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Okay.

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From Marvin,

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"Over the past year or so,

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I've been experiencing very weird dreams.

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I've seen angelic figures

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and demonic ones as well.

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I can hardly understand it.

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Lately, I've seen very large snakes

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in my dreams too.

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What's your say on these?

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Should I be worried?

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Am I getting some sort of message

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from the supernatural world?

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What exactly is this

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and what should I do besides pray?"

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Now, this one almost seems like

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maybe we should just deal with Marvin

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as to where he's at spiritually.

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And I wouldn't argue with that,

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but because the subject is dreams,

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and I know that in the church realm,

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dreams come up.

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People talk about dreams

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and people have dreams.

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I've been asked or I've heard

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somebody say that [br]they had a certain dream.

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There are people in our church

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that will talk about dreams.

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And so let's just think scripturally.

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Does God ever give a dream?

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It's from Him - not satanic,

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it's God giving the dream

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because God means to communicate

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something to an individual.

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Does that ever happen?

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Old Testament?

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Old Testament and New Testament?

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Okay.

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So all through the Bible,

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we can find examples of God giving dreams.

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It's a God-given dream

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that communicates some kind of prophecy,

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some kind of warning,

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some kind of message.

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Give me some examples.

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Good - by good,

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I don't mean that when interpreted

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it actually sounded like great news,

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but they're good in the sense

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that they're God-given.

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Give me some examples.

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Old and New.

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(unintelligible)

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Pharaoh.

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Joseph interpreted for him.

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Yes, you had the cows,

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you had the corn stalks or wheat stalks,

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seven years, seven years.

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There's two Joseph's actually

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in the Bible that were pretty prominent

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with dreams.

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You had Joseph in the Old Testament

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and Joseph the husband of Mary

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in the New Testament.

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Very often, the Joseph [br]in the New Testament

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was receiving dreams [br]concerning what he should do

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as far as escaping Herod

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by going down to Egypt,

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when to come back,

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even taking Mary for his wife.

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God was very consistently speaking

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to Joseph the husband of Mary

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by way of dreams.

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Can anybody think of any other place

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in the Old Testament

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where dreams are fairly significant?

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(unintelligible)

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Jacob's ladder actually is a dream.

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And it says so specifically.

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Somebody said Daniel.

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Daniel was interpreting.

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He interpreted two dreams [br]for Nebuchadnezzar.

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Can you think of any other dreams?

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You were talking about Jacob.

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Whoever mentioned Jacob,

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I don't know if that was exactly

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talking about Jacob's ladder.

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You know he had another dream.

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He had a dream about you remember

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when he made the deal with Laban

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that he would only take the striped

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and the spotted and the [br]mottled sheep and goats?

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And God actually gave him a dream.

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And maybe that's how he knew [br]that he should choose those.

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But you remember what he did.

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He took those sticks

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and he put stripes in them

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and he kind of held them up.

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But other dreams - [br]can you think of others?

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What's that?

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(unintelligible)

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God said don't say [br]anything to him good or bad.

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Don't do any harm to him.

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Abimelech - do you remember [br]the guy Abimelech?

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He was like a Philistine king

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and he had taken Sarah.

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And he had a dream

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that said you're a dead man.

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And he said, "Lord, I did this

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in the innocence of my heart."

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And he had another dream [br]and God came to him

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and said, "I know you did."

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Anyway, okay, good dreams.

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Yes, there are God-given dreams.

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There are good dreams.

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Can you think of anywhere else

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in the New Testament specifically,

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maybe not where you have [br]specific examples of dreams,

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but where dreams [br]themselves are talked about

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in a good way?

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(unintelligible)

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Pentecost.

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Basically, the fulfillment of Joel 2.

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Who is going to dream dreams?

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(from the room) young men?

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The who?

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Doesn't it say the old men?

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James: The old men shall dream dreams.

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Tim: Yeah, the old men are [br]going to dream dreams.

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So, that's good.

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The Spirit moves - good dreams.

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How about examples of bad dreams?

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And by bad dreams, I mean people

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that refer to their dreams

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as having come from God,

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but the reality is they [br]don't come from God,

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and the only reason they're saying

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that they had dreams from God

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is so they can set forth their lies.

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(unintelligible)

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(from the room)

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When Job's first friend [br]is talking to him...

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(unintelligible)

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Tim: (incomplete thought)

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I think that that is not [br]necessarily a dream.

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I think that may be something demonic.

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(unintelligible)

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Yeah, I'm not sure that's a dream.

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(unintelligible)

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Jude.

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(from the room)

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These people were false prophets.

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It gives a long description,

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but it says they're [br]relying on their dreams.

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Tim: They're relying on their dreams.

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Right.

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Can you think of some place

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that talks about them relying

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on their visions?

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(from the room)

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Like when that man went to go confront

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King Jeroboam.

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(unintelligible)

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He preached against it

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and God said go back the way you came.

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The old prophet said an angel told me

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that you can come back with me.

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Tim: Well, I don't think [br]that's a good example

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because he just basically made it up

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(incomplete thought).

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But I mean in the New Testament,

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is there some place you can think of

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where it talks about relying on visions?

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Being associated with false religion.

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(from the room): Revelation, right?

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Tim: I'm thinking [br]specifically of Colossians.

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(unintelligible)

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But okay, let's look at something here.

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Deuteronomy 13.

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Let's all go here.

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Fifth book in the Bible.

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Deuteronomy 13:1,

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"If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams

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arises among you and gives you

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a sign or a wonder..."

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So, here's the thing.

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God Himself is actually saying,

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when He says dreamer of dreams,

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you know what's interesting about this?

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Is He's not saying somebody

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that simply claims to have had a dream.

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He's actually saying a dreamer of dreams.

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My point here is this,

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you can actually have a dream

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and be able to do some supernatural things

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and it not be from God.

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"He does a sign or a wonder

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that he tells you comes to pass,

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and if he says 'let [br]us go after other gods,'

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which you have not known,

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'and let us serve them,'

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you shall not listen to the words

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of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams,

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for the Lord your God is testing you

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to know whether you love the Lord your God

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with all your heart, with all your soul."

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So you see that reality.

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Go to Jeremiah 23.

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Jeremiah deals with [br]this fairly extensively.

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Jeremiah 23.

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Go down to verse 25.

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I like this because notice

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the direct comparison between dreams

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and the Word of God.

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Really today, that's [br]what we're dealing with.

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People can talk about their dreams,

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but it's the Word of God that is firm.

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And in fact, it's the Word of God

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whereby those dreams

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need to be tested

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and the fruit of the individual

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claiming to have the dream

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is to be tested.

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If you go to 23:25,

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"I have heard what the prophets have said

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who prophesy lies in my name

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saying 'I have dreamed, I have dreamed.'"

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These guys are just liars.

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"How long shall there be lies

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in the hearts of the prophets

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who prophesy lies and who prophesy

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the deceit of their own heart,

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who think to make My people forget My name

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by their dreams that they tell one another

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even as their fathers [br]forgot My name for Baal?"

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"Let the prophet who has a dream

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tell the dream.

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But let him who has My Word,

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speak My Word faithfully."

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Isn't that interesting? [br]There's the comparison.

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"What has straw in common with wheat?"

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It's like the difference between

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the dreamer and the man that has His Word.

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Verse 29, "Is not My Word like fire

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declares the Lord, and like a hammer

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that breaks the rock in pieces?"

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Go down to v. 32,

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"Behold, I am against those who prophesy

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lying dreams declares the Lord,

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and who tell them and [br]lead My people astray

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by their lies and their recklessness

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that I did not send them or charge them

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so they do not profit this people at all

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declares the Lord."

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Now, Kevin referenced the text in Jude,

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so I think maybe we'll finish on this one

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here in Jude,

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because I want to make some points.

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Jude. Right before Revelation.

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In verse 5,

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"I want to remind you

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although you once fully knew it,

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that Jesus who saved a people

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out of the land of Egypt [br]afterward destroyed

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those who did not believe.

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The angels who did not stay within

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their own position of authority,

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but left their proper dwelling,

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He has kept in eternal chains

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under gloomy darkness

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until the judgment of the great day."

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So he's talking about judgment here

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and those who have [br]come under His judgment.

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"Just as Sodom and Gomorrah

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and the surrounding cities

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which likewise indulged [br]in sexual immorality

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and pursued unnatural desires

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serve as an example..."

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An example to who? To us.

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"By undergoing a [br]punishment of eternal fire."

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Look, sexual immorality - [br]this is an example to us

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of what God will do to us

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if we are involved in sexual immorality.

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"Yet in like manner (notice this)...

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in like manner..."

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These people are like Sodom and Gomorrah.

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"In like manner, these people also

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relying on their dreams,

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they defile the flesh, reject authority,

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blaspheme the glorious ones."

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And I got to thinking about this

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that Marvin - he's experiencing dreams.

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I think what I would ask

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a young man like this

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is Jude is making a connection

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between the people

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who rely on their dreams

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and he's talking about Sodom and Gomorrah

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who's an example.

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And then he says "in like manner,

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these people also [br]relying on their dreams..."

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It's like he's weaving this together.

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A despising of authority

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and sexual immorality

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and relying on dreams

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and defiling the flesh.

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He's weaving this together -

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these people.

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And he says in v. 10,

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"They blaspheme all [br]they do not understand.

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They're destroyed by all that they

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like unreasoning animals [br]understand instinctively.

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Woe to them."

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I can tell you this.

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When you find Joseph having dreams,

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what does Scripture say [br]about Joseph's character?

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What sort of man was he?

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What does Scripture say about Daniel?

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What kind of man was he?

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What does Scripture say

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about the New Testament Joseph?

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The husband of Mary.

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What kind of man was he?

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You know, I think you want [br]to tie these together.

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I would ask Marvin

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about the connection [br]with sexual immorality.

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I would ask him about his purity.

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See, he's wanting to talk about dreams.

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"Should I be afraid?"

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I would say this,

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if there's sexual immorality in your life,

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it's because of that the [br]wrath of God is coming

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and that's what you ought to be afraid of.

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Having a dream of snakes?

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Dreams - should we put stock in dreams?

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Should we guide our lives by dreams?

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I think you want to be [br]very careful of dreams.

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Could God speak to a person through them?

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There's biblical examples,

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but I'll tell you this,

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just as much as there's biblical examples

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of God-given dreams

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directing righteous men,

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there's also a lot of warnings

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concerning rotten people

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and false prophets and evil people

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that have dreams, rely on dreams,

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want to talk about their dreams.

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Dreams - where can they come from?

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I mean, some people will tell you

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if they eat right before they go to bed,

0:17:27.633,0:17:29.494
they have all sorts of horrible dreams

0:17:29.494,0:17:31.044
or crazy dreams.

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That could be one thing.

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There could be natural [br]causes as to why you dream.

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We're dreaming all the time,

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but why sometimes we [br]remember more dreams,

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maybe it's got to do with [br]whether we're in deep sleep

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or not so deep sleep.

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Could some dreams come [br]from satanic causes?

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Undoubtedly.

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Could you have dreams about snakes?

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If you sat and watched a movie

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like one of these cannibal movies

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or zombie movies or something,

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would you think it might [br]affect your dreams?

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You know, just an illicit lifestyle

0:18:03.760,0:18:05.702
could affect your dreams.

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What you read or think about

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or watch right before you go to bed

0:18:09.881,0:18:12.952
may have a tremendous effect.

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I think the thing to ask

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with regards to these things

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is looking at the lifestyle.

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I think the question is

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concerning a young man and his life.

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Whether you're saved or not

0:18:36.523,0:18:38.134
is the real issue.

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Not: should I be afraid

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because I have a dream about snakes?

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Well, the truth is I should be afraid

0:18:46.895,0:18:48.064
if I'm lost.

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I should fear Him who can throw

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body and soul into hell.

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That's what I should fear.

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I mean, if I'm a Christian,

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and I have some crazy dream about snakes

0:18:56.684,0:19:00.525
and it's a nightmare, I'm safe.

0:19:00.525,0:19:02.912
If I'm lost and I have [br]dreams about angels -

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when I was lost, I had a dream about Mary.

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Very comforting.

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I have a feeling that had [br]devilishness about it.

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It gave me such thoughts [br]of Mary that I never had -

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I was a nominal Catholic my whole life,

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but it gave me such thoughts about Mary

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that were warm.

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I felt something from that.

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But you know, you can have

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all sorts of nice feeling dreams

0:19:35.946,0:19:38.002
and be lost and go to hell.

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You could have dreams about snakes

0:19:39.874,0:19:42.104
and horrible things and go to Heaven.

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The nature of the dream isn't the thing.

0:19:45.125,0:19:48.093
It's the character of the man

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that's the issue.

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Anything else?

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Anything anybody want to say about dreams?

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I would just say this,

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look, if you have somebody in the church

0:20:02.134,0:20:05.986
that tells you that they had a premonition

0:20:05.986,0:20:08.696
or an impression or a vision

0:20:08.696,0:20:11.845
or a dream,

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I would just say this,

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be extremely careful

0:20:17.584,0:20:21.654
that you not let somebody else's dream -

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here's one of the problems that I have.

0:20:24.274,0:20:27.203
If God wants to communicate to me

0:20:27.203,0:20:29.663
to take my son down to Egypt,

0:20:29.663,0:20:32.124
I don't think He's going [br]to give you a dream

0:20:32.124,0:20:36.336
about me taking my son down to Egypt.

0:20:36.336,0:20:38.355
He's going to give me a dream

0:20:38.355,0:20:41.234
warning me that Herod [br]wants to kill my child

0:20:41.234,0:20:43.406
and so I should take him down to Egypt.

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I get very suspicious

0:20:44.993,0:20:47.735
when you get third person people

0:20:47.735,0:20:49.484
telling me they had a dream

0:20:49.484,0:20:52.254
that I'm supposed to marry so-and-so.

0:20:52.254,0:20:56.124
I would be extremely suspect

0:20:56.124,0:20:58.444
of that kind of thing.

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Don't put weight in it.

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You will go wrong.

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What you want to put weight in

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is in the Word of God.

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You go to Proverbs 31.

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Study it out.

0:21:09.885,0:21:12.805
Look at the character of a woman.

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Use that as your reference point.

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Just be very careful

0:21:18.735,0:21:20.026
because there are people

0:21:20.026,0:21:22.325
who even in good churches,

0:21:22.325,0:21:24.215
people who will say:

0:21:24.215,0:21:25.494
I had this dream.

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It was about you.

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It's almost like there's [br]some meaning here.

0:21:32.765,0:21:35.343
There's something you're supposed to know

0:21:35.343,0:21:38.673
that's going to affect decisions [br]you make in your life.

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(incomplete thought)

0:21:41.385,0:21:43.655
Your antennas ought to go up

0:21:43.655,0:21:46.116
and red flags ought to be waving all over

0:21:46.116,0:21:54.018
when people tell you that.

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What time do we have?

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Okay, we've got time for one more.

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Anybody want to say [br]anything about dreams?

0:22:03.277,0:22:04.398
(from the room)

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(unintelligible)

0:22:13.287,0:22:15.886
Matthew 24:24 -

0:22:15.886,0:22:19.828
it says, "For there shall [br]arise false christs

0:22:19.828,0:22:22.005
and false prophets

0:22:22.005,0:22:24.126
and shall show great signs and wonders,

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so much that if it were possible,

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they shall deceive the very elect."

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Tim: Right.

0:22:40.916,0:22:44.456
If possible, they would [br]deceive the very elect.

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But it's not possible for [br]the elect to be deceived.

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At least, not deceived damnably.