Class 4 from this series was used in GCT Episode 300.<\/p>\n
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\nThe theme for this week is Next
\nYear in Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is the talk by brother Bob
\nLloyd and his theme is Unspotted<\/p>\n
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\nfrom the World, taken from the
\nletter of James. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd today’s class is practicing.
\nGod’s word for the Bob. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, good morning, my beloved
\nbrothers and sisters and young <\/p>\n
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\npeople, It is a good morning.
\nThis is the day which the Lord <\/p>\n
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\nhath made.
\nWe will rejoice and be glad in <\/p>\n
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\nit.
\nI want to welcome those new <\/p>\n
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\nfaces which are here today that
\ndidn’t come yesterday. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it’s a joy to see you here.
\nI’m thinking of Ruth’s dibs <\/p>\n
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\nright in front of me now, and I
\nknow there’s some others that <\/p>\n
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\nhave come up today.
\nAnd so pleased to see you all <\/p>\n
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\nand share our fellowship around
\nthe Word this morning. <\/p>\n
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\nIf you have your Bibles open to
\nJames chapter one, we’re going <\/p>\n
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\nto begin looking at verse 5.
\nIf any of you lack wisdom, let <\/p>\n
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\nhim ask of God that giveth to
\nall men liberally, and that <\/p>\n
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\nbreadeth not, and it shall be
\ngiven him. <\/p>\n
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\nBut let him ask in faith,
\nnothing wavering. <\/p>\n
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\nFor he that wavereth is like a
\nwave of the sea, given with the <\/p>\n
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\nwind and tossed.
\nFor let not that man think that <\/p>\n
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\nhe shall receive anything of the
\nLord. <\/p>\n
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\nThat really ties in with what we
\ntalked about yesterday. <\/p>\n
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\nBecause remember we looked at
\nverse 2 yesterday where James <\/p>\n
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\nhad told us, my brethren counted
\nall joy when you fall into <\/p>\n
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\ndivers temptations.
\nNow James realizes this is hard <\/p>\n
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\nto do, to count it joy when
\nyou’re being tried, when you’re <\/p>\n
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\nhaving problems, when you’re
\nbeing tempted. <\/p>\n
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\nSo he, he says, OK, if this is
\ntoo hard to do, if you lack <\/p>\n
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\nwisdom in knowing how to do
\nthis, then I tell you what you <\/p>\n
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\nought to do.
\nWe should then ask God to help <\/p>\n
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\nus and give us this godly wisdom
\nto see things in their proper <\/p>\n
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\nperspective.
\nAnd the wonderful assurance that<\/p>\n
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\ncomes from God is that this pair
\nwill be answered positively. <\/p>\n
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\nSometimes God says no to our
\nprayers. <\/p>\n
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\nWe don’t always get what we ask
\nfor. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd rightly so, because some of
\nthe things I’ve asked for I <\/p>\n
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\nshouldn’t have had, and what God
\ngave me was better than what <\/p>\n
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\nI’ve even asked for.
\nBut here’s a prayer that if you <\/p>\n
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\nask, God will say yes if there
\nis a qualification. <\/p>\n
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\nIf you ask in faith, nothing
\nwavering. <\/p>\n
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\nNow the the point is being
\naddressed to those who lack <\/p>\n
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\nwisdom.
\nNow there are two groups of <\/p>\n
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\npeople who lack wisdom, and the
\nfirst group is those who don’t <\/p>\n
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\nknow.
\nAnd realize they don’t know. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then unfortunately, there’s
\nanother group they don’t know <\/p>\n
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\nand they don’t know that they
\ndon’t know. <\/p>\n
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\nThey’re the ones that says
\nMommy. <\/p>\n
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\nI’ll do it myself.
\nThere’s no such thing as a self.<\/p>\n
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\nMade man or woman.
\nNow there’s an Indian proverb <\/p>\n
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\nthat that expresses this thought
\nquite well. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is the way it goes.
\nI can’t. <\/p>\n
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\nSpeak to it, say it in Indian,
\nbut in English it goes like <\/p>\n
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\nthis.
\nHe who knows not and knows that <\/p>\n
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\nhe knows not is ignorant
\nteaching. <\/p>\n
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\nHe who knows not and knows not
\nthat he knows not is a fool. <\/p>\n
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\nAvoid him.
\nSo the first thing we need to <\/p>\n
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\nrecognize is that we all lack
\nwisdom. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd of course you remember that
\nPaul told us. <\/p>\n
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\nIf any man thinks that he
\nknoweth anything, he knoweth <\/p>\n
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\nnothing yet as he ought to know,
\nso that know it all attitude <\/p>\n
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\ncannot be helped.
\nThere are people who are so <\/p>\n
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\npuffed up with themselves that
\nyou can’t teach them anything. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd now it’s not a sin to lack
\nwisdom. <\/p>\n
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\nDon’t ascend to lack wisdom and
\nnot knowing. <\/p>\n
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\nThat you lack wisdom.
\nSolomon is an excellent example <\/p>\n
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\nas a young boy.
\nI believe he was about 19 when <\/p>\n
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\nthis took place.
\nSince Second Chronicles chapter <\/p>\n
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\none you know the story very
\nwell. <\/p>\n
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\nHe has just ascended the throne
\nin of his father David. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd imagine a 19 year old boy
\ngoing to sleep at night and <\/p>\n
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\nhaving God speak to him in a
\nnight vision that night God <\/p>\n
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\nappeared to Solomon.
\nThis is two Chronicles, one <\/p>\n
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\nverse seven.
\nAnd God said to Solomon, ask <\/p>\n
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\nwhat I shall give you.
\nCan you imagine having God <\/p>\n
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\nAlmighty ask us what do you want
\nme to give for you do for you? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd this young boy, 19, he was
\nwiser than many 19 year olds <\/p>\n
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\nbecause at 19, some people know
\neverything. <\/p>\n
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\nMark Twain, he left home, I
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\nHe said his father didn’t know
\nanything. <\/p>\n
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\nHe came back at 25 and was
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\nlearned in a few short years.
\nBut here’s a 19 year old boy who<\/p>\n
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\ndidn’t know and knew he didn’t
\nknow and asked God to help him. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that’s the very point that
\nJames is telling all of us. <\/p>\n
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\nHe hasn’t appeared to us in a
\nnight vision, but he is really <\/p>\n
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\nsaying to each one of you.
\nAsk me, and I will provide. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so Solomon said to God, Thou
\nhast showed great mercy unto <\/p>\n
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\nDavid my father, and has made me
\nreign in his stead. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, O Lord God, let thy promise
\nunto David my Father be <\/p>\n
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\nestablished, for thou hast made
\nme king over a people like the <\/p>\n
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\ndust of the.
\nEarth in multitude. <\/p>\n
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\nGive me now wisdom and
\nknowledge, that I may go out and<\/p>\n
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\ncome in before this people, For
\nwho can judge this thy people? <\/p>\n
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\nThat is so great.
\nEnd of his request. <\/p>\n
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\nVerse 11.
\nAnd God said to Solomon, Because<\/p>\n
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\nthis was in thine heart, and
\nthou hast not asked for riches <\/p>\n
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\nor wealth, or honor, nor the
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\nhath.
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\nwisdom and knowledge for
\nthyself, that thou mayest judge <\/p>\n
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\nmy people over whom I have made
\nthee king. <\/p>\n
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\nWisdom and knowledge is granted
\nunto thee. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat you ask for I will give
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\nThat’s what James says.
\nAsk and you shall receive, but <\/p>\n
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\nask nothing wavering you have to
\nbelieve. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat you’re asking for?
\nAnd I will give you riches and <\/p>\n
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\nhonor and wealth such as none of
\nthe kings have had before thee. <\/p>\n
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\nSo God is willing to pour out,
\nto open the windows of heaven <\/p>\n
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\nwe really honestly, totally <\/p>\n
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\ncommit our lives to him.
\nBut we have to realize that we <\/p>\n
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\ncannot do it ourselves.
\nThe people who are puffed up <\/p>\n
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\nwith their own self importance
\nare not able to be helped. <\/p>\n
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\nThe the Alcoholics Anonymous,
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\nit’s all over.
\nThe world and I don’t know if <\/p>\n
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\nyou’ve ever been to an
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\nDoctor Who was studying for me
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\nbaptized, but he went to a A and
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\nHe said, yes.
\nI said, OK, I’ll go if you want <\/p>\n
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\nme to.
\nWell, they have a book. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s not like the ALS diary.
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\nIt has all the addresses of
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\nguess, and and this was a big
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\nI thought since he always went
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\nIn Southern California, he drove<\/p>\n
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\n2030 miles every week to to to
\nspend an evening with me. <\/p>\n
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\nI thought, well.
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\nHe was so thoughtful.
\nHe looked up in his book and <\/p>\n
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\nfound that there’s a, a, a
\nmeeting about eight blocks from <\/p>\n
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\nmy house.
\nNow, I didn’t want to go to an, <\/p>\n
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\nA, a meeting eight blocks from
\nmy house. <\/p>\n
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\nI, I’ve lived in that town for
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\nwas going to see.
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\nyou’re here, huh?
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\nof me.
\nSo we went to the one eight <\/p>\n
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\nblocks from my house and it was
\ninteresting. <\/p>\n
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\nBut they, they everybody who
\nspeaks in an, A, a meeting, the <\/p>\n
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\nfirst thing he has to do or she
\nwhen they get up, they say, hi, <\/p>\n
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\nI’m Bob Lloyd and I’m a drunk.
\nYou have to say that every time <\/p>\n
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\nbecause you are always a
\nrecovering alcoholic. <\/p>\n
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\nYou can’t say I used to be an
\nalcoholic or I used to be a <\/p>\n
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\ndrunk.
\nAnd we can say we are sinners, <\/p>\n
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\ncan’t we?
\nAnd we are, we are forgiven <\/p>\n
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\nsinners, but we, we are sinners.
\nBut you see, they can’t be <\/p>\n
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\nhelped until they admit that
\nthey can’t help themselves. <\/p>\n
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\nThey have to surrender their
\nlife, they call it to a higher <\/p>\n
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\nbeing.
\nI was amazed at how many <\/p>\n
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\nsimilarities there were in their
\nmeeting to a Christadelphian <\/p>\n
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\nmeeting.
\nI’ve never been to one before <\/p>\n
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\nand never been to one since.
\nBut they have the book. <\/p>\n
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\nThe big book was it’s not
\ninspired. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s their book.
\nBut and and the and the the to <\/p>\n
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\nbe brother who is now brother.
\nHe we walked in together. <\/p>\n
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\nHe they never said, I didn’t
\nknow anybody there. <\/p>\n
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\nI was so glad.
\nBut we walked in and we sat down<\/p>\n
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\nand they came over to him and
\nthey said would you would you <\/p>\n
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\nread for us tonight?
\nI’m glad they didn’t ask me, but<\/p>\n
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\nI didn’t.
\nI would have, but I mean I don’t<\/p>\n
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\nknow they could.
\nTell each other, we walked in <\/p>\n
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\ntogether now, now our brother
\nhas been sober for 10 or 15 <\/p>\n
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\nyears.
\nYou have a birthday if you’re in<\/p>\n
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\na a, your birthday is the last
\nis the day that you stopped <\/p>\n
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\ndrinking.
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\nHis name is Hong Tran. <\/p>\n
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\n00:21:42,800 –> 00:21:47,960
\nWinton knows him, and Hong Tran
\nwas a Vietnamese refugee who <\/p>\n
338
\n00:21:47,960 –> 00:21:53,880
\nleft Vietnam in a boat and
\nlanded safely and ended up in <\/p>\n
339
\n00:21:53,880 –> 00:21:57,280
\nBrisbane.
\nNever heard of Christadelphians <\/p>\n
340
\n00:21:57,280 –> 00:21:59,160
\nor no Christadelphians in
\nVietnam at the time. <\/p>\n
341
\n00:21:59,160 –> 00:22:02,760
\nThere were no, no, no, no
\nChristians of any kind in that <\/p>\n
342
\n00:22:03,120 –> 00:22:06,320
\nin Vietnam at that time.
\nAnd he met Christadelphians. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:22:06,400 –> 00:22:08,720
\nHis whole family had been on
\nthis boat and they’re all <\/p>\n
344
\n00:22:08,720 –> 00:22:13,560
\nBuddhists and he met Christian
\nAlpheans and he fell in love <\/p>\n
345
\n00:22:13,560 –> 00:22:16,720
\nwith the truth.
\nAnd he he decided to be <\/p>\n
346
\n00:22:16,720 –> 00:22:21,160
\nbaptized.
\nAnd his uncle who was the head <\/p>\n
347
\n00:22:21,160 –> 00:22:23,040
\nof the clan.
\nAnd they’re, they’re very, very <\/p>\n
348
\n00:22:23,040 –> 00:22:25,840
\nclose knit in the Vietnamese.
\nWe have a Vietnamese couple in <\/p>\n
349
\n00:22:25,840 –> 00:22:31,080
\nour ecclesia and another brother
\nwho wants nothing to do with the<\/p>\n
350
\n00:22:31,080 –> 00:22:34,040
\ntruth is ahead of their clan.
\nAnd there’s problems because he <\/p>\n
351
\n00:22:34,040 –> 00:22:36,840
\nkeeps interfering with their
\nspiritual life. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:22:37,800 –> 00:22:43,800
\nBut this uncle of Hung Tran said
\nto his nephew, if you get <\/p>\n
353
\n00:22:43,800 –> 00:22:49,280
\nbaptized, I’m putting out a
\ncontract on your life and the <\/p>\n
354
\n00:22:49,280 –> 00:22:53,480
\nperson who kills you will get
\n$25,000 Australian money. <\/p>\n
355
\n00:22:57,600 –> 00:23:00,840
\nAnd Huntran had to be baptized
\nin secret and had to go on <\/p>\n
356
\n00:23:00,840 –> 00:23:04,080
\nhiding.
\nSee what Jesus is saying here. <\/p>\n
357
\n00:23:04,080 –> 00:23:07,440
\nIf you put me first in your
\nlife, you have to leave your <\/p>\n
358
\n00:23:07,440 –> 00:23:10,080
\nbrethren and your sisters and
\nyour father and your mother and <\/p>\n
359
\n00:23:10,120 –> 00:23:13,880
\nyour wife and your children.
\nYou got to put me first and hung<\/p>\n
360
\n00:23:13,880 –> 00:23:16,840
\nTran did.
\nHe became a Christian Alpha. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:23:16,880 –> 00:23:20,040
\nNow the good news, and it’s a
\nwonderful story because the good<\/p>\n
362
\n00:23:20,040 –> 00:23:23,760
\nnews, they didn’t kill him, of
\ncourse, that’s the real good <\/p>\n
363
\n00:23:23,880 –> 00:23:28,440
\nnews.
\nBut he his his his uncle <\/p>\n
364
\n00:23:28,440 –> 00:23:33,680
\nrelented after he saw he was
\nsteadfast and immovable. 1 to <\/p>\n
365
\n00:23:33,680 –> 00:23:37,640
\nalways abound in the work of the
\nLord took off the contract and <\/p>\n
366
\n00:23:37,640 –> 00:23:41,360
\nnow that young brother has
\nmarried an Australian sister and<\/p>\n
367
\n00:23:41,360 –> 00:23:43,600
\nthey’re back in Vietnam teaching
\npeople the truth. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:23:43,600 –> 00:23:48,840
\nThere’s a little occasion now in
\nin Hanoi and he’s a moving <\/p>\n
369
\n00:23:48,840 –> 00:23:51,560
\nforce.
\nGod’s using him to to bring the <\/p>\n
370
\n00:23:51,560 –> 00:23:55,000
\ntruth to other Vietnamese right
\nin in Vietnam. <\/p>\n
371
\n00:23:55,000 –> 00:24:01,280
\nAnd it’s very dicey because it’s
\nactually they frown on <\/p>\n
372
\n00:24:01,280 –> 00:24:05,280
\nChristians being in Hanoi.
\nSo he he’s even suffering <\/p>\n
373
\n00:24:05,280 –> 00:24:11,560
\npersecutions now.
\nBut the, the most of us won’t be<\/p>\n
374
\n00:24:11,880 –> 00:24:14,160
\nmurdered by somebody else
\nbecause we get baptized. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:24:14,480 –> 00:24:17,040
\nWe had people who’ve been cut
\noff by their families. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:24:17,480 –> 00:24:20,080
\nWe had a sister in our pleasure.
\nHave you ever heard of the Rose <\/p>\n
377
\n00:24:20,080 –> 00:24:23,280
\nparade on New Year’s Day?
\nWe have a rose parade and we <\/p>\n
378
\n00:24:23,360 –> 00:24:26,040
\ndecorate floats with flowers.
\nWell, this young Christian <\/p>\n
379
\n00:24:26,040 –> 00:24:27,880
\nAdelphian brother went down to
\nhelp every. <\/p>\n
380
\n00:24:28,120 –> 00:24:29,560
\nIt’s fun.
\nYou know, young people do it. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:24:29,560 –> 00:24:32,080
\nAnd you, you set up all night
\ngluing flowers on these things. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:24:32,320 –> 00:24:34,480
\nAnd it was a young girl who was
\na college student. <\/p>\n
383
\n00:24:34,480 –> 00:24:38,360
\nShe was there donating, donating
\nher time, sticking off a lot. <\/p>\n
384
\n00:24:38,520 –> 00:24:41,920
\nAnd they met, she was a very
\ngood Catholic girl going to a <\/p>\n
385
\n00:24:41,920 –> 00:24:44,600
\nvery rich Catholic school, very
\nrich parents. <\/p>\n
386
\n00:24:45,440 –> 00:24:50,440
\nAnd they fell in love and she
\nbecame a Christadelphian. <\/p>\n
387
\n00:24:51,440 –> 00:24:56,320
\nAnd they, they ostracized her,
\ncut off her, threw her out of <\/p>\n
388
\n00:24:56,320 –> 00:24:57,640
\ncollege, wouldn’t pay for her
\ncollege. <\/p>\n
389
\n00:24:58,160 –> 00:25:01,280
\nShe had to give up all of that
\nto become a Christadelphian. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:25:02,040 –> 00:25:04,200
\nBut look, she got a whole new
\nfamily. <\/p>\n
391
\n00:25:04,840 –> 00:25:09,960
\nYou see, she had a family she
\nhad to lay aside for a family <\/p>\n
392
\n00:25:09,960 –> 00:25:14,080
\nmuch bigger worldwide of her
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:25:14,680 –> 00:25:17,440
\nNow, not too many of us face
\nthose kind of persecutions, but <\/p>\n
394
\n00:25:17,440 –> 00:25:21,720
\nwe still let other things get in
\nour way. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:25:23,760 –> 00:25:26,240
\nSo James tells us that God
\npromises to give us wisdom <\/p>\n
396
\n00:25:26,240 –> 00:25:28,200
\nliberally.
\nAnd God says God won’t upgrade <\/p>\n
397
\n00:25:28,200 –> 00:25:29,840
\nus, which means he won’t make
\nfun of you. <\/p>\n
398
\n00:25:30,280 –> 00:25:33,400
\nHe won’t be.
\nCritical if you lack wisdom, a a<\/p>\n
399
\n00:25:33,400 –> 00:25:36,800
\nwise parent, you know, will be
\nvery patient with a little child<\/p>\n
400
\n00:25:37,080 –> 00:25:41,200
\nwho says, daddy, you know why?
\nAnd that’s all kinds of <\/p>\n
401
\n00:25:41,200 –> 00:25:45,480
\nquestions because they learn we
\nhave a heavenly Father that <\/p>\n
402
\n00:25:45,480 –> 00:25:50,000
\nrealizes we lack wisdom.
\nAnd if we ask him, he says he <\/p>\n
403
\n00:25:50,000 –> 00:25:52,320
\nwill give it to us and he won’t
\nbe critical. <\/p>\n
404
\n00:25:52,320 –> 00:25:55,560
\nHe won’t upgrade us.
\nHe’s willing, he’s willing to <\/p>\n
405
\n00:25:55,560 –> 00:26:00,040
\nbless us if we’ll just open
\nourselves up to him. <\/p>\n
406
\n00:26:01,760 –> 00:26:05,480
\nNow, it’s possible to give God
\nlip service and say, oh God, we <\/p>\n
407
\n00:26:05,480 –> 00:26:11,160
\nwant wisdom, but we’re really
\nsecretly angry with God. <\/p>\n
408
\n00:26:12,360 –> 00:26:16,760
\nWe’re having a trial or a
\nproblem and we we’re angry that <\/p>\n
409
\n00:26:16,960 –> 00:26:19,520
\nGod is.
\nDoing this to us or? <\/p>\n
410
\n00:26:19,520 –> 00:26:23,840
\nPerhaps we have a temptation
\nthat we don’t really want to <\/p>\n
411
\n00:26:23,840 –> 00:26:26,240
\nresist.
\nThis is a story about a little <\/p>\n
412
\n00:26:26,240 –> 00:26:29,560
\nboy who was praying to God and
\nhe says, Oh Lord, make me pure, <\/p>\n
413
\n00:26:30,800 –> 00:26:36,360
\nbut not yet.
\nAnd we could be like that too. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:26:36,520 –> 00:26:40,920
\nI mean, we’re not really quite
\nready to give up the things of <\/p>\n
415
\n00:26:40,920 –> 00:26:44,480
\nthis life for God.
\nAnd if we’re like that, we’re <\/p>\n
416
\n00:26:44,560 –> 00:26:50,280
\ndouble minded.
\nSo James 1-6 and seven, let him <\/p>\n
417
\n00:26:50,280 –> 00:26:53,320
\nask in faith nothing wavering,
\nfor he that wavereth is like a <\/p>\n
418
\n00:26:53,320 –> 00:26:55,920
\nwave of the sea, driven with the
\nwind and touched. <\/p>\n
419
\n00:26:55,920 –> 00:26:57,280
\nLet.
\nNot that man think he will <\/p>\n
420
\n00:26:57,280 –> 00:26:58,480
\nreceive.
\nAnything of the Lord. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:26:59,280 –> 00:27:03,680
\nNow I want to read this to you
\nfrom the Phillips translation. <\/p>\n
422
\n00:27:03,680 –> 00:27:07,600
\nI’m going to start at verse 5
\nand you just follow it in your <\/p>\n
423
\n00:27:07,600 –> 00:27:11,080
\nBible, whatever version you
\nmight have 5 through 9. <\/p>\n
424
\n00:27:11,800 –> 00:27:17,680
\nIf in the process any of you do
\nnot understand how to meet any <\/p>\n
425
\n00:27:17,680 –> 00:27:18,960
\nparticular.
\nProblem. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:27:19,560 –> 00:27:23,920
\nHe only has to ask God, who
\ngives generously to all men <\/p>\n
427
\n00:27:24,080 –> 00:27:27,640
\nwithout making them feel foolish
\nor guilty, and he may be quite <\/p>\n
428
\n00:27:27,640 –> 00:27:30,800
\nsure the necessary wisdom will
\nbe given him. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:27:31,960 –> 00:27:36,720
\nBut he must ask in sincere
\nfaith, without secret doubts as <\/p>\n
430
\n00:27:36,720 –> 00:27:38,800
\nto whether he really wants God’s
\nhelp or not. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:27:39,800 –> 00:27:44,120
\nThe man who trusts God but with
\ninward reservations is like a <\/p>\n
432
\n00:27:44,120 –> 00:27:47,720
\nwave of the sea carried forward
\nand by the wind one moment and <\/p>\n
433
\n00:27:47,720 –> 00:27:51,720
\ndriven back the next.
\nThat sort of man cannot hope to <\/p>\n
434
\n00:27:51,720 –> 00:27:52,880
\nreceive anything from God.
\nAnd. <\/p>\n
435
\n00:27:54,040 –> 00:27:58,320
\nThe life of a man of divided
\nloyalty will reveal instability.<\/p>\n
436
\n00:27:59,160 –> 00:28:05,200
\nAt every turn there is another
\naspect we want to consider in <\/p>\n
437
\n00:28:05,200 –> 00:28:07,080
\nasking God for wisdom, and that
\nis this. <\/p>\n
438
\n00:28:07,840 –> 00:28:13,600
\nIt’s not a shortcut to success.
\nIt’s not a shortcut to avoid <\/p>\n
439
\n00:28:13,600 –> 00:28:16,360
\nstudying.
\nWe can’t get down on our knees <\/p>\n
440
\n00:28:16,360 –> 00:28:20,320
\nand say, oh God, make me smart
\nso I don’t have to study. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:28:22,240 –> 00:28:24,440
\nWe do have to still have to do
\nour homework. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:28:24,640 –> 00:28:28,120
\nWe still have to put our our
\nnose in the good book and <\/p>\n
443
\n00:28:28,160 –> 00:28:29,920
\nfaithfully do our Bible
\nreadings. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:28:30,240 –> 00:28:32,400
\nI told the children yesterday,
\nthe young people, they won’t be <\/p>\n
445
\n00:28:32,400 –> 00:28:35,960
\ncalled children, but I, I’m sure
\nyou all know this, but they <\/p>\n
446
\n00:28:35,960 –> 00:28:40,600
\ndidn’t know it, you know, You
\nknow, Solomon says if you don’t <\/p>\n
447
\n00:28:40,600 –> 00:28:43,280
\ndo your Bible readings, don’t
\nbother to pray. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:28:45,600 –> 00:28:48,280
\nYou know what’s in the Bible.
\nThat’s kind of a loose <\/p>\n
449
\n00:28:48,280 –> 00:28:54,040
\ntranslation.
\nI’ll read you right out of the <\/p>\n
450
\n00:28:54,040 –> 00:28:58,560
\nKing James.
\nBut that’s the sense of what if <\/p>\n
451
\n00:28:58,560 –> 00:29:01,560
\nyou don’t do your Bible
\nreadings, don’t bother to pray. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:29:02,360 –> 00:29:06,440
\nAnd this is how that’s how
\nSolomon put it. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:29:07,120 –> 00:29:12,160
\nIt’s in Proverbs 28 and verse
\nnine, he that turneth away his <\/p>\n
454
\n00:29:12,160 –> 00:29:15,000
\near from hearing the law that’s
\ndoing your Bible readings. <\/p>\n
455
\n00:29:15,200 –> 00:29:19,160
\nYou hear the the law of the word
\nof the Lord when, when, but when<\/p>\n
456
\n00:29:19,160 –> 00:29:22,400
\nyou turn your ear away from it,
\nwell, even your prayer will be <\/p>\n
457
\n00:29:22,400 –> 00:29:24,880
\nan abomination.
\nSo. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:29:25,640 –> 00:29:28,760
\nI know some people in the world
\nthat pray all the time, but they<\/p>\n
459
\n00:29:28,760 –> 00:29:34,120
\nnever read the Bible.
\nGod says don’t bother if we If <\/p>\n
460
\n00:29:34,120 –> 00:29:38,760
\nyou don’t have time to do your
\nBible readings, your prayers <\/p>\n
461
\n00:29:38,760 –> 00:29:41,160
\nwill be drier.
\nYou’ll notice that of your own <\/p>\n
462
\n00:29:41,240 –> 00:29:43,040
\nself.
\nBut. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:29:43,040 –> 00:29:45,560
\nBut you see, there are some
\npeople who want to do all the <\/p>\n
464
\n00:29:45,560 –> 00:29:47,680
\ntalking.
\nHave you ever been around a <\/p>\n
465
\n00:29:47,680 –> 00:29:51,120
\nperson all the.
\nTime this one poor fella. <\/p>\n
466
\n00:29:51,320 –> 00:29:52,800
\nHis wife was divorcing.
\nHim. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:29:54,000 –> 00:29:56,440
\nAnd she told the judge, my
\nhusband hasn’t spoken to me in <\/p>\n
468
\n00:29:56,440 –> 00:30:00,400
\n20 years.
\nAnd and the judge was aghast. <\/p>\n
469
\n00:30:00,400 –> 00:30:03,200
\nHe said, is that right?
\nHe said, yes, your honor. <\/p>\n
470
\n00:30:03,840 –> 00:30:06,320
\nHe said, well, why not?
\nHe said, I didn’t want to <\/p>\n
471
\n00:30:06,320 –> 00:30:14,640
\ninterrupt her.
\nThere are those kind you. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:30:14,640 –> 00:30:19,320
\nSee, and there are those kind
\nwith God, they want to do all <\/p>\n
473
\n00:30:19,320 –> 00:30:22,880
\nthe talking they want they quite
\nhappy to pray. <\/p>\n
474
\n00:30:22,880 –> 00:30:24,240
\nAnd tell God everything they
\nwant they. <\/p>\n
475
\n00:30:25,000 –> 00:30:26,840
\nDon’t have time to listen to
\nGod. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:30:26,840 –> 00:30:29,600
\nSo when we open our Bibles, God
\nspeaks to us. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:30:29,600 –> 00:30:36,200
\nSo we we we must continue to
\nacquire all the knowledge we can<\/p>\n
478
\n00:30:36,200 –> 00:30:37,600
\nof the things that are
\nimportant. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:30:38,080 –> 00:30:41,840
\nThen God will give us the wisdom
\nto rightly use that knowledge <\/p>\n
480
\n00:30:41,840 –> 00:30:46,400
\nwhich we’re acquiring to bring
\nglory and honor to His name. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:30:48,120 –> 00:30:52,120
\nJames one verse 8A Double minded
\nman is unstable in all his ways,<\/p>\n
482
\n00:30:52,920 –> 00:30:55,800
\nnot not some of his ways in all
\nhis ways. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:30:56,800 –> 00:30:59,360
\nNow double mindedness is no
\ndoubt the cause of most of the <\/p>\n
484
\n00:30:59,360 –> 00:31:03,120
\nfailures in life, both in the
\ntruth and and out of the truth. <\/p>\n
485
\n00:31:05,120 –> 00:31:09,480
\nTo be double minded is to divide
\nthe mind and the word worry <\/p>\n
486
\n00:31:09,480 –> 00:31:12,960
\ncomes from a Greek word that
\nmeans to divide the mind. <\/p>\n
487
\n00:31:13,560 –> 00:31:16,040
\nSo if you’re worried, you have a
\ndivided mind. <\/p>\n
488
\n00:31:16,040 –> 00:31:20,240
\nSo I believe worry is a sin.
\nAnd we know that a divided <\/p>\n
489
\n00:31:20,240 –> 00:31:24,280
\nhouse, a house divided against
\nitself cannot stand. <\/p>\n
490
\n00:31:25,680 –> 00:31:29,160
\nNow again, the children of this
\nworld and their generation wiser<\/p>\n
491
\n00:31:29,160 –> 00:31:32,000
\nthan the children of life.
\nIf you go to any motivational <\/p>\n
492
\n00:31:32,000 –> 00:31:34,600
\nseminars or you, you go to
\nthese, you read any of these <\/p>\n
493
\n00:31:34,600 –> 00:31:38,040
\nbooks by people or how to tell
\nyou to be successful in life, <\/p>\n
494
\n00:31:38,680 –> 00:31:42,040
\nthey will teach you that you,
\nyou can’t be double minded. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:31:42,840 –> 00:31:45,880
\nWe we, we have to know where we
\nwant to go. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:31:46,160 –> 00:31:49,400
\nWe have to make goals or how to
\nget there and we have to make <\/p>\n
497
\n00:31:49,400 –> 00:31:55,880
\ndecisions and stick to them.
\nThe people who are most likely <\/p>\n
498
\n00:31:55,880 –> 00:31:59,080
\nto be successful in life, and
\nthis is anything in life are, <\/p>\n
499
\n00:31:59,160 –> 00:32:01,400
\nare able to make up their mind
\nrather quickly. <\/p>\n
500
\n00:32:02,000 –> 00:32:04,920
\nThey can gather the facts
\ntogether and make a decision and<\/p>\n
501
\n00:32:04,920 –> 00:32:07,200
\nwhen they get it, they usually
\nstick to it. <\/p>\n
502
\n00:32:08,440 –> 00:32:11,840
\nAnd the people who are failures
\nin life are people who have a <\/p>\n
503
\n00:32:11,840 –> 00:32:14,880
\nlot of trouble making decisions.
\nThey, they, they, they gather <\/p>\n
504
\n00:32:14,880 –> 00:32:17,680
\nthe information and they go back
\nand forth and they can’t sleep <\/p>\n
505
\n00:32:17,680 –> 00:32:19,400
\nand they think about it.
\nAnd then they finally make a <\/p>\n
506
\n00:32:19,400 –> 00:32:21,040
\ndecision.
\nSomebody goes, did you make? <\/p>\n
507
\n00:32:21,040 –> 00:32:23,800
\nOh, OK, I’ll change it.
\nIn fact, one person said to me, <\/p>\n
508
\n00:32:23,800 –> 00:32:26,920
\nso I have a very clean mind.
\nI change it all the time. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:32:30,040 –> 00:32:36,880
\nSo a double minded person is a
\nperson who changes their mind <\/p>\n
510
\n00:32:37,360 –> 00:32:39,560
\ntoo often.
\nWe need to decide where we’re <\/p>\n
511
\n00:32:39,560 –> 00:32:42,920
\ngoing.
\nAgain, if you go to any success <\/p>\n
512
\n00:32:42,920 –> 00:32:45,000
\nseminars, they tell you have
\nwritten down goals. <\/p>\n
513
\n00:32:45,000 –> 00:32:48,760
\nI hope you do have written down
\ngoals because if you don’t know <\/p>\n
514
\n00:32:48,760 –> 00:32:50,640
\nwhere you’re going, you probably
\nwon’t get there. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:32:52,360 –> 00:32:55,240
\nAlice in Wonderland is a little
\nfamous story, you know, that <\/p>\n
516
\n00:32:55,240 –> 00:32:58,600
\nthey tell the little children.
\nAlice has come to a corner and <\/p>\n
517
\n00:32:58,600 –> 00:33:00,880
\nthere’s several roads going off.
\nThere’s a cat sitting up on the <\/p>\n
518
\n00:33:00,880 –> 00:33:04,320
\nfence and she turns to the cat
\nand she says which Rd. should I <\/p>\n
519
\n00:33:04,320 –> 00:33:06,560
\ntake?
\nAnd the cat says well where do <\/p>\n
520
\n00:33:06,560 –> 00:33:08,600
\nyou want to go?
\nAnd she’s well, I don’t know. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:33:09,000 –> 00:33:14,120
\nHe says any road will do and if
\nyou don’t know where you want to<\/p>\n
522
\n00:33:14,120 –> 00:33:18,760
\ngo, any road will get you there.
\nSo we of all people need to be <\/p>\n
523
\n00:33:18,760 –> 00:33:21,480
\nfocused.
\nWe need to know where we’re <\/p>\n
524
\n00:33:21,480 –> 00:33:25,000
\ngoing.
\nWe need to have a a goal of the <\/p>\n
525
\n00:33:25,000 –> 00:33:28,800
\nKingdom of God set in our mind.
\nAnd when you have a goal and <\/p>\n
526
\n00:33:28,800 –> 00:33:31,600
\nthings come along that would
\ndetract you from your goal, you <\/p>\n
527
\n00:33:31,600 –> 00:33:33,640
\nsay, Oh no, I’m I’m going this
\nway. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:33:35,120 –> 00:33:38,720
\nBeautiful verse that Jesus tells
\nus to be take my yoke upon you <\/p>\n
529
\n00:33:38,720 –> 00:33:40,960
\nand learn of me for meek and
\nlowly in heart and you should <\/p>\n
530
\n00:33:40,960 –> 00:33:44,640
\nfind rest under your souls.
\nBut when you yoke up with Jesus <\/p>\n
531
\n00:33:45,160 –> 00:33:48,200
\nand you’re going down the road
\nwith Jesus, I I have a picture <\/p>\n
532
\n00:33:48,200 –> 00:33:51,360
\nof a little little cart with two
\ndonkeys and they yoke together <\/p>\n
533
\n00:33:51,360 –> 00:33:53,880
\nand they’re going down the road
\ntogether and they come to a fork<\/p>\n
534
\n00:33:53,880 –> 00:33:56,000
\nof the road and one donkey wants
\nto go this way. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:33:56,080 –> 00:33:58,680
\nOne donkey wants to go that way.
\nThey can’t do that. <\/p>\n
536
\n00:33:58,680 –> 00:34:02,560
\nThey’re yoked together.
\nThey both now if you’re going <\/p>\n
537
\n00:34:02,560 –> 00:34:07,520
\ndown the road of life on the way
\nto the Kingdom yoke to Jesus and<\/p>\n
538
\n00:34:07,520 –> 00:34:13,400
\nyou come to a a fork in the road
\nand one Rd. looks pretty nice. <\/p>\n
539
\n00:34:13,400 –> 00:34:16,840
\nIt’s wide and it’s paved and
\nit’s downhill and maybe it’s a <\/p>\n
540
\n00:34:16,840 –> 00:34:18,440
\ntoll road.
\nWe had came on a toll. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:34:18,440 –> 00:34:20,719
\nRoad up here.
\nA lot faster than the other Rd. <\/p>\n
542
\n00:34:22,159 –> 00:34:26,440
\nBut the road to the Kingdom is
\nnarrow and windy and sharp <\/p>\n
543
\n00:34:26,440 –> 00:34:31,320
\ncurves and harder to go.
\nSo if you’re yoked up to Jesus <\/p>\n
544
\n00:34:31,320 –> 00:34:34,639
\nand you come to this fork in the
\nroad and you Jesus says we’re <\/p>\n
545
\n00:34:34,639 –> 00:34:37,400
\ngoing to turn right and you say,
\noh, that other Rd. sure looks <\/p>\n
546
\n00:34:37,400 –> 00:34:40,440
\nnice to me.
\nYou’re going to either have to <\/p>\n
547
\n00:34:41,120 –> 00:34:44,760
\nsuppress what you want to do and
\ngo with Jesus the way you should<\/p>\n
548
\n00:34:44,760 –> 00:34:47,920
\ngo or unhook from Jesus and go
\nit alone. <\/p>\n
549
\n00:34:49,040 –> 00:34:53,000
\nAnd sometimes people do that.
\nWe sometimes people in the truth<\/p>\n
550
\n00:34:54,120 –> 00:35:02,280
\nunhook their yoke from Jesus and
\ntry to go it alone and the end <\/p>\n
551
\n00:35:03,400 –> 00:35:10,680
\nis failure and death that James
\none verse 8 double minded mind <\/p>\n
552
\n00:35:10,680 –> 00:35:13,680
\nis unstable in all these ways.
\nHe only uses this word double <\/p>\n
553
\n00:35:13,680 –> 00:35:16,080
\nminded twice.
\nThere it is in verse eight <\/p>\n
554
\n00:35:16,360 –> 00:35:21,400
\nchapter 4 verse eight again,
\ndraw an eye to God and he will <\/p>\n
555
\n00:35:21,400 –> 00:35:24,280
\ndraw an eye to you.
\nCleanse your hand ye sinners and<\/p>\n
556
\n00:35:24,280 –> 00:35:27,080
\npurify your hearts ye double
\nminded. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:35:28,000 –> 00:35:34,120
\nSo we must not be double minded.
\nBut he alludes to the fact of <\/p>\n
558
\n00:35:34,120 –> 00:35:36,320
\nbeing double minded when he
\ndoesn’t use the words. <\/p>\n
559
\n00:35:37,040 –> 00:35:40,400
\nLet’s look at some others.
\nJames 24. <\/p>\n
560
\n00:35:41,520 –> 00:35:44,600
\nIf any man among you seem to be
\nno. <\/p>\n
561
\n00:35:44,600 –> 00:35:45,640
\nJames.
\nYeah. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:35:45,680 –> 00:35:49,040
\nJames 126 If any man among you
\nseem to be religious and <\/p>\n
563
\n00:35:49,040 –> 00:35:51,560
\nBridleth not his tongue deceive
\nwith his own heart. <\/p>\n
564
\n00:35:51,560 –> 00:35:55,000
\nThis man’s religion is vain.
\nSo if you if you are running off<\/p>\n
565
\n00:35:55,000 –> 00:35:57,760
\nthe mouth, you’re you’re you’re,
\nyou know, you’re double minded. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:35:58,280 –> 00:36:02,160
\nWe we all talk too much.
\nMaybe I mean God, you know God. <\/p>\n
567
\n00:36:02,200 –> 00:36:07,560
\nIt gave you 2 ears, one mouth.
\nListen twice as much as you <\/p>\n
568
\n00:36:07,560 –> 00:36:11,160
\ntalk.
\nSo there’s double mindedness <\/p>\n
569
\n00:36:11,160 –> 00:36:14,560
\nthere.
\nJames 24 Are ye not then partial<\/p>\n
570
\n00:36:14,560 –> 00:36:16,920
\nin yourselves and become judges
\nof evil thoughts? <\/p>\n
571
\n00:36:17,360 –> 00:36:23,040
\nJames 216 And one of you say
\nunto them, depart in peace, be <\/p>\n
572
\n00:36:23,040 –> 00:36:25,720
\nwarmed and filled,
\nnotwithstanding you don’t give <\/p>\n
573
\n00:36:25,720 –> 00:36:28,040
\nthem what they need for the
\nbody. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:36:28,040 –> 00:36:30,640
\nWhat profit is that?
\nYou talk a good fight. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:36:30,640 –> 00:36:33,560
\nOh, I I care about the poor.
\nI hope you’re going to get along<\/p>\n
576
\n00:36:33,560 –> 00:36:34,880
\nOK.
\nBut we don’t do anything about <\/p>\n
577
\n00:36:34,880 –> 00:36:38,360
\nit again.
\nJames 310, Out of the same mouth<\/p>\n
578
\n00:36:38,360 –> 00:36:40,600
\nproceed.
\nBlessings and cursings, my <\/p>\n
579
\n00:36:40,600 –> 00:36:42,160
\nbrethren.
\nThis ought not to be. <\/p>\n
580
\n00:36:43,000 –> 00:36:45,400
\nHow can the same mouth say good
\nthings and bad things? <\/p>\n
581
\n00:36:45,520 –> 00:36:47,240
\nWell, we know it happens, don’t
\nwe? <\/p>\n
582
\n00:36:47,400 –> 00:36:50,080
\nThat’s double mindedness, that
\nmind saying good things and <\/p>\n
583
\n00:36:50,080 –> 00:36:51,400
\nsaying bang out of the same
\nmouth. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:36:52,480 –> 00:36:55,800
\nJames 313.
\nWho is wise man and a dude with <\/p>\n
585
\n00:36:55,800 –> 00:36:58,000
\nknowledge among you?
\nLet him show out of a good <\/p>\n
586
\n00:36:58,000 –> 00:36:59,960
\nconversation.
\nHe’s worked with meekness and <\/p>\n
587
\n00:36:59,960 –> 00:37:03,080
\nwisdom.
\nIf you have bitter envying and <\/p>\n
588
\n00:37:03,080 –> 00:37:06,760
\nstrife in your hearts, glory not
\nand lie not against the truth. <\/p>\n
589
\n00:37:07,880 –> 00:37:13,760
\nSo we can have be envious and
\nhave strife in our hearts and <\/p>\n
590
\n00:37:13,760 –> 00:37:17,680
\nsay how wonderful the truth is.
\nAnd the problem is that’s being <\/p>\n
591
\n00:37:17,800 –> 00:37:21,240
\ndouble minded.
\nNow Jesus condemned double <\/p>\n
592
\n00:37:21,240 –> 00:37:25,400
\nmindedness, although he didn’t
\nuse the word come to Matthew 6, <\/p>\n
593
\n00:37:28,120 –> 00:37:32,440
\nMatthew 624.
\nNo man can serve 2 masters for <\/p>\n
594
\n00:37:32,440 –> 00:37:34,640
\neither he will hate the one and
\nlove the other, or else he will <\/p>\n
595
\n00:37:34,640 –> 00:37:35,960
\nhold to the one and despise the
\nother. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:37:35,960 –> 00:37:40,800
\nYou cannot serve God and Mammon.
\nThat’s double minded. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:37:41,640 –> 00:37:44,440
\nTrying to serve God and trying
\nto serve Mammon so. <\/p>\n
598
\n00:37:44,520 –> 00:37:47,120
\nSo being double minded could be
\nour undoing. <\/p>\n
599
\n00:37:48,360 –> 00:37:51,640
\nWe have to be single minded and
\nfocused on our goal. <\/p>\n
600
\n00:37:52,080 –> 00:37:59,760
\nRevelation 3, verse 14 under the
\nAngel of the Ecclesia of the <\/p>\n
601
\n00:37:59,760 –> 00:38:04,040
\nlatest sins, right.
\nThese things set the Amen, the <\/p>\n
602
\n00:38:04,040 –> 00:38:06,320
\nfaithful and true witness, the
\nbeginning of the creation of <\/p>\n
603
\n00:38:06,320 –> 00:38:09,800
\nGod.
\nI know thy works, but thou art <\/p>\n
604
\n00:38:09,800 –> 00:38:14,200
\nneither cold nor hot.
\nI wish you were cold or hot. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:38:14,840 –> 00:38:18,200
\nBe one or the other.
\nDon’t try to be lukewarm. <\/p>\n
606
\n00:38:18,320 –> 00:38:21,400
\nThe lukewarm is double minded.
\nThey’re neither this and they’re<\/p>\n
607
\n00:38:21,400 –> 00:38:25,560
\nneither that.
\nSo because you are lukewarm and <\/p>\n
608
\n00:38:25,560 –> 00:38:27,520
\nneither cold nor hot, I will
\nspew you out of my mouth. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:38:28,120 –> 00:38:30,280
\nWhat was the problem?
\nWell, verse 17 is because you <\/p>\n
610
\n00:38:30,280 –> 00:38:34,360
\nsay I am rich, I’m increased
\nwith goods and have need of <\/p>\n
611
\n00:38:34,360 –> 00:38:36,200
\nnothing.
\nKnowest not that you are <\/p>\n
612
\n00:38:36,200 –> 00:38:39,280
\nwretched and miserable and poor
\nand blind and naked. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:38:40,040 –> 00:38:43,240
\nI counsel thee divide me.
\nGold tried in the fire that thou<\/p>\n
614
\n00:38:43,240 –> 00:38:48,240
\nmayst be rich and white remnant
\nthat thou mayst be clothed, that<\/p>\n
615
\n00:38:48,240 –> 00:38:50,280
\nthe shame of thy nakedness do
\nnot appear. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:38:50,720 –> 00:38:53,040
\nAnoint thine eyes with eyesight
\nthat thou mayst see. <\/p>\n
617
\n00:38:54,000 –> 00:38:55,760
\nAs many as I love, I rebuke and
\nchase it. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:38:55,840 –> 00:38:57,160
\nBe zealous therefore, and
\nrepent. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:38:57,480 –> 00:39:00,000
\nThere was, there was still hope.
\nThere’s still hope for us, <\/p>\n
620
\n00:39:00,000 –> 00:39:03,080
\nbrothers and sisters, but we got
\nto realize we have a problem. <\/p>\n
621
\n00:39:03,400 –> 00:39:07,960
\nWe are, we have the tendency to
\nbe double minded and that we can<\/p>\n
622
\n00:39:07,960 –> 00:39:10,080
\nsolve the problem through God’s
\nhelp. <\/p>\n
623
\n00:39:10,800 –> 00:39:13,720
\nWe lack wisdom.
\nWe ask God for it, He will give <\/p>\n
624
\n00:39:13,720 –> 00:39:19,920
\nit to us, but we have to decide
\nthat the truth is everything in <\/p>\n
625
\n00:39:19,920 –> 00:39:24,360
\nour life or it might as well be
\nnothing. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:39:25,680 –> 00:39:30,440
\nIf you say, well, I’ve got a
\ngood job and I’ve got a, I’ve <\/p>\n
627
\n00:39:31,080 –> 00:39:33,920
\ngot some hobbies that I like.
\nI really enjoy those. <\/p>\n
628
\n00:39:33,920 –> 00:39:37,840
\nAnd I’ve the family and I, we,
\nwe like to camp, we like to fish<\/p>\n
629
\n00:39:37,840 –> 00:39:38,840
\non Sundays.
\nWe like to. <\/p>\n
630
\n00:39:40,160 –> 00:39:43,720
\nThe truth used to be about #6 in
\nmy life. <\/p>\n
631
\n00:39:43,720 –> 00:39:47,040
\nAnd now it’s number three.
\nWell, it’s going in the right <\/p>\n
632
\n00:39:47,040 –> 00:39:50,080
\ndirection until it gets to
\nnumber one. <\/p>\n
633
\n00:39:50,080 –> 00:39:54,240
\nIt’s nowhere.
\nIf God is not first in our life,<\/p>\n
634
\n00:39:55,120 –> 00:39:58,680
\nHe might as well not be in our
\nlife because He really isn’t in <\/p>\n
635
\n00:39:58,680 –> 00:40:00,960
\nour life.
\nHe won’t say play second fiddle <\/p>\n
636
\n00:40:01,440 –> 00:40:04,160
\nto any other things that you
\nthink are important. <\/p>\n
637
\n00:40:05,760 –> 00:40:09,840
\nCan’t be double minded with
\nsomething else and the truth. <\/p>\n
638
\n00:40:11,280 –> 00:40:20,280
\nAnd so we have to work at making
\nsure that we are on fire for the<\/p>\n
639
\n00:40:20,280 –> 00:40:24,000
\ntruth.
\nWhen I was a young boy, there <\/p>\n
640
\n00:40:24,000 –> 00:40:28,040
\nwas a song and I, I won’t sing
\nit because I Can’t Sing and <\/p>\n
641
\n00:40:28,040 –> 00:40:31,040
\nyou’ll be glad of that.
\nI don’t want to set the world on<\/p>\n
642
\n00:40:31,040 –> 00:40:33,800
\nfire.
\nI just want to start a flame in <\/p>\n
643
\n00:40:33,800 –> 00:40:36,480
\nyour heart.
\nNow the old, old people may <\/p>\n
644
\n00:40:36,480 –> 00:40:39,120
\nremember the song and the old
\nyoung ones will not have a clue <\/p>\n
645
\n00:40:39,120 –> 00:40:42,440
\nwhat it’s all about.
\nBut, but, but the, the, the, the<\/p>\n
646
\n00:40:42,440 –> 00:40:44,560
\nthought of that is worth
\nthinking about. <\/p>\n
647
\n00:40:44,560 –> 00:40:45,800
\nI don’t want to set the world on
\nfire. <\/p>\n
648
\n00:40:45,800 –> 00:40:50,480
\nI just want to start a flame in
\nyour heart for the Lord Jesus. <\/p>\n
649
\n00:40:51,720 –> 00:40:55,080
\nThe two that walked with Jesus
\nfrom Jerusalem to Emmaus said <\/p>\n
650
\n00:40:56,000 –> 00:41:00,720
\ndid not our heart burn within us
\nwhile he talked with us by the <\/p>\n
651
\n00:41:00,720 –> 00:41:03,040
\nway, and while he opened to us
\nthe scriptures? <\/p>\n
652
\n00:41:04,360 –> 00:41:08,320
\nIf our heart is not right with
\nGod, then we’re double minded. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:41:09,080 –> 00:41:13,920
\nIt’s time to change and the good
\nnews is that we can. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:41:15,440 –> 00:41:20,920
\nThere’s no use asking God to
\nhelp us if we’re only bent on <\/p>\n
655
\n00:41:20,920 –> 00:41:25,560
\npleasing ourselves.
\nJoshua channel challenges the <\/p>\n
656
\n00:41:25,560 –> 00:41:31,280
\npeople of his day to not to be
\ndouble minded and this is Joshua<\/p>\n
657
\n00:41:31,280 –> 00:41:32,960
\n24.
\nIt’s the last words we have <\/p>\n
658
\n00:41:32,960 –> 00:41:36,800
\nrecorded of Joshua now therefore
\nfear of the Lord and serve him <\/p>\n
659
\n00:41:36,800 –> 00:41:40,000
\nin sincerity and in truth.
\nThat’s what we should be doing <\/p>\n
660
\n00:41:40,000 –> 00:41:42,080
\nright?
\nFear of the Lord and serve God <\/p>\n
661
\n00:41:42,080 –> 00:41:44,880
\nin sincerity and put away the
\ngods which your father served on<\/p>\n
662
\n00:41:44,880 –> 00:41:47,440
\nthis side of the flood.
\nWhat gods do you have in your <\/p>\n
663
\n00:41:47,440 –> 00:41:49,640
\nhouse?
\nWhat is it that’s? <\/p>\n
664
\n00:41:49,960 –> 00:41:51,240
\nIt causes you to be double
\nminded. <\/p>\n
665
\n00:41:52,000 –> 00:41:55,640
\nWe have the truth here.
\nWe have television, we have <\/p>\n
666
\n00:41:55,640 –> 00:42:01,080
\nradio, we have CDs, we have
\nvideos, we have worldly <\/p>\n
667
\n00:42:01,080 –> 00:42:05,160
\nmagazines, We have.
\nSports we have, gardenings we <\/p>\n
668
\n00:42:05,160 –> 00:42:08,960
\nhave none of those things
\nnecessarily are a sin. <\/p>\n
669
\n00:42:09,880 –> 00:42:13,120
\nA lot of them are a waste of
\ntime, but. <\/p>\n
670
\n00:42:13,200 –> 00:42:17,360
\nAnything that consumes your time
\nand takes you away from the <\/p>\n
671
\n00:42:17,360 –> 00:42:22,480
\ntruth, you’re double minded.
\nYou read the truth all right, <\/p>\n
672
\n00:42:23,960 –> 00:42:28,640
\nbut something else is taking too
\nmuch of your attention. <\/p>\n
673
\n00:42:29,560 –> 00:42:33,640
\nAnd so this, this is an
\nimportant thing for us to learn <\/p>\n
674
\n00:42:33,640 –> 00:42:38,840
\nas we look at James, because
\nJoshua said, put away the <\/p>\n
675
\n00:42:38,840 –> 00:42:41,360
\nstrange gods that are among you
\nand clang your heart into the <\/p>\n
676
\n00:42:41,360 –> 00:42:44,760
\nLord God of Israel.
\nThat’s what we must do too. <\/p>\n
677
\n00:42:44,760 –> 00:42:47,880
\nAnd when Joshua said that they,
\nthey agreed they would do it. <\/p>\n
678
\n00:42:48,800 –> 00:42:52,840
\nUnfortunately, they, they said
\nit, but they didn’t do it. <\/p>\n
679
\n00:42:53,720 –> 00:42:58,280
\nAnd that can be true of us.
\nElijah, challenge the people who<\/p>\n
680
\n00:42:58,280 –> 00:42:59,760
\nis there.
\nHow long do you halt between two<\/p>\n
681
\n00:42:59,760 –> 00:43:02,520
\nopinions?
\nIf the Lord be God, follow him. <\/p>\n
682
\n00:43:03,480 –> 00:43:06,480
\nAnd if Baal, then follow him.
\nIf you don’t have the Kingdom of<\/p>\n
683
\n00:43:06,480 –> 00:43:08,880
\nGod first in your life, then go
\nfor whatever it is you want to <\/p>\n
684
\n00:43:08,880 –> 00:43:10,440
\ndo because you’re not going to
\nget the Kingdom. <\/p>\n
685
\n00:43:11,240 –> 00:43:13,040
\nThat’s harsh words, but they’re
\nnot ours. <\/p>\n
686
\n00:43:13,880 –> 00:43:16,640
\nIf there’s something in your
\nlife that you love so much that <\/p>\n
687
\n00:43:16,640 –> 00:43:20,360
\nthe truth is sometimes a bother,
\nthen that could be your God. <\/p>\n
688
\n00:43:22,880 –> 00:43:25,560
\nWhatever it might be, it’s a
\nvery poor God. <\/p>\n
689
\n00:43:27,040 –> 00:43:29,920
\nSo how long do we halt between
\ntwo opinions? <\/p>\n
690
\n00:43:31,160 –> 00:43:35,880
\nSee, talk is so cheap.
\nIn Joshua’s day they said they <\/p>\n
691
\n00:43:35,880 –> 00:43:40,000
\nwould do it and they didn’t.
\nIn Elijah’s day, they they <\/p>\n
692
\n00:43:40,200 –> 00:43:43,720
\nkilled the prophets of Baal, but
\nthey kept right on worshipping <\/p>\n
693
\n00:43:43,720 –> 00:43:49,040
\nBaal.
\nWe have a a zealous king in <\/p>\n
694
\n00:43:49,400 –> 00:43:55,480
\nSecond King chapter 10, and the
\nname is Jehu and he drove <\/p>\n
695
\n00:43:55,480 –> 00:43:58,000
\nfuriously.
\nWe have Christadelphians who <\/p>\n
696
\n00:43:58,000 –> 00:44:07,880
\ndrive the same way and he he
\nsaid all the right things, but <\/p>\n
697
\n00:44:08,600 –> 00:44:15,360
\nhe didn’t live what he said
\nFail. <\/p>\n
698
\n00:44:16,520 –> 00:44:22,280
\nAnd he he he says, is your heart
\nin chapter 10 of second Kings. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:44:22,680 –> 00:44:27,920
\nHe he he sees John the dab, the
\nson of Recab in verse 15 and he,<\/p>\n
700
\n00:44:27,920 –> 00:44:31,360
\nhe salutes him.
\nHe says, is thine heart right as<\/p>\n
701
\n00:44:31,360 –> 00:44:33,880
\nmy heart is with thine heart?
\nNot a nice thing to say. <\/p>\n
702
\n00:44:34,000 –> 00:44:36,360
\nIs your heart right with my
\nheart if my heart is with your <\/p>\n
703
\n00:44:36,360 –> 00:44:38,760
\nheart.
\nThere was another song years <\/p>\n
704
\n00:44:38,760 –> 00:44:41,200
\nago.
\nI don’t even know the tune of <\/p>\n
705
\n00:44:41,200 –> 00:44:41,920
\nthis one.
\nThe other one. <\/p>\n
706
\n00:44:41,920 –> 00:44:43,200
\nI knew the tune, but I wasn’t
\ngoing to hum it. <\/p>\n
707
\n00:44:44,320 –> 00:44:48,160
\nThis one, this one, the the the
\nsong title is If My Heart Had <\/p>\n
708
\n00:44:48,160 –> 00:44:54,120
\nWindows, you would see a heart
\nfull of love just for you. <\/p>\n
709
\n00:44:55,520 –> 00:44:57,720
\nNow what do we do when we have
\nwindows? <\/p>\n
710
\n00:44:58,320 –> 00:45:03,560
\nWe put blinds on them so that
\nyou can’t see out. <\/p>\n
711
\n00:45:04,360 –> 00:45:09,520
\nAnd I wonder if we had a if my
\nheart had a window, would I pull<\/p>\n
712
\n00:45:09,520 –> 00:45:13,080
\na little blind down so that when
\nyou came up and looked in my <\/p>\n
713
\n00:45:13,080 –> 00:45:15,680
\nheart, you wouldn’t see that I
\ndon’t really love you. <\/p>\n
714
\n00:45:17,680 –> 00:45:22,080
\nI mean, we don’t have windows in
\nour heart, but in a way we do. <\/p>\n
715
\n00:45:22,080 –> 00:45:24,560
\nGod has a window into everyone’s
\nheart. <\/p>\n
716
\n00:45:24,560 –> 00:45:27,960
\nHe he knows the thoughts and
\nintents of our hearts. <\/p>\n
717
\n00:45:29,040 –> 00:45:31,440
\nAnd so Hughes and your heart
\nright with my. <\/p>\n
718
\n00:45:31,440 –> 00:45:33,240
\nHeart.
\nThen come up in the chariot with<\/p>\n
719
\n00:45:33,240 –> 00:45:36,080
\nme, and see my zeal for the
\nLord. <\/p>\n
720
\n00:45:37,200 –> 00:45:47,000
\nAnd they rode together, and
\nchapter 10, verse 31, ye who <\/p>\n
721
\n00:45:47,000 –> 00:45:52,000
\ntook no heed to walk in the law
\nof the Lord God of Israel with <\/p>\n
722
\n00:45:52,000 –> 00:45:56,480
\nall his heart, for he did not
\ndepart from the sins of Jeroboam<\/p>\n
723
\n00:45:57,200 –> 00:46:01,640
\nwho made Israel sin.
\nSo there was a fellow who talked<\/p>\n
724
\n00:46:01,640 –> 00:46:05,280
\nto good fight and didn’t live as
\nhe talked. <\/p>\n
725
\n00:46:06,720 –> 00:46:10,560
\nDouble mindedness is so common
\nand it’s fatal. <\/p>\n
726
\n00:46:11,640 –> 00:46:15,840
\nWe need to keep reaffirming that
\nwe really do love God with all <\/p>\n
727
\n00:46:15,840 –> 00:46:17,280
\nour heart, soul, strength and
\nmind. <\/p>\n
728
\n00:46:17,920 –> 00:46:20,800
\nWe need to have this flame in
\nour heart for God. <\/p>\n
729
\n00:46:21,320 –> 00:46:25,080
\nDouble mindedness and will be
\nburned out and go away. <\/p>\n
730
\n00:46:26,200 –> 00:46:29,680
\nWe try to love the world at the
\nsame time we’re being double <\/p>\n
731
\n00:46:29,680 –> 00:46:32,160
\nminded.
\nJohn says do not love the world,<\/p>\n
732
\n00:46:33,440 –> 00:46:35,000
\ndon’t love the things in the
\nworld. <\/p>\n
733
\n00:46:36,320 –> 00:46:38,240
\nIf anyone loves the world, the
\nlove of the Father is not in <\/p>\n
734
\n00:46:38,240 –> 00:46:44,160
\nHim, for all that is in the
\nworld the lust of the eyes and <\/p>\n
735
\n00:46:44,160 –> 00:46:45,280
\nthe lust of the flesh.
\nAnd. <\/p>\n
736
\n00:46:45,840 –> 00:46:50,320
\nThe pride of life, not of the
\nFather, it’s of the world. <\/p>\n
737
\n00:46:51,360 –> 00:46:53,800
\nThe world is passing away in the
\nlust of it. <\/p>\n
738
\n00:46:54,400 –> 00:46:57,880
\nFor he does.
\nThe will of God abides forever. <\/p>\n
739
\n00:46:59,360 –> 00:47:03,680
\nSo we need, as we study James,
\nto realize we need this total <\/p>\n
740
\n00:47:03,680 –> 00:47:11,360
\ndedication, total commitment,
\nsingle mindedness, aiming for <\/p>\n
741
\n00:47:11,360 –> 00:47:14,640
\nthe right thing.
\nAnd I have a silly story, but it<\/p>\n
742
\n00:47:14,640 –> 00:47:17,440
\nit teaches a lesson.
\nYou can tell the story is not <\/p>\n
743
\n00:47:17,440 –> 00:47:18,920
\ntrue.
\nIt’s too fantastic. <\/p>\n
744
\n00:47:19,760 –> 00:47:22,280
\nBut the but the lesson is, is is
\na true lesson. <\/p>\n
745
\n00:47:22,320 –> 00:47:26,520
\nJesus told stories that weren’t
\ntrue, but the lesson was true. <\/p>\n
746
\n00:47:26,920 –> 00:47:30,640
\nRich man and Lazarus was not a
\ntrue story, but the lesson it <\/p>\n
747
\n00:47:30,640 –> 00:47:32,640
\ntaught.
\nHe took one of their own fables <\/p>\n
748
\n00:47:32,640 –> 00:47:35,240
\nand used it against him.
\nThis story has to do with a <\/p>\n
749
\n00:47:35,240 –> 00:47:39,520
\nfarmer calling Farmer Jones.
\nHe was a very nice farmer and <\/p>\n
750
\n00:47:40,680 –> 00:47:43,360
\nall the animals loved him.
\nSo they got together and said, <\/p>\n
751
\n00:47:43,360 –> 00:47:46,520
\nwhat can we do to show Farmer
\nJones how much we appreciate <\/p>\n
752
\n00:47:46,520 –> 00:47:48,720
\nwhat he’s done for us?
\nSo they appointed a committee. <\/p>\n
753
\n00:47:48,720 –> 00:47:50,120
\nThat’s where you do appoint a
\ncommittee, you know. <\/p>\n
754
\n00:47:50,640 –> 00:47:53,440
\nSo they appointed a committee of
\nthe pig and a chicken. <\/p>\n
755
\n00:47:54,520 –> 00:47:57,120
\nAnd so the this committee gets
\noff at a corner and then what <\/p>\n
756
\n00:47:57,120 –> 00:48:00,440
\ncan we do for Farmer Jones to
\nshow how much we appreciate? <\/p>\n
757
\n00:48:01,320 –> 00:48:02,440
\nAll of a sudden, the chicken
\nsays. <\/p>\n
758
\n00:48:02,440 –> 00:48:03,200
\nI got it.
\nI got it. <\/p>\n
759
\n00:48:03,200 –> 00:48:06,320
\nI got it, you know.
\nHe was a bird brain, but he <\/p>\n
760
\n00:48:06,320 –> 00:48:08,000
\nsays, what do we do?
\nHe says, well let’s, let’s serve<\/p>\n
761
\n00:48:08,000 –> 00:48:10,800
\nFarmer Jones on ham and egg
\nbreakfast. <\/p>\n
762
\n00:48:14,120 –> 00:48:15,640
\nAnd the pig looked at the
\nchicken. <\/p>\n
763
\n00:48:15,640 –> 00:48:19,520
\nHe said for you that’s a day’s
\nwork, but for me that’s total <\/p>\n
764
\n00:48:19,520 –> 00:48:24,480
\ncommitment.
\nNow the moral of the story is <\/p>\n
765
\n00:48:24,480 –> 00:48:28,520
\nGod’s looking for total
\ncommitment from us. <\/p>\n
766
\n00:48:28,720 –> 00:48:31,560
\nTotal.
\nWe can’t serve 2 masters. <\/p>\n
767
\n00:48:32,240 –> 00:48:35,880
\nJesus said it couldn’t be done.
\nWe know deep down that we can’t <\/p>\n
768
\n00:48:35,880 –> 00:48:39,000
\ndo it either.
\nAgain, the children of this <\/p>\n
769
\n00:48:39,000 –> 00:48:40,880
\nworld are wiser than the
\ngeneration of the children of <\/p>\n
770
\n00:48:40,880 –> 00:48:44,320
\nlight.
\nA young medical internist went <\/p>\n
771
\n00:48:44,320 –> 00:48:50,440
\nto his professor, a famous
\nmedical doctor, and he asked him<\/p>\n
772
\n00:48:50,840 –> 00:48:53,600
\nwhat commitment does it take to
\nbe a good doctor? <\/p>\n
773
\n00:48:54,600 –> 00:48:57,120
\nThe elder doctor said to the
\nyoung man, either get your heart<\/p>\n
774
\n00:48:57,120 –> 00:48:59,640
\ninto it or get yourself out of
\nit. <\/p>\n
775
\n00:49:01,200 –> 00:49:03,920
\nAnd so that’s true of us and we
\ngot to get our heart into the <\/p>\n
776
\n00:49:03,920 –> 00:49:07,720
\ntruth totally, totally committed
\nto God. <\/p>\n
777
\n00:49:07,720 –> 00:49:12,280
\nAnd so coming back to James
\nchapter one, verse nine, let the<\/p>\n
778
\n00:49:12,280 –> 00:49:16,240
\nlowly brother glory in his
\naxultation, but let the rich in <\/p>\n
779
\n00:49:16,240 –> 00:49:19,800
\nhis humiliation, because as the
\nflower of the field, he will <\/p>\n
780
\n00:49:19,800 –> 00:49:22,720
\npass away.
\nFor no sooner has the sun risen <\/p>\n
781
\n00:49:22,720 –> 00:49:25,960
\nwith a burning heat, but it
\nWithers, the grass and flowers <\/p>\n
782
\n00:49:25,960 –> 00:49:28,760
\nfalls, and beautiful appearance
\nperishes. <\/p>\n
783
\n00:49:29,280 –> 00:49:32,600
\nSo the rich man also shall fade
\naway in his pursuit. <\/p>\n
784
\n00:49:33,880 –> 00:49:38,120
\nSeems like a paradox, but the
\nrich are made poor and the poor <\/p>\n
785
\n00:49:38,600 –> 00:49:40,600
\nare made rich.
\nNow it seems that James has <\/p>\n
786
\n00:49:40,600 –> 00:49:43,040
\nchanged his subject, but really
\nhe hasn’t at all. <\/p>\n
787
\n00:49:43,640 –> 00:49:47,440
\nYou start off with the premise.
\nI counted all joy when you fall <\/p>\n
788
\n00:49:47,440 –> 00:49:52,760
\nin the divers temptations.
\nNow in verse 12 blessed is a man<\/p>\n
789
\n00:49:52,760 –> 00:49:55,880
\nthat endures temptations for
\nwhen he has been approved he <\/p>\n
790
\n00:49:55,880 –> 00:49:59,480
\nwill receive the crown of life
\nwhich the Lord has promised to <\/p>\n
791
\n00:49:59,480 –> 00:50:01,680
\nthose who love him.
\nIn the meantime, it’s all <\/p>\n
792
\n00:50:01,680 –> 00:50:03,520
\nconnecting to give us a powerful
\nexpectation. <\/p>\n
793
\n00:50:03,720 –> 00:50:07,200
\nVerse five he says that God will
\ngenerously provide wisdom <\/p>\n
794
\n00:50:07,640 –> 00:50:11,520
\nrequired to properly endure the
\ntrials. 6:00 to 8:00 we learned <\/p>\n
795
\n00:50:11,520 –> 00:50:14,400
\nthe fact that underscored the
\ndouble mightedness will keep us <\/p>\n
796
\n00:50:14,400 –> 00:50:17,040
\nout of the Kingdom.
\nNow in nine and 10 he commits <\/p>\n
797
\n00:50:17,160 –> 00:50:19,240
\ncomments on a problem that is
\nthe cause of much double <\/p>\n
798
\n00:50:19,240 –> 00:50:24,080
\nmindedness or attitude toward
\nmoney and material possessions. <\/p>\n
799
\n00:50:25,120 –> 00:50:31,520
\nMoney itself is not bad or good,
\nit’s the love of it that’s the <\/p>\n
800
\n00:50:31,520 –> 00:50:34,200
\nproblem.
\nIn James Day there were some <\/p>\n
801
\n00:50:34,200 –> 00:50:39,920
\nreally poor Christadelphians, so
\npoor that the ecclesias around <\/p>\n
802
\n00:50:39,920 –> 00:50:43,000
\nthe world took up a collection
\nto send to the poor, poor <\/p>\n
803
\n00:50:43,000 –> 00:50:47,760
\nChristadelphians in Jerusalem.
\nAnd so count it all joy when you<\/p>\n
804
\n00:50:47,760 –> 00:50:52,000
\nfall into divers temptations.
\nLet the lowly brother glory in <\/p>\n
805
\n00:50:52,000 –> 00:50:54,800
\nhis exhortation, and you go to
\nthe third world countries. <\/p>\n
806
\n00:50:55,080 –> 00:50:59,080
\nAnd these brothers and sisters
\nare so full of the truth and <\/p>\n
807
\n00:50:59,080 –> 00:51:00,720
\nthey have nothing and they’re
\nhappy. <\/p>\n
808
\n00:51:01,640 –> 00:51:04,880
\nSometimes I see Christian Evans
\nwho have almost everything in <\/p>\n
809
\n00:51:04,880 –> 00:51:06,720
\nthis world’s good and and
\nthey’re miserable. <\/p>\n
810
\n00:51:08,400 –> 00:51:12,160
\nMoney does not bring happiness.
\nIt does help you to be <\/p>\n
811
\n00:51:12,160 –> 00:51:15,840
\ncomfortable in your misery, but
\nit doesn’t bring happiness. <\/p>\n
812
\n00:51:18,920 –> 00:51:21,040
\nNow the warning to the rich is a
\nhumbling 1. <\/p>\n
813
\n00:51:23,040 –> 00:51:25,680
\nCommon characteristics of the
\nrich is to be puffed up. <\/p>\n
814
\n00:51:27,120 –> 00:51:33,120
\nPsalm One O 3 ISM verse 15 As
\nfor man, his days are like <\/p>\n
815
\n00:51:33,120 –> 00:51:35,680
\ngrass.
\nWe look at the grass and we’re <\/p>\n
816
\n00:51:35,680 –> 00:51:37,840
\nbeing compared to grass.
\nJames compares this to grass. <\/p>\n
817
\n00:51:38,080 –> 00:51:40,240
\nDavid compares this to grass.
\nIsaiah compares this to grass. <\/p>\n
818
\n00:51:40,440 –> 00:51:43,720
\nPeter compares this to grass.
\nGrass is a pretty fleeting <\/p>\n
819
\n00:51:43,720 –> 00:51:47,760
\nthing, you know, you mow it up
\nand you throw it in the trash. <\/p>\n
820
\n00:51:47,760 –> 00:51:54,360
\nMan, man and his days are like
\ngrass. <\/p>\n
821
\n00:51:54,360 –> 00:51:56,760
\nAs the flower of the field, so
\nhe flourishes, for the wind <\/p>\n
822
\n00:51:56,760 –> 00:51:59,640
\npasses over it.
\nIt’s gone, and this place <\/p>\n
823
\n00:51:59,640 –> 00:52:03,600
\nremembers it no more.
\nIsaiah says, Cry out, What shall<\/p>\n
824
\n00:52:03,600 –> 00:52:06,920
\nI cry?
\nAll flesh is grass, and all the <\/p>\n
825
\n00:52:06,920 –> 00:52:10,120
\nloveliness is like a flower of
\nthe field. <\/p>\n
826
\n00:52:10,120 –> 00:52:13,280
\nThe grass Withers.
\nThe flower fades because the <\/p>\n
827
\n00:52:13,280 –> 00:52:17,040
\nbreath of God blows upon it.
\nSurely the people it’s grass <\/p>\n
828
\n00:52:17,920 –> 00:52:22,360
\nfirst Peter one verse 21.
\nAll flesh is grass, and all this<\/p>\n
829
\n00:52:22,360 –> 00:52:23,800
\nglory of man is the flower of
\nthe grass. <\/p>\n
830
\n00:52:24,200 –> 00:52:26,000
\nThe grass Withers and the flower
\nfails. <\/p>\n
831
\n00:52:26,240 –> 00:52:28,280
\nYou know, we’re just only here
\ntemporarily. <\/p>\n
832
\n00:52:29,000 –> 00:52:32,360
\nWe, we mustn’t put our trust in
\nthe things of this world. <\/p>\n
833
\n00:52:34,000 –> 00:52:37,120
\nAgain.
\nWe’re double minded when we are <\/p>\n
834
\n00:52:37,280 –> 00:52:40,800
\nbalancing the things of this
\nlife with the things of the <\/p>\n
835
\n00:52:40,800 –> 00:52:42,640
\ntruth.
\nWe have to have our priorities <\/p>\n
836
\n00:52:42,640 –> 00:52:45,440
\nright.
\nThe truth must come first in our<\/p>\n
837
\n00:52:45,440 –> 00:52:48,760
\nlife.
\nAnd so I’m going to ask you to <\/p>\n
838
\n00:52:49,480 –> 00:52:54,120
\nmake a commitment this morning.
\nIt’s right out of James and I’ll<\/p>\n
839
\n00:52:54,120 –> 00:52:56,320
\nread it to you.
\nIt’s James chapter one, verse <\/p>\n
840
\n00:52:56,320 –> 00:52:59,240
\n27.
\nPure religion and undefiled <\/p>\n
841
\n00:52:59,240 –> 00:53:00,920
\nbefore God and the Father
\nexists. <\/p>\n
842
\n00:53:01,680 –> 00:53:03,800
\nSo visit the fatherless and
\nwidows in their affliction, and <\/p>\n
843
\n00:53:03,800 –> 00:53:06,120
\nkeep himself unspotted from the
\nworld that’s. <\/p>\n
844
\n00:53:06,280 –> 00:53:08,560
\nPure religion.
\nWe’re going to deal with that in<\/p>\n
845
\n00:53:08,560 –> 00:53:11,800
\na in a future class.
\nBut now after you learn the <\/p>\n
846
\n00:53:11,800 –> 00:53:17,320
\nverse, there’s more.
\nI’m asking you, and don’t tell <\/p>\n
847
\n00:53:17,320 –> 00:53:18,280
\nme if you do or.
\nDon’t. <\/p>\n
848
\n00:53:19,080 –> 00:53:21,440
\nIt’s really none of my business.
\nI’ve given these out in England <\/p>\n
849
\n00:53:21,440 –> 00:53:23,200
\nand people bring them back to me
\nand say and say here, here’s <\/p>\n
850
\n00:53:23,200 –> 00:53:24,800
\nyour slip.
\nI don’t want them back. <\/p>\n
851
\n00:53:26,640 –> 00:53:30,720
\nThis is for you.
\nOh, why English do that, Peter? <\/p>\n
852
\n00:53:34,120 –> 00:53:39,120
\nBut I promise this is not a vow.
\nI promise to the best of my <\/p>\n
853
\n00:53:39,120 –> 00:53:42,440
\nability to comply with this
\ndefinition given by James. <\/p>\n
854
\n00:53:42,680 –> 00:53:44,880
\nNow, if you will take that, it’s
\ngot a place to date it and sign <\/p>\n
855
\n00:53:44,880 –> 00:53:46,200
\nit.
\nYou put in your little Bible <\/p>\n
856
\n00:53:47,120 –> 00:53:50,160
\nwhen you do, when you do your
\nBible readings, not if, but when<\/p>\n
857
\n00:53:50,960 –> 00:53:53,960
\nyou look out and you’ll say,
\nwell, on August, whatever today <\/p>\n
858
\n00:53:53,960 –> 00:53:59,360
\nis, I signed that And it reminds
\nyou of a commitment you made <\/p>\n
859
\n00:53:59,360 –> 00:54:01,560
\ntoday to God or whenever you
\nsigned it. <\/p>\n
860
\n00:54:02,200 –> 00:54:05,400
\nSo I hope that you will take one
\nand that you will sign it. <\/p>\n
861
\n00:54:05,520 –> 00:54:09,520
\nAnd it’s, it’s really between
\nyou and God. <\/p>\n
862
\n00:54:10,800 –> 00:54:17,200
\nBut it’s so important that we
\nrealize that we have to be <\/p>\n
863
\n00:54:17,200 –> 00:54:22,400
\ntotally committed to God and his
\nSon. <\/p>\n
864
\n00:54:23,640 –> 00:54:26,840
\nAnd when we do that, He promises
\nto open the windows of heaven. <\/p>\n
865
\n00:54:27,160 –> 00:54:34,120
\nI’ll do exceedingly abundantly
\nabove all that you ask or think.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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