{"id":1505,"date":"2026-07-12T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/408-bob-lloyd-the-way-of-life\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T04:43:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T04:43:29","slug":"408-bob-lloyd-the-way-of-life","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/408-bob-lloyd-the-way-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"408: Bob Lloyd – The Way of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s talk is from a series by Brother Bob Lloyd titled “The Way of Life,” which was given in Australia, but we aren’t sure when. This is class 1, “Thank God for Hurdles.”<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to Good Christophian
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\nare sharing the talk.
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\nthis week’s talk.
\nHello everyone, welcome back. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is brother Ruben and we’ll
\nbe listening this week to a talk<\/p>\n

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\ngiven by brother Bob Lloyd given
\nin Australia. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m not sure when, but it’s Part
\n1 of the series he gave under <\/p>\n

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\nthe title of The Way of Life.
\nAnd this talk is called Thank <\/p>\n

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\nGod for Hurdles.
\nAnd the reason I chose this talk<\/p>\n

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\nwas because I’m very fond of it
\nand have very fond memories of <\/p>\n

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\nit because me and my father used
\nto listen to it and always quote<\/p>\n

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\nit back to each other.
\nAnd he’s very easy to remember <\/p>\n

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\nhis quotes from by the Bobbies
\nand he he just has the skill of <\/p>\n

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\nsaying things that just stick in
\nyour mind so you remember them <\/p>\n

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\nfor future reference.
\nAnd he’s very practical in this <\/p>\n

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\ntalk, and he speaks on how to
\ndeal with trials and how to <\/p>\n

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\nrespond to them and the need for
\ntrials. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he uses some great examples
\nthat really stick in my mind and<\/p>\n

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\nhopefully will stick in everyone
\nelse’s. <\/p>\n

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\nHe especially speaks to me when
\nhe talks about thanking God for <\/p>\n

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\nyour trials and rejoicing in
\nthem, and even to the point of <\/p>\n

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\njumping for joy, leaping for
\njoys, Jesus says. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I find that very
\nchallenging, but very helpful to<\/p>\n

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\nthink about.
\nSo I hope you enjoy it as much <\/p>\n

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\nas I have, and I’ll hand you
\nover to Brother Bob speaking to <\/p>\n

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\nthank God for the hurdles.
\nGood afternoon, my beloved <\/p>\n

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\nbrothers and sisters of the Lord
\nJesus Christ and all you young <\/p>\n

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\npeople and all our friends.
\nI can’t tell you how happy I am <\/p>\n

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\nto be here with you.
\nI never thought I’d be back, and<\/p>\n

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\nhere I am again.
\nAnd I’m so thankful that you <\/p>\n

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\nwere kind enough to remember to
\ninvite me. <\/p>\n

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\nI have this problem.
\nIf you invite me, I have to say <\/p>\n

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\nyes.
\nAnd sometimes it disturbs my <\/p>\n

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\nwife a little bit.
\nBut if you can do something and <\/p>\n

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\nGod’s asking you to do it, I
\nbelieve we need to try to do it.<\/p>\n

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\nSo as long as God gives us the
\nstrength, we’re going to try. <\/p>\n

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\nBut it’s you’re getting less
\neveryday as you get older. <\/p>\n

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\nI can say something to you that
\nnone of you can say. <\/p>\n

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\nI left Los Angeles Wednesday
\nevening and I did not sin on <\/p>\n

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\nThursday because when we landed
\nit was Friday so I I had no <\/p>\n

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\nThursday to sin.
\nUnfortunately on the way back I <\/p>\n

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\nget 2 Mondays so I probably wake
\nup for lost time. <\/p>\n

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\nBut it’s wonderful to think that
\nyou can get in an airplane and a<\/p>\n

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\nfew hours later be with so many
\npeople you know and love that <\/p>\n

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\nyou haven’t seen for such a long
\ntime. <\/p>\n

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\nI know there’s some new ones
\nhere that we are meeting for the<\/p>\n

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\nfirst time, and I’m looking
\nforward to talking to you. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it’s certainly wonderful to
\nsee the faces of those that <\/p>\n

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\nwe’ve known and loved for over
\nthe years. <\/p>\n

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\nI see Steven Eggington down
\nthere. <\/p>\n

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\nI raced him in 1979 across a
\nbridge and I won because I <\/p>\n

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\ncheated.
\nI’ve been doing that all over <\/p>\n

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\nthe world.
\nBut the last time I did it, I <\/p>\n

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\nwas already in my 70s and they,
\nI, the guy beat me so bad I <\/p>\n

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\ncould hardly see him at the end.
\nBut so I don’t do that anymore. <\/p>\n

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\nBut I maybe I could beat him
\nnow. <\/p>\n

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\nWe both aged the same amount,
\nexcept I had such a big head <\/p>\n

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\nstart.
\nWell, our subject is the way of <\/p>\n

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\nlife.
\nThere are two ways you can go in<\/p>\n

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\nyour life and you have a choice.
\nWe can choose the way of life, <\/p>\n

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\nwhich is our subject and live
\nforever. <\/p>\n

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\nWe can choose the way of death
\nand perish forever. <\/p>\n

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\nNow that doesn’t sound like a
\nvery difficult decision to make.<\/p>\n

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\nDoesn’t life or death and yet I
\nknow you’re going to realize <\/p>\n

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\nthis is true nearly nearly
\neverybody in the whole wide <\/p>\n

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\nworld, every year, every decade,
\nevery century, they all choose <\/p>\n

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\ndeath because they do not want
\nto take the way of life. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so that’s going to be our
\nsubject. <\/p>\n

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\nHow can we be sure that we have
\ntaken and are in the way of <\/p>\n

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\nlife?
\nSo our studies this afternoon, <\/p>\n

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\nthis evening and tomorrow, God
\nwilling, are going to try to <\/p>\n

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\nhelp us see clearly the way and
\nthen walk ye in it, the prophet <\/p>\n

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\nIsaiah told us.
\nAnd I and I shall hear a voice <\/p>\n

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\nbehind me, the saying, this is
\nthe way, walk ye in it when you <\/p>\n

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\nturn to the right hand and when
\nyou turn to the left. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s what we need to do.
\nWe need to hear this voice of <\/p>\n

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\nGod which we get from our
\nscriptures saying, this is a <\/p>\n

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\nway, a walk ye in it.
\nIn Jeremiah’s day the Lord said <\/p>\n

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\nto Jeremiah, and to this people,
\nye shall say, Thus saith the <\/p>\n

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\nLord, Behold, I set before you
\nthe way of life and the way of <\/p>\n

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\ndeath.
\nSimple, right? <\/p>\n

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\nChoose life.
\nMost people don’t, but we want <\/p>\n

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\nto make sure that all of us make
\nthe right decision and choose <\/p>\n

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\nlife.
\nAgain, words you’re familiar <\/p>\n

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\nwith, and you might want to look
\nthem up there in Deuteronomy <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 30, because Moses is
\nchallenging the children of <\/p>\n

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\nIsrael just before he dies.
\nAnd he’s an old man. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s even older than I am, and
\nthat’s pretty old. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he’ll, he calls them
\ntogether as you have come <\/p>\n

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\ntogether this afternoon.
\nAnd he said, I call heaven and <\/p>\n

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\nearth to witness against you
\nthis day I have set before you <\/p>\n

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\nlife and death, blessing and
\ncursing. <\/p>\n

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\nChoose life that you and your
\ndescendants may live, and again <\/p>\n

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\nyou.
\nIf you know the history of the <\/p>\n

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\nchildren of Israel, nearly all
\nof them chose death out of some <\/p>\n

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\ntwo and a half million or more
\nwho left Egypt. <\/p>\n

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\nTwo of those original ones, over
\n20, walked across the Jordan <\/p>\n

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\ninto the Promised Land.
\nJoshua and Caleb, all the rest <\/p>\n

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\nperished in the wilderness.
\nAnd so history attest to the <\/p>\n

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\nfact that most people do not
\nchoose the way of life. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we want you to do that now.
\nThe term the way is a biblical <\/p>\n

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\nterm and we don’t use it as much
\ntoday as we used to in in years <\/p>\n

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\npast.
\nIn fact, the word appears 374 <\/p>\n

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\ntimes in the King James Version
\nof the Bible and many years ago <\/p>\n

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\nin the Christadelphian magazine
\nin what they used to call the <\/p>\n

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\nintelligence section.
\nIt’s it’s really the news. <\/p>\n

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\nBut they would report, record
\nsomething like this. <\/p>\n

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\nOur dear sister XYZ has fallen
\nasleep in the Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nShe had been in the way for over
\n60 years. <\/p>\n

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\nNow we know what they meant, but
\nit sounds like she’s was <\/p>\n

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\nblocking traffic for a very long
\ntime. <\/p>\n

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\nBut this phrase, the way is
\nquite scriptural, so we’re just <\/p>\n

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\ngoing to look at a few of them,
\nSolomon says. <\/p>\n

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\nHe is in the way of life that
\nkeepeth instruction. <\/p>\n

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\nSo now there’s a little clue for
\nus. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you want to stay in the way
\nof life, you got to listen to <\/p>\n

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\nsome instructions, and
\ninstructions we’re going to find<\/p>\n

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\nare in our Bible.
\nAnd so he says, I have taught <\/p>\n

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\nthee in the way of judgment and
\nwisdom. <\/p>\n

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\nI have led thee in right paths.
\nThe Bible was written so that we<\/p>\n

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\nwould know the way of wisdom and
\njudgment. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s clear that God wants us to
\navoid the wrong way. <\/p>\n

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\nSo Solomon says, forsake the
\nfoolish and live and go in the <\/p>\n

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\nway of understanding.
\nHe is in the way of life that <\/p>\n

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\nkeepeth.
\nInstructions in the way of <\/p>\n

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\nrighteousness is life.
\nRighteousness keepeth him that <\/p>\n

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\nis upright in the way.
\nThe hoary head is a crown of <\/p>\n

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\nglory if it be found in the way
\nof righteousness. <\/p>\n

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\nHe that is upright in the way is
\nthe abomination of the wicked. <\/p>\n

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\nYou wicked people don’t like you
\nto be in the way of truth. <\/p>\n

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\nThey don’t like you took to
\nstand up for what’s right. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so Solomon actually warned
\nus and said there is a way as he<\/p>\n

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\nwas writing to a man, but the
\nend thereof are the ways of <\/p>\n

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\ndeath.
\nSo the consequences of choosing <\/p>\n

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\nthe wrong way is fatal to choose
\nthe right way. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s life and peace, and so it’s
\neasy for us to deceive <\/p>\n

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\nourselves.
\nAnd when we want to really do <\/p>\n

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\nsomething, how often we
\nrationalize it. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat we want to do is right when
\nwe really know it isn’t so. <\/p>\n

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\nSolomon warns us in the very
\nfirst chapter of his Proverbs. <\/p>\n

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\nMy son, walk not thou in the way
\nof them. <\/p>\n

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\nRefrain thy foot from their
\npath. <\/p>\n

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\nYoung people have a lot of peer
\npressure. <\/p>\n

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\nAs you get older, your peers
\nstart dying. <\/p>\n

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\nMy father-in-law lived with us
\ntill he was 102 and we had a big<\/p>\n

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\nparty for him of
\nChristadelphians on his 100th <\/p>\n

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\nbirthday.
\nAnd I got up and I said <\/p>\n

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\ngranddad, we call him
\naffectionately. <\/p>\n

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\nGranddad has solved the peer
\npressure problem. <\/p>\n

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\nHe didn’t have any peers.
\nHe was 100 and nobody else in <\/p>\n

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\nthe room was anywhere near that.
\nBut we do have peer pressure <\/p>\n

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\nproblem.
\nAnd so Psalmist saying don’t <\/p>\n

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\nlisten to those people who want
\nto tell you to do the wrong <\/p>\n

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\nthings.
\nAnd so we read in John chapter <\/p>\n

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\n14, Jesus trying to comfort us
\nand he says, let not your heart <\/p>\n

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\nbe troubled.
\nYou have troubles. <\/p>\n

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\nI know that you can’t get a room
\nof people this big and not have <\/p>\n

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\npeople a lot of troubles.
\nYou know the only people in the <\/p>\n

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\nworld had no trouble at all are
\ndead. <\/p>\n

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\nBe glad you have a few problems.
\nIt shows you’re alive. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so let not your heart be
\ntroubled. <\/p>\n

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\nYou believe in God, believe also
\nin me. <\/p>\n

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\nThen he said, where do I go?
\nYou know, and the way, you know,<\/p>\n

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\nwe’re talking about the way.
\nThey didn’t know what he was <\/p>\n

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\ntalking about.
\nThomas was bold enough to speak <\/p>\n

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\nup and ask the question.
\nThomas says, Lord, we know not <\/p>\n

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\nwhither you’re going.
\nHow do we know the way? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Jesus said, I am the way,
\nthe truth, and the life. <\/p>\n

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\nNo man cometh unto the Father
\nbut by me. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the right way, the only way,
\nis to follow Jesus, who is the <\/p>\n

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\nway, the truth and the life.
\nAnd so Jesus said, my sheep hear<\/p>\n

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\nmy voice.
\nI know them, and they follow me.<\/p>\n

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\nSo are you following Jesus?
\nSo our goal is to follow Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says if any man will serve
\nme, let him follow me. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd where I am, there shall also
\nmy servant be. <\/p>\n

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\nIf any man serve me, him will my
\nFather honor. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then he said, if any man
\nwill come after me, let him deny<\/p>\n

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\nhimself, take up his cross and
\nfollow me. <\/p>\n

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\nNow what Jesus is saying is it’s
\nnot going to be easy. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s saying if you want to
\nfollow Jesus, you have to pick <\/p>\n

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\nup a cross and follow him.
\nAnd you know what crosses were <\/p>\n

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\nfor?
\nThey were to die on. <\/p>\n

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\nWe don’t literally die on a
\ncross. <\/p>\n

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\nWe have to crucify our flesh.
\nWe have to stop doing those <\/p>\n

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\nthings that our body tells us
\nthat it wants to do. <\/p>\n

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\nSo these things have I spoken to
\nyou that in me you might have <\/p>\n

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\npeace.
\nHe says in the world you will <\/p>\n

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\nhave tribulation, but cheer up.
\nI’ve overcome the world. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, did you hear what he said?
\nHe said you’re going to have <\/p>\n

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\ntrouble, big trouble.
\nCheer up. <\/p>\n

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\nNow that sounds like a
\ncontradiction of terms, doesn’t <\/p>\n

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\nit?
\nYou’re going to have trouble. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m full of cheer up.
\nAnd that’s what Jesus is saying.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s what we should be
\ntrying to do because we’re going<\/p>\n

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\nto talk about something in this
\nfirst class that you’ve heard <\/p>\n

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\nbefore.
\nI am not going to tell you <\/p>\n

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\nanything you haven’t already
\nheard, because if I did, it <\/p>\n

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\nprobably would be wrong.
\nYou’re all better Bible Students<\/p>\n

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\nthan I am.
\nBut I’m going to try to stir up <\/p>\n

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\nyour pure minds by way of
\nremembrance and try to make it <\/p>\n

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\nstick.
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\nit doesn’t go flying out there.
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\nin the middle and it’ll hang up
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\nthe middle as we try to present
\nthem to you. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so Jesus is saying, you’re
\ngoing to have trouble. <\/p>\n

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\nCheer up.
\nI’ve overcome, so can you. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s why Paul, who
\nunderstood that, said I can do <\/p>\n

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\nall things through Christ who
\nstrengthens me. <\/p>\n

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\nHe could and you can too.
\nSo Paul travelled among the <\/p>\n

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\necclesias and he tried to
\ncomfort them with similar words <\/p>\n

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\nhe said.
\nHe said that he exhorted them to<\/p>\n

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\ncontinue in the faith and that
\nwe must, through much <\/p>\n

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\ntribulation, enter into the
\nKingdom of God. <\/p>\n

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\nSo Paul is telling us, like
\nJesus told us, that you’re going<\/p>\n

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\nto have troubles.
\nBe followers of me, said Paul <\/p>\n

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\nthen, even as I am of Christ.
\nSo the first lesson we want to <\/p>\n

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\nlearn in this class is that the
\nway of life is a way less <\/p>\n

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\ntraveled.
\nIt’s strewn with problems and <\/p>\n

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\nhurdles and potholes and detours
\nand you have to expect them and <\/p>\n

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\nknow how to conquer them because
\nthat means to overcome. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, not too many years ago you
\nhad the Olympics here in Sydney <\/p>\n

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\nand it was a very big deal for
\nthe whole world and particularly<\/p>\n

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\nfor NSW and certainly for the
\ncity of Sydney. <\/p>\n

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\nNow just imagine that you were
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\nthe field and stream, field and
\ntrack of the fence and you’ve <\/p>\n

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\ngot in the stand and this place
\nis packed and I know it was <\/p>\n

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\npacked.
\nI don’t know if any of you went,<\/p>\n

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\nI’ve never been to Olympic game.
\nWe had one in Los Angeles but I <\/p>\n

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\ncouldn’t get tickets.
\nBut just imagine now we’re in <\/p>\n

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\nthe stands and your boy from NSW
\nis the runner for the high <\/p>\n

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\nhurdles, representing the great
\ncountry of Australia. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the band is playing in the
\nwave, the flags are waving and, <\/p>\n

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\nand we’re getting all ready for
\nthis race and all that. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, I don’t do this very
\ngood anymore. <\/p>\n

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\nBut you know, they’re all
\ngetting ready to go and there’s <\/p>\n

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\nthe blocks are out there for
\nthem to to put their feet in and<\/p>\n

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\nthe guy’s got their gun.
\nHe’s going to sound the gun. <\/p>\n

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\nHe said on your mark, get set,
\ngo and said take your position <\/p>\n

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\nand then Australia and run and
\nget down. <\/p>\n

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\nYou get the seat in the stock
\nand he looks down the road, no <\/p>\n

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\nhurdles.
\nThis is a high hurdle race and <\/p>\n

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\nsomebody forgot to put hurdles
\nin his lane and the guy thinks <\/p>\n

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\non your mark, gets that, hey,
\ndon’t do shoot that gun, don’t <\/p>\n

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\ndo shit the gun.
\nWhat’s the matter? <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s no hurdles in my lane.
\nI can’t win the gold medal for <\/p>\n

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\nAustralia if there’s no hurdles
\nto jump over. <\/p>\n

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\nI want hurdles to jump over so I
\ncan win that. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s not too hard to
\nunderstand, is it? <\/p>\n

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\nCan you equate that to your
\nlife, that God is literally <\/p>\n

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\nputting hurdles in your lane in
\nyour life so you can overcome? <\/p>\n

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\nJesus said he that overcometh.
\nYou can’t overcome if there’s no<\/p>\n

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\nhurdles.
\nSo the whole stadium waited <\/p>\n

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\nwhile the groundskeepers set up
\nhurdles in the lane for the <\/p>\n

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\nAustralian runner and then they
\nran the race. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you and I are in this Race
\nfor Life eternal and we’ve got <\/p>\n

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\nhurdles in front of us and every
\nmorning when you get up there’s <\/p>\n

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\nhurdles for you to jump.
\nInstead of saying, oh woe is me,<\/p>\n

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\nlook at all those hurdles, just
\nsay thank God for hurdles. <\/p>\n

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\nA loving God is preparing me for
\nsomething bigger and better than<\/p>\n

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\nthis life.
\nIn order for me to achieve it, I<\/p>\n

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\nhave to overcome.
\nAnd so every hurdle is to jump. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I can do it because I can do
\nall things through Christ who <\/p>\n

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\nstrengthens me.
\nAgain, if you have your Bibles <\/p>\n

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\non your lap, Hebrews chapter 12
\nverses thoroughly familiar to <\/p>\n

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\nall of you, and they’re about
\nthe subject on which we’re now <\/p>\n

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\nconsidering chapter 12 of
\nHebrews coming in at verse 6. <\/p>\n

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\nFor whom the Lord loves, He
\nchastens. <\/p>\n

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\nYou want God to love you, and
\nyou know what’s going to happen.<\/p>\n

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\nYou’re going to be chasing.
\nIf you endure chastening, God <\/p>\n

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\ndeals with you as with sons.
\nFor what son is there whom the <\/p>\n

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\nFather does not chasten?
\nBut if you are without <\/p>\n

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\nchastening, of which all have
\nbecome partakers, then you are <\/p>\n

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\nillegitimate and not sons and
\nKing James bastards, as you <\/p>\n

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\nknow.
\nFurthermore, we have all had <\/p>\n

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\nhuman fathers who corrected us,
\nand we paid them respect. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’re thankful when your Father
\nloves you enough to correct you <\/p>\n

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\nand teach you the right way.
\nYou have a Heavenly Father that <\/p>\n

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\nloves you enough to correct you
\nand guide you in the way of <\/p>\n

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\nlife.
\nShall we not much more readily <\/p>\n

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\nbe in subjection to the Father
\nof spirits and live? <\/p>\n

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\nFor they indeed for a few days
\nchastened us as it seemed best <\/p>\n

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\nto them, but He for our profit,
\nthat we may be partakers of His <\/p>\n

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\nHoliness.
\nNow this next verse is so <\/p>\n

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\nobvious and you already knew it.
\nNo chastening seems to be joyful<\/p>\n

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\nfor the present.
\nYou can’t say, wow, this is your<\/p>\n

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\nfun, having this problem, this
\nproblem. <\/p>\n

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\nHurdles are to jump.
\nYes, they are an obstacle to <\/p>\n

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\novercome.
\nBut strengthen your hands and <\/p>\n

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\nhang down in the feeble knees
\nand make straight paths for your<\/p>\n

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\nfeet.
\nYou can do it, brothers and <\/p>\n

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\nsisters.
\nAnd that’s the first lesson we <\/p>\n

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\nwant to drive home is if you are
\ngoing to have hurdles in your <\/p>\n

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\nlife.
\nAnd I want to talk about how you<\/p>\n

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\nface them because you they make
\nor they break us. <\/p>\n

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\nSo what does Paul say?
\nLook, come to Romans chapter 5 <\/p>\n

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\nand Paul is going to tell us
\nabout suffering. <\/p>\n

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\nRomans chapter 5 being at verse
\none. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is from the RSV.
\nTherefore, since we are <\/p>\n

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\njustified by faith, we have
\npeace with God through our Lord <\/p>\n

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\nJesus Christ.
\nThrough Him we have obtained <\/p>\n

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\naccess to the grace in which we
\nstand, and we rejoice in our <\/p>\n

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\nhope of sharing the glory of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

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\nMore than that, this is Paul
\ntalking. <\/p>\n

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\nWe rejoice in our sufferings.
\nNow are you doing that? <\/p>\n

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\nAre you rejoicing in your
\nsuffering? <\/p>\n

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\nYou’ve got a problem.
\nI just met a very nice little <\/p>\n

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\nboy out in the parking lot.
\nHe was explaining to me that he <\/p>\n

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\nhas some pins in his neck.
\nIt’s not easy to rejoice when <\/p>\n

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\nyou have pins in your neck, but
\nif God has been put there by the<\/p>\n

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\nmedical doctors to help you, be
\nthankful that they’re there and <\/p>\n

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\nthat they’re doing their job.
\nSo Paul says more than that we <\/p>\n

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\nrejoice in our sufferings,
\nknowing that suffering produces <\/p>\n

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\nendurance, and endurance
\nproduces character, and <\/p>\n

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\ncharacter produces hope.
\nAnd hope does not disappoint us <\/p>\n

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\nbecause God’s love has been
\npoured out into our hearts <\/p>\n

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\nthrough the Holy Spirit which he
\nhas given to us. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:00,400 –> 00:21:06,480
\nHope helps us to cope, and he’s
\nsaying there we rejoice in our <\/p>\n

323
\n00:21:06,480 –> 00:21:09,160
\ntroubles.
\nNow Paul had a problem. <\/p>\n

324
\n00:21:10,080 –> 00:21:12,680
\nYou already know about it.
\nHe called it a thorn in the <\/p>\n

325
\n00:21:12,680 –> 00:21:15,720
\nflesh.
\nI know a lot of people know what<\/p>\n

326
\n00:21:15,720 –> 00:21:18,760
\nit is that Paul didn’t tell us
\nwhat it was, but I’m glad you <\/p>\n

327
\n00:21:18,760 –> 00:21:22,000
\nalready know.
\nWe had lots of different answers<\/p>\n

328
\n00:21:22,000 –> 00:21:23,800
\nto that, and I’m willing to
\nlisten to yours. <\/p>\n

329
\n00:21:24,320 –> 00:21:26,800
\nBut the point is, we don’t need
\nto know what it is. <\/p>\n

330
\n00:21:26,800 –> 00:21:31,840
\nWe just happen to know that
\nthorns stick and they don’t feel<\/p>\n

331
\n00:21:31,840 –> 00:21:34,560
\ngood.
\nAnd if you have a thorn in your <\/p>\n

332
\n00:21:34,560 –> 00:21:38,000
\nflesh, you don’t like it either.
\nAnd Paul didn’t like it, and <\/p>\n

333
\n00:21:38,000 –> 00:21:40,120
\nthat’s only normal not to like
\nit. <\/p>\n

334
\n00:21:40,280 –> 00:21:43,760
\nSo what did he do?
\nHe took it to God in prayer, and<\/p>\n

335
\n00:21:43,760 –> 00:21:46,480
\nhe prayed to God once, twice,
\nthree times. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:21:46,680 –> 00:21:49,280
\nGod, please take away this
\nproblem, this thorn. <\/p>\n

337
\n00:21:49,520 –> 00:21:57,160
\nIt hurts God.
\nAnd God said no to Paul. <\/p>\n

338
\n00:21:57,640 –> 00:21:58,880
\nPaul’s going to be in the
\nKingdom. <\/p>\n

339
\n00:21:59,480 –> 00:22:02,840
\nHe won’t have the thorn then.
\nAnd he had it all his life. <\/p>\n

340
\n00:22:03,480 –> 00:22:06,600
\nListen, listen to this in Second
\nCorinthians chapter 12 again, <\/p>\n

341
\n00:22:06,600 –> 00:22:10,720
\nyou know all this, but three
\ntimes I besought the Lord about <\/p>\n

342
\n00:22:10,720 –> 00:22:16,960
\nthis, that it should leave me.
\nBut God said to me, my grace is <\/p>\n

343
\n00:22:16,960 –> 00:22:20,960
\nsufficient for you, for my power
\nis made perfect in weakness. <\/p>\n

344
\n00:22:21,440 –> 00:22:25,680
\nGod says you’re going to have to
\nlive with that problem. <\/p>\n

345
\n00:22:27,000 –> 00:22:32,600
\nWell, how would you react if God
\ntells you you must live with the<\/p>\n

346
\n00:22:32,600 –> 00:22:39,560
\nproblems that you have?
\nAnd he said, I will the more <\/p>\n

347
\n00:22:39,560 –> 00:22:43,480
\ngladly boast of my weaknesses,
\nthat the power of Christ may <\/p>\n

348
\n00:22:43,480 –> 00:22:46,440
\nrest upon me for the sake of
\nChrist, which I am content with.<\/p>\n

349
\n00:22:46,760 –> 00:22:48,800
\nFor the sake of Christ, I am
\ncontent with weaknesses, <\/p>\n

350
\n00:22:49,120 –> 00:22:53,760
\ninsults, hardships, persecution,
\ncalamities, all these problems <\/p>\n

351
\n00:22:53,760 –> 00:22:56,240
\nI’ve got.
\nThank God for hurdles. <\/p>\n

352
\n00:22:56,280 –> 00:22:58,760
\nThank you God for giving me
\nthese problems. <\/p>\n

353
\n00:22:59,240 –> 00:23:01,640
\nSo you have problems like Paul
\ndid. <\/p>\n

354
\n00:23:02,880 –> 00:23:06,720
\nHow are you reacting?
\nThat’s our lesson we want to <\/p>\n

355
\n00:23:06,720 –> 00:23:10,480
\nlearn from this first class.
\nHow are you going to react to <\/p>\n

356
\n00:23:10,480 –> 00:23:14,280
\nthe problems you already have
\nand some that you’re going to <\/p>\n

357
\n00:23:14,280 –> 00:23:16,000
\nget that you haven’t even had
\nyet? <\/p>\n

358
\n00:23:16,960 –> 00:23:18,720
\nI have people.
\nI just can’t take it anymore. <\/p>\n

359
\n00:23:19,240 –> 00:23:21,520
\nDo you know that your
\nsubconscious mind does not have <\/p>\n

360
\n00:23:21,520 –> 00:23:26,240
\na sense of humor?
\nWhen you talk to yourself and <\/p>\n

361
\n00:23:26,240 –> 00:23:30,680
\nyou tell yourself, I can’t take
\nthis anymore, Your, your body, <\/p>\n

362
\n00:23:31,000 –> 00:23:33,080
\nwe will react.
\nYou probably won’t be able to. <\/p>\n

363
\n00:23:33,560 –> 00:23:35,400
\nSomebody sees it and he says,
\noh, I’m going to get a cold. <\/p>\n

364
\n00:23:35,440 –> 00:23:37,080
\nYou order a cold, OK, you get a
\ncold. <\/p>\n

365
\n00:23:37,840 –> 00:23:42,600
\nWhy do we program ourselves to
\nfail instead of to succeed? <\/p>\n

366
\n00:23:43,120 –> 00:23:45,240
\nDon’t ever say negative things
\nfor yourself. <\/p>\n

367
\n00:23:45,240 –> 00:23:47,760
\nOh, I just can’t handle it.
\nYou can handle it. <\/p>\n

368
\n00:23:47,760 –> 00:23:50,280
\nIf you didn’t couldn’t handle
\nit, God wouldn’t let you have it<\/p>\n

369
\n00:23:50,280 –> 00:23:53,440
\nin the first place.
\nSo you see, we can take lots <\/p>\n

370
\n00:23:53,440 –> 00:23:58,440
\nmore than we think we can take
\nif we just trust in God to <\/p>\n

371
\n00:23:58,440 –> 00:24:02,560
\nprovide us the strength to get
\nthrough what it is we have to go<\/p>\n

372
\n00:24:02,560 –> 00:24:06,320
\nthrough.
\nAnd so James now Paul has said <\/p>\n

373
\n00:24:06,800 –> 00:24:08,760
\nthat we gladly boast in
\nweaknesses. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:24:09,600 –> 00:24:14,400
\nJames chapter 1 is going to say,
\nconsider it pure joy, my <\/p>\n

375
\n00:24:14,400 –> 00:24:16,400
\nbrothers, when you face trials
\nof any kind. <\/p>\n

376
\n00:24:16,960 –> 00:24:18,080
\nYou got you’re really being
\ntried. <\/p>\n

377
\n00:24:18,160 –> 00:24:20,640
\nOh boy, are you you’re full joy,
\nright? <\/p>\n

378
\n00:24:21,000 –> 00:24:27,680
\nNo, Well, James says yes, when
\nyou have problems, we are to <\/p>\n

379
\n00:24:27,680 –> 00:24:32,000
\nthank God for our troubles
\nbecause you know this is not a <\/p>\n

380
\n00:24:32,000 –> 00:24:36,080
\nmaybe thing, because you know
\nthat the testing your faith <\/p>\n

381
\n00:24:36,080 –> 00:24:39,360
\ndevelops perseverance.
\nPerseverance must finish its <\/p>\n

382
\n00:24:39,360 –> 00:24:43,320
\nwork so that you may be mature
\nand complete, not lacking <\/p>\n

383
\n00:24:43,560 –> 00:24:47,880
\nanything.
\nSo James is in complete <\/p>\n

384
\n00:24:47,880 –> 00:24:52,080
\nagreement with Paul.
\nHow do you react when you have <\/p>\n

385
\n00:24:52,080 –> 00:24:54,240
\nproblems?
\nRejoice in our sufferings, <\/p>\n

386
\n00:24:54,760 –> 00:24:57,520
\nknowing that suffering produces
\nendurance. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:24:57,520 –> 00:25:01,240
\nNow, this is not normal in the
\nworld. <\/p>\n

388
\n00:25:01,240 –> 00:25:04,000
\nIt’s totally unknown.
\nYou’re not in the world. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:25:04,000 –> 00:25:06,200
\nYou come out from the world.
\nWe have to be different from <\/p>\n

390
\n00:25:06,200 –> 00:25:09,040
\neverybody else, and we do have
\nproblems. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:25:09,760 –> 00:25:15,440
\nBut you see, God, because he
\nloves you, is going to make sure<\/p>\n

392
\n00:25:15,440 –> 00:25:20,280
\nthat you never have a problem
\nthat you can’t handle. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:25:21,200 –> 00:25:25,200
\nIf you couldn’t have handled it,
\nGod wouldn’t have let you have <\/p>\n

394
\n00:25:25,200 –> 00:25:27,960
\nit.
\nAnd so sometimes when I’ve had a<\/p>\n

395
\n00:25:27,960 –> 00:25:31,320
\nreally big problem, I said, God,
\nyou think I’m up to this one. <\/p>\n

396
\n00:25:32,120 –> 00:25:34,920
\nBut since I’ve got the problem,
\nthe answer is yes, I am or you <\/p>\n

397
\n00:25:34,920 –> 00:25:37,880
\nwouldn’t let me have it.
\nAnd so now this is I want I <\/p>\n

398
\n00:25:37,920 –> 00:25:39,920
\nreally want you to look up Luke
\nchapter 6. <\/p>\n

399
\n00:25:39,920 –> 00:25:42,920
\nAnd this is Jesus because where
\ndid Paul get the answer to <\/p>\n

400
\n00:25:42,920 –> 00:25:45,320
\nrejoice in trouble?
\nWhere did James get the answer <\/p>\n

401
\n00:25:45,320 –> 00:25:47,520
\nto rejoice in trouble?
\nThey learned it from Jesus <\/p>\n

402
\n00:25:47,520 –> 00:25:51,160
\nChrist.
\nAnd so Jesus is going to answer <\/p>\n

403
\n00:25:51,160 –> 00:25:54,800
\nthis once and for all.
\nHow do we handle our troubles on<\/p>\n

404
\n00:25:54,800 –> 00:25:59,040
\nthe way of life?
\nLuke chapter 6 and coming in at <\/p>\n

405
\n00:25:59,040 –> 00:26:03,320
\nverse 20 looking at his
\ndisciples and this is what Jesus<\/p>\n

406
\n00:26:03,320 –> 00:26:09,120
\nhe looks right at you and he
\nsaid blessed are you poor for <\/p>\n

407
\n00:26:09,120 –> 00:26:13,520
\nyours is the Kingdom of God.
\nWe’d love to go to weddings. <\/p>\n

408
\n00:26:13,520 –> 00:26:16,120
\nChristian Davis go to weddings.
\nThat’s one place you can get <\/p>\n

409
\n00:26:16,120 –> 00:26:17,480
\npeople out.
\nThey don’t come to some other <\/p>\n

410
\n00:26:17,480 –> 00:26:18,640
\nthings.
\nThey’ll come to a wedding. <\/p>\n

411
\n00:26:19,120 –> 00:26:22,760
\nSo big wedding in your area and
\nall the little children were in <\/p>\n

412
\n00:26:22,760 –> 00:26:26,520
\nthe audience and after they got
\nhome, they decided to play play <\/p>\n

413
\n00:26:26,520 –> 00:26:28,720
\nwedding.
\nSo one little boy, he was going <\/p>\n

414
\n00:26:28,720 –> 00:26:32,320
\nto be the preacher and a little
\ngirl was playing the role of the<\/p>\n

415
\n00:26:32,320 –> 00:26:35,040
\nbride and the little boy was
\npretending he was the groom and <\/p>\n

416
\n00:26:35,040 –> 00:26:37,120
\nthe the little, the little
\nfellow who was doing the <\/p>\n

417
\n00:26:37,120 –> 00:26:39,760
\nmarrying, He said to the little
\ngirl, do you take this man for a<\/p>\n

418
\n00:26:39,760 –> 00:26:41,680
\nricher or for a poorer?
\nAnd he said, she says for <\/p>\n

419
\n00:26:41,680 –> 00:26:48,040
\nricher.
\nShe thought she had a choice. <\/p>\n

420
\n00:26:48,640 –> 00:26:50,560
\nShe didn’t understand what the
\nwhole thing was. <\/p>\n

421
\n00:26:50,560 –> 00:26:53,000
\nBut but you see, that’s what we
\nnormally do. <\/p>\n

422
\n00:26:53,000 –> 00:26:55,280
\nWe oh, we choose the rich, we
\nsee the healthier. <\/p>\n

423
\n00:26:55,760 –> 00:27:01,800
\nNow listen to what Jesus says.
\nBlessed are you who are poor, <\/p>\n

424
\n00:27:04,440 –> 00:27:08,280
\nfor yours is the Kingdom of God.
\nBlessed are you who hunger now, <\/p>\n

425
\n00:27:08,280 –> 00:27:10,760
\nfor you shall be satisfied.
\nBlessed are you who weep now, <\/p>\n

426
\n00:27:10,760 –> 00:27:12,600
\nfor you shall.
\nBlessed are you when men shall <\/p>\n

427
\n00:27:12,600 –> 00:27:16,480
\nhates you and when they exclude
\nyou and insult you and reject <\/p>\n

428
\n00:27:16,480 –> 00:27:19,120
\nyour name as evil because of the
\nSon of God. <\/p>\n

429
\n00:27:19,640 –> 00:27:21,680
\nBut I don’t want people to not
\nlike me. <\/p>\n

430
\n00:27:21,720 –> 00:27:23,600
\nI don’t.
\nI don’t want people to reject <\/p>\n

431
\n00:27:23,600 –> 00:27:25,160
\nme.
\nSee peer pressure. <\/p>\n

432
\n00:27:25,360 –> 00:27:28,120
\nYou have to stand up for the
\ntruth against your peers. <\/p>\n

433
\n00:27:28,120 –> 00:27:30,200
\nAnd if they’re all going the
\nwrong way, you don’t go that way<\/p>\n

434
\n00:27:30,200 –> 00:27:31,920
\njust because everybody else is
\ngoing that way. <\/p>\n

435
\n00:27:31,920 –> 00:27:34,480
\nAnything that everybody else is
\ndoing is probably wrong. <\/p>\n

436
\n00:27:35,320 –> 00:27:37,000
\nSo if ever you come to your
\nparents and say, well, <\/p>\n

437
\n00:27:37,000 –> 00:27:40,240
\neverybody’s going, if I was your
\nfather, I’d say, well, that’s <\/p>\n

438
\n00:27:40,240 –> 00:27:43,200
\nwhy you’re not.
\nAnything they’re all doing is <\/p>\n

439
\n00:27:43,280 –> 00:27:45,840
\nprobably not a good thing to do
\nso. <\/p>\n

440
\n00:27:46,000 –> 00:27:49,320
\nAnd when you do that, they are
\ngoing to exclude you and insult <\/p>\n

441
\n00:27:49,320 –> 00:27:53,480
\nyou and reject you.
\nAnd now we’re coming to the key <\/p>\n

442
\n00:27:53,480 –> 00:27:56,240
\nverse, verse 23.
\nRejoice in that day. <\/p>\n

443
\n00:27:56,240 –> 00:28:04,070
\nAnd Jesus said it.
\nThat was a dumb thing to do. <\/p>\n

444
\n00:28:04,070 –> 00:28:09,430
\nOne day I just jumped.
\nI don’t jump as high as I used <\/p>\n

445
\n00:28:09,430 –> 00:28:13,430
\nto, but he didn’t really mean
\nthat. <\/p>\n

446
\n00:28:13,430 –> 00:28:16,830
\nDo you think you think Jesus
\nreally meant? <\/p>\n

447
\n00:28:17,920 –> 00:28:22,360
\nLet’s read it again, verse 23.
\nRejoice in that day and leap for<\/p>\n

448
\n00:28:22,360 –> 00:28:27,080
\njoy.
\nI don’t think Jesus ever said <\/p>\n

449
\n00:28:27,080 –> 00:28:32,080
\nsilly talk.
\nI think Jesus meant that when <\/p>\n

450
\n00:28:32,080 –> 00:28:35,680
\nyou have a problem, you should
\nleap for joy. <\/p>\n

451
\n00:28:36,840 –> 00:28:40,480
\nNow you look at this room and
\nyou look at the people in this <\/p>\n

452
\n00:28:40,480 –> 00:28:43,080
\nroom and you look at the
\nproblems that all of you are <\/p>\n

453
\n00:28:43,080 –> 00:28:44,760
\nfacing.
\nThis ought to be a jumping place<\/p>\n

454
\n00:28:47,160 –> 00:28:51,200
\nbecause we’ve all got problems.
\nNow I’ve taken this verse <\/p>\n

455
\n00:28:51,240 –> 00:28:56,720
\nabsolutely literal because Jesus
\nsaid to now I know I don’t leap <\/p>\n

456
\n00:28:56,720 –> 00:28:59,320
\nlike I used to leap.
\nAnd and if you’re at bed fast, <\/p>\n

457
\n00:28:59,320 –> 00:29:00,560
\nyou may not even be able to get
\nbed. <\/p>\n

458
\n00:29:00,560 –> 00:29:05,320
\nYou go, you could, you could
\nmentally leap even though you <\/p>\n

459
\n00:29:05,320 –> 00:29:09,240
\ncan’t get out of bed.
\nAnd I have to tell you a story. <\/p>\n

460
\n00:29:09,240 –> 00:29:13,880
\nWe, we have a Bible class in our
\nhome on Tuesday nights and a <\/p>\n

461
\n00:29:13,880 –> 00:29:16,880
\nbrother comes to this class who
\nis in the television business. <\/p>\n

462
\n00:29:16,880 –> 00:29:19,640
\nHe’s a producer for a newscast,
\nChannel 7. <\/p>\n

463
\n00:29:20,360 –> 00:29:23,200
\nAnd he has to be on duty at 5:00
\nin the morning. <\/p>\n

464
\n00:29:23,200 –> 00:29:25,720
\nSo he has to leave the house
\nabout four. <\/p>\n

465
\n00:29:26,080 –> 00:29:28,840
\nSo, so he soon as the class is
\nover, he’s got to get out of <\/p>\n

466
\n00:29:28,840 –> 00:29:30,600
\nthere because he’s got to get up
\nreal early. <\/p>\n

467
\n00:29:31,240 –> 00:29:35,680
\nAnd we talked about Jesus
\ntelling us to leap for joy. <\/p>\n

468
\n00:29:36,840 –> 00:29:41,000
\nAnd soon as the class is over,
\nwe close with prayer and we, my <\/p>\n

469
\n00:29:41,000 –> 00:29:43,880
\nwife always has a refreshments
\nand everybody sits around and we<\/p>\n

470
\n00:29:43,880 –> 00:29:47,520
\nhave a nice time together.
\nBut he he said, thanks folks, <\/p>\n

471
\n00:29:47,520 –> 00:29:53,120
\nhe’s on, he’s gone.
\nSo later on, the sister, his <\/p>\n

472
\n00:29:53,120 –> 00:29:55,880
\nwife was talking to my wife on
\nthe phone and she said, you <\/p>\n

473
\n00:29:55,880 –> 00:30:01,320
\nknow, after we left your class,
\nFred was jumping all the way <\/p>\n

474
\n00:30:01,320 –> 00:30:06,600
\ndown your driveway.
\nHe was sleeping for joy as he <\/p>\n

475
\n00:30:06,600 –> 00:30:12,640
\nleft the class because Jesus
\nsaid to there’s actually <\/p>\n

476
\n00:30:12,640 –> 00:30:15,840
\nsomething therapeutic.
\nI gave this in in England at a <\/p>\n

477
\n00:30:15,840 –> 00:30:19,040
\nplace called Wessex camp.
\nWessex is a was a farm. <\/p>\n

478
\n00:30:19,040 –> 00:30:22,160
\nThey rent a farm and the farmer
\nrents them a great big field and<\/p>\n

479
\n00:30:22,160 –> 00:30:26,200
\nthey bring in a big tent called
\nthey call them a Marquis. <\/p>\n

480
\n00:30:26,520 –> 00:30:32,040
\nThere were 750 people broke
\nbread in a tent that weekend and<\/p>\n

481
\n00:30:32,040 –> 00:30:35,120
\neverybody brings their caravans
\nand their tents and everybody <\/p>\n

482
\n00:30:35,120 –> 00:30:38,800
\ncamps.
\nAnd on a Saturday I mentioned <\/p>\n

483
\n00:30:38,800 –> 00:30:42,480
\nthis to leap for joy in the
\nmorning session. <\/p>\n

484
\n00:30:43,320 –> 00:30:45,240
\nAnd then we all broke and
\neverybody went back to their <\/p>\n

485
\n00:30:45,240 –> 00:30:48,600
\ncaravans and tents for lunch and
\nwe came back for the afternoon <\/p>\n

486
\n00:30:48,600 –> 00:30:50,680
\nsession.
\nAnd the sister came up to me and<\/p>\n

487
\n00:30:50,680 –> 00:30:53,360
\nsays, oh Bob, my head’s killing
\nme. <\/p>\n

488
\n00:30:53,760 –> 00:30:55,960
\nI said, what happened?
\nShe said, well, I went into my <\/p>\n

489
\n00:30:55,960 –> 00:31:00,000
\ncaravan and I I leapt for joy
\nand I hit the door. <\/p>\n

490
\n00:31:01,000 –> 00:31:04,560
\nSo when you do it, make sure you
\nhave clearance. <\/p>\n

491
\n00:31:06,600 –> 00:31:10,920
\nBut there was a medical doctor
\nin the audience and I saw him <\/p>\n

492
\n00:31:10,920 –> 00:31:14,960
\nlater on that same week and he
\nsays, you know, I went home and <\/p>\n

493
\n00:31:14,960 –> 00:31:19,200
\nI did some research medically
\nabout what you said. <\/p>\n

494
\n00:31:19,800 –> 00:31:21,800
\nWas it me?
\nIt was Jesus said it. <\/p>\n

495
\n00:31:22,280 –> 00:31:25,800
\nHe says it actually has
\ntherapeutic value. <\/p>\n

496
\n00:31:27,480 –> 00:31:30,440
\nNow, you see, we’ve read that.
\nHow many times have you read <\/p>\n

497
\n00:31:30,440 –> 00:31:33,080
\nLeap for Joy?
\nAnd how many times have you <\/p>\n

498
\n00:31:33,080 –> 00:31:38,200
\nactually done it?
\nYou see, Jesus meant what he <\/p>\n

499
\n00:31:38,200 –> 00:31:42,040
\nsaid and, and, and when you have
\na problem, the fellow doing the <\/p>\n

500
\n00:31:42,040 –> 00:31:44,000
\nhurdles is going to leap.
\nHe’s going to hit the hurdle if <\/p>\n

501
\n00:31:44,000 –> 00:31:47,720
\nhe doesn’t jump.
\nSo when you have problems, <\/p>\n

502
\n00:31:48,080 –> 00:31:53,080
\nlisten to Paul, listen to Peter,
\nlisten to James, listen to Jesus<\/p>\n

503
\n00:31:53,080 –> 00:31:56,000
\nwho say this is how you handle
\nproblems. <\/p>\n

504
\n00:31:56,400 –> 00:31:59,480
\nYou thank God for your hurdles.
\nYou leap for joy. <\/p>\n

505
\n00:31:59,680 –> 00:32:02,240
\nYou recognize that God loves you
\nor you wouldn’t have this <\/p>\n

506
\n00:32:02,240 –> 00:32:06,720
\nproblem and so therefore he’s
\nhelping you to overcome it. <\/p>\n

507
\n00:32:12,130 –> 00:32:18,650
\nWe find as we get older we can’t
\nmove as quickly as we used to, <\/p>\n

508
\n00:32:19,170 –> 00:32:22,890
\nbut it’s, it’s doesn’t need to
\nbe a physical leap at all. <\/p>\n

509
\n00:32:23,770 –> 00:32:27,090
\nIt simply needs to be a mental
\n1. <\/p>\n

510
\n00:32:27,650 –> 00:32:32,890
\nAnd so even when you are down in
\nbed, you still can leap for joy.<\/p>\n

511
\n00:32:35,050 –> 00:32:43,680
\nJacob had to limp for the rest
\nof his life because he wrestled <\/p>\n

512
\n00:32:43,680 –> 00:32:46,920
\nwith an Angel.
\nThat was a good limp. <\/p>\n

513
\n00:32:48,320 –> 00:32:53,840
\nHe didn’t complain.
\nHe was one of God’s chosen, and <\/p>\n

514
\n00:32:53,840 –> 00:32:59,080
\nGod left him a limp to remind
\nhim of what had happened. <\/p>\n

515
\n00:32:59,960 –> 00:33:04,400
\nAnd so when you have problems,
\nGod leaves you with reminders of<\/p>\n

516
\n00:33:04,400 –> 00:33:07,480
\nthem.
\nOur hearing may go, our teeth <\/p>\n

517
\n00:33:07,480 –> 00:33:12,200
\nmay fall out.
\nWe may we may, may be able to <\/p>\n

518
\n00:33:12,200 –> 00:33:13,880
\nwalk.
\nWe have to use crutches or maybe<\/p>\n

519
\n00:33:14,080 –> 00:33:16,040
\nin a wheelchair.
\nMaybe we can’t get out of bed. <\/p>\n

520
\n00:33:16,840 –> 00:33:26,080
\nBut just recognize the fact that
\nour problems are sent to us by a<\/p>\n

521
\n00:33:26,080 –> 00:33:31,280
\nloving Father who’s preparing us
\nfor bigger and better things. <\/p>\n

522
\n00:33:32,000 –> 00:33:36,680
\nAnd so when Paul was called on
\nthe way to Damascus, Ananias was<\/p>\n

523
\n00:33:36,680 –> 00:33:40,640
\nto told told him that he must
\nlearn those things which he must<\/p>\n

524
\n00:33:40,640 –> 00:33:45,520
\nsuffer for my sake, said God to
\nAnanias about Paul. <\/p>\n

525
\n00:33:46,280 –> 00:33:52,960
\nAnd then you think about Jesus,
\nour Savior, our Lord, we’re told<\/p>\n

526
\n00:33:52,960 –> 00:33:58,720
\nthat he had to learn obedience
\nby the things that he suffered. <\/p>\n

527
\n00:34:00,080 –> 00:34:04,080
\nHe was the Son of God.
\nHe never sinned. <\/p>\n

528
\n00:34:04,760 –> 00:34:08,520
\nWe sometimes suffer because of a
\nsin that we’ve committed, and <\/p>\n

529
\n00:34:08,520 –> 00:34:13,040
\nsins do bring consequences.
\nBut not all your problems are <\/p>\n

530
\n00:34:13,040 –> 00:34:16,520
\ncaused by your sins.
\nSome of them are caused by God <\/p>\n

531
\n00:34:17,480 –> 00:34:21,400
\nhelping you to want to be in the
\nKingdom more than anything else <\/p>\n

532
\n00:34:21,400 –> 00:34:24,840
\nin all the world.
\nAnd so that dear sister who fell<\/p>\n

533
\n00:34:24,840 –> 00:34:32,320
\nasleep in the Lord after being
\nin the way for 60 years, she had<\/p>\n

534
\n00:34:32,840 –> 00:34:38,000
\n60 years of overcoming troubles.
\nBecause everyone who is a <\/p>\n

535
\n00:34:38,000 –> 00:34:44,800
\nChristadelphian is going to have
\nproblems promised by God, <\/p>\n

536
\n00:34:44,920 –> 00:34:49,719
\npromised by Jesus.
\nCheer up the world, you will <\/p>\n

537
\n00:34:49,719 –> 00:34:54,760
\nhave troubles, but be of good
\ncheer, because I have overcome <\/p>\n

538
\n00:34:54,960 –> 00:34:59,240
\nthe world.
\nSo I want you to realize how <\/p>\n

539
\n00:34:59,240 –> 00:35:03,440
\nspecial you are.
\nYou have come here because <\/p>\n

540
\n00:35:03,600 –> 00:35:07,120
\nyou’ve been called.
\nThere’s millions of people in <\/p>\n

541
\n00:35:07,120 –> 00:35:08,360
\nSydney.
\nThis room couldn’t hold <\/p>\n

542
\n00:35:08,360 –> 00:35:11,160
\neverybody who want to come here.
\nIf all the people realize that <\/p>\n

543
\n00:35:11,160 –> 00:35:13,440
\nwe have the answer to all their
\nproblems, but they don’t believe<\/p>\n

544
\n00:35:13,440 –> 00:35:15,280
\nthat and they wouldn’t listen if
\nthey came. <\/p>\n

545
\n00:35:15,840 –> 00:35:20,440
\nYou have been called by God.
\nJesus said no man can come to me<\/p>\n

546
\n00:35:20,440 –> 00:35:21,920
\nexcept the Father, which has set
\nme dry. <\/p>\n

547
\n00:35:22,080 –> 00:35:27,440
\nSo you’re hand picked out of the
\nmillions of people, no billions <\/p>\n

548
\n00:35:27,480 –> 00:35:32,480
\nof people on this earth, how few
\nof us really know the true <\/p>\n

549
\n00:35:32,480 –> 00:35:35,040
\ngospel message?
\nWe know the planet purpose with <\/p>\n

550
\n00:35:35,040 –> 00:35:36,760
\nGod.
\nWe know what’s going to happen. <\/p>\n

551
\n00:35:36,880 –> 00:35:43,920
\nWe’re looking for Jesus.
\nWe are so blessed and sometimes <\/p>\n

552
\n00:35:43,920 –> 00:35:46,720
\nwe take it for granted.
\nYes, I’m a Christadelphian. <\/p>\n

553
\n00:35:46,720 –> 00:35:49,440
\nI’ve been a Christadelphian for
\nmore than 666 years. <\/p>\n

554
\n00:35:49,440 –> 00:35:53,440
\nLast July I was baptized.
\nSo I’ve been in the way a long <\/p>\n

555
\n00:35:53,680 –> 00:36:03,080
\ntime, and some people think I’m
\nin the way, but because I gave <\/p>\n

556
\n00:36:03,080 –> 00:36:09,840
\nmy life to God, He is directing
\nmy paths in the way of life to <\/p>\n

557
\n00:36:09,840 –> 00:36:11,920
\nthe Kingdom.
\nAnd I believe that with all my <\/p>\n

558
\n00:36:11,920 –> 00:36:14,800
\nheart.
\nAnd when I stray from the way, <\/p>\n

559
\n00:36:15,040 –> 00:36:18,920
\nHe’s gently brings me back.
\nHe’s guiding your feet. <\/p>\n

560
\n00:36:19,000 –> 00:36:23,400
\nYou know God will guide your
\nfeet, but you have to get up and<\/p>\n

561
\n00:36:23,400 –> 00:36:27,800
\nshuffle them yourself.
\nYou say, Oh yes, I want God to <\/p>\n

562
\n00:36:27,800 –> 00:36:30,480
\nguide me, but I’m just sitting
\nback and taking it easy. <\/p>\n

563
\n00:36:31,200 –> 00:36:35,440
\nGod can’t guide you if you don’t
\ntry to get moving. <\/p>\n

564
\n00:36:35,680 –> 00:36:39,520
\nBut once you’re going, God can
\nguide your feet in your way of <\/p>\n

565
\n00:36:39,520 –> 00:36:43,040
\nlife.
\nSo Jesus says you can’t even <\/p>\n

566
\n00:36:43,040 –> 00:36:46,080
\ncome to me unless my Father has
\ndrawn you. <\/p>\n

567
\n00:36:47,280 –> 00:36:50,720
\nSo those of you who are in this
\nroom, not baptized, you’re being<\/p>\n

568
\n00:36:50,720 –> 00:36:52,920
\ncalled.
\nYou just haven’t said yes yet. <\/p>\n

569
\n00:36:53,840 –> 00:36:55,840
\nSome of you, it’s because you’re
\ntoo young. <\/p>\n

570
\n00:36:56,920 –> 00:36:58,200
\nFor others, there’s other
\nreasons. <\/p>\n

571
\n00:36:58,200 –> 00:37:01,400
\nWe don’t know what they are, but
\nthey’ve allowed me to have a <\/p>\n

572
\n00:37:01,400 –> 00:37:04,760
\nspecial class, not tomorrow, but
\na week from tomorrow for <\/p>\n

573
\n00:37:04,760 –> 00:37:07,160
\neverybody that’s not baptized.
\nIf you’re baptized, you can’t <\/p>\n

574
\n00:37:07,160 –> 00:37:12,640
\ncome because everybody in the
\nwhole world that’s not baptized <\/p>\n

575
\n00:37:12,640 –> 00:37:16,040
\nis not baptized for a reason.
\nAnd if you’re not baptized, <\/p>\n

576
\n00:37:16,040 –> 00:37:18,760
\nthere’s a reason.
\nAnd we want to find out what it <\/p>\n

577
\n00:37:18,760 –> 00:37:20,320
\nis.
\nSee if we can help. <\/p>\n

578
\n00:37:20,800 –> 00:37:23,480
\nSo if you’re not baptized,
\nplease try to reserve that time <\/p>\n

579
\n00:37:23,800 –> 00:37:26,720
\na week from tomorrow in the
\nevening for that professional <\/p>\n

580
\n00:37:26,720 –> 00:37:30,200
\nclass.
\nBut the fact is you’ve been <\/p>\n

581
\n00:37:30,200 –> 00:37:33,800
\ncalled or you wouldn’t even come
\ntoday even if you just came to <\/p>\n

582
\n00:37:33,800 –> 00:37:36,360
\nlight day with with with with a
\nneighborhood of Christadelphia. <\/p>\n

583
\n00:37:36,680 –> 00:37:38,480
\nYou’re hearing something maybe
\nyou haven’t heard before. <\/p>\n

584
\n00:37:38,600 –> 00:37:41,320
\nMost of us, this is old stuff
\nyou’re hearing. <\/p>\n

585
\n00:37:42,080 –> 00:37:48,760
\nBut the point is we are being
\ncalled by God and it’s up to us <\/p>\n

586
\n00:37:49,880 –> 00:37:56,080
\nto say, yes, we may have to live
\nthrough life as a result of our <\/p>\n

587
\n00:37:56,360 –> 00:38:00,360
\nencounter with an Angel.
\nBut you see, that’s all right. <\/p>\n

588
\n00:38:00,760 –> 00:38:03,160
\nGod didn’t promise us a bed of
\nroses. <\/p>\n

589
\n00:38:03,720 –> 00:38:07,720
\nHe Jesus said you will have
\ntroubles, but be of good cheer. <\/p>\n

590
\n00:38:07,760 –> 00:38:14,400
\nI have overcome the world.
\nSo God said to Jeremiah back in <\/p>\n

591
\n00:38:14,400 –> 00:38:19,080
\nJeremiah chapter one, just as
\nJeremiah book begins, God says <\/p>\n

592
\n00:38:19,080 –> 00:38:28,360
\nto him, before I formed thee in
\nthe belly, I knew thee before <\/p>\n

593
\n00:38:28,360 –> 00:38:34,280
\nthou alchemist forth of the
\nwomb, I sanctified thee, and I <\/p>\n

594
\n00:38:34,280 –> 00:38:37,360
\nordained thee a prophet unto the
\nnation. <\/p>\n

595
\n00:38:38,440 –> 00:38:40,800
\nSo what’s that got to do with
\nus? <\/p>\n

596
\n00:38:41,600 –> 00:38:46,280
\nWell, God is telling Jeremiah
\nthat before he was even <\/p>\n

597
\n00:38:46,480 –> 00:38:49,600
\nconceived, God knew all about
\nhim. <\/p>\n

598
\n00:38:50,920 –> 00:38:54,680
\nAnd you know that’s true of you.
\nIf you’ve been called, God knew <\/p>\n

599
\n00:38:54,760 –> 00:38:58,080
\nyou were going to be born when
\nyou were born, before your <\/p>\n

600
\n00:38:58,080 –> 00:39:03,720
\nparents even met each other, you
\nwere in God’s plan to be in the <\/p>\n

601
\n00:39:03,720 –> 00:39:08,560
\nKingdom because he’s calling you
\nand he wants you in the Kingdom.<\/p>\n

602
\n00:39:10,000 –> 00:39:13,200
\nAnd we have to respond by
\nsaying, yes, thank you, Father, <\/p>\n

603
\n00:39:14,120 –> 00:39:18,880
\nwe want to be there.
\nWe’re called to walk in the way <\/p>\n

604
\n00:39:18,880 –> 00:39:22,200
\nof life, and we have to know
\nwhat that way is. <\/p>\n

605
\n00:39:22,200 –> 00:39:27,120
\nAnd then we have to get up
\nmoving and go that way. <\/p>\n

606
\n00:39:28,160 –> 00:39:31,760
\nNow Jesus warned us that the way
\nwould not be easy. <\/p>\n

607
\n00:39:32,760 –> 00:39:36,400
\nIn Matthew 7 he says enter by
\nthe narrow gate, for the gate is<\/p>\n

608
\n00:39:36,400 –> 00:39:38,720
\nwide and the way is easy.
\nThat leads to destruction. <\/p>\n

609
\n00:39:39,120 –> 00:39:41,320
\nThose that enter in by it are
\nmany. <\/p>\n

610
\n00:39:42,640 –> 00:39:44,480
\nYou have very good roads here in
\nAustralia. <\/p>\n

611
\n00:39:44,520 –> 00:39:46,920
\nI’m, I’m amazed you’re wrong.
\nDrive on the left side of the <\/p>\n

612
\n00:39:46,920 –> 00:39:52,560
\nroad, but you have very good
\nroads to go on and they’re busy <\/p>\n

613
\n00:39:52,920 –> 00:39:57,160
\ntraffic everywhere.
\nBut when you choose to go in the<\/p>\n

614
\n00:39:57,160 –> 00:40:02,240
\nway of life, you’re going to
\nturn off the big motorways, <\/p>\n

615
\n00:40:02,760 –> 00:40:05,920
\nyou’re going to take an off ramp
\nfrom the road where everybody <\/p>\n

616
\n00:40:05,920 –> 00:40:08,800
\nelse is going.
\nAnd you’re going to take that <\/p>\n

617
\n00:40:08,800 –> 00:40:16,440
\nlong, narrow, winding uphill
\nroad to the Kingdom, for the <\/p>\n

618
\n00:40:16,440 –> 00:40:22,720
\ngate is narrow and the way is
\nhard that leads to life. <\/p>\n

619
\n00:40:23,680 –> 00:40:27,840
\nAnd those that find it are few
\nfew that be the find it says the<\/p>\n

620
\n00:40:27,840 –> 00:40:32,840
\nKing James.
\nSo this these talks are about <\/p>\n

621
\n00:40:32,840 –> 00:40:36,640
\nthe way of life.
\nAnd we want you this weekend to <\/p>\n

622
\n00:40:36,640 –> 00:40:42,400
\ntotally rededicate yourself that
\nyou are in the way and you’re <\/p>\n

623
\n00:40:42,400 –> 00:40:46,200
\ngoing to keep moving in the way.
\nYou may have to take baby steps,<\/p>\n

624
\n00:40:46,400 –> 00:40:52,120
\nbut don’t sit down, Stay on your
\nfeet and keep moving toward the <\/p>\n

625
\n00:40:52,120 –> 00:40:54,960
\nKingdom.
\nIt’s not an easy Rd. <\/p>\n

626
\n00:40:54,960 –> 00:40:56,440
\nGod didn’t promise it would be
\neasy. <\/p>\n

627
\n00:40:57,080 –> 00:41:00,280
\nHe just promised that He would
\nhelp you if you would try. <\/p>\n

628
\n00:41:02,320 –> 00:41:06,280
\nBut some people won’t try.
\nCan you imagine going back to <\/p>\n

629
\n00:41:06,280 –> 00:41:11,640
\nthat example of the Olympics?
\nIn the morning of the big race, <\/p>\n

630
\n00:41:12,600 –> 00:41:17,160
\nour star hurtler went to the
\ncoach and he says, coach, I <\/p>\n

631
\n00:41:17,160 –> 00:41:19,160
\ndon’t feel good today.
\nYou know, there are days when we<\/p>\n

632
\n00:41:19,160 –> 00:41:21,440
\ndon’t feel good.
\nIt’s true of all of us. <\/p>\n

633
\n00:41:22,040 –> 00:41:24,400
\nI don’t think I want to try to
\nride. <\/p>\n

634
\n00:41:26,680 –> 00:41:30,840
\nYou spent a lifetime getting
\nready to compete for Australia <\/p>\n

635
\n00:41:30,840 –> 00:41:33,440
\nin the Olympics and you don’t
\nfeel good and you’re not going <\/p>\n

636
\n00:41:33,440 –> 00:41:35,760
\nto try.
\nThat would drive the coach <\/p>\n

637
\n00:41:35,760 –> 00:41:39,360
\ncrazy.
\nYou get in there and do the best<\/p>\n

638
\n00:41:39,360 –> 00:41:41,400
\nyou can.
\nWell, I don’t feel good, coach. <\/p>\n

639
\n00:41:43,360 –> 00:41:46,960
\nWe don’t always feel good.
\nWe don’t always have energy, we <\/p>\n

640
\n00:41:46,960 –> 00:41:50,240
\ndon’t always know exactly what
\nto do. <\/p>\n

641
\n00:41:50,600 –> 00:41:53,240
\nSo we ask God to help us.
\nHe will guide your steps. <\/p>\n

642
\n00:41:53,640 –> 00:41:58,520
\nTrust in the Lord with all my
\nmight and lean out under their <\/p>\n

643
\n00:41:58,520 –> 00:42:01,400
\nown understanding and all your
\nways. <\/p>\n

644
\n00:42:01,400 –> 00:42:06,760
\nAcknowledge Him, that’s God, and
\nHe will direct your paths, but <\/p>\n

645
\n00:42:06,760 –> 00:42:08,960
\nHe won’t direct it if you won’t
\ntry. <\/p>\n

646
\n00:42:10,360 –> 00:42:15,680
\nAnd so we who are baptized have
\nalready made that commitment. <\/p>\n

647
\n00:42:15,800 –> 00:42:18,840
\nOn the day of our baptism, we
\ngave our life to the Lord. <\/p>\n

648
\n00:42:19,720 –> 00:42:23,400
\nNow, unfortunately, all of us
\nhave fallen back, taking steps <\/p>\n

649
\n00:42:23,400 –> 00:42:27,200
\nin the wrong direction since our
\nbaptism, because none of us are <\/p>\n

650
\n00:42:27,200 –> 00:42:30,120
\nperfect.
\nBut aren’t you thankful for <\/p>\n

651
\n00:42:30,120 –> 00:42:32,920
\nforgiveness?
\nBecause if it weren’t for <\/p>\n

652
\n00:42:32,920 –> 00:42:38,160
\nforgiveness, none of us could be
\nsaved. <\/p>\n

653
\n00:42:40,080 –> 00:42:45,200
\nAnd so, brothers and sisters,
\nyou are now in the way of life. <\/p>\n

654
\n00:42:46,280 –> 00:42:51,400
\nYou who are not baptized, you
\nnow know about the way of life. <\/p>\n

655
\n00:42:51,960 –> 00:42:55,280
\nAnd you know it’s the only right
\nway. <\/p>\n

656
\n00:42:55,640 –> 00:42:59,680
\nThere’s lots of wrong ways, but
\nthere’s only one right way. <\/p>\n

657
\n00:43:00,480 –> 00:43:06,760
\nAnd God is inviting you to
\nparticipate and offering you the<\/p>\n

658
\n00:43:06,760 –> 00:43:11,840
\ngreatest reward that’s ever been
\noffered to human beings, to live<\/p>\n

659
\n00:43:11,840 –> 00:43:15,360
\nand reign on this earth with the
\nLord Jesus Christ forever. <\/p>\n

660
\n00:43:16,760 –> 00:43:23,080
\nAnd people say no, if, if we
\ncould just paint for the people.<\/p>\n

661
\n00:43:23,080 –> 00:43:27,120
\nWe’re trying to teach the truth
\nto the picture of the goal of <\/p>\n

662
\n00:43:27,120 –> 00:43:30,480
\nthe Kingdom.
\nWe would be drawn to it. <\/p>\n

663
\n00:43:30,480 –> 00:43:33,160
\nIt’s a wild horses couldn’t keep
\nyou out of the way. <\/p>\n

664
\n00:43:33,160 –> 00:43:35,960
\nLet me get baptized.
\nWhat we’re fighting in the <\/p>\n

665
\n00:43:35,960 –> 00:43:42,200
\nmission field and it’s it’s sad
\nin a way that we have to go so <\/p>\n

666
\n00:43:42,200 –> 00:43:44,760
\nfar.
\nIt’s God is working and he’s <\/p>\n

667
\n00:43:44,760 –> 00:43:47,960
\nbring calling people out of the
\nGentiles for his name in all <\/p>\n

668
\n00:43:47,960 –> 00:43:51,640
\nthese countries where there were
\nno Christadelphians a few years <\/p>\n

669
\n00:43:51,640 –> 00:43:53,880
\nago.
\nAnd now there’s lots of <\/p>\n

670
\n00:43:53,880 –> 00:43:56,840
\nChristadelphians in India, in
\nChina. <\/p>\n

671
\n00:43:57,040 –> 00:44:00,840
\nMy grandson has been a
\nmissionary in China for the last<\/p>\n

672
\n00:44:00,840 –> 00:44:02,400
\nyear.
\nHe went over there and learned <\/p>\n

673
\n00:44:02,400 –> 00:44:05,920
\nMandarin and he was doing
\nactually doing translating in <\/p>\n

674
\n00:44:05,920 –> 00:44:11,520
\nMandarin in China and, and just
\na young boy, but he’s on fire <\/p>\n

675
\n00:44:11,520 –> 00:44:15,320
\nfor the truth.
\nBut you see when you talk to <\/p>\n

676
\n00:44:15,320 –> 00:44:18,800
\nyour neighbors about this.
\nOh, what’s the telly? <\/p>\n

677
\n00:44:18,800 –> 00:44:21,720
\nI’m going to the ball game.
\nWe’re we’re having a card party <\/p>\n

678
\n00:44:21,720 –> 00:44:22,680
\ntonight.
\nWe’re doing this. <\/p>\n

679
\n00:44:22,680 –> 00:44:27,080
\nWe’re doing everybody in the
\nworld around you probably is <\/p>\n

680
\n00:44:27,080 –> 00:44:31,320
\ncrowding God out of their life
\nand they’ve chosen the way of <\/p>\n

681
\n00:44:31,320 –> 00:44:35,520
\ndeath and they’re going to get
\nwhat they chose. <\/p>\n

682
\n00:44:36,560 –> 00:44:41,200
\nI know that you have labor
\nunions in Australia, we have <\/p>\n

683
\n00:44:41,200 –> 00:44:44,360
\nthem in America.
\nAnd the people who belong to a <\/p>\n

684
\n00:44:44,360 –> 00:44:48,880
\nunion often times go on strike
\nand they get little signs and <\/p>\n

685
\n00:44:48,880 –> 00:44:52,400
\nthey walk up and down picketing.
\nThey want more money. <\/p>\n

686
\n00:44:53,320 –> 00:44:57,280
\nWell, now you have earned
\nsomething and you’re going to <\/p>\n

687
\n00:44:57,280 –> 00:45:01,000
\nget it.
\nAnd you don’t have to pick it to<\/p>\n

688
\n00:45:01,000 –> 00:45:03,440
\nget it.
\nYou’re you earned it. <\/p>\n

689
\n00:45:04,600 –> 00:45:12,840
\nYou’re going to get it.
\nThe wages of sin is death, and <\/p>\n

690
\n00:45:12,840 –> 00:45:15,800
\nnobody has ever gotten out of
\nthis life alive. <\/p>\n

691
\n00:45:17,400 –> 00:45:21,960
\nNobody ever got out of this
\nlife, not even the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

692
\n00:45:21,960 –> 00:45:26,880
\nChrist.
\nBut he did not sin, so the grave<\/p>\n

693
\n00:45:26,880 –> 00:45:30,680
\ncould not hold Him.
\nAnd because of Christ and His <\/p>\n

694
\n00:45:31,440 –> 00:45:37,600
\nsacrifice for us, if we commit
\nour life to Him, the grave will <\/p>\n

695
\n00:45:37,600 –> 00:45:41,480
\nnot hold us either.
\nSo whether we live, we live unto<\/p>\n

696
\n00:45:41,480 –> 00:45:42,800
\nthe Lord.
\nWhether we die, we die to the <\/p>\n

697
\n00:45:42,800 –> 00:45:44,360
\nLord.
\nWhether we live or die, we are <\/p>\n

698
\n00:45:44,360 –> 00:45:49,320
\nthe Lords and we are in the way
\nof life, and we’re thankful to <\/p>\n

699
\n00:45:49,320 –> 00:45:51,920
\nbe in that way.
\nWe’re thankful that we’ve come <\/p>\n

700
\n00:45:51,920 –> 00:45:54,640
\ntogether this afternoon to talk
\nabout this way. <\/p>\n

701
\n00:45:54,640 –> 00:45:59,200
\nWe have two more classes today
\nand then some more tomorrow, but<\/p>\n

702
\n00:45:59,200 –> 00:46:03,560
\nI just want to thank you for
\ninviting me to come and share <\/p>\n

703
\n00:46:03,560 –> 00:46:05,920
\nthoughts with you.
\nI realize it’s not something <\/p>\n

704
\n00:46:05,920 –> 00:46:09,840
\nyou’ve never heard before, but I
\nhope that it will drive home <\/p>\n

705
\n00:46:10,600 –> 00:46:14,360
\nthis reaffirmation in your mind.
\nThis is the right thing. <\/p>\n

706
\n00:46:14,360 –> 00:46:16,240
\nAnd I am going to resist
\ntemptation. <\/p>\n

707
\n00:46:16,400 –> 00:46:18,840
\nI am going to give my life the
\nLord. <\/p>\n

708
\n00:46:18,840 –> 00:46:21,800
\nI’m going to be able to say no
\nto the problems, and I’m going <\/p>\n

709
\n00:46:21,800 –> 00:46:25,440
\nto be able to accept the
\nproblems that I have and rejoice<\/p>\n

710
\n00:46:25,440 –> 00:46:28,160
\nthat God loves me enough to give
\nme these problems. <\/p>\n

711
\n00:46:29,560 –> 00:46:35,880
\nSo be willing to turn off the
\nBroadway to the narrow way that <\/p>\n

712
\n00:46:35,880 –> 00:46:42,080
\nleads to life eternal.
\nGod promises to wipe away all <\/p>\n

713
\n00:46:42,080 –> 00:46:48,640
\ntears from our eyes.
\nGod gave us tear ducts on <\/p>\n

714
\n00:46:48,640 –> 00:46:50,520
\npurpose, but in the Kingdom we
\nwon’t need them. <\/p>\n

715
\n00:46:52,120 –> 00:46:57,000
\nBut Jesus wept, it’s OK to weep
\nwhen you’re having problems, but<\/p>\n

716
\n00:46:57,000 –> 00:47:01,000
\nthen you have to get a hold of
\nyourself and say, yes, but I, I <\/p>\n

717
\n00:47:01,000 –> 00:47:03,840
\nhad this problem because God,
\nyou’re testing me and you’re <\/p>\n

718
\n00:47:03,840 –> 00:47:06,000
\npreparing me for something
\nbetter and, and, and I can <\/p>\n

719
\n00:47:06,000 –> 00:47:08,440
\nhandle it.
\nDon’t say you can’t, because you<\/p>\n

720
\n00:47:08,440 –> 00:47:12,040
\ncan, because the time is coming.
\nThere should be no more death. <\/p>\n

721
\n00:47:12,040 –> 00:47:15,280
\nNeither sorrow nor crying.
\nEither shall be any more pain. <\/p>\n

722
\n00:47:15,440 –> 00:47:18,440
\nCan you imagine that?
\nAlmost all of us experience <\/p>\n

723
\n00:47:18,440 –> 00:47:21,400
\npain.
\nSome of us are in pain all the <\/p>\n

724
\n00:47:21,400 –> 00:47:23,160
\ntime.
\nPain is very debilitating. <\/p>\n

725
\n00:47:23,600 –> 00:47:27,120
\nIt’s very hard to keep a stiff
\nupper lip when you’re hurting <\/p>\n

726
\n00:47:27,120 –> 00:47:29,280
\nall over.
\nAnd that’s true of some of you <\/p>\n

727
\n00:47:29,280 –> 00:47:30,720
\nin this audience.
\nYou’re hurting. <\/p>\n

728
\n00:47:31,800 –> 00:47:35,760
\nThank God for your hurdles.
\nGod is allowing this hurt. <\/p>\n

729
\n00:47:36,040 –> 00:47:39,120
\nIf you can get medical care that
\nwill help you do it, do it. <\/p>\n

730
\n00:47:39,520 –> 00:47:44,280
\nIt’s not wrong, but what you
\nhave and you cannot change <\/p>\n

731
\n00:47:44,280 –> 00:47:50,200
\nexcept and thank God for it.
\nAnd so we can bring our first <\/p>\n

732
\n00:47:50,200 –> 00:47:52,840
\nclass to a close and you’re
\ngoing to be giving a little <\/p>\n

733
\n00:47:52,840 –> 00:47:56,880
\nhandout and the brethren, we’re
\ngoing to be passing those out <\/p>\n

734
\n00:47:56,880 –> 00:47:59,960
\nnow.
\nAnd I got one in my pocket, but <\/p>\n

735
\n00:47:59,960 –> 00:48:03,560
\nI don’t want to deal with it.
\nIt’s are they ready to go now? <\/p>\n

736
\n00:48:05,960 –> 00:48:07,520
\nWhen you see it, you won’t know
\nwhat it is. <\/p>\n

737
\n00:48:07,520 –> 00:48:13,640
\nSo I got to explain it to you.
\nIt’s unpronounceable. <\/p>\n

738
\n00:48:15,160 –> 00:48:18,920
\nI’d like to tell you it’s my
\nbusiness card, but it doesn’t <\/p>\n

739
\n00:48:18,920 –> 00:48:20,560
\nhave a phone number.
\nSo there’s no way you can <\/p>\n

740
\n00:48:20,560 –> 00:48:26,800
\ncontact me if you’re anymore can
\npass out from the back and we <\/p>\n

741
\n00:48:29,200 –> 00:48:35,720
\nwe’re going real soon.
\nI I want you to put this up card<\/p>\n

742
\n00:48:35,720 –> 00:48:41,000
\nin your pocket because I want
\nyou to look at it and be <\/p>\n

743
\n00:48:41,000 –> 00:48:46,920
\nreminded of what is telling you
\nand what is telling you that’s <\/p>\n

744
\n00:48:46,920 –> 00:48:49,400
\nan acronym of a bunch of
\nletters. <\/p>\n

745
\n00:48:49,880 –> 00:48:53,440
\nThank you very much.
\nAnd I don’t know if you know <\/p>\n

746
\n00:48:53,440 –> 00:48:59,320
\nwhat they are, but now you will
\nbecause I carry these cards with<\/p>\n

747
\n00:48:59,320 –> 00:49:01,400
\nme.
\nAnd when somebody, when I do <\/p>\n

748
\n00:49:01,400 –> 00:49:05,440
\nsomething wrong, not if because
\nI do do things wrong, people do <\/p>\n

749
\n00:49:05,440 –> 00:49:08,760
\nmake the mistakes I do.
\nAnd I’ll just hand them one of <\/p>\n

750
\n00:49:08,760 –> 00:49:10,600
\nmy cards.
\nYeah. <\/p>\n

751
\n00:49:10,600 –> 00:49:15,840
\nTell you what, it helps.
\nEven if your boss is jumping on <\/p>\n

752
\n00:49:15,840 –> 00:49:18,480
\nyou because you did something
\nwrong, just hand him one of your<\/p>\n

753
\n00:49:18,480 –> 00:49:21,200
\ncards.
\nYou can make thousands of these <\/p>\n

754
\n00:49:21,200 –> 00:49:24,320
\nare easy to make.
\nAnd it stands for this. <\/p>\n

755
\n00:49:25,360 –> 00:49:30,640
\nPlease be patient with me.
\nGod is not finished with me yet.<\/p>\n

756
\n00:49:33,080 –> 00:49:35,600
\nAnd that’s the good news about
\nour way of life. <\/p>\n

757
\n00:49:36,760 –> 00:49:38,600
\nGod is not finished with you
\nyet. <\/p>\n

758
\n00:49:40,000 –> 00:49:42,320
\nHe’s got big plans for you and
\nHis Kingdom. <\/p>\n

759
\n00:49:43,240 –> 00:49:47,000
\nHe’s called you to be steadfast
\nand unmovable. <\/p>\n

760
\n00:49:47,000 –> 00:49:50,840
\nI’m always about in His work.
\nHe wants you to hang in there <\/p>\n

761
\n00:49:51,520 –> 00:49:55,040
\nand jump those hurdles and stop
\ncomplaining about them. <\/p>\n

762
\n00:49:55,920 –> 00:49:57,840
\nThe children of Israel were
\nalways complaining. <\/p>\n

763
\n00:49:57,840 –> 00:49:59,720
\nThey even complained about the
\nfood. <\/p>\n

764
\n00:50:00,080 –> 00:50:03,120
\nThey ate angels food and
\ncomplained about it. <\/p>\n

765
\n00:50:05,560 –> 00:50:13,240
\nBe thankful that God loves you
\nenough children #1 called you #2<\/p>\n

766
\n00:50:13,880 –> 00:50:16,600
\ngiving you some troubles, some
\nhurdles. <\/p>\n

767
\n00:50:16,600 –> 00:50:20,280
\nBe of good cheer, said Jesus in
\nthe world. <\/p>\n

768
\n00:50:20,760 –> 00:50:25,720
\nYou’re going to have troubles,
\nbut I have overcome the world, <\/p>\n

769
\n00:50:25,720 –> 00:50:30,560
\nsaid Jesus.
\nAnd the good news is, you can <\/p>\n

770
\n00:50:30,560 –> 00:50:46,830
\ntoo.
\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

771
\n00:50:46,830 –> 00:50:48,430
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\npodcast. <\/p>\n

772
\n00:50:49,270 –> 00:50:51,710
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\nyour walk and brightened your <\/p>\n

773
\n00:50:51,710 –> 00:50:54,070
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\n00:50:54,070 –> 00:50:55,830
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777
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778
\n00:51:05,880 –> 00:51:08,600
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784
\n00:51:24,960 –> 00:51:26,640
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