Class 6 from Bro. Jeff Gelineau\u2019s series on \u201cJames\u201d.<\/p>\n
Class 6 from this series was used for GCT Episode 050.<\/p>\n
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\nOur speaker.
\nThis morning is brother, Jeff. <\/p>\n
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\nGelineau of the Simi Hills,
\nEcclesia in California, his <\/p>\n
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\nsubject.
\nThis week has been be ye doers <\/p>\n
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\nof the word, which is a study in
\nthe Book of James. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is class number 6.
\nThe class title is this end that<\/p>\n
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\nwe ask for the Jeff to come
\nforward. <\/p>\n
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\nBut I hope that we’ve been able
\nto see this week is that <\/p>\n
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\nsometimes facing the message of
\nthe truth. <\/p>\n
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\nRequires us to look at our
\nbeliefs and 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 We do
\nnot base our beliefs on the <\/p>\n
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\ntraditions of men.
\nOur doctrines are founded and <\/p>\n
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\nbased on solid scriptural
\nConcepts, and we do well to <\/p>\n
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\nprotect them with vigor.
\nBut we need to be sure that <\/p>\n
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\nwe’re not becoming entrenched.
\nOr dogmatic. <\/p>\n
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\nOr legalistic.
\nAnd our dealings with the <\/p>\n
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\nmembers of Arc lygia.
\nChrist, radical and different <\/p>\n
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\nmessage was a message of Grace.
\nOf forgiveness and inclusion and<\/p>\n
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\nworking through these Concepts
\nin a messy flawed, human life is<\/p>\n
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\nhard.
\nAnd sometimes very <\/p>\n
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\nuncomfortable.
\nThat’s what were called to do. <\/p>\n
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\nThat is the message of James.
\nI hope we’ve seen that a correct<\/p>\n
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\nunderstanding of faith and
\nworks. <\/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 <\/p>\n
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\nmany modern day Christians at
\nall we have to do is is believe <\/p>\n
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\nand we’re saved. but we also
\ndon’t fall into the natural <\/p>\n
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\nhuman tendency to somehow start
\nthinking that we can earn our <\/p>\n
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\nsalvation by checking the boxes
\nand some Eternal checklist of <\/p>\n
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\nGood Deeds Neither extreme is
\ncorrect and both are dangerous. <\/p>\n
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\nWe need to understand that our
\nlives need to be full of good <\/p>\n
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\ndeeds.
\nBut not because we think we’re <\/p>\n
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\nunfavorable in God’s sight,
\nunless we do. <\/p>\n
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\nWe didn’t understand that God
\nchose us and loved us as <\/p>\n
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\nSinners.
\nAnd even though we were Sinners,<\/p>\n
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\nhe loved us so much.
\nHe gave his only son to die for <\/p>\n
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\nus.
\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, the rules
\nthemselves will never stop us <\/p>\n
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\nfrom sinning.
\nI hope that we’ve shown is only <\/p>\n
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\none really true way to control
\nsinful Behavior. <\/p>\n
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\nBy transforming yourself from
\nthe inside out by connecting <\/p>\n
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\nwith God, in an intimate and
\npersonal relationship. <\/p>\n
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\nThe only hope we ever have a
\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 and an area <\/p>\n
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\nthat we are having problems with
\nwould be able to feel God’s <\/p>\n
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\npower, changing us for the
\nbetter, God’s willing, and able <\/p>\n
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\nto perform miracles in the lives
\nof Believers. <\/p>\n
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\nBut we have to ask believing
\nwe’ve received For him to act. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd even the effectual fervent
\nprayer of a righteous man isn’t <\/p>\n
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\nalways answered the way we want.
\nWe have to remember that God is <\/p>\n
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\nmore concerned about
\ntransforming us through our <\/p>\n
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\nproblems.
\nThen he is concerned about <\/p>\n
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\ntransform, transporting us out
\nof our problems. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s hard for us, not to receive
\nthe healing, or the answer that <\/p>\n
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\nwe want.
\nBut the eye of Faith sees that <\/p>\n
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\nGod knows best and he is active
\nin our life. <\/p>\n
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\nI hope we’ve been reminded that
\nout of the same mouth comes <\/p>\n
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\nforth, bitter and sweet.
\nAnd these things ought not to be<\/p>\n
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\nWe talked about how the tongue
\nis, a small member, but the rude<\/p>\n
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\nand the source of many terrible
\nand wicked sins. <\/p>\n
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\nMy brother said to me yesterday,
\nAnd it’s a medical fact that the<\/p>\n
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\ntongue has more germs.
\nIt’s the most foul part of the <\/p>\n
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\nwhole body.
\nAnd that’s true in a spiritual <\/p>\n
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\nsense isn’t in.
\nAlso the ton has a great <\/p>\n
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\npotential to condemn us, but if
\nyou can control the tongue, <\/p>\n
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\nThrough the assistance of her of
\nGod. <\/p>\n
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\nIf 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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\nto look to some of these.
\nThese wonderful themes and <\/p>\n
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\nJames, we have one more class
\ntogether. <\/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.
\nLooking at that. another topic <\/p>\n
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\nthat James, teach treats with
\nmuch importance, is the concept <\/p>\n
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\nof rich and poor We really can’t
\nignore that message either James<\/p>\n
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\nspeaks 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.
\nWe started out with James <\/p>\n
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\ndiscussion and how we’re
\nsupposed to treat the fatherless<\/p>\n
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\nand the widows.
\nSo now you understand why I have<\/p>\n
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\nsuch an enigmatic title as this
\nand that because James is often <\/p>\n
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\nreferred to as the Proverbs of
\nthe New Testament is full of <\/p>\n
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\nthese Little Gems that just
\ncan’t be left. <\/p>\n
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\nUntouched.
\nI don’t think I’ll probably do <\/p>\n
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\nany of them justice, but I’m
\ntempted to try not to leave <\/p>\n
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\nanything undone.
\nSo let’s begin our discussion on<\/p>\n
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\nthe idea of favoritism and
\ndiscrimination. <\/p>\n
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\nJames begins chapter 2 with this
\nimportant topic. <\/p>\n
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\nHe says, in verse 1, my
\nbrother’s as Believers and the <\/p>\n
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\nGlorious, Lord Jesus Christ.
\nDon’t show favoritism. <\/p>\n
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\nSuppose a man comes into your
\nmeeting wearing a gold ring in <\/p>\n
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\nfine clothes and a poor man in
\nshabby clothes. <\/p>\n
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\nAlso 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 he said whoso looketh
\ninto the perfect. <\/p>\n
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\nPerfect law of Liberty and
\ncontinueth 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 <\/p>\n
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\nwealthy.
\nJames admonished the church to <\/p>\n
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\navoid the divisive distinctions
\nof social class. <\/p>\n
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\nWhich can destroy True
\nFellowship. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen one group won’t associate
\nwith another group, because <\/p>\n
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\nthey’re not of the same social
\nclass, how can you ever have <\/p>\n
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\nreal Fellowship?
\nThose social distinctions aren’t<\/p>\n
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\nas readily apparent today and
\nour middle class Society. <\/p>\n
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\nBut this concept of favoritism
\nstill exists and I want to look <\/p>\n
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\nat four different ways that we
\nshow favoritism today. <\/p>\n
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\nFirst, we show favoritism
\nstrictly because of a person’s <\/p>\n
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\nappearance. we often
\ndiscriminate simply because the <\/p>\n
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\nway someone looks Beauty is very
\nimportant in our society and <\/p>\n
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\nit’s very natural that doesn’t
\nmake it right. <\/p>\n
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\nThe tendency is true.
\nEven from an early age studies <\/p>\n
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\nshow that that infants respond
\nmore positively to Attractive <\/p>\n
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\npeople.
\nThen 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?
\nAs we mature, we have to learn <\/p>\n
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\nnot to respond with our natural
\ninclination. <\/p>\n
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\nWe have to learn not to respond
\nthe way. <\/p>\n
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\nWe would naturally react, but to
\nrespond in a Godly Manner. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we know that God doesn’t
\nlook at the features of the <\/p>\n
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\nface.
\nGod looks at the heart, not the <\/p>\n
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\nhair color, not the shape of the
\nbody. <\/p>\n
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\nThe second reason we show
\nfavoritism is because of <\/p>\n
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\nancestry the Dred, Scott
\ndecision. <\/p>\n
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\nOf 1856 Reeves but it is too
\nclear for dispute. <\/p>\n
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\nThat the African race was not
\nintended to be included and <\/p>\n
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\nforms.
\nNo, part of the people. <\/p>\n
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\nWho framed and adopted the
\nDeclaration of Independence. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s been 150 years and
\nfortunately, a lot of that kind <\/p>\n
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\nof reasoning has eventually
\nchanged, but a lot of it Still <\/p>\n
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\nRemains today.
\nDoesn’t it? <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s still discrimination in
\nour country even after the Civil<\/p>\n
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\nRights Movement.
\nAnd they’re still <\/p>\n
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\ndiscrimination, are kaliesha.
\nOn paper, we believe, and teach <\/p>\n
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\nand confess that everyone of
\nevery race deserves to hear the <\/p>\n
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\nsaving message of Christ.
\nBut in reality doesn’t work out <\/p>\n
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\nthat way, does it?
\nThirteen percent of the United <\/p>\n
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\nStates is black.
\nFourteen percent is Hispanic. <\/p>\n
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\nFive percent is Asian.
\nOf the 5000 christadelphians. <\/p>\n
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\nDo you think there are 650,
\nblack, brother and sisters? <\/p>\n
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\n700 Hispanic. 250 Asians.
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\ncan say that in Mainline
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\nsinging hymns that were written
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\nreferred to as as wealth
\nrighteousness. <\/p>\n
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\nyou God, only blesses, the
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\nThat’s why it was so hard for
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\nare not necessarily unrighteous.
\nWe all know many wealthy people <\/p>\n
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\nwho give no thought to pleasing
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\nDon’t we also know many who are
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\nBecause favoritism and
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\nAre not a part of a servant of
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\nBrethren has not God.
\nChosen the poor of this world <\/p>\n
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\nrich in faith and Heirs of the
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\nto them, that love him.
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\nDo not rich men oppress you and
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\nworthy Name by which you are
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\nshalt love, thy Neighbour as
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\nyou have respect of persons, you
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\nI need. <\/p>\n
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\ntrying to understand what this <\/p>\n
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\nthat God dislikes, rich people.
\nAbraham the patriarch of Israel <\/p>\n
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\nwealthy David. <\/p>\n
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\nPeople that rely on their money
\nthink of themselves as wise. but<\/p>\n
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\nchosen chosen the foolish things<\/p>\n
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\nof this world, to confound the
\nwise and God hath, chosen the <\/p>\n
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\nones that respond more readily.
\nAnd Faith towards the gospel. <\/p>\n
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\nWe live in a society here in
\nNorth America that even the <\/p>\n
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\nweep and wail because of the <\/p>\n
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\nmisery that is coming upon you.
\nYour wealth has rotted and moths<\/p>\n
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\nof eating, your clothes, your
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\nlike fire.
\nYou have hoarded wealth in the <\/p>\n
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\nlast days in verse 4, he says,
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\nyou.
\nThe cries of the Harvesters have<\/p>\n
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\nEarth in luxury and
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\nYou have fattened yourselves in
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\nblessed, with more than we need
\nis clear, that we shouldn’t hurt<\/p>\n
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\nhoard, it to the hurt of those
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\nIt’s a, it’s a liberating and <\/p>\n
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\nand freeing concept that took
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\nwe’re not limited in our giving
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\nlike every other, the
\nCommandments of the law, 10% was<\/p>\n
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\njust the minimum required of a
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\nrecently of people, I know who
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\ndecided to give 10% and the
\ndecided to increase it one <\/p>\n
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\npercent every year a couple that
\njust celebrated their 50th <\/p>\n
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\nobligation.
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\ntax-deductible donation.
\nThis I didn’t figure this out <\/p>\n
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\ntill three years ago.
\nCan you buy means literally it’s<\/p>\n
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\na blessing that we live in such
\na wonderful Christian country <\/p>\n
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\nthat they encourage good works
\nby giving us a tax deduction for<\/p>\n
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\ncertain gifts.
\nBut that doesn’t mean that you <\/p>\n
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\ncan’t help out someone who’s in
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\nconvenient to funnel it through
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\nDo good until almond do, good
\nunto all men, especially those <\/p>\n
341
\n00:23:41,600 –> 00:23:44,400
\nrule the household of faith.
\nIf we run across brothers and <\/p>\n
342
\n00:23:44,400 –> 00:23:47,400
\nsisters, who are in need, then
\nit’s Our obligation to help them<\/p>\n
343
\n00:23:47,400 –> 00:23:50,000
\nout.
\nBut if everyone else in your <\/p>\n
344
\n00:23:50,000 –> 00:23:54,200
\nEcclesia is has more than enough
\njust like you do then you’re not<\/p>\n
345
\n00:23:54,200 –> 00:23:57,900
\nrestricted from from giving it
\nto those in your community who <\/p>\n
346
\n00:23:57,900 –> 00:24:01,600
\nare truly needy.
\nOr looking out for other <\/p>\n
347
\n00:24:01,600 –> 00:24:05,200
\neclipses across the world.
\nWe’re brothers and sisters, need<\/p>\n
348
\n00:24:05,200 –> 00:24:08,700
\nhelp.
\nGod loves both the rich and the <\/p>\n
349
\n00:24:08,700 –> 00:24:11,300
\npoor.
\nAnd he wants all of us in his <\/p>\n
350
\n00:24:11,300 –> 00:24:14,300
\nkingdom.
\nThe rich have more challenges. <\/p>\n
351
\n00:24:15,400 –> 00:24:18,700
\nBut they can overcome them.
\nAnd the poor have more <\/p>\n
352
\n00:24:18,700 –> 00:24:22,500
\nobstacles.
\nBut God wants to help them. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:24:25,100 –> 00:24:28,700
\nLet’s talk about the idea of
\nworldliness and godliness. <\/p>\n
354
\n00:24:29,200 –> 00:24:32,200
\nHere’s a verse that our young
\npeople have heard many times. <\/p>\n
355
\n00:24:32,200 –> 00:24:36,400
\nBut I believe that this little
\ngem of a verse shouldn’t be <\/p>\n
356
\n00:24:36,400 –> 00:24:39,700
\nlimited just to those in their
\nteams and we can all learn <\/p>\n
357
\n00:24:39,700 –> 00:24:42,800
\nsomething from it.
\nYou adulterous people. <\/p>\n
358
\n00:24:42,800 –> 00:24:47,600
\nDon’t you know, that friendship
\nwith the world is hatred toward <\/p>\n
359
\n00:24:47,600 –> 00:24:50,200
\nGod.
\nAnyone who chooses to be a <\/p>\n
360
\n00:24:50,200 –> 00:24:52,200
\nfriend of the world becomes an
\nenemy of God? <\/p>\n
361
\n00:24:53,400 –> 00:24:55,400
\nOne of the beauties that him
\nJames writing, one of the things<\/p>\n
362
\n00:24:55,400 –> 00:24:59,100
\nthat appealed to me so much
\nabout is his ability to stay <\/p>\n
363
\n00:24:59,100 –> 00:25:03,600
\nclearly.
\nWhat should be obvious to all of<\/p>\n
364
\n00:25:03,600 –> 00:25:07,600
\nus?
\nSuch as the truth that if we get<\/p>\n
365
\n00:25:07,600 –> 00:25:11,300
\ntoo friendly with the world, we
\nwill increasingly distance <\/p>\n
366
\n00:25:11,300 –> 00:25:16,500
\nherself from God.
\nSpending our life and pursuit of<\/p>\n
367
\n00:25:16,500 –> 00:25:21,000
\nprison possessions and and
\nPleasures is a sure recipe to <\/p>\n
368
\n00:25:21,400 –> 00:25:26,000
\nbecoming Haggard and stressed
\nand Restless. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:25:28,000 –> 00:25:31,700
\nExperiencing a kind of
\nfrustration that no teenager <\/p>\n
370
\n00:25:31,700 –> 00:25:35,900
\nwould ever comprehend.
\nYou cannot be a friend of God <\/p>\n
371
\n00:25:35,900 –> 00:25:40,500
\nand a friend of this world and
\nall of its Fallen values, you’re<\/p>\n
372
\n00:25:40,500 –> 00:25:41,900
\ncheating on.
\nGod is what he says. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:25:42,100 –> 00:25:45,800
\nYou’re acting like an adulterer
\nand adulteress if you try to <\/p>\n
374
\n00:25:45,800 –> 00:25:49,400
\nmaintain a relationship with the
\nworld while you’re being <\/p>\n
375
\n00:25:49,400 –> 00:25:53,700
\nespoused to Christ, God is a
\njealous. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:25:53,700 –> 00:25:55,600
\nGod.
\nVerse 5 says that. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:25:55,600 –> 00:25:57,700
\nGod cares about the spirit, we
\nserve him with. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:25:57,900 –> 00:26:02,400
\nAnd look at verse 6.
\nAnd he gives us more grace. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:26:02,900 –> 00:26:06,800
\nThat is why the scripture says
\nGod opposes the proud, but gives<\/p>\n
380
\n00:26:06,800 –> 00:26:13,100
\ngrace to the humble.
\nIt takes humility to approach, <\/p>\n
381
\n00:26:13,100 –> 00:26:16,200
\nGod.
\nThe only way to break this cycle<\/p>\n
382
\n00:26:16,200 –> 00:26:20,800
\nof double mindedness is, is
\ntotal submission of oneself to <\/p>\n
383
\n00:26:20,800 –> 00:26:24,300
\nGod, continue reading in verses,
\n7 through 10 submit yourself, <\/p>\n
384
\n00:26:24,300 –> 00:26:27,700
\nthen to God, resist the devil
\nand he will flee from you. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:26:28,100 –> 00:26:30,700
\nCome near to God and he will
\ncome near to you, wash your <\/p>\n
386
\n00:26:30,700 –> 00:26:33,000
\nhands, you Sinners, and purify
\nyour hearts. <\/p>\n
387
\n00:26:33,000 –> 00:26:35,900
\nYou double-minded, grieve, moan
\nand wail. <\/p>\n
388
\n00:26:36,000 –> 00:26:39,500
\nChange your laughter to mourning
\nand your joy to Gloom humble <\/p>\n
389
\n00:26:39,500 –> 00:26:43,100
\nyourselves before the Lord, and
\nHe will lift you up. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:26:43,800 –> 00:26:47,800
\nYou see self helpers is not
\ngoing to take you as far as you <\/p>\n
391
\n00:26:47,808 –> 00:26:51,600
\nneed to go.
\nWe need to come near to God for <\/p>\n
392
\n00:26:51,600 –> 00:26:57,100
\nhim to come near to us purify
\nyour hearts and your mind will <\/p>\n
393
\n00:26:57,100 –> 00:27:00,900
\nbecome centered on godliness.
\nWe sometimes call this this <\/p>\n
394
\n00:27:00,900 –> 00:27:03,800
\ndouble mindedness by a different
\nname. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:27:05,000 –> 00:27:10,300
\nSometimes call it fence sitting.
\nStraddling a fence allows a <\/p>\n
396
\n00:27:10,308 –> 00:27:12,900
\nperson to keep a foot in both
\nplaces at the same time. <\/p>\n
397
\n00:27:13,700 –> 00:27:17,100
\nAnd in a culture that insist on
\nhaving a multitude of choices <\/p>\n
398
\n00:27:18,000 –> 00:27:20,800
\nlike fence, straddling is never
\nbeen more popular. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:27:22,800 –> 00:27:26,100
\nBut the downside is it
\nabsolutely paralyzes. <\/p>\n
400
\n00:27:26,100 –> 00:27:29,400
\nYou for making a concrete
\nchoice? <\/p>\n
401
\n00:27:31,400 –> 00:27:34,800
\nanyone who chooses to have one
\nfoot mired in the worldliness <\/p>\n
402
\n00:27:35,100 –> 00:27:39,000
\nbut wants to have one foot
\nstanding firm in godliness will <\/p>\n
403
\n00:27:39,000 –> 00:27:45,900
\nsurely fall Lord willing.
\nIf I have time, I want to <\/p>\n
404
\n00:27:45,900 –> 00:27:48,800
\ncontinue on the subject of today
\nand tomorrow. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:27:49,900 –> 00:27:52,500
\nYou know why we always say, Lord
\nwilling, it comes right there <\/p>\n
406
\n00:27:52,500 –> 00:27:55,200
\nfrom James, look at it, chapter
\n4, go to. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:27:55,200 –> 00:27:57,800
\nNow ye that say today or
\ntomorrow, we will go into such <\/p>\n
408
\n00:27:57,800 –> 00:28:01,000
\nand such a city and continue
\ntheir a year and buy and sell <\/p>\n
409
\n00:28:01,000 –> 00:28:04,600
\nand get game.
\nWhereas, you know, not what <\/p>\n
410
\n00:28:04,600 –> 00:28:06,900
\nshall be on the morrow for, what
\nis your life? <\/p>\n
411
\n00:28:06,900 –> 00:28:09,500
\nIt’s even a vapor that appears
\nfor a little time and then <\/p>\n
412
\n00:28:09,500 –> 00:28:14,000
\nvanishes away for you ought to
\nsay, if the Lord will we shall <\/p>\n
413
\n00:28:14,000 –> 00:28:18,300
\nlive and do this or do that.
\nIt’s an interesting set of <\/p>\n
414
\n00:28:18,300 –> 00:28:21,600
\nverses James’s is speaking to
\npeople who are making a plan. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:28:21,900 –> 00:28:24,000
\nLook at the plan.
\nThey’re making right. <\/p>\n
416
\n00:28:24,300 –> 00:28:28,700
\nHe says they’re planning a time
\ntoday or tomorrow. <\/p>\n
417
\n00:28:29,700 –> 00:28:34,600
\nThey’re planning the location.
\nOh, can will go into such a <\/p>\n
418
\n00:28:34,600 –> 00:28:39,200
\ncity, they’re planning the
\nduration, continue their a year.<\/p>\n
419
\n00:28:40,600 –> 00:28:45,200
\nThey’re planning a course of
\naction will buy and sell and <\/p>\n
420
\n00:28:45,200 –> 00:28:48,100
\nthey’re planning an outcome.
\nTo get game. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:28:50,700 –> 00:28:52,500
\nLooks like a pretty good plan to
\nme. <\/p>\n
422
\n00:28:54,200 –> 00:28:56,400
\nI do.
\nI do a lot of planning in my <\/p>\n
423
\n00:28:56,400 –> 00:28:59,900
\nlife.
\nI’m and I do all the long-term <\/p>\n
424
\n00:28:59,900 –> 00:29:04,000
\nplanning on my business and
\nwe’re currently on on year three<\/p>\n
425
\n00:29:04,600 –> 00:29:12,400
\nof our existing 10-year plan.
\nPlan 2015 is referred to the <\/p>\n
426
\n00:29:12,400 –> 00:29:17,200
\nreplaced plan 2005, which was A
\nFive-Year Plan and that replaced<\/p>\n
427
\n00:29:17,200 –> 00:29:19,600
\nplan 2000, which was a ten year
\nplan. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:29:21,800 –> 00:29:27,200
\nPlan 2015 comes to its
\nconclusion on December 31st 2015<\/p>\n
429
\n00:29:28,000 –> 00:29:32,400
\nand and we’re already have
\nVision plans for the years after<\/p>\n
430
\n00:29:32,400 –> 00:29:39,000
\nthat 20 25 and 2035.
\nIs planning wrong. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:29:40,100 –> 00:29:42,800
\nIs this, is this another topic
\nI’m going to have to feel guilty<\/p>\n
432
\n00:29:42,800 –> 00:29:47,800
\nabout after having read James.
\nNo, no, no. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:29:47,800 –> 00:29:50,400
\nVerse verse 15 clears that up,
\nright? <\/p>\n
434
\n00:29:51,000 –> 00:29:56,000
\nAs long as you just say if the
\nLord Wills, Then everything’s <\/p>\n
435
\n00:29:56,000 –> 00:29:58,800
\nokay with the plans that you
\nmake, right? <\/p>\n
436
\n00:30:00,500 –> 00:30:03,700
\nNo.
\nNow it’s a little deeper than <\/p>\n
437
\n00:30:03,700 –> 00:30:06,400
\nthat.
\nI think saying saying, Lord <\/p>\n
438
\n00:30:06,400 –> 00:30:10,300
\nwilling isn’t some kind of magic
\nTalisman that makes all of your <\/p>\n
439
\n00:30:10,300 –> 00:30:13,900
\nplanning.
\nOkay take a look at the verse in<\/p>\n
440
\n00:30:13,900 –> 00:30:17,500
\nthe middle of verse 14.
\nHe says, whereas you know what <\/p>\n
441
\n00:30:17,500 –> 00:30:20,900
\nshall be on the morrow for?
\nWhat is your life? <\/p>\n
442
\n00:30:22,800 –> 00:30:25,600
\nIt’s nothing but a vapor that
\nappeareth for a little while and<\/p>\n
443
\n00:30:25,600 –> 00:30:28,700
\nvanish away.
\nIn other words, in all of your <\/p>\n
444
\n00:30:28,700 –> 00:30:34,100
\nplanning, you have to take God’s
\nview of life into account. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:30:34,400 –> 00:30:38,700
\nIf we take a true view of life
\ninto account, and that is that <\/p>\n
446
\n00:30:38,700 –> 00:30:42,100
\nyour life is a vapor.
\nThe question you really need to <\/p>\n
447
\n00:30:42,108 –> 00:30:45,500
\nconsider is what practical
\ndifference, does it make in your<\/p>\n
448
\n00:30:45,500 –> 00:30:48,900
\nplanning?
\nWhether or not you believe that <\/p>\n
449
\n00:30:48,900 –> 00:30:52,100
\nyour life is a vapor, that’s the
\nreal question. <\/p>\n
450
\n00:30:53,400 –> 00:30:57,800
\nDo we stop planning altogether
\nbecause simply you don’t know <\/p>\n
451
\n00:30:57,800 –> 00:30:59,700
\nthat your what your life is
\ngoing to happen. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:30:59,800 –> 00:31:03,800
\nYou know, your life may be short
\nor uncertain so you shouldn’t <\/p>\n
453
\n00:31:03,800 –> 00:31:06,200
\nbother to plan.
\nI don’t think so. <\/p>\n
454
\n00:31:06,200 –> 00:31:08,300
\nYou’ve all heard the saying
\nbefore and I think it’s true. <\/p>\n
455
\n00:31:09,300 –> 00:31:11,600
\nHe the fails to plan plans to
\nfail. <\/p>\n
456
\n00:31:13,000 –> 00:31:15,300
\nI don’t think the James is
\nsaying you should stop planning.<\/p>\n
457
\n00:31:15,800 –> 00:31:18,800
\nJames, is an encouraging us to
\ndrop out of society, to become a<\/p>\n
458
\n00:31:18,800 –> 00:31:22,100
\nHermit to sit around waiting,
\nfor a little Vapor of life to <\/p>\n
459
\n00:31:22,100 –> 00:31:24,800
\ndisappear.
\nFor James. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:31:24,800 –> 00:31:28,300
\nAnd for God, though it matters
\nwhether or not a true view of <\/p>\n
461
\n00:31:28,300 –> 00:31:33,900
\nlife and forms and shapes the
\nway you think, and how you speak<\/p>\n
462
\n00:31:33,900 –> 00:31:39,000
\nabout your plans, your mindset
\nmatters, how do you talk about <\/p>\n
463
\n00:31:39,000 –> 00:31:42,100
\nyour plans?
\nWhy, why does it matter because <\/p>\n
464
\n00:31:42,400 –> 00:31:46,300
\nGod created us, not just to do
\nthings and go places with our <\/p>\n
465
\n00:31:46,300 –> 00:31:48,500
\nbodies.
\nBut to have certain attitudes <\/p>\n
466
\n00:31:48,500 –> 00:31:52,200
\nand convictions and verbal
\ndescriptions, that reflect the <\/p>\n
467
\n00:31:52,200 –> 00:31:55,200
\ntruth.
\nA true view of life. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:31:57,300 –> 00:32:01,300
\nGod means for the truth about
\nhim and about life to be known <\/p>\n
469
\n00:32:01,300 –> 00:32:06,800
\nand felt and spoken part of your
\nreasoning and part of your plan.<\/p>\n
470
\n00:32:09,000 –> 00:32:12,000
\nGod wants you to keep in mind
\nthat we really have no firm <\/p>\n
471
\n00:32:12,000 –> 00:32:16,000
\nsubstance here on Earth.
\nWhere as fragile as Mist. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:32:16,000 –> 00:32:20,900
\nFragile is a vapor keep in mind
\nyou have no, no durability. <\/p>\n
473
\n00:32:20,900 –> 00:32:23,800
\nYou appear just for a little
\nwhile, your time is short, you <\/p>\n
474
\n00:32:23,800 –> 00:32:28,000
\nwill disappear.
\nNot trying to depress you. <\/p>\n
475
\n00:32:29,600 –> 00:32:33,000
\nProbably succeeding.
\nI’m not trying to press you but <\/p>\n
476
\n00:32:33,000 –> 00:32:36,500
\nit does matter.
\nGod says that we have to keep <\/p>\n
477
\n00:32:36,500 –> 00:32:39,100
\nthis view of life in mind and
\nverse 15. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:32:39,100 –> 00:32:42,700
\nHe tells us that the true view
\nof life that we have in our <\/p>\n
479
\n00:32:42,700 –> 00:32:46,100
\nminds and our mouths have, we
\nshould have this true view as we<\/p>\n
480
\n00:32:46,100 –> 00:32:49,500
\nplan for the future.
\nGod tells us to very important, <\/p>\n
481
\n00:32:49,500 –> 00:32:52,200
\nthings about himself in verse 15
\nand pay attention to him. <\/p>\n
482
\n00:32:52,200 –> 00:32:56,100
\nOne is contained.
\nIn the words, if the Lord Wills,<\/p>\n
483
\n00:32:57,000 –> 00:33:00,200
\nwe will live the others
\ncontained in the rest of that <\/p>\n
484
\n00:33:00,200 –> 00:33:04,400
\nsentence have Lord Wills.
\nWe will do this or that. <\/p>\n
485
\n00:33:05,800 –> 00:33:10,200
\nThe duration of our lives are in
\nthe hands of God. <\/p>\n
486
\n00:33:11,900 –> 00:33:15,300
\nGod governs.
\nHow long were going to live? <\/p>\n
487
\n00:33:17,100 –> 00:33:20,000
\nWe may not know how long our
\nVapor like life will linger in <\/p>\n
488
\n00:33:20,000 –> 00:33:25,000
\nthe air but God does because God
\ndecides how long we live? <\/p>\n
489
\n00:33:26,300 –> 00:33:29,700
\nJames is trying to tell us that
\nif this is a true view of life <\/p>\n
490
\n00:33:29,700 –> 00:33:33,400
\nthan it would, it should shape
\nour mindset and shape our way of<\/p>\n
491
\n00:33:33,400 –> 00:33:34,900
\nthinking.
\nIf we truly believe that our <\/p>\n
492
\n00:33:34,900 –> 00:33:38,300
\nlives are in the hands of God
\nand God will decide how long we <\/p>\n
493
\n00:33:38,300 –> 00:33:42,000
\nlive, and when we die and,
\ndoesn’t that change our <\/p>\n
494
\n00:33:42,000 –> 00:33:47,700
\nimpression of death Worry and
\nstress about death, should <\/p>\n
495
\n00:33:47,700 –> 00:33:52,200
\ndecrease as our faith in this,
\nin his belief increases. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:33:53,400 –> 00:33:58,100
\nBecause not only is there life
\nin God’s hands but God is good. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:33:59,200 –> 00:34:02,100
\nGod wants the best for us.
\nHe controls every part of our <\/p>\n
498
\n00:34:02,100 –> 00:34:04,600
\nLives including this most
\nimportant part. <\/p>\n
499
\n00:34:05,800 –> 00:34:09,900
\nTurn that over to him.
\nRest in the faith of his love. <\/p>\n
500
\n00:34:10,800 –> 00:34:14,100
\nThe other truth about God, in
\nverse 15 is at the activities <\/p>\n
501
\n00:34:14,100 –> 00:34:18,000
\nand the accomplishments of our
\nlives are also in God’s hands. <\/p>\n
502
\n00:34:18,900 –> 00:34:21,199
\nGod, governs.
\nWhat we accomplished? <\/p>\n
503
\n00:34:22,300 –> 00:34:26,300
\nNot only Our Lives themselves in
\nGod’s hands, but our success is <\/p>\n
504
\n00:34:26,300 –> 00:34:30,100
\nin his hands as well.
\nIf the Lord does not, will we <\/p>\n
505
\n00:34:30,100 –> 00:34:36,699
\nwill not do this or that we will
\nnot buy or sell or get game and <\/p>\n
506
\n00:34:36,699 –> 00:34:39,000
\nthe stress of success and
\nfailure. <\/p>\n
507
\n00:34:39,100 –> 00:34:43,800
\nAnd what we do should also
\ndecrease when we come to really <\/p>\n
508
\n00:34:43,800 –> 00:34:49,000
\nbelieve that truth This doesn’t
\ngive us permission to be lazy, <\/p>\n
509
\n00:34:49,699 –> 00:34:51,300
\nbut it should remove some of our
\nworries. <\/p>\n
510
\n00:34:52,600 –> 00:34:58,000
\nBecause God is good.
\nGod wants to bless his children <\/p>\n
511
\n00:34:58,000 –> 00:35:01,600
\nwith good things.
\nHe wants to see us happy and <\/p>\n
512
\n00:35:01,600 –> 00:35:04,700
\nhe’s in a position to do.
\nSo as he controls whether or not<\/p>\n
513
\n00:35:04,700 –> 00:35:10,200
\nour plans succeed or fail, So in
\nsimple terms, God wants to make <\/p>\n
514
\n00:35:10,200 –> 00:35:14,000
\nsure that we understand these
\ntwo things God governs, how long<\/p>\n
515
\n00:35:14,000 –> 00:35:16,900
\nyou live and what you
\naccomplished. <\/p>\n
516
\n00:35:18,800 –> 00:35:20,500
\nBut there’s more of the issue
\nthan just that they look at the <\/p>\n
517
\n00:35:20,508 –> 00:35:25,100
\nnext verse for a 16, but now you
\nrejoice in your boastings and <\/p>\n
518
\n00:35:25,100 –> 00:35:29,500
\nsuch rejoicing is evil.
\nWhy does James bring up boasting<\/p>\n
519
\n00:35:29,500 –> 00:35:32,200
\nall of a sudden the root problem
\nat play here? <\/p>\n
520
\n00:35:32,200 –> 00:35:36,600
\nI think is arrogance and pride.
\nAnd that is what causes us, not <\/p>\n
521
\n00:35:36,600 –> 00:35:40,300
\nto look at our life with the
\ntrueview boasting, is simply the<\/p>\n
522
\n00:35:40,300 –> 00:35:44,200
\nexpression of that arrogance.
\nWhen you don’t look at life for <\/p>\n
523
\n00:35:44,200 –> 00:35:48,400
\nthe truth, you then you begin to
\nthink that you are the one <\/p>\n
524
\n00:35:48,800 –> 00:35:50,500
\nthat’s in control over your
\nlife. <\/p>\n
525
\n00:35:50,500 –> 00:35:52,400
\nYou are the one that’s
\nresponsible for your own <\/p>\n
526
\n00:35:52,400 –> 00:35:55,200
\nsuccesses.
\nIt’s through your hard works in <\/p>\n
527
\n00:35:55,200 –> 00:35:57,100
\nyour efforts that you’ve
\nsucceeded. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:35:58,100 –> 00:36:00,400
\nYou give me start thinking if
\nyou take your vitamins and <\/p>\n
529
\n00:36:00,400 –> 00:36:03,300
\nexercise and eat, right?
\nYou can somehow control how long<\/p>\n
530
\n00:36:03,300 –> 00:36:07,300
\nyou live?
\nYou can start to get arrogant <\/p>\n
531
\n00:36:08,000 –> 00:36:12,800
\nand the face of God, the one who
\nreally controls those things. <\/p>\n
532
\n00:36:14,300 –> 00:36:17,000
\nSo when we talk about today and
\ntomorrow, when we say Lord <\/p>\n
533
\n00:36:17,000 –> 00:36:19,200
\nwilling, it’s not just a nice
\nthing to say. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:36:20,200 –> 00:36:22,800
\nIt’s the acknowledgment of an
\nimportant and valuable truth <\/p>\n
535
\n00:36:22,800 –> 00:36:28,100
\nabout who God is and the faith
\nthat we have that he’s in <\/p>\n
536
\n00:36:28,100 –> 00:36:31,800
\ncontrol of Our Lives.
\nThat god holds our entire life <\/p>\n
537
\n00:36:31,800 –> 00:36:34,200
\nin his hand.
\nHe decides how long we live, he <\/p>\n
538
\n00:36:34,200 –> 00:36:40,500
\ndecides how we succeed, or fail
\nI want to close by going back to<\/p>\n
539
\n00:36:40,508 –> 00:36:43,700
\nthat verse.
\nWe began the week with want to <\/p>\n
540
\n00:36:43,700 –> 00:36:47,800
\nclose our thoughts on a
\ndiscussion of the fatherless and<\/p>\n
541
\n00:36:47,800 –> 00:36:58,100
\nthe widows pure religion.
\nStuff that really matters. <\/p>\n
542
\n00:37:03,800 –> 00:37:07,400
\nIs visiting the fatherless and
\nthe widows in their affliction. <\/p>\n
543
\n00:37:08,800 –> 00:37:10,900
\nYou keeping yourself unspotted
\nfrom the world. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:37:13,400 –> 00:37:16,300
\nI want to first kind of Define
\nwhat James means by pure <\/p>\n
545
\n00:37:16,300 –> 00:37:19,000
\nreligion.
\nI think that by seeing using the<\/p>\n
546
\n00:37:19,000 –> 00:37:23,500
\nword religion, usually, talking
\nabout our faith, our faith in <\/p>\n
547
\n00:37:23,500 –> 00:37:27,000
\nChrist.
\nThis word religion is the same <\/p>\n
548
\n00:37:27,200 –> 00:37:28,800
\nword, they use is in the
\nprevious verse. <\/p>\n
549
\n00:37:28,800 –> 00:37:31,800
\nDo you back up to verse 26?
\nHe says if any man among you <\/p>\n
550
\n00:37:31,800 –> 00:37:35,700
\nseem to be religious and bridle
\nif not his tongue but deceiveth <\/p>\n
551
\n00:37:35,700 –> 00:37:40,000
\nhis own heart, this man’s
\nreligion is vain The reason I <\/p>\n
552
\n00:37:40,000 –> 00:37:43,100
\nthink that James means faith and
\nJesus, when he uses the word <\/p>\n
553
\n00:37:43,100 –> 00:37:48,400
\nreligion is what comes and the
\nnext first, see there’s no break<\/p>\n
554
\n00:37:48,400 –> 00:37:56,200
\nin the floe here between 26 and
\n27 and 2:1 look what the first <\/p>\n
555
\n00:37:56,200 –> 00:37:58,800
\nverse of the next.
\nThe next chapter says, my <\/p>\n
556
\n00:37:58,800 –> 00:38:01,600
\nbrethren have not the Faith of
\nOur Lord. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:38:01,600 –> 00:38:06,000
\nJesus Christ, the lord of Glory
\nwith respect of persons I think <\/p>\n
558
\n00:38:06,000 –> 00:38:08,100
\nwhat he’s trying to say is if
\nyou’re religious or if you say <\/p>\n
559
\n00:38:08,100 –> 00:38:12,600
\nyou have the faith of Jesus then
\ndon’t Bridle an unloving lying <\/p>\n
560
\n00:38:12,600 –> 00:38:19,500
\ngossiping cursing tongue.
\nAnd your faith and your religion<\/p>\n
561
\n00:38:19,600 –> 00:38:23,300
\nis worthless.
\nWe talked about it already. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:38:23,300 –> 00:38:25,900
\nIt’s the, it’s the faith that
\nsaves us. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:38:27,700 –> 00:38:31,900
\nBut whether our faith, our
\nreligion is real, or not as <\/p>\n
564
\n00:38:31,900 –> 00:38:35,100
\nshown by the change.
\nIt brings about in our hearts <\/p>\n
565
\n00:38:35,100 –> 00:38:39,800
\nand our lives.
\nNow, in verse 27, James gives us<\/p>\n
566
\n00:38:39,800 –> 00:38:42,500
\nanother very concrete example of
\nthat. <\/p>\n
567
\n00:38:42,500 –> 00:38:48,000
\nSame point. notice the two kind
\nof effects that pure religion <\/p>\n
568
\n00:38:48,000 –> 00:38:52,300
\nand your, and your life has
\nFirst one is practical <\/p>\n
569
\n00:38:52,300 –> 00:38:56,400
\ncompassion.
\nTowards orphans and widows. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:38:59,200 –> 00:39:03,200
\nAnd personal purity.
\nPersonal purity of your own life<\/p>\n
571
\n00:39:03,900 –> 00:39:08,000
\nlike, like Christ’s instruction
\nto the Pharisees of his day. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:39:09,200 –> 00:39:12,600
\nWe need to do the one without
\nleaving the other undone. <\/p>\n
573
\n00:39:14,800 –> 00:39:16,100
\nToo often.
\nI’m afraid that. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:39:17,300 –> 00:39:20,300
\nWe fall off the horse on one
\nside of the other. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:39:21,800 –> 00:39:25,400
\nSome fall off by saying, what
\nmatters is personal purity. <\/p>\n
576
\n00:39:26,400 –> 00:39:30,900
\nSexual Purity, Financial
\nIntegrity, a clean thought life <\/p>\n
577
\n00:39:30,900 –> 00:39:36,300
\nand and on and on but they’re
\nweak and the Practical Deeds of <\/p>\n
578
\n00:39:36,300 –> 00:39:39,300
\ncompassion for the poor and the
\nhelpless. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:39:41,200 –> 00:39:43,000
\nIn some fall off, the horse, on
\nthe other side. <\/p>\n
580
\n00:39:44,000 –> 00:39:46,500
\nBy saying what matters is
\nreaching out and having <\/p>\n
581
\n00:39:46,500 –> 00:39:49,300
\ncompassion and helping people.
\nAnd what you do with your mind <\/p>\n
582
\n00:39:49,300 –> 00:39:52,400
\nand your body are in your
\nprivate personal life is not <\/p>\n
583
\n00:39:52,400 –> 00:39:56,900
\nreally significant.
\nBut James says, that pure and <\/p>\n
584
\n00:39:56,900 –> 00:40:02,000
\nundefiled religion, true faith
\nin the Lord, Jesus Christ, stays<\/p>\n
585
\n00:40:02,000 –> 00:40:05,900
\non the horse.
\nPure religion is to visit the <\/p>\n
586
\n00:40:05,900 –> 00:40:09,200
\norphans and widows in their
\ndistress and to keep oneself <\/p>\n
587
\n00:40:09,200 –> 00:40:15,300
\nunspotted from the world.
\nNot either or but both, public <\/p>\n
588
\n00:40:15,300 –> 00:40:23,100
\ncompassion and personal purity.
\nProactive steps of kindness and <\/p>\n
589
\n00:40:23,100 –> 00:40:28,600
\nlove and grace to those around
\nus and protective vigilance <\/p>\n
590
\n00:40:28,900 –> 00:40:34,100
\nagainst sin in our life. there
\nwere two thousand verses in the <\/p>\n
591
\n00:40:34,100 –> 00:40:39,300
\nBible that deal with protecting
\nthe poor and the oppressed <\/p>\n
592
\n00:40:41,800 –> 00:40:44,400
\nClearly this is an issue.
\nIt’s important to God. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:40:46,000 –> 00:40:48,800
\nIf I’m afraid, we spent too much
\ntime thinking about the ladder <\/p>\n
594
\n00:40:49,500 –> 00:40:52,400
\nand not the former.
\nI fear. <\/p>\n
595
\n00:40:52,400 –> 00:40:55,800
\nWe’ve been too concerned about
\npersonal Purity that we’ve <\/p>\n
596
\n00:40:55,800 –> 00:40:58,500
\nneglected this important
\ninstruction from God. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:41:00,100 –> 00:41:02,800
\nWe’ve been too concerned about
\nkeeping ourselves unspotted from<\/p>\n
598
\n00:41:02,800 –> 00:41:05,800
\nthe world that we’ve neglected.
\nThe requirement to go out there <\/p>\n
599
\n00:41:05,800 –> 00:41:09,200
\nand help people for fear that
\nsomehow we might get dirty in <\/p>\n
600
\n00:41:09,200 –> 00:41:13,000
\nthe process.
\nI fear, we become so concerned <\/p>\n
601
\n00:41:13,000 –> 00:41:15,700
\nabout not sinning.
\nWe haven’t done enough, good <\/p>\n
602
\n00:41:15,700 –> 00:41:20,300
\nworks and I think I can prove it
\nand three simple statements. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:41:22,100 –> 00:41:30,300
\nFirst before we go to sleep last
\ntonight. 30,000 children, will <\/p>\n
604
\n00:41:30,300 –> 00:41:34,400
\ndie of starvation.
\nSecond. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:41:36,000 –> 00:41:41,200
\nMost of us, don’t give a damn.
\nAnd third and what’s worse, is <\/p>\n
606
\n00:41:41,200 –> 00:41:43,700
\nthere right now, you’re more
\nuncomfortable with the fact that<\/p>\n
607
\n00:41:43,700 –> 00:41:46,900
\nI swore then the fact that
\n30,000 kids are gonna die <\/p>\n
608
\n00:41:46,900 –> 00:41:51,000
\ntonight.
\nDo the one and don’t leave the <\/p>\n
609
\n00:41:51,000 –> 00:41:54,100
\nother undone.
\nIf I religion is real, if our <\/p>\n
610
\n00:41:54,100 –> 00:41:57,400
\nfaith is alive, we need to do
\nsomething about the suffering <\/p>\n
611
\n00:41:57,400 –> 00:41:59,700
\nand the pain that goes on around
\nus. <\/p>\n
612
\n00:42:00,900 –> 00:42:04,000
\nI don’t need to remind you about
\nthe millions of children in <\/p>\n
613
\n00:42:04,000 –> 00:42:08,500
\nsub-Saharan Africa where made
\norphans each year by the rampant<\/p>\n
614
\n00:42:08,500 –> 00:42:11,500
\nspread of AIDS.
\nAnd that country, I don’t need <\/p>\n
615
\n00:42:11,500 –> 00:42:13,900
\nto remind you about the millions
\nof children in Eastern Europe, <\/p>\n
616
\n00:42:14,200 –> 00:42:16,000
\nwho are abandoned due to
\npoverty. <\/p>\n
617
\n00:42:17,400 –> 00:42:19,800
\nIt’s easy.
\nIt’s easy to see where you can <\/p>\n
618
\n00:42:19,800 –> 00:42:25,700
\nhelp once you start looking.
\nI just want us to try looking. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:42:27,800 –> 00:42:30,900
\nGod has been concerned about the
\nfatherless and the widows since <\/p>\n
620
\n00:42:30,900 –> 00:42:34,400
\nthe beginning of time.
\nAlthough his methods have <\/p>\n
621
\n00:42:34,400 –> 00:42:37,900
\nchanged over the years, his his
\nmessage is still the same. <\/p>\n
622
\n00:42:39,500 –> 00:42:43,100
\nWhat’s what he says and an exit.
\nAs he said You shall not afflict<\/p>\n
623
\n00:42:43,100 –> 00:42:46,800
\nand he any Widow her father’s
\nchild if thou afflict them in <\/p>\n
624
\n00:42:46,800 –> 00:42:48,400
\nany wise and they cry.
\nIt onto me. <\/p>\n
625
\n00:42:48,400 –> 00:42:54,900
\nI will surely hear their cry.
\nMy wrath shall wax Wax Hot and I<\/p>\n
626
\n00:42:54,900 –> 00:42:58,300
\nwill kill you with the sword and
\nyour wife shall be widows and <\/p>\n
627
\n00:42:58,300 –> 00:43:03,900
\nyour children fatherless.
\nThe law of Moses simply punished<\/p>\n
628
\n00:43:03,900 –> 00:43:09,800
\nyou for not doing what’s right?
\nThe law of Christ encourages us <\/p>\n
629
\n00:43:10,500 –> 00:43:13,500
\nto be righteous.
\nWhich one’s going to work. <\/p>\n
630
\n00:43:14,700 –> 00:43:18,800
\nIt’s God’s tried the stick.
\nHe’s now trying the carrot. <\/p>\n
631
\n00:43:19,700 –> 00:43:22,200
\nWhat if we don’t respond better
\nthan the Israelites did? <\/p>\n
632
\n00:43:22,700 –> 00:43:24,400
\nWho knows what he’s going to try
\nnext? <\/p>\n
633
\n00:43:29,300 –> 00:43:31,100
\nI’ve brought up a lot of things
\nthis morning. <\/p>\n
634
\n00:43:31,100 –> 00:43:34,400
\nI’ve lectured you about trying
\nharder to live this life that <\/p>\n
635
\n00:43:34,400 –> 00:43:39,000
\nJames describes My goal was to
\ntry to push, you try to push <\/p>\n
636
\n00:43:39,000 –> 00:43:43,600
\nmyself out of our comfort zones
\ninto the kind of service that <\/p>\n
637
\n00:43:43,600 –> 00:43:48,300
\nJames calls us to.
\nIf I’ve offended you, I I pray <\/p>\n
638
\n00:43:48,300 –> 00:43:52,500
\nyou’ll get over it quickly, but
\ndon’t forget the message quite <\/p>\n
639
\n00:43:52,500 –> 00:43:56,200
\nas quickly.
\nI want to leave you with one <\/p>\n
640
\n00:43:56,400 –> 00:43:59,800
\nsimple suggestion, about how to
\ncare for the follow this in the <\/p>\n
641
\n00:43:59,808 –> 00:44:03,800
\nWidow’s.
\nIt’s a verse that Jesus spoke in<\/p>\n
642
\n00:44:03,800 –> 00:44:06,800
\nLuke 14, it’s really captured my
\nattention lately, and it’s <\/p>\n
643
\n00:44:06,800 –> 00:44:10,500
\nconvicted my soul.
\nI hope this verse moves you as <\/p>\n
644
\n00:44:10,500 –> 00:44:15,000
\nmuch as it did me.
\nJesus said to his host. <\/p>\n
645
\n00:44:16,300 –> 00:44:19,900
\nWhen you give a luncheon or
\ndinner, don’t invite your <\/p>\n
646
\n00:44:19,900 –> 00:44:24,000
\nfriends.
\nSo what about your brothers? <\/p>\n
647
\n00:44:26,100 –> 00:44:28,600
\nDon’t invite your relatives, or
\nyour Rich Neighbors. <\/p>\n
648
\n00:44:30,100 –> 00:44:33,700
\nIf you do, they may invite you
\nback and sell you’ll be repaid. <\/p>\n
649
\n00:44:34,900 –> 00:44:38,000
\nwhen you give a banquet, invite
\nthe poor. <\/p>\n
650
\n00:44:39,300 –> 00:44:43,000
\nThe crippled, the lame, the
\nblind. <\/p>\n
651
\n00:44:45,300 –> 00:44:48,600
\nAnd you will be blessed,
\nalthough they cannot repay you <\/p>\n
652
\n00:44:48,800 –> 00:44:52,500
\nwill be repaid at the
\nresurrection of the righteous. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:44:54,700 –> 00:44:58,900
\nso you can see this class really
\nwasn’t about this, and that This<\/p>\n
654
\n00:44:58,900 –> 00:45:02,400
\nwhole week has really been more
\nabout God. <\/p>\n
655
\n00:45:04,500 –> 00:45:09,700
\nAnd you.
\nThe father who has called us to <\/p>\n
656
\n00:45:09,707 –> 00:45:13,600
\nlive lives of faith.
\nAnd James gives us plenty of <\/p>\n
657
\n00:45:13,600 –> 00:45:17,800
\nplenty, of practical examples of
\nwhat it means to live lives of <\/p>\n
658
\n00:45:17,800 –> 00:45:22,400
\nfaith.
\nMy prayer will continue that <\/p>\n
659
\n00:45:22,500 –> 00:45:26,100
\nthese classes have helped us all
\nsee James message a little <\/p>\n
660
\n00:45:26,100 –> 00:45:29,600
\nclearer.
\nAnd we all leave here a little <\/p>\n
661
\n00:45:29,600 –> 00:45:32,500
\nmore motivated to follow that
\nmessage. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:45:33,500 –> 00:45:48,500
\nThanks.
\nOn behalf of everyone here. <\/p>\n
663
\n00:45:48,600 –> 00:45:52,200
\nI would like to thank our
\nbrother Jeff for bringing some <\/p>\n
664
\n00:45:52,200 –> 00:45:55,400
\nvery good thought-provoking
\nclasses to us this week. <\/p>\n
665
\n00:45:57,100 –> 00:46:02,000
\nWe will have a short break.
\nIt is 946 by my watch, and by <\/p>\n
666
\n00:46:02,000 –> 00:46:05,400
\nthe clock back there, there have
\nto be back in our seats by 10. <\/p>\n
667
\n00:46:05,400 –> 00:46:05,900
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