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Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.49,0:00:16.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This last one is a sensitive one too.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.88,0:00:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is from "Anonymous."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.63,0:00:20.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't want to put his name.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.45,0:00:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, "When I was not saved..."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.28,0:00:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, folks, I'm dealing with this
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.24,0:00:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this is a real issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.53,0:00:32.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't think only for this guy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.91,0:00:36.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because I want to draw
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.43,0:00:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some broader principles that I think
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.26,0:00:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will help all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.04,0:00:46.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, "When I was not saved,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.27,0:00:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sexually abused two people in my family.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.47,0:00:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One was my step-sister.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.37,0:00:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other was my cousin.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.02,0:01:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've now repented from \Nliving a life of sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.42,0:01:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've given my life to Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.40,0:01:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even now as a Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.73,0:01:10.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what am I supposed to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.83,0:01:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My step-sister and my cousin
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.82,0:01:16.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were very young when I did this to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.81,0:01:19.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, we talk together.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.91,0:01:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We even get together like all is well.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.48,0:01:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they're growing up.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.22,0:01:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These things I've done
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.18,0:01:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will likely come back to their memory.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.64,0:01:31.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do I do?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.71,0:01:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a child, I was also sexually abused
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.38,0:01:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by two people in my family.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.17,0:01:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do I do?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.99,0:01:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say this.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.68,0:01:50.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say this to anonymous.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.21,0:01:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say this to all of you here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.72,0:01:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in fact, I would say this
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.86,0:01:58.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and begin this counsel
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.62,0:02:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially with people that are
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.54,0:02:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,likely to watch on the Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.54,0:02:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People that are likely to be
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.16,0:02:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,removed away from San Antonio \Nthat will hear this.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.13,0:02:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say this with regard to all \Nthe questions that come in.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.77,0:02:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what the Bible tells us?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.49,0:02:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hebrews 10:24, "Let us consider
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.32,0:02:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to stir up one another \Nto love and good works,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.83,0:02:22.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not neglecting to meet together \Nas is the habit of some,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.79,0:02:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but encouraging one another,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.50,0:02:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all the more as you \Nsee the day drawing near."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.04,0:02:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That one coupled with Hebrews 13:17,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.68,0:02:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Obey your leaders and submit to them
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.76,0:02:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for they are keeping watch over your souls
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.42,0:02:37.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as those who will have \Nto give an account."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.81,0:02:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what I want to say to everybody
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.78,0:02:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's writing in to \Nthese Ask Pastor Tim's?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.01,0:02:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My first counsel to you:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.03,0:02:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've got to be in a church.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.34,0:02:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to be in a good church
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.27,0:02:54.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you're constantly and regularly
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.53,0:02:56.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meeting together with other saints,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.100,0:03:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you're being \Nencouraged by one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.58,0:03:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to be in a situation like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.70,0:03:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to be in a situation
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.26,0:03:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you're submitting yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.25,0:03:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to leaders, to good godly men
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.47,0:03:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are keeping watch over your souls;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.91,0:03:14.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,men who will have to \Ngive an account for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.73,0:03:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is my first line of counsel
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.58,0:03:17.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to any of these folks.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.95,0:03:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, trying to counsel people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.99,0:03:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by these questions that \Ncome in across email -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.90,0:03:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes these people live
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.32,0:03:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a thousand or two thousand miles away.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.54,0:03:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is very difficult to counsel people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.14,0:03:35.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose face I don't see
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.21,0:03:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whose exact circumstances \NI don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.00,0:03:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most important thing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.43,0:03:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is these people need -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.62,0:03:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Mr. Anonymous here -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.40,0:03:47.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this kind of situation,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.89,0:03:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he needs to get face-to-face
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.42,0:03:52.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with some good godly men in a church
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.99,0:03:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where he can sit down
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.46,0:03:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he can talk through these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.40,0:03:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because obviously some of these things
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.76,0:04:01.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are just so sensitive,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.83,0:04:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so many details get left out
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.94,0:04:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I don't know anything about.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.56,0:04:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Giving the right counsel in these matters
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.55,0:04:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can just be very, very difficult.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.04,0:04:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so many of these things,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.66,0:04:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they need to be bathed in prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.96,0:04:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and discussed in detail,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.98,0:04:21.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really, before any type of final counsel
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.67,0:04:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should be given.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.26,0:04:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I don't really want to give exact,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.99,0:04:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,specific details here,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.83,0:04:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I do want to throw some things out.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.27,0:04:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want to do this in a broader sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.48,0:04:40.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just concerning if we've
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.19,0:04:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sexually wronged somebody in the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.09,0:04:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me throw out some principles here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.16,0:04:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One things is, folks,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.88,0:04:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it's Mr. Anonymous
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.52,0:04:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what he's done here,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.11,0:04:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we cannot undo the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.39,0:05:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the first place I'd start with.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.02,0:05:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't want to let \Nthe past drag us down.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.66,0:05:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't want the past
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.24,0:05:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be a hindrance to our \Nrunning the race now.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.22,0:05:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't want the past to basically be
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.57,0:05:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a reason to fall into despair
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.11,0:05:14.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and discouragement.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.31,0:05:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't undo the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.93,0:05:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we've all got things in our past
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.81,0:05:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we wish we didn't have in our past.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.64,0:05:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've all done things \Nwe wish we hadn't done.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.52,0:05:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing about the Christian
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.89,0:05:30.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that all these things \Nare under the blood.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.22,0:05:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.53,0:05:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can rejoice in the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.94,0:05:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter what we've done in the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.29,0:05:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our sins are under that blood.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.34,0:05:43.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no condemnation \Nif we're in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.98,0:05:48.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's never going to \Nrequire these things of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.13,0:05:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The third thing I'd say is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.02,0:05:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That doesn't mean
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.18,0:05:57.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there won't be consequences
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.36,0:06:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for what you've done in the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.71,0:06:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, that doesn't mean that there
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.46,0:06:07.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always will be.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.63,0:06:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me just tell you this:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.40,0:06:13.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was lost, I was a big liar,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.65,0:06:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was a big thief among other things.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.98,0:06:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was a vandal as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.87,0:06:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, Eric, I'll have some sympathy on you
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.68,0:06:28.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for all the devastation you caused
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.62,0:06:33.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your graffiti life.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.59,0:06:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was one Saturday.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.22,0:06:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's amazing God didn't kill me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.36,0:06:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was with three other guys.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.93,0:06:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had two golf carts.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.22,0:06:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're out on a golf course \Nup in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.52,0:06:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a thunder storm moved in
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.35,0:06:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they closed the golf course
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.04,0:06:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the lightning was \Nstriking straight down.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.58,0:06:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we went into the bar
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.15,0:07:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we drank a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.94,0:07:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we were plastered.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.82,0:07:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the lightning is \Nstriking straight down
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.42,0:07:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out there on the golf course,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.82,0:07:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we, like idiots - lost idiots -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.24,0:07:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out there tempting God to kill us.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.84,0:07:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We snuck back out there
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.67,0:07:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we managed to do it
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.20,0:07:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that the guy running the golf course
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.08,0:07:22.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,didn't see us.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.26,0:07:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when they closed the course down,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.88,0:07:27.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were all the way in the back.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.17,0:07:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We managed to run out \Nand jump on those carts
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.01,0:07:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get to the back of the golf course
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.92,0:07:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without the course manager seeing us.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.53,0:07:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're back there golfing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.53,0:07:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can barely stand.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.90,0:07:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lightning is shooting straight down.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.06,0:07:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You talk about tempting God.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.40,0:07:44.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Golf clubs in hand - metal.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.85,0:07:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're out there just drunk.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.58,0:07:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We smashed these golf carts
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.27,0:07:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to where all the tires on \Nall the golf carts were flat.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.77,0:07:58.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We tore up greens.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.11,0:08:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know how much a \Ngreen on a golf course cost?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.62,0:08:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want to know.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.94,0:08:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like over $10,000.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.68,0:08:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're smashing through the water stands.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.70,0:08:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The lightning just "bang!" \NSmashing around.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.42,0:08:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After God saved me, \NI was convicted about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.77,0:08:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After that, it was all smashed up
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.12,0:08:21.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they re-opened the course
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.65,0:08:23.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the people are walking out.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.15,0:08:24.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We hightailed it - dove in the truck
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.90,0:08:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and got out of there.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.81,0:08:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, here God comes and saves me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.02,0:08:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.70,0:08:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oh, I've got to go back \Nto that golf course.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.60,0:08:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.19,0:08:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I went out there,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.15,0:08:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I told them, look,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.87,0:08:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can file charges.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.66,0:08:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll pay for it or I'll work it off.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.07,0:08:49.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I left my name and number.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.45,0:08:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The course manager wasn't in right then.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.40,0:08:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I left it with the bartender there
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.16,0:08:56.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the clubhouse.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.35,0:08:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They never called.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.95,0:09:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then another dear \Nbrother that we know,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.67,0:09:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was pretty plastered one night.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.02,0:09:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He owned a club up on \Nthe north side of this city.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.60,0:09:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two guys walked in one night
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.12,0:09:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and started creating problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.48,0:09:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He pulled out a gun and \Nshot one of the guys.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.13,0:09:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't kill him.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.58,0:09:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Time goes by, God saves him.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.26,0:09:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More time goes by - 3 1/2 years go by.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.14,0:09:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The man's saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.32,0:09:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody identifies him
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.40,0:09:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he has to go to \Nprison for 3 1/2 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.20,0:09:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me tell you, just because you're saved
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.57,0:09:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't mean the consequences
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.68,0:09:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might not have to be paid.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.76,0:09:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes those \Nconsequences can be bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.70,0:09:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no condemnation -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.30,0:09:59.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God may, in His mercy, even take away
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.57,0:10:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the consequences in this lifetime.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.22,0:10:08.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But He might not.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.57,0:10:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first thing I would say,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.91,0:10:11.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this guy asked the question
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.33,0:10:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about those who have sinned against us.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.26,0:10:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, we can forgive them.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.74,0:10:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus Christ told a parable \Nin Matthew 18, did He not?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.20,0:10:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About the man who was forgiven.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.35,0:10:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A man owed a tremendous amount,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.12,0:10:27.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was forgiven.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.27,0:10:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the man that was forgiven,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.97,0:10:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the servant that was forgiven,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.46,0:10:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came across another servant \Nthat owed him money
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.70,0:10:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and required that he pay it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.70,0:10:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it was found out,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.50,0:10:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the master of those \Nservants wasn't real pleased.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.56,0:10:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know, basically, that whole thing
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.63,0:10:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a picture of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.73,0:10:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How much has the Lord forgiven us of?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.85,0:10:53.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can't we forgive others?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.83,0:10:55.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mr. Anonymous says
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.21,0:10:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he was sexually abused
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.04,0:10:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by people in his family.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.12,0:11:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What should he do?\NHe should forgive them.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.56,0:11:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, hands down, we should forgive.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.70,0:11:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the crimes we've \Ncommitted against God,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.78,0:11:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought).
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.22,0:11:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, you know what it says.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.77,0:11:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't forgive others,\Nyou will not be forgiven.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.59,0:11:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bottom line. Lay it down.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.08,0:11:20.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no sin that's \Nbeen committed against us
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.51,0:11:22.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we have a right to harbor.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.93,0:11:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God says put them all away.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.86,0:11:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, you've been forgiven so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.10,0:11:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever somebody has done to you
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.83,0:11:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is small in comparison
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.74,0:11:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to all that full weight of sin\Nyou've been forgiven of.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.66,0:11:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, as far as that goes,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.74,0:11:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we just need to let those things go
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.96,0:11:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wherever we've been wronged.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.87,0:11:46.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, when it comes to those we've wronged,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.59,0:11:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let me just tell you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.93,0:11:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to say this to everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.62,0:11:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We already talked about repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.42,0:11:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, one of the things
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.53,0:11:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you folks need to \Nrealize about repentance,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.12,0:12:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,repentance means turning from sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.62,0:12:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.52,0:12:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of those sins you turn from,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.14,0:12:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you may have to make restitution for.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.52,0:12:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may have to fix.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.28,0:12:12.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me just give you a little \Nbit of Scripture here.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.78,0:12:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Zacchaeus - guess what?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.64,0:12:17.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tax collector. Defrauded a lot of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.86,0:12:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Got saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.40,0:12:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the first thing he says?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.73,0:12:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"He stood up and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.25,0:12:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Behold, Lord, the half of my goods
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.91,0:12:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I give to the poor, and if I've defrauded
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.87,0:12:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anyone of anything \NI restore it fourfold.'"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.48,0:12:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Restitution.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.50,0:12:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says if I extorted from anybody,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.22,0:12:38.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to give them four times as much.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.89,0:12:40.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's an indication of salvation.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.65,0:12:42.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's an indication of true repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.79,0:12:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to prove your repentance?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.32,0:12:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you've wronged people;\Nif you've stolen things,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.83,0:12:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go back and pay for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.04,0:12:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go back and admit it and pay for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.76,0:12:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it's something that you've stolen
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.51,0:12:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you can return the object
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.02,0:12:55.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's still in the same condition,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.79,0:12:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,return it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.83,0:13:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ezekiel 33:15 says,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.10,0:13:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If the wicked restores the pledge,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.97,0:13:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gives back what he's taken by robbery,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.48,0:13:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,walks in the statutes of life,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.72,0:13:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not doing injustice,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.85,0:13:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he shall surely live.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.72,0:13:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He shall not die."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.83,0:13:15.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a picture of true repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.57,0:13:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me tell you this.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.98,0:13:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What should he do?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.36,0:13:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What should you do?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.48,0:13:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What about it?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.78,0:13:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does repentance look like?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.30,0:13:29.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what it looks like?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.73,0:13:31.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It looks like going back
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.09,0:13:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the crimes that I've committed
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.74,0:13:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the things that I've \Ndone in my past life
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.96,0:13:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and looking at those things,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.45,0:13:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and making restitution \Nwhere restitution is possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.94,0:13:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now restitution isn't always possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.03,0:13:45.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are some situations
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.41,0:13:47.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it may not be possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.21,0:13:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may never be able to find the person
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.24,0:13:50.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you stole the thing from.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.45,0:13:54.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may not know where \Nthey are, where they live.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.09,0:13:55.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The person you lied to,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.55,0:13:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't go back and \Ntell the truth to them
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.73,0:13:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about some major lie you told
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.87,0:14:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that sticks out in your mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.35,0:14:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because maybe they've died already.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.65,0:14:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a number of reasons
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.99,0:14:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why restitution can't be made,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.87,0:14:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but where it can be made, \Nit should be made.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.50,0:14:10.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now what should this guy do?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.85,0:14:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, what in the world do you do
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.69,0:14:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it's some kind of sexual sin?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.55,0:14:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially with little children?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.06,0:14:22.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I would say this,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.89,0:14:25.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a thing that's not real clear cut.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.31,0:14:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know that I have exactly \Nthe answer for this guy,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.20,0:14:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I would say this.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.57,0:14:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For one, you definitely want \Nto be much in prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.60,0:14:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guarantee you, when God saved me,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.08,0:14:37.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oh brother, I had so many things I stole
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.91,0:14:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so many lies I told.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.60,0:14:42.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went though all my possessions
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.09,0:14:43.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and piled them all together,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.47,0:14:45.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and anything that would come to my mind
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.35,0:14:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I stole or that I vandalized,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.98,0:14:48.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made a list.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.23,0:14:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I basically made a determination,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.16,0:14:54.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was going to take care of one a day.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.95,0:14:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That I thought was reasonable,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.90,0:14:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,otherwise I felt I would \Nbe overwhelmed by it.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.93,0:15:01.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I had to go back and tell people
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.91,0:15:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some ridiculous embarrassing things.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.48,0:15:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know, a lot of \Nprayer went into that.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.35,0:15:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, I remember one \Nlandlord I went back to.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.65,0:15:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the very first one on the list.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.24,0:15:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was just a brand new Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.26,0:15:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was just scared to death.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.88,0:15:24.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I sat down the road in my car.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.75,0:15:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a landlord that \NI moved my stuff out
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.97,0:15:29.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he wasn't home and didn't pay
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.86,0:15:32.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the last month or two or three rent.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.05,0:15:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I forget what it was.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.35,0:15:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I had the money now,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.59,0:15:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was down the street.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.91,0:15:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was just scared to death.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.14,0:15:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was praying and praying and praying.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.84,0:15:45.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I went up there to the door,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.25,0:15:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you know, I almost thought
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.78,0:15:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the guy would be \Ndead because he was old.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.28,0:15:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he looked just the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.51,0:15:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He came to the door
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.73,0:15:55.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I said, "Sir, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.55,0:15:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to live in your \Nhouse next door here,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.00,0:16:01.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I bailed on the rent."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.15,0:16:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I forget how much I \Nactually had to give to him.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.06,0:16:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I had three or \Nfour hundred dollars,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.10,0:16:12.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably like a stack \Nof twenties in my hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.74,0:16:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said, "Oh, don't worry about it."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.87,0:16:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then he looked down and he saw
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.47,0:16:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that wad of cash in my hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.98,0:16:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He grabbed it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.08,0:16:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you've got to pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.47,0:16:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you've got to acknowledge the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.51,0:16:29.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need help to do these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.71,0:16:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what the Lord says?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.42,0:16:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you acknowledge Him, \NHe'll direct your path.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.75,0:16:34.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You really need the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.97,0:16:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to direct your path in these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.72,0:16:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll tell you what,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.35,0:16:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,love has to dictate.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.54,0:16:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are certain things,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.64,0:16:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,love may dictate not to go back
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.44,0:16:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reopen a wound.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.32,0:16:52.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to weigh these things out.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.91,0:16:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you what,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.52,0:16:56.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would say this to Mr. Anonymous,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.39,0:16:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you never want to make \Nany of your decisions
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.75,0:17:02.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about restitution or \Ncorrecting past sins
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.17,0:17:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on self-preservation.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.66,0:17:07.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't make decisions based on
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.37,0:17:10.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's easy on you.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.63,0:17:12.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You make decisions based on what's right
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.77,0:17:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what love dictates.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.16,0:17:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you need to be honest.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.18,0:17:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when you get in those things
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.01,0:17:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you start confessing things
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.55,0:17:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you get put on the spot,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.02,0:17:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to be honest.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.62,0:17:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's time to confess just \Nexactly the way it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.81,0:17:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would say to Mr. Anonymous,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.02,0:17:31.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because these are little children
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.59,0:17:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these little children might likely
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.53,0:17:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grow up with this,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.48,0:17:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my sense in this
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.39,0:17:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that he has a responsibility \Nto go to the father.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.60,0:17:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because those little kids might grow up
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.60,0:17:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,messed up about this,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.94,0:17:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'll tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.68,0:17:50.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they were my children, \NI'd want to know.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.81,0:17:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll tell you why I'd want to know,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.01,0:17:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I would not want them
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.22,0:17:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have to bear that alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.98,0:18:02.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because I might be able to help them
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.22,0:18:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it's something that \Nthey're struggling with,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.48,0:18:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a lot of kids, they grow up \Nwith these kinds of things
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.26,0:18:08.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they never tell anybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.95,0:18:10.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And oh, they remember.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.34,0:18:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when they get older, it comes out,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.16,0:18:15.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it leads to all sorts of problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.69,0:18:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I was the father, I would want to know.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.58,0:18:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what Scripture says,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.30,0:18:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would say Mr. Anonymous,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.92,0:18:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to think about this this way,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.88,0:18:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Scripture says that we need to
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.68,0:18:28.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do unto others what we \Nwould have them do unto us.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.41,0:18:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if these were your two daughters
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.39,0:18:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and somebody did this, \Nwould you want to know?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.04,0:18:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you need to be honest with yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.36,0:18:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you need to act based on that.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.23,0:18:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can tell you, if \Nthey were my daughters,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.44,0:18:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would want to know.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.02,0:18:43.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.86,0:18:44.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, love dictates,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.99,0:18:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think there's ways
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.22,0:18:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that those two little girls can be helped
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.20,0:18:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if the parents know.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.46,0:18:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that would be my take on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.06,0:18:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That would be my counsel.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.44,0:18:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I lay this out to all of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.54,0:19:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, if you're a professing Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.55,0:19:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the ways you make \Nyour repentance known,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.22,0:19:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the ways that repentance is real,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.40,0:19:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is if there needs to be restitution made,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.30,0:19:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then by God's grace,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.89,0:19:22.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seek to return the things stolen.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.91,0:19:24.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seek to settle matters.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.78,0:19:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seek to get things right.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.37,0:19:28.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got some little thing in there
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.19,0:19:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's been burning on your conscience
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.54,0:19:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a long time,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:31.94,0:19:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go back and take care of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.11,0:19:36.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these things are not easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.47,0:19:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:39.34,0:19:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stole stuff from some family members
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.61,0:19:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I can remember going back
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.14,0:19:45.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to my grandparents.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.61,0:19:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, it was horrible.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.49,0:19:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Lord helped.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:55.22,0:20:01.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that's my counsel there.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.51,0:20:03.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God will help you.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.100,0:20:06.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With God all things are possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.69,0:20:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might think, oh, I can't do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.50,0:20:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, you can.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.68,0:20:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't do it just \Nlike I couldn't do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.70,0:20:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got to the place where I was
Dialogue: 0,0:20:15.78,0:20:17.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making restitution more than once,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.83,0:20:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I would forget.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.77,0:20:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I actually worked at a place.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.16,0:20:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was convicted because \NI worked at a place
Dialogue: 0,0:20:26.70,0:20:28.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I called in sick one day
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.19,0:20:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because my roommate \Nand I stayed home
Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.02,0:20:32.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we drank whiskey.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.71,0:20:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I called in sick.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.11,0:20:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I felt like, later \Nafter the Lord saved me,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.71,0:20:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt like I really stole a day's wage.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.50,0:20:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, I sent a check
Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.46,0:20:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I paid for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.86,0:20:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was already down here \Nwhen I remembered that.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.18,0:20:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I sent a check up there.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:52.17,0:20:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I forgot that I paid it.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.28,0:20:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it came to my mind again.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.25,0:20:59.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I sent a check up there again.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.49,0:21:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the guy from the accounting department
Dialogue: 0,0:21:03.36,0:21:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sent me back the check
Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.28,0:21:07.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a note in there,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:07.13,0:21:09.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"stop sending us checks!"
Dialogue: 0,0:21:09.61,0:21:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And see, every time I'd send it up there,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.79,0:21:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of course I'd give the Gospel in there
Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.97,0:21:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how radically the Lord converted me
Dialogue: 0,0:21:16.94,0:21:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all this stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.67,0:21:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I irritated some people.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:24.86,0:21:29.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's embarrassing.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:29.59,0:21:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just told my son the other day,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:31.84,0:21:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Joshua, if I would have known
Dialogue: 0,0:21:38.38,0:21:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was going to have \Nto go make restitution,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:42.37,0:21:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and confess various lies
Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.58,0:21:50.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I committed those sins,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.73,0:21:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wouldn't have done them.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.54,0:21:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's embarrassing."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:54.92,0:21:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our sin is shameful.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.66,0:21:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It really is.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.84,0:22:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mr. Anonymous, your sin is shameful.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.14,0:22:04.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if it's under the blood,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:04.63,0:22:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we need to walk
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.67,0:22:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we need to do what's right.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.12,0:22:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that's it for tonight.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:10.89,0:22:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you guys have any questions
Dialogue: 0,0:22:12.62,0:22:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or any anything?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:17.13,0:22:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.24,0:22:20.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, Lord willing, we have \None more week of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:20.37,0:22:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know what it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.81,0:22:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I only take them in the order they \Ncome and I don't even look ahead.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.66,0:22:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I don't even know really \Nwhat we're going to get.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.71,0:22:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, next week, same time.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:32.34,0:22:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another set of these.