Class 4 from this series was used in GCT Episode 300.<\/p>\n
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\nOur general theme for our week
\nis Next Year in Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is day four, second period
\nclass with our brother Bob <\/p>\n
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\nLloyd, and his overall theme for
\nthe week has been Unspotted from<\/p>\n
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\nthe World, A study of James.
\nToday’s class is entitled <\/p>\n
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\nFriendship.
\nWith the world and our reading <\/p>\n
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\nwas James chapter 3, verses 1:00
\nto 12:00. <\/p>\n
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\nOf the Bob.
\nBrother Peter to thank me. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s giving me signals from the
\naudience what to do. <\/p>\n
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\nJust remember when I forget
\nsomething to tell me what I’m <\/p>\n
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\nsupposed to say.
\nIt is a good morning. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re glad to see so many of you
\nhere. <\/p>\n
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\nGlad to see our brother Barley
\nwho’s been able to come after <\/p>\n
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\nhaving taken his parents to the
\nCalvary. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we welcome him this morning.
\nIf anyone was to ask you this <\/p>\n
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\nquestion, are you religious or
\nwhat would you say? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, of course I’m religious.
\nI’m a Christadelphian. <\/p>\n
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\nI go to meeting on Sundays, I do
\nmy Bible readings. <\/p>\n
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\nI always give thanks before I I
\neat. <\/p>\n
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\nOf course I’m religious.
\nWell, I’m going to ask it again.<\/p>\n
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\nAre you religious?
\nYou really haven’t answered the <\/p>\n
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\nquestion the way James is going
\nto ask us to answer it. <\/p>\n
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\nWe believe that we are Bible
\nstudents and I believe we are. <\/p>\n
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\nBut James is going to give us a
\ndifferent definition than <\/p>\n
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\nanything that we would have ever
\ncome up with had we been on our <\/p>\n
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\nhad we not had his help.
\nAnd it’s in James chapter one. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re going to be looking at
\nverse 26, if any man among you <\/p>\n
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\nseem to be religious.
\nSo I could certainly say, are <\/p>\n
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\nyou religious?
\nAnd you could certainly say, <\/p>\n
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\nyes, I seem to be religious.
\nBut James says, well, you might <\/p>\n
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\nseem to be religious and you may
\nnot be religious if you don’t <\/p>\n
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\nbridle your tongue, but you
\ndeceive your own heart. <\/p>\n
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\nHe says this man’s religion is
\nvain. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, those are very strong
\nwords. <\/p>\n
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\nI wouldn’t dare come all the way
\nfrom California up to talk to <\/p>\n
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\nyou.
\nWonderful brothers and sisters <\/p>\n
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\nwho mostly are from Canada and
\nsome from other places in the <\/p>\n
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\nworld and tell you this if it
\nweren’t inspired by God. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we may seem to be religious
\nand not be religious if we do <\/p>\n
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\nnot bridle our tongue.
\nAnd then he goes on and gives us<\/p>\n
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\nthe definition of pure religion
\nin verse 27. <\/p>\n
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\nPure religion is undefiled
\nbefore God, and the Father <\/p>\n
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\nexists to visit the fatherless
\nand the widows and their <\/p>\n
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\naffliction, and to keep himself
\nunspotted. <\/p>\n
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\nFrom the world.
\nNow of all the things that we <\/p>\n
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\nwould cite to make us feel we’re
\nreligious, we would certainly <\/p>\n
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\nmention the fact that we are
\nChristadelphians, that we beat <\/p>\n
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\non the meet, on the Birmingham
\nAmended Statement of Faith. <\/p>\n
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\nWe are particularly who we
\nfellowship. <\/p>\n
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\nWe call a spade a spade.
\nWe don’t mince words. <\/p>\n
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\nWe stand for purity, the
\ndoctrine, and yet all that being<\/p>\n
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\ntrue.
\nAll that being important, not in<\/p>\n
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\nany way minimizing one of those
\nthings, we still could not. <\/p>\n
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\nBe religious because we do not
\nwatch what we say if we bridle, <\/p>\n
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\nif we don’t bridle our tongue,
\nif we just have. <\/p>\n
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\nRunning off of the mouth.
\nAnd we just say, whatever comes <\/p>\n
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\ninto our hearts and minds we
\ncould have. <\/p>\n
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\nAll the truth could be vain.
\nAll the wonderful things we <\/p>\n
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\nstand for and believe and and
\ndefend to others could all be in<\/p>\n
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\nvain if we don’t bridle the
\ntongue. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was that serpent’s tongue in
\nthe garden that first planted <\/p>\n
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\nthe rebellious thought in the
\nmind of Eve. <\/p>\n
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\nAs a result of that, we know he
\nwas accursed by God. <\/p>\n
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\nNow David tells us in the
\nPsalms, Deliver me, O Lord, from<\/p>\n
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\nevil men, preserve me from
\nviolent men who plan evil <\/p>\n
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\nthings.
\nIn their hearts they continually<\/p>\n
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\ngather together for war.
\nThey sharpen their tongues like <\/p>\n
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\na serpent.
\nThe poison of Aspen is under <\/p>\n
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\ntheir lips.
\nWell, that’s not us, of course, <\/p>\n
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\nbut that’s.
\nWe’re who we’re being warned <\/p>\n
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\nabout, but this little.
\nTongue of Ours is an amazing <\/p>\n
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\ninstrument.
\nIt’s quite small. <\/p>\n
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\nI don’t know if you ever see New
\nZealanders, but in the New <\/p>\n
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\nZealand war dances, the New
\nZealander warriors, they stick <\/p>\n
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\ntheir tongues out at you and I
\nguess they practice it. <\/p>\n
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\nTheir tongue comes all the way
\ndown here. <\/p>\n
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\nThey must.
\nI don’t know, it may just New <\/p>\n
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\nZealanders have all new.
\nZealanders have long tongues, <\/p>\n
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\nbut when you go.
\nTo a doctor, what does he do? <\/p>\n
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\nHe says, well, stick out your
\ntongue and he looks at it and he<\/p>\n
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\ncan tell pretty much your
\ncondition of your health by <\/p>\n
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\nlooking at your tongue.
\nJames Gesell say you we can <\/p>\n
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\ndetermine the determine.
\nWe can determine the condition <\/p>\n
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\nof your spiritual health with
\nthat same. <\/p>\n
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\nLittle instrument, Jesus said.
\nOut of the abundance of the <\/p>\n
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\nheart, the mouth speaks and 1st.
\nPeter, Peter, of course, we’ve <\/p>\n
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\nlooked at this before.
\nPeter and and James are on the <\/p>\n
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\nsame wavelength, and he says for
\nhe who would love life and see <\/p>\n
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\ngood days, let him refrain his
\ntongue from evil and his lips <\/p>\n
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\nfrom speaking to see.
\nBut when he said that, he’s <\/p>\n
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\nquoting Psalm 34, which is back
\nto David again. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd of course, if you in verse
\n26 of James one any among you <\/p>\n
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\nthinks he is religious and does
\nnot bide his tongue, you’re <\/p>\n
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\ndeceiving.
\nYour own heart. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd your religion is useless
\naccording to the new King James.<\/p>\n
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\nNow we just read chapter 3 of
\nJames and we’re going to look at<\/p>\n
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\nsome of those verses again
\nbecause the word tongue is all <\/p>\n
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\nthe way through of those verses.
\nTurning to chapter 3, coming in <\/p>\n
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\nat verse 2.
\nFor we all stumble in many ways.<\/p>\n
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\nIf anyone does not stumble in
\nWord, he is a perfect man, able <\/p>\n
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\nalso to bridle the whole bottle
\nbody. <\/p>\n
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\nIndeed, we put in horses mouths,
\nwe put bits in horses mouths <\/p>\n
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\nthat they may obey us.
\nWe turn their whole body, look <\/p>\n
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\nout at the ships.
\nAlthough they are so large and <\/p>\n
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\ndriven by such fierce winds,
\nthey are turned by a very small <\/p>\n
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\nrudder wherever the pilot
\ndesires. <\/p>\n
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\nEven so, the tongue is a.
\nLittle member and boasts great <\/p>\n
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\nthings.
\nSee how great a forest a little <\/p>\n
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\nfire Kindles, and the tongue is
\na fire of iniquity. <\/p>\n
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\nThe tongue is so set among our
\nmembers that it defiles the the <\/p>\n
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\nwhole.
\nBody. <\/p>\n
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\nYour whole body can be destroyed
\nby your tongue, James says. <\/p>\n
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\nFor verse 7, Every kind of beast
\nand bird and reptile and <\/p>\n
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\ncreature of the sea is tamed and
\nhas been tamed by mankind, but <\/p>\n
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\nno man can tame the tongue.
\nIt is an unruly evil full of <\/p>\n
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\ndeadly poison.
\nWith our tongue we bless our God<\/p>\n
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\nand Father, and with our tongue
\nwe curse men who have been made <\/p>\n
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\nin the similitude of God.
\nOut of the same mouth proceed <\/p>\n
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\nblessings and cursings.
\nMy brethren, these things ought <\/p>\n
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\nnot so to be.
\nDoes the spring bring forth <\/p>\n
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\nfresh water and bitter from the
\nsame opening? <\/p>\n
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\nCan a fig tree, my brother, and
\nbare olives or grape figs? <\/p>\n
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\nNo spring yields both salt water
\nand fresh. <\/p>\n
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\nJust think of the the damage
\nthat can be done to us by our <\/p>\n
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\ntongue.
\nJames compares it to a fire we <\/p>\n
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\nknow we live in a We’re in a
\nbeautiful area where forest <\/p>\n
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\nfires could be devastating.
\nWith one little match, you can <\/p>\n
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\nstart a fire that can destroy
\nthousands of acres and many <\/p>\n
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\nhomes and much wildlife and
\nsometimes people. <\/p>\n
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\nMissus O’leary’s cow kicked over
\na Lantern, and the whole city of<\/p>\n
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\nChicago burnt down as a result.
\nSo the tongue is like that, says<\/p>\n
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\nJames.
\nHe can start something that it <\/p>\n
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\ncannot stop.
\nHe says no man has ever been <\/p>\n
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\nable to tame the tongue.
\nBut the good news is that God <\/p>\n
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\ncares.
\nYou remember on one occasion <\/p>\n
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\nJesus met a Wildman and he dwelt
\namong the tombs and he wore no <\/p>\n
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\nclothes and he cried out to
\nJesus. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat am I to do with you?
\nJesus, our Son of God, Most <\/p>\n
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\nHigh, I beseech you to torment
\nme not. <\/p>\n
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\nJesus tamed the untamable, and
\nwe next see him sitting and <\/p>\n
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\nclothed and in his right mind.
\nWe see the young man Saul <\/p>\n
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\nbreathing out threatenings and
\nslaughters against the disciple,<\/p>\n
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\nand through Jesus his tongue is
\ntamed. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he says, Lord, what wilt
\nthou have me to do? <\/p>\n
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\nDavid has a lot to say about the
\ntongue. <\/p>\n
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\nLet the words of my mouth and
\nthe meditation of my heart be <\/p>\n
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\nacceptable in Thy sight, O Lord,
\nmy strength and my Redeemer. <\/p>\n
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\nSet a guard, O Lord, over my
\nmouth. <\/p>\n
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\nKeep watch over the door of my
\nlips. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is David asking God’s help
\nin taming his tongue. <\/p>\n
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\nI said I will guard my ways lest
\nI sin with my tongue. <\/p>\n
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\nI will restrain my mouth with a
\nmuzzle. <\/p>\n
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\nAll the wicked are before me.
\nSo coming back to James, we have<\/p>\n
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\nJames telling us that no man can
\ntame the tongue without God’s <\/p>\n
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\nhelp.
\nWe we are hopeless, no matter <\/p>\n
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\nhow faithful we might be, at all
\nthe things which we consider <\/p>\n
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\nimportant to be a good
\nChristianalphian if we talk. <\/p>\n
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\nToo much if we gossip, if we
\nbetray the confidence of those <\/p>\n
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\nwho have confided in.
\nUS. <\/p>\n
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\nIf we spread rumors, not just
\nrumors, if we spread the truth <\/p>\n
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\nthat ought not be told, well, it
\nwas true. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, it might be true, but it
\nmight not be kind. <\/p>\n
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\nIt might not.
\nEdify it might not help. <\/p>\n
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\nSo out of our same mouth we come
\nto meeting and we talk about the<\/p>\n
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\ntruth and how wonderful it is,
\nand then we say things to and <\/p>\n
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\nabout.
\nOthers that hurt and wound and <\/p>\n
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\ndestroy, James says.
\nYou might be a Christadelphian, <\/p>\n
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\nbut you’re religion is in vain.
\nSo this is this is the kind of <\/p>\n
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\nthing we need to take home with
\nus because it’s so important <\/p>\n
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\nthat we think before we speak
\nthat we consider will this help <\/p>\n
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\nor hurt some in in in Paul’s
\nday, those that lived in Athens,<\/p>\n
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\nthey they only wanted to learn,
\nhear and tell some new things. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I don’t know if you have the
\nChristadelphian Grapevine up <\/p>\n
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\nhere as we do down our way,
\nsomething can happen and it <\/p>\n
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\nspreads all over so fast.
\nNow we have a Christadelphian <\/p>\n
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\ntree in our ecclesia.
\nWe call it a tree because in <\/p>\n
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\norder to get word out.
\nBut if someone hears something <\/p>\n
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\nthat they should be told, they
\ntell these and these tell these <\/p>\n
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\nand pretty soon they’ll hold
\necclesias. <\/p>\n
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\nThey’ve it’s been said this is
\nnot true that the fastest <\/p>\n
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\ncommunication or.
\nTelephone, Telegraph and tell a <\/p>\n
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\nwoman I already said it wasn’t
\ntrue. <\/p>\n
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\nHebrews 11.
\nI mean Hymn 111, One of my <\/p>\n
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\nfavorite hymns.
\nThe second verse goes like this.<\/p>\n
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\nTake my voice and let me sing.
\nAlways only for my king. <\/p>\n
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\nTake my lips and let them be
\nfilled with messages from Thee. <\/p>\n
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\nSo let’s watch what we say.
\nWe are responsible for what we <\/p>\n
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\nsay.
\nWe talked yesterday about Moses <\/p>\n
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\nwhen he spoke unadvisedly with
\nhis lips, and as a result he was<\/p>\n
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\nkept out of the Promised Land.
\nWe must be careful what we say. <\/p>\n
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\nIf we just learn, just stop
\nbefore we speak, take a moment <\/p>\n
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\nto say, will this help?
\nWill this encourage or <\/p>\n
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\ndiscourage?
\nWill it? <\/p>\n
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\nWill it send someone away or
\nbring them closer to God? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd don’t take comfort in
\ntelling something just because <\/p>\n
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\nit’s true.
\nThere are a lot of true things <\/p>\n
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\nthat are terrible, and if we
\nknow something that won’t help, <\/p>\n
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\nlet it stay with us.
\nSo James is now bringing us to <\/p>\n
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\nthis definition of pure
\nreligion. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ve just learned that the
\nperson who does not control his <\/p>\n
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\ntongue, his religion is vain.
\nNow he’s going to turn to <\/p>\n
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\nsomething positive.
\nWe talk about the negative, and <\/p>\n
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\nnow we’re going to talk about
\nthe positive. <\/p>\n
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\nAgain, this is not the
\ndefinition that Christadepherns <\/p>\n
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\nwould give.
\nI won’t give you a definition of<\/p>\n
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\npure religion.
\nAnd we would immediately bring <\/p>\n
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\nup the Birmingham Mental
\nStatement of Faith. <\/p>\n
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\nWe would talk.
\nAbout the exceeding great and <\/p>\n
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\nprecious promises made to the
\nFather, to the to the <\/p>\n
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\npatriarchs, we would condemn the
\nfalse creeds of Christendom that<\/p>\n
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\ncontradict the true teachings.
\nAnd we would be right in all of <\/p>\n
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\nthat.
\nBut that’s not what James talks <\/p>\n
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\nabout.
\nHe doesn’t say that at all. <\/p>\n
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\nNot that we’re minimizing those
\nthings. <\/p>\n
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\nPlease don’t misunderstand this.
\nAnd I don’t believe these are <\/p>\n
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\nimportant.
\nI believe they are important. <\/p>\n
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\nBut if we don’t do what he’s
\ngoing to say next, it doesn’t <\/p>\n
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\nmatter what you believe.
\nIt doesn’t matter how pure your <\/p>\n
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\ndoctrine is and how straight
\nyour fellowship is, if we’re not<\/p>\n
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\ndoing what he next says to do,
\nhe’s going to say. <\/p>\n
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\nPure.
\nReligion and undefiled before <\/p>\n
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\nGod and the Father.
\nIs this to visit orphans and <\/p>\n
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\nwidows in their trouble?
\nAnd keep himself unspotted from <\/p>\n
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\nthe world.
\nWe would never come up with that<\/p>\n
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\ndefinition if James didn’t help
\nus. <\/p>\n
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\nNow brother Neville Smart wrote
\na book on the book of James. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I’m going to quote a little
\nbit from his book because he <\/p>\n
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\ntalked about the word visit.
\nAnd when we we might have a <\/p>\n
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\ndifferent definition of visit
\nthan the one he’s going to share<\/p>\n
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\nwith us.
\nI mean, sometimes we go to visit<\/p>\n
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\nsomebody and we pop in and say,
\nhow are you? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd they, they say, I’m
\nterrible. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he says, that’s good.
\nAnd you’re gone again. <\/p>\n
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\nYou know, visit, it takes some
\ntime. <\/p>\n
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\nVisits takes a part of you.
\nYou you can’t visit without <\/p>\n
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\nmaking a personal sacrifice to
\ndo so. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so Brother Smart quotes 333
\nplaces in Luke. <\/p>\n
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\nPardon through our brother
\nPeter. <\/p>\n
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\nLuke 1 and 68.
\nBlessed is the Lord God of <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael, for he has visited and
\nredeemed His people, Luke 178. <\/p>\n
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\nThrough the tender mercy of our
\nGod, with which the dayspring <\/p>\n
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\nfrom on high has visited us, and
\nLuke 7, verse 16. <\/p>\n
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\nThen fear came on all upon all,
\nand they glorified God, saying, <\/p>\n
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\na great prophet has risen up
\namong us and God has visited his<\/p>\n
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\npeople.
\nSo Brother Smart comments on <\/p>\n
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\nthat.
\nAnd he says this visiting was a <\/p>\n
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\ntestimony to the interest and
\nthe sympathy and the love of God<\/p>\n
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\nin regard to man.
\nSo when James exhorts his <\/p>\n
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\nreaders to visit, he’s
\nsuggesting much more than a mere<\/p>\n
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\nvisit in our modern sense of the
\nterm. <\/p>\n
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\nHe implies we must manifest a a
\nlively interest in the needs of <\/p>\n
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\nothers and earnest, warm hearted
\nsolicitude of their well-being. <\/p>\n
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\nOnly by such an attitude do we
\nshow ourselves to be children, <\/p>\n
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\nindeed of the Father who visited
\nus in our own need. <\/p>\n
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\nOther virgins say take care of
\norphans and widows, go to the <\/p>\n
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\nhelp of orphans and widows, look
\nafter others. <\/p>\n
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\nThe only picture we have of the
\njudgment seat of Christ has this<\/p>\n
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\nsubject, and we all know this.
\nIt’s in Matthew 25 and I, I, I <\/p>\n
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\nonly stir up your pure minds by
\nway of remembrance, but. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is a picture of the
\njudgment seat. <\/p>\n
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\nMy brother says you’re going to
\nbe there, you’re going to be <\/p>\n
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\nthere.
\nYou’re going to be there if <\/p>\n
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\nyou’re ready or not.
\nYou’re going to be there if you <\/p>\n
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\nwant to be there or not.
\nWe’re all going to be there. <\/p>\n
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\n00:18:14,040 –> 00:18:18,880
\nAnd this is what the King will
\nsay to you and to me. <\/p>\n
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\nWe already have the script.
\nThen shall the King say unto <\/p>\n
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\nthem on his right hand, Come,
\ncome, ye blessed of my Father, <\/p>\n
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\ninherit the Kingdom prepared for
\nyou. <\/p>\n
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\nFrom the foundation of the.
\nWorld. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd those are the words we long
\nto hear. <\/p>\n
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\nBut he’s going to tell us why
\nwe’re on the right hand and <\/p>\n
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\nothers, you’re going to tell him
\nwhy he’s on their left eye when <\/p>\n
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\nhe says depart from me.
\nI don’t even know who you are. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd and the same reason is why
\nyou’re on this side or you’re on<\/p>\n
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\nthat.
\nSide and so he goes on to say, <\/p>\n
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\nFor I was and hungered.
\nYou gave me meat, I was thirsty <\/p>\n
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\nand you gave me drink.
\nI was a stranger when you took <\/p>\n
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\nme in naked and you clothed me.
\nI was sick and you visited me. <\/p>\n
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\nI was in prison and you came in.
\nWe don’t remember doing that for<\/p>\n
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\nyou, Jesus, inasmuch you just
\ndone it until one of the least <\/p>\n
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\nof these my brethren, you’ve
\ndone it unto me. <\/p>\n
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\nSo James and Jesus are in
\nagreement that this is pure <\/p>\n
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\nreligion and we’d better listen.
\nNo, we’d better do more than <\/p>\n
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\nlisten.
\nWe’re to be doers of the Word <\/p>\n
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\nand not hearers.
\nOnly Apostle John agrees with <\/p>\n
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\nthis.
\nWhoso hath this world’s good, <\/p>\n
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\nand see if his brother have
\nneed, and shut up with his <\/p>\n
288
\n00:20:04,080 –> 00:20:07,560
\nbowels of compassion from him,
\nhow dwelleth the love of God in <\/p>\n
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\nhim?
\nYou, you know a brother or <\/p>\n
290
\n00:20:10,680 –> 00:20:15,800
\nsister that’s having a tough
\ntime and you’re not doing <\/p>\n
291
\n00:20:15,800 –> 00:20:20,080
\nanything about it.
\nHow can the love of God dwell in<\/p>\n
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\nyou?
\nSays James. <\/p>\n
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\nJohn, my little children, let us
\nnot love in Word, neither in <\/p>\n
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\ntongue, but in deed and in
\ntruth. <\/p>\n
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\nJames, when he comes to compare
\nfaith in works, uses the same <\/p>\n
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\nexample in James 214.
\nWhat does it profit, my <\/p>\n
297
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\nbrethren?
\nThe old man say he hath faith <\/p>\n
298
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\nand hath not works.
\nCan faith save me? <\/p>\n
299
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\nSave him?
\nHave my brother or sister be <\/p>\n
300
\n00:20:52,120 –> 00:20:54,400
\nnaked or destitute of daily
\nfood. <\/p>\n
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\nOne of you say unto him,
\ndeparted peace be warmed and <\/p>\n
302
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\nfilled.
\nIt’s going to be all right. <\/p>\n
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\nDon’t worry about it.
\nYou don’t do. <\/p>\n
304
\n00:21:03,360 –> 00:21:06,080
\nAnything.
\nHe said. <\/p>\n
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\n00:21:06,080 –> 00:21:10,880
\nWhat does that profit?
\nSo so how how, how are we <\/p>\n
306
\n00:21:10,880 –> 00:21:18,080
\nmeasuring up to pure religion
\nand undefiled before gone the <\/p>\n
307
\n00:21:18,080 –> 00:21:24,280
\nsisters that are busy helping
\nother sisters in rest homes, <\/p>\n
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\nvisiting the sick.
\nThe visiting committee on <\/p>\n
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\n00:21:27,320 –> 00:21:30,000
\nAnastasia is probably one of the
\nmost important, we think. <\/p>\n
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\n00:21:30,000 –> 00:21:34,400
\nOh, the exhorting brethren.
\nVisiting is more important. <\/p>\n
311
\n00:21:35,880 –> 00:21:40,280
\nWe.
\nNeed to care about each other in<\/p>\n
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\nin very real ways.
\nWhen was the last time that you <\/p>\n
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\n00:21:48,760 –> 00:21:53,440
\nvisited one of those, we call
\nthem convalescent hospitals over<\/p>\n
314
\n00:21:53,440 –> 00:21:57,880
\nour way?
\nIt’s pitiful to go to them. <\/p>\n
315
\n00:21:58,960 –> 00:22:02,280
\nThere’s so many people in there
\nthat are they, they send you <\/p>\n
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\nthere to die.
\nMost of them never come out <\/p>\n
317
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\nalive.
\nAnd while a lot of them were out<\/p>\n
318
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\nof their mind, we stopped at a
\nconvalescent hospital halfway <\/p>\n
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\nhere in Medford, OR to visit
\nsomebody that won’t even know we<\/p>\n
320
\n00:22:20,120 –> 00:22:22,480
\nwere there because his mind is
\ngone. <\/p>\n
321
\n00:22:24,560 –> 00:22:29,760
\nBut the sister wife was saying
\nsome members of that eclisher <\/p>\n
322
\n00:22:29,760 –> 00:22:33,480
\nwon’t visit this man because
\nhe’s out of his head anyway. <\/p>\n
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\n00:22:33,480 –> 00:22:38,520
\nWhat does he, what will he know?
\nAnd then I don’t think they <\/p>\n
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\nrealize how much she’s hurting
\nbecause they won’t visit her <\/p>\n
325
\n00:22:42,360 –> 00:22:46,680
\nhusband who is out of his mind.
\nHe does smile. <\/p>\n
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\nYou don’t know.
\nYou don’t know what’s going on <\/p>\n
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\nwhen you talk to somebody like
\nthat, the subconscious mind, <\/p>\n
328
\n00:22:54,080 –> 00:23:02,600
\nsome things get through.
\nI think sometimes we don’t <\/p>\n
329
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\nrealize how how important it is
\njust just to sit and hold a hand<\/p>\n
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\n00:23:08,720 –> 00:23:13,120
\nand say a prayer over someone
\nwho who could even be in a coma.<\/p>\n
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\n00:23:13,560 –> 00:23:19,360
\nThey say people in comas can
\nhear a little Side Story on <\/p>\n
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\nthis.
\nA family had a had a had a <\/p>\n
333
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\nfather that was dying.
\nAnd the family. <\/p>\n
334
\n00:23:25,120 –> 00:23:28,160
\nAll gathered at the bedside and
\nthey they, they knew that he had<\/p>\n
335
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\nvery short time to live.
\nAnd they said to the doctor, <\/p>\n
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\nwell, what, what do we see?
\nWhat do we do? <\/p>\n
337
\n00:23:33,800 –> 00:23:38,560
\nYou know, and he was in a coma.
\nAnd the the doctor said, why <\/p>\n
338
\n00:23:38,560 –> 00:23:41,080
\ndon’t you just stand around his
\nbedside and talk about <\/p>\n
339
\n00:23:41,960 –> 00:23:45,600
\nexperiences that that you all
\nremember together as a family. <\/p>\n
340
\n00:23:46,760 –> 00:23:48,840
\nAnd I guess this man was
\nsomewhat of a character. <\/p>\n
341
\n00:23:49,480 –> 00:23:51,920
\nAnd so all the children started
\nrecalling different things that <\/p>\n
342
\n00:23:51,920 –> 00:23:55,800
\nDaddy had done over the years.
\nAnd as they were were telling <\/p>\n
343
\n00:23:55,800 –> 00:23:57,720
\nyou, remember when Daddy did
\nthis and they would all be <\/p>\n
344
\n00:23:57,720 –> 00:24:00,080
\nlaughing.
\nAnd then we had, well, you know,<\/p>\n
345
\n00:24:00,080 –> 00:24:02,760
\nDad did that and they were all
\nlaughing and, and they looked <\/p>\n
346
\n00:24:02,760 –> 00:24:09,480
\ndown and he was laughing and he
\ndied, true story. <\/p>\n
347
\n00:24:10,240 –> 00:24:15,240
\nHe died laughing at the happy
\nthings that his family were <\/p>\n
348
\n00:24:15,240 –> 00:24:19,280
\nrecalling about his life.
\nAnd nobody thought he, they, <\/p>\n
349
\n00:24:19,560 –> 00:24:21,440
\nthey didn’t know he was here
\nlistening. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:24:22,720 –> 00:24:26,440
\nIt went through until he in that
\nsubconscious mind, he was <\/p>\n
351
\n00:24:26,440 –> 00:24:30,160
\nlaughing and that they as he
\nlaughed, he breathed his laughs.<\/p>\n
352
\n00:24:30,320 –> 00:24:32,800
\nSo what a nice way to go, isn’t
\nit? <\/p>\n
353
\n00:24:33,840 –> 00:24:36,520
\nBut you see, you’re needed
\nthere. <\/p>\n
354
\n00:24:36,520 –> 00:24:38,000
\nYou can say, well, why should I
\ngo see them? <\/p>\n
355
\n00:24:38,000 –> 00:24:43,400
\nYou’re in a coma.
\nI don’t think very many of us <\/p>\n
356
\n00:24:43,400 –> 00:24:49,080
\nenjoy visiting people in some of
\nthese places. <\/p>\n
357
\n00:24:50,560 –> 00:24:54,040
\nI know my own mother was in one
\nfor years and years and years. <\/p>\n
358
\n00:24:54,040 –> 00:24:58,280
\nAnd I went to see her every day.
\nI went to see her just a few <\/p>\n
359
\n00:24:58,280 –> 00:25:00,040
\nhours before she died.
\nBut I didn’t know she was going <\/p>\n
360
\n00:25:00,040 –> 00:25:02,200
\nto die.
\nI wouldn’t have left because she<\/p>\n
361
\n00:25:02,200 –> 00:25:06,120
\nwas in that same situation for,
\nfor, for for months. <\/p>\n
362
\n00:25:07,040 –> 00:25:11,080
\nAnd I went to see her and I left
\nand I went to calling the <\/p>\n
363
\n00:25:11,080 –> 00:25:12,760
\ncustomer.
\nWhen I got there they, they <\/p>\n
364
\n00:25:12,760 –> 00:25:15,240
\nphoned and rang and they said
\nyou have a message, your mother <\/p>\n
365
\n00:25:15,240 –> 00:25:16,640
\njust died.
\nAnd I went right back to the <\/p>\n
366
\n00:25:16,640 –> 00:25:19,760
\nhome and there she was.
\nShe just just as I’d left her. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:25:20,520 –> 00:25:22,160
\nThey hadn’t even come to take
\nher away yet. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:25:22,160 –> 00:25:26,680
\nOf course, I felt terrible to
\nthink that I had left and not be<\/p>\n
369
\n00:25:26,680 –> 00:25:29,040
\nwith her at the time of it, but
\nno one knows. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:25:29,640 –> 00:25:32,360
\nBut when Peggy’s father was
\ngoing to die, he, he lived there<\/p>\n
371
\n00:25:32,360 –> 00:25:34,640
\nalmost 102.
\nThey said he’s not going to live<\/p>\n
372
\n00:25:34,640 –> 00:25:38,160
\nthrough the night.
\nSo we decided we were going to <\/p>\n
373
\n00:25:38,160 –> 00:25:40,360
\nstake out.
\nWe, we stayed with him all <\/p>\n
374
\n00:25:40,360 –> 00:25:41,800
\nnight.
\nThey said he will not live till <\/p>\n
375
\n00:25:41,800 –> 00:25:45,000
\nmorning.
\nAnd so because he was totally <\/p>\n
376
\n00:25:45,000 –> 00:25:47,200
\ndeaf, we knew that he couldn’t
\nhear. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:25:47,800 –> 00:25:49,560
\nSo we kept physical contact with
\nhim. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:25:49,560 –> 00:25:53,200
\nWe took turns holding his hand,
\nrubbing him and and kissing him <\/p>\n
379
\n00:25:53,200 –> 00:25:56,080
\nand that kind of thing.
\nHe didn’t die till 6:00 in the <\/p>\n
380
\n00:25:56,080 –> 00:25:59,080
\nmorning.
\nHe lasted all night. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:25:59,280 –> 00:26:02,600
\nWe watched him die, but we were
\nthere. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:26:05,560 –> 00:26:09,040
\nThat’s what God wants us to do
\nis to be there with others when <\/p>\n
383
\n00:26:09,040 –> 00:26:12,800
\nthey need us.
\nAnd you can’t do it by remote <\/p>\n
384
\n00:26:12,800 –> 00:26:16,160
\ncontrol.
\nIt is good to phone. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:26:16,160 –> 00:26:20,600
\nThat is good.
\nAnd and when you when you know <\/p>\n
386
\n00:26:20,600 –> 00:26:24,320
\nsomeone is not well and you can
\nreach him by phone, you can talk<\/p>\n
387
\n00:26:24,320 –> 00:26:27,120
\nto him.
\nI’ve, I’ve prayed and cried on <\/p>\n
388
\n00:26:27,120 –> 00:26:30,240
\nthe phone with people.
\nI had a phone call one night. <\/p>\n
389
\n00:26:30,240 –> 00:26:34,840
\nIt was about 11:00 at night and
\nit was a sister. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:26:34,840 –> 00:26:36,960
\nShe says you don’t.
\nKnow who I am but I’m going to <\/p>\n
391
\n00:26:36,960 –> 00:26:40,880
\nkill myself tonight.
\nIt’s 2:00 in the morning where I<\/p>\n
392
\n00:26:40,880 –> 00:26:43,800
\nlive so I figured out she was
\nsomewhere on the East Coast, 3 <\/p>\n
393
\n00:26:43,800 –> 00:26:46,600
\nhours from me.
\nShe said my husband is already <\/p>\n
394
\n00:26:46,600 –> 00:26:49,120
\nasleep and she says when he
\nwakes up in the morning I’ll be <\/p>\n
395
\n00:26:49,120 –> 00:26:51,720
\ndead.
\nBut I had to tell somebody. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:26:51,720 –> 00:26:57,680
\nI thought I’d call you.
\nSo we, I thought, can’t hang up <\/p>\n
397
\n00:26:57,680 –> 00:27:00,320
\non this lady.
\nWe just kept talking. <\/p>\n
398
\n00:27:01,160 –> 00:27:04,320
\nWe talked and we prayed and we
\ncried together. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:27:05,160 –> 00:27:08,080
\nAnd the happy thing is she
\ndidn’t do it that night. <\/p>\n
400
\n00:27:08,280 –> 00:27:09,800
\nI think she was just reaching
\nout. <\/p>\n
401
\n00:27:10,680 –> 00:27:14,280
\nShe probably was needed someone
\nto talk to. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:27:15,120 –> 00:27:20,080
\nSometimes that’s all you need to
\ndo is just be there to to <\/p>\n
403
\n00:27:20,280 –> 00:27:26,120
\nsomeone to talk to.
\nAbraham Lincoln was president of<\/p>\n
404
\n00:27:26,120 –> 00:27:29,320
\nthe United States and he was at
\nwar with the South. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:27:29,320 –> 00:27:31,440
\nAnd there was a it was a
\nterrible war. <\/p>\n
406
\n00:27:31,560 –> 00:27:34,320
\nMore Americans were killed in
\nthe Civil War than all of the <\/p>\n
407
\n00:27:34,320 –> 00:27:37,320
\nwars that America has ever been
\ninvolved in because they were <\/p>\n
408
\n00:27:37,320 –> 00:27:42,760
\nkilling each other.
\nAnd he was up against him, and <\/p>\n
409
\n00:27:42,760 –> 00:27:45,680
\nhe sent a telegram to Illinois,
\nto a friend of. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:27:45,680 –> 00:27:48,040
\nHis.
\nHe said. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:27:48,040 –> 00:27:49,560
\nYou’ve got to come to
\nWashington. <\/p>\n
412
\n00:27:49,560 –> 00:27:53,960
\nI’ve got to see you.
\nSo this man got on a train. <\/p>\n
413
\n00:27:54,400 –> 00:27:56,440
\nIt wasn’t no planes in those
\ndays. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:27:56,840 –> 00:28:02,040
\nAnd he travelled a distance from
\nIllinois to Washington, DC And <\/p>\n
415
\n00:28:02,280 –> 00:28:05,600
\nthe president had a coach and
\nand a horse and carriage meet <\/p>\n
416
\n00:28:05,600 –> 00:28:07,680
\nhim at the station.
\nAnd they brought him to the <\/p>\n
417
\n00:28:07,680 –> 00:28:11,120
\nWhite House.
\nThey ushered him into the White <\/p>\n
418
\n00:28:11,120 –> 00:28:13,440
\nHouse and the president was
\nwaiting for him. <\/p>\n
419
\n00:28:14,600 –> 00:28:16,720
\nAnd when he when he got there,
\nthe president walked up and he <\/p>\n
420
\n00:28:16,720 –> 00:28:19,720
\nsaid, I am so glad to see you.
\nThank you for coming. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:28:19,880 –> 00:28:21,560
\nSit down.
\nI’ve got to talk to you. <\/p>\n
422
\n00:28:22,880 –> 00:28:26,480
\nAnd then the president began to
\nwalk, and he talked, and he <\/p>\n
423
\n00:28:26,480 –> 00:28:29,560
\npaced, and he told his.
\nFriend, all of these problems <\/p>\n
424
\n00:28:29,640 –> 00:28:31,800
\nand if I do this, the cabinet’s
\nafter me. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:28:31,840 –> 00:28:33,640
\nIf I do that, the Congress is
\ngoing to get me. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:28:33,760 –> 00:28:36,880
\nThe troops are losing here.
\nAnd he talked and he, he did <\/p>\n
427
\n00:28:36,880 –> 00:28:40,080
\nthis for about 3 hours.
\nThis one just sat there. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:28:41,200 –> 00:28:43,960
\nHe never, he never said any more
\nthan hello, right, Abe. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:28:45,600 –> 00:28:48,360
\nAnd for three hours, Abe Lincoln
\npoured his heart out to this. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:28:48,360 –> 00:28:52,920
\nFriend at the end he said it’s
\nso nice for you to come, you’ve <\/p>\n
431
\n00:28:52,920 –> 00:28:55,960
\nhelped me greatly.
\nAnd the man got on a train and <\/p>\n
432
\n00:28:55,960 –> 00:29:03,240
\nwent back home, but he had to be
\nthere to be of help. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:29:04,120 –> 00:29:07,640
\nYou wouldn’t say what will I
\nsay, just be there. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:29:08,800 –> 00:29:11,480
\nJust care.
\nThere’s pure religion, <\/p>\n
435
\n00:29:11,480 –> 00:29:14,400
\nunderfiled, says James.
\nJames knew what he was talking <\/p>\n
436
\n00:29:14,400 –> 00:29:21,640
\nabout.
\nWe have to care enough to go <\/p>\n
437
\n00:29:21,640 –> 00:29:25,920
\nwhere we’re needed to be and be
\nwith those who need us. <\/p>\n
438
\n00:29:27,520 –> 00:29:30,960
\nTelephones are wonderful,
\nletters are great, e-mail is <\/p>\n
439
\n00:29:30,960 –> 00:29:32,840
\nfantastic.
\nI don’t understand it, but it <\/p>\n
440
\n00:29:32,840 –> 00:29:37,360
\nworks.
\nBut there’s nothing that takes <\/p>\n
441
\n00:29:37,360 –> 00:29:46,720
\nthe place of being there.
\nAnd so if you know someone that <\/p>\n
442
\n00:29:46,720 –> 00:29:50,880
\nwould be helped by your visit,
\nbe there. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:29:52,080 –> 00:29:56,080
\nAnd it’s more than just popping
\nin you. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:29:56,120 –> 00:29:59,360
\nYou just have to stay a while.
\nMy mother in her her weak <\/p>\n
445
\n00:29:59,360 –> 00:30:03,840
\ncondition, she said, I wish we
\ncould get an extra bed and put <\/p>\n
446
\n00:30:03,840 –> 00:30:06,720
\nit in here beside me and you can
\nsleep here. <\/p>\n
447
\n00:30:08,680 –> 00:30:13,440
\nI was an only child and spoiled
\nrotten and that was not <\/p>\n
448
\n00:30:13,440 –> 00:30:16,520
\npossible.
\nBut yeah, you can’t just pop in <\/p>\n
449
\n00:30:17,280 –> 00:30:19,720
\nyou, you, you just have to be
\nthere. <\/p>\n
450
\n00:30:21,000 –> 00:30:23,760
\nWe went to see a brother, Bill
\nRobinson, who’s had a stroke up <\/p>\n
451
\n00:30:23,760 –> 00:30:26,720
\nin Brantford, and he has to be
\nfed. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:30:26,920 –> 00:30:30,680
\nWe have time to, so we could be
\nthere to feed him. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:30:30,680 –> 00:30:33,960
\nAnd the nurses let us feed him.
\nAnd he’s a he’s a dear brother <\/p>\n
454
\n00:30:33,960 –> 00:30:38,160
\nthat we love very much.
\nBut it’s so pitiful to see <\/p>\n
455
\n00:30:38,160 –> 00:30:42,400
\nsomeone who’s so full of life
\njust a few days before and and <\/p>\n
456
\n00:30:42,400 –> 00:30:47,720
\nnow, thanks to a stroke, as
\ntotally incapacitated. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:30:47,720 –> 00:30:54,320
\nBut he could talk and he he, he
\ngave us some good words of <\/p>\n
458
\n00:30:54,320 –> 00:30:56,000
\nwisdom.
\nIn fact, we’ve written a <\/p>\n
459
\n00:30:56,000 –> 00:31:00,520
\nmeditation about our visit with
\nhim because he said good enough <\/p>\n
460
\n00:31:01,720 –> 00:31:06,800
\nis not good enough.
\nAnd that’s true, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
461
\n00:31:06,800 –> 00:31:10,200
\nAnd that was a, a Pearl of, of,
\nof a jewel that he shared with <\/p>\n
462
\n00:31:10,200 –> 00:31:12,240
\nme.
\nAnd the more I think about it, <\/p>\n
463
\n00:31:12,240 –> 00:31:14,200
\nthe more true it is.
\nSo in, in our life, in the <\/p>\n
464
\n00:31:14,200 –> 00:31:17,800
\nservice and the truth, good
\nenough is not good enough. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:31:17,920 –> 00:31:20,320
\nAre you just doing enough to get
\nby? <\/p>\n
466
\n00:31:20,440 –> 00:31:23,040
\nI think if I do this much at
\nall, I ought to be enough for <\/p>\n
467
\n00:31:23,040 –> 00:31:25,920
\nGod.
\nIf I just do my Bible readings. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:31:25,920 –> 00:31:27,520
\nWell, thank, I’ve done that,
\nGod. <\/p>\n
469
\n00:31:28,600 –> 00:31:32,080
\nI think sometimes we think that
\ndoing the Bible readings is sort<\/p>\n
470
\n00:31:32,080 –> 00:31:35,560
\nof like a debt we owe Jesus.
\nOK, I’m supposed to do the Bible<\/p>\n
471
\n00:31:35,560 –> 00:31:36,840
\nreadings now.
\nI’ve done that now. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:31:36,840 –> 00:31:41,840
\nNow the rest of the day is mine.
\nIt’s wonderful to do the Bible. <\/p>\n
473
\n00:31:41,840 –> 00:31:43,960
\nPlease don’t think I’m not
\nputting that down. <\/p>\n
474
\n00:31:44,000 –> 00:31:46,640
\nI am not.
\nBut would you say that’s the <\/p>\n
475
\n00:31:46,640 –> 00:31:52,040
\nmaximum or the very minimum that
\nyou do for the Lord? <\/p>\n
476
\n00:31:53,800 –> 00:31:59,000
\nGood enough is not good enough.
\nAnd I wouldn’t have been able to<\/p>\n
477
\n00:31:59,000 –> 00:32:01,240
\nto have shared that with you if
\nI hadn’t bothered. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:32:01,240 –> 00:32:06,560
\nIt was no bother.
\nBut go to see a a brother, very <\/p>\n
479
\n00:32:06,560 –> 00:32:10,720
\ndear brother in the hospital.
\nSo who benefits? <\/p>\n
480
\n00:32:10,960 –> 00:32:13,040
\nI’ve already talked about Diane
\nGrandchamp. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:32:13,320 –> 00:32:17,320
\nThose who see her benefit from
\nvisiting her because she is such<\/p>\n
482
\n00:32:17,320 –> 00:32:19,640
\na wonderful personality and
\nshe’s so cheerful. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:32:19,880 –> 00:32:21,880
\nYou got to cheer her up and she
\ncheers you up. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:32:21,880 –> 00:32:23,960
\nBut you got to stay a while.
\nYou don’t just pop in. <\/p>\n
485
\n00:32:23,960 –> 00:32:25,480
\nHi, Diane.
\nAnd I see you gone. <\/p>\n
486
\n00:32:26,000 –> 00:32:27,000
\nThink.
\nWell, I did that. <\/p>\n
487
\n00:32:28,760 –> 00:32:30,320
\nI mean, I think that’s the way
\nsome doctors. <\/p>\n
488
\n00:32:30,320 –> 00:32:33,720
\nMake their rounds.
\nAnd of course you can. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:32:33,720 –> 00:32:38,720
\nYou can always be misunderstood
\nin trying to do good. <\/p>\n
490
\n00:32:40,560 –> 00:32:44,960
\nThere was a sister who had
\nseveral little children and an <\/p>\n
491
\n00:32:44,960 –> 00:32:48,480
\nold sister Jones lived down the
\nstreet, 3 or 4 doors down South.<\/p>\n
492
\n00:32:48,480 –> 00:32:51,120
\nOne morning she said to her
\nchildren, would you, would you <\/p>\n
493
\n00:32:51,120 –> 00:32:53,840
\nrun over and see how old sister
\nJones is today? <\/p>\n
494
\n00:32:54,760 –> 00:32:56,200
\nShe was wanting to be
\nthoughtful. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:32:56,200 –> 00:32:59,440
\nOf how this so the Kitty said
\nsure mom and they ran off and <\/p>\n
496
\n00:33:00,040 –> 00:33:01,640
\nthey came back in a few minutes
\nand they. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:33:02,440 –> 00:33:04,960
\nHe said, she says it’s none of
\nyour business how old she is <\/p>\n
498
\n00:33:04,960 –> 00:33:18,280
\ntoday.
\nSo sometimes in doing good, you <\/p>\n
499
\n00:33:18,280 –> 00:33:24,080
\ncan be misunderstood.
\nAnd so sometimes people who have<\/p>\n
500
\n00:33:24,080 –> 00:33:28,360
\nbeen misunderstood for the good
\nthey wanted to do said, well, <\/p>\n
501
\n00:33:28,360 –> 00:33:30,240
\nthat’s the last time I’m ever
\ngoing to do good. <\/p>\n
502
\n00:33:31,320 –> 00:33:34,240
\nAnd so we have to keep on doing
\ngood, whether we’re <\/p>\n
503
\n00:33:34,240 –> 00:33:39,760
\nmisunderstood or not.
\nIf you turn to Second Samuel 10,<\/p>\n
504
\n00:33:39,760 –> 00:33:43,800
\nyou’ll see a a wonderful example
\nof a person who tried to do good<\/p>\n
505
\n00:33:43,800 –> 00:33:47,720
\nand was misunderstood for it.
\nAnd as a result, many thousands <\/p>\n
506
\n00:33:47,720 –> 00:33:58,240
\nand thousands of people died.
\nSecond Samuel 10 And a king has <\/p>\n
507
\n00:33:58,240 –> 00:34:03,080
\ndied, a king has died who had
\nbeen kind to David. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:34:04,880 –> 00:34:07,920
\nAnd as a result David said, I
\nwill show kindness unto Hainan. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:34:07,920 –> 00:34:12,800
\nThis is verse 2.
\nThe son of Nahash, as his father<\/p>\n
510
\n00:34:12,800 –> 00:34:16,080
\nshowed kindness to me.
\nAnd David sent to comfort him by<\/p>\n
511
\n00:34:16,080 –> 00:34:18,480
\nthe hand of his servants for his
\nfather. <\/p>\n
512
\n00:34:18,960 –> 00:34:21,360
\nAnd David’s servants came into
\nthe land of the children of <\/p>\n
513
\n00:34:21,360 –> 00:34:23,560
\nAmmon.
\nAnd the Princess of the children<\/p>\n
514
\n00:34:23,560 –> 00:34:27,320
\nof Ammon said unto Haman, Hainan
\ntheir Lord, think us thou that <\/p>\n
515
\n00:34:27,320 –> 00:34:30,320
\nDavid doth honor thy father,
\nthat he sent comforters unto <\/p>\n
516
\n00:34:30,320 –> 00:34:31,920
\nthee?
\nHath not David rather send his <\/p>\n
517
\n00:34:31,920 –> 00:34:34,880
\nservants unto thee to search the
\ncity, and to spy it on and <\/p>\n
518
\n00:34:34,880 –> 00:34:38,440
\noverthrow it?
\nWherefore Hayden took David’s <\/p>\n
519
\n00:34:38,440 –> 00:34:42,719
\nservants, shaved off half of
\ntheir beards, and cut off their <\/p>\n
520
\n00:34:42,719 –> 00:34:45,159
\ngarments in the middle, and even
\nto their buttocks, and sent them<\/p>\n
521
\n00:34:45,159 –> 00:34:50,360
\naway.
\nAnd you know the story as a <\/p>\n
522
\n00:34:50,360 –> 00:34:58,840
\nresult of that. 700 Chariots,
\n40,000 horsemen and show back <\/p>\n
523
\n00:34:58,880 –> 00:35:05,440
\nthe campton died 40,701 people
\ndied as a result of a <\/p>\n
524
\n00:35:05,440 –> 00:35:10,640
\nmisunderstanding so.
\nBut David didn’t stop doing good<\/p>\n
525
\n00:35:10,680 –> 00:35:14,200
\njust because one person
\nmisunderstood his good actions. <\/p>\n
526
\n00:35:14,920 –> 00:35:17,080
\nAnd sometimes.
\nYou can go to visit someone and <\/p>\n
527
\n00:35:18,320 –> 00:35:21,720
\nyou can tell that they they
\nweren’t prepared for you to <\/p>\n
528
\n00:35:21,720 –> 00:35:24,440
\ncome.
\nSo it’s an act of kindness if <\/p>\n
529
\n00:35:24,440 –> 00:35:27,640
\nyou’re going to people’s homes
\nto to call them and say, you <\/p>\n
530
\n00:35:27,640 –> 00:35:31,800
\nsaid, Lord, if I if I stop over,
\nyou can kill. <\/p>\n
531
\n00:35:31,800 –> 00:35:34,560
\nSome people with kindness,
\ncertainly when you go to <\/p>\n
532
\n00:35:34,560 –> 00:35:37,400
\nhospitals, if they’re really
\ndesperately I’ll you don’t sit <\/p>\n
533
\n00:35:37,400 –> 00:35:41,120
\nby their bed too long because
\ncompany wears people out when <\/p>\n
534
\n00:35:41,120 –> 00:35:43,840
\nthey’re sick.
\nSo then you say, well then I <\/p>\n
535
\n00:35:43,840 –> 00:35:46,320
\nwon’t go at all.
\nYou see, it takes takes a little<\/p>\n
536
\n00:35:46,320 –> 00:35:50,280
\nbit of common sense to know what
\ntype of visit and how much of A <\/p>\n
537
\n00:35:50,280 –> 00:35:54,400
\nvisit is required.
\nBut the point is, if we’re not <\/p>\n
538
\n00:35:54,400 –> 00:35:57,640
\ndoing this according to James
\nand our religion is in vain. <\/p>\n
539
\n00:35:59,640 –> 00:36:05,200
\nAnd so let’s remember to think
\nof others instead of ourselves. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:36:06,160 –> 00:36:11,240
\nWho can I write to today?
\nWho can I telephone today? <\/p>\n
541
\n00:36:12,120 –> 00:36:19,040
\nWho can I visit today?
\nThe second part of the test is <\/p>\n
542
\n00:36:20,160 –> 00:36:24,480
\nkeep yourself unspotted from the
\nworld. <\/p>\n
543
\n00:36:27,360 –> 00:36:29,920
\nNow this is easier said than
\ndone. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:36:31,880 –> 00:36:35,040
\nIt was hard to do this when
\nJames wrote it. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:36:36,520 –> 00:36:41,320
\nIt’s a lot harder now because
\nwhen James said don’t get <\/p>\n
546
\n00:36:41,320 –> 00:36:45,000
\nspotted by the things of the
\nworld and there were no daily <\/p>\n
547
\n00:36:45,000 –> 00:36:47,440
\nnewspapers, printing had not
\nbeen invented. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:36:48,000 –> 00:36:51,120
\nThere were no magazines to be
\ndelivered into your mailbox. <\/p>\n
549
\n00:36:51,800 –> 00:36:55,160
\nThere was no radio and there was
\nno television to pipe the world <\/p>\n
550
\n00:36:55,160 –> 00:36:58,640
\nright into the your home where
\nyou could see and hear all the <\/p>\n
551
\n00:36:58,640 –> 00:37:01,000
\nsounds of the world that are
\ngoing on all around you. <\/p>\n
552
\n00:37:03,160 –> 00:37:06,080
\nYou probably have gone, you
\nladies love to go shopping. <\/p>\n
553
\n00:37:06,880 –> 00:37:10,480
\nYou probably have gone to a
\nstore and you saw piles of <\/p>\n
554
\n00:37:10,480 –> 00:37:13,280
\nclothes of bargain basement kind
\nof thing. <\/p>\n
555
\n00:37:13,280 –> 00:37:15,480
\nAnd there’ll be sign up, it says
\nslightly. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:37:15,480 –> 00:37:25,600
\nSoiled greatly reduced.
\nAnd getting spotted by the world<\/p>\n
557
\n00:37:27,240 –> 00:37:32,240
\ngreatly reduces our value to
\nGod. <\/p>\n
558
\n00:37:35,720 –> 00:37:41,720
\nHow thankful we are that as
\nIsaiah spoke to us in Isaiah <\/p>\n
559
\n00:37:41,720 –> 00:37:44,240
\n118.
\nCome now, and let us reason <\/p>\n
560
\n00:37:44,240 –> 00:37:49,360
\ntogether, saith the Lord.
\nThough your sins be as scarlet, <\/p>\n
561
\n00:37:50,120 –> 00:37:54,520
\nthey shall be as white as snow.
\nThough they be red like Crimson,<\/p>\n
562
\n00:37:54,880 –> 00:37:59,520
\nthey shall be as wool.
\nFriendship with the world causes<\/p>\n
563
\n00:37:59,520 –> 00:38:06,680
\nstains and spots.
\nPaul makes a a whole long list <\/p>\n
564
\n00:38:06,680 –> 00:38:11,440
\nof very serious sins, and then
\nproceeds to tell us that none of<\/p>\n
565
\n00:38:11,440 –> 00:38:13,760
\nthose who do these things will
\nbe in the Kingdom. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:38:14,000 –> 00:38:16,960
\nAnd he adds, Such were some of
\nyou. <\/p>\n
567
\n00:38:18,200 –> 00:38:22,120
\nIt’s in one Corinthians 69.
\nDon’t you know that the <\/p>\n
568
\n00:38:22,120 –> 00:38:24,560
\nunrighteous will not inherit the
\nKingdom of God? <\/p>\n
569
\n00:38:25,680 –> 00:38:29,800
\nDon’t be deceived.
\nNeither fornicators, nor <\/p>\n
570
\n00:38:29,800 –> 00:38:36,520
\nidolaters, nor adulterers, nor
\nhomosexuals, nor sodomites, nor <\/p>\n
571
\n00:38:36,520 –> 00:38:40,440
\nthieves, nor covetous, nor
\ndrunkards, nor revilers, nor <\/p>\n
572
\n00:38:40,440 –> 00:38:42,920
\nextortioners will inherit the
\nKingdom of God. <\/p>\n
573
\n00:38:44,200 –> 00:38:50,080
\nAnd such were some of you, but
\nyou are washed, but you are <\/p>\n
574
\n00:38:50,080 –> 00:38:54,320
\nsanctified, but you are
\njustified in the name of the <\/p>\n
575
\n00:38:54,320 –> 00:38:57,360
\nLord Jesus and by the Spirit of
\nour God. <\/p>\n
576
\n00:39:00,400 –> 00:39:06,360
\nSo all of us have received
\nspots, James says, to keep <\/p>\n
577
\n00:39:06,360 –> 00:39:08,520
\nourselves unspotted from the
\nworld. <\/p>\n
578
\n00:39:09,440 –> 00:39:15,840
\nAnd we all have gotten spots on
\nus, and the spots greatly reduce<\/p>\n
579
\n00:39:15,840 –> 00:39:19,240
\nour value.
\nBut thanks to forgiveness, we <\/p>\n
580
\n00:39:19,240 –> 00:39:24,080
\ncan have all the spots removed.
\nWe don’t have to stand before <\/p>\n
581
\n00:39:24,080 –> 00:39:29,440
\nthe judgment seat with dirty
\ngarments unless we want to be <\/p>\n
582
\n00:39:29,440 –> 00:39:37,240
\nthat way.
\nJohn to the Seminole Cleesians, <\/p>\n
583
\n00:39:37,240 –> 00:39:43,000
\nmature in Asia, grace be to you,
\nand peace from him who is and <\/p>\n
584
\n00:39:43,000 –> 00:39:46,400
\nwho was and who is to come, and
\nfrom the seven spirits which are<\/p>\n
585
\n00:39:46,400 –> 00:39:50,680
\nbefore his throne, and from
\nJesus Christ, the faithful <\/p>\n
586
\n00:39:50,680 –> 00:39:53,160
\nwitness, the first born from the
\ndead, and the ruler over the <\/p>\n
587
\n00:39:53,400 –> 00:39:59,840
\nkings of the earth, to Him who
\nloved us and washed us from our <\/p>\n
588
\n00:39:59,840 –> 00:40:08,440
\nsins in his own blood.
\nIf it were not for Jesus, we <\/p>\n
589
\n00:40:08,440 –> 00:40:10,720
\ncould not keep ourselves
\nunspotted from the world, <\/p>\n
590
\n00:40:10,720 –> 00:40:13,440
\nbecause we could not.
\nBe forgiven. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:40:13,480 –> 00:40:19,960
\nIt’s only through him that we
\nhave washed our robes and made <\/p>\n
592
\n00:40:19,960 –> 00:40:26,600
\nthem white by his blood.
\nSo just how do we keep ourselves<\/p>\n
593
\n00:40:26,600 –> 00:40:30,720
\nunspotted from the world?
\nWell, James is going to give us <\/p>\n
594
\n00:40:30,720 –> 00:40:35,280
\na whole list of things that spot
\nyou up, defile you, make you <\/p>\n
595
\n00:40:35,280 –> 00:40:39,360
\ndirty.
\nAnd so these things are spots <\/p>\n
596
\n00:40:39,360 –> 00:40:43,840
\nthat we want to avoid.
\nThere is a wishy washy, double <\/p>\n
597
\n00:40:43,840 –> 00:40:47,640
\nminded person who is easily
\ninfluenced to do wrong. <\/p>\n
598
\n00:40:48,440 –> 00:40:52,200
\nThis person is soon spotted by
\nthe world. <\/p>\n
599
\n00:40:53,720 –> 00:40:57,800
\nJames one verse six.
\nBut let him ask in faith with no<\/p>\n
600
\n00:40:57,800 –> 00:41:00,720
\ndoubt.
\nFor he who doubts is like a wave<\/p>\n
601
\n00:41:00,720 –> 00:41:03,560
\nof the sea, driven by the wind
\nand tossed. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:41:04,000 –> 00:41:06,840
\nDo not let that man think that
\nhe will receive anything from <\/p>\n
603
\n00:41:06,840 –> 00:41:10,080
\nthe Lord.
\nHe’s double minded and he’s <\/p>\n
604
\n00:41:10,080 –> 00:41:12,640
\nunstable in all his ways.
\nSo we have to be single minded. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:41:12,640 –> 00:41:15,960
\nWe have to be focused, otherwise
\nwe’re going to get spots on us <\/p>\n
606
\n00:41:17,400 –> 00:41:21,600
\nthere.
\nThere was in James’s day and in <\/p>\n
607
\n00:41:21,600 –> 00:41:28,280
\nour day those who respected the
\nrich and despised the poor and <\/p>\n
608
\n00:41:28,280 –> 00:41:32,280
\nthis was a spot.
\nJames 2 verse one. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:41:33,440 –> 00:41:37,960
\nMy brethren, do not hold the
\nfaith of our Lord Jesus Christ, <\/p>\n
610
\n00:41:38,800 –> 00:41:41,000
\nthe Lord of glory, with
\npartiality. <\/p>\n
611
\n00:41:42,160 –> 00:41:45,160
\nFor if there come into your
\nassembly a man with gold rings <\/p>\n
612
\n00:41:45,160 –> 00:41:49,520
\nand fine apparel, and there
\nshould also come in a poor man <\/p>\n
613
\n00:41:49,520 –> 00:41:54,000
\nin filthy clothes, and you pay
\nattention to the one wearing the<\/p>\n
614
\n00:41:54,000 –> 00:41:57,040
\nfine clothes, and say to you,
\nOh, sit here in a good place, <\/p>\n
615
\n00:41:57,600 –> 00:42:00,640
\nand say to the poor man, you
\nstand over there, or sit here at<\/p>\n
616
\n00:42:00,640 –> 00:42:03,960
\nmy footstool.
\nHave you not shown partiality <\/p>\n
617
\n00:42:04,520 –> 00:42:06,880
\namong yourself?
\nYou become judges with evil <\/p>\n
618
\n00:42:06,880 –> 00:42:10,080
\nthoughts.
\nListen, my brothers and sisters,<\/p>\n
619
\n00:42:10,200 –> 00:42:14,160
\nhas God not chosen the poor of
\nthis world to be rich in faith <\/p>\n
620
\n00:42:14,440 –> 00:42:16,960
\nand heirs of the Kingdom which
\nhe has promised to those that <\/p>\n
621
\n00:42:16,960 –> 00:42:19,560
\nlove him?
\nBut you have dishonored the <\/p>\n
622
\n00:42:19,560 –> 00:42:22,520
\npoor.
\nDo not the rich oppress you and <\/p>\n
623
\n00:42:22,520 –> 00:42:25,520
\ndrag you into the courts?
\nIt’s still true today. <\/p>\n
624
\n00:42:25,520 –> 00:42:29,800
\nWe must not respect riches.
\nWe look up to people who may be <\/p>\n
625
\n00:42:29,800 –> 00:42:32,840
\nrich and look down on people who
\nmay be poor. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:42:33,320 –> 00:42:35,480
\nAnd we’re, we’re the poor of
\nthis world. <\/p>\n
627
\n00:42:35,480 –> 00:42:38,080
\nGod has not chosen the rich
\npeople, the faint, the famous, <\/p>\n
628
\n00:42:38,080 –> 00:42:39,360
\nthe mighty.
\nHe God on. <\/p>\n
629
\n00:42:39,360 –> 00:42:44,080
\nPurpose has chosen us, and then
\nfor us to respect someone higher<\/p>\n
630
\n00:42:44,080 –> 00:42:47,960
\nup and not show respect to our
\nbrothers and sisters who who may<\/p>\n
631
\n00:42:47,960 –> 00:42:53,360
\nnot have very much.
\nIt’s a spot we’re supposed to <\/p>\n
632
\n00:42:53,360 –> 00:43:00,160
\nkeep ourselves.
\nUnspotted from the world, there <\/p>\n
633
\n00:43:00,720 –> 00:43:08,080
\nare spots.
\nCaused by envy and strife James <\/p>\n
634
\n00:43:08,080 –> 00:43:14,000
\n31416 But if you have bitter
\nenvy and self seeking in your <\/p>\n
635
\n00:43:14,000 –> 00:43:17,080
\nhearts, do not boast and lie
\nagainst the truth. <\/p>\n
636
\n00:43:17,920 –> 00:43:21,000
\nThis wisdom does not descend
\nfrom above, but is earthly, <\/p>\n
637
\n00:43:21,280 –> 00:43:26,400
\nsensual, demonic.
\nFor where envy and self seeking <\/p>\n
638
\n00:43:26,400 –> 00:43:31,320
\nexist, confusion and every evil
\nthing are there. <\/p>\n
639
\n00:43:33,000 –> 00:43:37,640
\nAre we envious of others?
\nAre we full of strife? <\/p>\n
640
\n00:43:41,840 –> 00:43:44,880
\nYou know, there are, there are
\nChristian Alpians that wherever <\/p>\n
641
\n00:43:44,880 –> 00:43:49,600
\nthey go, there is their strife.
\nI I like to tell the story about<\/p>\n
642
\n00:43:49,640 –> 00:43:55,400
\na a realtor who was showing a
\nhome to prospective buyers as <\/p>\n
643
\n00:43:55,400 –> 00:43:58,480
\nthey showed this home in the
\nmorning to a family and they the<\/p>\n
644
\n00:43:58,480 –> 00:44:00,360
\nfamily said to the realtor, what
\nkind of neighbors? <\/p>\n
645
\n00:44:00,360 –> 00:44:04,280
\nWill I have here and the realtor
\nsays what kind of neighbors do <\/p>\n
646
\n00:44:04,280 –> 00:44:07,840
\nyou have where you are now they
\nsay, oh we have lovely neighbors<\/p>\n
647
\n00:44:07,840 –> 00:44:10,480
\nthey’re they’re really nice we
\nget along they they water our <\/p>\n
648
\n00:44:10,480 –> 00:44:13,640
\nflowers when we’re gone we feed
\ntheir cat when we get along just<\/p>\n
649
\n00:44:13,640 –> 00:44:15,720
\ngreat she says you’re going to
\nhave the very. <\/p>\n
650
\n00:44:15,720 –> 00:44:19,800
\nSame kind of neighbors here.
\nIn the afternoon, she showed the<\/p>\n
651
\n00:44:19,800 –> 00:44:23,920
\nsame house to another family and
\nthey said, they said, what kind <\/p>\n
652
\n00:44:23,920 –> 00:44:25,920
\nof neighbors will I have here?
\nShe says, what kind of neighbors<\/p>\n
653
\n00:44:25,920 –> 00:44:27,920
\ndo you have at home?
\nShe’s they’re terrible. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:44:28,520 –> 00:44:30,400
\nOh, we go get along.
\nWe don’t even speak. <\/p>\n
655
\n00:44:31,440 –> 00:44:34,120
\nThey, they don’t want our dog on
\ntheir yard and their kids. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:44:34,480 –> 00:44:35,960
\nWe chase them off for them.
\nWhoa. <\/p>\n
657
\n00:44:35,960 –> 00:44:38,920
\nIt’s terrible.
\nYou’re going to have the same <\/p>\n
658
\n00:44:39,200 –> 00:44:44,440
\nkind of neighbors here.
\nSee, wherever we go, there we <\/p>\n
659
\n00:44:44,440 –> 00:44:49,200
\nare.
\nAnd if, if there’s always strife<\/p>\n
660
\n00:44:49,280 –> 00:44:54,520
\nand confusion and bitterness and
\nproblems around you, you have <\/p>\n
661
\n00:44:54,520 –> 00:44:59,760
\nsighted the enemy and it is me.
\nWe are the one. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:45:00,680 –> 00:45:02,920
\nThere are some people who are
\neverybody’s out of step but <\/p>\n
663
\n00:45:02,920 –> 00:45:06,840
\nthem.
\nThat’s a spot, the big spot. <\/p>\n
664
\n00:45:07,600 –> 00:45:09,760
\nWe need to look ourselves in the
\nmirror, says James. <\/p>\n
665
\n00:45:09,760 –> 00:45:12,120
\nAnd realizes that we’re the
\nproblem. <\/p>\n
666
\n00:45:12,560 –> 00:45:16,480
\nYou know, you could never, ever,
\never, ever belong to an occasion<\/p>\n
667
\n00:45:16,480 –> 00:45:25,280
\nthat’s pure because when you
\njoin it, it won’t be we are the <\/p>\n
668
\n00:45:25,280 –> 00:45:35,320
\nproblem.
\nAllow other people to have <\/p>\n
669
\n00:45:36,440 –> 00:45:39,400
\nproblems, not to allow them to
\nhave the problem, but allow be <\/p>\n
670
\n00:45:39,800 –> 00:45:42,520
\nbe compassionate about their
\nproblems. <\/p>\n
671
\n00:45:43,640 –> 00:45:46,640
\nSo often we have a double
\nstandard. <\/p>\n
672
\n00:45:47,920 –> 00:45:59,160
\nWe we want justice for other.
\nPeople and mercy for ourselves. <\/p>\n
673
\n00:46:00,680 –> 00:46:03,720
\nI like the story about the stop
\nsign that that illustrates this <\/p>\n
674
\n00:46:03,720 –> 00:46:04,840
\none too.
\nYou may have heard it before, <\/p>\n
675
\n00:46:04,840 –> 00:46:10,960
\nbut I want to hear it again.
\nYou’re driving down the street <\/p>\n
676
\n00:46:11,960 –> 00:46:15,880
\nand you come to a four way stop
\nand you make a good solid stop <\/p>\n
677
\n00:46:15,880 –> 00:46:18,120
\nand you’re just about to start
\nup and all of a sudden here’s <\/p>\n
678
\n00:46:18,120 –> 00:46:22,640
\ncomes a car and you can see he
\nis really barreling woo wee and <\/p>\n
679
\n00:46:22,640 –> 00:46:25,320
\nhe goes flat and you turn to the
\npeople in your car. <\/p>\n
680
\n00:46:25,320 –> 00:46:26,520
\nYou know, we could have been
\nkilled. <\/p>\n
681
\n00:46:27,160 –> 00:46:29,480
\nI was there first.
\nIt was my turn to go. <\/p>\n
682
\n00:46:29,680 –> 00:46:32,560
\nAnd had I gone when I should
\nhave gone, he would have hit us <\/p>\n
683
\n00:46:32,560 –> 00:46:33,720
\nbroadside.
\nNobody. <\/p>\n
684
\n00:46:33,880 –> 00:46:36,520
\nWe could have all been killed.
\nI wish he was a cop here to get <\/p>\n
685
\n00:46:36,520 –> 00:46:38,800
\nthat guy.
\nOh, he’s a Minnesota highway. <\/p>\n
686
\n00:46:40,280 –> 00:46:44,480
\nYou want justice for him?
\nYou’re same. <\/p>\n
687
\n00:46:44,560 –> 00:46:47,440
\nSame car, same day, same same,
\nsame occupants. <\/p>\n
688
\n00:46:47,440 –> 00:46:50,840
\nYou’re driving along and you’re
\nnow in the neighborhood where <\/p>\n
689
\n00:46:50,840 –> 00:46:52,440
\nyou’re not.
\nDon’t normally drive. <\/p>\n
690
\n00:46:52,440 –> 00:46:54,880
\nAnd you’re, you’re driving along
\nand you’re having a really good <\/p>\n
691
\n00:46:54,880 –> 00:46:57,280
\nconversation on the truth.
\nAnd you, you go through an <\/p>\n
692
\n00:46:57,280 –> 00:46:59,520
\nintersection and as you get
\nthrough, everybody said, did you<\/p>\n
693
\n00:46:59,520 –> 00:47:00,760
\nknow there was a stop sign back
\nthere? <\/p>\n
694
\n00:47:00,880 –> 00:47:03,760
\nThere was, oh, I hope there’s no
\ncop around here. <\/p>\n
695
\n00:47:06,320 –> 00:47:09,560
\nYou see, we when we do something
\nwrong, we don’t want to get <\/p>\n
696
\n00:47:09,560 –> 00:47:11,040
\ncaught.
\nAs somebody else says, we want <\/p>\n
697
\n00:47:11,040 –> 00:47:15,200
\nthem to pay.
\nSo if we’re like that, it’s a <\/p>\n
698
\n00:47:15,200 –> 00:47:19,520
\nspot.
\nWe need to realize it’s a spot <\/p>\n
699
\n00:47:19,560 –> 00:47:26,040
\nand the more merciful of the
\nother fellow, and perhaps be <\/p>\n
700
\n00:47:26,040 –> 00:47:31,400
\nmore hard on ourselves by being
\na friend of the world. <\/p>\n
701
\n00:47:31,400 –> 00:47:36,640
\nWe get spotted James, four and
\nfour, adulterers and <\/p>\n
702
\n00:47:36,640 –> 00:47:38,800
\nadulteresses.
\nDo you not know that friendship <\/p>\n
703
\n00:47:38,800 –> 00:47:40,400
\nwith the world is empathy with
\nGod? <\/p>\n
704
\n00:47:41,280 –> 00:47:43,640
\nWhosoever, therefore wants to be
\na friend of the world makes <\/p>\n
705
\n00:47:43,640 –> 00:47:48,840
\nhimself an enemy of God.
\nBut we want to be friendly with <\/p>\n
706
\n00:47:48,840 –> 00:47:51,520
\nthe world, don’t we?
\nWe like to have worldly friends.<\/p>\n
707
\n00:47:52,560 –> 00:47:57,160
\nIf all your friends are worldly,
\nyou go to a meeting on Sunday. <\/p>\n
708
\n00:47:57,280 –> 00:48:00,720
\nBut when you want to really have
\na good time, you you choose to <\/p>\n
709
\n00:48:01,040 –> 00:48:03,560
\nto spend your time with people
\nwho are not in the truth. <\/p>\n
710
\n00:48:05,160 –> 00:48:11,840
\nIt’s a spot.
\nRecognize it as a spot and <\/p>\n
711
\n00:48:11,840 –> 00:48:14,360
\nrealize that you can’t serve God
\nand mammon. <\/p>\n
712
\n00:48:15,080 –> 00:48:17,280
\nIf you’re trying to teach these
\npeople the truth, that’s one <\/p>\n
713
\n00:48:17,280 –> 00:48:19,960
\nthing.
\nBut if you’re doing the worldly <\/p>\n
714
\n00:48:19,960 –> 00:48:25,560
\nthings that they do with them,
\nthen you’re mixing too much with<\/p>\n
715
\n00:48:25,560 –> 00:48:28,280
\nthe world.
\nYou’re spending too much time <\/p>\n
716
\n00:48:28,320 –> 00:48:33,920
\nwith those who don’t love Jesus
\nand recognizes as that and do <\/p>\n
717
\n00:48:33,920 –> 00:48:37,960
\nsomething about it.
\nIf we speak. <\/p>\n
718
\n00:48:37,960 –> 00:48:41,080
\nEvil of one another we become
\nspotted. <\/p>\n
719
\n00:48:42,440 –> 00:48:47,360
\nJames 411 Do not speak evil of
\none another, brethren. <\/p>\n
720
\n00:48:48,720 –> 00:48:51,520
\nHe who speaks evil of his
\nbrother and judges his brother <\/p>\n
721
\n00:48:52,000 –> 00:48:54,000
\nspeaks evil of the law and
\njudges the law. <\/p>\n
722
\n00:48:54,920 –> 00:48:57,800
\nBut if you judge the law, you’re
\nnot a doer of the law, but a <\/p>\n
723
\n00:48:57,800 –> 00:49:02,920
\njudge.
\nSo bite your tongue. <\/p>\n
724
\n00:49:04,360 –> 00:49:06,760
\nDon’t say anything bad about
\nanyone. <\/p>\n
725
\n00:49:08,080 –> 00:49:10,520
\nThat’s that’s a very good rule.
\nThere’s a saying, if I can’t say<\/p>\n
726
\n00:49:10,560 –> 00:49:12,800
\nsomething good about a person, I
\nwon’t say anything about them at<\/p>\n
727
\n00:49:12,800 –> 00:49:15,040
\nall.
\nThen somebody said, what do you <\/p>\n
728
\n00:49:15,040 –> 00:49:16,400
\nthink about him?
\nHe says I have nothing to say <\/p>\n
729
\n00:49:16,400 –> 00:49:20,920
\nabout him.
\nSo you can, you can. <\/p>\n
730
\n00:49:21,200 –> 00:49:25,720
\nEven in a roundabout way, try to
\nsay something unkind without, <\/p>\n
731
\n00:49:25,760 –> 00:49:26,920
\nwell, I didn’t say anything, did
\nI? <\/p>\n
732
\n00:49:28,040 –> 00:49:30,960
\nBut you led them to know.
\nWhat you feel? <\/p>\n
733
\n00:49:33,240 –> 00:49:36,400
\nWe there’s so much good in the
\nMy mother taught me this poem. <\/p>\n
734
\n00:49:36,400 –> 00:49:38,200
\nI hope I can get it out now.
\nThere’s so much good and the <\/p>\n
735
\n00:49:38,200 –> 00:49:39,880
\nworst of us and so much bad and
\nthe best of us. <\/p>\n
736
\n00:49:39,880 –> 00:49:42,600
\nIt doesn’t behold any of us to
\nspeak I’ll of the rest of us. <\/p>\n
737
\n00:49:43,920 –> 00:49:46,680
\nAnd so when I point my finger at
\nyou through your pointing at me,<\/p>\n
738
\n00:49:46,680 –> 00:49:48,640
\nI’ve got so many problems.
\nI don’t have to be talking about<\/p>\n
739
\n00:49:48,640 –> 00:49:51,680
\nyours.
\nIf, if, if it’s a ranging <\/p>\n
740
\n00:49:51,680 –> 00:49:53,720
\nbrothers meeting, we’re we’re
\ndealing with the situation. <\/p>\n
741
\n00:49:53,920 –> 00:49:57,920
\nThat’s, that’s not gossip, but
\ndon’t let it get outside that <\/p>\n
742
\n00:49:57,920 –> 00:50:01,120
\nmeeting either.
\nI mean, sometimes something <\/p>\n
743
\n00:50:01,120 –> 00:50:03,160
\ncomes up in the ranging brothers
\nmeeting and before you know it, <\/p>\n
744
\n00:50:03,160 –> 00:50:04,440
\nthe whole occasion is the word
\nof something. <\/p>\n
745
\n00:50:04,480 –> 00:50:07,160
\nYou thought only a few knew.
\nSomebody sinned. <\/p>\n
746
\n00:50:07,960 –> 00:50:09,520
\nThat kind of thing happened.
\nSomebody sinned. <\/p>\n
747
\n00:50:10,800 –> 00:50:12,560
\nWe have to be careful.
\nNow that’s a spot. <\/p>\n
748
\n00:50:13,320 –> 00:50:14,560
\nSpots can keep you out of the
\nKingdom. <\/p>\n
749
\n00:50:15,840 –> 00:50:17,480
\nSo let’s don’t speak evil of
\neach other. <\/p>\n
750
\n00:50:18,000 –> 00:50:22,720
\nTry to only say good things.
\nWe get caught up too much in <\/p>\n
751
\n00:50:22,720 –> 00:50:26,240
\nthis world’s mad rush to get
\nthings. <\/p>\n
752
\n00:50:26,840 –> 00:50:31,200
\nWe get spotted.
\nJames 4 verse 13. <\/p>\n
753
\n00:50:31,360 –> 00:50:35,560
\nCome now, you who say today or
\ntomorrow we will go into such a <\/p>\n
754
\n00:50:35,560 –> 00:50:39,240
\ncity and spend a year there and
\nbuy and sell and get a profit, <\/p>\n
755
\n00:50:39,600 –> 00:50:41,680
\nwhereas you do not know what
\nwill happen tomorrow. <\/p>\n
756
\n00:50:42,320 –> 00:50:44,680
\nFor what is your life?
\nIt is even a vapor that appears <\/p>\n
757
\n00:50:44,680 –> 00:50:46,800
\nfor a little time and then
\nvanishes away. <\/p>\n
758
\n00:50:47,320 –> 00:50:49,280
\nInstead, you ought to say if the
\nLord. <\/p>\n
759
\n00:50:49,280 –> 00:50:53,600
\nWill we will do this or that?
\nYou, you put the Lord will in <\/p>\n
760
\n00:50:53,600 –> 00:50:55,240
\nfront of all the things you’re
\ngoing to do. <\/p>\n
761
\n00:50:56,360 –> 00:50:58,760
\nAnd if and then do you do
\nsomething you don’t think the <\/p>\n
762
\n00:50:58,760 –> 00:51:02,240
\nLord would, will you do?
\nYou can’t say Lord willing. <\/p>\n
763
\n00:51:02,240 –> 00:51:05,360
\nI’m going to go to the racetrack
\nand bet on Sleepy Sullivan on <\/p>\n
764
\n00:51:05,360 –> 00:51:09,000
\nthe fifth race.
\nThere’s no Lord willing in that <\/p>\n
765
\n00:51:09,000 –> 00:51:12,120
\nthing.
\nI mean, let’s be careful that we<\/p>\n
766
\n00:51:12,120 –> 00:51:15,560
\ndon’t say Lord willing to do
\nsomething that we think the Lord<\/p>\n
767
\n00:51:15,560 –> 00:51:20,200
\nwould not will us to do.
\nWe can simply be too interested <\/p>\n
768
\n00:51:20,200 –> 00:51:24,640
\nin having a good time and
\ntherefore have no time for God. <\/p>\n
769
\n00:51:26,120 –> 00:51:30,720
\nThis is a real spot.
\nJames 55. <\/p>\n
770
\n00:51:31,560 –> 00:51:33,960
\nYou have lived on the earth in
\npleasure and luxury. <\/p>\n
771
\n00:51:34,680 –> 00:51:39,360
\nYou have fattened your hearts.
\nAs in the day of slaughter, we <\/p>\n
772
\n00:51:39,360 –> 00:51:42,400
\nmust spend our time just having
\nfun. <\/p>\n
773
\n00:51:43,440 –> 00:51:45,920
\nWe can begin to boast and to be
\ncuffed up. <\/p>\n
774
\n00:51:46,360 –> 00:51:50,760
\nAnd this is certainly a spot.
\n1st chapter 4 verse 16. <\/p>\n
775
\n00:51:51,440 –> 00:51:53,320
\nBut now you boast in your
\narrogance. <\/p>\n
776
\n00:51:53,320 –> 00:51:57,440
\nSuch boasting is evil.
\nWe should be humbling ourselves.<\/p>\n
777
\n00:51:57,440 –> 00:51:59,240
\nHumble yourselves in the sight
\nof the Lord. <\/p>\n
778
\n00:51:59,680 –> 00:52:04,880
\nHe will lift you up.
\nVerse 10 of chapter 4, all the <\/p>\n
779
\n00:52:04,880 –> 00:52:08,480
\nthings that the world considers
\nto be with pride. <\/p>\n
780
\n00:52:08,480 –> 00:52:11,000
\nAnd they, they say pride is a
\nvirtue and we know it’s a sin. <\/p>\n
781
\n00:52:12,040 –> 00:52:17,720
\nAnd so Jeremiah 923 God says,
\nlet not the wise man glory in <\/p>\n
782
\n00:52:17,720 –> 00:52:20,680
\nhis wisdom.
\nAnd yet people say, well, you <\/p>\n
783
\n00:52:20,680 –> 00:52:26,600
\nknow, I’m a PhD or call me
\ndoctor or whatever. <\/p>\n
784
\n00:52:26,640 –> 00:52:31,160
\nAnd, and I, I, you know, some
\nreal smart people who, who just <\/p>\n
785
\n00:52:31,160 –> 00:52:33,840
\nuse big words that I don’t
\nunderstand just to make me feel <\/p>\n
786
\n00:52:34,000 –> 00:52:36,560
\nstupid.
\nIt’s too hard to make me feel <\/p>\n
787
\n00:52:36,560 –> 00:52:38,240
\nstupid.
\nI already know I am. <\/p>\n
788
\n00:52:38,920 –> 00:52:45,080
\nBut if you have, if you’re wise,
\ndon’t flaunt it. <\/p>\n
789
\n00:52:45,160 –> 00:52:50,720
\nThis is what Jeremiah is saying.
\nNor let not the mighty man glory<\/p>\n
790
\n00:52:50,720 –> 00:52:54,000
\nin his might.
\nWe have a beach down our way, <\/p>\n
791
\n00:52:54,000 –> 00:52:56,360
\nSanta Monica, called Muscle
\nBeach. <\/p>\n
792
\n00:52:57,320 –> 00:53:00,080
\nAnd the people with big muscles
\ngo there and they flex them, you<\/p>\n
793
\n00:53:00,080 –> 00:53:02,320
\nknow, and the girls go, oh, and
\nall. <\/p>\n
794
\n00:53:03,760 –> 00:53:07,520
\nAnd he says, if you’re strong,
\nuse it for the Lord. <\/p>\n
795
\n00:53:07,520 –> 00:53:10,320
\nI mean, there’s too many people
\nwilling to carry the bench when <\/p>\n
796
\n00:53:10,320 –> 00:53:17,320
\na piano needs to be moved.
\nIf you’re strong, help us move <\/p>\n
797
\n00:53:17,320 –> 00:53:20,240
\nthe piano, but don’t wear tight
\nsleeves. <\/p>\n
798
\n00:53:20,240 –> 00:53:25,120
\nLet us know how strong you are
\nand nor let the rich man glory <\/p>\n
799
\n00:53:25,120 –> 00:53:27,640
\nin his riches.
\nWell, what a rich is for if you <\/p>\n
800
\n00:53:27,640 –> 00:53:30,040
\ncan’t flaunt them.
\nThat’s what the world. <\/p>\n
801
\n00:53:30,040 –> 00:53:33,520
\nThinks, But let him make glory,
\nsays Jeremiah. <\/p>\n
802
\n00:53:33,520 –> 00:53:40,240
\nGlory in this that he
\nunderstands me that I am the <\/p>\n
803
\n00:53:40,240 –> 00:53:50,200
\nLord exercising loving kindness,
\njudgement and righteousness than<\/p>\n
804
\n00:53:50,200 –> 00:53:52,720
\nthe earth for in this I delight
\nsays the Lord. <\/p>\n
805
\n00:53:54,960 –> 00:53:59,160
\nSo there are all kinds of spots,
\nbrothers and sisters, that we <\/p>\n
806
\n00:53:59,160 –> 00:54:03,440
\ncan, we can have.
\nAnd pure religion is to keep <\/p>\n
807
\n00:54:03,440 –> 00:54:05,200
\nyourself unspotted from the
\nworld. <\/p>\n
808
\n00:54:06,440 –> 00:54:12,040
\nAnd so let’s try to get rid of
\nour spots by first asking for <\/p>\n
809
\n00:54:12,040 –> 00:54:14,080
\nforgiveness and God will wipe
\nthem out. <\/p>\n
810
\n00:54:15,480 –> 00:54:19,520
\nAnd then by knowing how it’s so
\neasy to get them. <\/p>\n
811
\n00:54:19,600 –> 00:54:23,080
\nWhat what little things we do
\nthat end up with a spot on us <\/p>\n
812
\n00:54:23,640 –> 00:54:26,000
\nthat we shouldn’t have.
\nSo we’re just going to close <\/p>\n
813
\n00:54:27,200 –> 00:54:30,720
\nwith some beautiful words from
\nIsaiah chapter one. <\/p>\n
814
\n00:54:33,200 –> 00:54:35,720
\nWash yourselves and make
\nyourselves clean. <\/p>\n
815
\n00:54:37,040 –> 00:54:39,840
\nPut away the evil of your doings
\nfrom before my eyes. <\/p>\n
816
\n00:54:40,320 –> 00:54:44,200
\nCease to do evil, learn to do
\ngood. <\/p>\n
817
\n00:54:44,760 –> 00:54:47,920
\nSeek justice.
\nRebuke the oppressor, Defend the<\/p>\n
818
\n00:54:47,920 –> 00:54:50,880
\nfatherless, plead for the widow.
\nCome now and. <\/p>\n
819
\n00:54:50,920 –> 00:54:53,760
\nLet us reason together, says the
\nLord. <\/p>\n
820
\n00:54:55,000 –> 00:54:59,520
\nThough your sins be like
\nscarlet, they shall be as white <\/p>\n
821
\n00:55:00,000 –> 00:55:04,600
\nas snow.
\nThough they be red like Crimson,<\/p>\n
822
\n00:55:05,320 –> 00:55:07,840
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