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The Deceptiveness of Sin - Pastor Daniel Batarseh · Bible Study with Pr. Daniel Batarseh | Verse by Verse Series | Maranatha Bible Church - Chicago

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  Hebrews chapter 3. Verse 12 to 13.
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  Take care Brothers. Lester be in any of you.
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  An evil unbelieving heart. Leading you to fall away from
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  the Living God. but exhort one another every day, as long as it
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  is called today, That none of you may be hardened by the
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  deceitfulness of sin. Growing up in Canada when we
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  move to a new house in Middle School.
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  Part of one of the advantages of that was that we could now walk
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  to our school. But with that came, a whole new
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  level of Parental Guidance knowing that we were going to be
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  walking back and forth. Every single day, my parents
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  exhorted us. My parents warned us and maybe
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  you've heard These Warnings to if you've ever walked somewhere,
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  even if it was just a block son, make sure that before you cross
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  the street, you look both ways. Sun, even though it's a red
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  light and you have the right of way to walk, make sure you look
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  both ways before you walk son, make sure that if there's
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  anybody even if it's somebody from school, a parent from
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  school, they see you walking. And they pull over to the side
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  and say, get in my car and come with me.
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  You never do it. Maybe you've heard these
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  exhortations as well. But with those exhortations was
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  the fact that we heard it almost every single day, it was a
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  repeated warning and it almost became annoying, but here's the
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  reality, it worked. It worked.
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  Now, why would any parent warn their children in such a manner,
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  why would any parent take it to themselves to warn and to exhort
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  everyday for the safety of their children?
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  Very simple. Because love warns.
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  Love warns. True.
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  Love warns. And in the same way, the Bible
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  rather parents warned their children out of love of the
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  dangers, outside of the Four Walls of the home.
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  In the same way, our heavenly father through the scriptures
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  warned his children of the dangers of this very world
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  because love warns Paul says in Colossians 128 him, we Proclaim
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  warning everyone and teaching everyone that we may present
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  everyone mature in Christ. Iced warning and teaching.
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  Why? Because love warns.
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  And the Bible itself does not just warn us directly.
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  The Bible tells us in Hebrews to 3313 that we are to exhort one
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  another. To exhort means to strongly
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  urge. Or to strongly encourage someone
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  to perform a certain action. An exhortation can take a form
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  of warning or encouragement or Comfort or reproof depending on
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  what circumstances being addressed.
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  And so it's saying here that we ought to exhort one another.
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  Why should we exhort one another?
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  Well, firstly tells us to do it every single day.
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  That we are to encourage and exhort one another day by day
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  night by night. You think that's exhaustive but
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  it's because of the second part of the verse, that explains why
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  we are to exhort one another every day because sin attempts
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  to deceive us every single day, every single day sin is on a
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  mission to deceive. The people of God sin is on a
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  mission to bring war against the people of God.
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  That's why Peter says in First Peter 2:11 beloved, I urge you
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  as sojourners and exiles. To abstain from the passions of
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  the flesh, which war against your soul. whether you and I
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  want to believe it or not the passions of the flesh are at war
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  with us every single day and because of that the author of
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  Hebrews says exhorted exhort one another every single day lest
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  sin deceives, you and so one of the remedies of being mastered
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  over sin, Is walking alongside with Brothers and Sisters in
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  Christ that are willing to speak into our lives, so that our
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  hearts can remain soft towards Jesus.
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  That's why you don't miss church.
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  It is so important to meet with one.
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  Another, the Gathering of the Brethren is vital for the
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  purpose of our sanctification. You hear excuses all the time.
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  All these people that think they're so spiritual?
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  Well, I don't need to go to church.
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  Oh, really? Okay, let's go with that.
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  Train of logic. You might not want to go to
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  church. You might not feel like going to
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  church because you feel like you don't need it because you read
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  your Bible every single day because you watch so many
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  YouTube sermons. Okay, that's fine.
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  But what if somebody in the church needs you It's so selfish
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  to think that, you know, I don't need to go to church because I
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  mean, but what if somebody in church needs you?
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  What if somebody's encouraged by your presence?
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  What if somebody is encouraged by your words of wisdom?
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  What if somebody's encouraged by your prayers and your worship to
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  God? We cannot miss the Gathering of
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  the brethren for this purpose because it keeps our hearts
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  soft. And that's the very purpose of
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  this short message today, to lovingly warn of one specific
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  thing, the deceitfulness of sin, The purpose of this short
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  message is this is that if there is any sin creeping in your
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  life, that through the word of God, it would put it in the
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  spotlight. To lead us to repentance the
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  goal of this. Very short text is to bring us
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  to a place to identify the things that might be.
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  Seducing us into a certain lifestyle and by the grace of
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  God, we would cut it off before it leads us away from the Living
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  God. How does sin deceive us?
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  If sin had a voice, what would it say to you?
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  Number one, sin deceives people by convincing them.
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  That they can keep it in the dark.
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  Sin deceives people by convincing them that they can
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  keep it in the dark sin, has this subtle way of trying to
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  enter into your heart and cinch eyes to Mesmerize you to bring
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  it in a place where it resides in your heart.
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  Long enough, where you become hardened Where you're not soft
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  towards the things of God and where you're not convicted about
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  the things of God anymore, where you have no urgency for the
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  things of God anymore sin. Very rarely comes in a very
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  obvious way. No, no, it comes in a friendly
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  way, and it tries to convince you that you can actually hide
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  it from people. It convinces you to say you can
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  be one way in church and you can be a completely different person
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  at one in the morning in your bedroom and you could be a
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  completely different person at work.
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  And you can keep those different Lifestyles and their respective
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  circumstances and environments and nobody will know about it,
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  send deceives you and saying, yeah, you can look at that on
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  your phone because you can just delete the history.
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  Yeah, you can look at that on your computer because you have
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  the ability to just delete off your browser.
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  Oh yeah. You can talk like that about
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  somebody because it's just between you and another person
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  sin deceives, you and convincing you.
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  That you can keep it in the dark.
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  But here's the reality. You may be able to fool your
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  friends. You may be able to fool your
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  husband, you may be able to fool your wife, you may be able to
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  fool, even your spiritual leaders, but there's one person
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  you cannot fool, and his name is Jesus Christ.
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  Oh, you can't fool him because he sees everything and he hears
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  everything. You better believe it.
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  When you're in your car by yourself, you know who's in the
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  car with you. Jesus Christ, when you're on the
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  phone with somebody you know who's on the phone with you.
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  Jesus Christ, when you're talking in that room when nobody
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  else is in the room, you know, who's in that room?
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  Jesus Christ. It was Joseph.
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  Who said in Genesis, 39 9. When Potiphar's wife was
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  seducing him and he could have probably got away with it for a
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  long time. This young man had this
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  Revelation that so many Christians.
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  Do not have. How can I send?
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  This is exceedingly. Great wickedness against my God.
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  Joseph knew that though. There might have not been
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  anybody else in that house. There was somebody in the house
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  God almighty. And the Numbers Chapter 12, we
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  see Miriam and Aaron speaking against their brother speaking
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  against his wife and speaking against his ministry.
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  And at the end of verse 2, there are these four crucial words
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  that changed the whole scenario as they're gossiping as they're
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  speaking against the man of God. It says this and the Lord heard
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  it, five words. And the Lord heard it.
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  And so this is a truth that you and I must rehearse every single
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  day. God sees me and God hears me.
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  Send deceives by trying to convince even Christians that
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  they can keep it in the dark. Secondly, sin deceives by
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  attempting to convince people that it has no consequences.
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  There's a story of this circus trainer who for years, would
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  entertain people by bringing a line into a cage and walking
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  into that cage with it and doing all these tricks and arousing it
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  and getting it to Roar and to stand up and to move its paws.
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  He's been doing it for years, it's all.
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  Although this thing was a lion is as though it was his friend.
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  It's co-worker. And people would come in by the
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  droves to watch this man. Perform these tricks with this
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  lion. And day in and day out.
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  This is how he made his money day in and day out.
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  It would perform well. Until one day at the age of 35.
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  This circus trainer comes in just like any other night.
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  And he performs these tricks with this lion and all for a
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  sudden without any warning, this line that he has trained with
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  for years on end suddenly pounces upon this circus trainer
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  and grabs him by the neck and dragged him around that cage,
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  until he lost all his blood. What he thought that he could
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  tame eventually turned on him. And so many people treat their
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  sin the same way, they think that if they can just tame it if
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  they can train it that it won't get out of control and they can
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  just go on with their life without any consequences.
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  But you better believe. That the wages of sin is death.
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  You better understand. That though you might have had
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  that habit in your life. I'm talking about his habitual,
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  so we're not talking about stumbling.
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  So we're talking about habitual sin, you might have kept that
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  sin in your life for a long time and not have seen any
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  consequences, but it's coming. Oh, it's coming.
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  You just give it time and it will bring the price.
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  So many people who are habitual liars and because they've told
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  white lies our whole life think that they can continue to lie
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  without any problem and get away with it.
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  And I myself have heard stories of people who have brought that
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  lying habit into their workplace.
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  And when they brought it to the workplace and attempted to use
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  it, they've been exposed by high-profile bosses and almost
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  lost their jobs because they thought they can get away with a
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  certain responsibility by lying. There are those who gossip even
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  within the church and they come with their little gossip group
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  and spread their venom in their poison to one another.
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  And they think that, as long as it stays within the group, it
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  doesn't affect the entire Community.
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  But what they don't realize is, they're only building
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  themselves, a reputation of others to see how untrustworthy
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  they are. And here's a just a little side
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  note. If the people you talk to gossip
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  with you, they most likely gossip about you.
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  Just keep that in mind next time.
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  And there are those. Who are married?
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  Married man, and married woman. We're entertaining thoughts and
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  moving towards flirting. And being inappropriate with the
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  opposite gender, because they want to try to fulfill a little
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  fantasy in their minds. When they don't realize that
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  they're being unfaithful. And here's a strong Godly
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  warning. That little fantasy that you
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  want to try to see come to pass, will turn into a nightmare
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  before you know it. Bible says in Hebrews 13:4, let
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  marriage be held in honor among all and the marriage bed be
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  undefiled for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous
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  Sin has its consequences. But sin tries to deceive you
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  thinking, there's no consequences in fact.
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  It tries to convince people that the pleasure it offers its
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  better and worth the consequences.
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  No, this people of God, the consequences of sin last way
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  longer than the pleasure it offers in the moment.
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  Lastly. Sin deceives people and
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  convincing them that they cannot have power over it.
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  There are genuine people with a genuine sin in their life and
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  they have given up on trying to fight that sin because they feel
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  and they've been convinced that sin has too much power over them
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  and people even verbalize this and said, you know what, I think
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  this is just a part of who I am. This is just something that I'm
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  just going to have to live with. I'm not going to pursue Purity
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  anymore as a single young, man. I'm not going to pursue
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  faithfulness anymore. I'm not.
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  Pursue pure speech. I'm not going to pursue this.
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  I'm not going to pursue Holiness because I just feel as though
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  this is who I am, maybe it's generational, maybe it's
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  something that I inherited, maybe some of them just have to
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  live with the rest of my life. That is a Lie from the pit of
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  Hell. That is a lie straight from the
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  mouth of Satan himself that you cannot have the power over sin.
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  The only way that you can not have the power over sin as if
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  you're not a Christian. But if you truly been born again
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  of the spirit of God, know this, that Jesus Christ did not just
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  die for the penalty of your sin. He died for you to have the
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  power over it. That's the gospel, that's
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  salvation, not that he just takes care of the consequences
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  of your sin. He takes care of the fact that
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  you can have power over it in this life.
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  And sin says, no, no. You're gonna have to live with
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  me for the rest of your days. When the Bible says, in First
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  Peter 2:24, he himself bore our sins in his body on the tree
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  that we may die to sin and live to righteousness.
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  By stripes we have been healed It is Romans 8:13 that we must
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  put this finger on and claim the promise of that those who live
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  according to the flesh shall die.
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  But by the spirit, You can put the death, the Deeds of the body
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  and live. By the spirit, God has given us
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  every resource possible to ensure consistent victory over
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  sin. That's a promise.
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  That's not something we just sing about and wish for it's
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  something that we can experience, don't believe the
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  lie of sin. Don't believe the flesh.
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  That tells you that you can stay the way you are.
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  You can stay defeated, you can stay depressed.
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  You can stay with those thoughts.
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  Believe the word of God. Saturate yourself with the
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  scriptures call Upon Jesus. To give you the Holy Spirit and
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  he'll do it. Sin deceives.
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  By trying to whisper to you, you know, you can keep me in the
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  dark, nobody needs to know about it.
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  Send the Seas were saying, you know, you can keep me.
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  You can tame me, you can train me and nothing will get out of
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  hand. And sin deceives by saying.
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  You know what you're stuck with me for the rest of your life.
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  But know this. That God's word, triumphs over
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  every lie and we cling to the word of God.
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  Exhort one, another daily. Lest you be deceived by sin.
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  Here's what we're going to do. We're going to respond right
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  now. If there's any area in your
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  life, the Holy Spirit through his word has pressed his finger
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  upon. Don't wait till the end of the
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  service. Right now.
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  For some of you maybe God has been warning you for a long
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  time. Or maybe God is warning you for
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  the first time? Regardless know this you must
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  respond. This is an extension of Mercy.
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  The Bible says this in Proverbs 28:13, whoever conceals, whoever
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  conceals his transgression will not prosper.
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  But he who confesses and forsakes it shall obtain Mercy.
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  Stop trying to hide it. Stop trying to bury it, it will
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  come out some way some time, but if you confess it and forsake it
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  know this, there is Mercy at the end of that God wants to extend
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  his mercy. God wants to extend forgiveness,
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  but it requires confession. You cannot conceal it.
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  You must confess it. If we confess our sin, he is
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  faithful and just to forgive us. Our trespasses and to cleanse us
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  from all unrighteousness. If we confess our sins, it must
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  be done in confession before God can move in and do something
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  bow. Your heads with me, please.
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  And just right now in your own heart, before we even have
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  communion today, before we even hear the second part of the
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  message, another message by Pastor Rafiq.
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  There's no rush here. Ask the Lord to do something in
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  your heart. Humble yourself before the
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  mighty hand of God and he will exalt you.
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  Ask the Lord to remove that sin in your life that you've been
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  trying to hide conceal. For the next few moments, no
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  music, no distractions, just between you and God.
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  I would encourage you to pray what David prayed in Psalms 8611
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  teach me to know your truth that I may walk in your ways.
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  O Lord and unite My Heart To Fear your name.
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  May we ask the Lord for the fear of God, may we ask the Lord for
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  forgiveness, may we ask the Lord, not just for those things,
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  but for the power to overcome, any sin and every sin, claim his
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  promises in the next few moments and seek Him, ask him to change
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  you before you walk out of these doors.
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  He's faithful to respond. Father, we pray together.
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  As a family as a body have you as you've instructed us to
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  exhort one another every day? Lest we be caught up in the
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  deception found in sin? Father, we pray that we would
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  not be deceived. You would keep our hearts soft.
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  We pray for the fear of the Living God in our hearts.
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  The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, there is no
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  wisdom apart from the fear of the Lord, as being the beginning
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  of it. Help us understand the fear of
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  the Lord is a Fountain of Life help us understand that the fear
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  of the Lord is the hatred of evil.
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  Help us understand that, those who fear the lord are to you at
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  the light. Give us a hatred for sin and
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  wickedness. Give us the ability.
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  To exhort one another to encourage one another to run
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  this race and help us understand that even in your rebukes and in
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  your warnings just like a loving parent.
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  Would you do it out of love? Because you care for us and, you
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  know, the dangers that come with the things that might try to
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  attract us. You know how we are easily
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  forgettable? Concerning the dangers that
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  await us, that there is an adversary of our souls that,
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  there's this flesh, that tries to convince us.
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  Otherwise, And so, father, we pray.
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  That you would have heard the confessions, in the hearts of
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  the people, and that you would empower the people to live holy
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  before a holy God. And Lord, let us leave here with
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  this Revelation that you are a God that sees, you are a God
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  that hears and we respond to that and reverence.
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  In your name we pray. Amen.
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  In your name we pray. Amen.