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 And why this is so ungodly is because it goes against the very centerpiece of the Christian faith.

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! And if I ask you what is life about? What is a Christian life about?

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 It's the glory of God. Like, everything is centered around the glory of God.

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 And He is the focus. And this ideology makes us the focus.

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 We're in the center, and we deserve to be in the center.

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 So, I should really just... This is kind of a long intro. Sorry, before we get into 1 John here.

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 You might ask the question like, what is it that corrupts us, you know, as people?

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 A lot of people like to blame their sin on something.

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 Like to say, the devil made me do it.

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 Or, you know, I'm just a victim of a bad environment.

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 But people in society just push me too hard.

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 They know how to push my buttons and make me angry and go nuts.

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 Even some people, on a more theological level, they want to blame their sin on Adam.

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 You know, as if they don't commit their own sin every day.

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 And their own hearts are corrupted.

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 So, but the reality is, and I'll read you this really fast out of Mark 7.

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 And Jesus said, do you not see that whatever goes into a person from the outside cannot defile him?

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 And he says, a little later, right after that, all these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.

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 We sin because we're sinners.

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 So, he lists this long list of sins, descriptions of sins, like sexual immorality, adultery, murder, theft.

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 And he says, they all come from within us.

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 They don't, we're not corrupted by the outside, we're corrupted inside.

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 So, when we sin, it's our deal.

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 We, you know, he made me mad.

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 No, he didn't.

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 I chose to get mad.

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 Like he, I can't blame it on him.

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 You're responsible for your own sin.

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 And so, another idea people have is if I can just remove myself from the world, I'll be a perfect Christian.

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 Not true.

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 And the reason why is because your sin will follow you wherever you go.

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 A lot of people who go on, you know, mission trips, whatever you want to call it, like overseas, including people in history,

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 they think that by going to some exotic place and getting involved and pointing their life out, none of their sin will follow them there.

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 You know?

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 And all of it does, they have to write, they write out the same things.

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 Hudson Taylor, who went to China, wrote the very same thing.

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 My sin has basically followed me here.

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 Every insecurity I had and every problem I had is here with me right now in China.

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 It didn't get better.

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 So, has anybody ever seen the movie The Village?

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 Anybody?

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 Some people don't like scary movies, but that's a very interesting movie.

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 If you could handle it, I would watch it.

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 I think it's pretty clean.

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 Here's why.

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 It's got like some, you can learn a lot about the way humans are in that movie.

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 They're this group of people that move out in the middle of nowhere and basically live like they did back in the 1800s or 1700s.

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 And their goal is to, like, remove themselves from an evil and sinful society.

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 That's, like, what they want to do.

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 They think that by moving away, they can do that.

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 But evil pops back up in the movie because humans sin against each other and great evil is committed.

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 And they think, like, what happened?

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 We tried to build this perfect world and it just fell apart.

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 So, our sin will follow us.

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 We can be alone in the middle of nowhere and it will be there with us.

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 So, we can't blame the world for our sin is where I'm trying to go with this.

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 We can't say it's too rough.

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 I mean, it affects how I live.

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 So, now getting into our text.

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 We're not going to necessarily focus on verse 16 because John kind of, he explained that a few weeks ago.

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 So, and like I said, this is going to warrant more, maybe a Q&A later.

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 But I think I have three points out of this text and then we're going to spend some time on application.

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 So, the first one is, we see in verse 15, it says,

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 Do not love the world or the things in the world.

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 If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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 So, the first point is, the world pushes away love for God.

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 The world pushes away love for God.

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 It reveals our identity.

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 You are what you love.

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 You are what you take delight in.

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 The most, I think, one of the chief ways you can get to know somebody or say, I know that person well.

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 You can't really say that unless you know what they desire and what they delight in and what they take joy in.

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 So, you are what you love and you're controlled by what you love.

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 And love for God and love for the world are at odds.

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 They can't coexist.

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 It would be like, it would be like saying, I love justice and innocence,

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 but I'm glad that that serial killer or that child rapist was set free, even when they openly admitted it.

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 You'd be contributing yourself.

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 You can't say, I love freedom and liberty, but at the same time, I'm glad that I have some slaves that serve me.

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 It's just a contradiction.

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 So, God, you can't love him and the world at the same time.

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 It doesn't work that way.

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 You can't serve two masters, as Jesus would say.

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 In Matthew 6, 24, I'll read this to you.

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 He says,

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 No man can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other.

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 You cannot serve God and money.

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 He uses money in this context.

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 So, it reveals who we are based on what we love.

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 And, as I said last week, the world will try to befriend you.

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 It will try to bring you in and make you comfortable.

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 And, we read in James 4, 4,

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 You adulterous people, do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God?

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 Therefore, whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

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 So, it's important that you understand, like, you can't be all about the world,

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 and where all your time and energy and money is just going into it,

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 and, at the same time, love God.

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 It just doesn't work that way.

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 Love for the world diminishes your love for God.

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 So, what I want to do here is,

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 the first place I want to turn is Philippians 3, verse 6.

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 I think I have five places for you to look tonight.

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 Philippians 3, 6 through 8.

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 Philippians 3, 6 through 8.

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 And, I ask you the question,

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 we've said this a lot here, but I think it's really, really good.

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 It would be good to remind yourself.

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 If you could go to heaven right now, like this very instant,

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 and go and be in heaven,

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 and you could have all the worldly pleasures that you enjoy here to the max,

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 and it would be not simple, and it would be okay, not evil.

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 You know, all the food, all the sex, whatever you could enjoy here,

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 you could have there.

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 Like, in the greatest way possible.

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 You could go right now.

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 Like, would you do it?

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 There's just one catch to it.

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 Christ is not going to be there.

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 You still want to go.

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 And, a lot of people make heaven not to be that way.

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 I want to go and visit my dead relatives.

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 I want to go and, you know,

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 just play that golf course I think is going to be up there.

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 It doesn't exist.

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 Christ is heaven.

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 And, the glory of God is what is in heaven.

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 And, so, if you can answer that, and you say,

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 I don't know if I really want to,

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 then you need to take a close look at yourself,

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 examine yourself,

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 to see if you are a true believer.

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 Because, Christ didn't save you so that you could marry the world,

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 and marry sin again.

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 He saved you for himself.

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 And, true faith in him produces love for him.

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 So, getting back to this,

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 Philippians 3, 6 and 8.

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 But, whatever gain I had,

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 this is Paul talking,

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 whatever gain I had,

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 I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.

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 Indeed, I count everything as loss

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 because of the surpassing worth

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 of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.

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 For his sake, I have suffered the loss of all things

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 and count them as rubbish,

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 in order that I might gain Christ.

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 And, in this text, he's basically saying,

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 whatever I thought was so valuable and so awesome,

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 whatever I devoted my life to,

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 I now consider refuge,

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 dung,

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 in comparison to knowing Christ.

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 And, that's really the heartbeat of a Christian,

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 if you are one.

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 Now, we obviously have to struggle with,

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 we definitely can get lured by the world,

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 but we can't stay in it.

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 We have to come out of it.

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 We can't love the world like we love Christ.

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 It's just a different kind of thing.

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 So, we're to use all things for the glory of God

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 and things we come in contact with

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 and not allow us to consume us.

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 So, if you identify yourself with the world,

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 you're basically saying and identifying yourself

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 as a God-hater,

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 someone who is not a part of who God is at all.

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 They can't coexist.

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 And, this leads into our next point,

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 number two,

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 is found in verse 17.

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 Go back to 1 John, sorry.

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 Keep your hand there.

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 I'll be flipping back.

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 1 John 2, verse 17,

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 says this,

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 And the world is passing away along with its desires.

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 Okay?

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 So, the second point is,

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 not only will the world try to push away your love for God,

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 but it will,

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 the world is passing away.

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 That's the second point.

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 The world is passing away.

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 It's fleeting.

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 It's going away right now as we speak, even.

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 So, from this,

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 what do we take out?

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 We need to have a,

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 a believer needs to have a great concept

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 and meditate on this daily.

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 an eternal perspective

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 that you're going to last forever.

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 And,

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 that,

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 if you invest in this world,

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 it's a waste of time.

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 Because this world is passing away,

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 no one buys stock in a company

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 they know is going to get bankrupt.

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 Right?

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 You don't go and build a house

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 on a ship that you know is going to sink.

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 You don't take all your riches

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 and your money

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 and possessions

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 and put them in a place

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 that you know is going to go get robbed

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 and broken into

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 and all your stuff is going to be taken away.

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 It's foolishness.

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 You don't do that.

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 So,

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 in the same way,

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 if this world

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 and things in it

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 are the most valuable things to you,

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 you're going to lose them

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 because the world is passing away.

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 And if you hold on to it,

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 if you hold on to the,

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 the world so tightly,

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 you're going to perish with it.

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 It's like the idea.

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 Anybody ever read

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 Mubby Dick?

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 Getting way back

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 in our literature.

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 This one,

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 the captain of that ship

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 was obsessed

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 with killing the whale.

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 That was his goal.

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 And eventually,

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 he did it.

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 Or he tried to do it.

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 And eventually,

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 the whale destroyed him.

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 He was obsessed with that.

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 That was his life goal.

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 And he perished with it.

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 You know,

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 so this is

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 a picture of us

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 if we try to hold on to the world,

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 we'll perish with it.

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 So,

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 so basically,

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 if anyone loves the world,

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 love for the Father

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 will not be in him

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 because all that is in the world

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 is not of God.

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 That's a summation of this.

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 And,

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 I'll throw this out there at you.

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 In my parents' neighborhood

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 a few weeks ago,

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 there was a

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 really,

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 really,

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 really expensive

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 big house

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 that was built

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 in their neighborhood.

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 And it burnt to the ground

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 a few weeks ago.

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 And,

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 my mom and dad

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 had a chance to go over

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 and try to minister

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 to these people.

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 And they,

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 they were like,

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 man,

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 our whole life has been there.

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 You know,

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 like it's all gone now.

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 And you can just see

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 like how

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 terrible it is for them

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 because that was their life.

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 You know,

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 it would hurt

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 a lot of people,

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 but not,

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 but particularly people

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 who don't have

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 Christ as their ultimate treasure.

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 And,

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 it's,

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 it's devastating.

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 And,

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 so,

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 I want to read this out of

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 first,

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 our Colossians

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 3,

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 1 through 2 to you.

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 It says,

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 If then you have been

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 raised with Christ,

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 seek the things

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 that are above

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 where Christ is.

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 Seated at the right hand

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 of God.

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 Set your minds

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 on things above

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 and not on things

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 on the earth.

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 So,

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 a believer needs to have

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 an eternal perspective

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 that will help you

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 battle against

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 the things in the world.

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 Third point,

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 we're kind of moving

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 through this,

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 is,

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 only love for God

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 gives eternal life.

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 Only love for God

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 gives eternal life.

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 This is in verse 17.

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 Whoever does the will

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 of God

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 abides forever.

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 So,

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 loving God

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 and obeying God

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 and doing His will

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 are not

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 separate things.

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 They,

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 they coexist.

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 They're together.

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 You can't separate

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 one from the other.

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 You can't say,

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 I love God,

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 but I'm not going to

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 do what He's commanded

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 me to do.

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 Jesus said

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 in John 14,

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 if you love me,

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 you will keep

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 my commandments.

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 You will.

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 It's an evidence

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 of someone

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 who truly knows

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 who God is.

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 and it's a lie

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 to say,

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 I love God

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 and I'm going to

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 disobey every

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 commandment He's

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 ever made.

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 1 John says

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 that you're a liar.

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 It's like blatantly

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 said,

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 you are a liar

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 and the truth

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 is not in you.

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 So a paraphrase

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 of all this

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 is,

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 if you love

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 the world,

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 you will perish

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 with the world.

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 But if you don't

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 love the world,

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 but love God

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 and you do His will,

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 you'll live with Him

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 forever.

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 That's basically

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 a summation

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 of what we just

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 talked about.

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 So,

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 now,

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 kind of getting

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 to the harder part.

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 And this was

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 very hard,

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 y'all.

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 Like,

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 we're going to get

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 into some application

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 here about

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 what a lot of

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 this means.

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 you know,

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 I want to do

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 my best to try

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 to tread the line

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 between law

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 and grace will.

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 And,

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 so,

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 this will warrant

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 further conversation.

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 So we can talk

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 about it later.

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 Maybe we can have

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 a Q&A later.

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 But,

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 I actually,

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 again,

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 kind of,

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 one book I've read

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 that has helped me

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 the most,

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 learning on how

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 to deal with

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 possessions

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 and things in the world,

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 an old school book.

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 It's a section

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 out of John Calvin's

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 Institutes.

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 And,

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 it's called

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 The Golden Book

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 of the True Christian Life.

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 They just made this

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 part of the Christian life.

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 And,

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 one of these last chapters

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 is called

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 The Right Use

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 of the Present World.

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 And,

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 this is really,

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 really good.

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 I would recommend,

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 if you've ever read

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 anything from Calvin before,

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 this is a great place

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 to start.

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 But,

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 he kind of talks about

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 how to deal

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 with the things

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 we have in this life.

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 We're going to

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 unpack it a little bit.

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 Then,

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 I have some scripture.

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 Then,

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 I have some quotes.

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 But,

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 I'm going to use,

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 like,

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 this book,

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 just kind of as a guide

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 to walk through

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 some things.

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 And,

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 first of all,

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 in The Right Use

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 of the Present World,

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 this is what we're

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 talking about,

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 application,

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 he says that

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 we must avoid

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 two extremes.

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 Okay?

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 Two extremes.

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 The first one

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 is legalism.

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 And,

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 that means basically

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 adding extra

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 biblical rules

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 to things

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 that aren't there.

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 Your rules of conduct.

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 You're being overly

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 rigid on this.

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 You know,

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 adding to the commandments

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 of God.

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 And,

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 God has not said,

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 you can't do this.

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 And,

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 he said that's the first

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 extreme.

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 And,

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 this is what he wrote.

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 In their desire

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 to correct

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 such a pernicious evil,

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 they have adopted

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 the only method

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 which they saw fit.

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 Namely,

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 to permit

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 earthly blessings

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 only in so far

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 as their absolute necessity.

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 You ever heard

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 anybody say that?

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 Like,

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 if you don't need it,

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 you don't,

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 if it's not a necessity,

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 you don't need that.

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 You've heard

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 that extreme camp before.

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 He says,

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 this advice

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 showed the best

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 of intentions,

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 but was far too rigid.

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 For they committed

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 the very,

00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:43.000
 excuse me,

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 I have my papers mixed up.

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 They committed

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 the very dangerous error

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 of imposing

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 on the conscience

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 of others

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 stricter rules

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 than those already

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 laid down for us

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 in the word of the Lord.

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 Okay?

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 Then he said,

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 according to that camp,

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 or according to them,

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 it would be scarcely

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 permissible

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 to eat and drink

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 anything but

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 bread and water.

00:17:04.299 --> 00:17:05.100
 Others saw

00:17:05.100 --> 00:17:05.860
 even greater

00:17:05.860 --> 00:17:08.019
 extremes

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 of being rigid,

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 like the man

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 from Thebes

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 is a historical story,

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 who had said

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 he threw all his

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 treasures into the sea

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 out of fear

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 that unless they

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 were destroyed,

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 he himself

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 would be destroyed

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 by them.

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 So he's like,

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 he just renounced

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 all his riches

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 because he was afraid

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 they were just going

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 to destroy him.

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 So he said,

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 that's the first camp

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 to avoid.

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 If you were just like,

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 stay away from it,

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 it's going to mess you up.

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 Don't even get near it.

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 You know?

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 So that's the first camp,

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 legalism.

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 The second extreme

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 is licentiousness.

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 That's a big word.

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 That's a scriptural word.

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 And it basically means this,

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 lacking or regarding

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 for legal or moral

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 restrictions.

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 You know?

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 It means like,

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 hey,

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 God made it for us,

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 let's just enjoy it.

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 You know?

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 And you kind of go

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 the other extreme,

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 the other side

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 of the pendulum.

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 And this is what he said.

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 On the other hand,

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 there are many others

00:18:03.340 --> 00:18:04.759
 nowadays who seek

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 to prevent,

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 to excuse

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 and temperament,

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 you know,

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 keeping things under control

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 in the use of external things

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 and who desire

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 to indulge

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 in the lust of the flesh.

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 So you've got

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 the other camp.

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 You've got the one

00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:17.840
 Christian group

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 that's like,

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 don't even go near beer.

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 Like,

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 don't even look at it.

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 Don't even look at it.

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 The other camp is like,

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 hey,

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 God made it for us to enjoy.

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 And they let go

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 and just get totally wasted.

00:18:28.540 --> 00:18:29.440
 That's like the two camps

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 you can't be in.

00:18:31.360 --> 00:18:32.240
 Neither one of those

00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:34.160
 are the correct biblical view.

00:18:34.500 --> 00:18:34.680
 So,

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 that's the two extremes

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 he says to avoid

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 that I think are very,

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 very wise and shrewd.

00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:42.340
 Another point he makes,

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 so that's the first one,

00:18:44.060 --> 00:18:44.759
 the point he makes,

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 and these are going to be guidelines

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 for the right use

00:18:48.040 --> 00:18:48.720
 of things in the world.

00:18:49.620 --> 00:18:51.019
 The second one is

00:18:51.019 --> 00:18:53.640
 hindered or assisted.

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 Okay?

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 Hindered or assisted.

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 And he pulls out this

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 from scripture.

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 Christians are pilgrims,

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 are travelers.

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 That's the way scripture

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 identifies Christians.

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 Traveling through this world

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 on the way to

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 Mount Zion,

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 you know,

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 the city of God,

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 the eternal realm of God.

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 Pilgrim's progress

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 is a great picture of this.

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 So,

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 what do you do?

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 How do you view the things

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 that you,

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 a lot of pilgrimages

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 were going that way

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 and there's so many things

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 we're surrounded with?

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 How do we like,

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 keep going that way

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 and not get like,

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 oh,

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 get over here

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 and get totally distracted?

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 And in Pilgrim's progress,

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 he's going towards,

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 you know,

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 Zion,

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 you know,

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 the kingdom of God,

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 basically.

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 And there's a place

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 on the side of the road

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 called Vanity Fair.

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 and it basically has

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 everything you can want.

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 Like,

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 all the allurements

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 of the flesh,

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 like it's all there.

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 Wherever he wants,

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 he could have it.

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 And it says that it was

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 placed there by,

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 basically by Satan

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 to distract pilgrims

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 on their way

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 to going to the city.

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 So,

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 this is what he says.

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 This is what Calvin says

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 about this.

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 He says,

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 the Lord prescribes to us

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 in his word

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 when he teaches us

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 that his servants

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 for the present life

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 are pilgrims

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 in which they are traveling

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 towards the heavenly kingdom.

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 And here's the application.

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 We ought undoubtedly

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 to make such use

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 of its blessings

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 that we are assisted

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 rather than delayed

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 in our journey.

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 So,

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 if there's something

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 that's not going to be

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 beneficial to you

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 to partake in,

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 shake it loose.

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 Get rid of it.

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 You want to like

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 have things in your life,

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 possessions,

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 relationships,

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 whatever,

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 that are going to enable you

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 and encourage you

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 in your journey,

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 not like putting a weight

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 on your leg

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 and distracting you

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 from your ultimate goal.

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 So,

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 that's a really important,

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 you know,

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 point to make.

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 Turn to

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 1 Corinthians chapter 7.

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 1 Corinthians chapter 7.

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 verse 29.

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 Verse 29.

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 This is a really interesting verse,

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 kind of tucked away

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 in the New Testament.

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 A lot of people

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 just breeze over.

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 Verse 29 says this,

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 This is what I mean,

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 brothers.

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 The appointed time

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 has grown very short.

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 From now on,

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 let those who have lives

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 live as though they had none.

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 and those who mourn

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 as though they were not mourning.

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 And those who rejoice

00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:41.439
 as though they were not rejoicing.

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 And those who buy

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 as though they had no goods.

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 And those who deal with the world

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:48.740
 as though they had not,

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:50.159
 no dealings with it.

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 For the present form of this world

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 is passing away.

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 So,

00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:55.939
 it's this idea that we

00:21:55.939 --> 00:21:57.899
 can't engage the things around us.

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:58.199
 We can,

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.339
 you know,

00:21:59.339 --> 00:22:00.779
 we can enjoy the stuff

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:02.000
 that God has around us.

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:02.899
 But,

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:04.240
 God is like saying,

00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:06.039
 cultivate such a

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:08.059
 eternal perspective,

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:08.519
 you know,

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.740
 like a right understanding

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:11.179
 of what the Christian life is.

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 And have such a satisfaction

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:14.899
 in Christ

00:22:14.899 --> 00:22:16.980
 that you can involve yourself

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.919
 with suffering in this world.

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 And you can lose it

00:22:19.399 --> 00:22:19.639
 and you're like,

00:22:19.679 --> 00:22:19.859
 okay,

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:20.779
 I'll move on.

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 That's kind of the goal.

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 Like,

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 you don't want to be like,

00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:24.659
 man,

00:22:24.679 --> 00:22:25.240
 I lost that.

00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:25.919
 I lost that.

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 You're going to be able to

00:22:26.919 --> 00:22:28.179
 engage with things

00:22:28.179 --> 00:22:28.859
 in such a way

00:22:28.859 --> 00:22:29.379
 as though

00:22:29.379 --> 00:22:31.179
 you are not engaging with them.

00:22:31.479 --> 00:22:32.659
 You can just let them go.

00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:33.019
 Like,

00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:33.759
 if that was the point.

00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:34.839
 And,

00:22:35.479 --> 00:22:37.299
 it's a very interesting passage

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:38.539
 to look at.

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 Something that's not going to

00:22:39.699 --> 00:22:40.619
 keep you where you are

00:22:40.619 --> 00:22:41.299
 and weigh you down.

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:44.899
 Next point he makes in the book

00:22:44.899 --> 00:22:46.979
 is that

00:22:46.979 --> 00:22:48.000
 earthly things

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:49.959
 are gifts from God.

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.799
 Earthly things

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.659
 are gifts from God.

00:22:53.699 --> 00:22:54.099
 So,

00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:57.079
 the using of temple blessings

00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:58.139
 cannot be wrong.

00:22:58.859 --> 00:22:59.299
 If,

00:22:59.819 --> 00:23:00.679
 if,

00:23:01.179 --> 00:23:01.839
 they're directed

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.919
 to the same purposes

00:23:02.919 --> 00:23:04.319
 for which God created them.

00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:05.659
 Okay?

00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:06.559
 Because,

00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:08.500
 everything that God made

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.079
 was good.

00:23:09.439 --> 00:23:09.759
 Everything.

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.879
 I had a friend of mine

00:23:11.879 --> 00:23:12.539
 in seminary

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:13.579
 a while back.

00:23:14.419 --> 00:23:15.199
 He said he had to

00:23:15.199 --> 00:23:15.759
 write a paper.

00:23:16.479 --> 00:23:17.139
 It basically was like

00:23:17.139 --> 00:23:17.899
 having to correct

00:23:17.899 --> 00:23:18.559
 false teaching

00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:19.579
 and that was the kind of goal

00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:20.659
 of what this paper was about.

00:23:21.219 --> 00:23:21.519
 It was,

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:23.000
 what he had to address

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:24.199
 was somebody who said like,

00:23:25.199 --> 00:23:25.479
 well,

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:26.480
 everything God made

00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:27.000
 was good

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:28.160
 and therefore

00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:29.099
 like we can do

00:23:29.099 --> 00:23:29.539
 you know,

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:30.940
 marijuana and drugs

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:32.079
 and like thinking

00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:32.539
 about it and saying

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:32.720
 like,

00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:32.920
 well,

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.539
 because it's good.

00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:34.339
 And he had to basically

00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:35.539
 kind of explain

00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:36.839
 like that's not what's being said.

00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:37.279
 Um,

00:23:38.099 --> 00:23:38.899
 that's not what we're trying

00:23:38.899 --> 00:23:40.720
 to deal with here.

00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:41.599
 Like,

00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:43.119
 God gave us things

00:23:43.119 --> 00:23:43.839
 to enjoy.

00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:45.019
 They're gifts from God

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:46.319
 and it's not wrong

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:46.879
 to use them

00:23:46.879 --> 00:23:47.480
 if we use them

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:48.159
 for the purposes

00:23:48.159 --> 00:23:49.439
 that God intended

00:23:49.439 --> 00:23:50.500
 for us to use them in.

00:23:51.139 --> 00:23:51.939
 Not taking them

00:23:51.939 --> 00:23:53.079
 beyond the border,

00:23:53.199 --> 00:23:53.639
 so to say,

00:23:53.699 --> 00:23:54.419
 from what he intended.

00:23:55.159 --> 00:23:56.579
 This is what Calvin said.

00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:57.599
 He said,

00:23:57.599 --> 00:23:58.719
 if we study,

00:23:58.859 --> 00:23:59.459
 for instance,

00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:01.359
 while he has created

00:24:01.359 --> 00:24:02.759
 the various kinds of food,

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.359
 we shall find

00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:05.539
 that it was his intention

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:06.099
 not only

00:24:06.099 --> 00:24:07.719
 to provide for our needs

00:24:07.719 --> 00:24:08.319
 but likewise

00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:09.179
 for our pleasure

00:24:09.179 --> 00:24:10.500
 and our delight

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.879
 in herbs

00:24:11.879 --> 00:24:12.480
 and trees

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.039
 and fruit.

00:24:13.699 --> 00:24:14.879
 Besides being useful

00:24:14.879 --> 00:24:15.740
 in various ways,

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:17.099
 he planted to please us

00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:18.679
 by their gracious wines

00:24:18.679 --> 00:24:19.500
 and pleasant odors.

00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:20.579
 So everything around us

00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:21.079
 was meant

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:23.139
 to like elevate us

00:24:23.139 --> 00:24:24.259
 to worship the creator.

00:24:24.699 --> 00:24:25.139
 See that?

00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:25.480
 Like,

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:27.519
 we can delight in these things

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:29.240
 but not taking them

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:30.279
 beyond what he intended,

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:30.920
 obviously.

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:34.139
 While you're in 1 Corinthians,

00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:35.599
 flip back to chapter 6

00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:36.139
 real fast.

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:38.339
 A very, very helpful verse.

00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:40.619
 Verse 12,

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.460
 chapter 6.

00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:47.220
 Great verse.

00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:49.619
 He says in verse 12,

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:51.579
 Paul talking,

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:53.480
 All things are lawful for me,

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:56.000
 but not all things are helpful.

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:58.480
 All things are lawful for me,

00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:00.240
 but I will not be enslaved

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.980
 by anything.

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.259
 See that?

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:02.660
 There's like,

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:04.059
 there's things that are good

00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:05.460
 in this world

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:08.339
 that we could enjoy

00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:09.339
 and partake in.

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.420
 But he says,

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.140
 there's some things

00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:11.720
 that are just not

00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:12.799
 of any benefit to me

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.440
 to engage in.

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.779
 So I'm going to stay away

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.400
 from those things.

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.799
 At the same time,

00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:18.200
 the things that I do enjoy,

00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:19.680
 I cannot allow

00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:20.480
 to enslave me

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:21.200
 and control me.

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.519
 You see that?

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:24.119
 And like,

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:25.019
 I have some buddies in here,

00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:25.839
 they love to smoke

00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:26.759
 cigars and pipes.

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:28.240
 I love the smell.

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:29.339
 I wish I could do it.

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:30.200
 But that would not

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:31.160
 be beneficial for me

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:31.660
 because I've had

00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:32.220
 a lung transplant

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:32.879
 and my daughters

00:25:32.879 --> 00:25:33.400
 would shoot me.

00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.339
 See,

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:34.980
 like you can't,

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.740
 I can't engage

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.740
 in certain activities

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.619
 because like,

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:38.339
 it would be okay,

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:39.119
 it wouldn't be illegal

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:40.019
 for me to do that,

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.720
 but it would not be

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.539
 a benefit to me,

00:25:42.619 --> 00:25:43.019
 obviously.

00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:45.160
 And so there's,

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:47.539
 might not be the best analogy,

00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:48.220
 but this is one

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:48.779
 that came to mind.

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:49.960
 So,

00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:51.740
 don't be enslaved

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.980
 by any good thing.

00:25:53.139 --> 00:25:54.160
 Don't take good things

00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:55.480
 beyond what God

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.399
 intended them to be.

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:58.059
 And don't reject them either

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:59.539
 because earthly things

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.240
 are gifts from God.

00:26:00.339 --> 00:26:00.480
 So,

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:01.039
 next point,

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:03.519
 I don't know what number

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:03.839
 we're on,

00:26:03.879 --> 00:26:04.480
 I don't have numbers,

00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:06.519
 is that true gratitude

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:09.079
 will restrain us

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:09.759
 from abuse.

00:26:10.899 --> 00:26:11.759
 A true gratitude

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.799
 will restrain us

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.379
 from abuse.

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:14.519
 So,

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.559
 a right understanding

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:17.220
 of God

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:18.059
 and His gifts

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:20.240
 leads us to thankfulness

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:21.460
 and gratitude for them.

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:23.179
 And it allows us

00:26:23.179 --> 00:26:23.700
 to be like,

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:24.000
 wow,

00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:24.879
 He made this for me,

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:25.839
 I'm going to use it

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:28.220
 for the reason He made it.

00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:29.200
 And,

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:31.059
 I'm going to give Him glory

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:32.539
 for allowing me to do this.

00:26:33.379 --> 00:26:34.019
 Calvin said,

00:26:34.099 --> 00:26:35.480
 we should praise His kindness

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.440
 towards us

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:37.759
 in heavenly,

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:39.000
 or earthly matters

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:40.099
 by giving Him thanks.

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.240
 You know,

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:41.579
 so,

00:26:41.679 --> 00:26:42.679
 He's given us good things,

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.579
 but if we abuse them,

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:45.440
 they will backfire on us.

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:46.799
 There's a verse

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.680
 in Proverbs 25

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.399
 that says,

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:50.240
 if you have found honey,

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:52.339
 eat only enough for you,

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:54.019
 lest you will have your fill

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:55.119
 and you will vomit.

00:26:55.419 --> 00:26:55.680
 Like,

00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:57.019
 some things taken too far

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.639
 are going to,

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:57.799
 like,

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:58.599
 backfire on you.

00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.500
 So,

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:00.779
 but,

00:27:01.139 --> 00:27:01.980
 a right understanding

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.740
 of these gifts

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:04.859
 don't hinder you

00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:05.700
 from enjoying them.

00:27:05.899 --> 00:27:06.579
 You can give glory

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:07.139
 to God

00:27:07.139 --> 00:27:09.000
 because of what He's made,

00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:10.039
 and it all goes back

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.379
 to Him.

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.919
 Everything is from Him,

00:27:11.919 --> 00:27:12.480
 through Him,

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.000
 and to Him.

00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:13.759
 It's that idea.

00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:14.940
 So,

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.960
 here's the rule.

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:17.819
 I think this is like

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:18.079
 the,

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:19.819
 you know,

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:21.200
 the last one that I have

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:23.119
 from Him in this book.

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.559
 Basically,

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.240
 He says,

00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:26.240
 let us live

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:27.500
 in moderation.

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.160
 Let us live

00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:29.779
 in moderation.

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.640
 And,

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:33.619
 that means

00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:34.119
 you're not going to be

00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:35.160
 one extreme or the other

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:36.559
 in those camps.

00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:37.019
 You're not going to,

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.200
 like,

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:38.059
 throw away the gifts

00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:38.460
 and say,

00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:39.339
 they'll corrupt me.

00:27:40.159 --> 00:27:41.480
 I don't want to get near them.

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:42.240
 And then you're not going

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.339
 to,

00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:42.480
 like,

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.159
 indulge in them

00:27:43.159 --> 00:27:43.819
 to the point of

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.539
 sin,

00:27:44.659 --> 00:27:45.039
 gluttony,

00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:46.000
 and licentiousness.

00:27:46.419 --> 00:27:47.059
 You're going to be

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.379
 kind of,

00:27:47.419 --> 00:27:47.579
 like,

00:27:47.639 --> 00:27:48.179
 in the middle.

00:27:48.699 --> 00:27:49.819
 The proper balance

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:51.059
 of the right use

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:51.519
 of the things

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.179
 in this life.

00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:53.439
 And,

00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:54.899
 you're going to use,

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.539
 but not abuse,

00:27:55.699 --> 00:27:56.079
 idea,

00:27:56.699 --> 00:27:57.720
 the things in this life.

00:27:58.179 --> 00:27:58.199
 And,

00:27:58.879 --> 00:27:59.379
 so,

00:28:00.639 --> 00:28:01.939
 the gifts that He gives us

00:28:01.939 --> 00:28:02.679
 are parameters

00:28:02.679 --> 00:28:03.439
 for His glory.

00:28:04.119 --> 00:28:04.299
 So,

00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:05.679
 sorry,

00:28:06.199 --> 00:28:06.919
 turn to

00:28:06.919 --> 00:28:08.599
 Proverbs 30,

00:28:08.679 --> 00:28:09.259
 real fast.

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:10.939
 Proverbs 30.

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.859
 This is another

00:28:11.859 --> 00:28:13.240
 really cool passage.

00:28:13.899 --> 00:28:14.579
 It's kind of tucked away.

00:28:14.679 --> 00:28:15.359
 Proverbs 30,

00:28:15.439 --> 00:28:16.099
 verse 7.

00:28:23.379 --> 00:28:24.240
 Proverbs 30,

00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:24.859
 verse 7.

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.480
 It says,

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:29.079
 sorry,

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:31.379
 two things I ask of you,

00:28:31.459 --> 00:28:32.139
 talking to the Lord.

00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:34.740
 Deny them not to me

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.539
 before I die.

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:38.419
 Remove far from me

00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:39.700
 falsehood and lying.

00:28:40.560 --> 00:28:41.440
 Give me neither

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:42.160
 poverty

00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:43.600
 nor riches.

00:28:44.560 --> 00:28:45.759
 Feed me with the food

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:47.980
 that is needful for me.

00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:49.620
 Lest I be full

00:28:49.620 --> 00:28:50.440
 and deny you

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:50.940
 and say,

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:52.100
 who is the Lord?

00:28:52.800 --> 00:28:53.880
 Or lest I be poor

00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:54.440
 and steal

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:55.039
 and profane

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:56.080
 the name of my God.

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.440
 Pretty cool.

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.420
 It's this idea of,

00:28:58.620 --> 00:28:58.660
 like,

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.500
 Lord,

00:28:59.560 --> 00:29:00.259
 please help me have

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:00.980
 just enough

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:03.400
 to not make it

00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:03.800
 an idol.

00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:05.540
 But also,

00:29:05.620 --> 00:29:06.180
 don't leave me

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:06.660
 in poverty

00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:07.420
 and want to provide

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:08.120
 for what I need.

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:09.720
 It's a good way

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:10.660
 of looking at things.

00:29:11.280 --> 00:29:11.740
 So moderation

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.960
 is the goal

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:14.519
 of the right use

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.400
 of things in this life.

00:29:15.620 --> 00:29:17.400
 Not to abuse them

00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:18.360
 and not to neglect them,

00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:19.399
 but in the middle.

00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:20.599
 So,

00:29:20.699 --> 00:29:22.699
 I know people

00:29:22.699 --> 00:29:23.479
 think about alcohol.

00:29:23.639 --> 00:29:24.159
 A lot of other things

00:29:24.159 --> 00:29:24.599
 are coming to mind

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:24.959
 right now.

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.939
 This might be

00:29:25.939 --> 00:29:26.459
 a conversation

00:29:26.459 --> 00:29:26.899
 for later.

00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:27.219
 But,

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:28.259
 quickly,

00:29:28.439 --> 00:29:29.219
 some more application.

00:29:29.459 --> 00:29:30.439
 Two random things.

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:30.959
 I feel like I got

00:29:30.959 --> 00:29:31.439
 kind of rocky

00:29:31.439 --> 00:29:32.019
 here at the end.

00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:32.359
 Sorry.

00:29:33.179 --> 00:29:34.399
 We'll talk just briefly

00:29:34.399 --> 00:29:35.279
 about wealth,

00:29:36.179 --> 00:29:36.439
 money,

00:29:36.679 --> 00:29:37.319
 and possessions.

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:38.259
 And,

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:39.779
 key text

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.359
 we'll look at.

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:40.919
 And we'll have,

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.039
 like,

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:42.779
 maybe two other

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.159
 places where you

00:29:43.159 --> 00:29:43.559
 look at.

00:29:43.639 --> 00:29:44.299
 1 Timothy,

00:29:44.899 --> 00:29:45.639
 chapter 6.

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:46.460
 This will be a good

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:47.759
 text to look at.

00:29:49.620 --> 00:29:50.420
 1 Timothy,

00:29:50.560 --> 00:29:51.220
 chapter 6.

00:29:51.820 --> 00:29:52.620
 And we're going to

00:29:52.620 --> 00:29:53.120
 read this,

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:54.220
 6 through 10.

00:30:01.340 --> 00:30:02.100
 This is where

00:30:02.100 --> 00:30:02.860
 it really gets picky

00:30:02.860 --> 00:30:03.380
 because,

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.860
 you know,

00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:05.600
 we're picking on

00:30:05.600 --> 00:30:06.800
 certain things now.

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:11.020
 1 Timothy,

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:11.880
 chapter 6,

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.360
 verse 6.

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:13.640
 Now there is

00:30:13.640 --> 00:30:14.420
 great gain

00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:15.140
 in godliness

00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:16.060
 with contentment.

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.340
 For we brought

00:30:17.340 --> 00:30:18.320
 nothing into this

00:30:18.320 --> 00:30:18.700
 world,

00:30:18.840 --> 00:30:19.420
 and we can take

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:20.500
 nothing out of it.

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:22.240
 But if we have

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:23.200
 food and clothing,

00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:24.800
 with these we will

00:30:24.800 --> 00:30:25.320
 be content.

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:26.800
 But those who

00:30:26.800 --> 00:30:28.040
 desire to be rich

00:30:28.040 --> 00:30:29.420
 fall into temptation,

00:30:30.080 --> 00:30:30.880
 into a snare,

00:30:31.520 --> 00:30:32.520
 into many senseless

00:30:32.520 --> 00:30:33.640
 and harmful desires

00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:34.500
 that plunge people

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:35.320
 into ruin and

00:30:35.320 --> 00:30:35.720
 destruction.

00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:37.759
 For the love of money

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.660
 is the root of

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:39.600
 all kinds of evil.

00:30:40.520 --> 00:30:41.320
 It is through this

00:30:41.320 --> 00:30:42.180
 craving that some

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.940
 have wandered away

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.620
 from the faith

00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:44.479
 and pierced

00:30:44.479 --> 00:30:45.139
 themselves with

00:30:45.139 --> 00:30:46.059
 many pains.

00:30:47.399 --> 00:30:47.939
 There's a lot

00:30:47.939 --> 00:30:48.399
 in that.

00:30:49.159 --> 00:30:50.359
 But notice his

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:50.659
 language.

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.519
 He's not saying

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.399
 that money in and

00:30:52.399 --> 00:30:53.639
 of itself is evil.

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:55.019
 He's saying the

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.659
 love of money,

00:30:55.739 --> 00:30:56.579
 the abuse of money,

00:30:56.659 --> 00:30:57.859
 that one side we

00:30:57.859 --> 00:30:58.319
 were talking about,

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:59.000
 that one extreme

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.459
 camp.

00:31:00.139 --> 00:31:00.879
 I've got to have

00:31:00.879 --> 00:31:01.119
 money.

00:31:01.239 --> 00:31:01.839
 Because with money

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:02.419
 you can have

00:31:02.419 --> 00:31:03.779
 anything you want.

00:31:03.959 --> 00:31:04.379
 You can have any

00:31:04.379 --> 00:31:04.859
 kind of pleasure.

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:05.899
 You can buy

00:31:05.899 --> 00:31:07.199
 exactly what your

00:31:07.199 --> 00:31:07.899
 flesh wants.

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:09.240
 So,

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.240
 we're talking about

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.900
 this specifically

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:12.600
 in the confines

00:31:12.600 --> 00:31:13.420
 of a believer's

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:13.759
 life.

00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:14.620
 Okay?

00:31:16.100 --> 00:31:17.240
 There is a

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:18.180
 half-truth

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:20.060
 that I believe

00:31:20.060 --> 00:31:22.360
 we live with

00:31:22.360 --> 00:31:22.759
 here in the

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:23.500
 American church.

00:31:24.600 --> 00:31:25.900
 And it is this.

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.200
 It sounds

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:26.680
 something like

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:26.960
 this.

00:31:27.600 --> 00:31:28.700
 We glorify God

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.420
 with our wealth

00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:31.280
 by being thankful

00:31:31.280 --> 00:31:32.800
 and enjoying

00:31:32.800 --> 00:31:33.800
 all the luxuries

00:31:33.800 --> 00:31:34.480
 he allows us

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:34.880
 to buy.

00:31:35.580 --> 00:31:35.940
 Like,

00:31:36.580 --> 00:31:36.940
 thank you,

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.120
 Lord,

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:37.560
 forgive me

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:37.839
 this,

00:31:37.919 --> 00:31:38.259
 and now I'm

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:38.559
 going to go

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.200
 and spend it

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.919
 any way I

00:31:39.919 --> 00:31:40.359
 want to spend

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:40.599
 it.

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.659
 Because he gave

00:31:41.659 --> 00:31:41.980
 it to me

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.299
 as long as

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:42.759
 I'm thankful,

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.159
 right?

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:43.480
 I'm going to

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:43.919
 go and spend

00:31:43.919 --> 00:31:45.299
 it however

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:45.960
 I want to.

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.720
 The true part

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.299
 of that statement

00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:49.759
 is that we

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.179
 should be

00:31:50.179 --> 00:31:51.480
 thankful because

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.200
 God gives us

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:52.980
 every good thing,

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:53.679
 including money

00:31:53.679 --> 00:31:54.220
 and possessions.

00:31:54.399 --> 00:31:55.419
 He gives us

00:31:55.419 --> 00:31:55.740
 those things,

00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:56.539
 so that's the

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:57.000
 right part.

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:58.379
 The false part

00:31:58.379 --> 00:31:59.500
 is that we

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.599
 can glorify God

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:01.599
 by every purchase

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:02.139
 we make.

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:03.419
 Not true.

00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:04.339
 It's not true.

00:32:05.679 --> 00:32:06.079
 And,

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:07.960
 let me read

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:09.919
 you this quote

00:32:09.919 --> 00:32:10.619
 by John

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:10.919
 Piper.

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.279
 He says,

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.859
 God is not

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:15.519
 glorified when

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:16.139
 we keep for

00:32:16.139 --> 00:32:16.839
 ourselves,

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:18.240
 no matter how

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.699
 thankfully,

00:32:19.899 --> 00:32:20.619
 we ought to be

00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:21.519
 using to

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:22.319
 alleviate the

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:23.639
 misery of the

00:32:23.639 --> 00:32:24.619
 un-evangelized,

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.559
 un-educated,

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.939
 un-medicated,

00:32:27.699 --> 00:32:28.439
 and unfed

00:32:28.439 --> 00:32:28.919
 millions.

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:30.980
 We should be

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.640
 using our

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:32.259
 wealth for

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:32.840
 the advancement

00:32:32.840 --> 00:32:33.200
 of the

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:35.140
 kingdom for

00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:35.880
 the most part.

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.340
 That's what he's

00:32:36.340 --> 00:32:36.860
 trying to say.

00:32:37.600 --> 00:32:38.340
 There are so

00:32:38.340 --> 00:32:38.940
 many people that

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.700
 need help,

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:41.060
 and I'm

00:32:41.060 --> 00:32:41.940
 convinced that

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:43.240
 now,

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:43.920
 more than

00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:44.220
 ever,

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:45.400
 Christians in

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:45.759
 America,

00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:46.400
 particularly in

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:46.900
 the West,

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.380
 they're going to

00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:48.840
 be held to a

00:32:48.840 --> 00:32:49.420
 higher standard

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:50.000
 by God

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:50.480
 than people in

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:50.900
 the past.

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.140
 And the

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:51.640
 reason why

00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:52.700
 is because we

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:53.460
 don't have to

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:54.220
 get on a boat

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:55.840
 and go months

00:32:55.840 --> 00:32:56.460
 and months to

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.300
 somewhere and

00:32:57.300 --> 00:32:58.240
 help somebody in

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.460
 need,

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.440
 we can do

00:32:59.440 --> 00:32:59.799
 it by

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:01.319
 clicking and

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:02.680
 sending things

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.180
 and helping

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.740
 people in that

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.160
 regard.

00:33:05.120 --> 00:33:05.539
 And so,

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.200
 don't say,

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:06.420
 well,

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:06.859
 because I don't

00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:07.220
 see these

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:07.539
 people,

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.620
 I don't have

00:33:08.620 --> 00:33:09.000
 to help them.

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.380
 We know

00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:09.960
 they exist.

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:10.400
 We know

00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:10.839
 they're there.

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:11.359
 We know

00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:12.579
 there's misery

00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:13.079
 out there.

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.059
 And this is

00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:14.599
 the rest of

00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:14.720
 it,

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.279
 what he said.

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:17.039
 This evidence

00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:17.519
 that many

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:18.120
 professional

00:33:18.120 --> 00:33:19.740
 Christians have

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.400
 been deceived

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:20.819
 by this

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:22.000
 doctrine is

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.460
 how little

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:23.039
 they give

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.620
 and how much

00:33:23.620 --> 00:33:24.099
 they own.

00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:26.140
 That's what

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:27.120
 identifies this.

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:28.279
 He says,

00:33:28.439 --> 00:33:29.659
 God has

00:33:29.659 --> 00:33:30.479
 prospered them

00:33:30.479 --> 00:33:32.199
 and by almost

00:33:32.199 --> 00:33:33.079
 an irresistible

00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:33.919
 law of consumer

00:33:33.919 --> 00:33:34.459
 culture,

00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:36.019
 baptized by a

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.439
 doctrine of

00:33:36.439 --> 00:33:36.659
 health,

00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:36.979
 wealth,

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.679
 and prosperity,

00:33:38.459 --> 00:33:39.319
 we have

00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:40.199
 bought bigger

00:33:40.199 --> 00:33:41.259
 than more

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:41.699
 houses,

00:33:42.379 --> 00:33:42.939
 newer and

00:33:42.939 --> 00:33:43.659
 more cars,

00:33:44.399 --> 00:33:45.079
 fancier and

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:45.819
 more clothes,

00:33:46.439 --> 00:33:47.119
 better and

00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:47.719
 more meat,

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:48.899
 in all matter

00:33:48.899 --> 00:33:49.539
 of trinkets,

00:33:49.739 --> 00:33:50.059
 gadgets,

00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:50.759
 containers,

00:33:51.479 --> 00:33:51.919
 devices,

00:33:52.179 --> 00:33:52.579
 equipment,

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:53.319
 to make

00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:53.960
 life more

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:54.359
 fun.

00:33:55.379 --> 00:33:55.819
 That's

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.759
 very

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.240
 convicting.

00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:59.019
 He definitely

00:33:59.019 --> 00:33:59.619
 is not saying

00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:00.000
 you can't

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.559
 buy some

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:01.659
 possession like

00:34:01.659 --> 00:34:02.819
 something you

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:03.139
 take to

00:34:03.139 --> 00:34:03.439
 light in,

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:03.679
 like a

00:34:03.679 --> 00:34:04.220
 fishing pole

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:05.179
 or go

00:34:05.179 --> 00:34:05.639
 fishing.

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:05.960
 That's not

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.139
 what he's

00:34:06.139 --> 00:34:06.399
 trying to

00:34:06.399 --> 00:34:06.679
 say.

00:34:07.159 --> 00:34:07.339
 He's

00:34:07.339 --> 00:34:07.799
 trying to

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.279
 say that

00:34:08.279 --> 00:34:08.599
 when we

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:09.019
 look at

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:09.440
 most

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:09.940
 Christians,

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.519
 particularly

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:11.920
 here in

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:13.000
 America,

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:15.299
 you look at

00:34:15.299 --> 00:34:15.599
 what they

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:16.000
 own,

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.119
 and then

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.639
 you look,

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.179
 well,

00:34:18.319 --> 00:34:18.779
 you're not

00:34:18.779 --> 00:34:19.259
 really supposed

00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:19.719
 to do this,

00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:20.519
 but if

00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:20.859
 you could

00:34:20.859 --> 00:34:21.339
 see how

00:34:21.339 --> 00:34:21.719
 much they

00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:22.119
 give,

00:34:22.799 --> 00:34:23.319
 it's like

00:34:23.319 --> 00:34:23.959
 nowhere in

00:34:23.959 --> 00:34:24.339
 comparison.

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:25.119
 Nowhere.

00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:25.480
 They don't

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:25.939
 even touch

00:34:25.939 --> 00:34:26.559
 it at

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:26.819
 all.

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:28.099
 We give

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:28.759
 so little

00:34:28.759 --> 00:34:30.039
 to the

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.439
 cause of

00:34:30.439 --> 00:34:30.839
 Christ.

00:34:31.759 --> 00:34:32.379
 He can

00:34:32.379 --> 00:34:32.899
 say this

00:34:32.899 --> 00:34:33.139
 because I

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:33.559
 know that

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:34.219
 Piper lives

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:34.639
 in a very

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:34.980
 poor

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.419
 neighborhood

00:34:35.419 --> 00:34:36.339
 in

00:34:36.339 --> 00:34:36.779
 Minneapolis.

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:37.279
 I know

00:34:37.279 --> 00:34:37.859
 pastors get

00:34:37.859 --> 00:34:38.379
 paid far

00:34:38.379 --> 00:34:38.699
 more than

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:39.139
 he does

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:39.699
 personally.

00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:42.359
 He really

00:34:42.359 --> 00:34:42.819
 wants to

00:34:42.819 --> 00:34:43.379
 be clear

00:34:43.379 --> 00:34:45.099
 that all

00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:45.539
 the money

00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:46.419
 that I

00:34:46.419 --> 00:34:46.699
 earn from

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.139
 my books

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:47.379
 and all

00:34:47.379 --> 00:34:47.619
 that is

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:48.000
 not going

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.279
 to me.

00:34:48.379 --> 00:34:48.659
 It's going

00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:49.019
 to

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.920
 expand

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.099
 the

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:50.320
 kingdom

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:50.519
 of

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:50.759
 God.

00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:51.259
 He lives

00:34:51.259 --> 00:34:51.500
 on a

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:51.960
 very low

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.500
 paycheck.

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:54.179
 He's not

00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:54.739
 doing that

00:34:54.739 --> 00:34:55.259
 to glorify

00:34:55.259 --> 00:34:55.699
 himself.

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:56.059
 He's trying

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.360
 to show

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:58.079
 that money

00:34:58.079 --> 00:34:58.719
 and possessions

00:34:58.719 --> 00:34:59.239
 is not my

00:34:59.239 --> 00:34:59.519
 treasure.

00:34:59.679 --> 00:35:00.259
 Christ is

00:35:00.259 --> 00:35:00.500
 and I

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:00.759
 don't need

00:35:00.759 --> 00:35:01.280
 those things.

00:35:02.300 --> 00:35:02.880
 That's really

00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:03.320
 kind of what

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:03.900
 the point is.

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.300
 He wants

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:04.780
 to glorify

00:35:04.780 --> 00:35:05.280
 Christ.

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:06.659
 I really

00:35:06.659 --> 00:35:07.019
 think that's

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.179
 it.

00:35:07.259 --> 00:35:07.599
 God is

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:07.900
 not

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:08.280
 pleasing

00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:08.940
 us going

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:09.219
 out and

00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:09.440
 making

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:09.699
 any

00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:10.119
 purses.

00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:11.300
 Thank you

00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:11.639
 for that.

00:35:11.739 --> 00:35:11.940
 We need

00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:12.840
 to be

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:13.219
 deliberate

00:35:13.219 --> 00:35:13.679
 about how

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:14.000
 we are

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.259
 spending

00:35:14.259 --> 00:35:14.440
 our

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:14.619
 money

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:14.820
 to

00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:15.259
 alleviate

00:35:15.259 --> 00:35:15.699
 the

00:35:15.699 --> 00:35:17.239
 unevangelized

00:35:17.239 --> 00:35:17.239


00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:20.300
 uneducated

00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:21.639
 and unmedicated.

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:22.699
 So,

00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:25.259
 here's the

00:35:25.259 --> 00:35:25.639
 other side

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:25.920
 of this.

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.820
 Here's another

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.719
 right use of

00:35:27.719 --> 00:35:28.019
 our money,

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:28.659
 right use.

00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:29.840
 The problem

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:30.380
 is not with

00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:30.900
 earning a lot

00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:31.239
 of money.

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:33.459
 the problem

00:35:33.459 --> 00:35:34.059
 is living a

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.859
 lifestyle that

00:35:34.859 --> 00:35:35.519
 is maintained

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:35.939
 by that

00:35:35.939 --> 00:35:36.879
 amount of

00:35:36.879 --> 00:35:37.119
 money.

00:35:37.799 --> 00:35:38.219
 So,

00:35:38.299 --> 00:35:38.639
 you can go

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:38.879
 out and

00:35:38.879 --> 00:35:39.899
 make $200,000

00:35:39.899 --> 00:35:40.299
 a year,

00:35:40.459 --> 00:35:41.199
 but you

00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:41.539
 can't be

00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:41.939
 justified

00:35:41.939 --> 00:35:42.479
 living a

00:35:42.479 --> 00:35:43.159
 $200,000

00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:43.959
 lifestyle.

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.719
 There's just

00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:46.199
 no way.

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:47.319
 And,

00:35:47.379 --> 00:35:48.959
 God didn't

00:35:48.959 --> 00:35:49.799
 enlarge your

00:35:49.799 --> 00:35:52.000
 deposit or

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.759
 your bank

00:35:52.759 --> 00:35:53.479
 account for

00:35:53.479 --> 00:35:54.359
 you to go

00:35:54.359 --> 00:35:54.619
 out and

00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:55.459
 buy and

00:35:55.459 --> 00:35:56.159
 build bigger

00:35:56.159 --> 00:35:56.919
 barns like

00:35:56.919 --> 00:35:58.299
 the parable

00:35:58.299 --> 00:35:59.019
 Jesus gives

00:35:59.019 --> 00:35:59.399
 about the

00:35:59.399 --> 00:36:00.659
 rich ruler.

00:36:01.239 --> 00:36:01.759
 The fool

00:36:01.759 --> 00:36:02.119
 who built

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:02.899
 bigger barns

00:36:02.899 --> 00:36:03.139
 so that he

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:03.500
 could eat,

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:03.699
 drink,

00:36:03.739 --> 00:36:03.959
 and be

00:36:03.959 --> 00:36:04.299
 merry.

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.439
 So,

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:07.139
 God increases

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:07.879
 our yield,

00:36:08.699 --> 00:36:09.659
 not so that

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:11.339
 we'll indulge

00:36:11.339 --> 00:36:11.619
 in it,

00:36:11.799 --> 00:36:12.159
 but we'll

00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:12.859
 take that

00:36:12.859 --> 00:36:13.219
 yield and

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:13.559
 give it to

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:13.879
 God.

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:14.779
 And,

00:36:14.859 --> 00:36:15.139
 in this

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:15.500
 text,

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:17.359
 in verse 6,

00:36:17.439 --> 00:36:17.859
 we read that

00:36:17.859 --> 00:36:18.500
 with godliness

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:19.119
 there is

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:20.059
 great contentment.

00:36:20.719 --> 00:36:21.119
 So,

00:36:21.319 --> 00:36:21.799
 the goal in

00:36:21.799 --> 00:36:22.359
 life is not

00:36:22.359 --> 00:36:23.099
 to have more.

00:36:23.959 --> 00:36:24.359
 The goal in

00:36:24.359 --> 00:36:24.799
 life is to

00:36:24.799 --> 00:36:25.399
 have less.

00:36:25.719 --> 00:36:25.919
 And,

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:27.239
 I read a

00:36:27.239 --> 00:36:27.659
 book a long

00:36:27.659 --> 00:36:28.119
 time ago

00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:28.539
 by this

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:29.319
 Puritan guy

00:36:29.319 --> 00:36:29.599
 named

00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:30.619
 Jeremiah

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.219
 Burroughs.

00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:31.379
 And,

00:36:31.439 --> 00:36:31.719
 this is

00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:32.719
 one of

00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:33.099
 his texts

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:33.519
 he used,

00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:33.899
 but he

00:36:33.899 --> 00:36:34.319
 said this,

00:36:34.399 --> 00:36:35.119
 very profound.

00:36:35.799 --> 00:36:36.199
 He said,

00:36:36.419 --> 00:36:37.119
 contentment

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:38.879
 comes by way

00:36:38.879 --> 00:36:39.819
 of subtraction

00:36:39.819 --> 00:36:40.259
 and not

00:36:40.259 --> 00:36:40.559
 addition.

00:36:41.399 --> 00:36:41.919
 The more

00:36:41.919 --> 00:36:42.299
 things you

00:36:42.299 --> 00:36:42.639
 think you

00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:42.879
 need,

00:36:42.939 --> 00:36:43.179
 the less

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:43.619
 content you

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:43.879
 are.

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:44.079
 But,

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.459
 the less

00:36:44.459 --> 00:36:44.899
 you need,

00:36:45.379 --> 00:36:45.799
 particularly if

00:36:45.799 --> 00:36:45.959
 you have

00:36:45.959 --> 00:36:46.299
 Christ,

00:36:46.379 --> 00:36:46.679
 you realize

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:47.059
 you don't

00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:47.459
 need all

00:36:47.459 --> 00:36:47.879
 those things.

00:36:47.979 --> 00:36:48.299
 You have

00:36:48.299 --> 00:36:48.879
 everything

00:36:48.879 --> 00:36:50.039
 in him.

00:36:50.819 --> 00:36:51.079
 So,

00:36:51.879 --> 00:36:53.719
 the verse

00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:54.039
 in Luke

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:54.359
 12,

00:36:54.459 --> 00:36:54.759
 I read it

00:36:54.759 --> 00:36:55.059
 to you.

00:36:55.959 --> 00:36:56.459
 Sell your

00:36:56.459 --> 00:36:57.059
 positions,

00:36:57.259 --> 00:36:57.819
 Jesus says,

00:36:57.899 --> 00:36:58.259
 sell your

00:36:58.259 --> 00:36:58.679
 possessions

00:36:58.679 --> 00:36:59.079
 and give

00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.359
 to the

00:36:59.359 --> 00:36:59.739
 needy.

00:36:59.739 --> 00:37:00.719
 Provide

00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:01.099
 yourselves

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:01.539
 with money

00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:02.659
 bags that

00:37:02.659 --> 00:37:03.000
 do not

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:03.599
 grow old,

00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:04.539
 with a

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.119
 treasure in

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:05.799
 heaven that

00:37:05.799 --> 00:37:06.179
 does not

00:37:06.179 --> 00:37:06.559
 fail,

00:37:07.319 --> 00:37:07.719
 where no

00:37:07.719 --> 00:37:08.519
 thief approaches

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:09.039
 and no

00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:10.019
 moth destroys,

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:10.739
 for there

00:37:10.739 --> 00:37:11.219
 your treasure

00:37:11.219 --> 00:37:11.500
 is,

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:11.819
 your heart

00:37:11.819 --> 00:37:12.099
 will be

00:37:12.099 --> 00:37:12.500
 also.

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:13.259
 That's

00:37:13.259 --> 00:37:13.799
 Luke 12,

00:37:13.899 --> 00:37:15.019
 33-34.

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:16.599
 I thought

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:16.780
 I would

00:37:16.780 --> 00:37:17.139
 just give

00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:18.440
 you some

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:19.079
 examples of

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:19.259
 this.

00:37:19.340 --> 00:37:19.480
 Okay,

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:19.800
 guys,

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:20.219
 just really

00:37:20.219 --> 00:37:20.679
 fast.

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:21.880
 It's hot

00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:22.119
 in here,

00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:22.460
 and I

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:22.719
 definitely

00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:23.199
 feel some

00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:23.460
 heat.

00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:25.139
 I'm hot.

00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:26.579
 I'm starting

00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:26.960
 to sweat.

00:37:27.280 --> 00:37:27.420
 But,

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:28.500
 it's too late

00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:28.860
 to turn the

00:37:28.860 --> 00:37:29.400
 air on now.

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:29.880
 It'll be too

00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:30.099
 late.

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:31.519
 I was,

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:32.259
 a while back,

00:37:32.340 --> 00:37:32.900
 or a year

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:33.159
 ago,

00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:33.579
 I was talking

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:33.800
 to my

00:37:33.800 --> 00:37:34.219
 grandmother,

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.099
 who lives

00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:35.380
 in North

00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:35.759
 Carolina,

00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:38.599
 and my

00:37:38.599 --> 00:37:38.960
 grandmother

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:40.500
 and my

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:41.159
 step-grandfather,

00:37:41.239 --> 00:37:41.699
 they're awesome.

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:42.719
 People who

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:43.259
 really love the

00:37:43.260 --> 00:37:43.580
 Lord,

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.700
 and give

00:37:44.700 --> 00:37:45.080
 a lot of

00:37:45.080 --> 00:37:45.380
 their life

00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:45.660
 away to

00:37:45.660 --> 00:37:45.940
 the kingdom,

00:37:46.760 --> 00:37:47.240
 and she

00:37:47.240 --> 00:37:47.660
 was saying,

00:37:48.600 --> 00:37:48.760
 look,

00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:50.320
 I'm kind

00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:50.580
 of like

00:37:50.580 --> 00:37:51.660
 semi-investigated

00:37:51.660 --> 00:37:52.500
 by the IRS

00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:53.420
 and I'm

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:53.620
 like,

00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:54.240
 what?

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:54.920
 And I

00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:55.300
 said,

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.260
 Grandma,

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:56.680
 what are

00:37:56.680 --> 00:37:56.900
 you talking

00:37:56.900 --> 00:37:57.180
 about?

00:37:57.680 --> 00:37:58.920
 And she

00:37:58.920 --> 00:37:59.300
 said,

00:38:00.260 --> 00:38:00.560
 well,

00:38:01.100 --> 00:38:01.380
 they

00:38:01.380 --> 00:38:02.820
 couldn't

00:38:02.820 --> 00:38:03.100
 really

00:38:03.100 --> 00:38:03.880
 understand

00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:05.300
 why 60%

00:38:05.300 --> 00:38:05.620
 of our

00:38:05.620 --> 00:38:06.000
 income

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.420
 was going

00:38:06.420 --> 00:38:06.800
 to

00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:08.240
 missionaries

00:38:08.240 --> 00:38:08.940
 and ministries

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.720
 and churches.

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:10.580
 And I

00:38:10.580 --> 00:38:10.940
 was like,

00:38:11.220 --> 00:38:11.440
 Grandma,

00:38:11.560 --> 00:38:11.820
 that is

00:38:11.820 --> 00:38:12.200
 awesome.

00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:12.680
 She was

00:38:12.680 --> 00:38:12.840
 like,

00:38:12.840 --> 00:38:13.079
 oh,

00:38:13.160 --> 00:38:13.380
 no.

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:13.620
 I'm

00:38:13.620 --> 00:38:13.780
 like,

00:38:13.820 --> 00:38:14.000
 Grandma,

00:38:14.059 --> 00:38:14.320
 that's

00:38:14.320 --> 00:38:14.920
 awesome.

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:15.740
 You need

00:38:15.740 --> 00:38:16.000
 to take

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:16.240
 that

00:38:16.240 --> 00:38:16.660
 and dive

00:38:16.660 --> 00:38:16.820
 in it

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:17.300
 and frame

00:38:17.300 --> 00:38:17.720
 it and put

00:38:17.720 --> 00:38:17.880
 it on

00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:18.320
 your wall.

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:18.880
 That is

00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:20.079
 amazing.

00:38:20.860 --> 00:38:21.800
 And that's

00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:21.980
 really,

00:38:22.120 --> 00:38:22.180
 yeah,

00:38:22.200 --> 00:38:22.600
 they were

00:38:22.600 --> 00:38:23.160
 cool.

00:38:23.280 --> 00:38:23.320
 They were

00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:23.440
 like,

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:23.720
 all right,

00:38:23.740 --> 00:38:23.880
 that's

00:38:23.880 --> 00:38:24.340
 just weird.

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:24.579
 Why don't

00:38:24.579 --> 00:38:24.800
 you guys

00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:25.240
 do that?

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:25.460
 It was

00:38:25.460 --> 00:38:26.500
 their

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:27.120
 response.

00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:28.280
 But the

00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:28.640
 goal,

00:38:28.860 --> 00:38:30.380
 they know

00:38:30.380 --> 00:38:30.600
 they're

00:38:30.600 --> 00:38:31.019
 wanting to

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.500
 invest in

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:32.000
 eternity.

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:32.860
 It's

00:38:32.860 --> 00:38:33.220
 something that

00:38:33.220 --> 00:38:33.600
 matters,

00:38:33.800 --> 00:38:35.200
 not just

00:38:35.200 --> 00:38:36.019
 live up to

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:36.620
 high life in

00:38:36.620 --> 00:38:37.079
 retirement,

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:38.519
 but to

00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:38.820
 give their

00:38:38.820 --> 00:38:39.400
 lives away.

00:38:40.720 --> 00:38:41.400
 A guy

00:38:41.400 --> 00:38:41.620
 that I

00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:43.799
 would

00:38:43.799 --> 00:38:42.239
 encourage you

00:38:42.239 --> 00:38:42.519
 to look

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:42.799
 into,

00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:43.299
 he was a

00:38:43.299 --> 00:38:43.599
 Christian

00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:44.099
 musician

00:38:44.099 --> 00:38:45.019
 named

00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:45.400
 Keith

00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:45.799
 Green.

00:38:47.159 --> 00:38:47.799
 Back in

00:38:47.799 --> 00:38:48.920
 the hippie

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.219
 days,

00:38:49.299 --> 00:38:49.659
 basically.

00:38:49.900 --> 00:38:50.359
 Early

00:38:50.359 --> 00:38:50.839
 Christian

00:38:50.839 --> 00:38:51.420
 music

00:38:51.420 --> 00:38:51.819
 pioneer

00:38:51.819 --> 00:38:52.159
 guy.

00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:52.599
 He had

00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:52.960
 a huge

00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:53.460
 pro and

00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:54.179
 a big

00:38:54.179 --> 00:38:54.420
 beer,

00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:54.599
 and he

00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:55.099
 played the

00:38:55.099 --> 00:38:55.619
 piano and

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:56.319
 went to

00:38:56.319 --> 00:38:56.579
 town.

00:38:58.279 --> 00:38:58.759
 Awesome

00:38:58.759 --> 00:38:59.079
 guy,

00:38:59.139 --> 00:38:59.299
 though.

00:39:00.259 --> 00:39:00.539
 He,

00:39:01.819 --> 00:39:02.159
 pretty

00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:02.579
 dramatic

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:03.099
 conversion,

00:39:03.719 --> 00:39:04.279
 but eventually

00:39:04.279 --> 00:39:04.619
 he rolled

00:39:04.619 --> 00:39:05.079
 around this

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:05.579
 idea of

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:05.859
 like,

00:39:06.659 --> 00:39:07.139
 why in the

00:39:07.139 --> 00:39:07.460
 world do

00:39:07.460 --> 00:39:07.920
 we charge

00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:08.519
 so much

00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:08.980
 for our

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:09.440
 concerts?

00:39:09.819 --> 00:39:10.139
 Why in

00:39:10.139 --> 00:39:10.380
 the world

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:10.719
 do we

00:39:10.719 --> 00:39:12.419
 sell

00:39:12.419 --> 00:39:12.779
 people

00:39:12.779 --> 00:39:12.980
 our

00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:13.439
 music?

00:39:14.179 --> 00:39:14.539
 He

00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:15.039
 basically

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:15.459
 said the

00:39:15.459 --> 00:39:15.839
 gospel

00:39:15.839 --> 00:39:16.659
 cannot be

00:39:16.659 --> 00:39:17.399
 sold.

00:39:18.259 --> 00:39:18.939
 You can't

00:39:18.939 --> 00:39:19.419
 buy the

00:39:19.419 --> 00:39:19.759
 gospel.

00:39:20.519 --> 00:39:20.959
 So he

00:39:20.959 --> 00:39:22.439
 rebelled

00:39:22.439 --> 00:39:22.859
 against the

00:39:22.859 --> 00:39:23.119
 Christian

00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:23.819
 music system.

00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:24.099
 He was

00:39:24.099 --> 00:39:24.339
 like,

00:39:24.859 --> 00:39:25.159
 I'm going

00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:25.339
 to have

00:39:25.339 --> 00:39:25.779
 offering

00:39:25.779 --> 00:39:26.319
 concerts.

00:39:26.459 --> 00:39:26.579
 People

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:26.959
 can come

00:39:26.959 --> 00:39:27.219
 and give

00:39:27.219 --> 00:39:27.319
 me

00:39:27.319 --> 00:39:27.519
 whatever

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:27.659
 they

00:39:27.659 --> 00:39:27.939
 want.

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:29.359
 He

00:39:29.359 --> 00:39:29.619
 started

00:39:29.619 --> 00:39:29.899
 his own

00:39:29.899 --> 00:39:30.239
 record

00:39:30.239 --> 00:39:30.599
 company

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:30.899
 called

00:39:30.899 --> 00:39:31.159
 Pretty

00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:31.379
 Good

00:39:31.379 --> 00:39:31.779
 Records.

00:39:32.779 --> 00:39:35.419
 He had

00:39:35.419 --> 00:39:35.980
 a sign

00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:36.459
 that said,

00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:36.759
 would you

00:39:36.759 --> 00:39:36.980
 like to

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:37.399
 buy Keith

00:39:37.399 --> 00:39:37.639
 Green's

00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:37.779
 new

00:39:37.779 --> 00:39:38.039
 album?

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:38.679
 You

00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:39.099
 can't

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:39.079
!

00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:39.559
 It's not

00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:39.939
 for sale.

00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:41.760
 So he

00:39:41.760 --> 00:39:42.119
 would just

00:39:42.119 --> 00:39:44.460
 rely on the

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:44.920
 Lord to

00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:45.320
 provide.

00:39:46.059 --> 00:39:46.440
 Sometimes

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:46.940
 people would

00:39:46.940 --> 00:39:47.280
 send in

00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:47.980
 money for

00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:48.720
 one album.

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:49.760
 It might

00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:50.039
 have been

00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:52.039
 just a few

00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:52.440
 dollars,

00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:52.760
 but they

00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:53.099
 would send

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:53.760
 him $1,000

00:39:53.760 --> 00:39:54.360
 for one

00:39:54.360 --> 00:39:54.619
 album.

00:39:54.720 --> 00:39:56.079
 What you're

00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:56.400
 doing is

00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:56.679
 awesome.

00:39:56.820 --> 00:39:57.039
 We want

00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:57.639
 to support

00:39:57.639 --> 00:39:57.840
 you.

00:39:57.940 --> 00:39:58.240
 Somebody

00:39:58.240 --> 00:39:58.519
 else would

00:39:58.519 --> 00:39:58.760
 say,

00:39:58.920 --> 00:39:59.740
 we can't

00:39:59.740 --> 00:40:00.179
 afford it

00:40:00.179 --> 00:40:00.480
 at all.

00:40:00.579 --> 00:40:01.159
 That's

00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:01.360
 cool.

00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:01.639
 You can

00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:02.000
 have it.

00:40:02.760 --> 00:40:03.500
 So what

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:03.940
 it shows

00:40:03.940 --> 00:40:04.639
 is money

00:40:04.639 --> 00:40:05.820
 and success

00:40:05.820 --> 00:40:06.200
 was not

00:40:06.200 --> 00:40:06.720
 his God.

00:40:06.900 --> 00:40:07.440
 He knew

00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:07.679
 there was

00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:07.980
 something

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:08.820
 more

00:40:08.820 --> 00:40:09.179
 important

00:40:09.179 --> 00:40:09.340
 with

00:40:09.340 --> 00:40:09.480
 that.

00:40:09.539 --> 00:40:09.700
 So we

00:40:09.700 --> 00:40:09.920
 need to

00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:10.360
 be just

00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:11.500
 tactful

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:11.880
 on how

00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:12.360
 we spend

00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:12.740
 our money

00:40:12.740 --> 00:40:13.039
 and how

00:40:13.039 --> 00:40:14.420
 we use

00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:14.659
 it.

00:40:15.179 --> 00:40:16.380
 And so

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:19.220
 two pastors

00:40:19.220 --> 00:40:19.679
 that do

00:40:19.679 --> 00:40:20.039
 this,

00:40:20.579 --> 00:40:20.960
 one is

00:40:20.960 --> 00:40:21.139
 John

00:40:21.139 --> 00:40:21.440
 Piper,

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:21.720
 but the

00:40:21.720 --> 00:40:21.960
 other one

00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:22.340
 is John

00:40:22.340 --> 00:40:22.760
 MacArthur.

00:40:22.940 --> 00:40:23.639
 They both

00:40:23.639 --> 00:40:24.179
 don't take

00:40:24.179 --> 00:40:24.740
 any money

00:40:24.740 --> 00:40:25.820
 from the

00:40:25.820 --> 00:40:26.740
 hundreds of

00:40:26.740 --> 00:40:27.139
 books that

00:40:27.139 --> 00:40:27.519
 they write.

00:40:27.720 --> 00:40:28.240
 They don't

00:40:28.240 --> 00:40:29.220
 do that.

00:40:29.260 --> 00:40:29.440
 They don't

00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:29.840
 charge

00:40:29.840 --> 00:40:31.000
 out the

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.599
 wazoo just

00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:32.280
 to show

00:40:32.280 --> 00:40:32.900
 this isn't

00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:33.179
 why we're

00:40:33.179 --> 00:40:33.740
 doing this.

00:40:33.739 --> 00:40:35.099
 And the

00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:35.399
 guy who

00:40:35.399 --> 00:40:35.799
 wrote that,

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:36.899
 Randy Alcorn,

00:40:37.399 --> 00:40:37.739
 wrote that

00:40:37.739 --> 00:40:38.199
 book I had

00:40:38.199 --> 00:40:38.639
 over here.

00:40:40.259 --> 00:40:40.779
 A while

00:40:40.779 --> 00:40:41.139
 back,

00:40:41.199 --> 00:40:41.859
 someone accused

00:40:41.859 --> 00:40:42.819
 him of

00:40:42.819 --> 00:40:43.519
 trying to

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:43.939
 make a lot

00:40:43.939 --> 00:40:44.299
 of money

00:40:44.299 --> 00:40:44.619
 off the

00:40:44.619 --> 00:40:44.919
 books he

00:40:44.919 --> 00:40:45.319
 was selling.

00:40:45.859 --> 00:40:46.019
 He was

00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:46.139
 like,

00:40:46.179 --> 00:40:46.319
 really?

00:40:46.659 --> 00:40:46.979
 Okay.

00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:47.399
 I was

00:40:47.399 --> 00:40:47.879
 giving all

00:40:47.879 --> 00:40:48.219
 of this.

00:40:48.859 --> 00:40:49.639
 So all

00:40:49.639 --> 00:40:50.119
 his money

00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:50.819
 also goes

00:40:50.819 --> 00:40:52.319
 to other

00:40:52.319 --> 00:40:52.839
 ministries

00:40:52.839 --> 00:40:53.319
 and things.

00:40:53.399 --> 00:40:53.659
 He doesn't

00:40:53.659 --> 00:40:54.139
 get one

00:40:54.139 --> 00:40:55.119
 dime for

00:40:55.119 --> 00:40:55.539
 his books.

00:40:56.799 --> 00:40:57.059
 So those

00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:57.419
 are just,

00:40:58.299 --> 00:40:58.559
 we just

00:40:58.559 --> 00:40:58.839
 need to be

00:40:58.839 --> 00:40:59.759
 deliberate and

00:40:59.759 --> 00:41:00.859
 clear about

00:41:00.859 --> 00:41:01.299
 why we're

00:41:01.299 --> 00:41:01.919
 spending money.

00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:03.720
 And here's

00:41:03.720 --> 00:41:04.280
 an analogy

00:41:04.280 --> 00:41:06.420
 I had about

00:41:06.420 --> 00:41:07.320
 possessions that

00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:08.180
 I read from

00:41:08.180 --> 00:41:08.760
 Randy Alcorn.

00:41:09.539 --> 00:41:10.420
 Imagine that

00:41:10.420 --> 00:41:11.139
 you were from

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:11.900
 another country,

00:41:12.180 --> 00:41:12.639
 Rispick,

00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:13.220
 England,

00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:15.180
 and you

00:41:15.180 --> 00:41:15.559
 came to

00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:16.240
 America on

00:41:16.240 --> 00:41:18.200
 a visa to

00:41:18.200 --> 00:41:18.820
 work here.

00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:20.019
 And you're

00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:20.440
 just going to

00:41:20.440 --> 00:41:20.920
 be a temporary

00:41:20.920 --> 00:41:21.400
 residence,

00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:21.700
 right?

00:41:21.780 --> 00:41:22.240
 Like America

00:41:22.240 --> 00:41:22.480
 is really

00:41:22.480 --> 00:41:22.860
 not your

00:41:22.860 --> 00:41:23.200
 homeland.

00:41:24.099 --> 00:41:25.760
 And you're

00:41:25.760 --> 00:41:26.139
 going to work

00:41:26.139 --> 00:41:26.400
 for this

00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:26.760
 company.

00:41:26.880 --> 00:41:27.099
 You really

00:41:27.099 --> 00:41:27.500
 don't know

00:41:27.500 --> 00:41:28.200
 how long

00:41:28.200 --> 00:41:28.460
 they're going

00:41:28.460 --> 00:41:28.820
 to have you

00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:29.039
 there.

00:41:29.039 --> 00:41:29.420
 It's just

00:41:29.420 --> 00:41:30.519
 a question

00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:30.900
 mark.

00:41:31.920 --> 00:41:32.599
 So,

00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:33.360
 when I

00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:33.920
 tell you,

00:41:34.900 --> 00:41:35.340
 if you

00:41:35.340 --> 00:41:35.800
 spend your

00:41:35.800 --> 00:41:36.280
 money here,

00:41:36.340 --> 00:41:36.639
 you can't

00:41:36.639 --> 00:41:37.099
 take anything

00:41:37.099 --> 00:41:37.539
 you bought

00:41:37.539 --> 00:41:37.920
 back to

00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:38.340
 England with

00:41:38.340 --> 00:41:38.480
 you.

00:41:39.099 --> 00:41:39.700
 You only

00:41:39.700 --> 00:41:40.180
 can wire

00:41:40.180 --> 00:41:40.840
 money to

00:41:40.840 --> 00:41:41.159
 England.

00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:42.420
 So,

00:41:43.180 --> 00:41:43.539
 if that

00:41:43.539 --> 00:41:44.039
 was true,

00:41:44.639 --> 00:41:45.019
 you would

00:41:45.019 --> 00:41:45.559
 be absolutely

00:41:45.559 --> 00:41:47.119
 foolish to

00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:48.240
 spend all

00:41:48.240 --> 00:41:48.619
 your money

00:41:48.619 --> 00:41:48.940
 here.

00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:49.980
 Because you

00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:50.360
 couldn't send

00:41:50.360 --> 00:41:50.820
 any of it

00:41:50.820 --> 00:41:51.280
 back to your

00:41:51.280 --> 00:41:51.800
 wife and

00:41:51.800 --> 00:41:52.539
 family that

00:41:52.539 --> 00:41:52.960
 was there,

00:41:53.500 --> 00:41:54.079
 back in

00:41:54.079 --> 00:41:54.380
 England.

00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:54.680
 You would

00:41:54.680 --> 00:41:55.099
 just waste

00:41:55.099 --> 00:41:55.460
 your money.

00:41:55.579 --> 00:41:55.760
 But you

00:41:55.760 --> 00:41:56.820
 would constantly.

00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:57.099
 You would

00:41:57.099 --> 00:41:57.480
 probably live

00:41:57.480 --> 00:41:57.880
 in a very

00:41:57.880 --> 00:41:58.460
 low-income

00:41:58.460 --> 00:41:59.000
 place,

00:41:59.159 --> 00:42:00.180
 just kind

00:42:00.180 --> 00:42:00.960
 of just get

00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:01.320
 by,

00:42:01.320 --> 00:42:01.559
 you're

00:42:01.559 --> 00:42:01.920
 going to

00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:04.260
 live it

00:42:04.260 --> 00:42:04.519
 up.

00:42:04.800 --> 00:42:05.380
 Because you'd

00:42:05.380 --> 00:42:05.700
 want to

00:42:05.700 --> 00:42:06.160
 wire all

00:42:06.160 --> 00:42:06.580
 your money

00:42:06.580 --> 00:42:07.000
 back to

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:07.460
 England where

00:42:07.460 --> 00:42:07.680
 it would

00:42:07.680 --> 00:42:08.039
 last.

00:42:08.840 --> 00:42:09.440
 That's a

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:10.180
 great analogy

00:42:10.180 --> 00:42:10.519
 of our

00:42:10.519 --> 00:42:11.400
 spiritual lives.

00:42:11.500 --> 00:42:12.019
 It's stupid.

00:42:12.140 --> 00:42:12.340
 We're not

00:42:12.340 --> 00:42:12.539
 going to

00:42:12.539 --> 00:42:13.039
 stay here.

00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:14.019
 This isn't

00:42:14.019 --> 00:42:14.559
 our home.

00:42:14.940 --> 00:42:15.280
 It's like,

00:42:15.340 --> 00:42:15.880
 let's invest

00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:16.460
 in eternity.

00:42:16.460 --> 00:42:17.420
 So,

00:42:17.420 --> 00:42:18.099
 scripture gives

00:42:18.099 --> 00:42:18.800
 us principles

00:42:18.800 --> 00:42:19.320
 in which we

00:42:19.320 --> 00:42:19.960
 can evaluate

00:42:19.960 --> 00:42:21.220
 decisions like

00:42:21.220 --> 00:42:21.500
 that.

00:42:22.340 --> 00:42:22.460
 So,

00:42:23.599 --> 00:42:24.119
 okay,

00:42:25.099 --> 00:42:25.760
 that's money

00:42:25.760 --> 00:42:26.340
 and possessions.

00:42:26.699 --> 00:42:27.500
 And that's

00:42:27.500 --> 00:42:27.940
 such a huge

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.480
 conversation.

00:42:29.300 --> 00:42:29.639
 So you might

00:42:29.639 --> 00:42:29.840
 ask,

00:42:29.920 --> 00:42:30.139
 what do I

00:42:30.139 --> 00:42:30.500
 do with my

00:42:30.500 --> 00:42:30.920
 two homes?

00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:31.179
 I've got

00:42:31.179 --> 00:42:31.860
 one here and

00:42:31.860 --> 00:42:32.059
 I've got

00:42:32.059 --> 00:42:32.440
 one in the

00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:32.679
 lake.

00:42:32.800 --> 00:42:33.280
 What do I

00:42:33.280 --> 00:42:33.460
 do?

00:42:33.519 --> 00:42:33.720
 Is that

00:42:33.720 --> 00:42:34.720
 evil for

00:42:34.720 --> 00:42:35.159
 me to have

00:42:35.159 --> 00:42:35.440
 that?

00:42:36.179 --> 00:42:36.880
 And the

00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:37.539
 right question

00:42:37.539 --> 00:42:38.880
 is not

00:42:38.880 --> 00:42:39.720
 that.

00:42:39.860 --> 00:42:40.099
 It's to

00:42:40.099 --> 00:42:40.480
 ask,

00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:41.980
 do I

00:42:41.980 --> 00:42:42.519
 really need

00:42:42.519 --> 00:42:43.119
 both homes

00:42:43.119 --> 00:42:46.240
 or how

00:42:46.240 --> 00:42:46.539
 am I going

00:42:46.539 --> 00:42:46.780
 to use

00:42:46.780 --> 00:42:47.199
 that lake

00:42:47.199 --> 00:42:47.900
 house for

00:42:47.900 --> 00:42:48.219
 the kingdom

00:42:48.219 --> 00:42:48.740
 of God?

00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:50.119
 How can I

00:42:50.119 --> 00:42:50.940
 glorify God

00:42:50.940 --> 00:42:51.360
 with that

00:42:51.360 --> 00:42:51.940
 house that

00:42:51.940 --> 00:42:52.440
 I have?

00:42:53.559 --> 00:42:55.079
 And it's

00:42:55.079 --> 00:42:55.519
 funny to see

00:42:55.519 --> 00:42:56.059
 how simple

00:42:56.059 --> 00:42:56.420
 we really

00:42:56.420 --> 00:42:56.579
 are.

00:42:56.619 --> 00:42:56.800
 We can

00:42:56.800 --> 00:42:56.980
 really

00:42:56.980 --> 00:42:57.260
 trick

00:42:57.260 --> 00:42:57.719
 ourselves.

00:42:58.679 --> 00:42:59.179
 I'll invite

00:42:59.179 --> 00:42:59.519
 the youth

00:42:59.519 --> 00:42:59.860
 ministry

00:42:59.860 --> 00:43:00.440
 once a

00:43:00.440 --> 00:43:00.719
 year to

00:43:00.719 --> 00:43:00.940
 swim.

00:43:01.000 --> 00:43:01.159
 What do

00:43:01.159 --> 00:43:01.420
 you think?

00:43:01.539 --> 00:43:02.079
 Yeah,

00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:03.280
 great job.

00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:03.880
 That doesn't

00:43:03.880 --> 00:43:04.740
 justify your

00:43:04.740 --> 00:43:05.079
 house.

00:43:05.139 --> 00:43:05.500
 I'm sorry.

00:43:06.159 --> 00:43:06.599
 You need to

00:43:06.599 --> 00:43:06.840
 be able to

00:43:06.840 --> 00:43:07.280
 use it for

00:43:07.280 --> 00:43:07.679
 the kingdom.

00:43:09.380 --> 00:43:10.460
 And so

00:43:10.460 --> 00:43:10.740
 that's the

00:43:10.740 --> 00:43:11.220
 question you

00:43:11.220 --> 00:43:11.380
 need to

00:43:11.380 --> 00:43:11.659
 ask.

00:43:11.740 --> 00:43:12.440
 How can I

00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:13.199
 glorify God

00:43:13.199 --> 00:43:13.639
 with this

00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:14.579
 purchase or

00:43:14.579 --> 00:43:14.820
 what I

00:43:14.820 --> 00:43:15.139
 have?

00:43:15.159 --> 00:43:15.519
 How can I

00:43:15.519 --> 00:43:15.880
 do that?

00:43:16.400 --> 00:43:16.679
 And if

00:43:16.679 --> 00:43:16.940
 you're really

00:43:16.940 --> 00:43:17.500
 being sensitive

00:43:17.500 --> 00:43:17.720
 to the

00:43:17.720 --> 00:43:17.900
 spirit,

00:43:17.980 --> 00:43:18.280
 he'll tell

00:43:18.280 --> 00:43:18.720
 you like

00:43:18.720 --> 00:43:19.679
 yes or

00:43:19.679 --> 00:43:19.900
 no,

00:43:19.980 --> 00:43:20.740
 but someone

00:43:20.740 --> 00:43:21.159
 else can

00:43:21.159 --> 00:43:21.380
 come up

00:43:21.380 --> 00:43:21.559
 and say

00:43:21.559 --> 00:43:21.980
 that's evil

00:43:21.980 --> 00:43:22.240
 for you

00:43:22.240 --> 00:43:22.559
 to have

00:43:22.559 --> 00:43:22.820
 that.

00:43:25.039 --> 00:43:25.679
 I actually

00:43:25.679 --> 00:43:25.980
 have a

00:43:25.980 --> 00:43:26.639
 friend that

00:43:26.639 --> 00:43:27.440
 a few

00:43:27.440 --> 00:43:27.800
 people here

00:43:27.800 --> 00:43:28.139
 know.

00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:29.639
 He supports

00:43:29.639 --> 00:43:30.059
 me in

00:43:30.059 --> 00:43:30.480
 ministry.

00:43:30.780 --> 00:43:31.119
 His name

00:43:31.119 --> 00:43:32.320
 is Jason

00:43:32.320 --> 00:43:32.760
 and he's

00:43:32.760 --> 00:43:33.360
 a dentist

00:43:33.360 --> 00:43:33.639
 from

00:43:33.639 --> 00:43:34.220
 Pauwassee

00:43:34.220 --> 00:43:35.400
 up in the

00:43:35.400 --> 00:43:35.679
 mountains.

00:43:35.800 --> 00:43:36.119
 He actually

00:43:36.119 --> 00:43:36.639
 went here.

00:43:36.760 --> 00:43:37.000
 He was in

00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:37.360
 the Corps.

00:43:38.079 --> 00:43:38.400
 I think he

00:43:38.400 --> 00:43:38.599
 was in

00:43:38.599 --> 00:43:39.079
 Sigma Chi.

00:43:39.180 --> 00:43:39.440
 He actually

00:43:39.440 --> 00:43:39.820
 married a

00:43:39.820 --> 00:43:40.139
 KD.

00:43:40.280 --> 00:43:40.680
 They both

00:43:40.680 --> 00:43:41.760
 support me

00:43:41.760 --> 00:43:41.960
 here.

00:43:42.039 --> 00:43:42.240
 It's pretty

00:43:42.240 --> 00:43:42.519
 funny.

00:43:43.940 --> 00:43:44.700
 But for a

00:43:44.700 --> 00:43:45.000
 while,

00:43:45.160 --> 00:43:46.480
 I could tell

00:43:46.480 --> 00:43:46.780
 when I first

00:43:46.780 --> 00:43:47.240
 met him years

00:43:47.240 --> 00:43:47.400
 ago,

00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:47.639
 this guy

00:43:47.639 --> 00:43:48.160
 loves the

00:43:48.160 --> 00:43:48.360
 Lord,

00:43:48.440 --> 00:43:48.599
 but he

00:43:48.599 --> 00:43:48.940
 just has

00:43:48.940 --> 00:43:49.280
 some

00:43:49.280 --> 00:43:50.840
 pumped up

00:43:50.840 --> 00:43:51.320
 theology

00:43:51.320 --> 00:43:53.260
 on finances

00:43:53.260 --> 00:43:54.099
 and wealth.

00:43:54.860 --> 00:43:55.360
 He's more

00:43:55.360 --> 00:43:55.579
 like,

00:43:55.660 --> 00:43:55.980
 I'm going to

00:43:55.980 --> 00:43:56.440
 build a big

00:43:56.440 --> 00:43:56.960
 barn and

00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:57.680
 just enjoy it

00:43:57.680 --> 00:43:58.260
 and God's

00:43:58.260 --> 00:43:58.400
 going to

00:43:58.400 --> 00:43:58.740
 give it to

00:43:58.740 --> 00:43:58.900
 me.

00:43:59.740 --> 00:44:00.119
 I knew

00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:00.380
 that his

00:44:00.380 --> 00:44:00.760
 heart was

00:44:00.760 --> 00:44:01.039
 right.

00:44:01.240 --> 00:44:02.440
 So eventually

00:44:02.440 --> 00:44:03.700
 he read a

00:44:03.700 --> 00:44:04.220
 book by

00:44:04.220 --> 00:44:04.900
 Randy Alcorn

00:44:04.900 --> 00:44:05.260
 and he was

00:44:05.260 --> 00:44:05.480
 like,

00:44:06.280 --> 00:44:06.559
 man,

00:44:06.619 --> 00:44:07.119
 this is stupid.

00:44:07.119 --> 00:44:07.420
 I don't

00:44:07.420 --> 00:44:07.920
 want to build

00:44:07.920 --> 00:44:08.199
 up my

00:44:08.199 --> 00:44:08.659
 kingdom here.

00:44:08.739 --> 00:44:08.940
 I want to

00:44:08.940 --> 00:44:09.239
 invest in

00:44:09.239 --> 00:44:09.579
 eternity.

00:44:10.440 --> 00:44:10.880
 He sold

00:44:10.880 --> 00:44:11.299
 his lake

00:44:11.299 --> 00:44:11.699
 house.

00:44:11.759 --> 00:44:12.239
 He sold

00:44:12.239 --> 00:44:12.900
 one or two

00:44:12.900 --> 00:44:13.559
 crazy cars

00:44:13.559 --> 00:44:14.079
 he had.

00:44:14.679 --> 00:44:15.000
 He just

00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:15.420
 wants to

00:44:15.420 --> 00:44:15.779
 give to the

00:44:15.779 --> 00:44:16.279
 kingdom now.

00:44:16.319 --> 00:44:16.799
 He has such

00:44:16.799 --> 00:44:17.319
 a giving

00:44:17.319 --> 00:44:17.719
 heart.

00:44:18.559 --> 00:44:18.839
 He even

00:44:18.839 --> 00:44:19.099
 tells me,

00:44:19.199 --> 00:44:19.639
 anybody you

00:44:19.639 --> 00:44:19.980
 know that's

00:44:19.980 --> 00:44:20.380
 living on

00:44:20.380 --> 00:44:20.739
 Denise

00:44:20.739 --> 00:44:21.119
 support,

00:44:21.239 --> 00:44:21.900
 let me

00:44:21.900 --> 00:44:22.099
 know.

00:44:22.099 --> 00:44:22.420
 I want to

00:44:22.420 --> 00:44:23.460
 support him.

00:44:24.099 --> 00:44:24.819
 He supports

00:44:24.819 --> 00:44:25.259
 a lot of

00:44:25.259 --> 00:44:25.719
 people other

00:44:25.719 --> 00:44:26.119
 than me,

00:44:26.219 --> 00:44:27.500
 but we don't

00:44:27.500 --> 00:44:27.920
 need that

00:44:27.920 --> 00:44:28.239
 stuff.

00:44:28.859 --> 00:44:29.440
 I don't

00:44:29.440 --> 00:44:29.900
 need two

00:44:29.900 --> 00:44:30.279
 houses.

00:44:31.880 --> 00:44:32.480
 That's just

00:44:32.480 --> 00:44:33.440
 the way he

00:44:33.440 --> 00:44:35.159
 manifested the

00:44:35.159 --> 00:44:35.639
 gospel in

00:44:35.639 --> 00:44:36.420
 that reality.

00:44:36.420 --> 00:44:37.559
 moving on

00:44:37.559 --> 00:44:38.200
 really fast.

00:44:39.019 --> 00:44:39.320
 Sorry,

00:44:39.420 --> 00:44:39.980
 this end is

00:44:39.980 --> 00:44:40.400
 just kind

00:44:40.400 --> 00:44:40.760
 of rocky,

00:44:40.980 --> 00:44:42.820
 but media,

00:44:43.619 --> 00:44:44.119
 music,

00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:44.860
 television.

00:44:45.559 --> 00:44:46.019
 Let's talk

00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:46.400
 about that

00:44:46.400 --> 00:44:46.840
 just for a

00:44:46.840 --> 00:44:47.220
 minute before

00:44:47.220 --> 00:44:48.559
 we kind

00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:48.980
 of close.

00:44:51.700 --> 00:44:52.480
 We are

00:44:52.480 --> 00:44:53.159
 surrounded

00:44:53.159 --> 00:44:53.980
 with so

00:44:53.980 --> 00:44:54.619
 many things

00:44:54.619 --> 00:44:54.880
 that we

00:44:54.880 --> 00:44:55.260
 can just

00:44:55.260 --> 00:44:56.400
 pretty much

00:44:56.400 --> 00:44:56.800
 amuse

00:44:56.800 --> 00:44:57.480
 ourselves to

00:44:57.480 --> 00:44:57.760
 death.

00:45:00.240 --> 00:45:00.800
 C.S.

00:45:00.860 --> 00:45:01.539
 Lewis argued

00:45:01.539 --> 00:45:02.099
 that our

00:45:02.099 --> 00:45:03.780
 capacity for

00:45:03.780 --> 00:45:04.639
 real joy has

00:45:04.639 --> 00:45:05.280
 been shriveled

00:45:05.280 --> 00:45:05.740
 to nothing.

00:45:06.420 --> 00:45:08.519
 he said

00:45:08.519 --> 00:45:08.940
 this,

00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:09.800
 if we

00:45:09.800 --> 00:45:10.500
 see that

00:45:10.500 --> 00:45:11.639
 our Lord

00:45:11.639 --> 00:45:12.220
 finds our

00:45:12.220 --> 00:45:13.599
 desires too

00:45:13.599 --> 00:45:14.139
 strong,

00:45:14.760 --> 00:45:15.340
 it is not

00:45:15.340 --> 00:45:15.880
 said that,

00:45:15.940 --> 00:45:16.500
 that God

00:45:16.500 --> 00:45:16.840
 does not

00:45:16.840 --> 00:45:17.280
 find our

00:45:17.280 --> 00:45:17.820
 desires too

00:45:17.820 --> 00:45:18.240
 strong,

00:45:18.320 --> 00:45:18.619
 but too

00:45:18.619 --> 00:45:18.960
 weak.

00:45:19.960 --> 00:45:21.380
 And he

00:45:21.380 --> 00:45:21.920
 talks about

00:45:21.920 --> 00:45:22.300
 how,

00:45:23.019 --> 00:45:23.220
 I mean,

00:45:23.240 --> 00:45:23.539
 this is a

00:45:23.539 --> 00:45:24.099
 famous quote,

00:45:24.099 --> 00:45:24.699
 we are

00:45:24.699 --> 00:45:25.159
 half-hearted

00:45:25.159 --> 00:45:25.699
 creatures

00:45:25.699 --> 00:45:26.199
 fooling

00:45:26.199 --> 00:45:26.579
 about

00:45:26.579 --> 00:45:27.179
 with

00:45:27.179 --> 00:45:27.519
 drink

00:45:27.519 --> 00:45:27.759
 and

00:45:27.759 --> 00:45:28.119
 sex

00:45:28.119 --> 00:45:28.259
 and

00:45:28.259 --> 00:45:28.719
 ambition

00:45:28.719 --> 00:45:29.500
 when

00:45:29.500 --> 00:45:29.880
 infinite

00:45:29.880 --> 00:45:30.219
 joy

00:45:30.219 --> 00:45:30.420
 is

00:45:30.420 --> 00:45:30.759
 offered

00:45:30.759 --> 00:45:31.099
 us

00:45:31.099 --> 00:45:31.380
 like

00:45:31.380 --> 00:45:31.500
 an

00:45:31.500 --> 00:45:31.759
 ignorant

00:45:31.759 --> 00:45:32.299
 child

00:45:32.299 --> 00:45:33.000
 who

00:45:33.000 --> 00:45:33.179
 just

00:45:33.179 --> 00:45:33.659
 goes on

00:45:33.659 --> 00:45:33.900
 making

00:45:33.900 --> 00:45:34.519
 mud pies

00:45:34.519 --> 00:45:34.779
 in the

00:45:34.779 --> 00:45:35.159
 slum

00:45:35.159 --> 00:45:35.860
 because

00:45:35.860 --> 00:45:35.980
 they

00:45:35.980 --> 00:45:36.219
 cannot

00:45:36.219 --> 00:45:36.860
 imagine

00:45:36.860 --> 00:45:38.019
 what is

00:45:38.019 --> 00:45:38.559
 meant by

00:45:38.559 --> 00:45:38.960
 an offer

00:45:38.960 --> 00:45:39.199
 at a

00:45:39.199 --> 00:45:39.440
 holiday

00:45:39.440 --> 00:45:39.699
 at the

00:45:39.699 --> 00:45:39.960
 sea.

00:45:40.199 --> 00:45:40.759
 We are

00:45:40.759 --> 00:45:41.199
 far too

00:45:41.199 --> 00:45:41.539
 easily

00:45:41.539 --> 00:45:42.139
 pleased.

00:45:42.139 --> 00:45:43.279
 So,

00:45:43.639 --> 00:45:44.019
 we have

00:45:44.019 --> 00:45:44.400
 so many

00:45:44.400 --> 00:45:44.579
 little

00:45:44.579 --> 00:45:44.900
 things

00:45:44.900 --> 00:45:45.179
 on our

00:45:45.179 --> 00:45:45.619
 phones

00:45:45.619 --> 00:45:45.879
 and

00:45:45.879 --> 00:45:46.859
 internet

00:45:46.859 --> 00:45:47.519
 and TV

00:45:47.519 --> 00:45:47.839
 that we

00:45:47.839 --> 00:45:48.079
 can just

00:45:48.079 --> 00:45:48.400
 pretty much

00:45:48.400 --> 00:45:48.699
 amuse

00:45:48.699 --> 00:45:49.039
 ourselves

00:45:49.039 --> 00:45:49.539
 to death.

00:45:50.119 --> 00:45:50.500
 And those

00:45:50.500 --> 00:45:50.900
 are really,

00:45:51.039 --> 00:45:52.759
 really puny

00:45:52.759 --> 00:45:53.279
 joys,

00:45:53.480 --> 00:45:54.000
 to be honest.

00:45:54.159 --> 00:45:54.699
 They're there

00:45:54.699 --> 00:45:55.039
 for a minute

00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:55.219
 and they're

00:45:55.219 --> 00:45:55.519
 gone.

00:45:56.259 --> 00:45:56.779
 And if we

00:45:56.779 --> 00:45:57.339
 didn't have

00:45:57.339 --> 00:45:58.659
 this mass

00:45:58.659 --> 00:45:59.319
 media around

00:45:59.319 --> 00:45:59.519
 us,

00:45:59.539 --> 00:45:59.799
 we would

00:45:59.799 --> 00:46:00.219
 be bored

00:46:00.219 --> 00:46:00.679
 to death.

00:46:00.799 --> 00:46:00.960
 We would

00:46:00.960 --> 00:46:01.819
 just hate

00:46:01.819 --> 00:46:02.219
 life.

00:46:02.619 --> 00:46:03.559
 But the

00:46:03.559 --> 00:46:04.000
 thing is,

00:46:04.019 --> 00:46:04.299
 there's so

00:46:04.299 --> 00:46:04.699
 many new

00:46:04.699 --> 00:46:05.139
 things out

00:46:05.139 --> 00:46:05.259
 there,

00:46:05.299 --> 00:46:05.440
 you can

00:46:05.440 --> 00:46:05.639
 go from

00:46:05.639 --> 00:46:06.019
 one new

00:46:06.019 --> 00:46:06.159
 thing

00:46:06.159 --> 00:46:06.339
 to the

00:46:06.339 --> 00:46:06.519
 other.

00:46:07.219 --> 00:46:07.480
 Pretty

00:46:07.480 --> 00:46:07.659
 much

00:46:07.659 --> 00:46:07.839
 for the

00:46:07.839 --> 00:46:07.940
 rest

00:46:07.940 --> 00:46:08.119
 of your

00:46:08.119 --> 00:46:08.359
 life,

00:46:08.360 --> 00:46:08.780
 probably,

00:46:09.039 --> 00:46:09.280
 and just

00:46:09.280 --> 00:46:10.059
 be amused.

00:46:11.019 --> 00:46:11.420
 So,

00:46:12.400 --> 00:46:13.120
 begin praying

00:46:13.120 --> 00:46:13.500
 against this

00:46:13.500 --> 00:46:13.940
 idea that I

00:46:13.940 --> 00:46:14.320
 want life

00:46:14.320 --> 00:46:15.039
 to be fun

00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:16.340
 and cool.

00:46:17.440 --> 00:46:17.840
 What you

00:46:17.840 --> 00:46:18.400
 really want

00:46:18.400 --> 00:46:19.039
 is for life

00:46:19.039 --> 00:46:19.340
 to be

00:46:19.340 --> 00:46:19.900
 meaningful

00:46:19.900 --> 00:46:21.099
 and rich

00:46:21.099 --> 00:46:22.120
 and purposeful

00:46:22.120 --> 00:46:22.780
 in what you

00:46:22.780 --> 00:46:23.480
 do in life

00:46:23.480 --> 00:46:24.380
 and what

00:46:24.380 --> 00:46:24.680
 you give

00:46:24.680 --> 00:46:25.099
 your life

00:46:25.099 --> 00:46:26.220
 to and

00:46:26.220 --> 00:46:26.559
 live for

00:46:26.559 --> 00:46:27.200
 those things

00:46:27.200 --> 00:46:28.200
 and life

00:46:28.200 --> 00:46:28.599
 changing

00:46:28.599 --> 00:46:29.300
 type things.

00:46:30.240 --> 00:46:30.559
 So,

00:46:31.320 --> 00:46:31.700
 here's

00:46:31.700 --> 00:46:32.300
 something that

00:46:32.300 --> 00:46:33.820
 I'm not ashamed

00:46:33.820 --> 00:46:34.280
 to say this

00:46:34.280 --> 00:46:34.840
 I guess now,

00:46:34.980 --> 00:46:35.880
 but that

00:46:35.880 --> 00:46:36.440
 Mark Driscoll

00:46:36.440 --> 00:46:37.039
 kind of does

00:46:37.039 --> 00:46:37.660
 to kind of

00:46:37.660 --> 00:46:38.160
 deal with.

00:46:38.360 --> 00:46:39.640
 media

00:46:39.640 --> 00:46:41.079
 and things

00:46:41.079 --> 00:46:41.620
 like that

00:46:41.620 --> 00:46:42.160
 and a lot

00:46:42.160 --> 00:46:42.579
 of things.

00:46:43.079 --> 00:46:43.519
 He says

00:46:43.519 --> 00:46:43.720
 that you

00:46:43.720 --> 00:46:44.680
 either receive,

00:46:45.420 --> 00:46:45.880
 reject,

00:46:46.039 --> 00:46:46.500
 or redeem

00:46:46.500 --> 00:46:46.960
 things

00:46:46.960 --> 00:46:47.599
 that you

00:46:47.599 --> 00:46:47.900
 come in

00:46:47.900 --> 00:46:48.220
 contact

00:46:48.220 --> 00:46:48.640
 with.

00:46:49.780 --> 00:46:50.519
 Number one,

00:46:50.640 --> 00:46:51.160
 receive.

00:46:51.840 --> 00:46:52.280
 There's many

00:46:52.280 --> 00:46:52.800
 things in

00:46:52.800 --> 00:46:53.200
 culture

00:46:53.200 --> 00:46:53.840
 and around

00:46:53.840 --> 00:46:54.220
 us that

00:46:54.220 --> 00:46:54.559
 we can

00:46:54.559 --> 00:46:55.059
 enjoy

00:46:55.059 --> 00:46:55.720
 through the

00:46:55.720 --> 00:46:56.019
 glory of

00:46:56.019 --> 00:46:56.240
 God.

00:46:56.320 --> 00:46:56.740
 It's clean,

00:46:56.840 --> 00:46:57.099
 it's not

00:46:57.099 --> 00:46:57.539
 simple,

00:46:58.280 --> 00:46:58.680
 and we

00:46:58.680 --> 00:46:59.440
 can delight

00:46:59.440 --> 00:46:59.820
 in those

00:46:59.820 --> 00:47:00.260
 things

00:47:00.260 --> 00:47:02.140
 and see

00:47:02.140 --> 00:47:02.780
 the beauty

00:47:02.780 --> 00:47:03.320
 of God

00:47:03.320 --> 00:47:03.579
 and what

00:47:03.579 --> 00:47:04.079
 we use

00:47:04.079 --> 00:47:06.120
 and delight

00:47:06.120 --> 00:47:06.460
 in those

00:47:06.460 --> 00:47:06.820
 things.

00:47:07.140 --> 00:47:07.539
 To his

00:47:07.539 --> 00:47:07.760
 glory,

00:47:07.760 --> 00:47:07.980
 that's

00:47:07.980 --> 00:47:08.080
 what

00:47:08.080 --> 00:47:08.340
 Calvin

00:47:08.340 --> 00:47:08.620
 said

00:47:08.620 --> 00:47:08.880
 a minute

00:47:08.880 --> 00:47:09.180
 ago.

00:47:10.040 --> 00:47:10.840
 The second

00:47:10.840 --> 00:47:12.020
 thing is

00:47:12.020 --> 00:47:12.380
 reject

00:47:12.380 --> 00:47:12.800
 things.

00:47:13.480 --> 00:47:13.720
 There's

00:47:13.720 --> 00:47:13.940
 many

00:47:13.940 --> 00:47:14.300
 things

00:47:14.300 --> 00:47:14.440
 that

00:47:14.440 --> 00:47:14.580
 are

00:47:14.580 --> 00:47:15.240
 blatantly

00:47:15.240 --> 00:47:16.040
 simple

00:47:16.040 --> 00:47:17.000
 that you

00:47:17.000 --> 00:47:17.360
 cannot

00:47:17.360 --> 00:47:18.840
 do to

00:47:18.840 --> 00:47:19.220
 the glory

00:47:19.220 --> 00:47:19.760
 of God

00:47:19.760 --> 00:47:21.180
 no matter

00:47:21.180 --> 00:47:21.580
 what.

00:47:21.579 --> 00:47:23.819
 and media

00:47:23.819 --> 00:47:25.119
 intended

00:47:25.119 --> 00:47:25.940
 to glorify

00:47:25.940 --> 00:47:26.659
 sin

00:47:26.659 --> 00:47:28.000
 and the

00:47:28.000 --> 00:47:28.259
 worldly

00:47:28.259 --> 00:47:28.699
 way of

00:47:28.699 --> 00:47:29.000
 thinking

00:47:29.000 --> 00:47:29.500
 is not

00:47:29.500 --> 00:47:29.779
 something

00:47:29.779 --> 00:47:30.219
 you can

00:47:30.219 --> 00:47:31.039
 redeem

00:47:31.039 --> 00:47:31.539
 or fix.

00:47:32.079 --> 00:47:32.340
 There's

00:47:32.340 --> 00:47:32.639
 some

00:47:32.639 --> 00:47:33.739
 of every

00:47:33.739 --> 00:47:34.059
 kind of

00:47:34.059 --> 00:47:34.299
 genre

00:47:34.299 --> 00:47:34.639
 of music.

00:47:34.900 --> 00:47:35.039
 There's

00:47:35.039 --> 00:47:36.679
 rock,

00:47:36.860 --> 00:47:37.079
 there's

00:47:37.079 --> 00:47:37.400
 country,

00:47:37.500 --> 00:47:37.639
 there's

00:47:37.639 --> 00:47:38.000
 rap,

00:47:38.099 --> 00:47:38.239
 there's

00:47:38.239 --> 00:47:38.420
 some

00:47:38.420 --> 00:47:39.940
 lyrics in

00:47:39.940 --> 00:47:40.519
 those that

00:47:40.519 --> 00:47:41.199
 some of

00:47:41.199 --> 00:47:41.440
 you guys

00:47:41.440 --> 00:47:41.699
 just need

00:47:41.699 --> 00:47:41.960
 to throw

00:47:41.960 --> 00:47:42.279
 away.

00:47:42.420 --> 00:47:42.719
 There's

00:47:42.719 --> 00:47:42.960
 nothing

00:47:42.960 --> 00:47:43.699
 you can

00:47:43.699 --> 00:47:43.960
 redeem

00:47:43.960 --> 00:47:44.279
 about

00:47:44.279 --> 00:47:44.420
 them.

00:47:44.420 --> 00:47:44.599
 They're

00:47:44.599 --> 00:47:44.940
 very

00:47:44.940 --> 00:47:45.799
 blatantly

00:47:45.799 --> 00:47:46.739
 sinful

00:47:46.739 --> 00:47:47.159
 about

00:47:47.159 --> 00:47:47.940
 sex

00:47:47.940 --> 00:47:48.279
 and

00:47:48.279 --> 00:47:50.059
 unmarital

00:47:50.059 --> 00:47:50.480
 sex,

00:47:50.559 --> 00:47:50.779
 sleeping

00:47:50.779 --> 00:47:51.239
 around,

00:47:51.799 --> 00:47:52.259
 drugs,

00:47:52.400 --> 00:47:52.739
 partying,

00:47:52.920 --> 00:47:53.480
 loose life.

00:47:53.639 --> 00:47:53.819
 And that's

00:47:53.819 --> 00:47:54.019
 what you

00:47:54.019 --> 00:47:54.360
 don't need

00:47:54.360 --> 00:47:55.039
 to...

00:47:55.039 --> 00:47:55.380
 Music

00:47:55.380 --> 00:47:55.960
 is powerful.

00:47:56.139 --> 00:47:56.199
 If you

00:47:56.199 --> 00:47:56.440
 listen to

00:47:56.440 --> 00:47:56.699
 that stuff

00:47:56.699 --> 00:47:57.279
 long enough,

00:47:57.719 --> 00:47:58.219
 it'll affect

00:47:58.219 --> 00:47:58.659
 your mind.

00:47:58.719 --> 00:47:59.119
 I promise.

00:47:59.279 --> 00:47:59.719
 It's been

00:47:59.719 --> 00:48:00.099
 proven.

00:48:02.039 --> 00:48:02.639
 And there's

00:48:02.639 --> 00:48:02.980
 just some

00:48:02.980 --> 00:48:03.699
 things that

00:48:03.699 --> 00:48:04.460
 you can't

00:48:04.460 --> 00:48:05.059
 watch on

00:48:05.059 --> 00:48:05.380
 TV.

00:48:06.279 --> 00:48:06.779
 I don't

00:48:06.779 --> 00:48:07.980
 care what

00:48:07.980 --> 00:48:08.400
 you say.

00:48:08.519 --> 00:48:08.980
 You can't

00:48:08.980 --> 00:48:09.599
 watch the

00:48:09.599 --> 00:48:09.940
 hangover

00:48:09.940 --> 00:48:10.139
 of the

00:48:10.139 --> 00:48:10.460
 glory of

00:48:10.460 --> 00:48:10.679
 God.

00:48:10.779 --> 00:48:11.000
 It's just

00:48:11.000 --> 00:48:11.440
 like that.

00:48:11.880 --> 00:48:12.759
 You can't

00:48:12.759 --> 00:48:13.699
 make movies

00:48:13.699 --> 00:48:14.139
 like that,

00:48:14.139 --> 00:48:14.440
 like a

00:48:14.440 --> 00:48:14.639
 God

00:48:14.639 --> 00:48:15.119
 glorifying

00:48:15.119 --> 00:48:15.460
 king.

00:48:15.940 --> 00:48:16.400
 Apart from

00:48:16.400 --> 00:48:16.779
 just learning

00:48:16.779 --> 00:48:17.679
 how lost

00:48:17.679 --> 00:48:18.059
 and sinful

00:48:18.059 --> 00:48:18.659
 man is,

00:48:19.219 --> 00:48:19.819
 which you

00:48:19.819 --> 00:48:20.119
 just got to

00:48:20.119 --> 00:48:20.339
 look into

00:48:20.339 --> 00:48:20.980
 yourself to

00:48:20.980 --> 00:48:21.440
 see that.

00:48:21.579 --> 00:48:21.699
 You don't

00:48:21.699 --> 00:48:21.900
 need to

00:48:21.900 --> 00:48:22.559
 watch a

00:48:22.559 --> 00:48:22.759
 movie.

00:48:23.839 --> 00:48:24.359
 So some

00:48:24.359 --> 00:48:24.799
 of us

00:48:24.799 --> 00:48:25.659
 need to

00:48:25.659 --> 00:48:26.059
 go home

00:48:26.059 --> 00:48:26.319
 and kind

00:48:26.319 --> 00:48:26.839
 of cleanse

00:48:26.839 --> 00:48:27.159
 some of

00:48:27.159 --> 00:48:27.460
 the stuff

00:48:27.460 --> 00:48:27.719
 out of

00:48:27.719 --> 00:48:28.159
 our DVD

00:48:28.159 --> 00:48:28.699
 and music

00:48:28.699 --> 00:48:29.199
 collection.

00:48:29.559 --> 00:48:29.819
 This is

00:48:29.819 --> 00:48:31.259
 not glorifying

00:48:31.259 --> 00:48:31.699
 to God.

00:48:32.819 --> 00:48:33.699
 So Paul

00:48:33.699 --> 00:48:34.000
 said in

00:48:34.000 --> 00:48:34.519
 1 Corinthians

00:48:34.519 --> 00:48:34.920
 10,

00:48:35.599 --> 00:48:35.940
 whether you

00:48:35.940 --> 00:48:36.379
 eat or

00:48:36.379 --> 00:48:36.879
 drink or

00:48:36.879 --> 00:48:37.339
 whatever you

00:48:37.339 --> 00:48:37.599
 do,

00:48:37.699 --> 00:48:37.940
 do it

00:48:37.940 --> 00:48:38.400
 all for

00:48:38.400 --> 00:48:38.679
 the glory

00:48:38.679 --> 00:48:39.139
 of God.

00:48:40.420 --> 00:48:40.940
 Do it

00:48:40.940 --> 00:48:41.179
 all,

00:48:41.299 --> 00:48:41.619
 even the

00:48:41.619 --> 00:48:41.960
 smallest

00:48:41.960 --> 00:48:42.440
 things.

00:48:42.440 --> 00:48:43.599
 And,

00:48:43.679 --> 00:48:45.519
 you know,

00:48:45.579 --> 00:48:45.820
 when it

00:48:45.820 --> 00:48:46.340
 comes to

00:48:46.340 --> 00:48:48.220
 TV,

00:48:48.420 --> 00:48:48.679
 it's just

00:48:48.679 --> 00:48:49.139
 a choice

00:48:49.139 --> 00:48:49.539
 of yours,

00:48:49.599 --> 00:48:49.860
 okay?

00:48:50.639 --> 00:48:51.200
 This is just

00:48:51.200 --> 00:48:51.619
 something that

00:48:51.619 --> 00:48:52.059
 we kind of

00:48:52.059 --> 00:48:52.460
 do at our

00:48:52.460 --> 00:48:52.740
 house,

00:48:52.820 --> 00:48:53.139
 me and

00:48:53.139 --> 00:48:53.679
 Josh and

00:48:53.679 --> 00:48:53.940
 John.

00:48:54.440 --> 00:48:55.059
 We don't

00:48:55.059 --> 00:48:55.800
 have cable,

00:48:55.900 --> 00:48:56.059
 we don't

00:48:56.059 --> 00:48:56.900
 have satellite,

00:48:56.900 --> 00:48:59.400
 because I've

00:48:59.400 --> 00:49:00.300
 found in my

00:49:00.300 --> 00:49:00.960
 personal life

00:49:00.960 --> 00:49:01.200
 that it

00:49:01.200 --> 00:49:01.820
 sucks me

00:49:01.820 --> 00:49:02.079
 in.

00:49:02.780 --> 00:49:03.019
 Like,

00:49:03.180 --> 00:49:03.900
 I will spend

00:49:03.900 --> 00:49:04.519
 so much

00:49:04.519 --> 00:49:05.300
 time watching

00:49:05.300 --> 00:49:05.780
 things,

00:49:06.240 --> 00:49:06.559
 and I

00:49:06.559 --> 00:49:07.160
 won't be

00:49:07.160 --> 00:49:08.519
 spending my

00:49:08.519 --> 00:49:08.960
 life on

00:49:08.960 --> 00:49:09.300
 what really

00:49:09.300 --> 00:49:09.860
 matters at

00:49:09.860 --> 00:49:10.059
 all.

00:49:10.139 --> 00:49:10.320
 I'll just

00:49:10.320 --> 00:49:10.519
 be,

00:49:10.519 --> 00:49:11.400
 you know,

00:49:11.619 --> 00:49:12.039
 clearing my

00:49:12.039 --> 00:49:12.760
 time away.

00:49:14.480 --> 00:49:15.019
 And I'll

00:49:15.019 --> 00:49:15.220
 just be

00:49:15.220 --> 00:49:15.680
 obsessed,

00:49:15.800 --> 00:49:16.280
 just amusing

00:49:16.280 --> 00:49:16.900
 myself to

00:49:16.900 --> 00:49:17.360
 the grave.

00:49:17.940 --> 00:49:18.320
 So I've

00:49:18.320 --> 00:49:19.180
 chosen not to

00:49:19.180 --> 00:49:19.480
 have that.

00:49:19.519 --> 00:49:19.700
 I don't

00:49:19.700 --> 00:49:20.099
 ever want

00:49:20.099 --> 00:49:20.240
 that.

00:49:20.300 --> 00:49:21.160
 I have a

00:49:21.160 --> 00:49:21.820
 DVD player,

00:49:21.920 --> 00:49:22.139
 and I do

00:49:22.139 --> 00:49:23.500
 watch movies,

00:49:23.800 --> 00:49:24.940
 but occasionally

00:49:24.940 --> 00:49:25.440
 there's something

00:49:25.440 --> 00:49:25.760
 you want to

00:49:25.760 --> 00:49:26.000
 watch,

00:49:26.039 --> 00:49:26.500
 a game,

00:49:26.500 --> 00:49:26.860
 you can go

00:49:26.860 --> 00:49:27.300
 somewhere else

00:49:27.300 --> 00:49:27.800
 and watch it,

00:49:27.820 --> 00:49:28.039
 or you can

00:49:28.039 --> 00:49:28.380
 watch it on

00:49:28.380 --> 00:49:28.739
 the internet.

00:49:29.679 --> 00:49:31.519
 But I just

00:49:31.519 --> 00:49:32.360
 know that I

00:49:32.360 --> 00:49:33.000
 can't handle it.

00:49:33.059 --> 00:49:33.440
 I know that

00:49:33.440 --> 00:49:33.920
 it's too much

00:49:33.920 --> 00:49:34.260
 for me.

00:49:34.719 --> 00:49:35.500
 Like Paul said,

00:49:35.679 --> 00:49:36.059
 things are

00:49:36.059 --> 00:49:36.519
 lawful,

00:49:36.599 --> 00:49:36.880
 but not all

00:49:36.880 --> 00:49:37.139
 things are

00:49:37.139 --> 00:49:37.340
 going to be

00:49:37.340 --> 00:49:38.480
 beneficial to

00:49:38.480 --> 00:49:38.679
 me.

00:49:38.739 --> 00:49:39.119
 I can't

00:49:39.119 --> 00:49:39.619
 handle it.

00:49:39.920 --> 00:49:40.719
 And it's

00:49:40.719 --> 00:49:41.039
 proven.

00:49:41.400 --> 00:49:41.880
 When I go

00:49:41.880 --> 00:49:42.199
 home to my

00:49:42.199 --> 00:49:42.480
 parents'

00:49:42.599 --> 00:49:42.820
 house,

00:49:43.420 --> 00:49:43.659
 like,

00:49:44.059 --> 00:49:44.480
 turn on

00:49:44.480 --> 00:49:45.420
 TV and

00:49:45.420 --> 00:49:46.199
 watch Walker

00:49:46.199 --> 00:49:46.880
 Texas Ranger

00:49:46.880 --> 00:49:47.320
 or something,

00:49:47.519 --> 00:49:47.719
 and I'm

00:49:47.719 --> 00:49:47.880
 like,

00:49:47.940 --> 00:49:48.280
 I threw

00:49:48.280 --> 00:49:48.699
 this out.

00:49:50.420 --> 00:49:51.219
 I thought

00:49:51.219 --> 00:49:51.360
 I'd

00:49:51.360 --> 00:49:51.639
 throw that

00:49:51.639 --> 00:49:51.980
 out there.

00:49:53.260 --> 00:49:53.719
 I love

00:49:53.719 --> 00:49:53.940
 it when he

00:49:53.940 --> 00:49:54.300
 gets surrounded

00:49:54.300 --> 00:49:54.820
 by like 10

00:49:54.820 --> 00:49:55.099
 dudes,

00:49:55.099 --> 00:49:57.339
 and I'm

00:49:57.339 --> 00:49:58.159
 like,

00:49:58.159 --> 00:50:02.500
 so we

00:50:02.500 --> 00:50:03.079
 got receive,

00:50:03.539 --> 00:50:04.079
 reject,

00:50:04.779 --> 00:50:05.480
 or redeem.

00:50:05.799 --> 00:50:06.019
 Okay?

00:50:06.219 --> 00:50:06.779
 Redeem is the

00:50:06.779 --> 00:50:07.279
 last one.

00:50:07.940 --> 00:50:08.500
 So there

00:50:08.500 --> 00:50:08.980
 are a lot

00:50:08.980 --> 00:50:09.819
 of things in

00:50:09.819 --> 00:50:11.619
 fallen culture

00:50:11.619 --> 00:50:12.019
 that they

00:50:12.019 --> 00:50:12.639
 have stolen

00:50:12.639 --> 00:50:13.900
 and perverted

00:50:13.900 --> 00:50:15.559
 that were not

00:50:15.559 --> 00:50:16.360
 bad things

00:50:16.360 --> 00:50:16.900
 at all.

00:50:17.539 --> 00:50:18.339
 So believers

00:50:18.339 --> 00:50:18.900
 need to take

00:50:18.900 --> 00:50:19.519
 those things

00:50:19.519 --> 00:50:19.960
 and show

00:50:19.960 --> 00:50:20.719
 them the

00:50:20.719 --> 00:50:21.199
 world and

00:50:21.199 --> 00:50:21.440
 what was

00:50:21.440 --> 00:50:21.880
 their intended

00:50:21.880 --> 00:50:22.400
 purpose,

00:50:23.380 --> 00:50:24.239
 what God

00:50:24.239 --> 00:50:25.059
 created them

00:50:25.059 --> 00:50:26.799
 for just

00:50:26.799 --> 00:50:27.079
 the other

00:50:27.079 --> 00:50:27.360
 day.

00:50:27.679 --> 00:50:27.719
 Like,

00:50:28.559 --> 00:50:29.039
 I like

00:50:29.039 --> 00:50:29.699
 rock,

00:50:30.119 --> 00:50:30.360
 you know,

00:50:30.579 --> 00:50:31.279
 different kinds

00:50:31.279 --> 00:50:31.739
 of rock.

00:50:32.980 --> 00:50:33.440
 There's a lot

00:50:33.440 --> 00:50:33.739
 of it I have

00:50:33.739 --> 00:50:34.199
 to trash

00:50:34.199 --> 00:50:34.559
 because it's

00:50:34.559 --> 00:50:35.659
 not beneficial

00:50:35.659 --> 00:50:36.139
 at all.

00:50:37.159 --> 00:50:38.980
 But Nickelback,

00:50:39.519 --> 00:50:40.440
 the rock band

00:50:40.440 --> 00:50:40.960
 Nickelback,

00:50:41.539 --> 00:50:42.139
 has a song

00:50:42.139 --> 00:50:42.619
 called

00:50:42.619 --> 00:50:43.259
 It's the

00:50:43.259 --> 00:50:43.639
 Damage Your

00:50:43.639 --> 00:50:44.219
 Last Day.

00:50:44.799 --> 00:50:45.239
 I listened to

00:50:45.239 --> 00:50:45.559
 it the other

00:50:45.559 --> 00:50:46.000
 day and it

00:50:46.000 --> 00:50:46.420
 was like

00:50:46.420 --> 00:50:46.900
 solid.

00:50:47.000 --> 00:50:47.199
 I couldn't

00:50:47.199 --> 00:50:47.739
 believe it.

00:50:47.920 --> 00:50:48.900
 These guys

00:50:48.900 --> 00:50:49.360
 probably aren't

00:50:49.360 --> 00:50:49.699
 believers,

00:50:49.799 --> 00:50:50.279
 I'm pretty sure.

00:50:50.860 --> 00:50:51.079
 And they're

00:50:51.079 --> 00:50:51.679
 like singing

00:50:51.679 --> 00:50:52.259
 a song that

00:50:52.259 --> 00:50:52.880
 is exactly

00:50:52.880 --> 00:50:54.720
 a perspective

00:50:54.720 --> 00:50:55.119
 of what a

00:50:55.119 --> 00:50:55.640
 believer should

00:50:55.640 --> 00:50:56.059
 have.

00:50:56.539 --> 00:50:57.660
 And so,

00:50:57.900 --> 00:50:58.059
 you know,

00:50:58.059 --> 00:50:58.619
 you can redeem

00:50:58.619 --> 00:50:58.860
 them.

00:50:59.000 --> 00:50:59.360
 That's what

00:50:59.360 --> 00:50:59.720
 this really

00:50:59.720 --> 00:51:00.039
 means.

00:51:00.119 --> 00:51:00.519
 This is what

00:51:00.519 --> 00:51:01.340
 these lyrics

00:51:01.340 --> 00:51:01.940
 really mean.

00:51:03.700 --> 00:51:04.099
 So,

00:51:04.340 --> 00:51:05.000
 there's all

00:51:05.000 --> 00:51:05.280
 kind of

00:51:05.280 --> 00:51:05.820
 questions I

00:51:05.820 --> 00:51:06.099
 know,

00:51:06.300 --> 00:51:07.820
 but if it's

00:51:07.820 --> 00:51:08.599
 controlling you

00:51:08.599 --> 00:51:09.119
 and infiltrating

00:51:09.119 --> 00:51:09.599
 your mind

00:51:09.599 --> 00:51:09.880
 and making

00:51:09.880 --> 00:51:10.180
 you think

00:51:10.180 --> 00:51:10.900
 worldly and

00:51:10.900 --> 00:51:12.079
 sinful and

00:51:12.079 --> 00:51:12.380
 pulling you

00:51:12.380 --> 00:51:12.780
 away from

00:51:12.780 --> 00:51:13.160
 God,

00:51:13.320 --> 00:51:13.599
 like,

00:51:14.059 --> 00:51:14.539
 move away

00:51:14.539 --> 00:51:14.940
 from it.

00:51:15.099 --> 00:51:15.500
 It's really,

00:51:15.619 --> 00:51:17.240
 really tricky.

00:51:17.800 --> 00:51:18.360
 It takes time

00:51:18.360 --> 00:51:18.740
 to learn how

00:51:18.740 --> 00:51:19.079
 to do.

00:51:19.940 --> 00:51:20.279
 And none

00:51:20.279 --> 00:51:20.420
 of us

00:51:20.420 --> 00:51:20.639
 do it

00:51:20.639 --> 00:51:21.000
 perfectly.

00:51:21.940 --> 00:51:22.119
 But,

00:51:22.179 --> 00:51:22.779
 last thing

00:51:22.779 --> 00:51:23.099
 we'll look

00:51:23.099 --> 00:51:23.199
 at,

00:51:23.219 --> 00:51:23.440
 look at

00:51:23.440 --> 00:51:24.039
 1 John

00:51:24.039 --> 00:51:25.480
 chapter 5

00:51:25.480 --> 00:51:25.960
 real fast.

00:51:26.039 --> 00:51:26.380
 Let's read

00:51:26.380 --> 00:51:26.599
 this.

00:51:26.659 --> 00:51:26.980
 It's a good

00:51:26.980 --> 00:51:27.880
 summation of

00:51:27.880 --> 00:51:28.119
 what we've

00:51:28.119 --> 00:51:28.500
 been talking

00:51:28.500 --> 00:51:28.880
 about.

00:51:37.400 --> 00:51:38.099
 1 John

00:51:38.099 --> 00:51:38.819
 chapter 5

00:51:38.819 --> 00:51:39.739
 verse 3.

00:51:43.880 --> 00:51:44.519
 This sums

00:51:44.519 --> 00:51:45.000
 up all

00:51:45.000 --> 00:51:45.199
 we've been

00:51:45.199 --> 00:51:45.699
 talking about.

00:51:46.119 --> 00:51:46.599
 For this

00:51:46.599 --> 00:51:47.119
 is the love

00:51:47.119 --> 00:51:47.639
 of God

00:51:47.639 --> 00:51:49.039
 that we

00:51:49.039 --> 00:51:49.460
 keep His

00:51:49.460 --> 00:51:49.920
 commandments,

00:51:50.059 --> 00:51:50.339
 like we

00:51:50.339 --> 00:51:50.739
 just said.

00:51:51.219 --> 00:51:51.500
 And His

00:51:51.500 --> 00:51:52.000
 commandments

00:51:52.000 --> 00:51:52.539
 are not

00:51:52.539 --> 00:51:53.219
 burdensome.

00:51:54.299 --> 00:51:54.699
 And why

00:51:54.699 --> 00:51:54.980
 are they not

00:51:54.980 --> 00:51:55.420
 burdensome?

00:51:55.500 --> 00:51:55.779
 It's because

00:51:55.779 --> 00:51:56.199
 we love

00:51:56.199 --> 00:51:56.319
 Him.

00:51:56.420 --> 00:51:56.659
 It's our

00:51:56.659 --> 00:51:57.099
 joy to

00:51:57.099 --> 00:51:57.559
 follow Him.

00:51:58.559 --> 00:51:58.799
 For

00:51:58.799 --> 00:51:59.400
 everyone who

00:51:59.400 --> 00:51:59.679
 has been

00:51:59.679 --> 00:52:00.079
 born of

00:52:00.079 --> 00:52:00.500
 God

00:52:00.500 --> 00:52:01.900
 overcomes

00:52:01.900 --> 00:52:02.420
 the world.

00:52:03.239 --> 00:52:03.679
 And this

00:52:03.679 --> 00:52:04.039
 is the

00:52:04.039 --> 00:52:04.619
 victory that

00:52:04.619 --> 00:52:05.119
 has overcome

00:52:05.119 --> 00:52:05.679
 the world,

00:52:05.960 --> 00:52:06.519
 our faith.

00:52:07.699 --> 00:52:08.179
 Who is it

00:52:08.179 --> 00:52:08.799
 that overcomes

00:52:08.799 --> 00:52:09.279
 the world

00:52:09.279 --> 00:52:09.900
 except the

00:52:09.900 --> 00:52:10.940
 one who

00:52:10.940 --> 00:52:12.299
 believes that

00:52:12.299 --> 00:52:13.039
 Jesus is the

00:52:13.039 --> 00:52:13.659
 Son of God?

00:52:14.819 --> 00:52:15.239
 So,

00:52:15.719 --> 00:52:16.539
 because of

00:52:16.539 --> 00:52:16.900
 Christ,

00:52:17.000 --> 00:52:17.400
 we can,

00:52:17.400 --> 00:52:17.800
 like,

00:52:18.400 --> 00:52:18.840
 walk through

00:52:18.840 --> 00:52:19.380
 this world

00:52:19.380 --> 00:52:20.440
 and be

00:52:20.440 --> 00:52:20.760
 in it

00:52:20.760 --> 00:52:21.019
 and not

00:52:21.019 --> 00:52:21.400
 of it,

00:52:21.740 --> 00:52:23.180
 not reject

00:52:23.180 --> 00:52:23.619
 it or not

00:52:23.619 --> 00:52:24.200
 become like

00:52:24.200 --> 00:52:24.360
 it,

00:52:24.400 --> 00:52:24.720
 but we can

00:52:24.720 --> 00:52:25.280
 actually live

00:52:25.280 --> 00:52:25.599
 here for

00:52:25.599 --> 00:52:25.940
 the glory

00:52:25.940 --> 00:52:26.340
 of God

00:52:26.340 --> 00:52:26.639
 and make

00:52:26.639 --> 00:52:27.280
 an impact

00:52:27.280 --> 00:52:28.220
 for His

00:52:28.220 --> 00:52:28.539
 kingdom

00:52:28.539 --> 00:52:28.980
 here.

00:52:29.840 --> 00:52:30.940
 And if we

00:52:30.940 --> 00:52:31.260
 are born

00:52:31.260 --> 00:52:31.559
 of God,

00:52:31.599 --> 00:52:31.820
 we will

00:52:31.820 --> 00:52:32.119
 overcome.

00:52:32.300 --> 00:52:32.519
 There's a

00:52:32.519 --> 00:52:33.160
 promise there.

00:52:33.760 --> 00:52:34.019
 So,

00:52:34.139 --> 00:52:34.539
 let it be

00:52:34.539 --> 00:52:35.500
 said that

00:52:35.500 --> 00:52:36.780
 we went

00:52:36.780 --> 00:52:37.099
 through this

00:52:37.099 --> 00:52:37.559
 life and

00:52:37.559 --> 00:52:38.420
 weren't

00:52:38.420 --> 00:52:39.200
 lured and

00:52:39.200 --> 00:52:41.860
 we don't

00:52:41.860 --> 00:52:42.460
 become like

00:52:42.460 --> 00:52:42.760
 the water

00:52:42.760 --> 00:52:43.200
 around us,

00:52:43.240 --> 00:52:43.440
 but we

00:52:43.440 --> 00:52:43.900
 impact it

00:52:43.900 --> 00:52:44.160
 for the

00:52:44.160 --> 00:52:44.519
 glory of

00:52:44.519 --> 00:52:44.760
 God.

00:52:45.660 --> 00:52:45.980
 I know

00:52:45.980 --> 00:52:46.280
 it's kind

00:52:46.280 --> 00:52:46.519
 of late,

00:52:46.519 --> 00:52:46.820
 guys.

00:52:46.920 --> 00:52:47.759
 We'll kind

00:52:47.759 --> 00:52:47.900
 of,

00:52:47.900 --> 00:52:48.719
 I think we

00:52:48.719 --> 00:52:49.259
 should respond

00:52:49.259 --> 00:52:49.619
 in song.

00:52:49.719 --> 00:52:50.019
 We started

00:52:50.019 --> 00:52:50.599
 late tonight,

00:52:51.480 --> 00:52:52.820
 but this

00:52:52.820 --> 00:52:53.420
 definitely warrants

00:52:53.420 --> 00:52:54.239
 more conversation

00:52:54.239 --> 00:52:54.659
 on now,

00:52:54.780 --> 00:52:55.219
 so we just

00:52:55.219 --> 00:52:56.380
 kind of pop

00:52:56.380 --> 00:52:57.259
 the lid and

00:52:57.259 --> 00:52:57.699
 kind of give it

00:52:57.699 --> 00:52:58.199
 to you tonight.

00:52:58.840 --> 00:52:59.659
 But talk to

00:52:59.659 --> 00:52:59.980
 John,

00:53:00.079 --> 00:53:00.639
 talk to me,

00:53:00.800 --> 00:53:01.920
 Dan,

00:53:02.440 --> 00:53:04.000
 anybody else

00:53:04.000 --> 00:53:04.380
 that's here,

00:53:04.500 --> 00:53:05.719
 but let's just

00:53:05.719 --> 00:53:06.360
 kind of close in

00:53:06.360 --> 00:53:07.059
 prayer and then

00:53:07.059 --> 00:53:07.739
 we'll have Alex

00:53:07.739 --> 00:53:08.679
 come up and

00:53:08.679 --> 00:53:09.139
 lead us in

00:53:09.139 --> 00:53:09.440
 song.

00:53:09.440 --> 00:53:11.740
 Father,

00:53:12.099 --> 00:53:14.240
 I'm overwhelmed

00:53:14.240 --> 00:53:14.980
 at this topic

00:53:14.980 --> 00:53:15.380
 and I know

00:53:15.380 --> 00:53:15.780
 there's so

00:53:15.780 --> 00:53:16.500
 many things

00:53:16.500 --> 00:53:18.179
 in my life

00:53:18.179 --> 00:53:18.480
 that I need

00:53:18.480 --> 00:53:19.039
 to make war

00:53:19.039 --> 00:53:19.679
 on and

00:53:19.679 --> 00:53:20.220
 take out

00:53:20.220 --> 00:53:20.460
 of my

00:53:20.460 --> 00:53:20.820
 life.

00:53:22.179 --> 00:53:22.599
 Lord,

00:53:22.820 --> 00:53:23.639
 may I never

00:53:23.639 --> 00:53:24.019
 be so

00:53:24.019 --> 00:53:24.360
 comfortable

00:53:24.360 --> 00:53:24.800
 to think

00:53:24.800 --> 00:53:26.119
 that everything

00:53:26.119 --> 00:53:27.340
 that I have

00:53:27.340 --> 00:53:28.679
 or ways

00:53:28.679 --> 00:53:29.079
 that I spend

00:53:29.079 --> 00:53:29.619
 my money

00:53:29.619 --> 00:53:31.220
 that I'm

00:53:31.220 --> 00:53:31.559
 beyond

00:53:31.559 --> 00:53:32.460
 reproach.

00:53:32.800 --> 00:53:33.200
 I want

00:53:33.200 --> 00:53:35.179
 to live a

00:53:35.179 --> 00:53:35.700
 life that does

00:53:35.700 --> 00:53:36.579
 reflect that my

00:53:36.579 --> 00:53:37.220
 treasure is in

00:53:37.220 --> 00:53:38.000
 you and not in

00:53:38.000 --> 00:53:39.340
 things I have

00:53:39.340 --> 00:53:40.440
 or things

00:53:40.440 --> 00:53:42.639
 that I

00:53:42.639 --> 00:53:43.179
 delight in

00:53:43.179 --> 00:53:43.659
 every day

00:53:43.659 --> 00:53:44.280
 but in

00:53:44.280 --> 00:53:45.039
 you and

00:53:45.039 --> 00:53:45.900
 everything is

00:53:45.900 --> 00:53:47.199
 a springboard

00:53:47.199 --> 00:53:47.739
 to worship

00:53:47.739 --> 00:53:48.599
 and leads me

00:53:48.599 --> 00:53:49.780
 to thanksgiving

00:53:49.780 --> 00:53:50.440
 for what

00:53:50.440 --> 00:53:50.920
 you've done

00:53:50.920 --> 00:53:52.039
 and,

00:53:52.079 --> 00:53:53.300
 Lord,

00:53:53.360 --> 00:53:54.039
 may Christ

00:53:54.039 --> 00:53:55.940
 be our

00:53:55.940 --> 00:53:56.239
 ultimate

00:53:56.239 --> 00:53:56.659
 treasure.

00:53:57.739 --> 00:53:58.079
 He's the

00:53:58.079 --> 00:53:58.780
 only thing

00:53:58.780 --> 00:54:00.179
 worth living

00:54:00.179 --> 00:54:00.519
 for.

00:54:00.659 --> 00:54:01.380
 He's completely

00:54:01.380 --> 00:54:01.840
 worthy.

00:54:02.539 --> 00:54:02.800
 He can

00:54:02.800 --> 00:54:03.500
 satisfy our

00:54:03.500 --> 00:54:05.300
 soul and

00:54:05.300 --> 00:54:05.780
 He's the

00:54:05.780 --> 00:54:06.219
 one thing

00:54:06.219 --> 00:54:06.579
 that can't

00:54:06.579 --> 00:54:06.940
 be taken

00:54:06.940 --> 00:54:07.440
 away from

00:54:07.440 --> 00:54:07.699
 us.

00:54:08.360 --> 00:54:08.719
 Everything

00:54:08.719 --> 00:54:09.239
 else that

00:54:09.239 --> 00:54:09.619
 we live

00:54:09.619 --> 00:54:11.039
 for will

00:54:11.039 --> 00:54:11.420
 be taken

00:54:11.420 --> 00:54:11.780
 away from

00:54:11.780 --> 00:54:11.960
 us,

00:54:12.019 --> 00:54:12.519
 but Christ

00:54:12.519 --> 00:54:13.179
 cannot be

00:54:13.179 --> 00:54:14.519
 and I

00:54:14.519 --> 00:54:14.860
 pray that

00:54:14.860 --> 00:54:15.119
 we would

00:54:15.119 --> 00:54:15.519
 live for

00:54:15.519 --> 00:54:16.239
 Him and

00:54:16.239 --> 00:54:17.659
 die for

00:54:17.659 --> 00:54:17.900
 Him.

00:54:18.760 --> 00:54:19.300
 We would

00:54:19.300 --> 00:54:19.880
 be satisfied

00:54:19.880 --> 00:54:20.400
 in Him and

00:54:20.400 --> 00:54:20.739
 He would

00:54:20.739 --> 00:54:21.980
 allow us to

00:54:21.980 --> 00:54:22.739
 navigate this

00:54:22.739 --> 00:54:23.400
 world and

00:54:23.400 --> 00:54:24.719
 not be

00:54:24.719 --> 00:54:25.780
 pulled into

00:54:25.780 --> 00:54:26.440
 its sinful

00:54:26.440 --> 00:54:28.119
 ideologies and

00:54:28.119 --> 00:54:28.420
 ways of

00:54:28.420 --> 00:54:28.860
 thinking,

00:54:29.780 --> 00:54:30.179
 that we

00:54:30.179 --> 00:54:30.659
 would be

00:54:30.659 --> 00:54:32.500
 strangers and

00:54:32.500 --> 00:54:33.260
 pilgrims and

00:54:33.260 --> 00:54:34.039
 travelers here

00:54:34.039 --> 00:54:35.739
 heading towards

00:54:35.739 --> 00:54:37.119
 eternity and

00:54:37.119 --> 00:54:38.539
 glorify you

00:54:38.539 --> 00:54:38.799
 in our

00:54:38.799 --> 00:54:40.799
 decisions and

00:54:40.799 --> 00:54:41.199
 what we

00:54:41.199 --> 00:54:41.440
 do.

00:54:42.440 --> 00:54:43.119
 Lord, I

00:54:43.119 --> 00:54:43.519
 pray that

00:54:43.519 --> 00:54:43.799
 this has

00:54:43.799 --> 00:54:44.059
 been a

00:54:44.059 --> 00:54:44.539
 honoring to

00:54:44.539 --> 00:54:44.940
 you and

00:54:44.940 --> 00:54:46.239
 if I've

00:54:46.239 --> 00:54:47.039
 erred, I

00:54:47.039 --> 00:54:47.539
 pray that

00:54:47.539 --> 00:54:47.859
 you would

00:54:47.859 --> 00:54:48.659
 show me.

00:54:49.940 --> 00:54:50.719
 I'm pretty

00:54:50.719 --> 00:54:51.420
 convinced of

00:54:51.420 --> 00:54:51.699
 what your

00:54:51.699 --> 00:54:52.380
 word says.

00:54:54.119 --> 00:54:54.739
 Lord, we

00:54:54.739 --> 00:54:55.279
 love you to

00:54:55.279 --> 00:54:55.940
 help us to

00:54:55.940 --> 00:54:57.259
 apply to

00:54:57.259 --> 00:54:57.420
 this.

00:54:57.539 --> 00:54:57.719
 If we

00:54:57.719 --> 00:54:58.519
 leave here

00:54:58.519 --> 00:55:00.380
 and don't

00:55:00.380 --> 00:55:01.219
 take anything,

00:55:01.219 --> 00:55:03.339
 we are in

00:55:03.339 --> 00:55:03.559
 sin.

00:55:03.639 --> 00:55:03.839
 We're to

00:55:03.839 --> 00:55:04.739
 be not

00:55:04.739 --> 00:55:05.299
 just hearers

00:55:05.299 --> 00:55:05.480
 of the

00:55:05.480 --> 00:55:05.919
 word, but

00:55:05.919 --> 00:55:06.699
 doers and

00:55:06.699 --> 00:55:07.379
 to be

00:55:07.379 --> 00:55:07.739
 obedient.

00:55:09.239 --> 00:55:09.919
 May we

00:55:09.919 --> 00:55:10.539
 help each

00:55:10.539 --> 00:55:10.859
 other in

00:55:10.859 --> 00:55:11.539
 this process,

00:55:11.759 --> 00:55:11.899
 Lord.

00:55:12.639 --> 00:55:13.239
 In Christ's

00:55:13.239 --> 00:55:13.779
 name, amen.

00:55:13.779 --> 00:55:13.879
 Amen.