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 that scares you.

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 Could be some of you have been to the doctor

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 and what you heard was frightening.

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 It could be some of you,

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 when you got your report card recently,

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 what you saw was scary

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 because you knew what kind of trouble you'd be in.

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 For some, what has scared you lately

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 is finding out what the experts say

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 you need to save for your children's education

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 or for your retirement.

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 If you've been here the past couple of weeks,

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 you may have been scared like me

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 at something that Jesus said about our words.

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 Look at it with me.

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 It comes from Luke chapter 6, verse 45.

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 He said,

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 The good person out of the good treasure of his heart

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 produces good,

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 and the evil person out of his evil treasure

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 produces evil.

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 For out of the abundance of the heart,

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 his mouth speaks.

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 Think about that.

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 Jesus said,

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 from out of the abundance of our heart,

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 our mouth speaks.

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 Isn't it scary to think that some of the things

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 that come out of your mouth

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 is an indication of what's in your heart?

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 You know, we saw, what, a couple of weeks ago,

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 our speech reveals who we really are deep down.

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 If our words are filthy,

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 it means our heart's filthy.

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 If our words are deceptive,

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 it means we've got a deceptive heart.

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 But if our words are true and wise,

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 that says something about our heart as well.

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 We're going to continue our study

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 of the wrong use of words this morning.

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 We're in the book of Proverbs.

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 And what I want us to notice,

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 think about,

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 not just notice, but really think about,

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 as we look at

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 the various forms of speech,

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 the wrong use of words.

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 Like last week, it was gossip and slander.

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 We're going to look at some more today.

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 If you have a problem with such,

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 that's not really a speech problem.

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 That's a heart problem.

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 And that's why those words of Jesus scare me.

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 Well, some of the things that come out of my mouth,

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 it's not a tongue problem.

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 It's much deeper than that.

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 Now, I want to qualify that statement a little bit.

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 If a person is truly a child of God,

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 then God is working in their life

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 to develop Christ-like character.

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 I mean, that's Romans chapter 8, 29.

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 God works in all of His children,

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 conforming us to the image of His Son.

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 That's what He does from the time He saves us

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 until our lives are over here on earth.

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 But, as God works in us,

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 as long as we're here in this world,

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 we've got a sinful nature.

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 And we don't always cooperate with God, do we?

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 We don't always obey the Spirit of God's conviction,

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 don't say that, don't do that.

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 We just sometimes do what we want to do

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 and say what we want to say.

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 God's work in us to make us more and more like His Son

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 is a lifetime process,

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 but it's not a perfect process

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 because of our continuing problems with sin within.

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 That means that our spiritual growth

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 will never just be totally consistent,

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 growing and maturing and rising on up like a chart.

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 No.

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 No.

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 I love the book title that Chuck Swindoll has,

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 Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back,

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 because that is the way we grow as Christians.

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 There's times in your life,

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 you know since you've become a Christian,

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 there have been times when you really made some good progress.

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 God was just working in you,

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 and you were obedient,

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 you felt like you were close to Him,

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 you could see how He was changing,

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 maybe the way you thought about some things,

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 the way you were actually living.

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 But then,

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 maybe you looked at yourself too closely

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 and took pride in yourself.

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 Before you knew it,

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 you were having some bad attitudes,

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 saying things you shouldn't say,

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 doing some things you knew didn't please God.

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 You make three steps forward sometimes,

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 but take a step or even two steps back.

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 But here's what I want us to understand.

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 If we're Christians,

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 we are making progress

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 in our spiritual growth,

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 in our development of Christ-like or Christian character,

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 because God does that work.

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 And God's not going to fail.

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 He works within us,

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 as we saw last week from Philippians chapter 2,

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 to cause us to will,

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 to want,

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 and to be able

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 to please Him.

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 But it's not going to be flawless.

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 Now,

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 this pattern of growth,

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 up and down some,

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 but still making progress.

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 That is true about every aspect of our lives,

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 including our speech.

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 But you know,

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 this means that

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 we will experience struggles

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 with our words at times,

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 but some people experience more trouble,

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 more struggle than others.

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 Let's just face it.

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 Some of us in this room,

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 either before we became Christians

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 or before we got serious

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 about living a Christian life,

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 we developed a vocabulary

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 that was not Christian.

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 And so sometimes,

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 things don't go our way,

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 something happens,

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 and it's just automatic,

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 saying words

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 that really and truly

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 don't please God.

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 It's just sort of a habit.

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 I don't know if you're like me,

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 but, you know,

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 if I live long enough

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 and develop a little bit of dementia

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 or something like that,

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 I'm scared to death

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 of what's going to come out of my mouth.

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 Because I know all the words

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 was pretty well

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 well in most of them

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 at one point in my life.

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 That comes out.

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 If you,

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 in your earlier days,

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 had a problem with anger,

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 you're going to struggle with anger.

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 God will help us to deal with it,

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 to grow.

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 But there are certain things,

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 sin patterns in your life

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 that you struggle with.

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 And it may be

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 some of your words

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 are a part of that sin pattern.

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 So, as we go through this,

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 I want you to understand,

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 our words,

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 they are a reflection

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 of what's in our heart.

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 That's what Scripture says.

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 That's what Jesus said.

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 But we don't have pure hearts.

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 We still have a problem

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 with sin and selfishness

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 and things that cause us

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 to not think,

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 speak perfectly,

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 speak perfectly,

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 or live perfectly like Jesus.

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 But I want you to let God

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 show you,

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 as we go through this,

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 what the real condition

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 of your heart is.

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 Now,

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 last week we began

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 looking at the wrong use of words

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 and address two

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 that I want to state this way

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 this week.

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 Malicious words.

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 Gossip and slander.

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 That's what we looked at last week.

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 This week,

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 last week I referred to them

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 as the twin towers

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 of destructive speech

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 because that's what they are.

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 But I'm switching it

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 because I couldn't think

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 of a way to continue

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 that analogy

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 for this week.

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 So last week we looked

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 at malicious words,

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 gossip and slander.

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 Let's look first today

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 at untruthful words.

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 The focus is going to be

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 on lying.

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 Old Testament scholar,

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 Tremper Longman.

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 In his commentary

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 on Proverbs and Psalms,

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 he listed about 20 verses

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 in Proverbs

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 that address the issue

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 of untruthful speech.

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 There may be more.

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 But one sentence

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 in Proverbs chapter 12

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 verse 22

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 indicates why lying

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 is such a serious sin.

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 Look at it.

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 Lying lips are an abomination

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 to the Lord.

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 The NIV says it this way,

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 God detests lying lips.

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 We can trim it down

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 even simpler.

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 God hates.

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 God despises lying lips.

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 Now, why would the Scripture

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 state so strongly

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 God's hatred

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 of our lying?

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 Well, first,

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 it's totally contrary

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 to His nature.

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 You see, God's 100% truthful.

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 That's just who He is.

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 He can't help but be.

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 He is God.

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 He cannot lie.

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 He thinks.

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 He speaks.

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 He acts in ways

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 that are totally honest

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 and truthful,

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 above board,

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 total integrity.

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 That's just God.

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 Jesus, when He came

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 into this world,

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 He came as God

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 in the flesh.

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 John chapter 1,

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 verse 1 says,

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 The beginning was the Word

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 and the Word was with God

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 and the Word was God.

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 Jesus, when He came

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 into the world,

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 He took on human nature.

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 He became the God-man.

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 And one of the ways

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 Jesus described

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 or explained

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 who He was

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 was in terms of

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 He is truth.

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 Look at this.

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 John chapter 14.

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 You know this.

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 Jesus said,

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 I am the way

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 and the truth

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 and the life.

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 That's just

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 the nature of God.

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 And then the Bible

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 is God's written Word

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 and Jesus used

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 the very word

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 truth

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 to describe

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 God's Word

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 in John 17, 17.

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 He's praying.

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 Talking to His heavenly Father

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 and He says,

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 Your Word

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 is truth.

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 So,

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 whenever we lie,

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 whenever we're deceptive,

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 whenever we are

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 trying to

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 conceal the truth,

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 we are

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 180 degrees

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 from what God is

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 and what the Lord Jesus is

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 and what the Word of God is.

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 whenever we lie,

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 we're acting

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 totally contrary

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 to God,

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 His nature,

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 His character,

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 everything.

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 So, here's what

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 we need to think about here.

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 If you are a liar

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 at heart,

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 and some people are,

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 you may have been

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 around some people.

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 A liar at heart

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 is somebody

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 who just

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 thinks in terms

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 of being deceptive,

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 being dishonest.

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 Say whatever it takes

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 to get my way.

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 And truth doesn't matter.

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 All you're concerned about

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 are just a habitual liar,

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 liar to the core.

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 You're just worried

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 about getting caught.

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 But it doesn't bother,

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 if it doesn't bother you

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 to lie,

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 you cannot be

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 a child of God.

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 That's just as clear

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 as clear can be.

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 Here's why.

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 God's totally

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 non-lying.

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 Totally truthful.

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 If we're children of God,

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 it's because God

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 has put His Spirit

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 in us,

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 the Holy Spirit,

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 the Spirit of God.

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 And if the Spirit

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 of God lives within us,

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 because we still have

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 a sinful nature,

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 we can lie.

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 And we do sometimes.

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 But if we're Christians

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 and we lie,

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 sooner or later

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 the Spirit of God

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 is going to convict

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 us,

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 this is wrong,

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 this is sinful,

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 this is offensive to God.

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 And it becomes

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 offensive to us

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 because it's contrary

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 to our true nature

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 as Christians.

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 And so if you can lie,

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 boys and girls,

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 teenagers,

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 middle-aged people,

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 old people,

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 if you can lie

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 and it doesn't bother you,

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 it's just who you are,

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 how you are,

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 what you do,

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 you cannot have the Spirit

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 of God within you.

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 There is no way

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 because the Spirit

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 of God

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 is all about

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 truthfulness,

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 honesty,

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 integrity.

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 God hates lying

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 because it's contrary

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 to His nature.

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 God hates lying

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 because it is the nature

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 of the devil.

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 as Jesus pointed out

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 in John chapter 8.

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 In that chapter,

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 Jesus is having

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 a confrontation

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 with religious leaders,

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 some Pharisees

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 and others

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 who are opposing Him,

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 trying to undermine Him,

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 trying to make people think

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 He doesn't know

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 what He's talking about,

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 He's wrong,

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 He's lying.

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 They're trying to lead

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 people astray,

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 keep people from believing

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 in Jesus,

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 take them away from Him.

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 And in the context

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 of Him arguing

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 with these people,

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 telling them

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 that they are liars,

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 He says this

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 about the devil,

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 John 8, 44,

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 when He lies,

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 He speaks out

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 of His own character,

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 for He is a liar

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 and the father

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 of lying,

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 lies.

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 Lying is a very serious problem

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 because it originates

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 with Satan.

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 That's where we see it

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 first in the Bible,

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 Genesis chapter 3,

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 the serpent tempts Eve.

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 If you are a liar at heart,

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 then according to what

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 Jesus told those Pharisees,

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 your father is the devil,

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 not God.

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 Now that's hard,

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 but that's what Jesus

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 Himself said

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 to liars,

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 people who knew

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 they were,

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 didn't care

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 because it was going

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 to further their agenda.

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 God is not your father,

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 the devil is

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 because he is a liar

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 and the father of lies.

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 It's obvious

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 in just these two examples

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 why God hates lying.

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 But as children of God,

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 understanding this,

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 shouldn't lying

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 bother us?

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 Shouldn't lying

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 be something

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 that we hate

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 as well?

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 It has to be,

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 doesn't it?

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 Lying is something

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 we all need

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 to take very seriously.

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 It's something

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 that we who influence

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 children

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 need to make sure

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 they take seriously.

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 I'm talking to parents,

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 grandparents,

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 aunts and uncles,

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 teachers,

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 coaches.

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 If you are an influencer

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 of children,

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 you need to really

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 emphasize

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 the importance of truth,

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 being truthful.

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 Chuck Swindoll

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 issues a good,

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 important warning

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 about children

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 and lying.

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 Look at what he says.

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 He says,

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 we do children

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 no service

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 by allowing them

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 to ease

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 out of responsibility

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 for their lies.

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 Tolerance

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 only produces

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 a more mature

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 and skilled

00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:53.679
 liar.

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 Let's think about this

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 for a moment.

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 Children will lie

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 for all kinds

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 of reasons

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 just like

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 adults do.

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 people lie

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 because of

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 the fear

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 of consequences

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 because they

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 want to avoid

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 embarrassment

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 maybe.

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 We lie

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 just for basically

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 selfish reasons.

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 Whatever the

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 reason is,

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 you who influence

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 children,

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 when you find

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 your child

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 or a child

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 you have influence

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 responsible for,

00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:32.059
 when you find

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 that they lie,

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 deal with it

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 quickly

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 and severely

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 from a young

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 age.

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 That is,

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 whenever they

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 tell their

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 first lie.

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 I don't know

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 if you parents

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 are like me.

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 My boys

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 were growing

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 up.

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 I made

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 too many

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 things that

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 shouldn't have

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 been issues.

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 I made them

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 an issue.

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 I died

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 or shed

00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:01.300
 blood,

00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:02.259
 their blood,

00:18:02.340 --> 00:18:02.900
 my blood,

00:18:02.980 --> 00:18:03.580
 on too many

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 hills

00:18:04.420 --> 00:18:05.540
 when they

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 were growing

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 up.

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 I've got

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 one of them

00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:08.240
 in the service

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 and he can

00:18:08.580 --> 00:18:08.800
 tell you

00:18:08.800 --> 00:18:09.320
 that's true.

00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:10.820
 I had one

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 in the first

00:18:11.300 --> 00:18:11.580
 service.

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 I told the

00:18:12.140 --> 00:18:12.540
 first service,

00:18:12.660 --> 00:18:13.180
 you can ask

00:18:13.180 --> 00:18:13.300
 him,

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 I did.

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 Too many

00:18:14.660 --> 00:18:15.620
 things mattered,

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 I thought,

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 when they

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 were young.

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 It really

00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:19.460
 and truly

00:18:19.460 --> 00:18:19.860
 did not

00:18:19.860 --> 00:18:20.180
 matter.

00:18:24.779 --> 00:18:25.840
 But lying

00:18:25.840 --> 00:18:28.340
 is one.

00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:31.120
 that always

00:18:31.120 --> 00:18:31.720
 matters.

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 It is a

00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:35.740
 hill worth

00:18:35.740 --> 00:18:37.540
 spilling tons

00:18:37.540 --> 00:18:38.400
 of blood

00:18:38.400 --> 00:18:39.060
 on.

00:18:40.900 --> 00:18:41.680
 Lying is

00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:42.440
 something you

00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:43.300
 bring out the

00:18:43.300 --> 00:18:44.740
 nuclear arsenal

00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:46.779
 to combat.

00:18:48.779 --> 00:18:50.019
 We're talking

00:18:50.019 --> 00:18:53.019
 about lying.

00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:54.940
 It originates

00:18:54.940 --> 00:18:55.779
 in Satan.

00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:57.600
 It is something

00:18:57.599 --> 00:18:58.240
 that God

00:18:58.240 --> 00:18:59.219
 abhors,

00:18:59.619 --> 00:19:00.019
 hates,

00:19:00.439 --> 00:19:01.279
 despises

00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:02.619
 to the

00:19:02.619 --> 00:19:03.139
 core of

00:19:03.139 --> 00:19:03.939
 his being.

00:19:06.259 --> 00:19:06.939
 Deal

00:19:06.939 --> 00:19:08.059
 with lying

00:19:08.059 --> 00:19:09.240
 in your

00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:09.799
 children and

00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:10.159
 children you

00:19:10.159 --> 00:19:10.559
 have influence

00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:10.859
 over

00:19:10.859 --> 00:19:12.980
 in an age

00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:13.459
 appropriate

00:19:13.459 --> 00:19:14.179
 way

00:19:14.179 --> 00:19:16.859
 but don't

00:19:16.859 --> 00:19:17.439
 let them

00:19:17.439 --> 00:19:18.319
 get by

00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:19.599
 with lying

00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:20.799
 even one

00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:21.199
 time.

00:19:22.719 --> 00:19:23.439
 As

00:19:23.439 --> 00:19:23.899
 Swindoll

00:19:23.899 --> 00:19:24.399
 says,

00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:25.599
 tolerance

00:19:25.599 --> 00:19:26.839
 only produces

00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:27.919
 a more

00:19:27.919 --> 00:19:28.539
 mature

00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:29.980
 and skilled

00:19:29.980 --> 00:19:31.019
 liar.

00:19:32.219 --> 00:19:32.919
 If you

00:19:32.919 --> 00:19:33.199
 let them

00:19:33.199 --> 00:19:33.619
 get by

00:19:33.619 --> 00:19:34.079
 with it

00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:36.619
 at four,

00:19:38.619 --> 00:19:39.439
 they'll be

00:19:39.439 --> 00:19:40.019
 much more

00:19:40.019 --> 00:19:40.779
 adept at it

00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:41.419
 at 14.

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 And by

00:19:44.439 --> 00:19:45.059
 the time

00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:46.179
 they go

00:19:46.179 --> 00:19:46.639
 out from

00:19:46.639 --> 00:19:47.279
 your home,

00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:49.199
 they'll be

00:19:49.199 --> 00:19:50.299
 masters of

00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:50.799
 lying.

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 that's

00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:53.559
 why you

00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:53.919
 do

00:19:53.919 --> 00:19:56.619
 as that

00:19:56.619 --> 00:19:57.279
 philosopher

00:19:57.279 --> 00:19:58.159
 said,

00:19:58.279 --> 00:19:58.619
 that great

00:19:58.619 --> 00:19:59.000
 philosopher

00:19:59.000 --> 00:19:59.419
 Barney

00:19:59.419 --> 00:19:59.819
 Fyfe,

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 you gotta

00:20:01.399 --> 00:20:01.859
 nip it

00:20:01.859 --> 00:20:02.119
 in the

00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:02.359
 bud.

00:20:03.819 --> 00:20:04.319
 Lying

00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:04.819
 is one,

00:20:04.899 --> 00:20:05.159
 you gotta

00:20:05.159 --> 00:20:06.519
 nip in

00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:06.919
 the bud.

00:20:07.859 --> 00:20:07.980
 Let's

00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:08.180
 look at

00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:08.399
 another

00:20:08.399 --> 00:20:08.980
 wrong use

00:20:08.980 --> 00:20:09.539
 of words.

00:20:11.139 --> 00:20:12.039
 Self-promoting

00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:12.519
 words,

00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:13.519
 boasting,

00:20:13.879 --> 00:20:14.500
 bragging

00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:15.440
 words.

00:20:16.339 --> 00:20:16.859
 Proverbs

00:20:16.859 --> 00:20:18.019
 has several

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 warnings about

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 promoting

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 yourself,

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 bragging

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 on yourself,

00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:22.839
 your accomplishments,

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 things like

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 this.

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 Look at

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 two examples,

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 Proverbs

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 26,

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 12.

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 Do you

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 see a

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 man who

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 is wise

00:20:29.539 --> 00:20:29.859
 in his

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 own eyes?

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 There's

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 more hope

00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:32.680
 for a

00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:33.240
 fool

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 than for

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 him.

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 27,

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 2.

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 Let

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 another

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 praise

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 you,

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 not your

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 own mouth,

00:20:42.380 --> 00:20:43.299
 a stranger,

00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:45.140
 not your

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 own lips.

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 If you,

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 if there's

00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:49.519
 something about

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 you,

00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:50.400
 and there

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 certainly

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 is,

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 but if

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 there's

00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:52.420
 something

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 about

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 you

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 that's

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 good,

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 that ought

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 to be

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 noticed,

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 good to

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 be affirmed,

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 you let

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 somebody else

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 do it.

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 You don't

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 do it.

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 You let

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 someone that

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 doesn't have

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 any kind

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 of vested

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 interest in

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 you,

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 let that

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 stranger do

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 it.

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 That'll be

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 the more

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 sincere one.

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 The problem

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 we're talking

00:21:18.339 --> 00:21:18.740
 about here

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 in these

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 two verses,

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 speaking to

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 highly of

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 ourselves or

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 our

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 accomplishments.

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 He says

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 it's very

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 dangerous.

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 There's more

00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:27.839
 hope for a

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 fool than

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 for the

00:21:29.140 --> 00:21:29.539
 person who

00:21:29.539 --> 00:21:30.019
 is wise

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:30.240
 in his

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 own eyes.

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 You know

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 why it's

00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:32.980
 so dangerous

00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:33.500
 for us to

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 be wise

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 in our

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 own eyes?

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 Because we

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 don't have

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 20-20 vision

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 when we look

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 at ourselves.

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 Aren't we

00:21:42.660 --> 00:21:43.180
 biased?

00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:47.380
 Aren't we

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 biased?

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 Do you

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 know why the

00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:52.240
 second great

00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:53.079
 commandment

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 says to

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 love your

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 neighbor as

00:21:55.619 --> 00:21:56.099
 yourself?

00:21:58.599 --> 00:21:59.339
 Because we

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 love ourselves.

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 We do.

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 That's why the

00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:04.680
 word of God

00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:05.379
 says love your

00:22:05.379 --> 00:22:05.759
 neighbor as

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.299
 yourself because

00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:06.819
 you're going to

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.460
 love yourself.

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:09.960
 And we love

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:10.700
 what we do,

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 a lot of what

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 we do,

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 not everything.

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 You know the

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:16.000
 other word that

00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:16.700
 can be used to

00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:17.440
 describe such

00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:18.399
 boasting, it's

00:22:18.399 --> 00:22:18.940
 pride.

00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:20.940
 God has a real

00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:21.559
 problem with

00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:22.059
 pride.

00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:23.980
 He hates it

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.240
 too.

00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:25.980
 There's a

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.539
 passage in

00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:27.460
 Proverbs chapter

00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:29.819
 6 where there

00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:31.059
 are seven things

00:22:31.059 --> 00:22:31.940
 that God hates.

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.500
 Look at it with

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:33.599
 me.

00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:33.859
 We're just

00:22:33.859 --> 00:22:34.119
 going to look

00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:34.539
 at two.

00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:36.359
 There are six

00:22:36.359 --> 00:22:36.980
 things that the

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:37.480
 Lord hates,

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:39.000
 seven that are

00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:40.200
 an abomination

00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:41.240
 to him.

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:42.900
 Haughty eyes,

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.660
 a lying tongue.

00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:46.259
 Note the

00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:47.000
 lying tongue is

00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:47.859
 second here on

00:22:47.859 --> 00:22:48.319
 the list.

00:22:49.380 --> 00:22:49.640
 We already

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.279
 covered that.

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.359
 But the first

00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:52.859
 is haughty

00:22:52.859 --> 00:22:53.960
 eyes.

00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:55.519
 Some synonyms

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.319
 for haughty

00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:57.779
 are proud,

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 arrogant,

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 conceited,

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.839
 self-important,

00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:04.900
 stuck up.

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 You know what

00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:06.920
 I'm talking

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.200
 about.

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.519
 You understand.

00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:10.640
 God hates

00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:12.240
 our prideful,

00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:13.079
 arrogant,

00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:14.140
 conceited

00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:15.839
 attitudes

00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:18.740
 and actions

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:20.460
 including our

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:21.019
 words.

00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:22.859
 Why does God

00:23:22.859 --> 00:23:23.279
 hate it?

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:25.039
 Well God hates

00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:25.740
 pride like this

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:27.299
 because it's

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:27.900
 demonstrating an

00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:28.440
 attitude of

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.859
 self-centeredness

00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:31.119
 instead of

00:23:31.119 --> 00:23:33.119
 God-centeredness.

00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:34.299
 See he's

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:34.680
 supposed to be

00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:35.200
 the focus of

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:35.779
 our lives.

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:36.759
 Do all that we

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.420
 do for his

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:37.920
 glory.

00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:39.060
 The greatest

00:23:39.060 --> 00:23:39.640
 thing of all

00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:40.000
 is to go and

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.680
 do his will.

00:23:43.060 --> 00:23:43.660
 Well if we

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.180
 think we're

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:45.420
 the center of

00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:45.900
 everything,

00:23:46.660 --> 00:23:47.080
 if we think

00:23:47.080 --> 00:23:47.539
 that we are

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:48.480
 self-sufficient,

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:50.779
 then our

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:52.480
 focus is just

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.019
 going to be on

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:55.060
 us and not

00:23:55.060 --> 00:23:55.539
 him.

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.100
 We're going to

00:23:57.100 --> 00:23:57.700
 live to please

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.480
 ourselves.

00:23:59.600 --> 00:24:00.480
 Just do what

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.240
 we want,

00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:01.960
 when we want,

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.740
 how we want,

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:04.779
 with no thought

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:06.960
 of what God's

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.480
 desire,

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.720
 plan may be.

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.140
 You know pride

00:24:10.140 --> 00:24:10.980
 also affects our

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.720
 relationships with

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.019
 others.

00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:12.880
 You know this,

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:15.559
 pride in

00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:16.000
 relationship to

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.519
 others is sort

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:16.900
 of like an

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:17.500
 attitude of

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:17.940
 superiority.

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:19.839
 We think we're

00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:20.259
 better than

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:20.519
 others.

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.099
 We think we're

00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:21.599
 more important

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:21.940
 than others.

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:23.120
 We think we've

00:24:23.120 --> 00:24:23.920
 accomplished more

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:24.519
 than others.

00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:26.680
 And when we

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:27.299
 have that attitude

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:28.039
 it causes us to

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.759
 look down on

00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:31.240
 people or just

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.940
 ignore them.

00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:34.480
 fail to

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:34.960
 notice,

00:24:35.080 --> 00:24:35.440
 fail to

00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:35.920
 love.

00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:38.299
 A prideful

00:24:38.299 --> 00:24:39.039
 person usually

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.700
 has a problem

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.440
 with authority.

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.519
 A prideful

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.460
 person, I

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:44.100
 know it all,

00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:44.580
 I don't need

00:24:44.580 --> 00:24:45.080
 anybody to tell

00:24:45.080 --> 00:24:46.340
 me, a lot

00:24:46.340 --> 00:24:46.700
 of times a

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.440
 prideful person

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.100
 just resents

00:24:48.100 --> 00:24:49.259
 authority at

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:50.259
 every level of

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:50.660
 life.

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:53.160
 The pride we're

00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:53.920
 talking about,

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:55.600
 it comes out a

00:24:55.600 --> 00:24:55.980
 lot of times in

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:57.180
 our words in

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:57.640
 relation to other

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:57.980
 people.

00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:59.680
 We build

00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:00.700
 ourselves up

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:02.480
 love, but we

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.160
 need some help

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:05.140
 so we put other

00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:05.840
 people down.

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.160
 That's what

00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:08.880
 gossip does,

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.220
 that's what

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:10.019
 slander does,

00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:10.440
 that's what

00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:10.960
 lying about

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.420
 another person

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:11.819
 does.

00:25:13.340 --> 00:25:13.880
 Let's pause

00:25:13.880 --> 00:25:14.600
 here and clarify

00:25:14.600 --> 00:25:15.259
 that it's not

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:16.340
 prideful to

00:25:16.340 --> 00:25:17.680
 acknowledge your

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:19.740
 talents, your

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.440
 abilities.

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:22.860
 Because you have

00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:23.180
 some.

00:25:24.860 --> 00:25:25.840
 I said in the

00:25:25.840 --> 00:25:26.319
 first service,

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.100
 these two young

00:25:27.100 --> 00:25:28.019
 ladies, Sarah and

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.779
 Sabrina Stewart,

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:33.180
 they can sing,

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:36.000
 they can play

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:37.400
 musical instruments.

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:39.259
 And for them to

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:41.359
 say, oh, I can't

00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:42.460
 do anything, that'd

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:43.019
 just be foolish.

00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:47.299
 They need to, they

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:49.519
 can acknowledge God

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:50.579
 has given them

00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:52.680
 gifts, talents.

00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:54.839
 God has given

00:25:54.839 --> 00:25:55.660
 them the opportunity

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:56.960
 to develop those

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:57.620
 talents.

00:25:58.620 --> 00:25:59.200
 And they've done

00:25:59.200 --> 00:25:59.940
 very well in

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:00.500
 doing it.

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.300
 So it's not

00:26:02.300 --> 00:26:03.759
 wrong for you,

00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:04.660
 for me, for

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.900
 them, to

00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:06.960
 acknowledge, I

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.500
 can do some

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:07.820
 things.

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.720
 I'm pretty good

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.440
 at some things.

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.779
 I can, I have

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:12.660
 won some awards

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:13.279
 and so forth.

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.740
 When it becomes

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.980
 prideful is when

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:18.019
 we take credit

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:20.300
 for it, brag

00:26:20.300 --> 00:26:22.420
 about it, as if

00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:23.580
 we're the ones

00:26:23.580 --> 00:26:24.320
 responsible.

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:27.360
 We all need to

00:26:27.360 --> 00:26:28.779
 never forget

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.680
 everything that you

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.220
 are, everything

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:31.900
 that you have, it

00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:32.580
 originates from

00:26:32.580 --> 00:26:32.880
 God.

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.860
 Paul addressed

00:26:34.860 --> 00:26:35.519
 this to the

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.380
 Corinthian church

00:26:36.380 --> 00:26:37.039
 because they had

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:38.019
 some pride problems

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.779
 over people,

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:39.560
 certain leaders.

00:26:40.320 --> 00:26:41.000
 And he made this

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.700
 statement in 1

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.440
 Corinthians 4,

00:26:42.800 --> 00:26:44.100
 what do you have

00:26:44.100 --> 00:26:45.060
 that you did not

00:26:45.060 --> 00:26:45.860
 receive?

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.960
 If then you

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.820
 received it,

00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:49.259
 why do you

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:52.400
 boast as if you

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:53.140
 did not receive

00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:53.299
 it?

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:56.059
 Acknowledge what

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.879
 God's given you,

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:57.819
 but give him the

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.660
 credit.

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:01.420
 Praise him.

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:03.220
 Thank him.

00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:06.059
 Boys and girls,

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:11.079
 I have heard

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:13.700
 children actually

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.839
 say these words

00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:15.559
 to me.

00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:18.619
 I'm the smartest

00:27:18.619 --> 00:27:19.819
 kid in my class.

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.980
 I'm the best

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:24.639
 player on my

00:27:24.639 --> 00:27:25.079
 team.

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:26.359
 I've heard that.

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:30.119
 Boys and girls,

00:27:31.399 --> 00:27:32.899
 do not ever tell

00:27:32.899 --> 00:27:34.259
 a human being

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:35.179
 in this world,

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:37.079
 I'm the best

00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:37.639
 player on my

00:27:37.639 --> 00:27:37.940
 team.

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.700
 I'm the smartest

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.299
 kid in my

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.819
 class.

00:27:41.679 --> 00:27:42.259
 That's just a

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:42.980
 prideful,

00:27:43.179 --> 00:27:43.720
 arrogant,

00:27:44.159 --> 00:27:45.179
 conceited statement

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:45.539
 for you to

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:45.779
 make.

00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:49.259
 It's wrong.

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:53.560
 Now,

00:27:54.120 --> 00:27:55.259
 if someone

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:55.980
 else tells you

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.279
 that,

00:27:57.620 --> 00:27:58.799
 if one of your

00:27:58.799 --> 00:27:59.420
 classmates,

00:27:59.680 --> 00:27:59.960
 one of your

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.840
 teammates comes

00:28:00.840 --> 00:28:01.400
 up to you and

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:01.660
 says,

00:28:01.840 --> 00:28:02.460
 pats you on the

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:02.680
 back,

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:03.980
 boy,

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:05.380
 you're just the

00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:06.060
 best player on

00:28:06.060 --> 00:28:06.480
 our team.

00:28:07.580 --> 00:28:08.340
 You look at that

00:28:08.340 --> 00:28:08.700
 person,

00:28:09.820 --> 00:28:10.480
 you just say,

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.380
 thank you.

00:28:14.140 --> 00:28:14.700
 Just say,

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.120
 thank you.

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:17.440
 If somebody

00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:18.039
 comes up in the

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:18.759
 class and says,

00:28:18.840 --> 00:28:19.320
 you're the smartest

00:28:19.320 --> 00:28:19.920
 one on the team,

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.160
 just tell them,

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.759
 thank you.

00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:23.620
 And if you feel

00:28:23.620 --> 00:28:24.460
 like, I just got to

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:25.140
 say something else,

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:26.480
 just say, I'm just

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.100
 thankful that the

00:28:27.100 --> 00:28:28.060
 Lord gave me the

00:28:28.060 --> 00:28:29.100
 ability to do that.

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:33.480
 Because if you're the

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:34.420
 best player on your

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:35.820
 team, who made you

00:28:35.820 --> 00:28:36.460
 fast?

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:37.400
 Who made you

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:37.980
 athletic?

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:39.180
 If you're the smartest

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:40.200
 one in your class,

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:41.360
 who gave you the

00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:43.019
 mind to do,

00:28:43.320 --> 00:28:44.240
 make the grades and do

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:44.799
 what you do.

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:47.400
 Just say, thank you.

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:47.980
 If you have to say

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:50.460
 more, thank God,

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.220
 acknowledge that it's

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.940
 a gift from Him.

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:52.819
 You're just thankful.

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.740
 But don't let it go to

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.160
 your head.

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:57.059
 Boys and girls,

00:28:58.500 --> 00:29:00.420
 don't brag.

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:02.880
 that's pride.

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.480
 And I want you to

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:05.039
 understand something.

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:07.480
 God hates to hear it

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:08.259
 coming out of your

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.620
 mouth.

00:29:10.560 --> 00:29:11.960
 And your friends

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:14.019
 don't want to hear it

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.200
 either.

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:19.000
 I want us all right now,

00:29:20.300 --> 00:29:22.019
 let's think about some

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:24.140
 of the things we normally

00:29:24.140 --> 00:29:26.640
 say.

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:29.380
 Listen carefully to

00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:29.900
 yourself.

00:29:32.080 --> 00:29:34.420
 Do you hear that you're

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:35.500
 a boastful kind of

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:35.820
 person?

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:39.740
 Look carefully at

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.120
 yourself.

00:29:41.580 --> 00:29:43.300
 Do you see some signs

00:29:43.300 --> 00:29:44.320
 of pride?

00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:47.460
 We all need to be on

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:47.820
 guard.

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:49.020
 It can creep in.

00:29:49.080 --> 00:29:50.040
 It does at times with

00:29:50.040 --> 00:29:50.620
 all of us.

00:29:51.120 --> 00:29:52.100
 But pride will separate

00:29:52.100 --> 00:29:53.040
 us from God quicker

00:29:53.040 --> 00:29:54.080
 than anything else.

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:56.919
 James and Peter both

00:29:56.919 --> 00:29:57.559
 in the New Testament

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:58.240
 tell us this,

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.859
 make it clear.

00:29:59.099 --> 00:29:59.740
 Look at what James

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.879
 says, just one sentence.

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:02.419
 God opposes the proud

00:30:02.419 --> 00:30:03.399
 but gives grace to the

00:30:03.399 --> 00:30:03.659
 humble.

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:05.500
 Peter, it really expands

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:05.859
 that.

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:06.899
 Look at what he says in

00:30:06.899 --> 00:30:07.639
 1 Peter 5.

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:08.639
 All of you,

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:10.279
 clothe yourselves with

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:14.720
 humility toward one

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:16.899
 another because God

00:30:16.899 --> 00:30:18.559
 opposes the proud but

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:19.480
 He gives grace to the

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:19.759
 humble.

00:30:20.159 --> 00:30:20.980
 Humble yourselves

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:22.179
 therefore under God's

00:30:22.179 --> 00:30:23.460
 mighty hand that He may

00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:24.480
 lift you up in due

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:24.880
 time.

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:28.340
 You see in there,

00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:30.120
 there's a solution to

00:30:30.120 --> 00:30:31.100
 our pride problem.

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:33.059
 Humble yourself under

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:34.100
 God's mighty hand.

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.480
 Humble yourself.

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:38.579
 It recognizes that God's

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:39.720
 God and you aren't.

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:42.160
 Recognize that who you

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:43.019
 are and what you are

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:44.160
 has been given to you

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:44.860
 by God.

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:46.700
 There's no room for you

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:48.079
 to brag about it.

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.600
 Be prideful over it.

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:52.779
 How do you need to

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:55.179
 respond to what the

00:30:55.179 --> 00:30:56.019
 Lord has said through

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:57.099
 His word this morning

00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:59.599
 about the wrong use of

00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:03.099
 your words in lying,

00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:05.339
 in bragging?

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:08.379
 Has God convicted you?

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:11.480
 Has He made it clear to

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:12.699
 you that you've got a

00:31:12.699 --> 00:31:13.019
 problem?

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:16.359
 You've got a problem with

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:16.879
 the truth.

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:19.019
 You've got a problem with

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:20.039
 being prideful.

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:22.299
 Well, the way to respond

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:24.680
 is to just admit it to

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:24.819
 Him.

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.519
 Don't make excuses.

00:31:27.139 --> 00:31:28.059
 Confess it to Him.

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:29.900
 Repent of it.

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.900
 Change your mind.

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.839
 Turn from it.

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.799
 Ask Him to help you to

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:36.740
 see how bad it really is

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:38.900
 and turn from it.

00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:39.599
 Stop it.

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:42.179
 Ask Him to give you the

00:31:42.179 --> 00:31:43.740
 ability to think before

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.419
 you speak.

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:46.879
 To help you to understand

00:31:46.879 --> 00:31:50.379
 that everything you are

00:31:50.379 --> 00:31:50.919
 and everything you have

00:31:50.919 --> 00:31:51.639
 has been given to you

00:31:51.639 --> 00:31:52.219
 by Him.

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.899
 Turn from your sin.

00:31:56.199 --> 00:31:56.959
 Put your faith and

00:31:56.959 --> 00:31:57.599
 trust in Jesus.

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.500
 If you're not a Christian,

00:31:58.679 --> 00:31:58.899
 think.

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:00.259
 When He died on the

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:02.039
 cross, He actually paid

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:03.579
 the penalty for my sin.

00:32:03.659 --> 00:32:04.459
 He took my punishment.

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:06.599
 If you'll trust Him,

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:08.139
 you'll be forgiven because

00:32:08.139 --> 00:32:09.019
 the penalty for your sin

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:09.619
 will be paid.

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:12.259
 So trust Him.

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:13.539
 Call upon Him to save you.

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:15.480
 If you are a Christian,

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.819
 but you realize I have

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.500
 developed,

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:20.740
 I have developed sort of

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:22.500
 a being loose with the

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:22.920
 truth.

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:25.420
 Or I know that there's

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:27.299
 some pride issues in my

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:27.700
 life.

00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:29.200
 Confess that to God.

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:30.859
 Truly repent of it.

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:33.059
 Ask Him to help you to

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:34.299
 truly turn.

00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:36.839
 And understand that when

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:38.019
 Jesus died for your sins,

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:39.160
 He paid the penalty.

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:40.700
 So accept your forgiveness

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:42.940
 and just ask God now to

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:44.539
 help you to be more

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:45.740
 sensitive to His Spirit,

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:47.879
 to be alert to times when

00:32:47.879 --> 00:32:48.799
 you're tempted to tell a

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:52.779
 lie, to be alert to the

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:55.500
 pride issues in your life,

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:57.400
 the boasting temptations in

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:58.200
 your life, and ask Him to

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:59.519
 help you to say no to those.

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:01.940
 To humble yourself.

00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:03.440
 To speak the truth.

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:06.360
 Our words really do matter.

00:33:06.360 --> 00:33:10.140
 They have an effect on many

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:13.400
 people as well as

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:14.039
 ourselves.

00:33:15.140 --> 00:33:17.960
 Our words matter because they

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:19.160
 reflect the true condition of

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:19.620
 our heart.

00:33:21.180 --> 00:33:22.980
 That's why our words be used

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:26.080
 as a criteria for judgment on

00:33:26.080 --> 00:33:27.380
 our judgment day.

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:30.040
 I want to conclude like I have

00:33:30.040 --> 00:33:31.380
 with the last two messages.

00:33:31.840 --> 00:33:34.080
 These chilling words of

00:33:34.080 --> 00:33:36.540
 Jesus from Matthew chapter 12.

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:38.480
 I tell you on the day of

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:40.240
 judgment, people will give an

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:42.160
 account for every careless

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:43.440
 word they speak.

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:45.980
 For by your words you will be

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.440
 justified.

00:33:47.280 --> 00:33:50.620
 And by your words you will be

00:33:50.620 --> 00:33:51.040
 condemned.

00:33:51.800 --> 00:33:52.880
 Let's pray together.

00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:57.100
 Father, show us how we should

00:33:57.100 --> 00:33:57.660
 respond.

00:33:59.080 --> 00:34:00.880
 Show each individual in this

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:01.120
 room.

00:34:03.280 --> 00:34:05.340
 Help us to do it.

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:09.640
 Help that person who is not a

00:34:09.640 --> 00:34:11.960
 Christian to call upon Jesus

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:13.280
 right now to surrender their

00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:14.860
 lives to Him as Lord.

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:18.240
 Father, help that Christian who

00:34:18.240 --> 00:34:21.200
 has been convicted this morning

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:23.399
 of their just plain selfishness,

00:34:24.239 --> 00:34:25.799
 self-centeredness.

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:29.339
 They're just full of pride.

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:34.500
 It comes out in their words and

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:35.399
 their actions.

00:34:36.899 --> 00:34:41.159
 Convict that one who will lie to

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:43.099
 get out of suffering consequences,

00:34:43.439 --> 00:34:44.519
 to avoid embarrassment.

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:49.299
 Dear God, draw them back to you.

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:51.840
 The God of truth.

00:34:53.580 --> 00:34:55.000
 Draw them back to you.

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:59.740
 The source of all that they are,

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.680
 all that they have.

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:03.880
 Draw them back and cause them to

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:05.400
 humble themselves before you.

00:35:06.600 --> 00:35:07.560
 And seek your forgiveness.

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:10.000
 And renewed fellowship with you.

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:13.560
 Right now, in an attitude of

00:35:13.560 --> 00:35:14.800
 prayer, let's just all listen to the

00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:15.800
 Lord and respond to Him.

00:35:16.300 --> 00:35:17.480
 I'd be happy to pray with you,

00:35:17.560 --> 00:35:18.460
 talk with you here at the front.

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:20.320
 You want to come down during this

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:21.900
 next few minutes as the musicians

00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:22.280
 play.

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:24.320
 We're just going to be still and

00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:26.059
 silent and pray before the Lord.

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:30.519
 Do it.