Class 4 from this series was used in GCT Episode 300.<\/p>\n
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\nOur general theme is Next year
\nin Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
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\nOur speaker for this class is
\nBrother Bob Lloyd. <\/p>\n
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\nHis topic Unspotted from the
\nworld, His subtopic Patience <\/p>\n
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\namid conflict.
\nSorry about Brother Bob. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, good morning, my beloved
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
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\nOf the Lord Jesus Christ, That
\nwas a little slow. <\/p>\n
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\nI guess we’re all ready to go,
\naren’t we? <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s our it’s our last class
\ntogether, the last class of the <\/p>\n
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\n1998 Winfield Bible School.
\nAnd so we come here with relief <\/p>\n
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\nas well as sadness.
\nBeen wonderful to have been with<\/p>\n
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\nall of you this week.
\nIt’s great to have seen those we<\/p>\n
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\nknow and love from the past and
\nto have made good contact love <\/p>\n
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\nfor those which we’ve only met
\nfor the first time. <\/p>\n
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\nI have a little problem this
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\nI got way more stuff than I can
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\nI’ve been going through trying
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\nbut I’ll try not to abuse the
\ntime very much. <\/p>\n
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\nWill Rogers was a homespun
\ncowboy philosopher, and he liked<\/p>\n
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\nto talk about his dog.
\nHe called his dog a Christian <\/p>\n
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\ndog.
\nHe was like, well. <\/p>\n
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\nWhy do you call your mutt a
\nChristian dog? <\/p>\n
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\nHe says.
\nWell, because he loves his <\/p>\n
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\nenemies and he bites his
\nfriends. <\/p>\n
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\nNow Will Rogers was gently
\npoking fun at those who call <\/p>\n
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\nthemselves Christians, who seem
\nto love their enemies and <\/p>\n
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\nmistreat their friends.
\nOf course, our brother James was<\/p>\n
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\nnot familiar with Will Rogers.
\nHe lived 2000 years before he <\/p>\n
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\ndid.
\nBut James is really saying the <\/p>\n
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\nsame thing to us as we look into
\nhis lovely little letter he’s <\/p>\n
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\nwriting to those who were loving
\nto show respect for the rich. <\/p>\n
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\nJames reminds them that it was
\nthe rich who oppressed them and <\/p>\n
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\ndraw them before the judgment
\nseat. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was the rich who were
\nblaspheming that worthy name by <\/p>\n
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\nwhich we are called.
\nSo in a sense, those he was <\/p>\n
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\nwriting to, they were loving
\ntheir enemies, the rich, and <\/p>\n
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\nthen they were biting their four
\nbrothers and sisters, those <\/p>\n
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\nliving in poverty for whom
\nChrist died. <\/p>\n
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\nWe all believe that prejudice is
\nwrong, and yet we all, if we’re <\/p>\n
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\nhonest, have to admit that we
\nhave some prejudices. <\/p>\n
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\nMark Twain has said prejudice is
\nthe ink with which all history <\/p>\n
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\nis written.
\nNow there’s a dogmatic statement<\/p>\n
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\nI’m just going to make.
\nI’m going to, I have to, I’m <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to have to insert a word.
\nAnd when you make it about <\/p>\n
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\nyourself, you can insert a word,
\nwhatever you want. <\/p>\n
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\nBut since I was born in Texas,
\nI’m going to put in Texas. <\/p>\n
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\nI, I can poke fun at Texas
\nbecause I, I are, I are one, <\/p>\n
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\nThis fellow says there’s two
\nthings in this world that I hate<\/p>\n
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\nand will not accept.
\nOne is prejudice and the other <\/p>\n
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\nare Texans.
\nAnd so I think we’re all like <\/p>\n
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\nthis.
\nThere’s, there’s an <\/p>\n
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\ninconsistency in US.
\nIt’s ridiculous to think that <\/p>\n
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\nyou could be against prejudice
\nand then be against Texans. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s especially being a Texan.
\nI think that’s the height of <\/p>\n
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\nbeing ridiculous.
\nBut we all have some prejudices <\/p>\n
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\nand we’re not to have, and James
\nis going to tell us not to. <\/p>\n
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\nNow prejudice is not new, but
\nthe Chris has been showing us in<\/p>\n
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\nClass One how the the world has
\nbeen prejudice against the Jews <\/p>\n
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\nfor eons.
\nOf course the Jews you want to <\/p>\n
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\nbe be honest, they’re prejudice
\nagainst us too. <\/p>\n
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\nI went to a convention once and
\nI was the only Gentile there and<\/p>\n
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\nthey made me very uncomfortable.
\nI mean they weren’t mean to me, <\/p>\n
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\nthey didn’t persecute me, but
\nthey let me know that I wasn’t <\/p>\n
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\none of them.
\nJonah was prejudice against the <\/p>\n
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\ninhabitants of Nineveh.
\nPeter had to be taught in a <\/p>\n
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\nvision that what God had
\ncleansed that he was not to call<\/p>\n
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\ncommon.
\nPeter opened his mouth and said <\/p>\n
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\never truth.
\nI perceive that God is no <\/p>\n
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\nrespecter of persons, but in
\nevery nation he that feareth God<\/p>\n
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\nand worketh righteousness is
\naccepted with Him. <\/p>\n
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\nNow the way to solve our
\nprejudices is to come in at <\/p>\n
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\nJames chapter 2, and we’ll look
\nto come in at James two and <\/p>\n
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\nverse 8, because it’s the royal
\nlaw as Paul, as James tells it. <\/p>\n
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\nIf he fulfill the royal law,
\naccording to the Scripture, thou<\/p>\n
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\nshalt love thy neighbor as
\nthyself, ye do well. <\/p>\n
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\nBut if you have respected
\npersons, you commit sin and are <\/p>\n
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\nconvinced of the law, as
\ntransgressors, we’re not at <\/p>\n
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\nliberty to pick who we want to
\nshow kindness to and and who we <\/p>\n
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\nwant to ignore.
\nWe we have to love the unlovely.<\/p>\n
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\nEven James 2 verse 10 For
\nwhomsoever shall keep the whole <\/p>\n
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\nlaw and yet offend at one point
\nhe’s guilty of all. <\/p>\n
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\nFor he that said, do not commit
\nadultery said also do not kill. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, if thou commit no adultery,
\nyet if thou kill, thou become a <\/p>\n
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\ntransgressor of the law.
\nNow I think again, if we’re <\/p>\n
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\nhonest, we’re we don’t put all
\nsins in the same category. <\/p>\n
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\nYou have a grade A sins and
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\nsome not as bad as others.
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\nworse than adultery, and I would
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\nlying.
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\nis not quite as bad as lying.
\nAnd yet all of these, all of <\/p>\n
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\nthem are going to keep us out of
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\nIt’s not that.
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\nYou don’t.
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\nWe do not kill now.
\nWe commit no adultery yet if we <\/p>\n
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\ndo one, we do the other.
\nThey’re all. <\/p>\n
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\nIf we break the law, the law is
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\ncommandment we broke.
\nVerses you’re familiar with in <\/p>\n
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\nGalatians 5.
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\nAnd James, Paul tells us what
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\nHe says they’re adultery and
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\nlewdness and idolatry and
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\nOh, wait a minute, outbursts of
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\nadultery and uncleanness.
\nI’m sure I get angry, but of <\/p>\n
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\ncourse everybody gets angry.
\nWell, he, he’s putting it all in<\/p>\n
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\nthe same category, selfish
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\nenvy, murders, drunkenness,
\nrevelers and the like, of which <\/p>\n
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\nI tell you beforehand, just as I
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\nSo we have to realize that sin
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\nall sinners.
\nWe may not have done some of the<\/p>\n
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\nmore horrendous sins, but we
\nhave all been guilty of sins <\/p>\n
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\nBut the good news is we can be
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\nthat’s what it’s all about.
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\ndown on our knees at night and
\nask God to wipe our sins that <\/p>\n
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\nwe’ve committed that day out and
\ncast them behind His back. <\/p>\n
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\nAny promises He will.
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\nourselves in trying to uphold
\nthe commandments, but at the <\/p>\n
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\nsame time we need to be merciful
\nwith others who may not be <\/p>\n
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\nliving up to what we think they
\nshould be doing. <\/p>\n
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\nJames 2 verse 13.
\nFor judgement is without mercy. <\/p>\n
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\nTo the one who has shown no
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\njudgement.
\nAnother version, the man who <\/p>\n
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\nmakes no allowance for others
\nwill find none made for him, so <\/p>\n
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\nthere will be no mercy to those
\nwho have shown no mercy. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the mercy of God is really
\nvery limited. <\/p>\n
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\nThat that may sound, it may
\nsound like heresy. <\/p>\n
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\nSay that the mercy of God is
\nlimited. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd you would argue with me, and
\nI imagine you would take me to <\/p>\n
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\nPsalm one, O 3.
\nThat’s where I would take you if<\/p>\n
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\nI was arguing with you on the
\nsubject. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd God says in Psalm One, O 3,
\nthe Lord is merciful and <\/p>\n
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\ngracious, and slow to anger, and
\nabounding in mercy. <\/p>\n
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\nFor as the heavens are high
\nabove the earth, so great is His<\/p>\n
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\nmercy toward us who fear Him.
\nFor as far as the east is from <\/p>\n
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\nthe West, so far has He removed
\nour transgressions from us. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd aren’t you glad that God,
\nwho inspired David to write <\/p>\n
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\nthis, knew the earth was round
\nbecause everybody then thought <\/p>\n
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\nit was flat.
\nBut you see, if, if if God had <\/p>\n
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\nsaid as far as the north is from
\nthe South, so far has he removed<\/p>\n
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\nour transgressions from us?
\nThere is a limit. <\/p>\n
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\nYou start at the North Pole and
\nyou just keep going South and <\/p>\n
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\npretty soon you’re out of South,
\nyou’re going north, You keep <\/p>\n
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\ngoing north and you run out of
\nnorth and you’re going South <\/p>\n
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\nagain, there is a limit.
\nBut when God said this, he said <\/p>\n
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\nas far as the east is from the
\nWest, and you can start east and<\/p>\n
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\ngo forever and you’ll never run
\nin the West. <\/p>\n
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\nGo West forever, you’ll never
\nrun into E. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s how far he’s removed our
\ntransgressions from us. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd yet, in spite of that, the
\nman who makes no allowance for <\/p>\n
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\nothers, says James, will find
\nnone made for him. <\/p>\n
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\nFor there will be no mercy to
\nthose who have shown no mercy. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that’s frightening when we
\nsometimes see Christadelphians <\/p>\n
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\nso harsh in dealing with other
\nChristadelphians and saying this<\/p>\n
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\nis the way it is and you’re out.
\nAnd I fear for them because we <\/p>\n
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\nneed to be showing mercy,
\ndoesn’t we water down the truth.<\/p>\n
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\nWe stand up for the truth.
\nWe don’t we don’t condone sin. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re very forgiving of sinners.
\nNow, everything that were to do <\/p>\n
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\nhinges on this royal law that
\nJames is talking about. <\/p>\n
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\nThe first time we hear about the
\nroyal law, it wasn’t called the <\/p>\n
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\nroyal law back in Leviticus, but
\nGod said you shall not take <\/p>\n
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\nvengeance nor bear any grudge
\nagainst the children of your <\/p>\n
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\npeople, but you shall love your
\nneighbor as yourself. <\/p>\n
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\nI am the Lord.
\nJesus then takes that same <\/p>\n
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\nIn Matthew 22 Jesus said to him
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\nyour soul, with all your mind.
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\nYou shall love your neighbor as
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\nTherefore love is the
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\nIf you don’t believe in love,
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\nyourself and you do well.
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\nlaw of liberty.
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\nto the one who has shown no
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\nMercy triumphs over judgement.
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\nthe law and the prophets, but
\nthe second commandment is we are<\/p>\n
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\nto love our neighbor as our
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\nAnd it’s a well known fact that
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\nliberty to speak ill and degrade
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\ncreation.
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\nthings, you know who hears it,
\nyou hear it. <\/p>\n
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\nNow Psalm 100 verse three says
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\nnot we ourselves. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’re not a self-made person.
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\npicked the rest of us.
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\nyou and saying I have some
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\nobviously he didn’t. <\/p>\n
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\nwon’t come.
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\nevidently, or else they’ve been
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\nWe don’t know that.
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\nNow, if I have to be honest with
\nyou, I would have to tell you <\/p>\n
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\nthat some of the people God
\ncalled, I wouldn’t have. <\/p>\n
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\nBut God didn’t make a mistake
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\ntells us something.
\nThat means you and I, we’ve got <\/p>\n
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\nto get along with each other.
\nWe don’t, we don’t all we do <\/p>\n
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\nsometimes have personalities
\nthat clash that we got to work <\/p>\n
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\nat that we got to work through
\nthat because that person you’re <\/p>\n
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\nworking with is a called out one
\nfrom handpicked by God. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd even if they’re abrasive to
\nyou, God loves them, and you <\/p>\n
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\nbetter love the ones God loves.
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\nAnd God is not willing that any
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\ncome to repentance.
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\nfulfilling this royal law of
\nloving each other as much as we <\/p>\n
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\nlove ourselves.
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\nsay about God’s creation.
\nIn first Corinthians 316, Paul <\/p>\n
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\nsays, do you not know this?
\nNo, you’re not that. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’re the temple of God and the
\nSpirit of God dwells in you. <\/p>\n
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\nIf anyone defiles the temple of
\nGod, God will destroy him, for <\/p>\n
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\nthe temple of God is holy.
\nWhich temple you are? <\/p>\n
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\nYou see, we’re not our own.
\nWe’re not free people. <\/p>\n
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\nWe, we were slaves to sin.
\nEverybody’s born. <\/p>\n
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\nIt wasn’t our fault, but it was
\nour misfortune. <\/p>\n
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\nbaptized into Christ, you’ve put
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\nslave of Christ instead of the <\/p>\n
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\nslave of sin.
\nBut we’ve been bought with a <\/p>\n
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\nprice.
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\nLord Jesus and that’s what Paul
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\nBut you were bought at a price.
\nWherefore glorify God in your <\/p>\n
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\nbody and in your spirit, which
\nare gods. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we need to have a, a proper
\nattitude toward our self as well<\/p>\n
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\nas toward each other.
\nAnd this is not pride. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re we’re not to be puffed up
\nanything man thinks he knoweth <\/p>\n
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\nanything.
\nHe doesn’t know anything like he<\/p>\n
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\nought to know, but it’s an it’s
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\njudgement in having seen in us
\nsomething to call. <\/p>\n
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\nSo be careful that you don’t
\nalways knock yourself down. <\/p>\n
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\nCertainly don’t go knocking
\nother people down. <\/p>\n
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\nIf you can’t say something good,
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\nyourself.
\nThe Jews that James was writing <\/p>\n
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\nThey. <\/p>\n
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\nThey, like us, realize that Paul
\nwas telling the truth when he <\/p>\n
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\nsaid without faith it’s
\nimpossible to please God. <\/p>\n
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\nprofit? <\/p>\n
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\nIf someone says he has faith and
\ndoes not have work, can faith <\/p>\n
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\nsave him?
\nAnd the answer is no. <\/p>\n
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\nNow it’s easy to deceive
\nourselves. <\/p>\n
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\nJames wants to make sure that we
\ndon’t. <\/p>\n
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\nAs Christopher, we do place a
\ngreat weight on right doctrine <\/p>\n
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\nand it’s just as it should be.
\nBut one of the problems of the <\/p>\n
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\nJews of their his day was they
\nthought they had a lock on <\/p>\n
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\nsalvation because they were the
\nnatural seed of Abraham. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, we take comfort that we
\nare the spiritual seed of <\/p>\n
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\nAbraham, and this is comforting.
\nBut being baptized into Christ <\/p>\n
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\nJesus is no guarantee of our
\nsalvation, any more than being <\/p>\n
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\nborn a Jew was a guarantee of
\nsalvation. <\/p>\n
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\nThe plain truth is we cannot be
\nsaved by our works, but we also <\/p>\n
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\ncannot be saved without them.
\nSo a verse which we’ve read many<\/p>\n
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\ntimes be doers of the word and
\nnot hearers only because he said<\/p>\n
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\nyou can actually deceive
\nyourself. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat does it profit, my
\nbrethren, if someone says he has<\/p>\n
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\nfaith and does not have words?
\nCan faith save him? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the answer is no, it can’t.
\nSo we must have faith. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd yet what?
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\nof your words.
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\nTexas and the sister I had on
\nher wall, a framed picture <\/p>\n
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\nwasn’t a picture and she had
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\ntaught the truth to was she was
\nmarvelous teacher of the truth. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, I don’t, I don’t recommend
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\nleave different than we came and
\nthat we’re going to resolve in <\/p>\n
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\nour own minds that we’re we’re
\ngoing to change. <\/p>\n
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\na day, and if we go home just <\/p>\n
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\nthe same kind of person that
\ncame, then Chris and Peter and I<\/p>\n
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\nBut if we as gods, just his <\/p>\n
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\nservants have opened up
\nscriptures to cause you to say, <\/p>\n
334
\n00:23:01,560 –> 00:23:05,880
\nI’m going to do better now than
\nI did before. <\/p>\n
335
\n00:23:06,920 –> 00:23:11,240
\nI am going to make a list of
\nthings that I want to do. <\/p>\n
336
\n00:23:12,040 –> 00:23:17,280
\nI am going to be more faithful
\nin doing my Bible readings. <\/p>\n
337
\n00:23:17,320 –> 00:23:19,720
\nNow, if you never miss ever,
\never, ever, you can’t be more <\/p>\n
338
\n00:23:19,720 –> 00:23:23,240
\nfaithful than that.
\nWell, yes you can, as you can <\/p>\n
339
\n00:23:23,240 –> 00:23:25,280
\nread the chapter before the
\nchapter after you. <\/p>\n
340
\n00:23:25,400 –> 00:23:28,000
\nSometimes you can get so
\ninvolved in in, in your reading <\/p>\n
341
\n00:23:28,160 –> 00:23:30,960
\nthat you don’t stop at the day’s
\nreading it just you get caught <\/p>\n
342
\n00:23:30,960 –> 00:23:32,560
\nup in it and you can read some
\nmore. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:23:33,000 –> 00:23:35,040
\nAnd then when you close the book
\nup, you don’t forget what you <\/p>\n
344
\n00:23:35,040 –> 00:23:37,480
\ndon’t like the mirror.
\nYou look yourself in the mirror,<\/p>\n
345
\n00:23:37,480 –> 00:23:39,160
\nyou walk away, you forget what
\nyou look like. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:23:40,440 –> 00:23:44,600
\nAll that we’re doing is going to
\nhave an effect on us and we’re <\/p>\n
347
\n00:23:44,600 –> 00:23:51,280
\nwe’re going to resolve, God
\nwilling, that we will be sure <\/p>\n
348
\n00:23:51,280 –> 00:23:56,040
\nthat we have some good works for
\nthe Lord to remember. <\/p>\n
349
\n00:23:56,480 –> 00:23:59,840
\nRemember Me, Oh my God for good
\nwas the saying of Nehemiah over <\/p>\n
350
\n00:23:59,840 –> 00:24:06,680
\nand over again.
\nAnd so let’s make sure that we <\/p>\n
351
\n00:24:06,840 –> 00:24:11,600
\nplan to do things and and pure
\nreligion undefiled before God <\/p>\n
352
\n00:24:11,600 –> 00:24:16,680
\nand the Father exists was to
\nvisit fatherless and widows in <\/p>\n
353
\n00:24:16,680 –> 00:24:18,760
\ntheir affliction and keeping
\nourselves unspotted from the <\/p>\n
354
\n00:24:18,760 –> 00:24:21,800
\nworld.
\nSo we we’ve got things to do. <\/p>\n
355
\n00:24:23,600 –> 00:24:28,440
\nWe just heard the news now of
\nMichelle’s father not in the <\/p>\n
356
\n00:24:28,440 –> 00:24:32,800
\ntruth and she’s suffering
\nobviously, young girl having <\/p>\n
357
\n00:24:32,800 –> 00:24:36,240
\ncome in from outside surrounded
\nby her worldly family. <\/p>\n
358
\n00:24:36,240 –> 00:24:38,520
\nNo doubt they’re they’re all
\ngoing to tell her, well, your <\/p>\n
359
\n00:24:38,520 –> 00:24:42,480
\ndaddy’s going straight to heaven
\nand they’ll she will know better<\/p>\n
360
\n00:24:42,480 –> 00:24:44,840
\nthan that.
\nSo just being surrounded by <\/p>\n
361
\n00:24:44,840 –> 00:24:48,680
\npeople who don’t share our hope
\nas her situation is is is hard <\/p>\n
362
\n00:24:48,680 –> 00:24:52,880
\nfor her.
\nAnd then Matthew being almost <\/p>\n
363
\n00:24:53,280 –> 00:24:55,600
\nrobbed on or was he robbed?
\nYou don’t even know the details.<\/p>\n
364
\n00:24:55,760 –> 00:24:59,560
\nI heard that what you heard.
\nBut see, we’re all just a a <\/p>\n
365
\n00:24:59,560 –> 00:25:02,480
\nmoment from death.
\nWe’ve all had to stop and buy <\/p>\n
366
\n00:25:02,880 –> 00:25:05,960
\ngasoline quite a few times.
\nWell, maybe some of you only <\/p>\n
367
\n00:25:05,960 –> 00:25:11,000
\nhave to do it once to get here.
\nBut you pull up your gas <\/p>\n
368
\n00:25:11,000 –> 00:25:13,680
\nstation, you don’t expect that
\nit’s being robbed at the time, <\/p>\n
369
\n00:25:13,680 –> 00:25:19,200
\ndo you?
\nSo we’re we’re going to go home <\/p>\n
370
\n00:25:20,440 –> 00:25:24,160
\nwith a better attitude because
\nof our studies in Luke, which I <\/p>\n
371
\n00:25:24,160 –> 00:25:26,160
\ndidn’t hear.
\nI got, I have not got a thing <\/p>\n
372
\n00:25:26,160 –> 00:25:33,160
\nout of Peter’s classes all week,
\nbut I know the rest of you have <\/p>\n
373
\n00:25:34,000 –> 00:25:36,360
\nand I’m looking forward to
\ndriving through the Rockies with<\/p>\n
374
\n00:25:36,360 –> 00:25:39,520
\nPeter King.
\nOur tapes will be ready when we <\/p>\n
375
\n00:25:39,520 –> 00:25:41,040
\nleave this afternoon, God
\nwilling. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:25:41,040 –> 00:25:45,280
\nAnd we’re going to drive along
\nthe beautiful scenery and Peter <\/p>\n
377
\n00:25:45,280 –> 00:25:47,200
\nis going to talk to us all the
\nway. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:25:50,440 –> 00:25:54,920
\nPeople from Missouri say show
\nme. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:25:55,120 –> 00:26:00,920
\nThey call it the show me stage
\nand James is going to say show <\/p>\n
380
\n00:26:00,920 –> 00:26:07,040
\nme almost like I dare you.
\nHow can you prove that you have <\/p>\n
381
\n00:26:07,040 –> 00:26:08,640
\nfaith if you’re not doing
\nanything? <\/p>\n
382
\n00:26:08,640 –> 00:26:10,800
\nAsk James.
\nJames 2 verse 18. <\/p>\n
383
\n00:26:11,120 –> 00:26:13,280
\nSomeone will say you have faith.
\nI have works. <\/p>\n
384
\n00:26:13,440 –> 00:26:16,840
\nShow me.
\nShow me your faith without your <\/p>\n
385
\n00:26:16,840 –> 00:26:19,920
\nworks.
\nI’ll show you my faith by my <\/p>\n
386
\n00:26:19,920 –> 00:26:22,440
\nworks.
\nAnd it almost seems that the <\/p>\n
387
\n00:26:22,440 –> 00:26:25,320
\nperson next to James says, well,
\nI don’t believe in the Trinity. <\/p>\n
388
\n00:26:26,120 –> 00:26:29,880
\nIt’s strange how it pops out
\nhere and he well, he said, I’m <\/p>\n
389
\n00:26:29,880 –> 00:26:31,160
\nglad you don’t believe in the
\nTrinity. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:26:31,440 –> 00:26:33,280
\nThere’s only one God you believe
\nin. <\/p>\n
391
\n00:26:33,280 –> 00:26:34,840
\nThere’s God, one God that’s you
\ndo. <\/p>\n
392
\n00:26:34,840 –> 00:26:37,680
\nWell, even the even crazy people
\nbelieve that. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:26:38,640 –> 00:26:40,560
\nBut don’t change the subject on
\nme. <\/p>\n
394
\n00:26:40,560 –> 00:26:42,480
\nAlmost.
\nJames is saying he he’s talking <\/p>\n
395
\n00:26:42,480 –> 00:26:45,280
\nalong about works and faith, and
\nsomebody brings up the point. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:26:45,280 –> 00:26:46,360
\nWell, I don’t believe in the
\nTrinity. <\/p>\n
397
\n00:26:46,680 –> 00:26:50,040
\nWell, that’s good.
\nYou don’t because that’s false. <\/p>\n
398
\n00:26:50,920 –> 00:26:56,920
\nBut in spite of all our, our
\ncorrect doctrines, we have to be<\/p>\n
399
\n00:26:57,160 –> 00:27:04,440
\ndoers of the word.
\nDo you want to know, O foolish <\/p>\n
400
\n00:27:04,440 –> 00:27:06,920
\nman, that faith without works is
\ndead? <\/p>\n
401
\n00:27:08,280 –> 00:27:11,280
\nSo now James is going to give us
\nsome spiritual examples. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:27:11,800 –> 00:27:15,000
\nHe’s going to cite two people.
\nI want if I were to say to you <\/p>\n
403
\n00:27:15,000 –> 00:27:17,920
\nand you hadn’t had read, read
\nthe book of James, give me two <\/p>\n
404
\n00:27:17,920 –> 00:27:21,000
\nexamples in Scripture of people
\nwho had real faith. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:27:22,040 –> 00:27:24,160
\nAnd you, you know this, you can
\npick all kinds. <\/p>\n
406
\n00:27:26,040 –> 00:27:30,680
\nInteresting who James picked.
\nHe picked Abraham. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:27:31,800 –> 00:27:36,960
\nWell, you might have picked him
\ntoo, but he picked Rahab and you<\/p>\n
408
\n00:27:36,960 –> 00:27:40,760
\nmight not have picked Rahab.
\nThese are the two that James is <\/p>\n
409
\n00:27:40,760 –> 00:27:45,920
\ngoing to direct our attention to
\nas examples of faith. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:27:46,000 –> 00:27:50,800
\nJames Chapter 2.
\nVerse 21 Now we know that <\/p>\n
411
\n00:27:50,800 –> 00:27:53,960
\nAbraham was a friend of God.
\nHe was the father of the <\/p>\n
412
\n00:27:53,960 –> 00:27:57,280
\nfaithful, the one to whom the
\npromises were made that his seed<\/p>\n
413
\n00:27:57,600 –> 00:27:59,920
\nwas to be Christ who would
\ninherit all things. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:28:00,840 –> 00:28:05,000
\nAnd so I don’t think being him
\npicking Abraham surprises. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:28:05,000 –> 00:28:08,920
\nUS.
\nPicking Rahab, a prostitute, a <\/p>\n
416
\n00:28:08,920 –> 00:28:13,720
\nGentile prostitute was a quite a
\ncontrast, but these are the two <\/p>\n
417
\n00:28:13,720 –> 00:28:16,640
\nthat James is going to use to
\nprove his point to us. <\/p>\n
418
\n00:28:16,640 –> 00:28:21,200
\nJames chapter 2, verse 21.
\nWas not Abraham our father <\/p>\n
419
\n00:28:21,200 –> 00:28:25,280
\njustified by works when he
\noffered Isaac his son on the <\/p>\n
420
\n00:28:25,280 –> 00:28:27,520
\naltar?
\nDo you not see that faith was <\/p>\n
421
\n00:28:27,520 –> 00:28:31,600
\nworking together with his works
\nand by works faith was made <\/p>\n
422
\n00:28:31,600 –> 00:28:34,520
\nperfect and the Scripture was
\nfulfilled, which says Abraham <\/p>\n
423
\n00:28:34,520 –> 00:28:37,240
\nbelieved God and it was
\naccounted to him for <\/p>\n
424
\n00:28:37,240 –> 00:28:40,800
\nrighteousness and he was called
\nthe friend of God. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:28:41,160 –> 00:28:45,080
\nYou see then, that a man is
\njustified by works and not by <\/p>\n
426
\n00:28:45,080 –> 00:28:49,880
\nfaith.
\nOnly Abraham was justified by <\/p>\n
427
\n00:28:49,880 –> 00:28:54,120
\nworks.
\nHe was declared by God a right <\/p>\n
428
\n00:28:54,120 –> 00:28:57,320
\nand good man, because he did
\nsomething. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:28:58,240 –> 00:29:02,760
\nYou see, that faith was working.
\nHis faith was at work. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:29:03,200 –> 00:29:06,640
\nHis faith was important, but at
\none point it was untried. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:29:07,480 –> 00:29:11,080
\nBut it was his faith that caused
\nhim to, and he was asked to do <\/p>\n
432
\n00:29:11,080 –> 00:29:13,440
\nsomething which made no sense to
\nhim. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:29:14,760 –> 00:29:17,080
\nHe could not understand.
\nAfter waiting all those years <\/p>\n
434
\n00:29:17,080 –> 00:29:21,440
\nfor a promised son, then to go
\nand kill him when he was when he<\/p>\n
435
\n00:29:21,440 –> 00:29:24,920
\nwas, he’s had no seed.
\nEverything was bound up in this <\/p>\n
436
\n00:29:24,920 –> 00:29:30,640
\nboy Isaac.
\nGod really does ask for blind <\/p>\n
437
\n00:29:30,640 –> 00:29:32,680
\nfaith.
\nNow, faith is the substance of <\/p>\n
438
\n00:29:32,680 –> 00:29:34,840
\nthings hoped for, the evidence
\nof things not seen. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:29:35,480 –> 00:29:38,040
\nSo we do have evidence for our
\nfaith. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:29:38,480 –> 00:29:42,200
\nBut if you don’t see the
\nevidence and you know what <\/p>\n
441
\n00:29:42,200 –> 00:29:47,160
\nyou’re supposed to do, then do
\nit anyway, because we do see <\/p>\n
442
\n00:29:47,160 –> 00:29:50,800
\nthrough a glass darkly.
\nThere’s a day coming when the <\/p>\n
443
\n00:29:50,800 –> 00:29:53,680
\nthings which we do not now
\nunderstand will all make sense <\/p>\n
444
\n00:29:53,680 –> 00:29:58,640
\nto us, and the things that we
\ncouldn’t explain that happened, <\/p>\n
445
\n00:29:59,520 –> 00:30:01,720
\nseeming to us for no reason at
\nall. <\/p>\n
446
\n00:30:02,360 –> 00:30:07,520
\nAnd yet from God’s viewpoint, He
\nhas a plan and it’s a perfect <\/p>\n
447
\n00:30:07,520 –> 00:30:10,840
\nplan and it’s all going
\naccording to His plan. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:30:11,680 –> 00:30:15,000
\nAnd so if we don’t understand
\nit, we just have to say, though <\/p>\n
449
\n00:30:15,000 –> 00:30:17,880
\nhe slay me, yet will I trust in
\nhim? <\/p>\n
450
\n00:30:18,080 –> 00:30:23,080
\nThat’s what Job said.
\nAbraham’s faith was incomplete <\/p>\n
451
\n00:30:23,080 –> 00:30:27,520
\nso long as it only existed in
\nhis mind by works. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:30:27,520 –> 00:30:31,200
\nHis faith was made perfect.
\nSo the conclusion is <\/p>\n
453
\n00:30:31,200 –> 00:30:35,440
\ninescapable.
\nFaith is essential yes, but it’s<\/p>\n
454
\n00:30:35,440 –> 00:30:41,480
\nnot a real living faith unless
\nit’s a a do something faith. <\/p>\n
455
\n00:30:43,600 –> 00:30:46,760
\nNow you don’t want to think put
\nyour names of the people you <\/p>\n
456
\n00:30:46,760 –> 00:30:49,560
\ntaught the truth on the wall.
\nI think I I don’t like that <\/p>\n
457
\n00:30:49,560 –> 00:30:57,480
\nidea, but if you can’t think of
\nwhat you’ve done in the last 30 <\/p>\n
458
\n00:30:57,480 –> 00:31:02,520
\ndays simply because you love the
\nLord and you didn’t want to do <\/p>\n
459
\n00:31:02,520 –> 00:31:05,960
\nit do it and you did it anyway.
\nI’m not doing asking you to <\/p>\n
460
\n00:31:05,960 –> 00:31:07,800
\nthink of this, to pat yourself
\non the back. <\/p>\n
461
\n00:31:08,440 –> 00:31:10,760
\nJust Remember Me.
\nOh my God, for good. <\/p>\n
462
\n00:31:10,880 –> 00:31:13,880
\nWhat, what if you can’t think of
\nanything? <\/p>\n
463
\n00:31:14,680 –> 00:31:18,960
\nThere’s a message in that
\nbecause if you can’t think of <\/p>\n
464
\n00:31:18,960 –> 00:31:21,920
\nanything, you think the Lord
\ncan. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:31:22,920 –> 00:31:27,000
\nSo, so when we leave here, we’re
\ngoing to resolve to go out and, <\/p>\n
466
\n00:31:27,120 –> 00:31:32,080
\nand, and give God lots of things
\nto remember us for, for good. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:31:32,480 –> 00:31:35,840
\nWe’re, we’re going to make this
\nin the world. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:31:35,840 –> 00:31:38,920
\nIf you want to be successful,
\nyou, you plan, you work and you <\/p>\n
469
\n00:31:38,920 –> 00:31:42,280
\nwork your plan.
\nAnd the people who have no plan <\/p>\n
470
\n00:31:42,800 –> 00:31:45,160
\njust drift through life.
\nAnd that’s what happens to a lot<\/p>\n
471
\n00:31:45,160 –> 00:31:47,560
\nof retired people.
\nThey, they worked hard during <\/p>\n
472
\n00:31:47,560 –> 00:31:50,320
\ntheir life and they retire and
\nthey, they don’t have anything <\/p>\n
473
\n00:31:50,320 –> 00:31:52,280
\nto do.
\nAnd so the, the, the, the time <\/p>\n
474
\n00:31:52,280 –> 00:31:56,000
\nexpands to fit the work, you
\nknow, and you, you, you get up <\/p>\n
475
\n00:31:56,000 –> 00:31:59,880
\nin the morning and you, you,
\nit’s noon already. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:32:00,440 –> 00:32:03,920
\nYou haven’t done anything just
\nand then well, what we do is <\/p>\n
477
\n00:32:04,720 –> 00:32:07,600
\nit’s bedtime and you’re tired.
\nI don’t I don’t why I’m so <\/p>\n
478
\n00:32:07,600 –> 00:32:09,880
\ntired.
\nBut you can’t think of what <\/p>\n
479
\n00:32:09,880 –> 00:32:12,960
\nyou’ve done for that.
\nSo let’s make a list of things. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:32:12,960 –> 00:32:15,520
\nYou know, I think it’s a good
\nidea to put it on paper. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:32:15,520 –> 00:32:17,640
\nI think I’ll tell you a little
\nstory about that. <\/p>\n
482
\n00:32:17,800 –> 00:32:21,720
\nThis is I threw out a little
\nstory that’s worth well, it’s <\/p>\n
483
\n00:32:21,720 –> 00:32:23,480
\nworth $25,000 is what it’s
\nworth. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:32:24,080 –> 00:32:28,320
\nThe man who who got this message
\npaid $25,000 for it back in the <\/p>\n
485
\n00:32:28,600 –> 00:32:32,240
\nearly 30s, what, 25,000 was
\nworth a quarter of a million or <\/p>\n
486
\n00:32:32,240 –> 00:32:35,200
\nmore today.
\nBut an efficiency expert went to<\/p>\n
487
\n00:32:35,240 –> 00:32:39,080
\nCharles Schwab and he said to
\nCharles Schwab, I’d like to help<\/p>\n
488
\n00:32:39,080 –> 00:32:42,280
\nyour company, US Steel, to be
\nmore efficient. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:32:42,640 –> 00:32:46,280
\nAnd I have ideas that can help
\nyou make, make your company run <\/p>\n
490
\n00:32:46,280 –> 00:32:48,600
\nsmoother.
\nAnd Charlie Schwab said to this <\/p>\n
491
\n00:32:48,600 –> 00:32:52,360
\nefficiency expert, he says, Sir,
\nhe’s, I’ve got so much to do <\/p>\n
492
\n00:32:52,560 –> 00:32:56,120
\nthat I don’t have time to do.
\nI don’t need you to tell me what<\/p>\n
493
\n00:32:56,120 –> 00:32:57,640
\nto do.
\nI already know I don’t have time<\/p>\n
494
\n00:32:57,640 –> 00:33:02,640
\nto do what I want to know to do.
\nSo the man leaned across the <\/p>\n
495
\n00:33:02,640 –> 00:33:04,840
\ntable to Miss Schwab.
\nHe says, OK, well, I’ll give you<\/p>\n
496
\n00:33:04,840 –> 00:33:09,600
\none idea.
\nYou try it for 30 days just <\/p>\n
497
\n00:33:09,600 –> 00:33:12,920
\nyourself.
\nAnd if it works, I give it to <\/p>\n
498
\n00:33:12,920 –> 00:33:16,440
\nyour top vice presidents for
\nanother 30 days. <\/p>\n
499
\n00:33:17,440 –> 00:33:19,840
\nAnd if you think it’s
\nworthwhile, at the end of 60 <\/p>\n
500
\n00:33:19,840 –> 00:33:21,960
\ndays, send me a check for
\nwhatever you think the idea was <\/p>\n
501
\n00:33:21,960 –> 00:33:24,560
\nworth.
\nYou don’t like the idea, you owe<\/p>\n
502
\n00:33:24,560 –> 00:33:26,360
\nme nothing, he says.
\nYou’re on. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:33:27,520 –> 00:33:30,440
\nSo the fishing expert says get
\nout a piece of paper and a <\/p>\n
504
\n00:33:30,440 –> 00:33:33,880
\npencil.
\nNo ballpoint pens in those days.<\/p>\n
505
\n00:33:34,840 –> 00:33:37,280
\nSo he gets out a piece of paper
\nand a pencil and he says OK, <\/p>\n
506
\n00:33:37,440 –> 00:33:39,480
\njust start writing down.
\nYou said you had lots of things,<\/p>\n
507
\n00:33:39,680 –> 00:33:42,320
\nStart writing down.
\nJust just one line of all the <\/p>\n
508
\n00:33:42,320 –> 00:33:43,200
\nthings you want to get done
\ntoday. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:33:43,200 –> 00:33:44,760
\nJust write it aside.
\nDon’t worry about the order, <\/p>\n
510
\n00:33:44,760 –> 00:33:45,840
\njust write them down as fast as
\nyou can. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:33:45,840 –> 00:33:48,120
\nOh boy, he was right like that.
\nHe says OK, done. <\/p>\n
512
\n00:33:48,120 –> 00:33:50,920
\nHe says, Yep, is.
\nNow go back and go down to the <\/p>\n
513
\n00:33:50,920 –> 00:33:52,480
\nlist and pick out which is
\nnumber one. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:33:53,160 –> 00:33:54,360
\nOne that you think is the
\nmoment. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:33:54,360 –> 00:33:56,600
\nPut a one by.
\nIt may not be the first one you <\/p>\n
516
\n00:33:56,600 –> 00:33:58,720
\nthought of.
\nThe next most important, put a <\/p>\n
517
\n00:33:58,720 –> 00:34:00,640
\n2.
\nHe says go all the way down your<\/p>\n
518
\n00:34:00,640 –> 00:34:03,600
\nlist so they’re all numbered.
\nNow he’s going to start with the<\/p>\n
519
\n00:34:03,600 –> 00:34:07,680
\nnumber one on that list and
\ndon’t let anything get in your <\/p>\n
520
\n00:34:07,680 –> 00:34:13,000
\nway until it’s done.
\nAnd then cross it off and then <\/p>\n
521
\n00:34:13,000 –> 00:34:18,040
\ngo to number 2 and do it and
\ncross it off and go. <\/p>\n
522
\n00:34:18,199 –> 00:34:20,400
\nHe says you may not get
\neverything on your list done, <\/p>\n
523
\n00:34:21,280 –> 00:34:24,040
\nbut you will get more done with
\na list like that than if you <\/p>\n
524
\n00:34:24,040 –> 00:34:26,800
\ndidn’t have one.
\nAnd Charlie Schwab says, well, <\/p>\n
525
\n00:34:26,800 –> 00:34:30,360
\nthanks a lot.
\nThe man left 60 days later. <\/p>\n
526
\n00:34:30,360 –> 00:34:33,639
\nThis man got a check in the mail
\nfor $25,000. <\/p>\n
527
\n00:34:33,639 –> 00:34:38,760
\nThis is a true story.
\nNow, if we want God to have some<\/p>\n
528
\n00:34:38,760 –> 00:34:42,239
\ngood things to remember about
\nus, let’s make a list of good <\/p>\n
529
\n00:34:42,239 –> 00:34:44,360
\nthings we think we ought to be
\ndoing. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:34:44,760 –> 00:34:47,920
\nLet’s go visit so and so.
\nWrite a card to so and so, <\/p>\n
531
\n00:34:48,159 –> 00:34:52,440
\ntelephone so and so.
\nPut your Bible readings on your <\/p>\n
532
\n00:34:52,440 –> 00:34:55,480
\nlist every day.
\nMake sure you have prayer time <\/p>\n
533
\n00:34:55,480 –> 00:34:58,800
\non your list.
\nIf you have time to pray, God <\/p>\n
534
\n00:34:58,800 –> 00:35:02,840
\nhas time to listen.
\nCan you imagine being too busy <\/p>\n
535
\n00:35:02,920 –> 00:35:06,320
\nto pray?
\nGod is waiting for you to pray <\/p>\n
536
\n00:35:06,320 –> 00:35:10,640
\nand you don’t have time to pray.
\nOf course, Solomon’s told us if <\/p>\n
537
\n00:35:10,640 –> 00:35:12,520
\nyou don’t bother doing your
\nreadings, don’t bother to pray. <\/p>\n
538
\n00:35:13,320 –> 00:35:15,760
\nWe looked at that the other day.
\nIt’s quite a quite a little <\/p>\n
539
\n00:35:15,760 –> 00:35:17,520
\nrevelation if you haven’t seen
\nit before. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:35:18,280 –> 00:35:20,320
\nSo we are going to have our
\nBible readings on that list. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:35:20,320 –> 00:35:24,880
\nWe’re going to have prayer on
\nthat list, but but we need to <\/p>\n
542
\n00:35:24,880 –> 00:35:27,120
\norganize our time.
\nRetired or unretired? <\/p>\n
543
\n00:35:27,760 –> 00:35:38,360
\nI’m retired, New word.
\nBut make sure your day has <\/p>\n
544
\n00:35:38,360 –> 00:35:42,320
\nthings for you to do for the
\nLord. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:35:43,880 –> 00:35:46,040
\nAnd if you get to the end of the
\nday and you haven’t done <\/p>\n
546
\n00:35:46,040 –> 00:35:49,520
\nanything that you wouldn’t have
\ndone if you hadn’t been to <\/p>\n
547
\n00:35:49,520 –> 00:35:52,640
\nChristianity and things just
\nwould have been the same, that’s<\/p>\n
548
\n00:35:52,640 –> 00:35:56,560
\na message, very loud message to
\nyou. <\/p>\n
549
\n00:35:57,000 –> 00:36:06,040
\nTo time to change and so verse
\n25 James two likewise was Rahad <\/p>\n
550
\n00:36:06,040 –> 00:36:09,720
\nthe harlot also justified by
\nworks when she received the <\/p>\n
551
\n00:36:09,720 –> 00:36:12,160
\nmessengers and sent them out
\nanother way. <\/p>\n
552
\n00:36:17,240 –> 00:36:21,240
\nThis woman who became one of the
\ngrandmothers of the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
553
\n00:36:21,240 –> 00:36:28,760
\nChrist changed, Totally changed.
\nAnd that’s the good news, that <\/p>\n
554
\n00:36:28,760 –> 00:36:32,160
\nGod will forget our past.
\nAnd there’s hardly a more <\/p>\n
555
\n00:36:32,160 –> 00:36:35,760
\ncheckered past you can can dream
\nup than that of a prostitute. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:36:36,560 –> 00:36:40,560
\nA gentile prostitute in a
\nheathen city that did not know <\/p>\n
557
\n00:36:40,560 –> 00:36:43,760
\nGod and she was different than
\neveryone else. <\/p>\n
558
\n00:36:44,440 –> 00:36:48,560
\nAnd The thing is, we have to be
\ndifferent than everyone else <\/p>\n
559
\n00:36:48,560 –> 00:36:52,440
\naround us.
\nNow come to verse 26 of James <\/p>\n
560
\n00:36:52,440 –> 00:36:56,320
\ntwo, because James is going to
\nsight a corpse to prove his <\/p>\n
561
\n00:36:56,320 –> 00:36:59,840
\npoint.
\nFor as the body without the <\/p>\n
562
\n00:36:59,840 –> 00:37:02,040
\nspirit is dead, so faith without
\nworks is dead. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:37:02,040 –> 00:37:06,320
\nAlso, there are people walking
\naround who are dead. <\/p>\n
564
\n00:37:07,120 –> 00:37:14,320
\nAnd they don’t know it.
\nJesus wrote to the Ecclesia and <\/p>\n
565
\n00:37:14,320 –> 00:37:19,760
\nSardis in Revelation 3.
\nHe says to the Angel of the <\/p>\n
566
\n00:37:19,760 –> 00:37:23,360
\nEcclesia and Sardis right these
\nthings, says he who has the <\/p>\n
567
\n00:37:23,360 –> 00:37:28,440
\nseven spirits, It is the spirits
\nof God and the seven, seven <\/p>\n
568
\n00:37:28,440 –> 00:37:30,840
\nstars.
\nI know your works. <\/p>\n
569
\n00:37:31,760 –> 00:37:36,480
\nYou have a name that you’re
\nalive, but you’re dead. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:37:38,160 –> 00:37:40,800
\nNow do we believe?
\nWe have faith, but we’re not <\/p>\n
571
\n00:37:40,800 –> 00:37:45,240
\ndoing anything.
\nWe’re dead, dead and don’t know <\/p>\n
572
\n00:37:45,240 –> 00:37:49,200
\nit.
\nNow we believe in resurrection. <\/p>\n
573
\n00:37:50,840 –> 00:37:54,360
\nWe believe in resurrection from
\nthe dead for those who have <\/p>\n
574
\n00:37:54,360 –> 00:37:58,480
\nfallen asleep in Christ, but we
\nbelieve that it’s possible to be<\/p>\n
575
\n00:37:58,480 –> 00:38:05,000
\nraised from being spiritually
\ndead and not knowing it back to <\/p>\n
576
\n00:38:05,000 –> 00:38:07,360
\nbeing spiritually alive and
\nwell. <\/p>\n
577
\n00:38:07,360 –> 00:38:11,320
\nAnd that’s what we hope Bible
\nSchool have done for us, that we<\/p>\n
578
\n00:38:11,320 –> 00:38:18,040
\nwill be resurrected to be filled
\nwith good works so that our <\/p>\n
579
\n00:38:18,040 –> 00:38:25,960
\nfaith is not dead and that we.
\nAre not dead and so continuing <\/p>\n
580
\n00:38:25,960 –> 00:38:30,360
\nin revelations 3, Jesus says be
\nwatchful and strengthen the <\/p>\n
581
\n00:38:30,360 –> 00:38:33,080
\nthings which remain that are
\nready to die. <\/p>\n
582
\n00:38:33,560 –> 00:38:36,360
\nFor I have not found your works
\nperfect before gone. <\/p>\n
583
\n00:38:37,480 –> 00:38:39,320
\nTheir works were not the right
\nkind of. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:38:39,320 –> 00:38:42,240
\nWorks, or they didn’t have any.
\nRemember therefore, how you have<\/p>\n
585
\n00:38:42,240 –> 00:38:45,320
\nreceived and heard.
\nHold fast and repent. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:38:45,680 –> 00:38:49,160
\nTherefore, if you will not
\nwatch, I will come upon you as a<\/p>\n
587
\n00:38:49,160 –> 00:38:51,520
\nthief.
\nYou will not know one hour I <\/p>\n
588
\n00:38:51,520 –> 00:38:56,680
\ncome upon you now.
\nThe good news is, in Sardis <\/p>\n
589
\n00:38:57,400 –> 00:39:00,680
\nthere are even a few who have
\nnot defiled their garments. <\/p>\n
590
\n00:39:01,160 –> 00:39:02,680
\nThey shall walk with me in
\nwhite. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:39:03,600 –> 00:39:08,720
\nFor they are worthy.
\nSo even in this ecclesia that <\/p>\n
592
\n00:39:08,720 –> 00:39:11,440
\nwas dead and didn’t know it, not
\neverybody was dead. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:39:12,960 –> 00:39:16,960
\nSo when you get back to your
\necclesia, make sure you’re one <\/p>\n
594
\n00:39:16,960 –> 00:39:20,440
\nof those that is not dead in
\nyour ecclesia. <\/p>\n
595
\n00:39:20,440 –> 00:39:23,600
\nAnd then what you can do, you
\ncan infect the others with this,<\/p>\n
596
\n00:39:24,480 –> 00:39:26,040
\nthis zeal.
\nIt’s catching. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:39:26,840 –> 00:39:31,600
\nEnthusiasm is catching, but it
\nisn’t catching if you don’t have<\/p>\n
598
\n00:39:31,600 –> 00:39:34,520
\nany of it.
\nThe word enthusiasm comes from <\/p>\n
599
\n00:39:34,520 –> 00:39:37,480
\nthe Greek in Theos.
\nIt means to have God in you. <\/p>\n
600
\n00:39:37,480 –> 00:39:41,000
\nAnd if God is in US, other
\npeople all know it. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:39:42,200 –> 00:39:45,800
\nAnd, and let your people, in
\nyour opinion, see the difference<\/p>\n
602
\n00:39:45,800 –> 00:39:48,760
\nin you when you come back from
\nBible school that you’re glowing<\/p>\n
603
\n00:39:48,760 –> 00:39:52,760
\nfrom having been here, and try
\nto get them infected and try to <\/p>\n
604
\n00:39:52,760 –> 00:39:56,160
\nget your Eclesia going so that
\nthe Eclesia that you belong to <\/p>\n
605
\n00:39:56,160 –> 00:39:59,800
\nwill not be dead and not even
\nknow it. <\/p>\n
606
\n00:40:01,000 –> 00:40:03,680
\nSo let’s decide that as Bible
\nschool comes to an end, that <\/p>\n
607
\n00:40:03,680 –> 00:40:07,280
\nwe’re going to be watchful and
\nstrengthen the things which <\/p>\n
608
\n00:40:07,280 –> 00:40:11,000
\nremain.
\nWe’re going to hold fast and <\/p>\n
609
\n00:40:11,000 –> 00:40:14,040
\nwe’re going to repent.
\nLet’s get up and get moving. <\/p>\n
610
\n00:40:14,920 –> 00:40:20,240
\nEven in Sardis there was some
\nwho had not defiled their <\/p>\n
611
\n00:40:20,240 –> 00:40:26,520
\ngarments.
\nNow James is going to ask a <\/p>\n
612
\n00:40:26,520 –> 00:40:30,200
\ndifferent question, and both
\nquestions have the same answer. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:40:30,200 –> 00:40:33,680
\nJames 214, what does it profit,
\nmy brethren, if someone says he <\/p>\n
614
\n00:40:33,680 –> 00:40:35,320
\nhas faith but does not have
\nworks? <\/p>\n
615
\n00:40:35,560 –> 00:40:37,200
\nCan faith save him?
\nThe answer was no. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:40:37,600 –> 00:40:41,720
\nNow James 313, who is a wise man
\nand a dude with knowledge among <\/p>\n
617
\n00:40:41,720 –> 00:40:45,240
\nyou, let him show out of a good
\nconversation his works with <\/p>\n
618
\n00:40:45,240 –> 00:40:48,320
\nmeekness of wisdom.
\nWho is wise and dude with <\/p>\n
619
\n00:40:48,320 –> 00:40:50,520
\nknowledge.
\nDoes that show too? <\/p>\n
620
\n00:40:50,880 –> 00:40:55,120
\nWe’d better be showing our
\nknowledge should have given. <\/p>\n
621
\n00:40:55,240 –> 00:40:58,160
\nWe should be given wisdom, and
\nthe wisdom should be causing us <\/p>\n
622
\n00:40:59,280 –> 00:41:05,480
\nto have works.
\nNow we’ve been looking at the <\/p>\n
623
\n00:41:05,480 –> 00:41:09,280
\nbook of James, and we haven’t
\ncome to chapter 5 yet, so we’re <\/p>\n
624
\n00:41:09,280 –> 00:41:13,240
\ngoing to jump ahead to the fifth
\nchapter and make our last <\/p>\n
625
\n00:41:13,240 –> 00:41:21,400
\nthought.
\nHis exhortation on patience, <\/p>\n
626
\n00:41:22,840 –> 00:41:26,680
\nJames chapter 5, and we’re going
\nat verse 7. <\/p>\n
627
\n00:41:29,160 –> 00:41:33,600
\nTherefore, be patient, brethren,
\nuntil the coming of the Lord. <\/p>\n
628
\n00:41:35,520 –> 00:41:39,120
\nSee how the farmer waits for the
\nprecious fruit of the earth, <\/p>\n
629
\n00:41:40,000 –> 00:41:44,360
\nwaiting patiently for it until
\nit receives the early and latter<\/p>\n
630
\n00:41:44,360 –> 00:41:47,200
\nrain.
\nYou also be patient. <\/p>\n
631
\n00:41:48,080 –> 00:41:51,960
\nEstablish your hearts, for the
\ncoming of the Lord is at hand. <\/p>\n
632
\n00:41:53,320 –> 00:41:56,880
\nDo not grumble against one
\nanother, brethren, unless you be<\/p>\n
633
\n00:41:56,880 –> 00:41:59,600
\ncondemned.
\nBehold, the judge is standing at<\/p>\n
634
\n00:41:59,600 –> 00:42:01,880
\nthe door.
\nMy brethren, take the prophets <\/p>\n
635
\n00:42:02,240 –> 00:42:05,400
\nwho spoke in the name of the
\nLord, as an example of suffering<\/p>\n
636
\n00:42:05,440 –> 00:42:10,040
\nand of patience.
\nIndeed, we count them blessed <\/p>\n
637
\n00:42:10,520 –> 00:42:12,120
\nwho endure.
\nYou have heard of the <\/p>\n
638
\n00:42:12,120 –> 00:42:14,160
\nperseverance and the patience of
\nJob. <\/p>\n
639
\n00:42:14,520 –> 00:42:17,760
\nYou’ve seen the end intended by
\nthe Lord that the Lord is very <\/p>\n
640
\n00:42:17,760 –> 00:42:22,240
\ncompassionate and merciful.
\nNow James is is making an <\/p>\n
641
\n00:42:22,240 –> 00:42:25,760
\nanalogy here and we want to want
\nto dissect it and look at the <\/p>\n
642
\n00:42:25,760 –> 00:42:31,200
\nvarious parts.
\nThe the the husbandman is God. <\/p>\n
643
\n00:42:33,520 –> 00:42:36,640
\nJesus said I am the true vine
\nand my father is the husbandman.<\/p>\n
644
\n00:42:37,800 –> 00:42:44,800
\nNow the precious fruit is the
\nobedient St. of his own will, <\/p>\n
645
\n00:42:44,800 –> 00:42:47,320
\nsays James in chapter one verse
\n18. <\/p>\n
646
\n00:42:47,920 –> 00:42:51,240
\nHe brought us forth by the word
\nof truth, that we might be a <\/p>\n
647
\n00:42:51,480 –> 00:42:54,400
\nkind of first fruits of his
\ncreatures. <\/p>\n
648
\n00:42:55,080 –> 00:42:58,880
\nSo God is a husbandman.
\nThe fruit is us. <\/p>\n
649
\n00:42:59,560 –> 00:43:05,000
\nThe rain is the word of God.
\nAnd we get that from Isaiah 55, <\/p>\n
650
\n00:43:05,240 –> 00:43:09,960
\nas far as the rain comes down,
\nand the snow from heaven, and <\/p>\n
651
\n00:43:10,080 –> 00:43:14,640
\ndoes not return, but waters the
\nearth makes it bring forth and <\/p>\n
652
\n00:43:14,640 –> 00:43:17,600
\nbud, that it may give seed to
\nthe sower, and bread to the <\/p>\n
653
\n00:43:17,600 –> 00:43:21,480
\neater.
\nSo shall my word be that goes <\/p>\n
654
\n00:43:21,480 –> 00:43:24,280
\nforth from my mouth.
\nIt shall not return to me void, <\/p>\n
655
\n00:43:24,560 –> 00:43:28,440
\nbut it shall accomplish that
\nwhich I please, and it shall <\/p>\n
656
\n00:43:28,440 –> 00:43:30,440
\nprosper in the thing for which I
\nsend it. <\/p>\n
657
\n00:43:31,200 –> 00:43:37,760
\nSo the early rain raining on us
\nis the blessing of the Word, and<\/p>\n
658
\n00:43:37,760 –> 00:43:40,960
\nthe latter rain would be the
\ndivine nature given to the <\/p>\n
659
\n00:43:40,960 –> 00:43:44,520
\nSaints at the setting up of His
\nKingdom. <\/p>\n
660
\n00:43:45,960 –> 00:43:50,320
\nThe lesson that God wants to
\nexercise great patience with us <\/p>\n
661
\n00:43:50,320 –> 00:43:55,120
\nas we receive this Word, the
\nearly rain, and slowly reproduce<\/p>\n
662
\n00:43:55,120 –> 00:43:58,600
\nthe fruits of obedience.
\nDespite our weaknesses and our <\/p>\n
663
\n00:43:58,600 –> 00:44:02,200
\ndoubts and our failures, He
\ncontinues to wait with long <\/p>\n
664
\n00:44:02,200 –> 00:44:07,240
\npatience until we are fit to be
\namong the precious fruit of His <\/p>\n
665
\n00:44:07,240 –> 00:44:10,160
\nharvest.
\nAnd then we received the <\/p>\n
666
\n00:44:10,640 –> 00:44:14,480
\nblessing of immortality, which
\nis the latter rain. <\/p>\n
667
\n00:44:18,360 –> 00:44:24,760
\nGod is patient with us.
\nWe need to be patient with each <\/p>\n
668
\n00:44:24,760 –> 00:44:29,080
\nother and with ourselves.
\nOne of the little things you’re <\/p>\n
669
\n00:44:29,080 –> 00:44:31,360
\ngoing to be given today is, is a
\nhandout. <\/p>\n
670
\n00:44:31,880 –> 00:44:34,320
\nAnd it’s, it’s, it has, Please
\nbe patient with me. <\/p>\n
671
\n00:44:34,320 –> 00:44:35,880
\nGod has not finished with me
\nyet. <\/p>\n
672
\n00:44:37,520 –> 00:44:40,280
\nAnd I think this is a nice thing
\nto say to other people if <\/p>\n
673
\n00:44:40,280 –> 00:44:42,920
\nthey’re angry with you because
\nwe’ve all failed somebody. <\/p>\n
674
\n00:44:42,920 –> 00:44:44,960
\nPlease be patient with me.
\nGod’s not finished with me yet. <\/p>\n
675
\n00:44:45,240 –> 00:44:48,440
\nI’m still trying to do better.
\nAnd then if, if the rest of it, <\/p>\n
676
\n00:44:48,440 –> 00:44:50,840
\nyou can read it, I realize I
\nhave to change. <\/p>\n
677
\n00:44:51,560 –> 00:44:55,360
\nIf you don’t think you need to
\nchange, well, then we’ve failed <\/p>\n
678
\n00:44:55,360 –> 00:44:56,600
\nyou this week.
\nThat’s for sure. <\/p>\n
679
\n00:44:58,520 –> 00:45:03,320
\nBecause Jesus wants to change
\nour vile body when he comes. <\/p>\n
680
\n00:45:03,320 –> 00:45:06,440
\nHe doesn’t say our vile mind.
\nYou’re supposed to be changing <\/p>\n
681
\n00:45:06,440 –> 00:45:12,600
\nyour mind now by having studies
\nin in Luke and in James and the <\/p>\n
682
\n00:45:12,640 –> 00:45:15,040
\nhistory of Jerusalem.
\nThese things should be changing <\/p>\n
683
\n00:45:15,040 –> 00:45:18,680
\nour vile mind, breaking us
\nrealize the good things that are<\/p>\n
684
\n00:45:18,680 –> 00:45:20,920
\ngoing to come.
\nWe want to be part of that new <\/p>\n
685
\n00:45:20,920 –> 00:45:23,080
\nJerusalem that Chris has talked
\nabout. <\/p>\n
686
\n00:45:23,280 –> 00:45:26,800
\nWe want to be there.
\nAnd if we aren’t changing our <\/p>\n
687
\n00:45:26,800 –> 00:45:33,840
\nmind now, then he won’t change
\nour body then, and we shall be <\/p>\n
688
\n00:45:33,840 –> 00:45:36,280
\nlike him.
\nFor this is a promise that he <\/p>\n
689
\n00:45:36,280 –> 00:45:38,360
\nhas promised me even eternal
\nlife. <\/p>\n
690
\n00:45:39,080 –> 00:45:41,600
\nAnd so I’m asking you to, to
\nsign a promise. <\/p>\n
691
\n00:45:42,200 –> 00:45:45,360
\nI promise to try every day to be
\nconformed to the image of his <\/p>\n
692
\n00:45:45,360 –> 00:45:47,480
\nSon.
\nAnd I hope you will sign that. <\/p>\n
693
\n00:45:48,240 –> 00:45:53,480
\nBecause we need to be patient
\nwith each other and with <\/p>\n
694
\n00:45:53,560 –> 00:45:56,920
\nourselves that we are.
\nWe are working at changing. <\/p>\n
695
\n00:45:57,280 –> 00:46:03,360
\nWe’re trying to do better.
\nWe’re gonna resolved to have <\/p>\n
696
\n00:46:03,360 –> 00:46:10,760
\nmore works for God to remember
\nwhen Jesus comes and right in <\/p>\n
697
\n00:46:10,760 –> 00:46:13,640
\nthe middle of this exhortation
\nthat we’re reading was was was <\/p>\n
698
\n00:46:13,640 –> 00:46:19,120
\nwas verse nine.
\nAnd don’t grumble against each <\/p>\n
699
\n00:46:19,120 –> 00:46:22,240
\nother, brothers, right, right in
\nthe middle of all this about <\/p>\n
700
\n00:46:22,240 –> 00:46:25,200
\nbeing patient with each other.
\nHe’s saying don’t grumble. <\/p>\n
701
\n00:46:26,560 –> 00:46:31,880
\nThe judges standing at the door
\ndo do we grumble? <\/p>\n
702
\n00:46:33,480 –> 00:46:42,400
\nJesus said, murmur not among
\nyourselves, He said, stop <\/p>\n
703
\n00:46:42,400 –> 00:46:47,640
\ngrumbling among yourself.
\nThese are words of Jesus in John<\/p>\n
704
\n00:46:47,640 –> 00:46:53,360
\n843 John 643 John several
\nplaces. <\/p>\n
705
\n00:46:54,360 –> 00:46:56,720
\nThe children of Israel were
\nclassic examples of of <\/p>\n
706
\n00:46:56,760 –> 00:47:00,160
\ngrumbling.
\nThey were always complaining, <\/p>\n
707
\n00:47:00,160 –> 00:47:04,040
\nweren’t they?
\nAnd that you know that the <\/p>\n
708
\n00:47:04,800 –> 00:47:10,120
\npersecution they brought on
\nthemselves because of that he <\/p>\n
709
\n00:47:10,240 –> 00:47:13,040
\npromised them in Exodus 16 and
\n7:00 in the morning you shall <\/p>\n
710
\n00:47:13,040 –> 00:47:15,840
\nsee the glory of the Lord, for
\nhe hears your complaints against<\/p>\n
711
\n00:47:15,840 –> 00:47:18,480
\nthe Lord.
\nFor what are we that you <\/p>\n
712
\n00:47:18,480 –> 00:47:22,400
\ncomplain against us?
\nHow long shall I bear with this <\/p>\n
713
\n00:47:22,400 –> 00:47:24,880
\nevil congregation?
\nSaid God, who complained against<\/p>\n
714
\n00:47:24,880 –> 00:47:27,360
\nme?
\nI have heard the complaints <\/p>\n
715
\n00:47:27,360 –> 00:47:29,880
\nwhich the children of Israel
\nmade against me. <\/p>\n
716
\n00:47:31,000 –> 00:47:35,720
\nThey were fed angels food and
\ncomplained about it. <\/p>\n
717
\n00:47:37,440 –> 00:47:42,360
\nWe’ve been well fed this week,
\nboth naturally and spiritually. <\/p>\n
718
\n00:47:42,920 –> 00:47:45,440
\nLet’s hope that we’ve not
\nallowed ourselves to complain <\/p>\n
719
\n00:47:45,440 –> 00:47:50,000
\nabout the food after we’ve given
\nthanks for it and do the same <\/p>\n
720
\n00:47:50,000 –> 00:47:54,120
\nthing at home.
\nLet’s stop complaining about so <\/p>\n
721
\n00:47:54,120 –> 00:47:59,840
\nmany things.
\nRemember when Miriam and Aaron <\/p>\n
722
\n00:48:00,080 –> 00:48:04,600
\ncomplained against Moses and
\nthey they said, has the Lord <\/p>\n
723
\n00:48:04,600 –> 00:48:06,920
\nspoken only through Moses?
\nHe’s spoken through us too, you <\/p>\n
724
\n00:48:06,920 –> 00:48:09,720
\nknow.
\nAnd God was very angry. <\/p>\n
725
\n00:48:10,920 –> 00:48:14,440
\nSo remember the story of
\nCorodathan and a Byron. <\/p>\n
726
\n00:48:15,840 –> 00:48:18,760
\nAnd they rose up and they said
\nwe’re all holy. <\/p>\n
727
\n00:48:18,800 –> 00:48:22,920
\nWho do you think you are?
\nSo many people who were are <\/p>\n
728
\n00:48:22,920 –> 00:48:28,240
\nsinning exalt themselves in
\nGod’s they to themselves. <\/p>\n
729
\n00:48:28,240 –> 00:48:31,800
\nThey exalt themselves in God’s
\neyes doesn’t work God don’t <\/p>\n
730
\n00:48:31,880 –> 00:48:34,760
\ndoesn’t see them exalted.
\nBut you take too much upon <\/p>\n
731
\n00:48:34,760 –> 00:48:36,240
\nyourselves.
\nThey said of Moses. <\/p>\n
732
\n00:48:36,560 –> 00:48:39,560
\nThe whole congregation is holy.
\nAll of us are holy. <\/p>\n
733
\n00:48:40,720 –> 00:48:44,040
\nWhy then do you exalt yourself
\nagainst the the Assembly of God <\/p>\n
734
\n00:48:45,000 –> 00:48:48,840
\ngrumbling.
\nIt blows me away. <\/p>\n
735
\n00:48:48,840 –> 00:48:53,840
\nWhat happened then when, when
\nMoses prayed that if a new thing<\/p>\n
736
\n00:48:53,840 –> 00:48:56,960
\nhappened and the earth opened up
\nand swallowed them up, then God <\/p>\n
737
\n00:48:56,960 –> 00:48:59,840
\nwould be with Moses.
\nAnd that’s exactly what <\/p>\n
738
\n00:48:59,840 –> 00:49:01,680
\nhappened.
\nAnd the next day they said, <\/p>\n
739
\n00:49:01,680 –> 00:49:03,400
\nyou’ve killed the Lords of the
\npeople. <\/p>\n
740
\n00:49:03,400 –> 00:49:07,680
\nAs if Moses could have done that
\nwithout God’s help. <\/p>\n
741
\n00:49:07,880 –> 00:49:12,280
\nI, I, we have to be careful.
\nWe have a heart that can be <\/p>\n
742
\n00:49:12,280 –> 00:49:14,360
\nhard.
\nJeremiah says it’s desperately <\/p>\n
743
\n00:49:14,360 –> 00:49:18,240
\nwicked, and who can know it?
\nSo the whole point of James’s <\/p>\n
744
\n00:49:18,240 –> 00:49:22,080
\nexpectation is don’t squabble
\namongst ourselves because the <\/p>\n
745
\n00:49:22,080 –> 00:49:24,000
\njudge stands at the door.
\nThis means we’ve got to get <\/p>\n
746
\n00:49:24,000 –> 00:49:27,640
\nalong with each other in our
\nhomes. <\/p>\n
747
\n00:49:27,920 –> 00:49:30,800
\nWe need to, we need to have a, a
\nhappy home. <\/p>\n
748
\n00:49:32,400 –> 00:49:38,240
\nThe 12 words will help.
\nWe, we need to show love in that<\/p>\n
749
\n00:49:38,240 –> 00:49:43,360
\nhome because a home should be a,
\na, a, a, a type of, of Christ <\/p>\n
750
\n00:49:43,360 –> 00:49:46,520
\nand his bride.
\nAnd there are a lot of homes <\/p>\n
751
\n00:49:46,520 –> 00:49:49,520
\nwhich look happy on the outside.
\nBut if you were in there, you’d <\/p>\n
752
\n00:49:49,520 –> 00:49:52,120
\nknow different.
\nBut when we go home, we can be <\/p>\n
753
\n00:49:52,120 –> 00:49:57,040
\ndifferent, we can change, we can
\nbe a resurrection of us from <\/p>\n
754
\n00:49:57,040 –> 00:50:01,440
\nbeing spiritually dead to be
\nspiritually live, but we have to<\/p>\n
755
\n00:50:01,440 –> 00:50:04,880
\ndo something different than we
\nhave been doing or nothing will <\/p>\n
756
\n00:50:04,880 –> 00:50:06,000
\nhappen.
\nThat’s good. <\/p>\n
757
\n00:50:08,360 –> 00:50:13,760
\nAnd so let’s be patient with
\neach other. <\/p>\n
758
\n00:50:15,560 –> 00:50:20,240
\nLet’s realize that Jesus is
\nalmost here. <\/p>\n
759
\n00:50:20,640 –> 00:50:24,480
\nWe we need to hang on until he
\ncomes. <\/p>\n
760
\n00:50:24,760 –> 00:50:27,040
\nOccupy.
\nLet’s be ready. <\/p>\n
761
\n00:50:27,240 –> 00:50:30,400
\nLet’s don’t throw away salvation
\nat the 11th hour. <\/p>\n
762
\n00:50:31,160 –> 00:50:36,440
\nWe can do that by by not being
\nthe kind of person we should be <\/p>\n
763
\n00:50:37,320 –> 00:50:43,400
\nin our own home or with our own
\nchildren and with our own <\/p>\n
764
\n00:50:43,480 –> 00:50:47,680
\nworkmates or wherever we are.
\nThe study of James should have <\/p>\n
765
\n00:50:47,680 –> 00:50:50,360
\nhelped us to prepare for the
\ncoming of the Lord. <\/p>\n
766
\n00:50:50,360 –> 00:50:53,080
\nWe hope it has.
\nWe hope it will help us to be <\/p>\n
767
\n00:50:53,080 –> 00:50:56,400
\nmore patient to establish our
\nhearts for truly the coming of <\/p>\n
768
\n00:50:56,400 –> 00:51:01,320
\nthe Lord is drawing nigh.
\nSo let’s remember, if we <\/p>\n
769
\n00:51:01,320 –> 00:51:04,800
\npossibly can, the practical
\nlessons that James has taught us<\/p>\n
770
\n00:51:05,680 –> 00:51:10,680
\nto be doers of the word and not
\nhearers only be doers of the <\/p>\n
771
\n00:51:10,680 –> 00:51:12,880
\nword and not hearers only.
\nDeceiving yourselves. <\/p>\n
772
\n00:51:13,360 –> 00:51:17,080
\nFor if anyone is a hear of the
\nword and not a doer, he’s like a<\/p>\n
773
\n00:51:17,080 –> 00:51:19,840
\nman observing his natural face
\nin a mirror. <\/p>\n
774
\n00:51:20,480 –> 00:51:23,040
\nFor he observes himself, goes
\naway, and he immediately forgets<\/p>\n
775
\n00:51:23,040 –> 00:51:26,160
\nwhat kind of a man he was.
\nBut he who looks into the <\/p>\n
776
\n00:51:26,160 –> 00:51:30,400
\nperfect law of liberty and
\ncontinues in it, and is not a <\/p>\n
777
\n00:51:30,400 –> 00:51:33,680
\nforgetful here, but a doer of
\nthe work, this one will be <\/p>\n
778
\n00:51:33,680 –> 00:51:37,800
\nblessed in what he does.
\nIf any one of you thinks he is <\/p>\n
779
\n00:51:37,800 –> 00:51:41,400
\nreligious does not bridle his
\ntongue, but he sees his own <\/p>\n
780
\n00:51:41,400 –> 00:51:43,200
\nheart.
\nThat man’s religion is vain. <\/p>\n
781
\n00:51:43,200 –> 00:51:47,400
\nSo if we’re talking.
\nIn the wrong way doesn’t make a <\/p>\n
782
\n00:51:47,400 –> 00:51:51,040
\ndifference what our faith is
\npure religion, undefiled before <\/p>\n
783
\n00:51:51,040 –> 00:51:55,680
\nGod and the Father exists to
\nvisit the orphans and the widows<\/p>\n
784
\n00:51:55,680 –> 00:51:57,760
\nin their affliction and keep
\nhimself unspotted from the <\/p>\n
785
\n00:51:57,760 –> 00:52:01,280
\nworld.
\nConfess your trespasses. 1 to <\/p>\n
786
\n00:52:01,280 –> 00:52:07,080
\nanother, said James.
\nPray for one another that you <\/p>\n
787
\n00:52:07,080 –> 00:52:10,000
\nmay be healed.
\nThe effectual fervent prayer of <\/p>\n
788
\n00:52:10,000 –> 00:52:13,320
\na righteous man available.
\nSo your second hand out this <\/p>\n
789
\n00:52:13,320 –> 00:52:18,680
\nmorning is a is a prayer list.
\nIt’s a list of just 12 spots for<\/p>\n
790
\n00:52:18,680 –> 00:52:22,280
\nyou to fill in.
\nBut, but do you have a prayer <\/p>\n
791
\n00:52:22,280 –> 00:52:24,840
\nlist?
\nWhen you hear of someone that’s <\/p>\n
792
\n00:52:24,840 –> 00:52:26,880
\nsuffering, do you add them to
\nyour list? <\/p>\n
793
\n00:52:28,960 –> 00:52:32,600
\nSometimes I have to take a
\nperson off my list because they <\/p>\n
794
\n00:52:32,600 –> 00:52:35,760
\nhave died.
\nI prayed so fervently for some <\/p>\n
795
\n00:52:35,760 –> 00:52:39,920
\npeople to live that God’s will
\nwas for them to fall asleep. <\/p>\n
796
\n00:52:41,000 –> 00:52:42,560
\nDon’t believe in praying for the
\ndead. <\/p>\n
797
\n00:52:42,920 –> 00:52:47,320
\nWe know that once you’re dead,
\nthat’s, that’s your, your record<\/p>\n
798
\n00:52:47,320 –> 00:52:49,000
\nis sealed.
\nAnd I don’t think it’s right to <\/p>\n
799
\n00:52:49,000 –> 00:52:53,000
\npray for people who have died.
\nWe pray for the the mourners and<\/p>\n
800
\n00:52:53,000 –> 00:52:56,880
\nthose who are are are suffering
\nand missing the loved one. <\/p>\n
801
\n00:52:56,880 –> 00:52:59,160
\nBut we don’t pray for someone
\ndead. <\/p>\n
802
\n00:53:00,000 –> 00:53:05,560
\nBut so put them on your list
\nnow, because if you don’t and <\/p>\n
803
\n00:53:05,560 –> 00:53:08,920
\nprayer changes things, confess
\nyour faults 1 to another and <\/p>\n
804
\n00:53:08,920 –> 00:53:11,280
\npray one for another that you
\nmay be healed. <\/p>\n
805
\n00:53:11,560 –> 00:53:14,800
\nThe effectual fervent prayer of
\na righteous man availeth much. <\/p>\n
806
\n00:53:15,640 –> 00:53:18,040
\nAnd so this little prayer is our
\nFather in heaven. <\/p>\n
807
\n00:53:18,520 –> 00:53:21,600
\nHallowed be thy name I come to
\nthee in prayer for. <\/p>\n
808
\n00:53:22,040 –> 00:53:23,640
\nAnd we’ve got a place for 12
\nnames. <\/p>\n
809
\n00:53:23,640 –> 00:53:25,640
\nYou turn on the back and put as
\nmany as you want. <\/p>\n
810
\n00:53:26,200 –> 00:53:28,600
\nBut make a list of people to
\npray for. <\/p>\n
811
\n00:53:29,720 –> 00:53:31,480
\nCertainly pray for your
\nfamilies. <\/p>\n
812
\n00:53:31,880 –> 00:53:35,480
\nCertainly pray for those that
\nyou know are suffering. <\/p>\n
813
\n00:53:36,160 –> 00:53:39,480
\nAnd pray for your enemies.
\nIf you have an enemy, someone <\/p>\n
814
\n00:53:39,480 –> 00:53:47,200
\nthat’s hurt you, someone that
\nhas has affected your faith <\/p>\n
815
\n00:53:47,200 –> 00:53:51,480
\neven, pray for them.
\nAsk God to help you forgive <\/p>\n
816
\n00:53:51,480 –> 00:53:53,120
\nthem, ask God to help you love
\nthem. <\/p>\n
817
\n00:53:53,320 –> 00:53:55,640
\nSome people think they have an
\nenemy that’s so bad it would be <\/p>\n
818
\n00:53:55,640 –> 00:53:58,120
\nwrong to pray for them, and that
\ncan’t be right. <\/p>\n
819
\n00:53:59,240 –> 00:54:00,840
\nJesus prayed for those who
\ncrucified him. <\/p>\n
820
\n00:54:01,520 –> 00:54:03,320
\nStephen prayed for those who
\nstoned him. <\/p>\n
821
\n00:54:04,000 –> 00:54:07,600
\nSo if you have an enemy, put
\nthem on your list and pray for <\/p>\n
822
\n00:54:07,600 –> 00:54:11,520
\nthem until you no longer feel
\nI’ll toward that person. <\/p>\n
823
\n00:54:13,040 –> 00:54:16,240
\nIf anyone of you wonders from
\nthe truth and someone turns him <\/p>\n
824
\n00:54:16,240 –> 00:54:19,440
\nback, let him know that he who
\nturns a Sinner from the error of<\/p>\n
825
\n00:54:19,440 –> 00:54:23,240
\nhis way shall save a soul from
\ndeath and shall cover a <\/p>\n
826
\n00:54:23,240 –> 00:54:27,840
\nmultitude of sins.
\nSo we need to go out now and <\/p>\n
827
\n00:54:27,840 –> 00:54:31,760
\nlook for people that we can help
\nteach the truth to, to bring <\/p>\n
828
\n00:54:31,760 –> 00:54:34,240
\nback people who may have
\nwandered away. <\/p>\n
829
\n00:54:34,760 –> 00:54:39,200
\nRemember the story of, of the,
\nthe, the 99 sheep, the one sheep<\/p>\n
830
\n00:54:39,200 –> 00:54:41,400
\nwas the one that, that Jesus
\nwent after. <\/p>\n
831
\n00:54:42,440 –> 00:54:44,720
\nPeople like that need to be
\nprayed for. <\/p>\n
832
\n00:54:45,880 –> 00:54:48,440
\nI think it’s OK to let people
\nknow you’re praying for them <\/p>\n
833
\n00:54:49,640 –> 00:54:52,400
\nbecause just the fact that a lot
\nof people are praying for <\/p>\n
834
\n00:54:52,400 –> 00:54:57,720
\nsomeone changes things.
\nIt helps helps them bear their <\/p>\n
835
\n00:54:57,880 –> 00:55:02,520
\nproblems and sometimes it helps
\nthem to solve their problem. <\/p>\n
836
\n00:55:03,600 –> 00:55:06,360
\nSo we’ve come to the end of our
\nclasses. <\/p>\n
837
\n00:55:08,160 –> 00:55:14,560
\nIt’s been great.
\nSo we commend you to God and to <\/p>\n
838
\n00:55:14,560 –> 00:55:19,440
\nthe word of His grace, who is
\nable to build you up and to give<\/p>\n
839
\n00:55:19,440 –> 00:55:23,160
\nyou an inheritance among all
\nthem that are sanctified.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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