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Episode 65 — Jeremiah 23:36–40 Title: “When You Make God’s Word About You” · His Hop Radio Podcast

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  Speaker 2: welcome back to the his hot radio podcast as we
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  Speaker 2: mr his hop and today we're continuing our study in
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  Speaker 2: the chapter of jeremiah chapter 23 we're gonna pick it
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  Speaker 2: up in verse 36 through 40 and we actually get
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  Speaker 2: long chapter But we're able to conclude the chapter on today. So, amen.
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  Speaker 2: Stick with us. It's going to be good. So our
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  Speaker 2: latest episode, we discuss how false prophets were twisting God's
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  Speaker 2: word and misleading God's people. But today, God takes that
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  Speaker 2: warning even further. It's going to get even more serious.
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  Speaker 2: He confronts people who are misusing his word. Treating his
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  Speaker 2: message clearly and care. Clearly, clearly. Oh, man, it's a
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  Speaker 2: tongue twister. They were carelessly treating his word. In other words,
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  Speaker 2: they did not care how they handled the word of God.
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  Speaker 2: In this podcast, we honor God's word. Amen. And by
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  Speaker 2: doing that, they brought dishonor to his name.
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  Speaker 3: So.
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  Speaker 2: Here's a question we need to consider today. Are we
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  Speaker 2: allowing God's word to correct us? Or are we twisting
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  Speaker 2: it to support what we already want to believe? That's
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  Speaker 2: a dangerous thing to do. And today we're going to
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  Speaker 2: go to prayer. Heavenly Father, we ask that you will
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  Speaker 2: fill us with your presence. We ask, O Lord, that
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  Speaker 2: you will bless this microphone, this broadcast, this podcast, this recording.
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  Speaker 2: We ask, O God, that your hand will be on it,
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  Speaker 2: that the people who listen to it will be blessed,
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  Speaker 2: will be healed, delivered, and set free. The souls will
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  Speaker 2: be saved, O God. We ask, Lord, that we will
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  Speaker 2: be able to snatch people off of the broad road
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  Speaker 2: that leads to destruction and that we will fellowship with
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  Speaker 2: them and help them along the path that is narrow,
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  Speaker 2: the path that leads to everlasting life. O God, let
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  Speaker 2: our desires be more for the kingdom of heaven than
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  Speaker 2: for this temporal earthly world. We remove all distractions and
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  Speaker 2: all hindrances. In Jesus' name, we cancel the assignments of
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  Speaker 2: the enemy. In the name of Jesus, amen. All right, beloved.
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  Speaker 2: We appreciate y'all for joining us today. So as I said,
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  Speaker 2: we are in Jeremiah chapter 23. So let's tackle verse 36.
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  Speaker 2: Make sure you grab your Bibles, your notepads, your highlighters
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  Speaker 2: and follow along.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 2: Verse 36, it says in the Oracle of the Lord,
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  Speaker 2: you shall mention no more. For every man's word will
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  Speaker 2: be his Oracle. For you have perverted the words of
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  Speaker 2: the living God. The Lord of hosts, our God. And
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  Speaker 2: that's the new King James. Let me see. The old
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  Speaker 2: King James in the burden of the Lord. Now the
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  Speaker 2: Oracle or the burden. That's the difference in both translations.
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  Speaker 2: But let me see in the burden of the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: Shall he mention no more for every man's word shall
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  Speaker 2: be his burden. For ye have perverted the words of
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  Speaker 2: the living God of the Lord of hosts, our God.
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  Speaker 2: All right. And then I'm going to go ahead and
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  Speaker 2: keep reading. So verse 37, thus says, and I'm going
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  Speaker 2: to stay in the old King James for now. Verse 37,
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  Speaker 2: thus says thou, thus shall thou say to the prophet,
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  Speaker 2: What has the Lord answered thee? And what has the
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  Speaker 2: Lord spoken?
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  Speaker 5: 38.
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  Speaker 2: But since ye say the burden of the Lord, therefore
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  Speaker 2: thus says the Lord, because ye say this word, the
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  Speaker 2: burden of the Lord, and I have sent unto you saying,
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  Speaker 2: you shall not say the burden of the Lord. Now,
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  Speaker 2: the Lord is having an issue with this phrase. Therefore, behold,
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  Speaker 2: I even I will utterly forget you. Wow. I will
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  Speaker 2: forsake you in the city that I gave you in
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  Speaker 2: your fathers and cast you out of my presence. Verse 40.
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  Speaker 2: And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you and
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  Speaker 2: a perpetual shame which shall not be forgotten. This is strong.
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  Speaker 2: That is the word of the Lord. Amen.
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  Speaker 4: Alright.
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  Speaker 2: Let's break it down, beloved. Verse 36.
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  Speaker 1: You have.
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  Speaker 2: Presented the words of the living. I mean, you have
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  Speaker 2: perverted the words of the living God. The central issue
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  Speaker 2: is that these false prophets had distorted God's message. They
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  Speaker 2: should have stayed faithful to delivering what God spoke, but
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  Speaker 2: they were misinterpreting him. Almost like the journalists of today, right?
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  Speaker 2: Have you ever had an interview in the newspaper or
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  Speaker 2: on the news and you have your words misinterpreted or
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  Speaker 2: anything like that? Now, it wasn't a harmless mistake. They
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  Speaker 2: were actually leading people away from the truth making their
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  Speaker 2: own messages carry the authority that only belongs to God
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  Speaker 2: now that is a heart of pride that is a
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  Speaker 2: heart of straight arrogance how can you knowingly lead people
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  Speaker 2: away from the word and from the scripture and make
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  Speaker 2: yourself the authority And that is exactly what a cults do.
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  Speaker 2: Even churches, borderline on this, churches that are considered to
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  Speaker 2: be legalistic, where they add extra things, extra requirements to
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  Speaker 2: your life. They tell you, oh, you got to be
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  Speaker 2: baptized by our church or our religion, or you have
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  Speaker 2: to subscribe to this or that or the other that
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  Speaker 2: only comes from our church. We're the only ones who
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  Speaker 2: are right with God. And you got to Submit your
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  Speaker 2: entire life to us instead of just simply teaching faithfully
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  Speaker 2: what the word says. There are going to be a
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  Speaker 2: lot of pastors who have to answer for this. This
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  Speaker 2: is serious. This is a serious warning for everyone who teaches.
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  Speaker 2: Preaches and shares the word of God.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 2: Now notice that God calls himself the living God. He
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  Speaker 2: is not an idea that we can reshape or fit
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  Speaker 2: into our own preference. He is the creator. He is
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  Speaker 2: the king and the one whose word carries the final authority.
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  Speaker 2: We have to realize that we are serving a true
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  Speaker 2: and a living king and only his word will stand.
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  Speaker 2: My word falls to the wayside. Your word is worthless.
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  Speaker 2: I don't care if it's the president of the United States.
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  Speaker 2: His word does not outweigh God's word. The word of
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  Speaker 2: the living God and the false prophets had taking God's
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  Speaker 2: message and they perverted it. That means that they had twisted, corrupted,
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  Speaker 2: and misinterpreted what he actually said. And that's dangerous. That
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  Speaker 2: is something that has happened through history. Remember, as we
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  Speaker 2: study church history, we know that the Catholic church was
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  Speaker 2: would not allow their people to read the Bible. They
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  Speaker 2: wanted to be the ones to read the scriptures and
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  Speaker 2: tell the people what the scripture said. That is dangerous.
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  Speaker 2: That's where we get the whole movement of Martin Luther.
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  Speaker 2: He wanted the people to have the word themselves. So
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  Speaker 2: he translated the word, I believe, into Germany. And that's
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  Speaker 2: where you got the Lutheran revival because of that issue itself.
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  Speaker 2: Human nature, people can twist the word. That's why we
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  Speaker 2: have to study it on our own. So we have
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  Speaker 2: to see the danger. Whenever somebody takes a Bible verse
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  Speaker 2: out of context to justify their Their own lifestyle, their
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  Speaker 2: own behavior. People want to live according to their own lust.
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  Speaker 2: So they manipulate people or make a personal opinion sound
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  Speaker 2: like a commandment from the Lord. That is crazy. That
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  Speaker 2: is a foul and wicked spirit. So we have to
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  Speaker 2: be careful, even when we sincerely believe that we're right.
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  Speaker 2: Good intentions do not give us permission to change what
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  Speaker 2: the Bible says. Amen. That's why I always say when
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  Speaker 2: I'm teaching, this is my opinion. You can take it
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  Speaker 2: or leave it. You can study it for yourself. When
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  Speaker 2: I want to speak. an opinion or a view that
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  Speaker 2: I hold, but I hold it loosely because if the
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  Speaker 2: word of God says something different, then I will correct
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  Speaker 2: it to line up with the word. I'm not going
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  Speaker 2: to hold a view or an opinion to my destruction.
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  Speaker 2: That is crazy because I don't know it all. I'm
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  Speaker 2: not God. I don't I didn't create the universe. I
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  Speaker 2: do not know. I'm not going to trust my own heart.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to trust what the word says. So before
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  Speaker 2: we say God told me this or that or the other,
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  Speaker 2: we should ask ourselves, did God actually say that in
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  Speaker 2: his word? Am I applying the scriptures faithfully or am
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  Speaker 2: I attaching God's name to my own opinions? This is
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  Speaker 2: what the false prophets were doing. You should never use
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  Speaker 2: God's authority to make a personal opinion untouchable. We got
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  Speaker 2: to be willing to examine our interpretations and accept the
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  Speaker 2: correction if it needs to be corrected. We can easily
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  Speaker 2: interpret something wrong out of the scripture. That's why we
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  Speaker 2: have to faithfully divide the word righteously with integrity and
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  Speaker 2: diligently study the word. God has hidden so many treasures
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  Speaker 2: in his word and treasures that we will never have
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  Speaker 2: because we don't take the time out to dig amen
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  Speaker 2: verse 37 what has the lord spoken see god directs
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  Speaker 2: the people to ask what he has actually spoken right
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  Speaker 2: The emphasis is on the genuine message from the Lord
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  Speaker 2: rather than the claims of someone presenting himself as a prophet.
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  Speaker 2: A messenger must be accountable to the message that God
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  Speaker 2: truly gave. Right? So this verse gives us a practical
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  Speaker 2: standard for spiritual discernment. Instead of being impressed by a
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  Speaker 2: preacher's confidence, By their personality, their popularity, their celebrity status, right?
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  Speaker 2: We have to ask the question, what does the word
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  Speaker 2: of God actually say? Concerning this, I've heard a few
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  Speaker 2: things that I don't agree with. That even my own past,
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  Speaker 2: the pastor that I'm sitting under right now. There's a
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  Speaker 2: few things that I don't agree with. I mean, they're
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  Speaker 2: not so grievous to where I need to leave the church.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you take a little study, this and any other.
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  Speaker 2: But there's some things you're not. I mean, you're not
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  Speaker 2: going to agree with everything I say on this podcast.
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  Speaker 2: And I possibly if I met you and we sat
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  Speaker 2: down in Starbucks or something and started to do a
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  Speaker 2: Bible study. There are probably some things that you would
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  Speaker 2: present that I wouldn't agree with. As long as the
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  Speaker 2: essentials are there, right? We have to believe that Jesus
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  Speaker 2: is the Messiah, that Jesus is the Son of God.
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  Speaker 2: We have to believe that Jesus is God, the second
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  Speaker 2: person in the Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We
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  Speaker 2: have to believe that he died for our sins and
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  Speaker 2: rose again. And that we can receive the Holy Spirit
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  Speaker 2: through him and forgiveness for our sins. I mean, we
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  Speaker 2: have to believe the essentials for salvation, but the issues
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  Speaker 2: that don't deal with our salvation, like the rapture, post-trip, pre-trip,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think that's a salvation issue. I don't think
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  Speaker 2: you'll go to hell if you want to go through tribulation. Now,
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  Speaker 2: if you're faithfully living for God, And when the rapture
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  Speaker 2: happens before the tribulation, then we can explain it to
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  Speaker 2: you what's going on. Because I believe in pre-trib myself,
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  Speaker 2: but that's not an issue worth dividing over. So a
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  Speaker 2: person can speak with great passion and still be wrong. Sometimes,
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  Speaker 2: or someone can have a large audience and still mishandle
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  Speaker 2: the scripture. I mean, it's possible. A message can make
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  Speaker 2: us feel good without being biblically accurate. But that doesn't
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  Speaker 2: mean we should become suspicious of everybody who teaches, though.
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  Speaker 2: It means that we should become students of the word ourselves.
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  Speaker 2: We shouldn't just rely on the message that we hear
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  Speaker 2: at church. That's why I love the Bereans in Acts
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  Speaker 2: chapter 17, verse 11, where, and I love to bring
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  Speaker 2: them up. They were commended because they received the word.
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  Speaker 2: They received the message and eagerly while searching the scripture
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  Speaker 2: daily to see whether what they heard was true. They
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  Speaker 2: said that, I mean, That's worth looking up. This should
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  Speaker 2: be one of our memory verses right here. And so
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  Speaker 2: bear with me for a second. I'm going to turn
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  Speaker 2: to that because even back then this was rare, but
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  Speaker 2: this was commendable. It says, now the Berean Jews were
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  Speaker 2: of more noble character. Would you like to be known
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  Speaker 2: as someone who has a noble character, especially according to
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  Speaker 2: biblical standards? This is God's view of the Abrians. They
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  Speaker 2: were of noble character than those of Thessalonica, for they
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  Speaker 2: received the message with great eagerness. And examine the scriptures
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  Speaker 2: every day to see if what Paul said was true. Now,
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  Speaker 2: they examine the scriptures every day. And what do we
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  Speaker 2: do on this podcast? Right. When I tell people that
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  Speaker 2: I come on here Monday through Saturday, some of them,
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  Speaker 2: I've heard some people say, wow, that's a lot. Like,
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  Speaker 2: how can you do a podcast every day going through
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  Speaker 2: the scriptures? Hey, because I want to be like the Bereans. Now,
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  Speaker 2: with the exception, I do play replays during the weekend,
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  Speaker 2: sometimes here and there. I believe the replays are good
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  Speaker 2: to listen to because it's still the word. Sometimes we
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  Speaker 2: can go, you know, we learn through repetition. So sometimes
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  Speaker 2: it's good to kind of go over some of the
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  Speaker 2: messages we've already went over. And that, I don't know,
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  Speaker 2: maybe the Lord will convict me and I need to
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  Speaker 2: do a new podcast on the weekends. But normally I'm
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  Speaker 2: kind of busy on the weekends, so I'm able to
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  Speaker 2: allow it to play Monday through Saturday. But honestly, the
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  Speaker 2: new podcast will come out Monday through Thursday. And then
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  Speaker 2: the one at the end of the week, the Thursday
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  Speaker 2: podcast will repeat Friday and Saturday. But we are still
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  Speaker 2: able to come on here every day. and go through
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  Speaker 2: the scriptures. So, man, maybe I should change this podcast
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  Speaker 2: to the Breein's, the Breein podcast, you know what I'm saying?
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  Speaker 5: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: So, I mean, there's a balance right here. Receive teaching
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  Speaker 2: with an open heart. You can be eager to receive
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  Speaker 2: the teaching. You can be eager to come to the
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  Speaker 2: podcast and listen and receive what we are able to
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  Speaker 2: experience as far as the scripture goes, but test everything
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  Speaker 2: with the scriptures. Do your own study. Do your own
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  Speaker 2: look up. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal it to you.
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  Speaker 2: Don't just ask whether a message sounds good. Ask whether
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  Speaker 2: or not the message is true. Verse 38. misusing the phrase,
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  Speaker 2: the burden of the Lord. Now this, I don't know,
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  Speaker 2: this intrigues me. I even mentioned it in the last episode.
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  Speaker 2: You got to stop saying this phrase, the burden of
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  Speaker 2: the Lord. Now the false prophets continued to use religious language,
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  Speaker 2: even after God had commanded and confronted them to stop.
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  Speaker 2: They were using the phrase associated with the Lord's message
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  Speaker 2: in a way that misrepresented God. Remember, God's yoke is
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  Speaker 2: easy and his burden is light. They're like saying the
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  Speaker 2: burden of the Lord, like this heavy burden was placed
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  Speaker 2: on them by God. And their refusal to heed God's
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  Speaker 2: warning exposed the seriousness of their disobedience. God didn't like,
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  Speaker 2: he doesn't like it when we misrepresent him. We don't
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  Speaker 2: need to be all sad and frowned up when we
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  Speaker 2: go to church and make it seem like it's so
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  Speaker 2: hard and difficult to serve God and be a Christian.
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  Speaker 2: He wants us to be joyful. He wants us to
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  Speaker 2: praise his name, come into his courts with thanksgiving. coming
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  Speaker 2: to his courts with praise, singing unto the Lord. When
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  Speaker 2: was the last time you just sat and just sung
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  Speaker 2: unto the Lord? It was an AI song. I keep
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  Speaker 2: putting it on repeat because it speaks to my life,
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  Speaker 2: my experience with God. It's the God doesn't play about
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  Speaker 2: me song, a very popular song. Even my wife and
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  Speaker 2: my kids make fun of me because I play it
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  Speaker 2: so much, but It's like, do you have a song?
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  Speaker 2: Can you get away with the Lord and just have
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  Speaker 2: a song and just spend time with them?
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes people can be so comfortable using religious language that
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  Speaker 2: they forget the responsibility that comes from it.
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  Speaker 6: Right.
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  Speaker 2: We wear expressions such as God told me or the
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  Speaker 2: Lord said, or I have a word from God. Those
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  Speaker 2: words should never be used casually to give our opinion
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  Speaker 2: extra authority. We should never use God's name to push
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  Speaker 2: our own personal preferences. God especially confronts the misuse of
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  Speaker 2: the phrase, the burden of the Lord. The point is
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  Speaker 2: not that every reference to God a burden from God
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  Speaker 2: is wrong. But here's the problem. These particular prophets were
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  Speaker 2: using the phrase in a way that God did not
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  Speaker 2: command them to. In other words, they were using it
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  Speaker 2: in a way that God condemned them. If he says,
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  Speaker 2: do not use my name in vain, or if he says,
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  Speaker 2: do not use this phrase, don't say it this way,
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  Speaker 2: don't say it that way, then they need to be
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  Speaker 2: obedient to that. As God told you not to say
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  Speaker 2: something in a certain way or not to say something
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  Speaker 2: to a certain person, As a matter of fact, I
• 27:55
  Speaker 2: kind of stepped into it the other day. I was
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  Speaker 2: walking into the lunchroom at work and I had a
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  Speaker 2: couple of coworkers that were just kind of hanging out
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  Speaker 2: in there. And so I greet them, right? I try
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  Speaker 2: to be cordial to everyone I come in contact with.
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  Speaker 2: And they start talking about one of their colleagues, you know,
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  Speaker 2: one of their coworkers that we all know and love.
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  Speaker 2: And then I just fall right into it and I
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  Speaker 2: just start saying comments about him as well. Not necessarily.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I guess it could have been gossip. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: it wasn't out of malicious, you know, just certain facts
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  Speaker 2: that I knew and things that I joke about. I even,
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  Speaker 2: you know, talk to him. You know, I mess with
• 28:41
  Speaker 2: him and joke with him. We go back and forth
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  Speaker 2: about certain things. But then I was convicted. I'm like, Lord,
• 28:48
  Speaker 2: was I gossiping? We got to be careful with what
• 28:54
  Speaker 2: we say, especially with what we say about people. I
• 28:57
  Speaker 2: had to ask the Lord for forgiveness. And we got
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  Speaker 2: to be careful. We can be drawn into just conversations
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  Speaker 2: that we shouldn't take part in. But when it comes
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  Speaker 2: to what the scripture teaches, we have to Respect the
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  Speaker 2: difference between what the scripture teaches and what could be
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  Speaker 2: somebody's opinion or somebody's thoughts or somebody's personal preference. So
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  Speaker 2: if we're giving someone advice, don't tell them God commanded something.
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  Speaker 2: when the Bible doesn't even say that. If you're sharing
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  Speaker 2: a personal impression, be honest about what it is rather
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  Speaker 2: than presenting it as an unquestionable revelation.
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  Speaker 5: Right?
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  Speaker 2: As I shared with you, this was the issue from
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: the first church fellowship that I came up under. They
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: were heavy on legalism. They were heavy on controlling their congregants.
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  Speaker 2: At first, as a young man in my early 20s,
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  Speaker 2: And coming from a broken home, you appreciate the structure. Now,
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  Speaker 2: this is another angle I never really shared. It was
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  Speaker 2: attractive to me to be in a strict environment because
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  Speaker 2: it felt like people actually cared about me and loved me. Remember,
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  Speaker 2: before then, I was raising myself. My mother was absent
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  Speaker 2: and my father did the best he could, but he
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: was an alcoholic, he was always drinking. So his parental
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  Speaker 2: presence wasn't there. He was a provider. And so I
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  Speaker 2: didn't really learn how to, I didn't grow up in
• 31:15
  Speaker 2: a structured environment. I didn't grow up I could stay
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  Speaker 2: out as late as I wanted to. When I got
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  Speaker 2: out of line, my dad would get me in line.
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  Speaker 2: I couldn't stay out for days or whatever. But I
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  Speaker 2: could pretty much do what I wanted. I had free reign.
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  Speaker 2: So when I came into a church setting like this
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  Speaker 2: where it was strict, at first it felt like love.
• 31:41
  Speaker 2: It felt like structure. So that's a word to you parents.
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  Speaker 2: Even though your children might buck against you, When they're older,
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  Speaker 2: they will appreciate the structure that you placed in their lives.
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 2: But it's got to be a healthy structure. Because at
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  Speaker 2: first it felt like love. It felt like security. It
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  Speaker 2: felt like, you know, OK, these people care about me.
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  Speaker 2: Then it changed and it went into control and manipulation.
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  Speaker 2: So when the scripture corrects us, don't double down just
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  Speaker 2: to protect our reputation. Humility tells us to let me
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  Speaker 2: check what God's word says. Pride says I don't need
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  Speaker 2: to be corrected.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 2: Verse 39, the consequences of rejecting God's warning. So right here,
• 32:51
  Speaker 2: God announces judgment against those who persistently misrepresented his message. Now,
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  Speaker 2: the privilege of representing the Lord did not protect these
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  Speaker 2: prophets from accountability. Their continued rebellion would bring serious consequences,
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  Speaker 2: including the loss of of the security they had taken
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  Speaker 2: for granted. So beloved, this verse is sobering because God
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  Speaker 2: is not merely expressing his disappointment with his prophets. He
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  Speaker 2: is announcing judgment. So they were warned. They were warned
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  Speaker 2: time and time again, but the false prophets continued their deception.
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  Speaker 2: So eventually the consequences of their rebellion would become unavoidable.
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  Speaker 2: That is scary that we can get to a place
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  Speaker 2: with God that we can run out of grace. even
• 34:22
  Speaker 2: if we try and beg for forgiveness, once his grace
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  Speaker 2: is removed, it is too late. There's billions of people
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  Speaker 2: in hell right now experiencing that reality. And I pray
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  Speaker 2: that we will never be on that side. Amen. We
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  Speaker 2: need to understand that God's patience is does not permission
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  Speaker 2: to continue to do what's wrong. God is patient with us,
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  Speaker 2: but his patience has a limit. God gives us opportunity
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  Speaker 2: after opportunity to repent, to learn our lesson and to
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  Speaker 2: change our behavior, but we should never Assume that because
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  Speaker 2: judgment has not happened yet, that God approves of our behavior.
• 35:25
  Speaker 2: A lot of people think, well, because I haven't been
• 35:33
  Speaker 2: judged by God, then God must not care. No, God
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  Speaker 2: has given us time to get it right. Now, this
• 35:44
  Speaker 2: also reminds us that religious positions does not exempt anyone
• 35:51
  Speaker 2: from accountability. So you can be a pastor, you can
• 35:56
  Speaker 2: be a worship leader, a Bible teacher, a Christian artist,
• 36:02
  Speaker 2: a ministry founder does not place a person above God's truth.
• 36:09
  Speaker 2: I can't say, well, because I'm Mr. Hishop and I
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  Speaker 2: opened a Christian club and look at all the good
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  Speaker 2: I've done in my community, that does not guarantee me passage,
• 36:22
  Speaker 2: free passages into the kingdom. I have to submit. I
• 36:27
  Speaker 2: have to be obedient as well to the word. In fact,
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  Speaker 2: representing God publicly should make us more careful, not careless.
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  Speaker 2: I had a strict warning when I fell into compromise.
• 36:44
  Speaker 2: God warned me he was getting ready to kill me, beloved.
• 36:48
  Speaker 2: Because he brought me in front of a lot of people.
• 36:54
  Speaker 2: Club His Hop impacted a lot of people because God
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  Speaker 2: cares for his sheep. He will protect his sheep. I
• 37:03
  Speaker 2: was on my way out. And I believe this is
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  Speaker 2: probably the first time I really shared this. I actually
• 37:13
  Speaker 2: went to the hospital. I had something going on in
• 37:16
  Speaker 2: my stomach to where I could not keep down food.
• 37:18
  Speaker 2: And I had got like real skinny. I remember I
• 37:25
  Speaker 2: tried to drink a Slurpee just to put something in
• 37:28
  Speaker 2: my stomach. It was a red Slurpee. And I was
• 37:32
  Speaker 2: at work. I was in my work truck and I
• 37:34
  Speaker 2: have a white uniform that I wear. And immediately just
• 37:40
  Speaker 2: a little Slurpee. I threw it up. I couldn't like
• 37:46
  Speaker 2: get to a bathroom like it was right there while
• 37:48
  Speaker 2: I was driving. So in my driver's seat, all over
• 37:52
  Speaker 2: my clothes, my white uniform, my pants was red. And
• 37:58
  Speaker 2: I had to go to one of our facilities where
• 38:00
  Speaker 2: I knew where I could get water and wash it out,
• 38:04
  Speaker 2: get a water hose. I had to wash out my
• 38:05
  Speaker 2: passenger seat and had to rush to work. and go
• 38:10
  Speaker 2: to the locker room and change my clothes. By the
• 38:15
  Speaker 2: grace of God, no one saw that I was, you know,
• 38:17
  Speaker 2: working by myself that day, but that's how serious I
• 38:21
  Speaker 2: was on my way out, beloved. God does not play.
• 38:31
  Speaker 2: He will protect his sheep. I'm thankful I had a
• 38:34
  Speaker 2: chance to repent and to get it right. And that
• 38:39
  Speaker 2: I'm still here with you today. But we cannot play
• 38:43
  Speaker 2: with God. I knew exactly what was going on. He
• 38:47
  Speaker 2: told me what what he would do if I compromised.
• 38:53
  Speaker 2: And so that is some of the reason or maybe
• 38:57
  Speaker 2: even the reason why I lost the club. I mean, yeah,
• 39:01
  Speaker 2: my partner stole from me, but I also fell into
• 39:05
  Speaker 2: compromise myself. So that's why I need to. I want
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  Speaker 2: to write a book to share my whole testimony and
• 39:16
  Speaker 2: to share my whole story. But this is I'm speaking
• 39:19
  Speaker 2: from experience. This is no joke to play games with God. Right.
• 39:30
  Speaker 2: so for those who are using and not using but
• 39:36
  Speaker 2: those of us who are in ministry we need to
• 39:39
  Speaker 2: examine our motives we are serving the true and living
• 39:45
  Speaker 2: God are we trying to honor him Or are we
• 39:49
  Speaker 2: using ministry to build our own name? Are we teaching
• 39:55
  Speaker 2: people to depend on God's word or are we demanding
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  Speaker 2: that they depend on us? Amen, beloved. That's why on
• 40:08
  Speaker 2: this podcast, Jesus is the star, not me. So the Lord,
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  Speaker 2: he sees beyond a public image. He knows what is
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  Speaker 2: happening in our hearts as we serve him. Verse 40.
• 40:25
  Speaker 2: The final verse in this chapter. An everlasting reproach. Now,
• 40:40
  Speaker 2: this is also serious, too. So God concludes this warning
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  Speaker 2: by describing lasting shame and disgrace. So the prophets who
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  Speaker 2: dishonored his message would not escape the consequences of their actions,
• 41:10
  Speaker 2: their position, and religious claim would not erase their responsibility
• 41:18
  Speaker 2: for misleading others. The sad part about it is other
• 41:23
  Speaker 2: people got judged because of their rebellion. Now, the final
• 41:32
  Speaker 2: verse reminds us that our choices can have consequences far
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  Speaker 2: beyond the moment in which we make them we can
• 41:45
  Speaker 2: make a choice today that could affect us the rest
• 41:50
  Speaker 2: of our lives by the grace of God I never
• 41:54
  Speaker 2: I could have I was a candidate the way I
• 42:00
  Speaker 2: was going and the sin that I was involved in
• 42:03
  Speaker 2: which was sexual sin and back in the 80s and
• 42:07
  Speaker 2: 90s when AIDS was rampant I praised God that I
• 42:12
  Speaker 2: never got a disease that was uncurable. I could have
• 42:15
  Speaker 2: gotten herpes. I could have gotten a lot of things,
• 42:20
  Speaker 2: but God's grace was there to cover me. So a
• 42:28
  Speaker 2: careless statement from someone with influence can confuse people about God.
• 42:34
  Speaker 2: So we have to be careful.
• 42:37
  Speaker 3: False.
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  Speaker 5: False.
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  Speaker 2: Teaching can lead people into destructive decisions. So when we
• 42:45
  Speaker 2: manipulate scripture, we can damage trust and make it harder
• 42:52
  Speaker 2: for people to recognize the truth. I still struggle today
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  Speaker 2: with pastors sometimes. Like I want to submit to my pastor,
• 43:05
  Speaker 2: but I definitely don't want to get caught up where
• 43:08
  Speaker 2: I'm controlled by another pastor like before. Amen. Keep me
• 43:15
  Speaker 2: in prayer, beloved. So this is especially important for today, right?
• 43:27
  Speaker 2: Where sermons and live streams and short videos and social
• 43:32
  Speaker 2: media clips can reach thousands of Of people almost instantly.
• 43:37
  Speaker 2: We have to be careful. About what we teach. And
• 43:42
  Speaker 2: the things that we share. Before. We post in a
• 43:47
  Speaker 2: preacher's clip. Check whether it. Represents scripture accurately. Before making
• 43:54
  Speaker 2: a strong claim. About God. Or what he said. Examine it.
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  Speaker 2: And before criticizing somebody else's interpretation, make sure you have
• 44:12
  Speaker 2: the correct understanding yourself. And also, if you discover that
• 44:19
  Speaker 2: you were wrong, acknowledge it, correct it publicly, record it, repent,
• 44:28
  Speaker 2: or necessarily go back to the people and say, hey,
• 44:32
  Speaker 2: this was wrong. I misquoted this. God knows we're not perfect.
• 44:42
  Speaker 2: But the goal is not to protect our pride, but
• 44:44
  Speaker 2: the goal is to honor God in all that we do.
• 44:48
  Speaker 2: We will all answer to the Lord for how we live.
• 44:57
  Speaker 2: And those who teach others carry a particular responsibility to
• 45:05
  Speaker 2: handle his word faithfully. So, as we examine this chapter,
• 45:19
  Speaker 2: as we close it out, I believe the big lesson
• 45:24
  Speaker 2: is to handle God's word faithfully. God takes the faithful
• 45:33
  Speaker 2: handling of his word seriously, right? Now, here are three
• 45:38
  Speaker 2: things you should take away from this episode. Never twist God.
• 45:44
  Speaker 2: the scriptures to fit our own agenda so we don't
• 45:51
  Speaker 2: get to change God's truth because it makes us uncomfortable
• 45:57
  Speaker 2: or because it challenges something we want to do we
• 46:03
  Speaker 2: must allow scripture to examine us instead of forcing scripture
• 46:10
  Speaker 2: to agree with us Number two, test what you hear
• 46:18
  Speaker 2: against the Bible. Don't just blindly follow a person because
• 46:27
  Speaker 2: they're popular or they may be entertaining to you or
• 46:33
  Speaker 2: even persuasive or even they have an influence. They may
• 46:40
  Speaker 2: be a social media influencer. No, you need to read
• 46:46
  Speaker 2: the passages, examine the context, compare the teaching with also
• 46:55
  Speaker 2: the rest of the scriptures, reference other scriptures on that topic.
• 47:02
  Speaker 2: Number three, be accountable for what you say in God's name.
• 47:06
  Speaker 2: If you teach, preach, counsel, influence others, if you are
• 47:12
  Speaker 2: an artist, if you're a pastor, a teacher, whatever you're
• 47:17
  Speaker 2: doing in God's name, remember your words matter. Don't just
• 47:23
  Speaker 2: use God told me or God said to control other people.
• 47:28
  Speaker 2: Make your personal preference sound like a personal preference and
• 47:35
  Speaker 2: not a commandment from God. We don't realize how much
• 47:43
  Speaker 2: influence we have over people when we are in these
• 47:48
  Speaker 2: type of positions. I remember as a young convert, I
• 47:53
  Speaker 2: thought my pastor, I thought every word he spoke was
• 47:56
  Speaker 2: from heaven. Like that's how much influence he had on me.
• 48:00
  Speaker 2: That's why he was able to get me to do
• 48:05
  Speaker 2: something I otherwise would not have done. Don't use God
• 48:22
  Speaker 2: as the authority behind your personal preference to make your
• 48:35
  Speaker 2: opinion sound like a commandment from the Lord. So all
• 48:41
  Speaker 2: these warnings apply to us today. We may not be prophets.
• 48:47
  Speaker 2: Jeremiah's day, but we can still misinterpret God's word if
• 48:53
  Speaker 2: we speak the word carelessly. That's why we need to
• 48:58
  Speaker 2: study to show ourselves approved. We need to focus and
• 49:03
  Speaker 2: we need to get the correct understanding ourselves. Amen. All right, beloved.
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  Speaker 2: Let's take a break.
• 49:13
  Speaker 4: You are listening to the light of Las Vegas. This
• 49:16
  Speaker 4: is It's the HisHopRadio Show.
• 49:34
  Speaker 3: It's EGR. Christians can't make good music. All you ever
• 49:39
  Speaker 3: really do is yap. All I hear is wootie woot.
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  Speaker 5: This, that.
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  Speaker 4: This, that.
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  Speaker 3: Shane the devil tell the truth.
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  Speaker 2: This, that. This, that.
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  Speaker 6: This, that. This, that.
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  Speaker 3: This, that. Shane the devil tell the truth.
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  Speaker 2: This, that. This, that.
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  Speaker 3: Shane the devil tell the truth.
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  Speaker 2: This, that. This, that.
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  Speaker 3: Shane the devil tell the truth.
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  Speaker 5: This, that.
• 49:54
  Speaker 6: This, that. Out of here.
• 49:55
  Speaker 2: Let's be funky. Third time in a men's home. Now
• 49:58
  Speaker 2: I'm chunky. Courageous. Determined.
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  Speaker 5: Spunky.
• 50:02
  Speaker 3: Jawbone of a donkey eager zealous hungry hippo son of
• 50:06
  Speaker 3: man came for the blind that cripple you don't follow
• 50:08
  Speaker 3: jesus christ you're sicko real gospel cut you to the
• 50:11
  Speaker 3: core it don't tickle do you hear this it's outrageous
• 50:15
  Speaker 3: paper cuts while i'm thumbing through the pages i can't
• 50:17
  Speaker 3: preach the word i I ain't jumping off of stages,
• 50:19
  Speaker 3: cause crowd service won't free them from the cages.
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  Speaker 2: All you hanging with the world, you delirious.
• 50:24
  Speaker 4: I wonder what it's like in Egypt.
• 50:25
  Speaker 2: Don't be curious. Yeah, they slap, but I'm serious.
• 50:28
  Speaker 3: Been around the block, but I'm speaking from experience. Christians
• 50:31
  Speaker 3: can't make good music, cap. All you ever really do
• 50:34
  Speaker 3: is yap. All I hear is wootie woot, this, that.
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  Speaker 3: This last, this.
• 50:39
  Speaker 2: Last, this last.
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  Speaker 3: Push it, pull it, twist it, bop it. The only
• 50:50
  Speaker 3: way I'll make a song if you to top it.
• 50:54
  Speaker 3: You been creeping on the grim, you need to stop it.
• 50:55
  Speaker 3: If your right hand causing you to sin, you need
• 50:57
  Speaker 3: to chop it. In that eyeball, go ahead and plug
• 51:00
  Speaker 3: it out. You stuck it in the world, go ahead
• 51:02
  Speaker 3: and thug it out. Oh, you been wrestling with shame
• 51:04
  Speaker 3: you need to slug it out and pull up to
• 51:05
  Speaker 3: the cross with all your baggage you gonna lug it
• 51:07
  Speaker 3: out game recognize game bro i've been there jesus christ
• 51:10
  Speaker 3: shutting down the camp cause it's in there let it
• 51:12
  Speaker 3: out confess it even if you got a whimper if
• 51:14
  Speaker 3: you keep it to yourself you're gonna fall like september
• 51:16
  Speaker 3: i'll get a fact check i ain't capping i've been
• 51:19
  Speaker 3: giving you his words i ain't yapping i've been intertwining
• 51:22
  Speaker 3: scripture while i'm rapping but you lying if you say
• 51:24
  Speaker 3: this isn't slapping Christians can't make good music, cap All
• 51:28
  Speaker 3: you ever really do is yap All I hear is woo-thee-woo,
• 51:31
  Speaker 3: dish-dap Shayne the devil tell the.
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  Speaker 2: Truth, dish-slap, dish-slap, dish-slap.
• 51:37
  Speaker 3: Shayne the devil tell the truth, dish-slap Shayne the devil
• 51:40
  Speaker 3: tell the truth, dish-slap Shayne the devil tell the truth, dish-slap.
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  Speaker 6: Back break from the bass to the black Back Bishop
• 51:46
  Speaker 6: be a beacon, blessings bringing him back Blood bar born again,
• 51:49
  Speaker 6: bread of life in the bag Banging and believing, serving
• 51:52
  Speaker 6: bell with a bat.
• 51:52
  Speaker 4: Baba told her, look at now, put the devil on blast.
• 51:55
  Speaker 2: The beloved, back down.
• 51:56
  Speaker 6: Now we taking our trash. It's that bonafide bounce, baptism
• 51:59
  Speaker 6: all gas. Breathe on them black party beans, tell them
• 52:01
  Speaker 6: we back.
• 52:02
  Speaker 5: Like ooh, ready, clear path machete. In here, no melly, sauce, dust, spaghetti.
• 52:06
  Speaker 5: I'm gigging, sweaty, celebrate confetti. Rhyme revving, no shabby, never
• 52:10
  Speaker 5: block my levy. This beat slapping, blapping, devil all capping.
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  Speaker 5: Got him in the arm bar, if he ain't tapping,
• 52:15
  Speaker 5: I'm snapping. Big Bible on my lap, I be aiming
• 52:17
  Speaker 5: and clapping. Glory be to God, I'm saluting the captains.
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  Speaker 3: Christians can't make good music, cap All you ever really
• 52:24
  Speaker 3: do is yap All I hear is woot-de-woot, this, that
• 52:27
  Speaker 3: Shame the devil tell the truth, this slap This slap,
• 52:31
  Speaker 3: this slap Shame the devil tell the truth, this slap
• 52:34
  Speaker 3: Shame the devil tell the truth, this slap Shame the
• 52:37
  Speaker 3: devil tell the truth, this slap.
• 52:58
  Speaker 4: You are listening to the light of Las Vegas. This
• 53:02
  Speaker 4: is the His Hop Radio Show.
• 53:20
  Speaker 2: Yo, yo, we are back from the music break. That
• 53:23
  Speaker 2: is our brother E.G.R., With the song, This Slaps. Come on.
• 53:29
  Speaker 2: Tell the devil. I mean, shame the devil. Tell the truth.
• 53:33
  Speaker 2: Christian hip-hop be slapping, y'all. I love it. I love it.
• 53:39
  Speaker 2: I'm your brother, Mr. His Hop. A quick shout-out to
• 53:41
  Speaker 2: those in the live chat. Shout-out to our brother, Zone 3.
• 53:45
  Speaker 2: Faithfully showing support. Growing in the Lord. We appreciate you, brother.
• 53:53
  Speaker 2: He hasn't been able to connect with us live but
• 53:57
  Speaker 2: he shows up later in the replay so we appreciate
• 54:01
  Speaker 2: you brother for that shout out to brother corinth for
• 54:05
  Speaker 2: popping in and everybody who wants to daily right just
• 54:10
  Speaker 2: like in the book of acts be like the brands
• 54:13
  Speaker 2: those who daily come in and join us to go
• 54:17
  Speaker 2: through the scriptures we appreciate y'all as we grow as
• 54:20
  Speaker 2: a community But now it's time for our accountability partner segment. Call, text,
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  Speaker 2: or email your accountability partner and this is your challenge
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  Speaker 2: for today. Talk to them about examine one belief you
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  Speaker 2: hold and make sure it is grounded by scripture. So
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  Speaker 2: you can choose one teaching, one opinion, or a spiritual
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  Speaker 2: claim that you have accepted. Read the relevant Bible passage.
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  Speaker 2: Read it all in context and ask yourself, does scripture
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  Speaker 2: actually teach this? Or am I understanding the passage in
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  Speaker 2: its proper context? Have I accepted this belief because it
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  Speaker 2: is biblical or because it is what I want to hear?
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  Speaker 2: Then ask yourself, if I discover that I am wrong,
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  Speaker 2: am I willing to change my opinion? Amen. That would
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  Speaker 2: be a healthy way to approach God's word. Because remember,
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  Speaker 2: we cannot put stock in our own hearts. We cannot
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  Speaker 2: follow the dictates of our own hearts. We need to
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  Speaker 2: renew our minds. Amen. Also, I want to let you
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  Speaker 2: All right, beloved, if you are in the live chats,
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  Speaker 2: meet us in the community head on over there because
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  Speaker 2: it's time for our trivia challenge another shout out to
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  Speaker 2: zone three being the champion keep holding it down my
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  Speaker 2: brother we appreciate you yeah I'm really you know thinking
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  Speaker 2: about that steak dinner so you know how this goes
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  Speaker 2: the first one the post the correct answer is the
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  Speaker 2: trivia champ for today so the question is in Jeremiah
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  Speaker 2: 23 verses 39 to 40 according to these verses what
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  Speaker 2: two consequences did God declare would come upon those who
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  Speaker 2: were being judged what two consequences did that God declare
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  Speaker 2: will come upon those that God was judging. All right,
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  Speaker 2: all right. Well, time for the community shout out. This
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  Speaker 2: is where we love to give you updates of our activities,
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  Speaker 2: anything going on in the ministry. Any new features on
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  Speaker 2: the app or website. We do have a new comic
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  Speaker 2: strip that we're working on. I think we're up to
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  Speaker 2: episode five. This one is called The Mommy Monster. The
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  Speaker 2: intention of it is to help marriages, help husbands and wives,
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  Speaker 2: to help families, especially if they're going through a difficult
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  Speaker 2: time There is help, but I don't want to spoil
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  Speaker 2: it for you. I want you to read it. There's
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  Speaker 2: some devotional questions. There's family devotional. Sit down with your
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  Speaker 2: family and go over the discussion questions. Look up the scriptures.
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  Speaker 2: I believe that it'll be a great benefit to any home,
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  Speaker 2: to any youth group. also we do have an event
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  Speaker 2: coming up at the end of the month we have
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  Speaker 2: a couple of events we're going to try to pull
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  Speaker 2: up at a high school here pretty soon but we
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  Speaker 2: do have an event with the police department and then
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  Speaker 2: we're going to change gears and get ready for our
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  Speaker 2: christmas event we're looking for a community center that we
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  Speaker 2: could utilize and once again we're going to be passing
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  Speaker 2: out toys this year so we're going to open up
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  Speaker 2: registration pretty soon for our website so people can get
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  Speaker 2: registered and to be able to come out So make
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  Speaker 2: sure you guys stay connected with us for that. Amen. Also,
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  Speaker 2: we want to let you know that Intimidation is a 501c3,
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  Speaker 2: a nonprofit organization. We opened a Christian club in 2012.
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  Speaker 2: We have a building fund. We are looking to reopen
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  Speaker 2: another venue but this time we're going to have classes
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  Speaker 2: we're going to have a school built into it we're
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  Speaker 2: going to be a blessing to the community we're looking
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  Speaker 2: for help from our brothers and sisters we're looking for
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  Speaker 2: monthly donors sponsors supporters grants grant writers people that can
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  Speaker 2: help us search out funding looking to do that and
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  Speaker 2: also we put our business house in order so that
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  Speaker 2: you guys can get a tax write-off it's all tax
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  Speaker 2: deductible we appreciate all of your support all right now
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  Speaker 2: it's time for my closing remarks right So here is
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  Speaker 2: a serious reminder. God's word is not ours to manipulate.
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  Speaker 2: We must not twist scripture to support our preferences. Use
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  Speaker 2: God's name to give our opinions false authority or Follow
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  Speaker 2: teachers without examining what they actually teach. But these passages
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  Speaker 2: is not an invitation to become arrogant or to believe
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  Speaker 2: that we are the only ones who understand the Bible either.
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  Speaker 2: This is a call to humility. Beloved, we Should approach
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  Speaker 2: scripture ready to learn. Ready to be corrected. And ready
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  Speaker 2: to obey.
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  Speaker 3: So.
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  Speaker 2: If you're mishandling God's word. Do not hide from him. Repent. Ask.
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  Speaker 2: And seek for his truth. And make things right. now
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  Speaker 2: while you can. So let's be people who speak truthfully.
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  Speaker 2: Let us teach faithfully. And let us live in a
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  Speaker 2: way that honors Jesus Christ.
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