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EPISODE 61 Jeremiah 23:16–20 “Do Not Listen to False Prophets” · His Hop Radio Podcast

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  Speaker 2: This is episode 61 in the book of Jeremiah. And
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  Speaker 2: today we're going to continue in chapter 23, starting at
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  Speaker 2: verse 16. And we're going to go to verse 20. Amen.
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  Speaker 3: Lord willing.
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  Speaker 2: Now, in our previous episode, God exposed the prophets who
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  Speaker 2: were lying. They were living in sin and they were
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  Speaker 2: leading people away from God. So now God gives Jeremiah
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  Speaker 2: a direct warning to the people themselves, right? It's not
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  Speaker 2: enough just to deal with the leaders. You are accountable
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  Speaker 2: if you follow the wrong leader as well. Because these leaders,
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  Speaker 2: they were giving the people comfort in their sin. They
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  Speaker 2: were giving them messages of comfort while they were living
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  Speaker 2: a life of rebellion. They were telling everyone that they
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  Speaker 2: would be fine, that everything will be okay. In reality,
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  Speaker 2: they were at war with God and this is a
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  Speaker 2: dangerous setting. A lot of people don't understand that. That
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  Speaker 2: to be friends with this world is to be at
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  Speaker 2: enmity with God. People don't realize that when Jesus says,
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  Speaker 2: if you're not for me, you are against me. There
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  Speaker 2: is no middle ground. You're either a friend of God
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  Speaker 2: or you are his enemy.
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  Speaker 5: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: So we're going to explore that. We're going to get
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  Speaker 2: we said yesterday on the other episode, right? We have
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  Speaker 2: to hold Constantly look in the mirror of the word
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  Speaker 2: and evaluate where we are. Amen. And we cannot grow complacent.
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  Speaker 2: if any of us are living in complacency or if
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  Speaker 2: there's any sin, if there's anything in us that is
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  Speaker 2: not pleasing you, oh God, please expose it and help
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  Speaker 2: not want to be your enemy. Oh Lord, we ask
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  Speaker 2: be the people who are diligent, oh God, and not
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  Speaker 2: complacent to look into your word and to obey it,
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  Speaker 2: let's get into it. Jeremiah chapter 16. I'm sorry, chapter 23.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to pick it up in verse 16. And
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  Speaker 2: it says, thus says the Lord of hosts. Right. That
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  Speaker 2: says the Lord of hosts. Now, I love it when
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  Speaker 2: the Lord describes his title and describes who he is.
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  Speaker 2: This is telling you where this message is coming from.
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  Speaker 2: The authority is. behind the word that we are about
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  Speaker 2: to read. It says, do not listen to the words
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  Speaker 2: of the prophets who prophesied to you and make you worthless. They,
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  Speaker 2: they speak a vision of their own heart, not from
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  Speaker 2: the mouth of the Lord. Wow. So let's break this down.
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  Speaker 2: This is pretty strong right here. God tells the people,
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  Speaker 2: Harken not or do not listen. The old King James
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  Speaker 2: is harken not. Do not listen to these prophets. So
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  Speaker 2: that is a powerful command coming straight from the Lord
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  Speaker 2: of hosts. Now, why should they listen? Because the prophets
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  Speaker 2: were speaking from their own hearts. rather than from the
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  Speaker 2: mouth of the Lord. That is one reason why I
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  Speaker 2: do a verse-by-verse, chapter-by-chapter study, because there is a famine
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  Speaker 2: of the Word of God in the land. When you
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  Speaker 2: go to church today, sad to say, you really don't
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  Speaker 2: get that much of the Word. I believe that every
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  Speaker 2: church should adopt this somehow, have a systematic study through
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  Speaker 2: the word of God, because that's what the people need.
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  Speaker 2: And this is the only way that we will grow
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  Speaker 2: is by understanding his word and by applying his word.
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  Speaker 2: How can we be Christ-like if we don't know what
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  Speaker 2: Christ likes? Amen. And so there's a lot of pastors,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of ministers that are teaching their own hearts
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  Speaker 2: and And it happened back then and it happens today. Right.
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  Speaker 2: They had their own vision. They had their own message
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  Speaker 2: and they had their own ideas. Instead of serving God,
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  Speaker 2: they made themselves God. But they were presenting those ideas
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  Speaker 2: as if they came from God. They wanted the authority.
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  Speaker 2: They wanted to borrow God. to further their own agendas, right?
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  Speaker 2: That is one of the biggest dangers in spiritual leadership.
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  Speaker 2: It's possible to have a strong opinion and put God's
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  Speaker 2: name on it. You can say, God told me or
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  Speaker 2: God said this or that when God never even spoke
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  Speaker 2: to you. You can take your personal preference and turn
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  Speaker 2: it into a spiritual command and this is one of
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  Speaker 2: my passions and one of the reasons why I do
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  Speaker 2: teach the word is because I was caught up in
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  Speaker 2: my early 20s in a church just like this. We
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  Speaker 2: had a leader who It was actually a fellowship. So
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  Speaker 2: we had multiple churches around the country. The mother church
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  Speaker 2: was in Prescott, Arizona. And he would use his preference
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  Speaker 2: as commands. And he would tell all the churches, you
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  Speaker 2: can't watch TV. Take the TV out of your house.
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  Speaker 2: You can't go to the movies. You can't do this.
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  Speaker 2: You can't have a goatee. You can't do this and
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  Speaker 2: can't do that. And it became very legalistic. And I
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  Speaker 2: learned like, okay, you can't put your personal preference on
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  Speaker 2: my life. I can't put my personal preference on your life.
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  Speaker 2: If I like Coke and you like Pepsi because I'm
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  Speaker 2: your pastor, I can't force you to drink Coke. And
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  Speaker 2: I've seen it done. It wasn't done exactly like that.
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  Speaker 2: That's a little extreme, but I've, been to fellowships. I've
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  Speaker 2: been to people's houses where they said, well, pastor doesn't
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  Speaker 2: like Pepsi. So I don't drink Pepsi anymore. I'm like, what? Like,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, where's the Kool-Aid? You know what I'm saying? Like,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it never, I don't know. I need to
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  Speaker 2: write a book, but I never thrived in that setting.
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  Speaker 2: I was miserable in that fellowship. I was there for
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  Speaker 2: almost like 13 years, but I didn't know anything else
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  Speaker 2: at the time. Until I started studying the word, I
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  Speaker 2: started to see where even the church was lying, right?
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  Speaker 2: That's why we got to be careful. That's why I'm
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  Speaker 2: passionate to do verse studies because I want to hear
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  Speaker 2: directly from the Lord because churches and pastors can lie
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  Speaker 2: to us. Now, of course, these are false churches and
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  Speaker 2: false pastors and God has faithful men and women who
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  Speaker 2: are serving him. We just have to ask the Lord
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  Speaker 2: to bring us to them because they're becoming more of
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  Speaker 2: the exception and not the rule anymore, which it should
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  Speaker 2: be normal. It should be a normal thing for us
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  Speaker 2: to walk in church today and hear the truth of
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  Speaker 2: God's word so that we could repent and get saved. Right.
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  Speaker 5: Right.
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  Speaker 2: But sorry, that is not the case. They take personal
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  Speaker 2: preference and turn it into spiritual commands. They can take
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  Speaker 2: your feelings and call them revelation. The Mormons do that.
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  Speaker 2: They speak of the burning of the bosom to confirm
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  Speaker 2: the truth of their teaching. That is dangerous. You never
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  Speaker 2: trust your senses when it comes to spiritual things. Not
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  Speaker 2: everything spiritual is from God. Don't forget we have an
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  Speaker 2: enemy out there, a spiritual enemy that likes to counterfeit
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  Speaker 2: the things of God. That's why today we really need
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  Speaker 2: to pray for discernment.
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  Speaker 5: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: Verse 17, they continually say to those who despise me
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  Speaker 2: Lord has said you shall have peace and to everyone
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  Speaker 2: who walks according to the dictates of his own heart
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  Speaker 2: they say no evil shall come upon you now we've
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  Speaker 2: encountered this statement before walking to the dictates of our
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  Speaker 2: own hearts how many people can you think of today
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  Speaker 2: who that do this. How many of us do this?
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  Speaker 2: It's easy to forget God's word and follow the dictates
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  Speaker 2: of our own hearts. I pray that this will be
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  Speaker 2: a life-changing episode for all of us.
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  Speaker 3: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: Because they... Say still unto them that despise me, the
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  Speaker 2: Lord has said, ye shall have peace. And they say
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  Speaker 2: unto everyone that walketh after the imagination of his own heart,
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  Speaker 2: no evil shall come upon you. Now that was the
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  Speaker 2: King James. You shall have peace. No evil shall come
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  Speaker 2: upon you. But these were not promises of God. God
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  Speaker 2: did not promise this to the people. The prophets were
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  Speaker 2: telling rebellious people that everything was going to be fine.
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  Speaker 2: They were giving people reassurance without repentance. How many people
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  Speaker 2: are doing that today to our own country? The United
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  Speaker 2: States of America, we need to wake up as a
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  Speaker 2: nation because we could lose our peace instantly. Look at
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  Speaker 2: what happened to 9-11. If we continue in a state
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  Speaker 2: of rebellion against God, there is nothing wrong with preaching
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  Speaker 2: hope to people. The Bible itself is full of hope,
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  Speaker 2: but biblical hope never requires us to ignore sins. Now,
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  Speaker 2: there's a difference between saying God will forgive you when
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  Speaker 2: you repent and saying you don't need to repent. Everything
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  Speaker 2: is fine. We need to understand the difference. The first
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  Speaker 2: one is biblical grace. The second one is false comfort.
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  Speaker 2: Grace does not excuse sin. Grace calls us out of sin.
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  Speaker 2: The Bible says that it's the grace of God that
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  Speaker 2: teaches us to turn away from ungodliness and worldly lust.
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  Speaker 2: That is the power of God's grace. It's not a
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  Speaker 2: license to continue to sin and say, oh, God will
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  Speaker 2: forgive me. God will cover me. That is a wicked
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  Speaker 2: and horrible habit to have. And I've been there, beloved.
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  Speaker 2: And to be honest, I struggle with it is still today.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, not like it was before, you know, before
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  Speaker 2: I was, you know, in gross sin trying to live
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  Speaker 2: for God. But now it's like the small things like
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  Speaker 2: eating that candy bar when I shouldn't and things like that.
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  Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying? Not to try to justify
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  Speaker 2: my foolishness. Anytime we abuse God's grace, it's serious. Amen.
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  Speaker 2: Verse 17. They continue, say to those who despise me,
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  Speaker 2: the Lord has said you shall have peace. Okay, I'm sorry,
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  Speaker 2: we already read verse 17. Let's go to verse 18,
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  Speaker 2: I believe. Okay, verse 18. For who has stood in
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  Speaker 2: the counsel of the Lord and has perceived and heard
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  Speaker 2: his word? who has marked his word and heard it.
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  Speaker 2: All right. Who has stood in the council of the
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  Speaker 2: Lord that has perceived and heard his word, who has
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  Speaker 2: marked his word, hearing it. Excuse me. I'm just going
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  Speaker 2: from the new King James to the old King James
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  Speaker 2: just to compare it. But God is asking a challenging
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  Speaker 2: question right here. Who actually stood in the counsel of
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  Speaker 2: the Lord? In other words, who really heard from God? Now,
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  Speaker 2: here's the implication. The implication is that those prophets were
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  Speaker 2: claiming divine authority without actually receiving God's word. And that's
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  Speaker 2: a sad place to be. That's bold. That is bold.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, like, do you fear God at all? Do
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  Speaker 2: you fear God at all? Man. But this is why
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  Speaker 2: we should be careful and not be impressed simply because
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  Speaker 2: someone speaks confidently. Someone can come to you with confidence
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  Speaker 2: and authority and speak boldly. Confidence doesn't prove divine authority.
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  Speaker 2: It doesn't validate whether it's from God or not. Now,
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  Speaker 2: a big platform doesn't prove divine authority either. A title
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  Speaker 2: doesn't prove divine authority. Even a large following doesn't prove
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  Speaker 2: divine authority either. Even speaking religiously, religious language does not
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  Speaker 2: prove divine authority. The message must be tested against the
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  Speaker 2: word of God. Amen. So if someone comes to you,
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  Speaker 2: they may have influence. They may have money, position, power, title, education,
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  Speaker 2: all this stuff. But if they're not speaking in accordance
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  Speaker 2: with God's word, then we can disregard it immediately. Don't
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  Speaker 2: give it an inch. Verse 19, behold, a whirlwind of
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  Speaker 2: the Lord has gone forth in fury, a violent whirlwind.
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  Speaker 2: It will fall violently on the head of the wicked. Now,
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  Speaker 2: these are some of the promises of God. that we
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  Speaker 2: wish were not in the Bible. Like, yeah, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we can get those promise books, but we just want
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  Speaker 2: the blessings, but we don't want to look at the warnings, right?
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  Speaker 2: It says, behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone
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  Speaker 2: forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind. Now, the false prophets,
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  Speaker 2: they were promising peace, God says judgment was actually coming.
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  Speaker 2: It's like coming in a whirlwind. Now a whirlwind could
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  Speaker 2: be coming right at you. And you can have a
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  Speaker 2: pastor or some uneducated Christian or even an unbeliever tell you, oh,
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  Speaker 2: everything will be fine. You shall have peace when disaster
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  Speaker 2: and destruction is coming for you now. You can see
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  Speaker 2: the hand of the enemy. He wants us to be
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  Speaker 2: judged by God. That's his ultimate goal. That is his
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  Speaker 2: ultimate touchdown is to destroy your life and put you
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  Speaker 2: in a place where God will have no choice but
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  Speaker 2: to judge and destroy us. If we grow complacent about
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  Speaker 2: God's word, if we don't diligently seek him, if we
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  Speaker 2: don't diligently study him, Let us not allow this temporary
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  Speaker 2: world that is passing away to distract us from what
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  Speaker 2: truly matters. Our priority is God and our relationship with him.
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  Speaker 2: The people were being prepared for the wrong reality. They
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  Speaker 2: were living in the dreamland and Satan's number one weapon
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  Speaker 2: is deception. Do not trust the dictates. Of your own heart.
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  Speaker 2: Trust in the word. Alright. This is our final verse.
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  Speaker 2: Verse 20. The anger of the Lord. Will not turn back.
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  Speaker 2: Until he has executed. And performed. The thoughts of his heart.
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  Speaker 2: In the latter days. You will understand. It perfectly. What
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  Speaker 2: does it say in the old King James? The anger
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  Speaker 2: of the Lord shall not return until he has executed,
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  Speaker 2: until he has performed the thoughts of his heart. In
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  Speaker 2: the latter days, you shall consider it perfectly. All right,
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  Speaker 2: let's break this down. Now, God's judgment would not simply
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  Speaker 2: disappear because people wanted to hear a comforting message his
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  Speaker 2: word will be fulfilled so eventually the people would understand
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  Speaker 2: exactly what God had been saying what God has been
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  Speaker 2: telling them now there is a danger of prophets who
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  Speaker 2: speak from their own imagination while claiming to speak They
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  Speaker 2: were giving people messages of peace and prosperity when God
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  Speaker 2: was actually warning them of coming judgment. So the problem
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  Speaker 2: wasn't that the people wanted hope. The problem was that
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  Speaker 2: they were receiving false hope. So a true messenger of
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  Speaker 2: God must faithfully deliver God's word, even when the message
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  Speaker 2: may be difficult.
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  Speaker 3: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: Jeremiah had a difficult ministry. And if I'm not mistaken,
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  Speaker 2: he did not win that one disciple. The whole nation
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  Speaker 2: fell and went into judgment. So there's a lesson here
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  Speaker 2: for both the person speaking and the person who is listening.
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  Speaker 2: We are still held accountable. Now you would think that
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  Speaker 2: God would punish the false prophet, even if the person
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  Speaker 2: listening was innocent. Or can I say, I mean, nobody's
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  Speaker 2: truly innocent, right? The Bible says all of sin and
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  Speaker 2: falling short of the glory of God. So There's no
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  Speaker 2: such thing as a good person who's going to get
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  Speaker 2: into the kingdom by their own good merit. That person
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  Speaker 2: does not exist. We all need to come to repentance,
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  Speaker 2: but I mean, let's say if you're a babe in Christ, right?
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  Speaker 2: That's why I have such a passion to protect the babes.
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  Speaker 2: Those are just starting off in their walk. You can
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  Speaker 2: listen to a false teacher and a false prophet and
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  Speaker 2: you can be judged even though you were ignorant or
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  Speaker 2: didn't have the full understanding, there's still an accountability concerning
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  Speaker 2: who you listen to, who you allow to pour into you.
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  Speaker 2: So if you're speaking for God, don't add your own
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  Speaker 2: ideas and call them God's word. That is a no-no.
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  Speaker 2: And if you're listening to Don't accept something simply because
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  Speaker 2: it sounds good. Test it. Search the scripture and pray.
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  Speaker 2: Use discernment and be willing to hear something that challenges you.
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  Speaker 2: Because sometimes the truth won't make you feel comfortable, but
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  Speaker 2: sometimes the truth will tell you to change, to repent.
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  Speaker 2: to forgive, to stop, to go, to obey. And that
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  Speaker 2: is God's love. Amen. He wants to be your counselor
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  Speaker 2: and he wants to guide your life. In my personal
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  Speaker 2: testimony on this, I was saved at the young age
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  Speaker 2: of 15 years old when I heard the gospel. It
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  Speaker 2: was powerful. And I can remember, shout out to Bonita.
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  Speaker 2: She was the one who led me to the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: And the words she gave me actually helped me to
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  Speaker 2: be saved today. She told me that when I go
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  Speaker 2: back with my friends, they're going to try to talk
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  Speaker 2: me out of my decision to follow God. And sure enough,
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  Speaker 2: it happened. My friends confronted me and they tried to
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  Speaker 2: convince me. to abandon my faith but because of that
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  Speaker 2: I was able to stick with it but also there
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  Speaker 2: was another doctrine that she believed in and that she
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  Speaker 2: taught and as a new convert as a babe in
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  Speaker 2: Christ I couldn't wholeheartedly accept it even though I didn't
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  Speaker 2: know the Bible that well, even though I was sitting
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  Speaker 2: under her teaching. But she taught a doctrine called Once Saved,
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  Speaker 2: Always Saved. That's how I came to the faith. As
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  Speaker 2: a 15th first time ever hearing the gospel, she would
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  Speaker 2: bring out material teachings from the pastor Charles Stanley, which
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  Speaker 2: he championed that doctrine, Once Saved, Always Saved. And in
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  Speaker 2: the back of my mind, I always said to myself
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to be judged before God that is God
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  Speaker 2: has to be my ultimate authority on this I can't
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  Speaker 2: fully just trust what she's telling me I'm not going
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  Speaker 2: to let what somebody tells me to jeopardize my salvation
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  Speaker 2: in my day of judgment before the Lord. So I
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  Speaker 2: never fully embraced that one saves always save doctrine because
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  Speaker 2: it tells people they don't have to change, right? Then
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  Speaker 2: why have the Bible? Why have such a big Bible?
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  Speaker 2: The Bible should just be one page. Repeat, give your
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  Speaker 2: life to God, say a prayer and you're fine. Why
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  Speaker 2: does the Bible have so much instruction? Like even today,
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  Speaker 2: Don't listen to the false prophets and come return to me.
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  Speaker 2: It's so easy for us to stray away from God.
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  Speaker 2: Do not follow the dictates of your own heart. Why
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  Speaker 2: are these messages in the Bible? If once saved, always
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  Speaker 2: saved was accurate. And I believe a lot of people
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  Speaker 2: are going to miss the kingdom because they don't understand sanctification.
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  Speaker 2: That means we need to separate ourselves from sin. We
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  Speaker 2: need to consecrate ourselves unto God. The grace of God
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  Speaker 2: teaches us to deny ungodliness and worldly lust. We are
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  Speaker 2: at war with our flesh. We are at world. We
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  Speaker 2: are at war with the world. And we are at
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  Speaker 2: war with the devil and his army. Our ally is
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit. The word of God. In the spirit, man,
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  Speaker 2: that as we birth in us, the Bible promises us
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  Speaker 2: that if we walk in the spirit, we will not
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  Speaker 2: fulfill the lustful desires of our flesh. And Jesus himself
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  Speaker 2: give us victory over Satan. So, beloved, I want you
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  Speaker 2: to be victorious in this battle, this day to day
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  Speaker 2: battle we're in. With that, it's time for a break.
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  Speaker 6: You are listening to The Light of Las Vegas. This
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  Speaker 6: is the HizHop Radio Show.
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  Speaker 5: And I don't need a drug, I've been moving on gospel,
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  Speaker 5: I still gotta carry my peace. I was looking for
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  Speaker 5: change and they want me to pay, but I knew
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  Speaker 5: that his mercy was free. Talk about giving me life
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  Speaker 5: and they show me the word, I guess I gotta read.
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  Speaker 5: Come on, step in the building, Bible on me. 1, 2, 3,
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  Speaker 5: you know we deep. Just like Moses spitting the seed,
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  Speaker 5: we walk in the church, I ain't paying the fee.
• 32:39
  Speaker 5: I make time for God, he make time for me.
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  Speaker 5: Matthew 18, 20, you said when we come in your name,
• 32:44
  Speaker 5: we coming in. Welcome with God and we nothing to stop.
• 32:48
  Speaker 5: Telling you what and I don't need a glock. Got
• 32:49
  Speaker 5: an armor of God and it's deep in my sock.
• 32:51
  Speaker 5: I ain't never thought that I'd be tied with the rock.
• 32:52
  Speaker 5: I ain't with the gang and I ain't with the block.
• 32:54
  Speaker 5: I've been serving the Lord and I know he on top.
• 32:55
  Speaker 5: He's speaking the truth and he nothing to stop.
• 32:57
  Speaker 4: And I don't need a drug.
• 32:58
  Speaker 5: I've been moving with God so I still gotta carry
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  Speaker 5: my peace. I was looking for change and they want
• 33:03
  Speaker 5: me to type but I knew that his mercy was free.
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  Speaker 3: Talk about giving me life and they show me the
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  Speaker 3: word like this I gotta read. And I'm everyday.
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  Speaker 5: And the law, I still gotta read And the sin
• 33:14
  Speaker 5: is still a disease I'm a Christ.
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  Speaker 3: So I gotta lead Spirit, I need God, I need Father,
• 33:20
  Speaker 3: I need Coming together, we still need.
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  Speaker 5: It Good, okay I can say God remains If there
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  Speaker 5: ain't all this, babe It's.
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  Speaker 3: Life, no, it's right here, babe Step in the building.
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  Speaker 3: Bible on me.
• 33:50
  Speaker 5: One, two, three. You know we deep. Just like Moses
• 33:53
  Speaker 5: spitting the seed. We walk in the church. I ain't
• 33:54
  Speaker 5: paying the fee. I make time for God. He make
• 33:58
  Speaker 5: time for me. Matthew 18, 20. You said when we
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  Speaker 5: come in your name, we coming in. I still remain faithful.
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  Speaker 6: Devil still try to kill my vibe.
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  Speaker 2: Kick that little boy to the curb. Cause I came
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  Speaker 2: in with my guy. Yeah, yeah. I know it's right.
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  Speaker 5: Even if I feel it take too long. Don't be such.
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  Speaker 2: It was in front of me all along.
• 34:22
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 34:22
  Speaker 2: I get the pain. Don't hit me right.
• 34:24
  Speaker 5: It right or wrong.
• 34:26
  Speaker 3: You are listening to The Light of Las Vegas.
• 34:29
  Speaker 2: This is the HizHop Radio Show. Yo, yo, we are
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  Speaker 2: back from the music break. Shout out to our brother
• 35:16
  Speaker 2: Alex Gene on there. And also I want to give
• 35:20
  Speaker 2: a shout out to the live chat. Shout out to
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  Speaker 2: our brother Zone 3. My brother Corinth, we see you,
• 35:25
  Speaker 2: my brother, popping in. We want to encourage all our
• 35:29
  Speaker 2: listeners to join us in a live chat so that
• 35:33
  Speaker 2: we can build this online community, this online discipleship. You
• 35:38
  Speaker 2: can never go wrong when you stay faithful to the word. Amen.
• 35:43
  Speaker 2: We consider this the narrow path. God says that the
• 35:47
  Speaker 2: path is narrow and difficult and few will find it
• 35:51
  Speaker 2: that leads to life. So that is our own path.
• 35:57
  Speaker 2: Our heart and our journey on this path is to
• 36:00
  Speaker 2: walk that narrow way. So give us a shout out
• 36:06
  Speaker 2: in the live chat or in our community and we
• 36:08
  Speaker 2: will shout you out right back. So speaking about the
• 36:13
  Speaker 2: online community, it's time for the accountability partner. So today's
• 36:19
  Speaker 2: challenge is to call, text or ask your partner to
• 36:25
  Speaker 2: this question right here. What is one biblical truth that
• 36:30
  Speaker 2: challenges me instead of simply comfort me? I said that again.
• 36:37
  Speaker 2: What is one biblical truth that challenges me instead of
• 36:41
  Speaker 2: just simply comforting me? Then discuss why it challenges you.
• 36:49
  Speaker 2: And do not avoid the difficult scriptures. Allow God's word
• 36:55
  Speaker 2: shape and to mold you amen and you can also
• 37:01
  Speaker 2: go further in this segment if you go to the
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  Speaker 2: top left menu on the his hot radio app this
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  Speaker 2: time when it drops down click on podcast and then
• 37:10
  Speaker 2: click on his hot radio podcast and scroll down until
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  Speaker 2: you see the link accountability partner you can answer those
• 37:19
  Speaker 2: questions it's a form Where these are self-reflecting questions, answer
• 37:25
  Speaker 2: them honestly. You can request a follow-up and we would
• 37:28
  Speaker 2: love to work with you. Actually, the vision for this
• 37:33
  Speaker 2: accountability partner is to bring people on the podcast and
• 37:37
  Speaker 2: talk through their progress. If they're dealing with lust or
• 37:41
  Speaker 2: pornography or alcohol or drugs or just jealousy or anything
• 37:46
  Speaker 2: like that, we want to walk you through from start
• 37:50
  Speaker 2: to finish. And to see in real time God's changing
• 37:57
  Speaker 2: power through his word and how accountability actually works. And
• 38:02
  Speaker 2: so that's you. If you want to walk through a
• 38:06
  Speaker 2: certain process, if you don't mind getting on the podcast
• 38:10
  Speaker 2: with me, that is the true vision behind the accountability
• 38:15
  Speaker 2: partner segment. Also, we want to let you know that
• 38:23
  Speaker 2: His High Radio is a monitored and a reporting radio station.
• 38:27
  Speaker 2: We don't just play music over the internet. We monitor
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  Speaker 2: every time it gets played on the station and that
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  Speaker 2: will help you go further up on the charts. You
• 38:38
  Speaker 2: can become number one on the His High Radio charts.
• 38:42
  Speaker 2: We report to three different charts. You can get charted
• 38:46
  Speaker 2: on the app itself. We are on DRT and we
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  Speaker 2: are on Gospel Music Charts. So, if you want to
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  Speaker 2: get that exposure, if you want to take over the charts,
• 39:01
  Speaker 2: head on over to our website, hishopnation.com. Hit that submit button.
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  Speaker 2: Fill out all the info and we will put you
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  Speaker 2: in rotation. And don't stop there. Check out our advertising packages,
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  Speaker 2: our promo packages. They are very affordable and They will
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  Speaker 2: help you with your goals concerning your music. So we
• 39:28
  Speaker 2: are here to serve. you all right if you're in
• 39:36
  Speaker 2: a live chat or in the community we're going to
• 39:40
  Speaker 2: be bouncing around here for a few seconds if you
• 39:43
  Speaker 2: notice in the live chat there is a question for
• 39:46
  Speaker 2: today's episode And so that's just a little extra there.
• 39:51
  Speaker 2: I'm not going to read the question. That's for you
• 39:53
  Speaker 2: guys to do it online in our community. I took
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  Speaker 2: everything out of the live chat, but I'm like, you
• 40:00
  Speaker 2: know what? Let's leave something in the live chat. So
• 40:03
  Speaker 2: there is a question there that you can answer for
• 40:06
  Speaker 2: today's episode. But hop on over to the community so
• 40:13
  Speaker 2: that you can. partake in our trivia challenge today. Our
• 40:21
  Speaker 2: trivia challenge that is our game that we like to play.
• 40:27
  Speaker 2: We like to challenge your knowledge in the word and
• 40:30
  Speaker 2: see if you've been paying attention to the podcast as well.
• 40:35
  Speaker 2: Shout out to our brother Zone 3. He's been hitting 100%.
• 40:37
  Speaker 2: He's had other challengers, but they fall away easily. So
• 40:47
  Speaker 2: we appreciate you, my brother, holding it down. And so
• 40:50
  Speaker 2: the question for today is, according to these verses, what
• 40:55
  Speaker 2: two specific promises were the false prophets making to the
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  Speaker 2: people who were rejecting God and following their own hearts?
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  Speaker 2: Once again, let me ask it again. Now, the first
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  Speaker 2: one to answer is the champ for today. According to
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  Speaker 2: these verses, what two specific promises were the false prophets
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  Speaker 2: making to the people who were rejecting God in following
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  Speaker 2: their own hearts, the dictates of their own hearts? Amen.
• 41:35
  Speaker 2: Let's see who's going to challenge our brother zone three
• 41:39
  Speaker 2: for today. All right, now let's head on over to
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  Speaker 2: our community shout out. Today is the day. Today is
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  Speaker 2: actually October the 6th. And if you are listening in
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  Speaker 2: the future, this is year 2026. So October the 6th, 2026.
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  Speaker 2: We have an event with our local police department. This
• 42:07
  Speaker 2: is our national night out. Also, this is the day
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  Speaker 2: right before my birthday. Hey, man. My wife almost forgot
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  Speaker 2: my birthday this year, y'all. But if you want to
• 42:19
  Speaker 2: wish me happy birthday, you can find Mr. His Hop
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  Speaker 2: on all social media platforms if you would like to
• 42:26
  Speaker 2: do that there. But yeah, we will be, we will
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  Speaker 2: have a table. We will be in Town Square tonight.
• 42:36
  Speaker 2: We'll have a His Hop table. We're going to bring
• 42:38
  Speaker 2: our 360 booth. Come out and kick it with us.
• 42:41
  Speaker 2: We're going to showcase our youth program so everyone is
• 42:46
  Speaker 2: seen our daughter is going to be painting and teaching
• 42:50
  Speaker 2: people how to paint is going to be great so
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  Speaker 2: hopefully we'll see you there I believe it starts like
• 42:57
  Speaker 2: around 4 or 5 o'clock ish we're excited this is
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  Speaker 2: one of the biggest events that we're involved in we
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  Speaker 2: need help passing out flyers things like that if you
• 43:07
  Speaker 2: want to come and help us out tonight hit us
• 43:10
  Speaker 2: up hopefully we will see you We also want to
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  Speaker 2: remind you that ISHOP Nation is a non-profit organization. We
• 43:29
  Speaker 2: are 501c3. We are registered with the IRS and with
• 43:33
  Speaker 2: the state of Nevada. We're able to take donations. We're
• 43:41
  Speaker 2: looking for monthly supporters. We're looking for sponsors. We're looking
• 43:47
  Speaker 2: for grants and grant writers. If you'd like to volunteer
• 43:52
  Speaker 2: your time, your talent and resources, we would greatly appreciate it.
• 43:58
  Speaker 2: It's all to further the kingdom. You can give and
• 44:03
  Speaker 2: do so on our website, hishopnation.com. Or you can download
• 44:09
  Speaker 2: the app and give that way. His Hop Radio on
• 44:13
  Speaker 2: all platforms. And also we do a monthly raffle. I
• 44:19
  Speaker 2: keep forgetting, but I have to announce our monthly raffle.
• 44:23
  Speaker 2: It is a 50-50 raffle. So how it works is this.
• 44:28
  Speaker 2: Buy the raffle tickets. And the more people we get
• 44:32
  Speaker 2: to participate, the bigger the pot, right? So it could
• 44:38
  Speaker 2: be as big as we want it to be. It
• 44:40
  Speaker 2: could be 100 grand. It could be 500 grand. It
• 44:43
  Speaker 2: could be $ 50, it could be $ 2, 500. So it doesn't
• 44:52
  Speaker 2: matter how big the pot is, but the winner will
• 44:55
  Speaker 2: win half that pot. So if it's $ 5, 000 in the pot,
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  Speaker 2: the winner will walk away with $ 2, 500. And the other
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  Speaker 2: half will go to our organization funding our youth groups,
• 45:09
  Speaker 2: our concerts. We're looking to open up Club His Hop
• 45:13
  Speaker 2: Las Vegas. So head on over to the website or
• 45:17
  Speaker 2: even the app. Look for our raffle tickets. And like
• 45:21
  Speaker 2: I say, you can participate on a monthly basis for those.
• 45:26
  Speaker 2: We're going to be spreading the word even tonight at
• 45:31
  Speaker 2: our event. But you could beat the crowd and go
• 45:36
  Speaker 2: directly to our website. There's other things that can be done.
• 45:41
  Speaker 2: You could shop on Walmart and you choose this as
• 45:43
  Speaker 2: your charity. we have gift cards that you can purchase.
• 45:48
  Speaker 2: You can put money on a gift card to pay
• 45:50
  Speaker 2: for your groceries. And a percentage of that comes to us.
• 45:55
  Speaker 2: There's a lot of ways, a lot of creative ways
• 45:57
  Speaker 2: that we have found where you can support us. So
• 46:02
  Speaker 2: we appreciate all that. And like I said, we are
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  Speaker 2: a 501c3 and you can write it off on your taxes.
• 46:15
  Speaker 2: All right. With that said, beloved, we've got some final comments.
• 46:21
  Speaker 2: Today's episode gives us a simple warning. Don't confuse comfort
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  Speaker 2: with truth. A false, the false prophets told people what
• 46:34
  Speaker 2: they wanted to hear. God told them what they needed
• 46:38
  Speaker 2: to hear. So that is always a difference. So when
• 46:42
  Speaker 2: you Hear a spiritual message. Don't simply ask, does this
• 46:47
  Speaker 2: make me feel good? Ask, does this agree with the
• 46:53
  Speaker 2: word of God? Because feelings change, opinions change, even trends change.
• 47:01
  Speaker 2: We don't wear afros like we did back in the 70s. Well,
• 47:04
  Speaker 2: I guess afros are starting to come back. But you
• 47:07
  Speaker 2: know what I mean? Trends can change. Look at our
• 47:10
  Speaker 2: genre today. Christian hip hop is changing or just hip
• 47:15
  Speaker 2: hop in general has changed since the days it first
• 47:20
  Speaker 2: came out, right? But God's word will stand forever. So
• 47:31
  Speaker 2: today we've been reminded not to, not that every spiritual
• 47:36
  Speaker 2: message comes from God. So test what you hear, study
• 47:41
  Speaker 2: the scriptures, stay humble before the Lord and never be
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  Speaker 2: afraid of truth simply because truth will challenge you.
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  Speaker 6: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: And with that, let's sign out. It's not about us.
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  Speaker 2: It's all about the Christ in us. And happy birthday
• 48:06
  Speaker 2: to me. Early birthday. My birthday is tomorrow. Happy birthday anyway.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 2: God bless.
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  Speaker 5: Y'all.
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  Speaker 6: You are listening to the light of Las Vegas. This
• 48:29
  Speaker 6: is the His Hop Radio Show.