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Acts chapter 5, but I'm going to give

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a rather long introduction, so I'm preparing you

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beforehand before I read Acts 5.

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And we're beginning in verse 17.

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There should be a Bible in the pew

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if you don't have one.

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Acts chapter 5, verse 17, the message this

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morning is the truth will cost you.

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The truth will cost you.

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And this, I've never realized this more than

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in the last probably five years.

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The more you stand up for truth, the

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more it will cost you.

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And if the truth isn't costing you something,

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you may want to examine your life.

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Because we're supposed to count the cost, and

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following Jesus has a cost.

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And the truth upsets, the truth offends.

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And I want to be careful on this

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topic, because often I've given...

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Oh, something fell.

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It's alright, it's a chair.

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See, I told you, the enemy doesn't want

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me to go forward this morning.

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My back was hurting, things were breaking, the

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heater's next door, the PowerPoint's not working, worship

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team's sick, you know, and lots of different

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things.

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So, back on track.

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If the truth isn't costing you something, you

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may want to examine your life.

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Where I want to be careful is I've

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given people permission, not on purpose, but to

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take this topic and run with it without

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letting love and grace underscore everything we do.

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So they say, yeah, I should be offending

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people.

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No, you shouldn't.

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The truth will, but your attitude shouldn't.

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Yeah, I go beat them up with the

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Bible.

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No, you don't beat them up with the

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Bible.

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You present the Bible.

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And so I'm going to talk about that,

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because, you know, we talk about truth will

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cost you.

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Yeah, it'll cost me, and I'm going to

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be a jerk at work, and I'm going

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to press people into the kingdom, and I'm

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going to fight with my family.

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No, the truth doesn't do that.

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The truth actually humbles you.

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And you know how to present it in

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a godly way.

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And I have not mastered this area yet.

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I'll just be the first to admit I

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probably upset somebody on Facebook every day.

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And I usually have to hold, ask my

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wife, 99% of my comments I hold

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on Facebook, or posts, or different things.

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The 1%, you know, you just, oh, you

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just got to say something, right?

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And you got to make a difference.

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So I'm going to talk about that.

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But the interesting thing is the context of

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Acts 5, that we're going to read in

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a minute, is great miracles were done in

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Jesus' name.

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And we've been talking about the last month.

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If you haven't been there, you might want

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to go check out some of the messages

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on the power of the Holy Spirit, the

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anointing of the Holy Spirit, the need to

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be filled with the Holy Spirit.

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And you know it.

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You either have it or you don't.

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And this topic sometimes offends people.

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Like, why are you talking about the Holy

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Spirit?

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Well, because the Bible talks a lot about

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the Holy Spirit.

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It's the work of the Spirit in this

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church.

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It's the work of the Spirit in our

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own lives to bring us to maturity.

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It's the work of the Spirit that leads

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people to the cross.

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It's the work of the Spirit that allows

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brokenness and humility to change and transform us.

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That's the transforming power of God through the

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Holy Spirit.

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And I've seen a lot of neglect in

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this area.

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And I wasn't joking when a lot of

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people say it's the Father, the Son, and

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the Holy Word.

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They avoid, they want to avoid that aspect

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of the Holy Spirit because of many times

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that things are done misrepresented by the Holy

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Spirit that's not the Holy Spirit.

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And we see things on TV and we

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think, oh, I don't want that.

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Well, neither do I.

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But we want the power of God.

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If you want the power of God, you

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have to be open to the work of

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the Holy Spirit in your life.

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So that's what we've been seeing is miracles

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and things taking place.

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Great miracles are done in Jesus' name.

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And so what the people decided to do

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was, the leaders decided to do is imprison

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the Apostles.

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Wonderful miracles, let's put them in prison.

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And we read that and we're like, what's

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wrong with these people?

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Well, that's what the truth does.

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It offends.

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These were religious leaders.

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They were jealous.

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They were upset.

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They were turning the whole world upside down.

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What are we going to do with them?

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Instead of bowing our knee like the song

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said, every knee will bow and every tongue

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will confess that Christ is Lord.

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You will bow to the lion.

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You will bow to the lamb.

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It doesn't matter.

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You will bow to Christ.

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They didn't want to bow to him.

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They fought him and they put the disciples

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in prison thinking that would silence them.

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And it didn't.

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So that's the context we're getting into in

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just a minute.

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But I want to encourage you before I

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discourage you is don't get discouraged because the

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world will rarely agree with you and God.

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The world will rarely agree with you and

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God when it comes to bringing integrity into

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your workplace.

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Do you think your boss is going to

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be happy about that?

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When it comes to integrity in certain areas

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or you're in the school district or the

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government or wherever you work, if you can

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get by through life without any challenges, any

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problems nobody has set at you, you might

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want to look at what this little light

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of mine, I'm going to let it shine.

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That's the time of year we sing that

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song and people get offended by that light.

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Now, I'm not endorsing of being offensive and

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mean.

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I hope you understand that.

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But when you stand for truth, when you

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say, I can't allow that, I can't agree

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with that, I don't want that, you will

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offend the world.

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The world does not like to hear the

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message of the gospel.

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So the first point under the truth will

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cost you, it will cost you, and I'm

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going to use a Facebook thing here, likes.

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It will cost you likes.

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And what I mean by that is people

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will not like you to the degree that

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you want to be liked.

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And that's a struggle we all have, even

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me.

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We want to be liked, don't we?

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And I imagine, what about Jesus, if he

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was here now and what would he post?

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I am the way, the truth, the life,

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nobody comes to the Father except through me.

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You think everybody would be happy with that

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statement?

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Oh, he would have comments from here to

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China.

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Who are you?

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You're narrow-minded, you're arrogant.

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But to be politically correct, you'd say, well,

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I'm one of the ways.

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I mean, if you guys want to embrace

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me, it's okay, you can embrace me.

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But there's other ways too, and I don't

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want to offend anybody, I don't want to

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upset anybody.

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But if you embrace the truth, you will

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not be liked by people to the degree

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you want to be liked.

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Now the Bible encourages us to have a

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good name, choose a good name over riches

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and wealth.

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And that means have a good character and

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be a person of integrity, but when it

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comes down to it, people will be offended

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because of the truth.

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Galatians 1.10, I'm going to paraphrase, Paul

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says, do I want the approval of man

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or God?

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If I was trying to please men, I

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would not be a bondservant of Christ.

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See, it's impossible to please men and also

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please God.

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Now this doesn't mean everything is going to

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upset people, but as I'm pleasing God, it's

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not people aren't going to be happy with

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that.

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I mean, just think about it, every sermon

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that goes out upsets somebody.

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Every article that goes out sure upsets somebody.

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The blogs, whatever, it's people get upset.

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They don't like to hear that, can't you

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just be politically correct?

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Can't you just not be so this and

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so that?

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And so that will cost you likes.

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You'll watch your likes on Facebook go down

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probably, not up.

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But this is also a good reminder that

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in a lot of times I think we

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stop and we don't do things because we

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don't our friends or family are feeling judged.

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Has it ever stopped you from doing something?

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They're feeling judged by me.

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But be careful here because when you live

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for God and you love people, you're living

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for God, they don't want to be around

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you sometimes because of that light and that

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reflection, that conviction.

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So it's not necessarily you're being mean to

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them, you're just living your life for Christ

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and they don't want to be around you.

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I feel judged around you.

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How?

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I'm loving, I don't bring up anything.

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You know where I stand.

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So you have to be careful there because

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if you are making people feel bad by

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your attitude and actions and words you say

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and they are feeling judged and it's not

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good, we have to be careful in that

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area.

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But I've seen a lot of people put

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out their light, let this light shine, put

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out the light because well people feel judged.

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No, they're just convicted.

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They're just convicted.

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If you live for Jesus, you will convict

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people.

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I've got friends and family that don't have

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anything to do with me.

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Not because of the conviction there.

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Be gentle.

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Here's how to approach this topic of truth.

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Be gentle, not in your face.

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Be selective.

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Be very selective.

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Have you noticed the difference between a rifle

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and a shotgun?

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A rifle, very selective, right at the target.

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A shotgun has a little copper thing called

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a primer.

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The trigger hits the primer, the metal hits

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the primer and engages the powder.

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The powder shoots out a wad and about

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200 little BB's go everywhere.

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And you hope you hit the target.

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Sometimes that's what we do with our mouth.

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We just well I know it's going to

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get somebody maybe and we just.

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There's no thought behind it.

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There's no gentleness and so be careful when

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you proclaim truth.

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You don't always have to be right or

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win an argument.

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Let love and grace be the driving force.

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I mean all the time I get things

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from people and you just got to lovingly

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encourage them, lovingly see where they're coming from

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but still hold to the truth.

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When you are targeted, prayed up, sincere, loving

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and humble, God can work.

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God, see what he does, he works in

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the midst of truth.

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You proclaim the truth and the people see

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the truth.

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But not everybody likes it but there are

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some that are changed.

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And so we have to remember that, that

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we think that everybody's going to embrace this

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message.

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Everybody's going to love my Facebook post.

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Everybody's going to love what I stand for.

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No they're not.

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Most often, more often than not they don't.

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For example, I've taught and you've heard me

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teach on gay marriage or homosexuality and loving

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those who struggle with it but still saying

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what the Bible says.

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Well I get emails often, negative ones but

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there's positive ones of people coming out of

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that lifestyle because they found the video on

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YouTube.

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Just this morning, just this morning when I

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got here I was going back and forth

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on Facebook with a Mormon in Utah.

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He said this, I read your article about

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whose truth is true.

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I'm a Mormon, I do agree with you

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on your points that the Book of Mormon

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contradicts the Bible and it's wrong to believe

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that only salvation lies in belonging to the

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church.

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I feel that the scripture in Romans 10

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9 confessing that Christ is Lord and Savior

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is my saving grace and I'm eternally grateful

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for you pointing that out especially in your

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video where you talk about your encounter with

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the Mormon missionaries.

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So now this guy's struggling with being in

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this, what do I do now?

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But that message has not made a lot

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of people happy.

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But it's not done in mean and arrogance

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like guys look at the difference.

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Isn't this interesting?

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All you have to do is say here's

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what you teach, here's what the Bible teaches,

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that's all.

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And they get upset.

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All I posted the other day was here's

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what Roman Catholicism teaches, here's what historical biblical

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Christianity teaches in the Bible.

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That's all, here's the difference.

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Do I upset people?

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Oh yeah, oh yeah.

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How dare you put down the Pope.

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Here's the differences, that's all.

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You have to remember the truth invites scrutiny.

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If a Mormon ever said Shane here's what

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the Book of Mormon teaches, here's what the

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Bible teaches, I'd say yep, you're right, absolutely,

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good job.

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Not get upset.

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So when people get upset it's because that

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word and that truth is convicting them.

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But you have to make sure it's of

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God because there's a lot of loose cannons

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out there.

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Shotguns that will just shoot everything and everybody

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and they're not doing anything.

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But if you come out, I understand they

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call it the sandwich approach in business, right?

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You build somebody up then you bam, sandwich

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them and then you build them back up

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again.

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You know like Chris, you're a wonderful employee,

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you've done so much here and all this

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but it's not cutting it, we're going to

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have to let you go.

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Oh no.

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But you know what?

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God's got a good plan for you and

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you sandwich that in there.

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And that's how I fire a lot of

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people, a lot of people at 24 Hour

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Fitness and they always say, I feel good

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about being fired.

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Because you sandwich them.

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And the same thing with the truth.

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The same thing, you build and I understand

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where you're coming from, I understand your heart.

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And I told the Roman Catholics, I said

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listen I understand but just compare, just compare

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what the Bible teaches and what that teaches.

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Just compare.

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That's all I'm asking.

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Why is that so upsetting?

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But see it's the truth that offends.

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So you have to be targeted, prayed up,

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sincere, loving and humble.

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Choose your battles carefully.

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And you know who those people are, you

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have friends and family that don't need to

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hear another word from you.

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I've got close family members, they don't need

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to hear another word from Shane Eidelman.

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They don't need to hear a sermon, they

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don't need to hear, watch this little video,

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they don't need to hear anything.

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I just need to be quiet and love

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them.

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But there's other people that God will direct

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you to say something.

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Like those Mormon missionaries I mentioned, there's a

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video clip and I talked to them, I

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ran into four of them up on the

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aqueduct a few years ago and they just,

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they didn't have any answers to the questions.

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But God set that up.

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I mean here I am jogging and here's

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four guys sitting down studying the Book of

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Mormon.

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And I tried for ten minutes, I'm not

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going to talk.

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Lord please I'm just here to exercise and

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just, I can't do it but it was

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like a magnet.

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You know?

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And then you play stupid, what are you

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guys reading?

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The sandwich approach, the sandwich approach.

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But they didn't have answers.

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But I love these guys.

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It wasn't me, I love, guys listen, you're

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not going to be a God someday like

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God is.

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That's blasphemy.

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And their jaws drop.

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Yes, that's blasphemy.

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You can love someone and tell them the

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truth.

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Who said that the truth shouldn't offend?

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Who said that those who love can't speak

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the truth?

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Jesus did.

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They think that Jesus just walked around this

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mild, meek, mannered, little, turn the other cheek

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Jesus.

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He was bold.

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He was in your face.

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He called out religious leaders.

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He called out entire cities because they did

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not repent.

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He was bold but loving, compassionate, caring, but

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spoke the truth.

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He said don't be afraid of those who

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can kill your body, but be afraid of

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those who can, be afraid of Him, God

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who can kill both body and soul and

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cast your soul in hell.

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Boy, how's that going to go over today?

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Post that on Facebook.

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Just post that verse on Facebook and you'll

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watch all the disgruntled people because the truth,

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what has happened, I've seen in our nation,

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I've read sermons from, you know, 150, I

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start even way back, 1700s, The Great Awakening,

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Whitfield, Wesley, going to Spurgeons, Charles Finney, all

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these revivalists, different sermons.

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And you look at sermons now and you're

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like, what happened?

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What happened?

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You got the milk, you got the God

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is love, that's all He is, forgiveness and

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grace, just continue in your sin, don't worry

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about anything.

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And you're like, what happened?

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So that shift, I believe, in the pulpit

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has also shifted the culture.

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So now we need to be politically correct

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and not offend.

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We got to be careful what we say

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and don't, that's going to hurt this, and

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that's going to do this, and that's going

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to, we don't want to talk about those

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difficult things, you better just spend time with

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God and ask Him, what do you want

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me to say, Lord?

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Because an anointed word from the Holy Spirit

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with love and grace will do more than

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10 years of sermon from somebody who is

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not spending time with God.

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A.W. Tozer said listen to no man

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who doesn't listen to God.

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And that's what we're seeing, why we're departing

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from truth.

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If we could just get the pulpits back

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again and families back again and fathers leading

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in this area of truth, you would see

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a radical change.

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Because it's okay to stand up and say,

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this is not right.

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This is not right.

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That thing with Target still has me upset.

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You know, a man can go in the

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bathroom with my daughter.

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Well, Shane, just don't want to upset, we

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don't, we still want to shop there.

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You know, no, I mean, I don't know,

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we just want to, somebody has to say

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something, or the agenda, all these things that

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are happening.

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So when you are that voice of truth,

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it will cost you a lot of likes.

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People will not like you.

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It's not our goal.

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It's never our goal.

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It's never my goal.

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My goal is to get as many people

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to like me as I can, but understand

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that that's not going to happen.

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What I mean by that is the reputation

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and how I treat them.

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So they might like the reputation, they might

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like, hey, he's a nice guy, but I

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don't agree with what he says.

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Versus he's a jerk, he's in your face,

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he's just, I just can't stand that guy.

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You want to have a good reputation, you

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want to have that image of Christ in

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you.

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So it's an area that's delicate.

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Acts 5.17, then the high priest rose

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up.

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Now, here's what happened, I better give you

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some background, because I have the background up

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here because I've been studying it.

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But the apostles just did many, many wonderful

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works in Jesus' name.

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People were healed, they were set free, they

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were delivered from all kinds of things.

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Tormenting spirits, and I believe that God can

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deliver people from tormenting spirits, that the name

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of Christ is stronger than any other name

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out there, if we seek Him and we

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look to Him.

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So all these miracles are happening.

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Then the high priest rose up.

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Now, the high priest back, if you start

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with Moses and the Levitical priesthood, God appointed

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priests to be intercessors to go before the

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people.

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The people couldn't go before God.

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The priest, once a year, would walk into

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the Holy of Holies and give an offering

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for the sins of the people.

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And then he'd back out of there until

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next year.

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He'd make sure his heart was right.

547
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He would make sins for the people.

548
00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:54,820
So he was the intercessor.

549
00:17:55,340 --> 00:17:56,400
He was the priest.

550
00:17:56,660 --> 00:17:58,560
But then we read in Hebrews that now

551
00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:01,660
we have a high priest through Jesus Christ,

552
00:18:01,780 --> 00:18:04,040
who's been tempted and tested in all points

553
00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:06,280
like we are, but without sin.

554
00:18:06,340 --> 00:18:08,500
So we can come boldly to the throne

555
00:18:08,500 --> 00:18:11,520
of grace because Christ is our high priest.

556
00:18:12,060 --> 00:18:13,640
So it eliminated that office.

557
00:18:13,900 --> 00:18:16,120
Jesus Christ eliminated that office.

558
00:18:16,120 --> 00:18:17,980
So now you have somebody, which to me,

559
00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:20,100
I laughed, because now you have the high

560
00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:21,840
priest, who's really not a high priest.

561
00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:23,720
He's just fulfilling that role.

562
00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:26,580
The great high priest was resurrected many, many

563
00:18:26,580 --> 00:18:28,660
weeks ago, and now he's working through these

564
00:18:28,660 --> 00:18:29,100
apostles.

565
00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:32,200
But this person rose up and all those

566
00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:34,040
who were with him, which is a sect

567
00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:36,060
of the Sadducees, the Sadducees did not believe

568
00:18:36,060 --> 00:18:38,760
in the resurrection, and they were filled with

569
00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:39,700
indignation.

570
00:18:40,360 --> 00:18:41,360
This is not just anger.

571
00:18:42,120 --> 00:18:44,820
Indignation is where you're plotting to kill somebody.

572
00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:47,580
And they laid their hands on the apostles

573
00:18:47,580 --> 00:18:50,180
and they put them in the common prison.

574
00:18:51,420 --> 00:18:54,000
So it's interesting, this word indignation.

575
00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:55,800
It's very disgruntled.

576
00:18:55,900 --> 00:18:56,660
It's very upset.

577
00:18:56,780 --> 00:18:58,200
And that's what the truth will do.

578
00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,920
The reason the truth hurts and makes people

579
00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:05,240
so angry and so disgruntled is because it's

580
00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:05,800
a spiritual battle.

581
00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:09,500
You can mention any other name, it doesn't

582
00:19:09,500 --> 00:19:10,200
upset people.

583
00:19:10,980 --> 00:19:15,760
But when you mention Jesus Christ, people get

584
00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:17,280
visibly upset.

585
00:19:17,580 --> 00:19:20,140
They change, they're, why don't talk about that

586
00:19:20,140 --> 00:19:20,280
name?

587
00:19:20,340 --> 00:19:20,440
Why?

588
00:19:20,540 --> 00:19:22,600
Because it's that demonic realm, it's that spiritual

589
00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:23,000
battle.

590
00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:25,220
You can mention every other name under the

591
00:19:25,220 --> 00:19:27,220
sun, everybody's, oh, they're listening, but Jesus, oh,

592
00:19:27,300 --> 00:19:28,320
don't mention that name here.

593
00:19:29,140 --> 00:19:30,540
They get very disgruntled.

594
00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:32,920
We saw the same thing here in this,

595
00:19:33,060 --> 00:19:34,860
in the apostles' ministry.

596
00:19:35,780 --> 00:19:37,800
It will cost you an easy life.

597
00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:40,880
Following the truth will cost you an easy

598
00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:41,160
life.

599
00:19:41,260 --> 00:19:43,040
These men were thrown into the common prison.

600
00:19:43,700 --> 00:19:44,820
And that's a big misconception.

601
00:19:45,100 --> 00:19:47,660
I talked about it last week, that following

602
00:19:47,660 --> 00:19:51,000
Jesus is not always a bed of roses.

603
00:19:51,700 --> 00:19:52,980
You don't get that big house on the

604
00:19:52,980 --> 00:19:55,360
hill and tons of money in your bank

605
00:19:55,360 --> 00:19:56,500
account in this easy life.

606
00:19:56,580 --> 00:19:58,680
Actually, it's a life of dying to self.

607
00:19:59,420 --> 00:20:01,880
Paul, Jesus, Peter, all the disciples.

608
00:20:02,360 --> 00:20:04,260
You look back at the Old Testament, prophets,

609
00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:07,420
you look back at different areas throughout biblical

610
00:20:07,420 --> 00:20:08,980
history, the martyrs, different things.

611
00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:10,800
Following him has a cost.

612
00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:13,100
It will cost you an easy life.

613
00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:15,480
And people are like, oh, Shane, an easy

614
00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:17,640
life, no likes, no, you're making this, no.

615
00:20:18,020 --> 00:20:20,380
When you follow God, it's the most abundant

616
00:20:20,380 --> 00:20:21,600
life you've ever known.

617
00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:23,360
People are miserable right now.

618
00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:24,280
Christians are miserable.

619
00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:26,180
They enjoy their sin, but they're miserable.

620
00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:29,300
They don't want the abundant life that Christ

621
00:20:29,300 --> 00:20:29,980
spoke of.

622
00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:33,420
It will cost you an easy life.

623
00:20:33,540 --> 00:20:36,420
Leonard Ravenhill said if Jesus had preached the

624
00:20:36,420 --> 00:20:39,360
same message that ministers preach today, he would

625
00:20:39,360 --> 00:20:40,700
never have been crucified.

626
00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:43,620
Tell us smooth things.

627
00:20:44,460 --> 00:20:47,080
Tell us smooth things, easy things.

628
00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:49,660
Because when you talk about true things, people

629
00:20:49,660 --> 00:20:50,620
get disgruntled.

630
00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:53,600
And usually the haters are these groups, the

631
00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,100
world, religious people, and legalistic groups.

632
00:20:56,940 --> 00:20:58,700
So the world will obviously hate you, but

633
00:20:58,700 --> 00:21:00,000
so will religious people.

634
00:21:00,500 --> 00:21:02,540
Religious people who have a form of godliness,

635
00:21:02,660 --> 00:21:03,440
but they don't know God.

636
00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:04,820
Have you ever met any of them?

637
00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:07,800
They go to a certain church or this,

638
00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:09,900
and they're very religious and very this, or

639
00:21:09,900 --> 00:21:14,460
legalistic groups, occults that come out, and they're

640
00:21:14,460 --> 00:21:15,280
so legalistic.

641
00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:17,700
And all these groups will not like the

642
00:21:17,700 --> 00:21:21,340
truth, because it's the same spirit, the anti

643
00:21:21,340 --> 00:21:24,200
-Christ spirit, anti-against Christ, the same ruler

644
00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:28,460
of this world, the devil, influences that group

645
00:21:28,460 --> 00:21:28,800
of people.

646
00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:30,920
And then carnal Christians also won't like this

647
00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:31,660
type of message.

648
00:21:32,140 --> 00:21:34,680
Because although they're carnal, they're Christians, they're influenced

649
00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:35,840
by the world's system.

650
00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:38,780
So when you're influenced in the world's system,

651
00:21:40,220 --> 00:21:41,640
you don't like to hear the truth.

652
00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:46,780
I'm enjoying the world's system, Shane, don't tell

653
00:21:46,780 --> 00:21:47,200
me the truth.

654
00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:48,840
Are you telling me I can't go to

655
00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:50,960
Vegas for the weekend and put some Everclear

656
00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:52,860
in my margarita and watch Cain West?

657
00:21:53,940 --> 00:21:55,660
Well, that's probably not a good idea.

658
00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:58,100
I can't go here and do this, and

659
00:21:58,100 --> 00:21:59,720
I can't enjoy this type of relationship.

660
00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:01,640
The Bible says this.

661
00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:02,640
Well, I don't like what you say.

662
00:22:02,700 --> 00:22:05,380
Right, because you're enjoying your carnal lifestyle.

663
00:22:07,180 --> 00:22:09,720
So once we lovingly just say, hey, you

664
00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:11,880
might want to consider what the Bible says.

665
00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:13,600
Well, I don't know, you're judging me.

666
00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:15,400
No, the Bible's judging you.

667
00:22:15,580 --> 00:22:16,860
I'm not judging you.

668
00:22:17,700 --> 00:22:19,240
But be careful, because we're not called to

669
00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:20,120
be sin-sniffers.

670
00:22:20,120 --> 00:22:20,820
Right?

671
00:22:23,940 --> 00:22:24,980
Just walk around.

672
00:22:25,220 --> 00:22:26,900
Hmm, let me see what I can find.

673
00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,040
Let me see what I can find.

674
00:22:30,300 --> 00:22:30,500
Hmm.

675
00:22:31,460 --> 00:22:31,800
Right?

676
00:22:32,020 --> 00:22:33,880
Because that's what we're called to be fruit

677
00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:34,520
inspectors.

678
00:22:35,180 --> 00:22:38,240
And if somebody's hurting their life, and you're

679
00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:40,520
praying, God, give me some open doors here

680
00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:42,200
to speak with them, have them approach me,

681
00:22:42,260 --> 00:22:44,420
go to God first, ask for wisdom, ask

682
00:22:44,420 --> 00:22:46,720
for discernment, and God will open tremendous doors.

683
00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:48,640
But if you steamroll ahead, you're going to

684
00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:49,640
hurt that person often.

685
00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:51,460
And they're not going to be receptive.

686
00:22:51,620 --> 00:22:54,480
They're not going to be open until God

687
00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:55,380
opens that door.

688
00:22:55,740 --> 00:22:57,760
So carnal Christians do not like the truth

689
00:22:57,760 --> 00:22:58,060
either.

690
00:22:58,140 --> 00:22:59,120
I've noticed that.

691
00:23:00,060 --> 00:23:01,540
It's like, leave me alone.

692
00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:04,720
I like this comfortable Christianity that I developed,

693
00:23:05,060 --> 00:23:07,120
that God is love and he's just going

694
00:23:07,120 --> 00:23:10,180
to wink while I live my life carnally.

695
00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:12,220
And I'll come to church when it fits

696
00:23:12,220 --> 00:23:13,020
my schedule.

697
00:23:13,540 --> 00:23:15,440
And I'll like the Bible, I guess I

698
00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:16,580
have it somewhere in my house.

699
00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:19,000
And they just hate the carnality.

700
00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,540
The carnal Christians, they drive me crazy because

701
00:23:22,540 --> 00:23:23,040
I was one.

702
00:23:24,500 --> 00:23:26,520
I know exactly I could live that life

703
00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:27,600
for many years, right?

704
00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:29,100
You show up to church.

705
00:23:29,180 --> 00:23:29,780
I'm a good person.

706
00:23:29,860 --> 00:23:30,100
I'm here.

707
00:23:30,180 --> 00:23:30,640
Aren't I good?

708
00:23:30,740 --> 00:23:31,460
I'll see you next month.

709
00:23:32,580 --> 00:23:33,440
Or I'll see you to Easter.

710
00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:35,220
I'll see you Christmas and probably at a

711
00:23:35,220 --> 00:23:36,160
funeral.

712
00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:38,740
And but I love that sin, even though

713
00:23:38,740 --> 00:23:39,280
he's miserable.

714
00:23:39,860 --> 00:23:41,700
And so when somebody told me the truth,

715
00:23:41,780 --> 00:23:43,060
here's because here's the truth.

716
00:23:43,260 --> 00:23:44,480
God has a standard.

717
00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:46,940
And the problem isn't that we raise the

718
00:23:46,940 --> 00:23:48,540
standard and miss it.

719
00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:50,000
It's that we lower it and hit it.

720
00:23:50,860 --> 00:23:54,280
And the standard is holiness and purity and

721
00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:57,120
living right and removing things and removing weights

722
00:23:57,120 --> 00:23:59,080
and distractions so we can be filled with

723
00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:00,180
the Spirit of God.

724
00:24:00,260 --> 00:24:01,440
I wouldn't trade that for anything.

725
00:24:02,300 --> 00:24:04,320
So when you tell people here's what's involved

726
00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,440
to do that, they don't want to hear

727
00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:08,940
it because they're enjoying that type of carnal

728
00:24:08,940 --> 00:24:09,460
lifestyle.

729
00:24:10,220 --> 00:24:11,460
So let's go back to this again.

730
00:24:11,580 --> 00:24:12,780
The high priest role.

731
00:24:13,500 --> 00:24:14,500
The high priest role.

732
00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:17,420
The New Testament does not recognize this role.

733
00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:19,080
Like I said in Hebrews 4 that we

734
00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:21,220
have Jesus now is our high priest.

735
00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:23,120
So this brings up the question.

736
00:24:25,260 --> 00:24:27,260
The uscatholic.org says this.

737
00:24:27,620 --> 00:24:31,160
Current church teaching sees celibacy as a gift

738
00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:33,400
bestowed to those who are called to the

739
00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:33,900
priesthood.

740
00:24:34,340 --> 00:24:35,460
That's why priests are celibate.

741
00:24:36,360 --> 00:24:39,440
Among the church's argument in defense of celibacy

742
00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:41,700
is the example of Jesus, which must be

743
00:24:41,700 --> 00:24:43,460
reflected in the life of a priest.

744
00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:47,760
Two problems.

745
00:24:49,060 --> 00:24:50,880
Number one, God doesn't call people to the

746
00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:51,320
priesthood.

747
00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:53,520
We have a priest.

748
00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:57,780
That mediator is Jesus Christ.

749
00:24:58,060 --> 00:24:59,420
You don't go to man to get to

750
00:24:59,420 --> 00:24:59,680
Christ.

751
00:24:59,780 --> 00:25:00,920
You don't go to Mary to get to

752
00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:01,300
Christ.

753
00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:03,500
You go boldly to Jesus Christ.

754
00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:05,120
And I'm already going to get a lot

755
00:25:05,120 --> 00:25:07,120
of upset people on this message for sure.

756
00:25:07,820 --> 00:25:12,800
But when did we read or where do

757
00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:14,200
we read that we need to be quiet

758
00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:15,280
about these things?

759
00:25:16,100 --> 00:25:19,620
See, if Roman Catholicism, Mormonism, Jehovah, any religion

760
00:25:19,620 --> 00:25:21,400
out there, if it's good and it's right,

761
00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:22,520
let's talk about it.

762
00:25:23,060 --> 00:25:24,140
Let's see the differences.

763
00:25:25,380 --> 00:25:26,240
But see, we don't want to talk.

764
00:25:26,340 --> 00:25:27,480
So Shane, why do you do this?

765
00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:28,140
Why are you bringing it?

766
00:25:28,140 --> 00:25:28,240
Why?

767
00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:30,440
Because I'm showing you the difference and the

768
00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:30,920
distinction.

769
00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:33,140
And there's a big difference here.

770
00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:35,060
There's no priesthood anymore.

771
00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:37,360
Now, so what does God do?

772
00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:38,500
He calls elders.

773
00:25:38,700 --> 00:25:39,480
He calls pastors.

774
00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:42,240
He calls leaders according to guidelines in 1

775
00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:44,240
Timothy that they must be the husband of

776
00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:44,700
one wife.

777
00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:46,000
There goes your celibacy argument.

778
00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:48,200
And if you go to the Old Testament,

779
00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:49,580
he told the priests, marry virgins.

780
00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,580
Don't marry widows and don't marry those who

781
00:25:52,580 --> 00:25:53,120
have been divorced.

782
00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:53,920
Marry virgins.

783
00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:54,880
Priests.

784
00:25:56,300 --> 00:25:58,140
There's no grounds for celibacy.

785
00:25:58,500 --> 00:25:59,640
Zero grounds for celibacy.

786
00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:01,740
Actually, in my opinion, that will lead to

787
00:26:01,740 --> 00:26:08,330
perversion if you're not allowing God to work

788
00:26:08,330 --> 00:26:09,990
in this area and you're creating all these

789
00:26:09,990 --> 00:26:10,970
rules and regulations.

790
00:26:11,370 --> 00:26:12,630
So there's no priesthood.

791
00:26:12,850 --> 00:26:14,050
It doesn't exist anymore.

792
00:26:14,230 --> 00:26:15,590
It's a wasted office.

793
00:26:16,170 --> 00:26:18,130
And celibacy is not taught in the Bible

794
00:26:18,130 --> 00:26:19,950
unless you have the gift of celibacy.

795
00:26:20,350 --> 00:26:21,890
And if you have that gift, let me

796
00:26:21,890 --> 00:26:23,330
tell you, you will know it.

797
00:26:24,070 --> 00:26:24,330
You will.

798
00:26:24,390 --> 00:26:24,810
It's clear.

799
00:26:24,910 --> 00:26:26,550
I know a few people that they're fine.

800
00:26:26,670 --> 00:26:27,790
They have this gift of celibacy.

801
00:26:27,890 --> 00:26:28,210
They're fine.

802
00:26:28,270 --> 00:26:29,170
God's called them to be single.

803
00:26:29,270 --> 00:26:30,350
I'm like, bless you, brother.

804
00:26:30,770 --> 00:26:32,730
Just thank God he didn't call me that.

805
00:26:34,190 --> 00:26:35,410
Because it's a gifting.

806
00:26:35,950 --> 00:26:37,870
So see, you miss it in this area.

807
00:26:38,270 --> 00:26:39,110
And I'm preparing.

808
00:26:39,290 --> 00:26:40,630
I guess I'm really kind of a rabbit

809
00:26:40,630 --> 00:26:42,790
trail here because I'm meeting with a couple

810
00:26:42,790 --> 00:26:44,330
of priests, one in a large church away

811
00:26:44,330 --> 00:26:47,510
from here, because they want, somebody set up

812
00:26:47,510 --> 00:26:50,030
this conversation on why can't Catholics and Christians

813
00:26:50,030 --> 00:26:50,750
just get along.

814
00:26:51,110 --> 00:26:52,530
So I said, well, I'll meet you and

815
00:26:52,530 --> 00:26:53,950
I'll tell you why, even though I like,

816
00:26:54,090 --> 00:26:54,750
I wish we could.

817
00:26:54,830 --> 00:26:55,750
Here's why we can't.

818
00:26:55,750 --> 00:26:57,370
I've got a whole list of 10 things.

819
00:26:57,370 --> 00:27:00,990
Because we desire that, but the priesthood, praying

820
00:27:00,990 --> 00:27:04,690
to Mary as co-redeemer, purgatory, we actually

821
00:27:04,690 --> 00:27:07,870
have to go to purgatory and be purged

822
00:27:07,870 --> 00:27:08,530
of our sin.

823
00:27:08,830 --> 00:27:10,210
What is the point of this?

824
00:27:11,470 --> 00:27:12,750
What is the point of that?

825
00:27:12,830 --> 00:27:13,930
It makes no sense.

826
00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:18,640
And if you die or you're dying in

827
00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:20,320
a deathbed, hurry, go get a priest for

828
00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:20,920
last rites.

829
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:22,480
You have to confess to the priest.

830
00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:24,800
So you have to keep confessing after every

831
00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:25,080
sin.

832
00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:26,180
I'm in heaven now.

833
00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:26,840
I'm in hell tomorrow.

834
00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:27,340
I'm in heaven now.

835
00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:27,980
I'm in hell tomorrow.

836
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:30,760
I'm in this, see, it's all unbiblical.

837
00:27:31,300 --> 00:27:32,520
It's all unbiblical.

838
00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:35,820
And these are leading millions of people astray.

839
00:27:35,940 --> 00:27:37,360
Why should we not be passionate?

840
00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:39,520
Why should we not be passionate?

841
00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:41,180
One lady said, well, I love my Catholic

842
00:27:41,180 --> 00:27:41,540
faith.

843
00:27:41,700 --> 00:27:42,660
And I want to say, but do you

844
00:27:42,660 --> 00:27:43,360
love Jesus?

845
00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:45,400
But do you love Jesus?

846
00:27:45,580 --> 00:27:46,720
That's the answer.

847
00:27:47,740 --> 00:27:48,620
That's the answer.

848
00:27:48,660 --> 00:27:50,120
And I was caught in that system.

849
00:27:50,180 --> 00:27:51,180
I was an altar boy.

850
00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:55,200
I know that it's a dangerous system.

851
00:27:56,220 --> 00:27:57,640
And so people get upset.

852
00:27:57,780 --> 00:27:59,960
So if it's true, why not talk about

853
00:27:59,960 --> 00:28:00,220
it?

854
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:02,180
But when you talk about, well, here's what

855
00:28:02,180 --> 00:28:04,020
the Bible says, yeah, but you know, the

856
00:28:04,020 --> 00:28:06,720
papacy meant and they've decreed certain things, 1516,

857
00:28:06,820 --> 00:28:08,860
they decree this and 1620, they decree, I

858
00:28:08,860 --> 00:28:10,400
don't care what they decreed, what does this

859
00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:10,660
say?

860
00:28:12,060 --> 00:28:13,100
What does this say?

861
00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,060
And they teach apostolic succession that Peter was

862
00:28:17,060 --> 00:28:19,220
the first Pope, and that's been passed down.

863
00:28:19,500 --> 00:28:20,640
And you just follow that.

864
00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:22,840
And there's, there's, there's not good reason for

865
00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:23,040
that.

866
00:28:23,120 --> 00:28:23,860
It's not biblical.

867
00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:27,220
So here's the dilemma.

868
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:29,320
We know the truth, but we can't present

869
00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:30,800
the truth because it's going to offend people.

870
00:28:33,780 --> 00:28:34,380
Isn't that?

871
00:28:34,500 --> 00:28:35,300
Isn't that ironic?

872
00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:37,320
You think Jesus will be having the struggle

873
00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:40,120
that people have?

874
00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:43,600
He just, he would just lay it out.

875
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:44,200
You're wrong.

876
00:28:44,300 --> 00:28:45,260
Here's where you're wrong.

877
00:28:45,420 --> 00:28:47,340
He told the religious leaders, here's where you're

878
00:28:47,340 --> 00:28:47,620
wrong.

879
00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:49,680
Your traditions make the word of God of

880
00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:50,340
no effect.

881
00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:53,660
You say, whatever we're supposed to give to

882
00:28:53,660 --> 00:28:56,040
our parents, we're going to give to God

883
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:57,180
so we don't have to help them.

884
00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:00,260
And Jesus said, you just, you just rule

885
00:29:00,260 --> 00:29:01,720
out the word of God because of your

886
00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:02,740
ungodly traditions.

887
00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:04,740
And that's what's happening.

888
00:29:05,260 --> 00:29:07,800
People are caught in a false system from

889
00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:08,900
all these different religions.

890
00:29:09,140 --> 00:29:09,960
And people get upset.

891
00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:11,260
Well, Shane, who are you to say that

892
00:29:11,260 --> 00:29:12,140
your way is the only way?

893
00:29:12,260 --> 00:29:13,240
I didn't say it.

894
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:14,040
I didn't say it.

895
00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:16,580
I'm quoting from 2000 years ago that I

896
00:29:16,580 --> 00:29:18,900
am the only way, the only truth, the

897
00:29:18,900 --> 00:29:19,300
only life.

898
00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:22,640
Nobody comes to the father except through Christ.

899
00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:24,640
Either you believe that or you don't.

900
00:29:24,740 --> 00:29:25,920
If you believe it, you're going to live

901
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:26,500
a lot different.

902
00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:28,320
You're going to be bold in your faith.

903
00:29:28,380 --> 00:29:30,100
You're going to tell all these different movements

904
00:29:30,100 --> 00:29:32,120
that want to remove God from everything.

905
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:34,000
You know, you came up against the wrong

906
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:34,500
person.

907
00:29:34,700 --> 00:29:35,620
I'm bold now.

908
00:29:35,660 --> 00:29:37,000
I'm filled with the spirit of God.

909
00:29:37,060 --> 00:29:38,680
I'm going to hold this ground that God

910
00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:39,480
has given us.

911
00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:41,440
That's what they used to do.

912
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:44,560
But now we've become passive and weak and

913
00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:45,580
we don't want to offend people.

914
00:29:46,580 --> 00:29:47,960
And I feel the pain because I don't

915
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:48,800
want to offend people either.

916
00:29:49,980 --> 00:29:51,200
I don't want to.

917
00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:54,860
But it's a byproduct of living for the

918
00:29:54,860 --> 00:29:55,160
Lord.

919
00:29:57,790 --> 00:30:00,350
It's just God just opens tremendous.

920
00:30:00,490 --> 00:30:04,130
Yesterday, we're moving furniture before Jehovah's Witness walked

921
00:30:04,130 --> 00:30:04,850
right past me.

922
00:30:05,490 --> 00:30:06,390
So what are you guys doing?

923
00:30:06,450 --> 00:30:08,290
I said, we're, we're, we're, we're, we're a

924
00:30:08,290 --> 00:30:09,790
church and we're helping people move and okay,

925
00:30:10,050 --> 00:30:10,430
good thing.

926
00:30:10,690 --> 00:30:12,050
Like, Lord, open that door.

927
00:30:12,210 --> 00:30:12,730
Open that door.

928
00:30:12,870 --> 00:30:13,750
Come on, open that door.

929
00:30:14,410 --> 00:30:15,090
But he didn't.

930
00:30:15,230 --> 00:30:15,990
Okay, thank you.

931
00:30:16,070 --> 00:30:16,170
Bye.

932
00:30:16,270 --> 00:30:17,610
But we'll, we'll just keep walking.

933
00:30:17,770 --> 00:30:18,650
But see, there's so many.

934
00:30:18,910 --> 00:30:20,090
So what would I do?

935
00:30:20,530 --> 00:30:21,850
Well, I mean, what, what do you do?

936
00:30:21,910 --> 00:30:23,670
Do you just encourage and we're on the

937
00:30:23,670 --> 00:30:25,150
same page or do you say I'm Jehovah's

938
00:30:25,150 --> 00:30:25,330
Witness?

939
00:30:25,470 --> 00:30:25,890
You're not.

940
00:30:25,990 --> 00:30:26,610
You're in a cult.

941
00:30:27,310 --> 00:30:27,670
What?

942
00:30:28,570 --> 00:30:28,930
What?

943
00:30:29,010 --> 00:30:30,430
You removed all the deity of Christ from

944
00:30:30,430 --> 00:30:30,830
the Bible.

945
00:30:31,110 --> 00:30:32,790
The Bible calls that Antichrist.

946
00:30:33,250 --> 00:30:34,130
That's blasphemy.

947
00:30:35,470 --> 00:30:36,770
Do you tell them the truth?

948
00:30:37,050 --> 00:30:38,350
I mean, what, how do you know you

949
00:30:38,350 --> 00:30:39,550
don't might not want to just go right

950
00:30:39,550 --> 00:30:40,790
off the bat and say that you might

951
00:30:40,790 --> 00:30:42,270
want to talk with them, get to know

952
00:30:42,270 --> 00:30:43,750
them a little bit and say, you know,

953
00:30:43,810 --> 00:30:44,990
have you considered this?

954
00:30:45,510 --> 00:30:47,430
You know, we've got Greek manuscripts that say

955
00:30:47,430 --> 00:30:49,270
that in the beginning was the word and

956
00:30:49,270 --> 00:30:50,370
the word was God.

957
00:30:50,550 --> 00:30:51,830
Your Bible says a God.

958
00:30:51,950 --> 00:30:52,870
Do you know how that happened?

959
00:30:52,950 --> 00:30:55,030
And oh, can you listen and sandwich approach?

960
00:30:55,090 --> 00:30:56,070
Remember the sandwich approach?

961
00:30:56,830 --> 00:30:58,090
You don't get to the meat yet.

962
00:30:58,170 --> 00:30:59,290
Kind of work, work there.

963
00:30:59,710 --> 00:31:01,470
But the truth will offend because it's almost

964
00:31:01,470 --> 00:31:02,350
and I can't explain.

965
00:31:02,470 --> 00:31:03,970
It's just, it's just bubbling over.

966
00:31:04,110 --> 00:31:06,270
It's like, I, you gotta say something.

967
00:31:06,370 --> 00:31:07,050
Have you ever been there?

968
00:31:07,210 --> 00:31:08,490
I gotta say something.

969
00:31:09,330 --> 00:31:11,610
I mean, I gotta, I gotta, I'm still

970
00:31:11,610 --> 00:31:13,030
called a hater now that I said when

971
00:31:13,030 --> 00:31:15,370
Hillary endorsed partial birth abortion, I've got a

972
00:31:15,370 --> 00:31:16,210
problem with that.

973
00:31:16,590 --> 00:31:18,350
I've got a problem when you can remove

974
00:31:18,350 --> 00:31:20,330
baby parts from the womb and say it's

975
00:31:20,330 --> 00:31:20,670
okay.

976
00:31:21,010 --> 00:31:22,050
Call me stupid.

977
00:31:22,270 --> 00:31:23,050
Call me silly.

978
00:31:23,270 --> 00:31:24,390
But that's wrong.

979
00:31:25,330 --> 00:31:26,570
That is wrong.

980
00:31:28,150 --> 00:31:29,630
But see, don't don't change.

981
00:31:29,730 --> 00:31:30,490
Don't get political.

982
00:31:30,690 --> 00:31:32,170
Well, really, you tell the child that who's

983
00:31:32,170 --> 00:31:32,830
in the trash can.

984
00:31:35,270 --> 00:31:37,290
You tell all those millions of children, don't

985
00:31:37,290 --> 00:31:37,830
get political.

986
00:31:37,950 --> 00:31:38,350
Be quiet.

987
00:31:38,450 --> 00:31:38,930
You don't want to sit.

988
00:31:38,990 --> 00:31:39,990
No, it's time to upset.

989
00:31:40,590 --> 00:31:41,610
It's time to set.

990
00:31:41,850 --> 00:31:42,890
Trust me, if I was a married knight

991
00:31:42,890 --> 00:31:44,290
and didn't have kids, I would upset a

992
00:31:44,290 --> 00:31:44,970
lot more people.

993
00:31:45,830 --> 00:31:48,530
I'd be I'd be just full of fire

994
00:31:48,530 --> 00:31:49,210
in the spirit.

995
00:31:50,150 --> 00:31:51,970
But you have to be careful safety issues.

996
00:31:53,030 --> 00:31:55,350
Because the world's getting getting difficult.

997
00:31:59,150 --> 00:32:01,870
So qualifications of an elder is that's who's

998
00:32:01,870 --> 00:32:03,190
God is called to lead the church.

999
00:32:03,190 --> 00:32:05,610
Now, as elders, we see that not priest

1000
00:32:05,610 --> 00:32:06,830
and you see all these differences.

1001
00:32:07,430 --> 00:32:08,790
So it will cost you likes, it will

1002
00:32:08,790 --> 00:32:11,270
cost you an easy life, it will cost

1003
00:32:11,270 --> 00:32:13,950
you comfort, comfort.

1004
00:32:14,870 --> 00:32:16,450
By the way, what I'm doing, it's called

1005
00:32:16,450 --> 00:32:18,750
I think I made it up myself expository

1006
00:32:18,750 --> 00:32:19,330
topical.

1007
00:32:21,090 --> 00:32:22,450
Because people go, well, are you is your

1008
00:32:22,450 --> 00:32:23,470
church expository?

1009
00:32:23,610 --> 00:32:24,230
Are you topical?

1010
00:32:24,410 --> 00:32:26,050
What they mean by that is exposition.

1011
00:32:26,150 --> 00:32:27,050
Are you exposit?

1012
00:32:27,290 --> 00:32:29,490
Are you an expository teacher where you take

1013
00:32:29,490 --> 00:32:31,790
the verb and the nuance and the participle

1014
00:32:31,790 --> 00:32:33,370
in the present participle in the Greek and

1015
00:32:33,370 --> 00:32:35,290
the Hebrew and you you break down every

1016
00:32:35,290 --> 00:32:36,990
little thing, which is wonderful.

1017
00:32:37,130 --> 00:32:38,090
I listened to a lot of those guys,

1018
00:32:38,170 --> 00:32:39,150
I read those types of books.

1019
00:32:39,490 --> 00:32:41,010
But then you have a topical like say,

1020
00:32:41,050 --> 00:32:42,690
Spurgeon, you take a just you just take

1021
00:32:42,690 --> 00:32:44,750
a verse, blessed are those who call upon

1022
00:32:44,750 --> 00:32:45,930
the name of the Lord, and they shall

1023
00:32:45,930 --> 00:32:46,370
be saved.

1024
00:32:46,430 --> 00:32:47,930
And the whole sermon is focused on that

1025
00:32:47,930 --> 00:32:48,250
verse.

1026
00:32:48,690 --> 00:32:50,310
But I like to go through the Bible,

1027
00:32:50,430 --> 00:32:52,070
but then also bring in topics that are

1028
00:32:52,070 --> 00:32:52,470
relevant.

1029
00:32:53,290 --> 00:32:55,190
And this topic is very relevant right now,

1030
00:32:55,250 --> 00:32:57,750
because the truth will cost you comfort, it's

1031
00:32:57,750 --> 00:32:59,330
not comfortable to speak the truth.

1032
00:33:00,010 --> 00:33:02,110
But at night, verse 19, an angel, the

1033
00:33:02,110 --> 00:33:04,370
Lord opened the prison doors and brought them

1034
00:33:04,370 --> 00:33:04,790
out.

1035
00:33:05,370 --> 00:33:07,590
Can you imagine that the angel opens the

1036
00:33:07,590 --> 00:33:09,150
prison doors, you know what, what I'd say

1037
00:33:09,150 --> 00:33:10,970
it's time for a hot dinner, and a

1038
00:33:10,970 --> 00:33:13,150
hot shower, and I'm going to bed or

1039
00:33:13,150 --> 00:33:13,770
I'm hiding.

1040
00:33:14,410 --> 00:33:17,370
When you I'm, let's run, let's get out

1041
00:33:17,370 --> 00:33:18,650
of here in the flesh, right?

1042
00:33:18,730 --> 00:33:20,330
The Spirit probably have you do something different.

1043
00:33:20,610 --> 00:33:21,930
But here's what the Spirit of God said,

1044
00:33:22,010 --> 00:33:24,490
go and stand in the temple and speak

1045
00:33:24,490 --> 00:33:25,550
to the people again.

1046
00:33:27,070 --> 00:33:34,380
Wait, isn't God, he's funny sometimes.

1047
00:33:35,420 --> 00:33:37,820
He will, you're released, now don't go and

1048
00:33:37,820 --> 00:33:39,960
hide, go and speak to the people again.

1049
00:33:40,020 --> 00:33:43,140
Listen to this, speak to the people all

1050
00:33:43,140 --> 00:33:44,820
the words of this life.

1051
00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:47,600
Isn't that interesting?

1052
00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:49,500
All the words of this life.

1053
00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:51,440
This is life.

1054
00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:54,100
That's why Jesus said you feed on me.

1055
00:33:54,180 --> 00:33:56,300
He wasn't talking about cannibalism, you feed, it's

1056
00:33:56,300 --> 00:34:00,300
life, it's living, it's active, it's sharper than

1057
00:34:00,300 --> 00:34:01,440
any double-edged sword.

1058
00:34:02,140 --> 00:34:03,880
You live on that life.

1059
00:34:05,260 --> 00:34:06,760
He said go and preach all the words

1060
00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:07,280
of this life.

1061
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:08,840
And when they heard that, they entered the

1062
00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:10,600
temple early in the morning and taught.

1063
00:34:11,139 --> 00:34:13,060
But the high priest and those with him

1064
00:34:13,060 --> 00:34:15,179
came and called the council together with all

1065
00:34:15,179 --> 00:34:17,179
the elders of the children of Israel, and

1066
00:34:17,179 --> 00:34:18,760
they sent to the prison to have them

1067
00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:19,080
brought.

1068
00:34:19,500 --> 00:34:20,480
So isn't that funny?

1069
00:34:20,580 --> 00:34:23,120
The disciples are freed, they're out preaching, the

1070
00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:24,880
priest and all the leaders think they're still

1071
00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:26,760
in prison, so they said, okay, go get

1072
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:28,300
them, we need to talk to them.

1073
00:34:29,020 --> 00:34:30,480
Now, I'm going to cover the rest next

1074
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:32,340
week on what happens there, so it's a

1075
00:34:32,340 --> 00:34:33,780
cliffhanger, you need to be here for that.

1076
00:34:35,989 --> 00:34:37,790
But I thought about this, if you're sitting,

1077
00:34:38,190 --> 00:34:40,949
because here's where I kind of just, just

1078
00:34:40,949 --> 00:34:41,949
my own personal struggle.

1079
00:34:42,449 --> 00:34:44,670
Why does he deliver them but not others?

1080
00:34:46,250 --> 00:34:49,409
Why does he rescue Daniel from the lion's

1081
00:34:49,409 --> 00:34:51,370
den, but John the Baptist gets beheaded?

1082
00:34:53,110 --> 00:34:56,050
Why the three Hebrew boys, Shadrach, Meshach and

1083
00:34:56,050 --> 00:34:59,510
Abednego, escape the fiery furnace, but it said

1084
00:34:59,510 --> 00:35:01,450
that Isaiah was sawn in two?

1085
00:35:02,190 --> 00:35:04,150
I don't know about you, but being sawn

1086
00:35:04,150 --> 00:35:06,770
in two, you're stretched out on this board,

1087
00:35:07,370 --> 00:35:10,590
and they saw you, Manasseh, Wicked King, Lord,

1088
00:35:10,750 --> 00:35:13,690
help me understand this, because I know you're

1089
00:35:13,690 --> 00:35:16,860
able, but will you?

1090
00:35:16,860 --> 00:35:20,060
And I want to encourage you, you have

1091
00:35:20,060 --> 00:35:21,400
to get to a point to where you

1092
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:25,940
totally trust God's sovereignty in this area, because

1093
00:35:25,940 --> 00:35:26,920
it will not be comfortable.

1094
00:35:27,780 --> 00:35:30,760
Actually, the three Hebrew boys, right before they

1095
00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:32,860
were thrown in, they said, oh, Wicked King,

1096
00:35:32,980 --> 00:35:34,460
we will not bow down to you.

1097
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:39,340
Our God is able to deliver us, but

1098
00:35:39,340 --> 00:35:43,120
even if he doesn't, how many of us

1099
00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:43,820
could say that?

1100
00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:45,900
Even if you don't heal me?

1101
00:35:47,340 --> 00:35:48,800
Even if you don't set me free?

1102
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:52,240
God, even if this relationship isn't restored, I

1103
00:35:52,240 --> 00:35:53,180
will still serve you.

1104
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:54,880
I serve you unconditionally.

1105
00:35:56,020 --> 00:35:57,700
That's a very healthy balance to have.

1106
00:35:57,800 --> 00:35:59,320
God, I know you're able, but will you?

1107
00:35:59,960 --> 00:36:01,380
I'm trusting in you regardless.

1108
00:36:02,720 --> 00:36:05,200
So living for the truth will cost you

1109
00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:05,600
comfort.

1110
00:36:06,860 --> 00:36:08,180
Speak the words of life.

1111
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:09,220
There is no other name.

1112
00:36:09,340 --> 00:36:10,180
There is no other truth.

1113
00:36:10,340 --> 00:36:11,020
Don't be embarrassed.

1114
00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:13,200
Don't be like, oh, I don't know how

1115
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:13,920
people are going to take it.

1116
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:15,600
When God gives you a word to give

1117
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:16,920
to somebody, speak the truth.

1118
00:36:18,380 --> 00:36:20,220
Listen, I don't see too many mentions of

1119
00:36:20,220 --> 00:36:24,470
cowards in this book, and I am one

1120
00:36:24,470 --> 00:36:25,230
from time to time.

1121
00:36:25,470 --> 00:36:27,670
I'll back away from things, and I know

1122
00:36:27,670 --> 00:36:31,210
I shouldn't have, and it's hard, but when

1123
00:36:31,210 --> 00:36:33,110
God calls us to do something and lovingly

1124
00:36:33,110 --> 00:36:35,250
speak the truth, you will see lives changed,

1125
00:36:36,110 --> 00:36:37,590
and here's what you'll hear at first.

1126
00:36:38,410 --> 00:36:41,110
People get upset, but you've planted that seed.

1127
00:36:42,370 --> 00:36:44,750
If I ever get about eight minutes, I'm

1128
00:36:44,750 --> 00:36:45,870
going to read this testimony.

1129
00:36:46,350 --> 00:36:48,630
I think it happened in Australia many years

1130
00:36:48,630 --> 00:36:50,610
ago about this little old man that would

1131
00:36:50,610 --> 00:36:53,390
run out of his store and give people

1132
00:36:53,390 --> 00:36:53,950
a track.

1133
00:36:54,770 --> 00:36:56,970
It said, if you die tonight, do you

1134
00:36:56,970 --> 00:36:57,670
know where you're going?

1135
00:36:58,370 --> 00:36:59,150
And they'd be like, give me that old

1136
00:36:59,150 --> 00:36:59,430
man.

1137
00:36:59,630 --> 00:37:01,150
They'd get upset, throw in the trash.

1138
00:37:02,050 --> 00:37:03,530
For years, I think it was like 15,

1139
00:37:03,630 --> 00:37:07,820
20 years, he would do that, and then

1140
00:37:07,820 --> 00:37:10,960
this minister, I don't remember exactly who he

1141
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:13,460
was, but he began to hear stories all

1142
00:37:13,460 --> 00:37:17,140
over the world, like a leader at some

1143
00:37:17,140 --> 00:37:17,440
conference.

1144
00:37:17,540 --> 00:37:18,460
How did you come to know the Lord?

1145
00:37:18,540 --> 00:37:21,000
Well, back in Australia, there was this little

1146
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:22,720
old man who handed me this pamphlet, and

1147
00:37:22,720 --> 00:37:25,960
I couldn't sleep all night, asking me where

1148
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,460
would I spend eternity, and then he'd get

1149
00:37:28,460 --> 00:37:29,960
to some other place, and he'd meet this

1150
00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:32,040
person who was leading some event.

1151
00:37:32,140 --> 00:37:33,120
He'd go, how'd you come to know the

1152
00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:33,280
Lord?

1153
00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:35,620
Well, there's this little old man in Australia.

1154
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:38,860
He gave me, and he kept hearing these

1155
00:37:38,860 --> 00:37:39,740
stories everywhere.

1156
00:37:39,860 --> 00:37:41,040
He says, I got to find this guy,

1157
00:37:41,500 --> 00:37:42,420
and he went and found him.

1158
00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:43,960
By now, he's old, he's frail, he's in

1159
00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:46,540
his apartment, and he's sitting down to have

1160
00:37:46,540 --> 00:37:47,660
a cup of coffee, and he shared with

1161
00:37:47,660 --> 00:37:47,760
him.

1162
00:37:47,860 --> 00:37:49,260
That old man began to cry because he

1163
00:37:49,260 --> 00:37:53,820
said, I never heard, never heard that I

1164
00:37:53,820 --> 00:37:55,920
ever led anybody to the Lord through that,

1165
00:37:55,980 --> 00:37:58,540
but I promised God, I promised God that

1166
00:37:58,540 --> 00:37:59,460
I would do it for the rest of

1167
00:37:59,460 --> 00:37:59,920
my life.

1168
00:38:00,820 --> 00:38:01,860
My goodness.

1169
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:04,680
You got to hear the testimony of that.

1170
00:38:04,780 --> 00:38:07,600
I'm tempted to play it, but that's what

1171
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:08,060
we do.

1172
00:38:08,980 --> 00:38:10,220
We don't know about this.

1173
00:38:10,340 --> 00:38:11,480
See, we want to see the fruit.

1174
00:38:11,940 --> 00:38:13,220
I don't know about you, but when I

1175
00:38:13,220 --> 00:38:14,680
go to Home Depot and get an apple

1176
00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:16,300
seed, I'm not going to, I don't want

1177
00:38:16,300 --> 00:38:17,160
to wait three years.

1178
00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:19,300
I'm ready for that apple now.

1179
00:38:19,980 --> 00:38:21,500
So you'll go, and you'll buy those trees

1180
00:38:21,500 --> 00:38:22,740
that are already made, and you want it

1181
00:38:22,740 --> 00:38:25,520
now, but God says, plant the seed, plant

1182
00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:27,700
the seed, and there might be, there's some

1183
00:38:27,700 --> 00:38:29,320
people in this room you know you need

1184
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:32,220
to be bold with, and there's other people

1185
00:38:32,220 --> 00:38:33,620
you know you need to be loving with.

1186
00:38:34,580 --> 00:38:36,920
It's hard to decide, Lord, do I push

1187
00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:38,420
on the gas pedal, or do I push

1188
00:38:38,420 --> 00:38:38,960
on the brake?

1189
00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:42,580
Help me, help me, but as you wait,

1190
00:38:42,740 --> 00:38:44,320
and here's the thing, is you're filled with

1191
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:44,780
the Spirit.

1192
00:38:45,420 --> 00:38:47,100
If you're filled with all the news, you're

1193
00:38:47,100 --> 00:38:49,740
going to go off on everybody, but if

1194
00:38:49,740 --> 00:38:51,060
you're filled with the Spirit of God, it's

1195
00:38:51,060 --> 00:38:51,540
timely.

1196
00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:54,700
It's like a rifle that hits the target.

1197
00:38:55,340 --> 00:38:57,140
It will cost you comfort, and finally, it

1198
00:38:57,140 --> 00:38:58,280
will cost you your will.

1199
00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:00,740
It will cost you your will.

1200
00:39:01,820 --> 00:39:06,040
My will, Shane's will, and God's will are

1201
00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:11,410
not friends, never friends, because my will, right,

1202
00:39:11,510 --> 00:39:14,390
wants comfort, and ease, and God's will is

1203
00:39:14,390 --> 00:39:17,090
not what my will is.

1204
00:39:17,230 --> 00:39:19,070
What I mean by that, my carnal nature,

1205
00:39:19,570 --> 00:39:22,770
the Adamic nature, theologians would call it, this

1206
00:39:22,770 --> 00:39:25,350
DNA I inherited from Adam does not like

1207
00:39:25,350 --> 00:39:27,910
God's will, because it's difficult, it's challenging, it

1208
00:39:27,910 --> 00:39:29,050
pulls you out of your comfort zone, you've

1209
00:39:29,050 --> 00:39:30,130
got to get up early for prayer, you've

1210
00:39:30,130 --> 00:39:31,210
got to be nice to people, you've got

1211
00:39:31,210 --> 00:39:32,550
to have the right attitude, you've got to

1212
00:39:32,550 --> 00:39:33,970
be careful what you view, what you watch,

1213
00:39:34,010 --> 00:39:35,550
how you raise your kids, everything.

1214
00:39:35,750 --> 00:39:37,850
My will doesn't like God's will, but nevertheless,

1215
00:39:38,190 --> 00:39:40,450
Lord, not my will, but your will be

1216
00:39:40,450 --> 00:39:40,790
done.

1217
00:39:42,010 --> 00:39:44,950
Hang on to your plans very loosely is

1218
00:39:44,950 --> 00:39:47,230
the point I want to make here, because

1219
00:39:47,230 --> 00:39:49,510
these disciples, I'm guessing when they're freed from

1220
00:39:49,510 --> 00:39:50,530
prison, wanted to go home.

1221
00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:55,440
They probably did not want to do that,

1222
00:39:55,460 --> 00:39:57,200
or maybe they were receptive, I'm not sure,

1223
00:39:57,380 --> 00:39:59,280
but it will cost you your will.

1224
00:40:00,380 --> 00:40:04,460
You can't keep going on in a certain

1225
00:40:04,460 --> 00:40:06,880
direction unless you're ready to repent and give

1226
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:07,460
it to God.

1227
00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:11,120
But what could be better than allowing the

1228
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:12,560
God of the universe to guide you?

1229
00:40:15,060 --> 00:40:17,080
Have you ever heard of Youth for Christ?

1230
00:40:18,260 --> 00:40:20,140
There's a person who founded that named Torrey

1231
00:40:20,140 --> 00:40:21,920
Johnson, I'm gonna get to the end real

1232
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:22,760
quick here, so don't worry.

1233
00:40:24,380 --> 00:40:26,560
He was being, God was putting on his

1234
00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:28,480
heart, commit to go to Africa, commit to

1235
00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:28,920
go to Africa.

1236
00:40:28,980 --> 00:40:30,500
He's like, no, no, no, no, he was

1237
00:40:30,500 --> 00:40:32,740
miserable for days, he was miserable.

1238
00:40:33,420 --> 00:40:35,720
And then finally he couldn't win anymore, he

1239
00:40:35,720 --> 00:40:37,480
just said, Lord, I will go to Africa.

1240
00:40:38,340 --> 00:40:39,760
And then he said the desire left.

1241
00:40:41,540 --> 00:40:42,540
That's it, he didn't go.

1242
00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:45,340
God began to work, but he showed him

1243
00:40:45,340 --> 00:40:46,960
what's your, what's your thing you need to

1244
00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:47,560
give to God?

1245
00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:49,400
Is it your house?

1246
00:40:49,940 --> 00:40:51,520
It doesn't mean go sell, but is your

1247
00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:53,360
career, is your image, is your reputation?

1248
00:40:53,720 --> 00:40:56,440
There's something, there's often something, our will we

1249
00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:57,420
have to give to God.

1250
00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:58,120
Is it a habit?

1251
00:40:58,560 --> 00:40:59,500
Is it a relationship?

1252
00:40:59,700 --> 00:41:00,480
Is it unforgiveness?

1253
00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:01,240
Is it anger?

1254
00:41:01,380 --> 00:41:02,040
Is it pride?

1255
00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:05,500
Something has to be given to God, something

1256
00:41:05,500 --> 00:41:08,220
in our will is holding us back.

1257
00:41:08,980 --> 00:41:10,140
But Shane, how do I know?

1258
00:41:10,260 --> 00:41:10,960
How do I know?

1259
00:41:11,020 --> 00:41:13,180
It's very easy because the Bible says, if

1260
00:41:13,180 --> 00:41:15,560
you believe on me, as the scriptures say,

1261
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,000
out of your belly will flow rivers of

1262
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:18,780
living water.

1263
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:21,200
So if all these millions of people believe

1264
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:23,120
in America, I want to know where the

1265
00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:24,580
river of living water is.

1266
00:41:25,220 --> 00:41:26,340
Where is it?

1267
00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:28,800
Because we don't see it that often.

1268
00:41:29,260 --> 00:41:30,680
There's a disconnect there.

1269
00:41:31,060 --> 00:41:32,700
So God says, come back to me and

1270
00:41:32,700 --> 00:41:33,860
rekindle the fire.

1271
00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:36,480
Come back to me and rekindle the fire.

1272
00:41:36,940 --> 00:41:38,660
You've got to want it bad enough.

1273
00:41:38,720 --> 00:41:40,520
And I believe, I truly believe I'm going

1274
00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:41,620
on record saying this.

1275
00:41:42,140 --> 00:41:44,180
I believe one of the reasons God put

1276
00:41:44,180 --> 00:41:46,440
Westside out here is so that it's not

1277
00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:46,940
convenient.

1278
00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:52,760
If I hear one more person say, well,

1279
00:41:52,780 --> 00:41:53,720
that's not very convenient.

1280
00:41:56,820 --> 00:42:02,860
Well, listen, they'll go watch Coldplay in Anaheim,

1281
00:42:03,440 --> 00:42:04,720
Cain West at the Forum.

1282
00:42:04,860 --> 00:42:07,200
They'll go to Bakersfield for George Strait Reunion

1283
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:09,160
and Faith Hill and Tim McGraw when they're

1284
00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:09,640
in Vegas.

1285
00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:10,780
They'll be there.

1286
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:12,920
But when it comes to seeking the one

1287
00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:15,140
true and living God and to be broken

1288
00:42:15,140 --> 00:42:16,840
before him, we don't have time.

1289
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:18,040
Why not?

1290
00:42:19,340 --> 00:42:20,220
Why not?

1291
00:42:21,060 --> 00:42:22,680
Do you see where I'm going with this?

1292
00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:24,980
God has to be the priority.

1293
00:42:25,140 --> 00:42:26,880
You've got to be desperate for more of

1294
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:27,160
God.

1295
00:42:27,580 --> 00:42:29,740
He's got to be an all-consuming passion.

1296
00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:32,820
My will gets out of the way, but

1297
00:42:32,820 --> 00:42:34,200
Lord, let your will be done.

1298
00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:36,280
The truth will cost you.

1299
00:42:36,540 --> 00:42:38,280
Folks, the truth will cost you.

1300
00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:39,940
How long are you going to keep holding

1301
00:42:39,940 --> 00:42:42,980
on to attitudes and wrong things and all

1302
00:42:42,980 --> 00:42:44,400
these things that are getting in the way

1303
00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:45,000
and not be