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Hi,
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I'm Kay Arthur, and I am
so honored to be with
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you. And I'm so
appreciative of your
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Juergen and Susan for th
s wonderful opportunity
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o share and to be able
o do a seminar at yo
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r envisions conferenc
, leadership and the tim
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s of crisis. Last night,
I was standing at t
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e centerpiece and
y kitchen, fixing so
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e food. And all of a sudd
n I looked at the TV, a
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d there the Capitol w
s being broken into a
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d violated, I mea
, breaking windows a
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d sitting in the chairs a
d the Congress and, a
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d that and taking pictur
s and that and I though
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, Lord, Lord, what is goi
g on? I've been followi
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g what's happening in t
e United States of Americ
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, with great interest
n this run for t
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e presidency and t
e government and that, a
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d I just really belie
e that possible. I real
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y believe that possibly N
, I really believe th
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t America is under t
e judgment of God. You s
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y Why? Well, I belie
e America is under t
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e judgment of God becau
e America has turned i
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s back on God. And you c
n see that in our law
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. What happened was,
e were a nation founded
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n the fear of God, we we
e a nation that w
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s Benjamin Franklin sai
, Stop, stop, stop, we mu
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t get on our knees and c
y out to the Most High G
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d for wisdom a
d discernment. That's n
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t happening anymore. Wh
t has happened instead
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s we have we have walk
d away from the precepts
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f God that He is laid do
n in His Word. In 196
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, prayer was removed fr
m school with the Supre
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e Court ruling. In 196
, the Supreme Court rul
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d eight to one th
t Devotional Bible readin
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, or other governme
t sponsored religio
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s activities and publ
c schools a
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e unconstitutional.
n 1967, they had
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a decriminalization
f homosexuality. And wh
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n it before it was
a offense that you would
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e the go to person for
o to jail for in 1973, t
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e Supreme Court legaliz
d abortion nationally wi
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h the Roe vs. Wa
e decision, that is t
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e most significant of a
l of it. In Genesi
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, chapter nine, God tel
s us that life is sacre
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. And he tells us that
e is going to require t
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e lifeblood of everyo
e that is murdered, and a
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e put to death illegall
, or not, according to t
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e Word of God. Next
o that, you might want
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o write numbers 353
, because in that passag
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, he talks about the law
f the blood of venger. A
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d he tells how when a man
s or a person's blood
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s not avenge by the blo
d of venger, then God
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s going to have to de
l with them. And it sa
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s his blood, their bloo
, Christ to me from t
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e ground, we're in troubl
. We're in trouble. There
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s a song we've got troub
e here in River Cit
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. Trouble with a capital
. Because we are not m
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n and women of the book.
r we know it, we say th
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t we and we read it a
d that, but do we live
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y every word that comes o
t of the mouth of God, th
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s is what God has ordaine
. And if you're going to
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e on solid ground with Go
, and if you're going to
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e used of God mightily, y
u have to be a man or
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a woman of the word. And
I want to tell you fr
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m Hosea chapter four, wh
t God says about t
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e importance of knowing h
m in knowing his word.
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o if you will turn in yo
r Bibles to Hosea chapt
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r four, or just at leas
, least get it down. A
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d listen, as I read to re
d to you. in Hosea chapt
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r four, it says, Liste
, I'm telling you
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o listen, he's telling y
u to listen. Listen to t
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e word of the Lord, o
, sons of Israel, for t
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e Lord has a case again
t the inhabitants of t
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e lan
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Because there's no
faithfulness there or
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kindness or knowledge of
God in the land. There's
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no knowledge of God. He
has spoken the the
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Pentateuch because has
been written and all of
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that, but there's no
knowledge of God in the
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land. They're not paying
attention to the Word of
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God. And anytime we don't
pay attention to the Word
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of God, we're going to be
in trouble. And we're
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going to start living
according to our own
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thoughts in our own
conditions and that and
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we're going to sing
praise songs and think
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it's alright because we
got goosebumps, but it's
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not always bright. So
this is what he says.
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There's no faith. Bonus
or kindness or knowledge
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of God in the land, there
is sweat, swearing,
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deception, murder,
stealing and adultery.
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They employ violence. So
that bloodshed follows
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bloodshed. Therefore the
land mourns, and everyone
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who lives in it
languishes along with the
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beasts of the field and
the birds of the sky and
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the fish of the sea they
disappear. Yet Let no one
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find fault, nor offer
reproof, for your people
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are like those who
contend with the priests,
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you shall stumble by day.
And the Prophet also will
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stumble with you by
night. And I will destroy
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your mother. He's saying,
I'm going to destroy
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Israel, Israel's your
mother, my people are
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destroyed, for a lack of
knowledge. Because you
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have rejected knowledge,
I will reject you from
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being my priest, since
you have forgotten the
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law of your God. Now
listen, I will forget
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your children. They're in
trouble. I mean, they're
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in great, great trouble.
And they're in trouble
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because you see the key
word, there's no
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knowledge of God. And
you've got to know what
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God's word says, so that
you can live accordingly.
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And so that you can obey
his commandments in the
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statutes. His Word is, is
a lamp unto our feet, and
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it's a light unto our
path. And if we don't
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know what we're going to
stumble in the darkness.
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And so when you look at
this, and this is what I
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want to us to see today,
and in this seminar, I
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want us to see the
importance of knowing the
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Word of God and living by
every word that comes
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from the mouth of God. So
from Hosea, this is what
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I would like you to do.
And this is throwing it
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together, or quickly
because of time, because
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there's so much I want to
say, all right, first of
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all, understand what the
fear of the Lord is,
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there's no fear of God.
Right? And fear is
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respect. It's all its
submission. It's, it's
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bowing before it's
bringing yourself low and
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saying, your God, you're
the all wise God, you're
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omniscient, and I bow
before you. And so this
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is the condition of
Israel at that time. And
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in a sense, in a sense,
America is there. And
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Israel is there also
because we both have our
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roots in the Word of God,
we both our fears of God
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or our nation started
that way. And now we're
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in we're in a mass. So
Isaiah is a contemporary
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of Hosea. And so I'd like
you to go to Isaiah,
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chapter five. In Isaiah
chapter five. He's
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talking about what the
people are like, and he's
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talking about woes, woes,
woes. And he says, woe to
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those who rise early in
the morning, excuse me is
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first 11 that they may
pursue strong drink, who
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stay up late in the
evening, that wine man
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flame them, their
banquets are accompanied
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by liar and harp. They
play the flute and buy
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wine, but they do not pay
attention to the deeds of
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the Lord. Nor do they
consider the work of his
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hands. Now, listen very
carefully. Therefore, my
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people go into exile for
their lack of knowledge.
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In other words, they're
going to go into
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captivity, because they
wouldn't believe God
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because they have
desecrated the
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the word of the Lord and
desecrated the honor of
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God. There's no fear of
God before their eyes.
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And then he goes on and
just listen and see. Does
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this sound like our
culture today? It sounds
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like America today. Does
it sound like Israel
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today? Or you're from all
over? Does it sound like
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Germany today? We work in
190 countries, and we're
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in 99 languages, I
believe. And so we're in
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touch with all these
people. We're teaching
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them how to discover
truth for themselves.
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We're teaching them how
to to deepen their
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relationship with God
through knowing his word
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through studying his
word. inductively. Not
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reading the commentaries
there. All right, but
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first finding out what
does the word of God have
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to say, so that you
understand that this is
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God speaking, and it's
breathe and you
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understand everything
that he is saying? He
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says, woe to those who
drank drag inequity with
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corn. So with cords of
faulted and sin as if
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with cart ropes, woe to
those verse 20, who call
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evil good, and good evil.
That's what's happening
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today, who substitute
darkness for light and
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light for bitterness.
Verse 21, woe to those
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who are wise in their own
Eyes first 22 woe to
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those that are heroes in
drinking wine. I mean,
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people brag about getting
getting drunk. And he
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talks about what he's
going to do. And he says
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in verse 24, therefore,
is a tongue of fire
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consumes stubble, and dry
grass collapses into the
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flame. He says, so their
root will we come like
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rot and their blossom
will blow away as does
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for they have rejected
the law of the Lord of
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hosts, and they have
despise the word of the
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Holy One. On this
account, the anger of the
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Lord has burned out
burned against his
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people. And he stretched
out his hand and struck
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them down. From there. I
would like you to put
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down Isaiah, chapter 59.
And go there and see if
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this relates to the
culture today, we're
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talking about leadership
in the time of crisis.
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And in Isaiah chapter 59.
He's talking about the
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state of affairs again,
and more. And you can see
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this all the way through
through the book of
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Isaiah. It's an
incredible book. It says
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in Isaiah 59, verse 14,
Justice is turned back,
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and righteousness stands
far away, for truth, has
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stumbled in the streets,
and uprightness cannot
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enter. Yes, truth is
lacking. And he who turns
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aside from evil makes
himself a pray, there is
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no knowledge of God. And
because there's no
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knowledge of God, there's
no fear of God. In this
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marvelous passage right
here on this segment in
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Isaiah and Isaiah chapter
eight and verse nine, you
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have the promise of the
Savior who is coming. And
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then Isaiah leading up to
that, he's saying, You
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are not to fear what they
fear or being dread of
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it. It is the Lord of
hosts whom you should
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regard as holy, he shall
be your fear, next to
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that, put proverbs 2925.
And look it up later, he
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shall be your dread, then
he shall become a
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sanctuary. In other
words, if you will cry
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out to God, in any given
situation, no matter
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what's going on. And if
you will run to God, His
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arms will be open wide,
and he you will be right
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where he wants you.
Because you are coming to
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him, you're fearing him,
you're respecting him,
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you're honoring him.
You're saying, I know
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that your God,
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and I know that
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you can do according to
your will in the army of
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heaven and among the
inhabitants of the earth.
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I know none can stay your
hand, I know none can say
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to you, what are you
doing? Because you are
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God, you are sovereign.
And once you give this
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inside of you, and once
you start to live and
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look at every situation,
and the light of
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who God is,
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I mean, life changes.
Listen to what he says.
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He says to the law into
the testimony I hear is
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the the work of Satan.
Here's the work of the
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liar, the deceiver, to
the law, and to the
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testimony, if they do not
speak according to this
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word. It is because they
have no dawn. And other
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words the sun has not
come up, it's still in
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darkness are still in
darkness. He says to the
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law in the testimony that
they don't speak
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according to well, how
are you going to know if
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they're speaking cording
to it, if you don't know
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the word of God, if you
don't study the Word of
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God. In Isaiah, chapter
nine, he talks about the
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prophecy of Jesus, the
people sitting in
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darkness are going to see
a great light, the
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darkness is going to be
gone. And he tells them,
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that for a child, for a
child will be born to us
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a son will be given. The
government shall rest on
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his shoulders, his name
shall be called
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Wonderful, Counselor,
Mighty God, Prince
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Eternal Father, Prince of
Peace, there will be no
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in no in to the increase
of his government or of
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peace on the throne of
David in over his kingdom
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to establish it, and
uphold it with justice
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and righteousness. We're
going to see justice, not
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right now. But when Jesus
comes and he takes over
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and he begins to rain
upon this earth, we're
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going to see justice and
we're going to understand
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it and it's going to be
Hey, we were not fools.
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He says, for them and
forevermore, the zeal of
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the Lord will accomplish
this. I want you to go
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from here with me to
Matthew chapter four. And
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I want to show you here's
the prophecy about Jesus
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coming. So when you come
to Matthew chapter four,
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this is what he tells us.
And and I, oh, I wish I
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had several hours with
you. I just would really
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absolutely I absolutely
love that so that we
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could talk and dialogue
here, I've got you in my
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kitchen, I can't even
talk to you face to face,
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or for your cup of
coffee. All right. In
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Matthew, chapter four,
Jesus has been tempted by
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the by Satan by the
tempter. And in Jesus,
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the tempter says to him,
if you are the Son of
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God, command that these
bones be bread show off,
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do a miracle, just say
stones become bread, if
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you're the Son of God
didn't do anything. I
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mean, God created
everything. And so it
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says, ends in Jesus
answered and said, Now
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listen, it is written, it
is written, I've read it.
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I know it. I know what it
says. And of course, he's
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the author of it, too.
But it is written, do you
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know what's written in
this book, if you're
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going to withstand what
is ahead for us, and
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these last days, you and
I know if we know the
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word of God, that is
going to get worse and
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worse, and many of us are
going to have that
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joyful, awesome privilege
of possibly being
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beheaded for Jesus
Christ, of laying down
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our lives, giving him the
last thing that we can
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can give him that shows
our love and our trust,
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and our hunger to be in
his presence. Listen to
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what he says. He says, It
is written, Man shall not
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live by bread alone, but
on every word that
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proceeds from the mouth
of God. Now, where is
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every word that proceeds
from the mouth of God?
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Right here, right here?
This
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is the book,
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how many books make up
this one book? 66 books?
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All right, if you're to
live on every word that
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comes out of the mouth of
God, how many books do
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you know? You may know
all this wonderful
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worship of the songs and
everything and, and I
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checked some of them out,
because some of them are
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not biblical term, not
according to the Word of
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God. But listen, that is
that is an exuberance You
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and I have to be rooted
and grounded in
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established in the Word
of God, you and I have to
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know this word. We have
to realize that
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everything and he says
this and Peter,
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everything. The Second
Peter, everything that
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pertains to life and
godliness is in this
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book. And if you and I
know it, then we know how
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to live. We're working in
refugee camps, all in all
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these major refugee
camps. We're doing we
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have these studies, and
and this one's building a
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marriage that really
works. This is the power
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of knowing God. And so
they're doing these
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studies. And it's all
Scripture. It's nothing
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else, but scripture. And
it's put together in a
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way that you discern for
yourself, what God is
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saying it's inductive.
And we had a Muslim woman
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that came up to the ones
that was leading it. And
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she said to him, I need
to talk to you May I talk
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to you, my problems are
very great. And he says,
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You're on the break. And
she says, No, they're too
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great. And then he found
out that her wife, he,
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she was told by her
mother, mother in law,
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her husband was told by
her mother in law, to
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beat her every night
before she went to bed.
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So on the wedding night,
he beats her. Well, this
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has gone on, he beat her
once so severely that the
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baby died in the womb,
and she thought she was
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going to lose her life.
And she said, If I
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believe in Jesus, will my
husband stop beating me?
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And he says, No, I can't
promise you that. And she
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said, Well, if I if I
believe in Jesus, Will
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God keep the Muslims from
killing me? And he says,
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No. He says, Jesus said,
If any man is going to
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come after Me, let him
deny himself, and take up
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his cross and follow me.
let him deny himself,
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take up his cross, and
follow me. In times of
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crisis, no matter what's
happening. Jesus calls us
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she said, Oh, you mean
you're telling me that if
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I follow Jesus, I have to
be willing to die? And he
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said, Yes. And she
believed her husband was
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in another part of the
camp because they'd moved
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him over there because
they were beating their
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why he was beating her
and she was so it was so
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noisy. And so her
husband, separated from
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her, went to the same
study building a marriage
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that really works.
They're listening to
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Ephesians chapter five.
Husbands, love your wives
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as Christ loved the
church and gave Himself
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for it. And he begins to
wail and wail because he
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sees the darkness has
passed, the light is come
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and he sees and knows and
hears the word of God,
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and he got saved and
eventually they were back
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together. Oh, precious
ones. For us this word in
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the midst of this crooked
and perverse generation,
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study to show yourself to
be approved unto God, a
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workman that needeth not
be ashamed, don't be
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ashamed of him. The His
Word is light, and his
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word, his life, his word
is the very bread by
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which we live, live by
it. And if you want some
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help, I'll tell you how
to get it. And I'm going
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to tell you one brief
story really quick,
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because I want you to see
this. We have beginner
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inductive Bible studies
in different languages.
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And this one is called
who created it, and it's
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to teach them how to read
and write. So this is the
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first time they're
reading and writing and
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it's Genesis chapter one
Barish. sheet, chapter
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one. And so as they're
doing it, this little boy
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is writing the word, God.
And all of a sudden, he
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looks up, he's just
completing the last
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letter and God and he
looks up, and he starts
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to cry. And this is what
he says, This is the
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first word. I've read.
And it's gone, that I've
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read about. He saw the
Word of God, he heard the
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word of God, he embraced
the Word of God. And he's
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going to live for God.
What about you? And what
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about me? Our times are
very interesting, aren't
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they? The people that
know their god, no matter
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the times, read it, and
Daniel, the people that
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know their God will be
able to stand firm, and
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not just stand firm,
they'll be able to take
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action. The people who
know their God, made this
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become the most important
book in your life, not
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books about it, that made
this become the most
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important book in your in
your life, and may it
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become your life. And may
you hold it fourth in the
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midst of this crooked and
perverse generation. And
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may you hear well done my
good and faithful
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servant. I wish we could
pray together. I wish I
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could fix a cup of tea or
a cup of coffee, the Lord
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bush we have eternity
together eternity. Just
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think eternal life,
because God sent His Son
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who knew no sin, to be
made sin for us, that you
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and I might be made the
righteousness of God in
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him. Oh, beloved, be like
the Apostle Paul. count
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all things as loss for
the excellence of the
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knowledge of Jesus
Christ. He says, For whom
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I've suffered the loss of
all things, and do count
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them but dung, that I
might win Christ when run
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and win