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 Well, we're continuing on this morning in our journey through Luke's Gospel.

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! If you have your Bible with you, you can open it up to Luke chapter 6.

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 We are in verse 43.

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 Luke chapter 6, verse 43.

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 And right now we're in the midst of a sermon that Jesus spoke.

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 Possibly the Sermon on the Mount, or possibly a slightly different sermon with much of the same content.

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 And let me just read the few verses that we'll be looking at this morning for us, and then we'll dig into them.

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 So this is Jesus talking here in verse 43.

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 He says,

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 No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.

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 Each tree is recognized by its own fruit.

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 People do not pick figs from thorn bushes, or grapes from briars.

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 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart.

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 And an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart.

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 For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

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 Now as we come to this in this passage in Luke, we may wonder,

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 What's the connection here between this and everything that's come before it?

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 It kind of seems like a totally different topic.

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 Just a moment ago in the verses prior to this,

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 Jesus was talking about the hypocrisy of judging others,

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 and being hypercritical of others.

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 But now he's all of a sudden talking about fruit trees as an analogy of what comes out of a person.

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 And so, what's the connection?

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 Or is this just a new topic?

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 This is where it's helpful to look at the parallel passage in Matthew's gospel,

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 which adds some key context here.

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 So let's just look for a second at Matthew chapter 7, verse 15.

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 In Matthew's gospel, we read Jesus saying this,

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 Watch out for false prophets.

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 They come to you in sheep's clothing,

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 but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.

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 By their fruit you will recognize them.

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 Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes,

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 or figs from thistles?

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 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit,

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 but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

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 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit,

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 and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.

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 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

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 Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.

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 And so, as we look at Matthew's gospel,

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 it seems that at this point in the sermon,

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 Jesus is introducing a new subject.

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 He's giving a warning to his disciples,

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 and this whole analogy of fruit and fruit trees that we see in Luke

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 is applied specifically to false prophets.

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 Watch out for false prophets,

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 says Jesus.

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 And then Jesus tells us a couple characteristics

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 of the false prophets.

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 The first characteristic,

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 they come to you in sheep's clothing,

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 he says.

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 And so outwardly,

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 they look like one of us.

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 Sheep are often used in the Bible

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 to describe the people of God.

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 God is the shepherd,

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 and we who follow him

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 and fear him are his sheep.

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 And then later on,

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 Jesus will call himself

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 the good shepherd,

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 and his followers his sheep.

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 And so when Jesus says

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 that the false prophet comes

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 in sheep's clothing,

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 it means that

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 they are dressed like us.

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 It means that they look like us,

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 which probably means

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 that on the surface,

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 they talk like us,

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 they act like us.

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 It may at first be difficult

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 to identify a false prophet.

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 Well, there's another thing true

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 about sheep here

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 that might be in view here,

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 and it's that sheep are very safe.

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 See the contrast between the sheep

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 and the wolf?

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 Sheep are very safe creatures.

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 Probably most of us

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 wouldn't even think about

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 moving away from a sheep

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 if it was just kind of

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 walking right by us

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 in a field somewhere.

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 They're not threatening at all.

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 They're soft,

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 and they're fluffy.

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 But the problem here

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 is that the false prophets,

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 they're only wearing

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 the sheep's clothing.

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 They are not true sheep of Jesus.

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 how they appear on the outside

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 is a facade.

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 It's a deception.

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 And so this leads us

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 into the second characteristic

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 of a false prophet.

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 Jesus says that

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 inwardly,

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 they are ferocious wolves.

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 In other words,

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 they're not safe.

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 They're actually very dangerous.

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 And I think we have to think

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 through this analogy carefully

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 at this point here

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 because when we hear

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 ferocious wolf,

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 our minds go straight

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 to something that's

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 very visibly

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 and obviously violent.

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 But remember,

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 outwardly,

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 they're dressed

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 in sheep's clothing.

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 And so the external behavior

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 of the false prophet

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 or the false teacher

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 is probably not blatantly immoral

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 or violent.

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 Rather,

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 the damage they inflict

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 is not physical.

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 The damage is done

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 through the false words

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 that they speak.

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 The division that they cause.

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 The way that they lead people

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 away from the truth.

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 These false prophets

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 or teachers

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 are not hungry

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 for flesh

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 but for attention

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 and for people

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 to follow them.

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 That's how the damage

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 is done.

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 Finally,

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 let's just consider

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 for a moment

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 the meaning of the word

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 prophet.

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 Contrary to

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 popular Christian conception,

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 a prophet is not

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 mainly one

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 who predicts the future.

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 Rather,

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 a prophet in the Bible

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 is one who speaks

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 for God.

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 One who,

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 like his mouthpiece,

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 speaks on his behalf.

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 And so a false prophet

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 is one who claims

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 to speak for God

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 but God has actually

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 not sent him

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 or chosen him

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 and is not actually

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 speaking through him.

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 But,

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 if a false prophet

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 can convince people

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 that he is speaking

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 on God's behalf,

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 boy,

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 can he lead people

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 astray.

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 Once a person

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 accepts that

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 someone is speaking

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 on God's behalf,

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 a person

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 will believe

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 almost anything

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 they say.

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 Look at how

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 the massive cult

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 known as Mormonism

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 traces back

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 to a single man

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 who had a special

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 revelation from God,

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 Joseph Smith.

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 or how far

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 from the Jewish

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 faith a Muslim

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 is and how

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 many Muslims

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 there are

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 tracing back

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 to the false prophet

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 Muhammad.

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 False prophets

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 are indeed

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 ravenous wolves

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 and very dangerous

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 and the danger

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 is in the lies

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 that they speak

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 which they claim

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 are truths

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 from the mouth

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 of God.

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 So,

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 how do we

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 recognize

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 these wolves

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 in sheep's clothing?

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 Well,

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 this is what

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 the analogy

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 of the good tree

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 and the bad tree

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 is applied to.

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 Jesus says,

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 by their fruit

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 you will

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 recognize them.

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 let's flip back

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 to Luke

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 and hear it

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 from Luke's words

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 the words

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 that Luke

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 recorded

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 Jesus saying,

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 no good tree

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 bears bad fruit

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 nor does a bad tree

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 bear good fruit.

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 Each tree

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 is recognized

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 by its own fruit.

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 People do not

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 pick figs

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 from

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 thorn bushes

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 or

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 grapes

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 from

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 briars.

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 a good man

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 brings good

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 things

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 out of the good

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 stored up

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 in his heart

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 and an evil

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 man

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 brings evil

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 things

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 out of the evil

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 stored up

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 in his heart

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 for the mouth

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 speaks

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 what the heart

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 is full of.

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 So,

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 that first

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 analogy

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 given by Jesus

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 is that of a wolf

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 in sheep's clothing.

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 The second

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 analogy given

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 has to do

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 with how

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 to identify

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 the wolf

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 in sheep's clothing

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 and it's this

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 analogy

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 of tree

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 and fruit.

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 Think about

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 a tree

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 for a moment.

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 It's difficult

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 to identify

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 what kind

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 of tree

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 is in front

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 of you

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 in the middle

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 of winter.

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 If it's a

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 deciduous tree

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 it has no leaves

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 and so you

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 might look

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 at that tree

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 and wonder

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 if it's even

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 alive

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 or if it's

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 just

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 dead sticks.

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 There's nothing

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 on the branches

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 but then when

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 spring rolls

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 around

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 all of a sudden

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 the leaves

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 begin to form.

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 They just kind

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 of pop out

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 of nowhere

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 and suddenly

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 you can tell

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 what kind

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 of tree

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 it is.

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 Not only that

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 but in that

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 one tree

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 you can see

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 which branches

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 are alive

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 and which ones

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 are dead

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 because the dead

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 ones have no

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 leaves.

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 And then

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 for fruit

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 trees

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 there's a

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 step beyond

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 that.

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 For a time

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 unless you

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 have a really

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 keen eye

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 for identifying

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 fruit trees

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 for a time

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 it just

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 looks like

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 a tree

00:10:57.359 --> 00:10:59.599
 and even

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 if you can

00:11:00.099 --> 00:11:00.779
 figure out

00:11:00.779 --> 00:11:01.339
 what kind

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 of tree

00:11:01.659 --> 00:11:02.039
 it is

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 from its

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 leaves

00:11:03.379 --> 00:11:03.719
 and other

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 characteristics

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 say that

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 it's an

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 apple tree

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 you don't

00:11:07.719 --> 00:11:08.319
 know just

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 from the

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 outward

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 appearance

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 whether it's

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 the kind

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 of apple

00:11:11.419 --> 00:11:11.679
 tree

00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:12.460
 that produces

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 delicious

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 red apples

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 or sour

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 little green

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 apples

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 you don't

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 know that

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 until the

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 fruit actually

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 forms

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 and ripens

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 and so

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 fruit in

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 this analogy

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 is not the

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 thing that you

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 see initially

00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:30.419
 from the

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 person

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 it's what

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 comes from

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 the person

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 over time

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 it's the

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 product

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 of their

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 life

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 their

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 interactions

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 their words

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 over time

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 you will

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 recognize them

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 by their

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 fruit

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 says Jesus

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 but fruit

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 usually

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 takes a

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 season

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 to grow

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 and to

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 show itself

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 now in

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 this passage

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 Jesus

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 actually

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 contrasts

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 the kinds

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 of fruits

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 that we

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 might expect

00:12:01.620 --> 00:12:02.639
 from a

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 fruit tree

00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:04.279
 he says

00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:04.980
 no good

00:12:04.980 --> 00:12:05.379
 tree

00:12:05.379 --> 00:12:06.480
 bears

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 bad

00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:07.639
 fruit

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 nor does

00:12:09.139 --> 00:12:09.639
 a bad

00:12:09.639 --> 00:12:10.060
 tree

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 bear

00:12:11.120 --> 00:12:11.679
 good

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 fruit

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 it's

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 helpful

00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:14.419
 to know

00:12:14.419 --> 00:12:14.799
 here that

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 the word

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 for bad

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 that's used

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 here is not

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 the usual

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 Greek word

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 for bad

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 it's actually

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 the word

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 for rotten

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 or putrid

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 or spoiled

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 and so we

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 might even

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 think of

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 good and

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 bad as

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 far as

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 the tree

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 is concerned

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 in terms

00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:31.820
 of healthy

00:12:31.820 --> 00:12:33.360
 or diseased

00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:34.840
 or sickly

00:12:34.840 --> 00:12:37.020
 really what

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 Jesus is

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 saying is

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 no good

00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:40.080
 healthy

00:12:40.080 --> 00:12:40.620
 tree

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 produces

00:12:41.660 --> 00:12:42.460
 rotten

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 sickly

00:12:43.820 --> 00:12:44.640
 fruit

00:12:44.640 --> 00:12:46.360
 and no

00:12:46.360 --> 00:12:47.120
 diseased

00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:47.920
 or sickly

00:12:47.920 --> 00:12:48.420
 tree

00:12:48.420 --> 00:12:49.560
 produces

00:12:49.560 --> 00:12:50.560
 good

00:12:50.560 --> 00:12:51.240
 tasty

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 fruit

00:12:51.700 --> 00:12:53.940
 a fruit

00:12:53.940 --> 00:12:54.460
 tree can

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 only produce

00:12:55.300 --> 00:12:56.060
 according to

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 its health

00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:58.560
 whether

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 good

00:12:59.039 --> 00:13:00.799
 or bad

00:13:00.799 --> 00:13:02.439
 and it

00:13:02.439 --> 00:13:02.839
 may take

00:13:02.839 --> 00:13:03.500
 some time

00:13:03.500 --> 00:13:05.019
 and even

00:13:05.019 --> 00:13:05.679
 some tasting

00:13:05.679 --> 00:13:07.259
 to see

00:13:07.259 --> 00:13:07.779
 whether that

00:13:07.779 --> 00:13:08.099
 tree

00:13:08.099 --> 00:13:08.879
 is

00:13:08.879 --> 00:13:10.339
 diseased

00:13:10.339 --> 00:13:12.000
 or healthy

00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:13.879
 Jesus is

00:13:13.879 --> 00:13:14.279
 saying that

00:13:14.279 --> 00:13:14.799
 it's the same

00:13:14.799 --> 00:13:15.599
 with recognizing

00:13:15.599 --> 00:13:16.679
 false prophets

00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:17.799
 and false

00:13:17.799 --> 00:13:18.299
 teachers

00:13:18.299 --> 00:13:19.620
 initially we

00:13:19.620 --> 00:13:20.240
 may not see

00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:20.939
 anything wrong

00:13:20.939 --> 00:13:21.360
 with them

00:13:21.360 --> 00:13:23.679
 some of the

00:13:23.679 --> 00:13:24.240
 things we hear

00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:24.659
 from them

00:13:24.659 --> 00:13:25.139
 may sound

00:13:25.139 --> 00:13:25.559
 fine

00:13:25.559 --> 00:13:27.919
 but eventually

00:13:27.919 --> 00:13:28.699
 they will not

00:13:28.699 --> 00:13:29.379
 be able to

00:13:29.379 --> 00:13:29.759
 hide

00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:30.939
 their true

00:13:30.939 --> 00:13:31.379
 nature

00:13:31.379 --> 00:13:33.819
 that inward

00:13:33.819 --> 00:13:34.539
 nature

00:13:34.539 --> 00:13:36.099
 they will

00:13:36.099 --> 00:13:36.939
 produce fruit

00:13:36.939 --> 00:13:37.959
 and things

00:13:37.959 --> 00:13:38.419
 will come

00:13:38.419 --> 00:13:38.859
 from their

00:13:38.859 --> 00:13:39.579
 interactions

00:13:39.579 --> 00:13:40.079
 and from

00:13:40.079 --> 00:13:40.859
 their teachings

00:13:40.859 --> 00:13:42.719
 that are

00:13:42.719 --> 00:13:43.439
 either good

00:13:43.439 --> 00:13:45.459
 or rotten

00:13:45.460 --> 00:13:47.940
 those things

00:13:47.940 --> 00:13:48.379
 will give

00:13:48.379 --> 00:13:49.860
 clear evidence

00:13:49.860 --> 00:13:50.259
 to whether

00:13:50.259 --> 00:13:50.639
 they're a

00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:51.280
 true prophet

00:13:51.280 --> 00:13:52.620
 or a

00:13:52.620 --> 00:13:53.300
 false prophet

00:13:53.300 --> 00:13:55.060
 to whether

00:13:55.060 --> 00:13:55.420
 they're a

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 faithful teacher

00:13:56.200 --> 00:13:56.840
 of God's

00:13:56.840 --> 00:13:57.139
 word

00:13:57.139 --> 00:13:59.180
 or an

00:13:59.180 --> 00:13:59.740
 imposter

00:13:59.740 --> 00:14:02.840
 Jesus even

00:14:02.840 --> 00:14:03.379
 takes this

00:14:03.379 --> 00:14:03.900
 analogy

00:14:03.900 --> 00:14:05.180
 one step

00:14:05.180 --> 00:14:05.540
 further

00:14:05.540 --> 00:14:06.139
 first it's

00:14:06.139 --> 00:14:06.920
 just two

00:14:06.920 --> 00:14:07.540
 different kinds

00:14:07.540 --> 00:14:07.940
 of fruit

00:14:07.940 --> 00:14:08.400
 but the

00:14:08.400 --> 00:14:08.900
 same kind

00:14:08.900 --> 00:14:09.300
 of tree

00:14:09.300 --> 00:14:11.800
 and now

00:14:11.800 --> 00:14:12.240
 he takes

00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:12.840
 it on to

00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:13.460
 two different

00:14:13.460 --> 00:14:13.960
 types of

00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:14.460
 plants

00:14:14.460 --> 00:14:15.379
 even

00:14:15.379 --> 00:14:16.460
 in verse

00:14:16.460 --> 00:14:17.639
 44

00:14:17.639 --> 00:14:18.080
 he says

00:14:18.080 --> 00:14:18.660
 each tree

00:14:18.660 --> 00:14:19.480
 is recognized

00:14:19.480 --> 00:14:20.340
 by its own

00:14:20.340 --> 00:14:20.740
 fruit

00:14:20.740 --> 00:14:22.519
 people do not

00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:23.340
 pick figs

00:14:23.340 --> 00:14:24.220
 from thorn bushes

00:14:24.220 --> 00:14:26.180
 or grapes

00:14:26.180 --> 00:14:27.519
 from briars

00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:29.680
 now the point

00:14:29.680 --> 00:14:30.540
 Jesus is making

00:14:30.540 --> 00:14:31.180
 here is really

00:14:31.180 --> 00:14:31.940
 the same point

00:14:31.940 --> 00:14:32.980
 as the

00:14:32.980 --> 00:14:33.379
 previous

00:14:33.379 --> 00:14:33.900
 statement

00:14:33.900 --> 00:14:36.440
 he's saying

00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:37.060
 that the type

00:14:37.060 --> 00:14:37.440
 of tree

00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:37.820
 it is

00:14:37.820 --> 00:14:38.379
 is proven

00:14:38.379 --> 00:14:39.139
 with certainty

00:14:39.139 --> 00:14:40.639
 by what kind

00:14:40.639 --> 00:14:41.060
 of fruit

00:14:41.060 --> 00:14:41.980
 comes from

00:14:41.980 --> 00:14:42.180
 it

00:14:42.179 --> 00:14:44.979
 but a fig

00:14:44.979 --> 00:14:46.359
 maybe this

00:14:46.359 --> 00:14:46.879
 just doesn't

00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:47.620
 resonate with

00:14:47.620 --> 00:14:48.279
 us as much

00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:48.659
 or even

00:14:48.659 --> 00:14:49.079
 grapes

00:14:49.079 --> 00:14:49.719
 because it's

00:14:49.719 --> 00:14:50.099
 just not

00:14:50.099 --> 00:14:50.639
 something that

00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:51.219
 we eat

00:14:51.219 --> 00:14:52.399
 here

00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:54.019
 and grow

00:14:54.019 --> 00:14:54.719
 here in

00:14:54.719 --> 00:14:55.559
 our climate

00:14:55.559 --> 00:14:56.139
 in Davidson

00:14:56.139 --> 00:14:56.679
 it's more

00:14:56.679 --> 00:14:57.479
 common in

00:14:57.479 --> 00:14:57.799
 the Middle

00:14:57.799 --> 00:14:58.120
 Eastern

00:14:58.120 --> 00:14:58.679
 climate

00:14:58.679 --> 00:15:00.219
 and so

00:15:00.219 --> 00:15:00.659
 let's just

00:15:00.659 --> 00:15:01.279
 think of a

00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:01.799
 cultural

00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:02.399
 equivalent

00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:02.879
 for

00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:04.179
 just so

00:15:04.179 --> 00:15:04.500
 that the

00:15:04.500 --> 00:15:04.899
 argument

00:15:04.899 --> 00:15:05.859
 lands in

00:15:05.859 --> 00:15:06.339
 our hearts

00:15:06.339 --> 00:15:07.000
 people do

00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:07.639
 not pick

00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:08.720
 apples

00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:10.919
 from thorn bushes

00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:14.919
 it's a pretty

00:15:14.919 --> 00:15:15.500
 extreme

00:15:15.500 --> 00:15:16.299
 and obvious

00:15:16.299 --> 00:15:16.879
 contrast

00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:17.679
 when you hear

00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:18.259
 it that way

00:15:18.259 --> 00:15:18.799
 that's what

00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:19.439
 Jesus means

00:15:19.439 --> 00:15:19.860
 to say

00:15:19.860 --> 00:15:20.360
 with this

00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:21.659
 a thorn bush

00:15:21.659 --> 00:15:23.120
 simply does

00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:24.059
 not produce

00:15:24.059 --> 00:15:24.779
 any good

00:15:24.779 --> 00:15:25.179
 fruit

00:15:25.179 --> 00:15:26.059
 for us

00:15:26.059 --> 00:15:26.519
 to eat

00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:27.639
 and enjoy

00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:29.120
 and Jesus

00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:29.799
 is basically

00:15:29.799 --> 00:15:31.179
 he says

00:15:31.179 --> 00:15:31.580
 the same

00:15:31.580 --> 00:15:32.319
 thing twice

00:15:32.319 --> 00:15:32.639
 here

00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:33.659
 for emphasis

00:15:33.659 --> 00:15:34.639
 people do

00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:35.080
 not pick

00:15:35.080 --> 00:15:35.799
 grapes

00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:38.159
 from briars

00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:39.039
 briars

00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:39.519
 just another

00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:40.079
 word for

00:15:40.079 --> 00:15:40.659
 thorn bush

00:15:40.659 --> 00:15:42.859
 all that

00:15:42.859 --> 00:15:43.359
 comes from

00:15:43.359 --> 00:15:44.000
 a thorn bush

00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:45.099
 is prickles

00:15:45.099 --> 00:15:47.579
 because that's

00:15:47.579 --> 00:15:48.039
 the type of

00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:48.620
 tree that it

00:15:48.620 --> 00:15:48.959
 is

00:15:48.959 --> 00:15:50.059
 and it can

00:15:50.059 --> 00:15:50.579
 really only

00:15:50.579 --> 00:15:51.059
 produce

00:15:51.059 --> 00:15:51.719
 according to

00:15:51.719 --> 00:15:52.339
 its nature

00:15:52.339 --> 00:15:53.639
 well it's

00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:54.120
 the same

00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:55.179
 with people

00:15:55.179 --> 00:15:57.159
 is Jesus

00:15:57.159 --> 00:15:57.599
 point

00:15:57.599 --> 00:15:58.839
 what's really

00:15:58.839 --> 00:15:59.379
 on the

00:15:59.379 --> 00:15:59.899
 inside

00:15:59.899 --> 00:16:01.459
 is what

00:16:01.459 --> 00:16:02.219
 will eventually

00:16:02.219 --> 00:16:03.179
 come out

00:16:03.179 --> 00:16:05.240
 Jesus

00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:05.820
 just goes

00:16:05.820 --> 00:16:06.159
 on to

00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:06.600
 spell it

00:16:06.600 --> 00:16:07.100
 out super

00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:07.519
 clearly

00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:08.039
 in verse

00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:08.720
 45

00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:09.320
 a good

00:16:09.320 --> 00:16:09.680
 man

00:16:09.680 --> 00:16:10.100
 brings

00:16:10.100 --> 00:16:10.480
 good

00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:11.000
 things

00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:11.840
 out of

00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:12.320
 the good

00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:13.039
 stored up

00:16:13.039 --> 00:16:13.639
 in his

00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:13.940
 heart

00:16:13.940 --> 00:16:16.100
 and an

00:16:16.100 --> 00:16:16.799
 evil man

00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:17.580
 brings evil

00:16:17.580 --> 00:16:18.080
 things

00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:19.159
 out of

00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:19.680
 the evil

00:16:19.680 --> 00:16:20.379
 stored up

00:16:20.379 --> 00:16:21.379
 in his

00:16:21.379 --> 00:16:21.740
 heart

00:16:21.740 --> 00:16:23.620
 for the

00:16:23.620 --> 00:16:24.000
 mouth

00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:24.700
 speaks

00:16:24.700 --> 00:16:26.360
 what the

00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:26.700
 heart

00:16:26.700 --> 00:16:27.519
 is full

00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:27.779
 of

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 what's

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 stored up

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 on the

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 inside

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 is

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 eventually

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 what comes

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 out

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 now we

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 may wonder

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 sometimes

00:16:38.560 --> 00:16:39.279
 about this

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 and how

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 helpful

00:16:40.680 --> 00:16:41.420
 this is

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 because

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 after all

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 we all

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 still

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 sin

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 sometimes

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 right

00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:49.340
 we have

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 moments of

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 temptation

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 and regrettably

00:16:52.139 --> 00:16:52.879
 we give in

00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:54.460
 or we have

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 moments when

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 we are tested

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 by others

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 and get

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 angry

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 or impatient

00:17:00.800 --> 00:17:02.240
 or say

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 something

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 that we

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 shouldn't

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 but

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 Jesus

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 I don't

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 think

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 he's not

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 saying that

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 a false

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 prophet

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 can't ever

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 do something

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 right

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 neither is

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 he saying

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 that a true

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 disciple of

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 his can

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 never

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 sin

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 here's

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 what I

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 think

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 the

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 difference

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 is between

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 the false

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 teacher

00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:23.340
 and the

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 true follower

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 of Jesus

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 first of

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 all I

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 think we're

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 intended to

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 look at

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 the majority

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 of the

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 fruit

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 when the

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 fruit on

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 the tree

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 appears

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 and ripens

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 the majority

00:17:36.019 --> 00:17:36.519
 of it

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 is the

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 same

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 is the

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 majority

00:17:40.139 --> 00:17:40.639
 of the

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 fruit

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 rotten

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 or is

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 it good

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 is it

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 mainly

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 selfishness

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 or is it

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 mainly love

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 coming from

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 that person

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 is it

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 mainly

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 greed

00:17:55.519 --> 00:17:58.139
 or is it

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 mainly

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 graciousness

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 and generosity

00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:03.960
 the majority

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 of the fruit

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 tells what

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 kind of

00:18:05.819 --> 00:18:06.220
 tree it

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 is

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 second we

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 have to

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 remember that

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 the whole

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 point of

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 this analogy

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 is that it's

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 not the

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 tree that

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 you see

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 initially

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 that tells

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 you what

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 it is

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 but it's

00:18:16.680 --> 00:18:17.180
 the fruit

00:18:17.180 --> 00:18:17.559
 which

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 comes

00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:19.059
 later

00:18:19.059 --> 00:18:21.539
 over time

00:18:21.539 --> 00:18:22.500
 what comes

00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:22.980
 from the

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 false

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 teacher

00:18:23.700 --> 00:18:26.420
 mainly

00:18:26.420 --> 00:18:27.039
 self

00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:27.599
 promotion

00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:29.420
 greed

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 division

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 indifference

00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:34.799
 to those

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 who are

00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:35.579
 in need

00:18:35.579 --> 00:18:37.799
 compromise

00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:39.819
 eventually

00:18:39.819 --> 00:18:40.460
 it becomes

00:18:40.460 --> 00:18:40.899
 apparent

00:18:40.899 --> 00:18:41.659
 that they

00:18:41.659 --> 00:18:42.200
 are as

00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:42.579
 Jesus

00:18:42.579 --> 00:18:43.720
 referred to

00:18:43.720 --> 00:18:44.159
 above

00:18:44.159 --> 00:18:45.579
 perhaps

00:18:45.579 --> 00:18:46.319
 a fault

00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:46.819
 finding

00:18:46.819 --> 00:18:48.180
 hypocritical

00:18:48.180 --> 00:18:48.720
 hyper

00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:49.119
 hyper

00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:49.859
 hyper

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 critical

00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:50.720
 type of

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 person

00:18:51.079 --> 00:18:51.960
 claiming to

00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:52.419
 speak for

00:18:52.419 --> 00:18:52.720
 God

00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:56.139
 in contrast

00:18:56.139 --> 00:18:56.680
 to that

00:18:56.680 --> 00:18:57.119
 what about

00:18:57.119 --> 00:18:57.500
 the true

00:18:57.500 --> 00:18:57.960
 disciple

00:18:57.960 --> 00:18:58.519
 of Jesus

00:18:58.519 --> 00:18:59.220
 well over

00:18:59.220 --> 00:18:59.659
 time

00:18:59.659 --> 00:19:00.200
 there should

00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:00.559
 be the

00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:01.099
 fruits of

00:19:01.099 --> 00:19:01.480
 God's

00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:01.759
 spirit

00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:02.220
 in them

00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:03.659
 we should

00:19:03.659 --> 00:19:04.259
 see mainly

00:19:04.259 --> 00:19:04.839
 love

00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:07.399
 and kindness

00:19:07.399 --> 00:19:09.919
 patience

00:19:09.919 --> 00:19:12.539
 gentleness

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 humility

00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:17.959
 reverence

00:19:17.959 --> 00:19:20.720
 generosity

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 as we

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 mentioned

00:19:24.179 --> 00:19:24.559
 before

00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:24.959
 a true

00:19:24.959 --> 00:19:25.299
 believer

00:19:25.299 --> 00:19:26.039
 still sins

00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:26.480
 at times

00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:26.959
 but then

00:19:26.959 --> 00:19:28.019
 what happens

00:19:28.019 --> 00:19:28.599
 after we

00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:28.839
 sin

00:19:28.839 --> 00:19:32.159
 unlike the

00:19:32.159 --> 00:19:32.859
 false teacher

00:19:32.859 --> 00:19:33.199
 or the

00:19:33.199 --> 00:19:33.859
 false prophet

00:19:33.859 --> 00:19:34.259
 there is

00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:34.740
 repentance

00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:37.579
 and confession

00:19:37.579 --> 00:19:39.759
 and restitution

00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:41.220
 that too

00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:42.039
 is good

00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:42.380
 fruit

00:19:42.380 --> 00:19:44.519
 and it's

00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:45.359
 always lacking

00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:45.799
 from the

00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:46.500
 false teacher

00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:47.140
 or the

00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:48.000
 false prophet

00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:49.539
 because they're

00:19:49.539 --> 00:19:49.920
 like the

00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:50.519
 Pharisees

00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:52.319
 they're like

00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:52.720
 the man

00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:53.059
 with the

00:19:53.059 --> 00:19:53.440
 log

00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:54.099
 in his

00:19:54.099 --> 00:19:54.299
 eye

00:19:54.299 --> 00:19:54.579
 that we

00:19:54.579 --> 00:19:55.039
 talked about

00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:55.359
 a couple

00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:56.059
 weeks ago

00:19:56.059 --> 00:19:57.359
 unable to

00:19:57.359 --> 00:19:58.039
 see their

00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:58.740
 own fault

00:19:58.740 --> 00:19:59.740
 and sin

00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:00.640
 and so they

00:20:00.640 --> 00:20:01.059
 don't ever

00:20:01.059 --> 00:20:01.839
 admit to it

00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:03.339
 or own it

00:20:03.339 --> 00:20:04.839
 it's always

00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:05.559
 someone else's

00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:05.799
 fault

00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:06.319
 it's always

00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:07.059
 that speck

00:20:07.059 --> 00:20:07.599
 in somebody

00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:08.079
 else's

00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:08.339
 eye

00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:12.639
 so how do

00:20:12.639 --> 00:20:13.019
 we apply

00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:13.659
 these words

00:20:13.659 --> 00:20:14.459
 of Jesus

00:20:14.459 --> 00:20:16.179
 well first

00:20:16.179 --> 00:20:16.939
 I think it

00:20:16.939 --> 00:20:17.279
 should be

00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:18.000
 obvious that

00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:18.419
 the

00:20:18.419 --> 00:20:20.179
 the first

00:20:20.179 --> 00:20:20.740
 place to

00:20:20.740 --> 00:20:21.559
 look is

00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:21.959
 we should

00:20:21.959 --> 00:20:22.720
 use these

00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:23.679
 words to

00:20:23.679 --> 00:20:24.339
 discern who

00:20:24.339 --> 00:20:24.679
 is the

00:20:24.679 --> 00:20:25.319
 false teacher

00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:26.179
 and who

00:20:26.179 --> 00:20:26.559
 is the

00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:27.199
 false prophet

00:20:27.200 --> 00:20:28.059
 that's the

00:20:28.059 --> 00:20:28.799
 context that

00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:29.400
 Jesus gave

00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:29.920
 these words

00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:30.180
 in

00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:32.240
 he said

00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:33.279
 watch out

00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:33.840
 for false

00:20:33.840 --> 00:20:34.400
 prophets

00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:36.860
 they're

00:20:36.860 --> 00:20:37.420
 dangerous

00:20:37.420 --> 00:20:39.259
 I've said

00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:39.799
 this before

00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:40.180
 but I'll

00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:40.460
 say it

00:20:40.460 --> 00:20:40.779
 again

00:20:40.779 --> 00:20:42.100
 in our

00:20:42.100 --> 00:20:42.700
 day in

00:20:42.700 --> 00:20:43.240
 particular

00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:44.400
 and in

00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:45.120
 our context

00:20:45.120 --> 00:20:45.460
 as a

00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:46.019
 small town

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:46.460
 church

00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:47.539
 the false

00:20:47.539 --> 00:20:48.000
 teacher

00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:48.340
 or the

00:20:48.340 --> 00:20:48.620
 false

00:20:48.620 --> 00:20:49.080
 prophet

00:20:49.080 --> 00:20:50.259
 rarely

00:20:50.259 --> 00:20:51.059
 walks

00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:51.279
 through

00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:51.759
 the door

00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:53.740
 and requests

00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:54.759
 to become

00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:55.200
 a member

00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:55.799
 of the

00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:56.140
 church

00:20:56.140 --> 00:20:58.120
 there's

00:20:58.120 --> 00:20:58.660
 no need

00:20:58.660 --> 00:21:00.220
 the false

00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:00.620
 teacher

00:21:00.620 --> 00:21:01.100
 the false

00:21:01.100 --> 00:21:01.480
 prophet

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:01.900
 today

00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:02.380
 has an

00:21:02.380 --> 00:21:03.060
 easier time

00:21:03.060 --> 00:21:03.500
 putting on

00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:04.020
 a facade

00:21:04.020 --> 00:21:05.340
 and peddling

00:21:05.340 --> 00:21:06.980
 his teaching

00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.700
 online

00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:09.060
 on his

00:21:09.060 --> 00:21:09.360
 YouTube

00:21:09.360 --> 00:21:09.920
 channel

00:21:09.920 --> 00:21:11.540
 through X

00:21:11.540 --> 00:21:12.800
 and Facebook

00:21:12.800 --> 00:21:15.700
 with that

00:21:15.700 --> 00:21:16.100
 sort of

00:21:16.100 --> 00:21:16.660
 distance

00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:18.080
 it's much

00:21:18.080 --> 00:21:19.160
 harder to

00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:19.580
 see the

00:21:19.580 --> 00:21:19.900
 fruit

00:21:19.900 --> 00:21:21.220
 of this

00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:21.700
 person

00:21:21.700 --> 00:21:22.560
 influencing

00:21:22.560 --> 00:21:23.060
 who we

00:21:23.060 --> 00:21:23.420
 actually

00:21:23.420 --> 00:21:23.780
 really

00:21:23.780 --> 00:21:24.440
 almost know

00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:25.160
 nothing about

00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:27.279
 does he

00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:27.980
 even belong

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:28.340
 to a

00:21:28.340 --> 00:21:28.580
 local

00:21:28.580 --> 00:21:28.920
 church

00:21:28.920 --> 00:21:29.320
 does he

00:21:29.320 --> 00:21:29.660
 even

00:21:29.660 --> 00:21:30.860
 attend

00:21:30.860 --> 00:21:31.560
 regularly

00:21:31.560 --> 00:21:33.880
 and then

00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:34.519
 there are

00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:35.019
 all those

00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:35.560
 tools

00:21:35.560 --> 00:21:36.100
 today

00:21:36.100 --> 00:21:36.519
 in our

00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:36.920
 online

00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:37.340
 world

00:21:37.340 --> 00:21:38.180
 where you

00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:38.420
 can

00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:39.080
 cut

00:21:39.080 --> 00:21:39.580
 segments

00:21:39.580 --> 00:21:39.860
 out of

00:21:39.860 --> 00:21:40.000
 the

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.380
 video

00:21:40.380 --> 00:21:41.060
 and edit

00:21:41.060 --> 00:21:41.400
 it

00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:42.040
 and polish

00:21:42.040 --> 00:21:42.420
 it up

00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:42.720
 and make

00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:43.080
 it look

00:21:43.080 --> 00:21:44.019
 really good

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.400
 so that

00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:45.200
 all people

00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:45.779
 see is that

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.340
 put on

00:21:46.340 --> 00:21:47.680
 version of

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.100
 yourself

00:21:48.100 --> 00:21:48.880
 exactly what

00:21:48.880 --> 00:21:49.300
 you want

00:21:49.300 --> 00:21:49.620
 them to

00:21:49.620 --> 00:21:49.880
 see

00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:51.320
 and yet

00:21:51.320 --> 00:21:51.600
 I would

00:21:51.600 --> 00:21:52.040
 argue that

00:21:52.040 --> 00:21:52.640
 even here

00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:54.000
 the fruit

00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:54.380
 can be

00:21:54.380 --> 00:21:54.720
 seen

00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:57.759
 is that

00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:58.340
 influencer

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 online

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 hypercritical

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 of other

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 good

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 Christian

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 pastors

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 and teachers

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 and preachers

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 authors

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 are they

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 often taking

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 their words

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 out of

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 context

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 and picking

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 at every

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 little detail

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 of what

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 they say

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 is that

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 online

00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:17.580
 influencer

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 that teacher

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 helping

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 Christians

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 to become

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 more connected

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 and involved

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 with their

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 local church

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 or less

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 are they

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 causing

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 division

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 or are they

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 bringing

00:22:31.920 --> 00:22:32.720
 greater unity

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 in local

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 churches

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 even the

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 online false

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 teacher

00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:38.740
 can't hide

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 his bad

00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:40.320
 fruit

00:22:40.320 --> 00:22:42.460
 what's the

00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:43.100
 effect that

00:22:43.100 --> 00:22:43.680
 this teacher

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.299
 online is

00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:44.820
 having on

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 others

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 are their

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 followers

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:48.640
 becoming

00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:49.240
 more like

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 Jesus

00:22:49.619 --> 00:22:51.899
 are they

00:22:51.899 --> 00:22:52.359
 producing

00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:52.939
 more

00:22:52.939 --> 00:22:53.399
 of the

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 fruit

00:22:53.639 --> 00:22:53.939
 of the

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 spirit

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 are they

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 becoming

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 more

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 patient

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 more

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 gentle

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 more

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 gracious

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 more

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 generous

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 or are they

00:23:03.199 --> 00:23:03.859
 becoming more

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 and more

00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:04.859
 critical of

00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:05.259
 others

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:07.119
 more anxious

00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:08.119
 more worried

00:23:08.119 --> 00:23:10.479
 more frustrated

00:23:10.479 --> 00:23:11.419
 more impatient

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 so this is the

00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:14.640
 first place to

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 apply these

00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:15.600
 words of

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 Jesus

00:23:15.900 --> 00:23:16.380
 I think

00:23:16.380 --> 00:23:17.080
 beware

00:23:17.080 --> 00:23:18.160
 of false

00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:18.600
 prophets

00:23:18.600 --> 00:23:19.160
 or false

00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:19.600
 teachers

00:23:19.600 --> 00:23:19.980
 they are

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:20.539
 dangerous

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:21.400
 by their

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 fruit

00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:22.660
 you will

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 recognize

00:23:23.120 --> 00:23:23.519
 them

00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:25.960
 the second

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:26.640
 place that we

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 might apply

00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:27.779
 these words

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:28.620
 probably the

00:23:28.620 --> 00:23:29.180
 next place

00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:29.860
 that we feel

00:23:29.860 --> 00:23:30.500
 inclined to

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:30.779
 go

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:32.060
 is we may

00:23:32.060 --> 00:23:32.560
 see these

00:23:32.560 --> 00:23:33.060
 words as

00:23:33.060 --> 00:23:33.539
 helpful

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.720
 for judging

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.300
 whether a

00:23:35.300 --> 00:23:35.800
 brother or

00:23:35.800 --> 00:23:36.300
 sister is

00:23:36.300 --> 00:23:36.860
 walking with

00:23:36.860 --> 00:23:37.259
 the Lord

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:39.160
 is there

00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:39.759
 mainly good

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.079
 fruit

00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:41.099
 coming from

00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:41.720
 their lives

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:42.940
 or mainly

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.839
 bad fruit

00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:46.379
 but while

00:23:46.379 --> 00:23:47.000
 these words

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.519
 of Jesus

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.539
 are helpful

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:49.720
 in discerning

00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:50.420
 what's inside

00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:50.960
 of others

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:52.539
 let's not

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:52.920
 forget

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.839
 what Jesus

00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:54.359
 said

00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:55.859
 just a

00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:56.460
 moment ago

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:58.740
 look up

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.240
 the page

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 a little bit

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.140
 he said

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 you hypocrite

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:01.879
 first take

00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:02.559
 the plank

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:03.519
 out of

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.160
 your eye

00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:05.839
 and then

00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:06.279
 you will see

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:06.900
 clearly to

00:24:06.900 --> 00:24:07.180
 remove

00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:07.740
 the speck

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.980
 from your

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:09.420
 brother's

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:09.620
 eye

00:24:09.620 --> 00:24:10.980
 and so

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.320
 we should

00:24:11.320 --> 00:24:11.779
 not rush

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.480
 straight to

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:12.820
 judging

00:24:12.820 --> 00:24:13.480
 one another

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.460
 by these

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:14.700
 words

00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:15.060
 what kind

00:24:15.060 --> 00:24:15.420
 of fruit

00:24:15.420 --> 00:24:16.299
 is in

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:16.860
 your life

00:24:16.860 --> 00:24:17.440
 are you

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:17.740
 a good

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.019
 tree

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.539
 or a bad

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:18.840
 tree

00:24:18.840 --> 00:24:20.340
 before we

00:24:20.340 --> 00:24:20.820
 even think

00:24:20.820 --> 00:24:21.220
 of doing

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:21.580
 that we

00:24:21.580 --> 00:24:21.880
 need to

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:22.440
 first apply

00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:22.980
 these words

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.440
 of Jesus

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:24.380
 to ourselves

00:24:24.380 --> 00:24:27.240
 so I want

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.640
 to encourage

00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:28.039
 us to

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.460
 prayerfully

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:28.960
 ask this

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.460
 question

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:31.180
 Lord what

00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:31.580
 kind of

00:24:31.580 --> 00:24:32.019
 fruit is

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:32.539
 coming from

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:32.820
 me

00:24:32.820 --> 00:24:35.860
 am I

00:24:35.860 --> 00:24:36.720
 producing the

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.460
 good fruit

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:38.620
 that you

00:24:38.620 --> 00:24:39.460
 long for

00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:40.000
 me to

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.460
 produce

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:44.759
 we notice

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.339
 in this

00:24:45.339 --> 00:24:46.079
 passage that

00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:46.420
 Jesus

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:47.279
 specifically

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:48.059
 highlights

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:53.839
 our speech

00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:55.180
 he says

00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:55.519
 for the

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:55.819
 mouth

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.680
 speaks

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:57.940
 what the

00:24:57.940 --> 00:24:58.240
 heart

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:58.900
 is full

00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.180
 of

00:24:59.180 --> 00:25:02.400
 and so

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:02.900
 Lord what

00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:03.320
 kind of

00:25:03.320 --> 00:25:03.779
 words have

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.160
 been coming

00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:04.600
 out of my

00:25:04.600 --> 00:25:05.259
 mouth today

00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:07.580
 and this

00:25:07.580 --> 00:25:08.320
 past week

00:25:08.320 --> 00:25:10.380
 and lately

00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:12.320
 what kind

00:25:12.320 --> 00:25:12.860
 of tone

00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:13.600
 have my

00:25:13.600 --> 00:25:14.340
 words had

00:25:14.340 --> 00:25:18.019
 I'm

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.680
 encouraging us

00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:19.160
 to ask

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:19.960
 God about

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.480
 ourselves

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:22.180
 I'm not

00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:22.759
 saying just

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.160
 do some

00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:24.080
 self-reflection

00:25:24.080 --> 00:25:25.060
 because you

00:25:25.060 --> 00:25:25.299
 know

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:26.920
 we always

00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:27.519
 tend to be

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.240
 more lenient

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:30.059
 with ourselves

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:31.099
 than with

00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:31.480
 others

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:33.160
 these words

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:33.839
 here today

00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:34.480
 invite us

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.319
 to ask

00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:36.120
 God whether

00:25:36.120 --> 00:25:36.660
 it's good

00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:37.920
 fruit coming

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.519
 from us

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.839
 or bad

00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:40.160
 fruit

00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:41.380
 but then I

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:41.620
 want to

00:25:41.620 --> 00:25:42.120
 challenge us

00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:42.880
 all to

00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:43.220
 take it

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.720
 one step

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.079
 further

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:45.019
 I want to

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.839
 challenge each

00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:46.720
 of us not

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.440
 only to ask

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:49.000
 God but

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.740
 to ask one

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.480
 other person

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:52.279
 in your life

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:53.140
 who you're

00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:53.819
 close to

00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:55.120
 what kind

00:25:55.120 --> 00:25:55.480
 of fruit

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:55.940
 they see

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:56.319
 coming

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:57.659
 from your

00:25:57.659 --> 00:25:58.059
 life

00:25:58.059 --> 00:26:00.139
 do they

00:26:00.139 --> 00:26:01.000
 ever wonder

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.980
 whether you

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.599
 are a true

00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:03.659
 follower of

00:26:03.659 --> 00:26:03.980
 Jesus

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:07.099
 and if so

00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:08.319
 why

00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:10.960
 and if not

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.859
 do they see

00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:12.359
 you as a

00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:13.059
 healthy and

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:13.960
 growing disciple

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.539
 of Jesus

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:16.720
 or do they

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.579
 see you as a

00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:18.359
 struggling and

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:19.279
 sick disciple

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:19.819
 of Jesus

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.539
 right now

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:23.659
 this is going

00:26:23.659 --> 00:26:24.079
 to take a

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:24.480
 little bit of

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:25.279
 courage to

00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:25.960
 ask somebody

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.500
 this kind

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.099
 of a question

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:28.399
 but what

00:26:28.399 --> 00:26:28.759
 does the

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.440
 majority of

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:29.799
 the fruit

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.159
 that they

00:26:30.159 --> 00:26:30.819
 see coming

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:31.200
 from your

00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:32.039
 life indicate

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:32.759
 about what's

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.319
 inside of

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:33.559
 you

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:37.700
 maybe the

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:38.079
 Lord would

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:38.659
 use these

00:26:38.659 --> 00:26:40.819
 words and

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.319
 these kinds

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:41.899
 of questions

00:26:41.899 --> 00:26:43.240
 to convict

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:44.879
 us and to

00:26:44.879 --> 00:26:45.539
 help us see

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.839
 that we've

00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:47.460
 gotten off

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.440
 the right

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:49.420
 path a little

00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:50.779
 bit perhaps

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.279
 that we've

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.920
 been storing

00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:53.539
 up evil in

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:54.120
 our hearts

00:26:54.120 --> 00:26:56.279
 in ways that

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.779
 we've become

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:58.980
 blind to or

00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.600
 maybe it's not

00:26:59.600 --> 00:27:00.360
 that extreme

00:27:00.360 --> 00:27:01.060
 not that we've

00:27:01.060 --> 00:27:01.620
 been storing

00:27:01.620 --> 00:27:02.480
 up evil but

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:03.080
 maybe it's

00:27:03.080 --> 00:27:04.240
 been that we've

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:05.080
 been neglecting

00:27:05.080 --> 00:27:05.800
 to store up

00:27:05.800 --> 00:27:07.460
 good in our

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.460
 hearts lately

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:10.420
 through our

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:11.940
 regular prayer

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:13.960
 and relationship

00:27:13.960 --> 00:27:14.640
 with God

00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:15.440
 through time

00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:16.220
 spent reading

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:16.900
 his word

00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:19.140
 spent worshiping

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:20.560
 him spent

00:27:20.560 --> 00:27:21.320
 fellowshipping

00:27:21.320 --> 00:27:22.759
 with others

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:26.540
 only after

00:27:26.540 --> 00:27:27.120
 we've asked

00:27:27.120 --> 00:27:27.860
 these questions

00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:29.080
 of others

00:27:29.080 --> 00:27:29.940
 what fruit do

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:30.480
 you see

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.520
 coming from

00:27:31.520 --> 00:27:33.040
 me are we

00:27:33.040 --> 00:27:33.540
 ready to

00:27:33.540 --> 00:27:34.080
 discern in

00:27:34.080 --> 00:27:35.220
 others what

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.980
 fruit do I

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:37.440
 see coming

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:37.960
 from you

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:39.920
 and of course

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.580
 at this point

00:27:40.580 --> 00:27:41.360
 when we get

00:27:41.360 --> 00:27:42.540
 to that last

00:27:42.540 --> 00:27:43.240
 question we're

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.759
 not talking

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.400
 about false

00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:45.180
 teachers anymore

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:45.780
 we're talking

00:27:45.780 --> 00:27:46.740
 about looking

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.380
 at one

00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:47.900
 another's

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 lives and

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 there's two

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 ways that we

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 can do this

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 we can look

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 at one

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 another's lives

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 and we can

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 try to discern

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 the fruit for

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 the purpose of

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 fault finding

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 and with a

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 critical spirit

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 a judgmental

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 spirit like the

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 Pharisees had

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 and Jesus just

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 warned us about

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 that don't do

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 that he said

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 or we can

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 look at one

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 another's lives

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 and try to

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 discern fruit

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 motivated by

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 a loving

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 concern for

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 the spiritual

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 well-being of

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 a brother or

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 sister when a

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 person's drifting

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 away from the

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 Lord and maybe

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 getting into

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 habitual sin or

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 into addiction

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 then it begins

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 to show in

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 their lives

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 there's a fruit

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 that we may

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 begin to

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 recognize and

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 it's an

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 opportunity for

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 us to love

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 them and to

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 draw near to

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 them and to

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 say hey I've

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 noticed this in

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 your life

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 what's going

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 on

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 this is the

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 opposite of

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 how our Lord

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 Jesus asked us

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 to live

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 have a

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 conversation about

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 it and maybe

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 they even shoot

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 straight with you

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 and confess to

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 you well I've

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 been drifting away

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 from the Lord I

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 haven't been

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 walking as closely

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 with him as I

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 should you now

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 have an opportunity

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 to encourage that

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 brother or sister

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 and say come

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 back to him

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 repent

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 maybe they even

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 need some help

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 with that

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 can I walk

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 with you through

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 this is there a

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 way that I can

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 help you out

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 with this

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 especially if

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 they're entangled

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 in something

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 that's addictive

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 or really

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 challenging

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 and of course

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 we must always

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 do this graciously

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 and humbly

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 and gently

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 we too still

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 sin and

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 fumble and

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 falter

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 finally as we

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 draw things to a

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 close here I

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 want to remind

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 us of the

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 gospel as we

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 hear those words

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 of Jesus the

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 mouth speaks

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 what the heart

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 is full of I

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 don't know about

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 you but I feel

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 convicted I

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 think back to

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 when's the last

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 time I yelled

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 at my kids in

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 frustration or

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 when did I

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 snap at someone

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 or share a

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 piece of gossip

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 that I

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 shouldn't have

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 I want to

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 remind us that

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 it was for

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 these sins and

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 all the sins

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 that we've

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 committed that

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 Jesus died to

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.420
 forgive us

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 there is complete

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 cleansing in

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 Jesus for

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 every evil thing

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 that has come

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 out of us

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 every piece of

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 bad fruit

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 even for the

00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:36.220
 evil that's been

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 stored up inside

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 of us he died

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 to wash us and

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 cleanse us

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 completely to

00:30:42.140 --> 00:30:42.920
 forgive us and

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.800
 take all of our

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 guilt away

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 and so that's

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 good news

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 not only that but

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 when it comes to

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 this good fruit that

00:30:54.100 --> 00:30:54.960
 Jesus is talking

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 about we're not

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 left to ourselves

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 to try and

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 produce it

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 there's a good

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.819
 news here too

00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:04.180
 God is at

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:05.720
 work in us

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.720
 who believe in

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 him if we've

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.660
 believed in

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 Jesus and we

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 have been born

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 again by his

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 spirit his

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 spirit lives in

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 us and produces

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 that good fruit

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 in us

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:21.360
 Jesus told us

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 that we need

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 to I should

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 say Jesus told

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 us that what

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 we need to do

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 to produce an

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 abundance of

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 fruit is to

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 abide in him

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 to remain in

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 him to stay in

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 his words to

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 stay in his

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 love

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 now this doesn't

00:31:43.100 --> 00:31:43.860
 mean that producing

00:31:43.860 --> 00:31:44.680
 good fruit doesn't

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 take effort it

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 does and it

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 will but our

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 efforts are

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 helped supernaturally

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 by God's spirit

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 who lives in us

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 as we seek to

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 imitate our

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 father in our

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 lives and so

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 this too is good

00:32:02.040 --> 00:32:02.980
 news by the grace

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:04.420
 of God by the

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:05.480
 spirit's power we

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:07.040
 can store up good

00:32:07.040 --> 00:32:08.220
 inside of ourselves

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 and we can expect

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:10.800
 to see good fruit

00:32:10.800 --> 00:32:11.960
 flowing out of our

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:13.759
 lives and through

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:15.259
 out of our lips

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 because of our

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:17.440
 relationship with

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:17.799
 Jesus

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 Jesus makes all

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:23.519
 the difference in

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.480
 the past for all

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:25.420
 the bad fruit that

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:27.839
 we've produced and

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:29.740
 from now on for

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.500
 all the good fruit

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:32.119
 that he will

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:33.119
 produce through

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 us this is the

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:35.400
 good news

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 let's pray

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:44.539
 father in heaven we

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:45.240
 thank you that you

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:46.799
 have not just left

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:47.679
 us to ourselves

00:32:47.679 --> 00:32:50.199
 to get what we

00:32:50.199 --> 00:32:51.159
 deserve from you

00:32:51.159 --> 00:32:53.379
 that your mercy and

00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:54.699
 grace is so great

00:32:54.699 --> 00:32:56.939
 that you looked at

00:32:56.939 --> 00:32:58.939
 us as sickly

00:32:58.939 --> 00:33:00.500
 diseased unhealthy

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:02.379
 sinful trees that

00:33:02.379 --> 00:33:03.759
 we are and said

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.419
 I'm going to

00:33:04.419 --> 00:33:05.959
 cleanse them and

00:33:05.959 --> 00:33:06.819
 wash them and make

00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.539
 them new and I'm

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:08.299
 going to produce all

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:09.319
 kinds of good fruit

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:11.819
 through them you

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.579
 didn't have to do

00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:13.519
 that for us Lord

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:15.579
 and so we're

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:17.439
 grateful we know

00:33:17.439 --> 00:33:18.779
 our own frailties

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.759
 and weaknesses and

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:21.019
 sins and you know

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:21.859
 them even better than

00:33:21.859 --> 00:33:24.359
 we do and we thank

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:25.720
 you that you will

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:27.919
 bring glory even

00:33:27.919 --> 00:33:29.579
 through through us

00:33:29.579 --> 00:33:32.339
 in our brokenness in

00:33:32.339 --> 00:33:33.319
 our weakness in our

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:35.799
 struggles help us to

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:36.460
 submit ourselves

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:37.500
 completely to you

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:39.299
 Jesus give us

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:40.419
 wisdom to discern

00:33:40.419 --> 00:33:44.519
 but even deeper

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:46.539
 than that make us

00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:50.180
 full of the good

00:33:50.180 --> 00:33:52.299
 that you long to see

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:53.480
 in us and may it

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:54.879
 flow out of us

00:33:54.879 --> 00:33:56.980
 through us blessing

00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:58.019
 one another and

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 blessing our world

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 and our community we

00:34:00.879 --> 00:34:01.579
 ask this for your

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:02.879
 glory amen

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 miracle miracle

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