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The Seven Keys To Christian Living—Part 7 | Episode #349 | Encore Episode #020 · Reflections On The Word With Richard Kay

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of Reflection on the Word with Richard K.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Chuck Christie, and today we are asking you to
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  Speaker 1: spend a few moments of your time with us each
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  Speaker 1: day as Richard shares from God's work with notes, quotes,
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  Speaker 1: and stories, along with some of his own personal experiences,
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  Speaker 1: to confirm for you God's great love for us, that
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  Speaker 1: his compassion for us never fails, and that He has
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  Speaker 1: a great faithfulness toward us in every regard. In Lamentations
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  Speaker 1: Chapter three, verses twenty two and twenty three, we read,
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  Speaker 1: because of the Lord's great love, we are not consumed,
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  Speaker 1: for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning.
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  Speaker 1: Great is your faithfulness. Now, if you miss a portion
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  Speaker 1: of today's broadcast or would like to recommend it to
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  Speaker 1: a friend, you can hear this program anytime online at
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  Speaker 1: Talknetwork Radio dot com. Well, now, here's Richard with today's reflection.
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  Speaker 2: And my God will supply all your need according to
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  Speaker 2: His riches. In glory in Christ Jesus. Now to our
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  Speaker 2: God and Father be glory forever and ever a man Palypians,
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  Speaker 2: Chapter four, Versus nineteen and twenty. As we continue our
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  Speaker 2: study in the series the Seven keys to Christian living.
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  Speaker 2: We are now able to see that our message of
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  Speaker 2: forgiveness is one that has the authority and commissioning of God,
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  Speaker 2: and that we take that message to a lost world
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  Speaker 2: locked in sin, and through doing that we may find
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  Speaker 2: ourselves in situations that are dire, that are difficult, that
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  Speaker 2: are unseemly. And yet we have a writing in the
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  Speaker 2: middle of all of what the events are. As the
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  Speaker 2: Gospel is proclaimed throughout the world, it is written by
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  Speaker 2: the apostle Paul, as he writes to the gathering of
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  Speaker 2: followers in Philippi. In Philippians, he says to them, as
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  Speaker 2: we read in this particular portion of the scripture, he says,
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  Speaker 2: beginning with the tenth verse, I rejoiced in the Lord
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  Speaker 2: greatly that once again you renewed your care for me.
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  Speaker 2: You were, in fact concerned about me, but lacked the
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  Speaker 2: opportunity to show it. I don't say this out of me,
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  Speaker 2: for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances
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  Speaker 2: I am. I know both how to have a little
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  Speaker 2: and I know how to have a lot, in any
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  Speaker 2: and all circumstances. I have learned the secret of being content,
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  Speaker 2: whether wealth or hungary, whether in abundance or in need.
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  Speaker 2: I am able to do all things through Him who
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  Speaker 2: strengthens me. Still, you did well by sharing with me
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  Speaker 2: in my hardship. You see, one of the things that
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  Speaker 2: had taken place was the followers the church at Philippi
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  Speaker 2: knew that Paul was in need, and so they took
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  Speaker 2: up an offering to provide to him. That may have
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  Speaker 2: conveyed something while he was even under prison guard. But
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  Speaker 2: he says to them, and you Philippians know that in
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  Speaker 2: the early days of the Gospel, when I left Macedonia,
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  Speaker 2: no church shared with me in the matter of giving
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  Speaker 2: and receiving except you alone. All the followers that he
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  Speaker 2: had taught, the Philippian Church chose to support Paul in
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  Speaker 2: whatever way they could. He stated that, for even in Thessalonika,
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  Speaker 2: you sent gifts for my needs several times. So as
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  Speaker 2: they did this, he's not seeking their gift, because he says,
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  Speaker 2: not that I seek the gift, but I seek the
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  Speaker 2: profit that is increasing to your account. We're going to
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  Speaker 2: talk about that in just a moment. But I have
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  Speaker 2: received everything in full, and I have an abundance. I
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  Speaker 2: am fully supplied, having received from papriditis what you provided
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  Speaker 2: a fragrant offering an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God. And
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  Speaker 2: now he says, and my God will supply all your
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  Speaker 2: needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever.
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  Speaker 2: I'm in you. See, this was a prayer for the
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  Speaker 2: provision of the Philippian Church. They were gracious and generous,
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  Speaker 2: and they gave to the needs of the Apostle Paul.
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  Speaker 2: Other churches that he had helped to plant other followers
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  Speaker 2: that he had taught did not necessarily respond in the
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  Speaker 2: same manner. But the Philippian Church responded, and he tells
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  Speaker 2: them it wasn't because he had need. He had already
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  Speaker 2: learned how to be content whatever the circumstances were that
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  Speaker 2: he lived in. If he had much, he was content.
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  Speaker 2: If he had little, he was content. He was not
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  Speaker 2: content because of what he possessed. He was content because
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  Speaker 2: of what he proclaimed his God would supply every need
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  Speaker 2: that followers had. And today that is the same message
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  Speaker 2: we use that scripture as a promise of God's provision.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes he uses the generosity and obedience of others to
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  Speaker 2: be able to meet our need. In other cases, he
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  Speaker 2: brings about miraculous provision. But that is for God to decide.
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  Speaker 2: It is for us to be obedient. When we experience
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  Speaker 2: God's provision, we are not to contain it. You see
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  Speaker 2: the differences. We are not content in what we keep.
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  Speaker 2: We are joyful in what He gives through us. That's
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  Speaker 2: why the Lord says he loves a cheerful giver. We
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  Speaker 2: are cheerful because giving towards the needs of others helps
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  Speaker 2: us to receive the joy that the Lord provides. My
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  Speaker 2: God shall supply all your need according to his riches
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  Speaker 2: in God, in Christ Jesus. So think about that as
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  Speaker 2: we exercise this fifth key, the key to the kingdom
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  Speaker 2: of experiencing God's provision. The world teaches us that we
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  Speaker 2: are to amass the fortunes that we can gain. The
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  Speaker 2: Word teaches us that we are to give and give
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  Speaker 2: cheerfully so that the needs of others can be met.
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  Speaker 2: Do you do that? Do you experience the joy of
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  Speaker 2: knowing that it truly is greater to give than to receive?
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  Speaker 2: And do you know in giving not so you will receive,
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  Speaker 2: but in giving regardless, My God will supply all of
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  Speaker 2: your needs according to his riches in gold. In Christ Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: This scripture tells us something of the willingness of God
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  Speaker 2: to provide for everything needed to carry the good news
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  Speaker 2: of the Gospel to all creatures, every tongue, every tribe,
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  Speaker 2: every nation, teaching them to understand everything I have commanded you.
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  Speaker 2: That's Jesus' authority in the Great Commission, and because of
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  Speaker 2: that we understand and experience his provision. Whatever is needed
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  Speaker 2: he provides. Do you know? It is demonstrated throughout all
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  Speaker 2: of our lives in ways that we don't even begin
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  Speaker 2: to see what others do. When Peter and John approached
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  Speaker 2: the Lame beggar at the temple Gate, it was not
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  Speaker 2: the silver or gold that he asked for. They knew
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  Speaker 2: the need that he could receive through the riches in
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  Speaker 2: glory in Christ Jesus, and they proclaimed it in the
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  Speaker 2: name of Jesus Christ. Rise and walk.
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  Speaker 1: Richard will be right back in a moment to wrap up.
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  Speaker 1: But if you've just joined us, you've been listening to
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  Speaker 1: Reflections on the Word with Richard k. You can hear
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  Speaker 1: this message in its entirety again online as well as
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  Speaker 1: like to acknowledge our theme song, how Great Is Thy
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  Speaker 1: Express scriptures are read from the Homan Christian Standard Bible,
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  Speaker 1: which is published by Homan Bible Publishers in Nashville, Tennessee.
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  Speaker 1: Additional resources used for Reflections on the Word with Richard
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  Speaker 1: K include Great Is Thy Faithfulness by Our Daily Bread
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  Speaker 1: and printed by Discovery House Publishers. Again here is Richard
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  Speaker 1: to wrap up today's message.
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  Speaker 2: The need for a daily provision is real, but the
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  Speaker 2: need for eternal relationship with God is our purpose to
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  Speaker 2: convey to others. So experience God's provision as we expand
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  Speaker 2: His kingdom. And My God will apply all of your
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  Speaker 2: needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus
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  Speaker 2: Philippian Sport, verse nineteen. And that is today's reflection on
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  Speaker 2: the Word.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Richard. Join us again tomorrow when we continue
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  Speaker 1: with the next edition of Reflections on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard K. For Richard and the entire team, this is
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  Speaker 1: Chuck Christie saying thanks for listening to this edition of
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  Speaker 1: Reflections on the Word