker 5: we need to live with humility, We need to examine
• 48:36
  Speaker 5: our choices, accept correction where correction is necessary and treat
• 48:42
  Speaker 5: people fairly. Use whatever influence that we have to serve
• 48:50
  Speaker 5: others rather than trying to dominate people. Right. We may
• 48:59
  Speaker 5: not understand everything God is doing in history, but we
• 49:02
  Speaker 5: can be sure that human power is not the highest authority.
• 49:11
  Speaker 5: So thank you for joining us. Thank you for sticking
• 49:14
  Speaker 5: with us in this episode. We're going to continue. on
• 49:20
  Speaker 5: our next episode to read ahead Jeremiah chapter 25. Just
• 49:28
  Speaker 5: keep reading that whole chapter. And when we come together,
• 49:30
  Speaker 5: allow God's spirit to revelate what he wants and Check
• 49:38
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• 49:45
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