{"id":362,"date":"2019-09-19T02:53:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T02:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/050-jeff-gelineau-this-that\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T13:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:41:15","slug":"050-jeff-gelineau-this-that","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/050-jeff-gelineau-this-that\/","title":{"rendered":"050: Jeff Gelineau – This & That"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week\u2019s talk is by Bro. Jeff Gelineau that was given at the 2007 Florida Bible School titled, \u201cThis & That\u201d from a series on James.<\/p>\n

Thank you for listening, God bless, and talk to you next week.<\/p>\n

Send talk suggestions or comments to: GoodChristadelphianTalks@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to the good Christian
\ntalks podcast. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Levi and I’m Chris.
\nThank you so much for joining us<\/p>\n

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\nthis week on this podcast.
\nWe select one taco week to help <\/p>\n

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\neach one of us get the Bible in
\nour daily news feed. <\/p>\n

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\nWe post at the start of each
\nweek for you to listen with a <\/p>\n

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\nshort intro before hand to kind
\nof set the stage for the talk. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’re about to hear and now
\nlet’s hear more about this <\/p>\n

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\nweek’s talk.
\nThis class is called this and <\/p>\n

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\nthat bye brother Jeff Delano and
\ndad my dad gave gave it at the <\/p>\n

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\n2007 Florida Bible school.
\nIt is funny posting a class by <\/p>\n

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\nmy own father, but I was not at
\nthis Bible school and really <\/p>\n

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\nenjoyed listening to it.
\nNow in 2007 is already 12 years <\/p>\n

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\nago.
\nSo it’s a it was really really <\/p>\n

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\nencouraging it is the last class
\nin his series on James. <\/p>\n

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\nHe uses title this and that is
\nkind. <\/p>\n

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\nA catch-all to touch on a couple
\nother things that he misses or <\/p>\n

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\ndoes not pick up on an earlier
\nin the series and he mentions he<\/p>\n

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\nkind of Recaps the points at the
\nbeginning from the series on <\/p>\n

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\nJames, but then this class ends
\nup being very challenging as I <\/p>\n

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\nthink safely to say the Book of
\nJames is just very challenging <\/p>\n

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\nhard to understand hard to let
\nyou may be easy to understand <\/p>\n

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\nbut hard to apply directly to
\nour lives. <\/p>\n

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\nIt is pretty extreme and dad
\ndoes a good job. <\/p>\n

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\nI think of highlighting that
\njust how wow, I guess extreme or<\/p>\n

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\nIntense or You know serious are
\ncalling to live a life that are <\/p>\n

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\nthat are father would want our
\nFather God would want is you <\/p>\n

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\ncan’t be a high calling and so
\nhe makes them very strong <\/p>\n

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\npoints.
\nEspecially the clothes you’ll <\/p>\n

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\nsee in the end is a very
\npowerfully impactful point that <\/p>\n

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\nhe may choose some specific
\nwords for that. <\/p>\n

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\nSo anyways, I hope you really
\nenjoyed. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is Classics from 2007,
\nFlorida Bible. <\/p>\n

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\nOf this and that by her brother
\nJeff gelineau, but I hope that <\/p>\n

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\nwe’ve been able to see this
\nweek. <\/p>\n

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\nIs that sometimes facing the
\nmessage of the truth? <\/p>\n

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\nRequires us to look at our
\nbeliefs in a radical and <\/p>\n

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\ndifferent way.
\nThe while we are grateful to <\/p>\n

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\nthose that went before us.
\nWe do not base. <\/p>\n

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\nOur beliefs on the traditions of
\nmen are doctrines are founded <\/p>\n

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\nand based on solid scriptural
\nConcepts, and we do well to <\/p>\n

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\nprotect them with vigor.
\nWe need to be sure that we’re <\/p>\n

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\nnot becoming entrenched. or
\ndogmatic or legalistic and our <\/p>\n

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\ndealings with the members of
\nArc. <\/p>\n

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\nLygia Christ radical and
\ndifferent message was a message <\/p>\n

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\nof Grace. of forgiveness and
\ninclusion and working through <\/p>\n

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\nthese Concepts in a messy flawed
\nhuman life is hard. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd sometimes very
\nuncomfortable. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s what we’re called to do.
\nThat is the message of James. <\/p>\n

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\nI hope we’ve seen that a correct
\nunderstanding of faith and works<\/p>\n

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\ncan be a motivating and
\ninspiring factor in our <\/p>\n

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\nspiritual eyes.
\nWe don’t believe like like many <\/p>\n

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\nmodern day Christians at all we
\nhave to do is is believe and <\/p>\n

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\nwe’re saved.
\nBut we also don’t fall into the <\/p>\n

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\nnatural human tendency to
\nsomehow start thinking that we <\/p>\n

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\ncan earn our salvation by
\nchecking the boxes and some <\/p>\n

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\nEternal checklist of Good Deeds.
\nNeither extreme is correct and <\/p>\n

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\nboth are dangerous.
\nWe need to understand that our <\/p>\n

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\nlives need to be full of good
\ndeeds. <\/p>\n

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\nBut not because we think that
\nwe’re unfavorable in God’s sight<\/p>\n

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\nunless we do.
\nWe didn’t understand that God <\/p>\n

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\nchose us and loved us as
\nSinners. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd even though we were Sinners,
\nhe loved us so much he gave his <\/p>\n

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\nonly son to die for us.
\nUnderstanding and believing and <\/p>\n

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\nactually having faith and that
\nsimple fact is what will <\/p>\n

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\nmotivate our life motivate us to
\nfill our lives with good deeds. <\/p>\n

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\nI also hope that we’ve come to
\nlook at rules and regulations in<\/p>\n

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\na little different way.
\nThe scriptures are abundantly <\/p>\n

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\nclear that rules really have no
\nvalue in checking the <\/p>\n

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\nindulgences of the flesh.
\nAlthough it’s a natural reaction<\/p>\n

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\nfor us to want to set rules.
\nWe can’t regulate righteousness <\/p>\n

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\nand regardless of how many rules
\nwe make for ourselves. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd for others.
\nThe rules themselves will never <\/p>\n

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\nstop us from sinning.
\nI hope that we’ve shown there’s <\/p>\n

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\nonly one really true way to
\ncontrol sinful Behavior by <\/p>\n

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\ntransforming yourself from the
\ninside out by connecting with <\/p>\n

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\nGod in an intimate and personal
\nrelationship. <\/p>\n

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\nThe only hope we ever have of
\ncontrolling ourselves. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it’s only through effectual
\nand fervent prayer that we can <\/p>\n

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\nreally change things in our
\nlives only by confessing our <\/p>\n

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\nsins to a person that we see is
\nacting righteous in an area that<\/p>\n

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\nwe are having problems with
\nwould be able to feel God’s <\/p>\n

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\npower changing us for the
\nbetter. <\/p>\n

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\nGod’s willing and able to
\nperform miracles. <\/p>\n

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\nIn the lives of Believers, but
\nwe have to ask believing we’ve <\/p>\n

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\nreceived for him to act.
\nAnd even the effectual fervent <\/p>\n

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\nprayer of a righteous man isn’t
\nalways answered the way we want.<\/p>\n

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\nWe have to remember that God is
\nmore concerned about <\/p>\n

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\ntransforming us through our
\nproblems. <\/p>\n

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\nThen he is concerned about
\ntransformed transporting us out <\/p>\n

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\nof our problems.
\nIt’s hard for us not to receive <\/p>\n

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\nthe healing or the answer that
\nwe want. <\/p>\n

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\nBut the eye of Faith sees that
\nGod knows best and he is active <\/p>\n

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\nin our life.
\nI hope we’ve been reminded that <\/p>\n

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\nout of the same mouth comes
\nforth bitter and sweet and these<\/p>\n

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\nthings ought not to be.
\nWe talked about how the tongue <\/p>\n

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\nis a small member, but the rude
\nand the source of many terrible <\/p>\n

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\nand wicked sins.
\nMy brother said to me yesterday.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd it’s a medical fact that the
\ntongue has more germs. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s the most foul part of the
\nwhole body. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s true in the spiritual
\nsense isn’t and also the ton has<\/p>\n

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\na great potential to condemn us,
\nbut if you can control the <\/p>\n

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\ntongue.
\nThrough the assistance of her of<\/p>\n

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\nGod, if you control the greatest
\nsinner in your body then by by <\/p>\n

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\nvirtue of controlling the
\ngreater, you can gain control <\/p>\n

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\nover the Lesser.
\nThe tongue is wild and untamed <\/p>\n

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\nand Savage uncivilized
\nundisciplined. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we need to turn to God for
\nhelp and controlling our tongue <\/p>\n

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\nTrue Believers speak with a
\ntongue that is under control <\/p>\n

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\nunder the control of a loving
\nGod that wants the best for us. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we looked at some of these
\nthese wonderful themes and <\/p>\n

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\nJames.
\nWe have one more class together.<\/p>\n

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\nI have about 10 more things to
\nsay. <\/p>\n

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\nThere are so many different
\ntopics. <\/p>\n

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\nI wanted to explore James talks
\nquite a bit about favoritism and<\/p>\n

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\ndiscrimination.
\nSo I want to spend a moment <\/p>\n

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\ntoday looking at that.
\nAnother topic that James teach <\/p>\n

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\ntreats with much importance as
\nthe concept of rich and poor. <\/p>\n

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\nWe really can’t ignore that
\nmessage either. <\/p>\n

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\nJames speaks of worldliness and
\ngodliness and chapter 4 and want<\/p>\n

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\nto touch on that too.
\nAnd I love the section on today <\/p>\n

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\nand tomorrow we’ll go into such
\nand such a city. <\/p>\n

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\nI want to talk about that.
\nAnd we’ll end up with the same <\/p>\n

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\nverse we started out with James
\ndiscussion on how we’re supposed<\/p>\n

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\nto treat the fatherless and the
\nwidows. <\/p>\n

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\nSo now you understand why I have
\nsuch an enigmatic title as this <\/p>\n

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\nand that because James is often
\nreferred to as the Proverbs of <\/p>\n

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\nthe New Testament as full of
\nthese Little Gems. <\/p>\n

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\nThat just can’t be left
\nuntouched. <\/p>\n

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\nI don’t think I’ll probably do
\nany of them justice, but I’m <\/p>\n

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\ntempted to try not to leave
\nanything undone. <\/p>\n

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\nSo let’s begin our discussion on
\nthe idea of favoritism and <\/p>\n

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\ndiscrimination.
\nJames begins chapter 2 with this<\/p>\n

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\nimportant topic.
\nHe says in verse 1 my brother’s <\/p>\n

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\nas Believers in the Glorious
\nLord, Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nDon’t show favoritism suppose a
\nman comes into your meeting <\/p>\n

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\nwearing a gold ring in fine
\nclothes and a poor man in shabby<\/p>\n

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\nclothes also comes in.
\nIf you show special attention to<\/p>\n

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\nthe man wearing fine clothes and
\nsay here here’s a good seat for <\/p>\n

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\nyou.
\nBut send the poor man, you stand<\/p>\n

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\nthere or sit on the floor by my
\nfeet. <\/p>\n

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\nHave you not discriminated among
\nyourselves and become judges <\/p>\n

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\nwith evil thoughts?
\nThe message that James points <\/p>\n

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\nout in several places through
\nhis book is is the importance of<\/p>\n

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\napplying the word of God to your
\neveryday life. <\/p>\n

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\nRemember?
\nHe said whoso looketh into the <\/p>\n

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\nperfect perfect law of Liberty
\nand continueth therein. <\/p>\n

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\nHe being not a forgetful hearer
\nbut a doer of the work this man <\/p>\n

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\nshall be blessed in his deed.
\nA great place I think for us to <\/p>\n

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\napply the word of God in our
\nlives is in his area of <\/p>\n

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\nfavoritism.
\nAs the leader of the Ecclesia <\/p>\n

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\nand Jerusalem James argument is
\ndirected towards the special <\/p>\n

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\ntreatment being received by the
\nearly Christians to the wealthy.<\/p>\n

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\nJames admonished the church to
\navoid the divisive distinctions <\/p>\n

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\nof social class.
\nWhich can destroy True <\/p>\n

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\nFellowship when one group won’t
\nassociate with another group <\/p>\n

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\nbecause they’re not of the same
\nsocial class. <\/p>\n

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\nHow can you ever have real
\nFellowship? <\/p>\n

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\nThose social distinctions aren’t
\nas readily apparent today and <\/p>\n

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\nour middle class Society but
\nthis concept of favoritism still<\/p>\n

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\nexists and I want to look at
\nfour different ways that we show<\/p>\n

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\nfavoritism today first.
\nWe show favoritism strictly <\/p>\n

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\nbecause of a person’s
\nappearance. we often <\/p>\n

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\ndiscriminate simply because the
\nway someone looks beauty is very<\/p>\n

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\nimportant in our society and
\nit’s very natural. <\/p>\n

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\nThat doesn’t make it right.
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\nan early age studies show that
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\npositively to Attractive people
\nthan they do to those that are <\/p>\n

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\nconsidered homely.
\nBut we’re no longer children, <\/p>\n

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\nright?
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\nnot to respond with our natural
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\nWe have to learn not to respond
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\nbut to respond in a Godly Manner
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\nlook at the features of the
\nface. <\/p>\n

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\nGod looks at the heart not the
\nhair color. <\/p>\n

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\nNot the shape of the body.
\nThe second reason we show <\/p>\n

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\nfavoritism is because of
\nancestry. the Dred Scott <\/p>\n

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\ndecision of 1856 Reeves But it
\nis too clear for dispute. <\/p>\n

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\nThat the African race was not
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\nforms.
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\nand adopted the Declaration of
\nIndependence. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s been a hundred and fifty
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\nthat kind of reasoning has
\neventually changed. but a lot of<\/p>\n

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\nit Still Remains today doesn’t
\nThere’s still discrimination in <\/p>\n

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\nour country even after the Civil
\nRights Movement. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd they’re still discrimination
\nor a kaliesha. <\/p>\n

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\nOn paper, we believe and teach
\nand confess that everyone of <\/p>\n

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\nevery race deserves to hear the
\nsaving message of Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nBut in reality doesn’t work out
\nthat way does it? <\/p>\n

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\n13% of the United States is
\nblack. 14% Hispanic 5% is Asian <\/p>\n

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\nof the 5,000 christadelphians Do
\nyou think there are 650 black <\/p>\n

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\nbrother and sisters?
\n700 Hispanic 250 Asians There’s <\/p>\n

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\na there’s a sociological
\nprinciple called homogeneity. <\/p>\n

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\nThe says were drawn naturally to
\nassociate with people who are <\/p>\n

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\nlike us.
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\nphysical law.
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\nlives.
\nDo we were supposed to live <\/p>\n

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\nspiritual lives?
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\ntowards those you have a
\ncultural Affinity with but we’re<\/p>\n

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\ncalled to do something spiritual
\nwith these 80 years. <\/p>\n

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\nNot not something natural.
\nA life that we’re called to <\/p>\n

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\nlive.
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\ncomes natural so as we mature
\nand Christ, let’s Reach Out <\/p>\n

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\nbeyond our comfort zone and try
\nto include people of all Races <\/p>\n

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\nbecause we know that God doesn’t
\nlook at the color of the skin. <\/p>\n

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\nWe also show favoritism because
\nof people’s age. <\/p>\n

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\nI can tell you right now that in
\nthe business World many <\/p>\n

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\ncompanies discriminate against
\nolder workers because they <\/p>\n

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\nusually cost more to pay and
\nthey have less years of <\/p>\n

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\nproductivity left off of the
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\nAnd don’t even get me started
\nyou, you know enough about the <\/p>\n

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\ncost of health insurance on
\nolder workers. <\/p>\n

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\nIn our society in general there
\njust seems to be a waning level <\/p>\n

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\nof regard for the elderly.
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\nhave been lost on younger
\nGenerations. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the Ecclesia it almost seems
\nlike it’s the opposite. <\/p>\n

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\nOf course, there are there are
\nno statistics and <\/p>\n

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\nchristadelphians.
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\nare.
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\ndenominations the average age of
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\nStates.
\nToday is over 60. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we all know many occasions
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\nthat and that same situation.
\nSince brothers and sisters since<\/p>\n

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\nhuman beings tend to cater to
\ntheir own needs. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd their own interest in in
\nworship style and church <\/p>\n

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\nactivities.
\nThe needs of the interest of the<\/p>\n

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\nyouth especially those that they
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\nmeeting are neglected. in
\nEcclesia full of young people <\/p>\n

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\nneeds to be sensitive that
\nthey’re not discriminating <\/p>\n

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\nagainst their older members
\nsimply because of their age But <\/p>\n

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\nit cleans your full of older
\npeople also needs to be aware of<\/p>\n

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\nthe same peril.
\nWe might feel more comfortable <\/p>\n

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\nwearing suits and ties and and
\nsinging hymns that were written <\/p>\n

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\nin the 1800s.
\nBut we might also be alienating <\/p>\n

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\nentire generations of
\npotentially new brothers and <\/p>\n

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\nsisters.
\nYou see age discrimination goes <\/p>\n

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\nboth ways and it’s it’s wrong
\neither way because we know that <\/p>\n

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\nGod doesn’t look at the age of a
\nperson. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the fourth thing I think
\nthat we see you in favoritism. <\/p>\n

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\nis affluence the Jews believed
\nin what was referred to as as <\/p>\n

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\nwealth righteousness.
\nIf you’re wealthy then that must<\/p>\n

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\nmean that God has blessed you
\nGod only blesses the righteous. <\/p>\n

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\nSo therefore being wealthy is a
\nsign of your righteousness. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s why it was so hard for
\nthem to understand why a rich <\/p>\n

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\nman would have a hard time
\ngetting into the kingdom of God.<\/p>\n

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\nA rich man a righteous man can’t
\ndo it. <\/p>\n

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\nHow can we and that has thinking
\nwas revived with the Calvinists <\/p>\n

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\nand the Puritans and it forms
\nthe basis. <\/p>\n

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\nI think of the formation of our
\nentire country America was <\/p>\n

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\nformed on the belief that that
\nworking hard no matter whether <\/p>\n

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\nthe job is digging ditches or
\nbuilding a business by engaging <\/p>\n

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\nin self discipline sacrifice and
\nobedience by depriving yourself <\/p>\n

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\nof indulgent Pleasures by
\nenduring hardship by Saving what<\/p>\n

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\nyou make by reinvesting your
\nprofits you can increase your <\/p>\n

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\nwealth and in do so you’re
\nacting virtuously are acting <\/p>\n

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\nrighteously and godly.
\nAnd I think that wow, that’s <\/p>\n

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\ntrue.
\nThe reverse is not necessarily <\/p>\n

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\ntrue.
\nThose who have not succeeded by <\/p>\n

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\nthe world’s Financial standards
\nare not necessarily unrighteous.<\/p>\n

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\nWe all know many wealthy people
\nwho give no thought to pleasing <\/p>\n

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\nthe god that created them.
\nDon’t we also know many who are <\/p>\n

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\ndirt poor.
\nBut thank God daily for <\/p>\n

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\neverything.
\nHe’s given them. <\/p>\n

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\nGod doesn’t look at a person’s
\nbalance sheet. <\/p>\n

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\nHe doesn’t look good to the
\nmodel of import. <\/p>\n

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\nThey drive or the cut of the
\nsuit that they buy. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we shouldn’t either. because
\nfavoritism and discrimination <\/p>\n

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\nare not a part of a servant of
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

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\nThanks a good segue.
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\nthat James spends time with the
\nrich and the poor. <\/p>\n

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\nContinue reading in Chapter 2.
\nHe says Harkin my beloved <\/p>\n

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\nBrethren has not God chosen the
\npoor of this world rich in faith<\/p>\n

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\nand Heirs of the Kingdom, which
\nhe has promised to them that <\/p>\n

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\nlove him.
\nYou despise the poor? <\/p>\n

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\nDo not rich men oppress you and
\ndraw you before the Judgment <\/p>\n

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\nseats.
\nDo not they blaspheme that <\/p>\n

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\nworthy Name by which you are
\ncalled. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you fulfill the Royal law
\naccording to the scripture Thou <\/p>\n

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\nshalt love thy Neighbour as
\nthyself, thou do well, but if <\/p>\n

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\nyou have respect of persons You
\ncommit sin and are convinced of <\/p>\n

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\nthe law as transgressors.
\nGod has blessed me with a great <\/p>\n

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\njob a job that provides me more
\nmoney than I need. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I have a special interest in
\ntrying to understand what this <\/p>\n

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\nverse is saying to me.
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\nabout it and I honestly do not
\nbelieve that James is saying <\/p>\n

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\nthat God dislikes rich people.
\nAbraham the patriarch of Israel <\/p>\n

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\nand chosen of God was incredibly
\nwealthy. <\/p>\n

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\nDavid a man after God’s Own
\nHeart was also in a position of <\/p>\n

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\nwealth and not even Bill Gates
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\nSolomon.
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\nalways job a perfect example of
\nman whose whose Faith was not <\/p>\n

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\ntied to his purse strings.
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\nto Faith.
\nWell, it’s buys things like like<\/p>\n

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\ngood Medical Care find Food
\nServices and comfortable homes <\/p>\n

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\nand all of these can tend to
\ninsulate us. <\/p>\n

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\nFrom the turmoil and the hunger
\nand the disease that is the lot <\/p>\n

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\nof the majority of human race.
\nWealth makes it easier for us to<\/p>\n

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\ndelude ourselves. and deem
\nourselves self-sufficient the <\/p>\n

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\npoor have no such illusions.
\nAnd therefore they’re more open <\/p>\n

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\nto God and to his power working
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\nSo I don’t think that God
\ndislikes the rich. <\/p>\n

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\nThey do think that God prefers
\nto poor. <\/p>\n

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\nOur God is a god of the poor a
\ngod of the underdog a god of <\/p>\n

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\nthose who are trodden Under
\nFoot. <\/p>\n

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\nPeople that rely on their money
\nthink of themselves of wise. <\/p>\n

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\nBut the Bible teaches that God
\nhas chosen chosen the foolish <\/p>\n

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\nthings of this world to confound
\nthe wise. <\/p>\n

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\nGod has chosen the weak things
\nof the world to confound the <\/p>\n

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\nthings which are mighty.
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\nseem to be the very ones that
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\nAnd Faith towards the gospel.
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\nNorth America that even the
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\nthird-world standards.
\nWe live in a society where it’s <\/p>\n

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\nit’s fairly easy to become
\nwealthy. <\/p>\n

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\nWe have to remember that the
\npurpose of working is not to <\/p>\n

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\nobtain wealth for your own
\npersonal gratification. purpose <\/p>\n

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\nof working is to obtain wealth
\nso that you can help out those <\/p>\n

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\nwho are less fortunate than
\nyourself. <\/p>\n

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\nJames warns about those who
\nobtain wealth and then exploit <\/p>\n

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\nthe poor taking advantage of
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\nincreasing their own personal
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\npretty the things that he says
\nnow listen you rich people weep <\/p>\n

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\nand wail because of the misery
\nthat is coming upon you your <\/p>\n

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\nwealth has rotted and moths of
\neating your clothes your gold <\/p>\n

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\nand silver of corroded their
\ncorrosion will testify against <\/p>\n

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\nyou and eat your flesh like
\nfire. <\/p>\n

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\nYou have hoarded wealth in the
\nlast days in verse 4. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says look the wages you
\nfailed to pay the workmen who <\/p>\n

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\nmowed your fields are crying out
\nagainst you. <\/p>\n

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\nThe cries of the Harvesters have
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\nAlmighty you have lived on Earth
\nin luxury and self-indulgence. <\/p>\n

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\nYou have fattened yourselves in
\nthe day of Slaughter. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’ve condemned and murdered
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\nopposing you.
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\n00:23:21,800 –> 00:23:26,500
\nguilty of murdering innocent
\nmen, but the exhortation I think<\/p>\n

335
\n00:23:26,500 –> 00:23:29,400
\nto those of us who’ve been
\nblessed with more than we need <\/p>\n

336
\n00:23:29,500 –> 00:23:33,600
\nis clear that we shouldn’t
\nhorror cord it to the hurt of <\/p>\n

337
\n00:23:33,600 –> 00:23:39,000
\nthose around us.
\nNeed to be generous and give to <\/p>\n

338
\n00:23:39,000 –> 00:23:40,800
\nthose that we come across who
\nare in need. <\/p>\n

339
\n00:23:43,200 –> 00:23:49,800
\nIt’s a it’s a liberating and and
\nfreeing concept that took me. 25<\/p>\n

340
\n00:23:49,800 –> 00:23:56,400
\nyears to realize that we’re not
\nlimited in our giving you’re not<\/p>\n

341
\n00:23:56,400 –> 00:24:01,500
\nlimited to a tithe like every
\nother the Commandments of the <\/p>\n

342
\n00:24:01,500 –> 00:24:07,200
\nlaw 10% was just the minimum
\nrequired of a servant of God, <\/p>\n

343
\n00:24:07,800 –> 00:24:13,700
\nnot the maximum allowed.
\nI’ve heard a couple stories <\/p>\n

344
\n00:24:13,700 –> 00:24:17,400
\nrecently of people I know who
\nthe year. <\/p>\n

345
\n00:24:17,400 –> 00:24:21,400
\nThey were married Gabe decided
\nto give 10% and they decided to <\/p>\n

346
\n00:24:21,400 –> 00:24:25,100
\nincrease it one percent every
\nyear a couple that just <\/p>\n

347
\n00:24:25,100 –> 00:24:29,900
\ncelebrated their 50th
\nanniversary and giveaway 60% of <\/p>\n

348
\n00:24:29,900 –> 00:24:33,800
\nall their money.
\nGive until it hurts. <\/p>\n

349
\n00:24:35,200 –> 00:24:38,500
\nNot just until you’ve met your
\nobligation. <\/p>\n

350
\n00:24:39,100 –> 00:24:43,000
\nYou’re also not limited to a
\ntax-deductible donation this I <\/p>\n

351
\n00:24:43,000 –> 00:24:45,200
\ndidn’t figure this out till
\nthree years ago. <\/p>\n

352
\n00:24:46,200 –> 00:24:50,400
\nCan you buy means literally it’s
\na blessing that we live in such <\/p>\n

353
\n00:24:50,400 –> 00:24:53,700
\na wonderful Christian country
\nthat they encourage good works <\/p>\n

354
\n00:24:53,700 –> 00:24:56,200
\nby giving us a tax deduction for
\ncertain gifts. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:24:57,900 –> 00:25:01,300
\nBut that doesn’t mean that you
\ncan’t help out someone who’s in <\/p>\n

356
\n00:25:01,300 –> 00:25:04,600
\nneed even when it’s not
\nconvenient to funnel it through <\/p>\n

357
\n00:25:04,600 –> 00:25:09,900
\na charity.
\nAnd you’re not limited to <\/p>\n

358
\n00:25:09,908 –> 00:25:15,400
\nbrothers and sisters either.
\nDo good until almond do good <\/p>\n

359
\n00:25:15,400 –> 00:25:18,600
\nunto all men.
\nEspecially those who are of the <\/p>\n

360
\n00:25:18,600 –> 00:25:21,500
\nhousehold of faith if we run
\nacross brothers and sisters who <\/p>\n

361
\n00:25:21,500 –> 00:25:24,700
\nare in need then it’s Our
\nobligation to help them out. <\/p>\n

362
\n00:25:25,800 –> 00:25:28,600
\nBut if everyone else in your
\nEcclesia is has more than enough<\/p>\n

363
\n00:25:28,600 –> 00:25:32,800
\njust like you do then you’re not
\nrestricted from from giving it <\/p>\n

364
\n00:25:32,800 –> 00:25:35,600
\nto those in your community who
\nare truly needy. <\/p>\n

365
\n00:25:36,700 –> 00:25:40,100
\nOr looking out for other
\neclipses across the world. <\/p>\n

366
\n00:25:40,400 –> 00:25:42,400
\nWe’re brothers and sisters need
\nhelp. <\/p>\n

367
\n00:25:44,000 –> 00:25:45,800
\nGod loves both the rich and the
\npoor. <\/p>\n

368
\n00:25:46,900 –> 00:25:50,400
\nAnd he wants all of us in his
\nkingdom the rich have more <\/p>\n

369
\n00:25:50,400 –> 00:25:53,100
\nchallenges.
\nBut they can overcome. <\/p>\n

370
\n00:25:54,700 –> 00:25:56,200
\nAnd the poor have more
\nobstacles. <\/p>\n

371
\n00:25:57,900 –> 00:26:03,400
\nBut God wants to help them.
\nLet’s talk about the idea of <\/p>\n

372
\n00:26:03,400 –> 00:26:07,000
\nworldliness and godliness.
\nHere’s a verse that our young <\/p>\n

373
\n00:26:07,000 –> 00:26:11,000
\npeople have heard many times.
\nBut I believe that this little <\/p>\n

374
\n00:26:11,000 –> 00:26:14,400
\ngem of a verse shouldn’t be
\nlimited just to those in their <\/p>\n

375
\n00:26:14,400 –> 00:26:17,300
\nteams think we can all learn
\nsomething from it. <\/p>\n

376
\n00:26:18,400 –> 00:26:22,100
\nYou adulterous people don’t you
\nknow that friendship with the <\/p>\n

377
\n00:26:22,100 –> 00:26:26,900
\nworld is hatred toward God.
\nAnyone who chooses to be a <\/p>\n

378
\n00:26:26,900 –> 00:26:30,700
\nfriend of the world becomes an
\nenemy of God one of the beauties<\/p>\n

379
\n00:26:30,700 –> 00:26:33,100
\nthat income James writing one of
\nthe things that appealed to me <\/p>\n

380
\n00:26:33,108 –> 00:26:36,700
\nso much about is his ability to
\nstay clearly. <\/p>\n

381
\n00:26:38,600 –> 00:26:40,600
\nWhat should be obvious to all of
\nus? <\/p>\n

382
\n00:26:42,400 –> 00:26:46,700
\nSuch as the truth that if we get
\ntoo friendly with the world, we <\/p>\n

383
\n00:26:46,700 –> 00:26:49,200
\nwill increasingly distance
\nherself from God. <\/p>\n

384
\n00:26:51,300 –> 00:26:56,600
\nSpending our life and pursuit of
\npossessions and and Pleasures is<\/p>\n

385
\n00:26:56,600 –> 00:27:02,100
\na sure recipe to becoming
\nHaggard and stressed and <\/p>\n

386
\n00:27:02,100 –> 00:27:05,900
\nRestless.
\nExperiencing a kind of <\/p>\n

387
\n00:27:06,300 –> 00:27:09,500
\nfrustration that no teenager
\nwould ever comprehend. <\/p>\n

388
\n00:27:11,100 –> 00:27:14,800
\nYou cannot be a friend of God
\nand a friend of this world and <\/p>\n

389
\n00:27:14,800 –> 00:27:18,700
\nall of its Fallen values you’re
\ncheating on God is what he says <\/p>\n

390
\n00:27:18,800 –> 00:27:22,500
\nyou’re acting like an adulterer
\nand adulteress if you try to <\/p>\n

391
\n00:27:22,500 –> 00:27:26,100
\nmaintain a relationship with the
\nworld while you’re being <\/p>\n

392
\n00:27:26,100 –> 00:27:30,500
\nespoused to Christ.
\nGod is a jealous. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:27:30,500 –> 00:27:34,100
\nGod verse 5 says that God cares
\nabout the spirit we serve him <\/p>\n

394
\n00:27:34,100 –> 00:27:39,100
\nwith and look at verse 6.
\nAnd he gives us more grace. <\/p>\n

395
\n00:27:39,600 –> 00:27:43,500
\nThat is why the scripture says
\nGod opposes the proud but gives <\/p>\n

396
\n00:27:43,500 –> 00:27:49,800
\ngrace to the humble.
\nIt takes humility to approach <\/p>\n

397
\n00:27:49,800 –> 00:27:52,900
\nGod.
\nThe only way to break this cycle<\/p>\n

398
\n00:27:52,900 –> 00:27:57,500
\nof double mindedness has is
\ntotal submission of oneself to <\/p>\n

399
\n00:27:57,500 –> 00:28:01,300
\nGod continue reading in verses 7
\nthrough 10 submit yourself, then<\/p>\n

400
\n00:28:01,300 –> 00:28:05,400
\nto God resist the devil and he
\nwill flee from you come near to <\/p>\n

401
\n00:28:05,400 –> 00:28:08,500
\nGod and he will come near to you
\nwash your hands you Sinners and <\/p>\n

402
\n00:28:08,700 –> 00:28:12,100
\npurify your hearts you
\ndouble-minded grieve moan and <\/p>\n

403
\n00:28:12,100 –> 00:28:15,200
\nwail change your laughter to
\nmourning and your joy to Gloom <\/p>\n

404
\n00:28:15,800 –> 00:28:19,800
\nhumble yourselves before the
\nLord and He will lift you up. <\/p>\n

405
\n00:28:20,500 –> 00:28:24,500
\nYou see self helpers is not
\ngoing to take you as far as you <\/p>\n

406
\n00:28:24,508 –> 00:28:28,400
\nneed to go.
\nWe need to come near to God for <\/p>\n

407
\n00:28:28,400 –> 00:28:33,600
\nhim to come near to us.
\nPurify your hearts and your mind<\/p>\n

408
\n00:28:33,600 –> 00:28:35,400
\nwill become centered on
\ngodliness. <\/p>\n

409
\n00:28:36,100 –> 00:28:40,000
\nWe sometimes call this this
\ndouble mindedness by a different<\/p>\n

410
\n00:28:40,000 –> 00:28:43,700
\nname.
\nSometimes call it fence sitting <\/p>\n

411
\n00:28:45,600 –> 00:28:48,300
\nstraddling a fence allows a
\nperson to keep a foot in both <\/p>\n

412
\n00:28:48,300 –> 00:28:52,600
\nplaces at the same time and in a
\nculture that insist on having a <\/p>\n

413
\n00:28:52,600 –> 00:28:56,000
\nmultitude of choices.
\nIt fence straddling has never <\/p>\n

414
\n00:28:56,000 –> 00:29:01,200
\nbeen more popular.
\nBut the downside is it <\/p>\n

415
\n00:29:01,200 –> 00:29:06,100
\nabsolutely paralyzes you for
\nmaking a concrete choice. <\/p>\n

416
\n00:29:08,100 –> 00:29:11,500
\nAnyone who chooses to have one
\nfoot mired in the worldliness, <\/p>\n

417
\n00:29:11,800 –> 00:29:15,700
\nbut wants to have one foot
\nstanding firm in godliness will <\/p>\n

418
\n00:29:15,700 –> 00:29:22,400
\nsurely fall.
\nLord willing if I have time, I <\/p>\n

419
\n00:29:22,408 –> 00:29:25,500
\nwant to continue on the subject
\nof today and tomorrow. <\/p>\n

420
\n00:29:26,600 –> 00:29:28,300
\nYou know why we always say Lord
\nwilling. <\/p>\n

421
\n00:29:28,500 –> 00:29:32,400
\nIt comes right there from James.
\nLook at it chapter 4 go to now <\/p>\n

422
\n00:29:32,400 –> 00:29:34,900
\nye that say today or tomorrow.
\nWe will go into such and such a <\/p>\n

423
\n00:29:34,908 –> 00:29:38,500
\ncity and continue their a year
\nand buy and sell and get game <\/p>\n

424
\n00:29:39,100 –> 00:29:43,100
\nwhereas, you know, not what
\nshall be on the morrow for what <\/p>\n

425
\n00:29:43,100 –> 00:29:45,400
\nis your life?
\nIt’s even a vapor that appears <\/p>\n

426
\n00:29:45,400 –> 00:29:48,000
\nfor a little time and then
\nvanishes away for you ought to <\/p>\n

427
\n00:29:48,000 –> 00:29:52,700
\nsay if the Lord will we shall
\nlive and do this or do that? <\/p>\n

428
\n00:29:54,100 –> 00:29:56,900
\nIt’s an interesting set of
\nversus James is is speaking to <\/p>\n

429
\n00:29:56,900 –> 00:29:59,400
\npeople who are making a plan.
\nLook at the plan. <\/p>\n

430
\n00:29:59,400 –> 00:30:03,500
\nThey’re making right.
\nHe says they’re planning a Time.<\/p>\n

431
\n00:30:04,400 –> 00:30:07,700
\nToday or tomorrow?
\nThey’re planning the location. <\/p>\n

432
\n00:30:09,400 –> 00:30:11,800
\nOh can we’ll go into such a
\ncity. <\/p>\n

433
\n00:30:12,700 –> 00:30:15,900
\nThey’re planning the duration
\ncontinue their a year. <\/p>\n

434
\n00:30:17,300 –> 00:30:21,900
\nThey’re planning a course of
\naction will buy and sell and <\/p>\n

435
\n00:30:21,900 –> 00:30:28,300
\nthey’re planning an outcome. to
\nget game looks like a pretty <\/p>\n

436
\n00:30:28,300 –> 00:30:33,000
\ngood plan to me.
\nI do I do a lot of planning in <\/p>\n

437
\n00:30:33,000 –> 00:30:36,600
\nmy life.
\nI’m and I do all the long-term <\/p>\n

438
\n00:30:36,600 –> 00:30:40,700
\nplanning on my business and
\nwe’re currently on on year three<\/p>\n

439
\n00:30:41,300 –> 00:30:49,100
\nof our existing 10-year plan.
\nPlan 2015 is referred to their <\/p>\n

440
\n00:30:49,100 –> 00:30:53,900
\nreplaced plan 2005 which was a
\nfive year plan and that replaced<\/p>\n

441
\n00:30:53,900 –> 00:30:56,300
\nplan 2000 which was a ten year
\nplan. <\/p>\n

442
\n00:30:58,500 –> 00:31:03,900
\nPlan 2015 comes to its
\nconclusion on December 31st 2015<\/p>\n

443
\n00:31:04,800 –> 00:31:09,100
\nand and we’re already have
\nVision plans for the years after<\/p>\n

444
\n00:31:09,100 –> 00:31:17,500
\nthat 20 25 and 20 35.
\nIs planning wrong is this is <\/p>\n

445
\n00:31:17,500 –> 00:31:19,500
\nthis another topic?
\nI’m going to have to feel guilty<\/p>\n

446
\n00:31:19,500 –> 00:31:26,100
\nabout after having read James.
\nNo, no, no verse verse 15 clears<\/p>\n

447
\n00:31:26,100 –> 00:31:30,400
\nthat up right as long as you
\njust say if the Lord Wills. <\/p>\n

448
\n00:31:31,700 –> 00:31:35,600
\nThen everything’s okay with the
\nplans that you make right? <\/p>\n

449
\n00:31:37,200 –> 00:31:40,400
\nNo.
\nNow it’s a little deeper than <\/p>\n

450
\n00:31:40,400 –> 00:31:43,100
\nthat.
\nI think saying saying Lord <\/p>\n

451
\n00:31:43,100 –> 00:31:47,000
\nwilling isn’t some kind of magic
\nTalisman that makes all of your <\/p>\n

452
\n00:31:47,000 –> 00:31:50,600
\nplanning, okay?
\nTake a look at the verse in the <\/p>\n

453
\n00:31:50,608 –> 00:31:54,200
\nmiddle of verse 14.
\nHe says we’re has you know, what<\/p>\n

454
\n00:31:54,200 –> 00:31:57,600
\nshall be on the morrow for what
\nis your life? <\/p>\n

455
\n00:31:59,500 –> 00:32:02,300
\nIt’s nothing but a vapor that
\nappears for a little while then <\/p>\n

456
\n00:32:02,300 –> 00:32:05,400
\nvanish away.
\nIn other words in all of your <\/p>\n

457
\n00:32:05,400 –> 00:32:08,900
\nplanning.
\nYou have to take God’s view of <\/p>\n

458
\n00:32:08,900 –> 00:32:13,600
\nlife into account.
\nIf you take a true view of life <\/p>\n

459
\n00:32:13,600 –> 00:32:17,100
\ninto account and that is that
\nyour life is a vapor. <\/p>\n

460
\n00:32:17,800 –> 00:32:21,000
\nThe question you really need to
\nconsider is what practical <\/p>\n

461
\n00:32:21,000 –> 00:32:22,900
\ndifference does it make in your
\nplanning? <\/p>\n

462
\n00:32:24,200 –> 00:32:26,800
\nWhether or not you believe that
\nyour life is a vapor. <\/p>\n

463
\n00:32:27,600 –> 00:32:31,700
\nThat’s the real question.
\nDo we stop planning altogether <\/p>\n

464
\n00:32:31,700 –> 00:32:35,600
\nbecause simply you don’t know
\nthat your what your life is <\/p>\n

465
\n00:32:35,600 –> 00:32:40,200
\ngoing to happen your life may be
\nshort or uncertain so you <\/p>\n

466
\n00:32:40,208 –> 00:32:43,000
\nshouldn’t bother to plan.
\nI don’t think so. <\/p>\n

467
\n00:32:43,000 –> 00:32:45,000
\nYou’ve all heard the saying
\nbefore and I think it’s true. <\/p>\n

468
\n00:32:46,000 –> 00:32:48,300
\nHe the fails to plan plans to
\nfail. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:32:49,700 –> 00:32:52,000
\nI don’t think the James is
\nsaying you should stop planning.<\/p>\n

470
\n00:32:52,500 –> 00:32:55,500
\nJames is an encouraging us to
\ndrop out of society to become a <\/p>\n

471
\n00:32:55,500 –> 00:32:58,800
\nHermit just sit around waiting
\nfor a little Vapor of life to <\/p>\n

472
\n00:32:58,800 –> 00:33:02,800
\ndisappear.
\nFor James and for God though, it<\/p>\n

473
\n00:33:02,800 –> 00:33:07,000
\nmatters whether or not a true
\nview of life and forms and <\/p>\n

474
\n00:33:07,000 –> 00:33:12,700
\nshapes the way you think and how
\nyou speak about your plans your <\/p>\n

475
\n00:33:12,700 –> 00:33:15,800
\nmindset matters.
\nHow do you talk about your <\/p>\n

476
\n00:33:15,800 –> 00:33:18,900
\nplans?
\nWhy why does it matter because <\/p>\n

477
\n00:33:19,100 –> 00:33:23,000
\nGod created us not just to do
\nthings and go places with our <\/p>\n

478
\n00:33:23,000 –> 00:33:27,000
\nbodies, but to have certain
\nattitudes and convictions and <\/p>\n

479
\n00:33:27,000 –> 00:33:31,900
\nverbal descriptions that reflect
\nthe truth. a true view of life <\/p>\n

480
\n00:33:34,000 –> 00:33:38,000
\nGod means for the truth about
\nhim and about life to be known <\/p>\n

481
\n00:33:38,000 –> 00:33:43,400
\nand felt and spoken part of your
\nreasoning and part of your plan.<\/p>\n

482
\n00:33:45,700 –> 00:33:48,700
\nGod wants you to keep in mind
\nthat we really have no forms <\/p>\n

483
\n00:33:48,700 –> 00:33:52,700
\nsubstance here on Earth.
\nWe’re as fragile as missed <\/p>\n

484
\n00:33:52,700 –> 00:33:56,900
\nfragile is a vapor.
\nKeep in mind you have no no <\/p>\n

485
\n00:33:56,900 –> 00:33:58,900
\ndurability you appear just for a
\nlittle while. <\/p>\n

486
\n00:33:58,900 –> 00:34:01,600
\nYour time is short.
\nYou will disappear. <\/p>\n

487
\n00:34:03,600 –> 00:34:07,100
\nNot trying to depress you.
\nProbably succeeding. <\/p>\n

488
\n00:34:07,100 –> 00:34:10,500
\nI’m not trying to press you, but
\nit does matter. <\/p>\n

489
\n00:34:11,900 –> 00:34:14,699
\nGod says that we have to keep
\nthis view of life in mind and <\/p>\n

490
\n00:34:14,699 –> 00:34:19,300
\nverse 15, he tells us that the
\ntrue view of life that we have <\/p>\n

491
\n00:34:19,300 –> 00:34:22,699
\nin our minds and our mouths have
\nwe should have this true view as<\/p>\n

492
\n00:34:22,699 –> 00:34:26,199
\nwe plan for the future?
\nGod tells us to very important <\/p>\n

493
\n00:34:26,199 –> 00:34:29,300
\nthings about himself in verse 15
\nand pay attention to him one is <\/p>\n

494
\n00:34:29,500 –> 00:34:34,500
\ncontained in the words if the
\nLord Wills we will live. <\/p>\n

495
\n00:34:35,699 –> 00:34:37,600
\nThe others contained in the rest
\nof that sentence have Lord <\/p>\n

496
\n00:34:37,600 –> 00:34:42,900
\nWills.
\nWe will do this or that the <\/p>\n

497
\n00:34:43,000 –> 00:34:46,900
\nduration of our lives are in the
\nhands of God. <\/p>\n

498
\n00:34:48,600 –> 00:34:52,000
\nGod governs how long we’re going
\nto live. <\/p>\n

499
\n00:34:53,800 –> 00:34:56,699
\nWe may not know how long our
\nVapor like life will linger in <\/p>\n

500
\n00:34:56,699 –> 00:34:58,300
\nthe air.
\nBut God does. <\/p>\n

501
\n00:34:59,700 –> 00:35:01,700
\nBecause God designs how long we
\nlive. <\/p>\n

502
\n00:35:03,000 –> 00:35:06,400
\nJames is trying to tell us that
\nif this is a true view of life <\/p>\n

503
\n00:35:06,400 –> 00:35:10,100
\nthan it would it should shape
\nour mindset and shape our way of<\/p>\n

504
\n00:35:10,100 –> 00:35:12,500
\nthinking if we truly believe
\nthat our lives are in the hands <\/p>\n

505
\n00:35:12,500 –> 00:35:17,600
\nof God and God will decide how
\nlong we live and when we die And<\/p>\n

506
\n00:35:17,600 –> 00:35:19,900
\ndoesn’t that change our
\nimpression of death? <\/p>\n

507
\n00:35:21,900 –> 00:35:27,000
\nworry and stress about death
\nshould decrease as our faith in <\/p>\n

508
\n00:35:27,000 –> 00:35:31,900
\nthis in this belief increases
\nbecause not only is our life in <\/p>\n

509
\n00:35:31,900 –> 00:35:37,200
\nGod’s hands but God is good.
\nGod wants the best for us. <\/p>\n

510
\n00:35:37,600 –> 00:35:40,300
\nHe controls every part of our
\nLives including this most <\/p>\n

511
\n00:35:40,300 –> 00:35:43,500
\nimportant part.
\nTurn that over to him. <\/p>\n

512
\n00:35:45,100 –> 00:35:48,800
\nRest in the faith to his love
\nthe other truth about God and <\/p>\n

513
\n00:35:48,800 –> 00:35:52,200
\nverse 15 is that the activities
\nand the accomplishments of our <\/p>\n

514
\n00:35:52,200 –> 00:35:57,900
\nlives are also in God’s hands
\nGod governs what we accomplished<\/p>\n

515
\n00:35:59,100 –> 00:36:03,000
\nnot only are alive themselves in
\nGod’s hands, but our success is <\/p>\n

516
\n00:36:03,000 –> 00:36:06,800
\nin his hands as well.
\nIf the Lord does not will we <\/p>\n

517
\n00:36:06,800 –> 00:36:12,100
\nwill not do this or that we will
\nnot buy or sell or get game. <\/p>\n

518
\n00:36:13,200 –> 00:36:17,400
\nAnd the stress of success and
\nfailure and what we do should <\/p>\n

519
\n00:36:17,400 –> 00:36:21,300
\nalso decrease.
\nWhen we come to really believe <\/p>\n

520
\n00:36:21,500 –> 00:36:24,800
\nthat truth.
\nThis doesn’t give us permission <\/p>\n

521
\n00:36:24,800 –> 00:36:28,100
\nto be lazy, but it should remove
\nsome of our worries. <\/p>\n

522
\n00:36:29,300 –> 00:36:34,700
\nBecause God is good.
\nGod wants to bless his children <\/p>\n

523
\n00:36:34,700 –> 00:36:38,300
\nwith good things.
\nHe wants to see us happy and <\/p>\n

524
\n00:36:38,300 –> 00:36:41,500
\nhe’s in a position to do so as
\nhe controls whether or not our <\/p>\n

525
\n00:36:41,500 –> 00:36:46,700
\nplans succeed or fail.
\nSo in simple terms God wants to <\/p>\n

526
\n00:36:46,707 –> 00:36:48,600
\nmake sure that we understand
\nthese two things. <\/p>\n

527
\n00:36:49,000 –> 00:36:53,600
\nGod governs how long you live
\nand what you accomplished? <\/p>\n

528
\n00:36:55,500 –> 00:36:57,300
\nBut there’s more of the issue
\nthan just that the look at the <\/p>\n

529
\n00:36:57,300 –> 00:37:01,800
\nnext verse for a 16 but now you
\nrejoice in your boastings and <\/p>\n

530
\n00:37:01,800 –> 00:37:06,200
\nsuch rejoicing is evil.
\nWhy does James bring up boasting<\/p>\n

531
\n00:37:06,200 –> 00:37:08,900
\nall of a sudden the root problem
\nat play here? <\/p>\n

532
\n00:37:08,900 –> 00:37:13,300
\nI think is arrogance and pride.
\nAnd that is what causes us not <\/p>\n

533
\n00:37:13,300 –> 00:37:17,000
\nto look at our life with the
\ntrueview boasting is simply the <\/p>\n

534
\n00:37:17,000 –> 00:37:20,900
\nexpression of that arrogance
\nwhen you don’t look at life of <\/p>\n

535
\n00:37:20,900 –> 00:37:25,100
\nthe truth view, then you begin
\nto think that you are the one <\/p>\n

536
\n00:37:25,500 –> 00:37:27,200
\nthat’s in control over your
\nlife. <\/p>\n

537
\n00:37:27,200 –> 00:37:29,100
\nYou are the one that’s
\nresponsible for your own <\/p>\n

538
\n00:37:29,100 –> 00:37:31,700
\nsuccesses.
\nIt’s through your hard work. <\/p>\n

539
\n00:37:31,700 –> 00:37:35,400
\nSo in your efforts that you’ve
\nsucceeded You gave me start <\/p>\n

540
\n00:37:35,400 –> 00:37:38,100
\nthinking if you take your
\nvitamins and exercise and eat <\/p>\n

541
\n00:37:38,100 –> 00:37:40,000
\nright?
\nYou can somehow control how long<\/p>\n

542
\n00:37:40,000 –> 00:37:44,000
\nyou live.
\nYou can start to get arrogant <\/p>\n

543
\n00:37:44,700 –> 00:37:49,500
\nand the face of God the one who
\nreally controls those things. <\/p>\n

544
\n00:37:51,000 –> 00:37:53,700
\nSo when we talk about today and
\ntomorrow when we say Lord <\/p>\n

545
\n00:37:53,700 –> 00:37:55,800
\nwilling, it’s not just a nice
\nthing to say. <\/p>\n

546
\n00:37:56,900 –> 00:37:59,500
\nIt’s the acknowledgement of an
\nimportant and valuable truth <\/p>\n

547
\n00:37:59,500 –> 00:38:04,800
\nabout who God is and the faith
\nthat we have that he’s in <\/p>\n

548
\n00:38:04,800 –> 00:38:08,800
\ncontrol of Our Lives that god
\nholds our entire life in his <\/p>\n

549
\n00:38:08,800 –> 00:38:10,900
\nhand.
\nHe decides how long we live he <\/p>\n

550
\n00:38:10,900 –> 00:38:17,200
\ndecides how we succeed or fail.
\nI want to close by going back to<\/p>\n

551
\n00:38:17,207 –> 00:38:18,800
\nthat verse who began the week
\nwith. <\/p>\n

552
\n00:38:20,200 –> 00:38:24,400
\nWant to close our thoughts on a
\ndiscussion of the fatherless and<\/p>\n

553
\n00:38:24,400 –> 00:38:41,000
\nthe widows. pure religion stuff
\nthat really matters Is visiting <\/p>\n

554
\n00:38:41,000 –> 00:38:44,100
\nthe fatherless and the widows in
\ntheir affliction? <\/p>\n

555
\n00:38:45,500 –> 00:38:47,600
\nYou keeping yourself unspotted
\nfrom the world. <\/p>\n

556
\n00:38:50,200 –> 00:38:53,000
\nI want to first kind of Define
\nwhat James means by pure <\/p>\n

557
\n00:38:53,000 –> 00:38:55,700
\nreligion?
\nI think that by seeing using the<\/p>\n

558
\n00:38:55,700 –> 00:39:00,200
\nword religion usually talking
\nabout our faith our faith in <\/p>\n

559
\n00:39:00,200 –> 00:39:03,700
\nChrist.
\nThis word religion is the same <\/p>\n

560
\n00:39:03,900 –> 00:39:05,200
\nword.
\nThey use is in the previous <\/p>\n

561
\n00:39:05,200 –> 00:39:08,500
\nversion you back up to verse 26.
\nHe says if any man among you <\/p>\n

562
\n00:39:08,500 –> 00:39:12,400
\nseem to be religious and Bridal
\nif not his tongue but deceiveth <\/p>\n

563
\n00:39:12,400 –> 00:39:15,100
\nhis own heart.
\nThis man’s religion is vain. <\/p>\n

564
\n00:39:16,300 –> 00:39:19,300
\nThe reason I think that James
\nmeans faith in Jesus when he <\/p>\n

565
\n00:39:19,300 –> 00:39:23,300
\nuses the word religion is what
\ncomes in the next verse. <\/p>\n

566
\n00:39:24,200 –> 00:39:29,500
\nSee, there’s no break in the
\nfloe here between 26 and 27 and <\/p>\n

567
\n00:39:29,500 –> 00:39:33,400
\nchapter 2 verse 1.
\nLook what the first verse of the<\/p>\n

568
\n00:39:33,400 –> 00:39:37,900
\nnext the next chapter says my
\nbrethren have not the Faith of <\/p>\n

569
\n00:39:37,900 –> 00:39:40,900
\nOur Lord Jesus Christ.
\nThe lord of Glory with respect <\/p>\n

570
\n00:39:40,900 –> 00:39:43,700
\nof persons think what he’s
\ntrying to say is if you’re <\/p>\n

571
\n00:39:43,700 –> 00:39:47,200
\nreligious or if you say you have
\nthe faith of Jesus, then don’t <\/p>\n

572
\n00:39:47,200 –> 00:39:51,300
\nBridal an unloving lying
\ngossiping cursing tongue. <\/p>\n

573
\n00:39:53,900 –> 00:39:57,000
\nAnd your faith and your religion
\nis worthless. <\/p>\n

574
\n00:39:58,900 –> 00:40:01,900
\nWe talked about it already.
\nIt’s the it’s the faith that <\/p>\n

575
\n00:40:01,900 –> 00:40:06,000
\nsaves us.
\nBut whether our faith our our <\/p>\n

576
\n00:40:06,000 –> 00:40:11,400
\nreligion is real or not as shown
\nby the change, it brings about <\/p>\n

577
\n00:40:11,400 –> 00:40:16,600
\nin our hearts and our lives.
\nNow in verse 27 James gives us <\/p>\n

578
\n00:40:16,600 –> 00:40:22,100
\nanother very concrete example of
\nthat same point. notice the two <\/p>\n

579
\n00:40:22,100 –> 00:40:25,900
\nkind of effects that pure
\nreligion and your and your life <\/p>\n

580
\n00:40:25,900 –> 00:40:32,600
\nhas First one is practical
\ncompassion. towards orphans and <\/p>\n

581
\n00:40:32,600 –> 00:40:39,900
\nwidows and personal purity
\nPersonal purity of your own life<\/p>\n

582
\n00:40:40,600 –> 00:40:44,600
\nlike like Christ’s instruction
\nto the Pharisees of his day. <\/p>\n

583
\n00:40:45,900 –> 00:40:49,400
\nWe need to do the one without
\nleaving the other undone. <\/p>\n

584
\n00:40:51,500 –> 00:40:54,700
\nToo often.
\nI’m afraid that we fall off the <\/p>\n

585
\n00:40:54,700 –> 00:41:00,500
\nhorse on one side of the other.
\nSome fall off by saying what <\/p>\n

586
\n00:41:00,500 –> 00:41:05,100
\nmatters is personal purity.
\nSexual Purity Financial <\/p>\n

587
\n00:41:05,100 –> 00:41:10,200
\nIntegrity a clean thought life
\nand and on and on but they’re <\/p>\n

588
\n00:41:10,200 –> 00:41:15,300
\nweak and the Practical Deeds of
\ncompassion for the poor and the <\/p>\n

589
\n00:41:15,308 –> 00:41:19,000
\nhelpless.
\nIn some fall off the horse on <\/p>\n

590
\n00:41:19,000 –> 00:41:22,200
\nthe other side.
\nBy saying what matters is <\/p>\n

591
\n00:41:22,200 –> 00:41:24,700
\nreaching out and having
\ncompassion and helping people <\/p>\n

592
\n00:41:24,900 –> 00:41:27,900
\nand what you do with your mind
\nand your body are in your <\/p>\n

593
\n00:41:27,900 –> 00:41:30,200
\nprivate personal life is not
\nreally significant. <\/p>\n

594
\n00:41:32,200 –> 00:41:36,400
\nBut James says that pure and
\nundefiled religion true faith in<\/p>\n

595
\n00:41:36,400 –> 00:41:39,500
\nthe Lord.
\nJesus Christ stays on the horse.<\/p>\n

596
\n00:41:40,600 –> 00:41:43,500
\nPure religion is to visit the
\norphans and widows in their <\/p>\n

597
\n00:41:43,500 –> 00:41:48,100
\ndistress and to keep oneself
\nunspotted from the world, not <\/p>\n

598
\n00:41:48,100 –> 00:41:55,300
\neither or but both public
\ncompassion and personal Purity <\/p>\n

599
\n00:41:56,700 –> 00:42:02,200
\nproactive steps of kindness and
\nlove and grace to those around <\/p>\n

600
\n00:42:02,200 –> 00:42:07,600
\nus and protective vigilance
\nagainst sin in our life. <\/p>\n

601
\n00:42:08,800 –> 00:42:13,000
\nThere were two thousand verses
\nin the Bible that deal with <\/p>\n

602
\n00:42:13,000 –> 00:42:16,000
\nprotecting the poor and the
\noppressed. <\/p>\n

603
\n00:42:18,500 –> 00:42:21,000
\nClearly this is an issue.
\nIt’s important to God. <\/p>\n

604
\n00:42:22,700 –> 00:42:25,500
\nI’m afraid we spent too much
\ntime thinking about the ladder <\/p>\n

605
\n00:42:26,200 –> 00:42:30,400
\nand not the former.
\nI fear we’ve been too concerned <\/p>\n

606
\n00:42:30,400 –> 00:42:34,000
\nabout personal Purity that we’ve
\nneglected this important <\/p>\n

607
\n00:42:34,000 –> 00:42:38,000
\ninstruction from God.
\nWe’ve been too concerned about <\/p>\n

608
\n00:42:38,000 –> 00:42:41,200
\nkeeping ourselves unspotted from
\nthe world that we’ve neglected <\/p>\n

609
\n00:42:41,200 –> 00:42:44,500
\nthe requirement to go out there
\nand help people for fear that <\/p>\n

610
\n00:42:44,500 –> 00:42:46,800
\nsomehow we might get dirty in
\nthe process. <\/p>\n

611
\n00:42:47,900 –> 00:42:50,800
\nI fear we’ve become so concerned
\nabout not sinning. <\/p>\n

612
\n00:42:51,300 –> 00:42:53,100
\nWe haven’t done enough good
\nworks. <\/p>\n

613
\n00:42:54,100 –> 00:43:01,500
\nI think I can prove it and three
\nsimple statements. first before <\/p>\n

614
\n00:43:01,500 –> 00:43:07,300
\nwe go to sleep last tonight.
\n30,000 children will die of <\/p>\n

615
\n00:43:07,300 –> 00:43:13,900
\nstarvation. second most of us
\ndon’t give a damn. <\/p>\n

616
\n00:43:15,600 –> 00:43:18,300
\nAnd third and what’s worse is it
\nright? <\/p>\n

617
\n00:43:18,300 –> 00:43:19,900
\nNow?
\nYou’re more uncomfortable with <\/p>\n

618
\n00:43:19,900 –> 00:43:23,300
\nthe fact that I swore.
\nThen the fact that 30,000 kids <\/p>\n

619
\n00:43:23,300 –> 00:43:27,700
\nare going to die tonight.
\nDo the one and don’t leave the <\/p>\n

620
\n00:43:27,700 –> 00:43:30,800
\nother undone.
\nIf I religion is real if our <\/p>\n

621
\n00:43:30,800 –> 00:43:34,200
\nfaith is alive we need to do
\nsomething about the suffering <\/p>\n

622
\n00:43:34,200 –> 00:43:36,400
\nand the pain that goes on around
\nus. <\/p>\n

623
\n00:43:37,600 –> 00:43:40,700
\nI don’t need to remind you about
\nthe millions of children in <\/p>\n

624
\n00:43:40,700 –> 00:43:45,200
\nsub-Saharan Africa who are made
\norphans each year by the rampant<\/p>\n

625
\n00:43:45,200 –> 00:43:48,700
\nspread of AIDS in that country.
\nI don’t need to remind you about<\/p>\n

626
\n00:43:48,700 –> 00:43:51,800
\nthe millions of children in
\nEastern Europe who are abandoned<\/p>\n

627
\n00:43:51,800 –> 00:43:54,900
\ndue to poverty.
\nIt’s easy. <\/p>\n

628
\n00:43:55,200 –> 00:43:58,400
\nIt’s easy to see where you can
\nhelp once you start looking. <\/p>\n

629
\n00:44:00,400 –> 00:44:05,800
\nI just want us to try looking.
\nGod has been concerned about the<\/p>\n

630
\n00:44:05,800 –> 00:44:08,800
\nfatherless and the widows since
\nthe beginning of time. <\/p>\n

631
\n00:44:10,200 –> 00:44:13,200
\nAlthough his methods have
\nchanged over the years his his <\/p>\n

632
\n00:44:13,200 –> 00:44:18,000
\nmessage is still the same.
\nThat’s what he says and an exit <\/p>\n

633
\n00:44:18,000 –> 00:44:21,500
\nas he said You shall not afflict
\nand he he widowed her father’s <\/p>\n

634
\n00:44:21,500 –> 00:44:24,900
\nchild if that will flick them in
\nany wise and they cried on to <\/p>\n

635
\n00:44:24,900 –> 00:44:26,900
\nme.
\nI will surely hear their cry. <\/p>\n

636
\n00:44:28,700 –> 00:44:33,000
\nMy wrath shall wax Wax Hot and I
\nwill kill you with the sword and<\/p>\n

637
\n00:44:33,000 –> 00:44:36,300
\nyour wife shall be widows and
\nyour children fatherless. <\/p>\n

638
\n00:44:38,700 –> 00:44:42,900
\nThe law of Moses simply punished
\nyou for not doing what’s right. <\/p>\n

639
\n00:44:44,500 –> 00:44:48,100
\nThe law of Christ encourages us
\nto be righteous. <\/p>\n

640
\n00:44:49,100 –> 00:44:52,800
\nWhich one’s going to work?
\nGod’s tried the stick. <\/p>\n

641
\n00:44:54,100 –> 00:44:57,600
\nHe’s now trying the carrot.
\nBut if we don’t respond better <\/p>\n

642
\n00:44:57,600 –> 00:45:00,500
\nthan the Israelites did who
\nknows what he’s going to try <\/p>\n

643
\n00:45:00,500 –> 00:45:07,300
\nnext?
\nI’ve brought up a lot of things <\/p>\n

644
\n00:45:07,300 –> 00:45:09,300
\nthis morning.
\nI’ve lectured you about trying <\/p>\n

645
\n00:45:09,300 –> 00:45:14,100
\nharder to live this life that
\nJames describes my goal was to <\/p>\n

646
\n00:45:14,100 –> 00:45:18,300
\ntry to push you try to push
\nmyself out of our comfort zones <\/p>\n

647
\n00:45:18,800 –> 00:45:23,600
\ninto the kind of service that
\nJames calls us to If I’ve <\/p>\n

648
\n00:45:23,600 –> 00:45:27,000
\noffended you I I pray you’ll get
\nover it quickly, but don’t <\/p>\n

649
\n00:45:27,000 –> 00:45:29,900
\nforget the message quite as
\nquickly. <\/p>\n

650
\n00:45:31,800 –> 00:45:35,500
\nI want to leave you with one
\nsimple suggestion about how to <\/p>\n

651
\n00:45:35,500 –> 00:45:37,100
\ncare for the fatherless and the
\nwidows. <\/p>\n

652
\n00:45:38,100 –> 00:45:41,200
\nIt’s a verse that Jesus spoke in
\nLuke 14. <\/p>\n

653
\n00:45:41,200 –> 00:45:43,500
\nIt’s really captured my
\nattention lately and it’s <\/p>\n

654
\n00:45:43,500 –> 00:45:47,200
\nconvicted my soul.
\nI hope this verse moves you as <\/p>\n

655
\n00:45:47,200 –> 00:45:51,700
\nmuch as it did me.
\nJesus said to his host. <\/p>\n

656
\n00:45:53,000 –> 00:45:54,300
\nWhen you give a luncheon or
\ndinner? <\/p>\n

657
\n00:45:56,000 –> 00:46:00,700
\nDon’t invite your friends.
\nSo what about your brothers? <\/p>\n

658
\n00:46:02,800 –> 00:46:05,300
\nDon’t invite your relatives or
\nyour Rich Neighbors. <\/p>\n

659
\n00:46:06,800 –> 00:46:10,400
\nIf you do they may invite you
\nback and tell you’ll be repaid. <\/p>\n

660
\n00:46:11,600 –> 00:46:18,200
\nwhen you give a banquet invite
\nthe poor the crippled the lame <\/p>\n

661
\n00:46:19,000 –> 00:46:23,100
\nthe blind and you will be
\nblessed. <\/p>\n

662
\n00:46:23,900 –> 00:46:28,000
\nAlthough they cannot repay.
\nYou will be repaid at the <\/p>\n

663
\n00:46:28,000 –> 00:46:32,600
\nresurrection of the righteous.
\nSo you can see this class really<\/p>\n

664
\n00:46:32,600 –> 00:46:37,100
\nwasn’t about this and that.
\nThis whole week has really been <\/p>\n

665
\n00:46:37,100 –> 00:46:46,700
\nmore about God. and you the
\nfather who has called us to live<\/p>\n

666
\n00:46:46,700 –> 00:46:50,300
\nlives of faith.
\nAnd James gives us pretty of <\/p>\n

667
\n00:46:50,300 –> 00:46:54,500
\nplenty of practical examples of
\nwhat it means to live lives of <\/p>\n

668
\n00:46:54,500 –> 00:46:59,000
\nfaith.
\nMy prayer will continue that <\/p>\n

669
\n00:46:59,200 –> 00:47:02,800
\nthese classes have helped us all
\nsee James message a little <\/p>\n

670
\n00:47:02,800 –> 00:47:06,300
\nclearer.
\nAnd we all leave here a little <\/p>\n

671
\n00:47:06,300 –> 00:47:09,000
\nmore motivated to follow that
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050: Jeff Gelineau – This & That<\/a><\/blockquote>