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 We've been in the book of Romans around two years, I think, and it's been an awesome time.

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 We've learned a lot of really great truth together.

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 I'm kind of coming to a close on this.

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 So Paul has talked about how awesome our great salvation is in Christ.

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 He's told us that we are saved by grace through faith in Christ alone and nothing else.

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 And now he's kind of wrapping up the letter to the church at Rome.

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 And he throws out some things here at the end that are really, you want to ask, why did he kind of like end this way?

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 Look at verse 17 of Romans 16.

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 We're going to read our text for this morning.

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 It says,

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 I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught.

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 Avoid them.

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 For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites.

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 And by smooth talk and flattery, they deceive the hearts of the naive.

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 For your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you.

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 But I want you to be wise as to what is good and innocent to what is evil.

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 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.

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 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

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 Just pray with me.

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 Father, I'm overwhelmed and thankful to be here this morning with your people, the church.

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 Those who have been bought with the blood of Christ.

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 And I pray that you would help me communicate well this morning in a way that would only bring you glory.

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 This isn't about me.

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 It's not about anyone here.

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 We were made for you, Lord.

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 And I pray that I know that I can sometimes rely too much in myself or not rely enough in you.

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 And I pray that you would just fill me and control me and allow me to speak the words of life that we just sang about.

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 That men have died for throughout the centuries to preserve translators and people that love you.

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 So God, just find us faithful this morning.

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 In Christ's name, amen.

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 Amen.

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 So, throughout Scripture, throughout the Old and New Testaments, but particularly what we're going to look at a lot this morning in the New Testament,

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 there are sober warnings against those who would teach a gospel contrary to the one that they had received.

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 False teachers, false prophets.

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 False.

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 What we need to understand is that there are no new truths from God.

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 There's no new revelations from God.

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 No new morals, whatever.

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 Like what God has taught throughout the centuries, there's nothing new at all.

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 God is not changing things.

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 He's not up in heaven at the moment saying, I wish I got something else into this book.

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 He's not doing that.

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 That's a puny, pathetic God.

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 But throughout the Scripture, there are all kinds of warnings to look out for, be on the watch for false teachers,

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 those who would attack the truth of the gospel.

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 And so we're told as believers to examine everything carefully under the Word of God

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 and to almost develop like a sixth sense for when something is not right and something is untrue.

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 So we're going to have just maybe five places to turn other than our main text,

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 but hold your place in Romans 16 so you can flip back.

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 Return to Mark 13.

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 We'll just look at some words from Christ.

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 Mark 13, verse 21.

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 And some believers have been fooled into thinking, well, I have the Holy Spirit, so I'm good.

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 Like whenever something is not true, the Holy Spirit is just going to tell me it's not true.

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 That's not true.

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 Jesus said in John, when he's talking about the Holy Spirit, he said,

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 He will remind you of everything that I have taught you.

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 He will remind you of the things that I have put into your heart.

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 And so you have to ask the question, well, if you don't know what Christ said,

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 how can the Holy Spirit remind you?

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 And it is possible for even genuine believers to believe lies and to believe false teachings.

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 And we're going to see that right here.

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 Mark 13, verse 21.

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 And then this is Jesus talking.

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 He says,

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 And then if anyone says to you,

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 Behold, here is the Christ.

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 Or behold, He is there.

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 Do not believe Him.

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 For false Christs and false prophets will arise

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 and will show signs and wonders in order to lead astray.

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 If possible, the elect.

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 See that?

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 So even God's people can be deceived by false teaching.

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 But take heed.

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 Behold, I have told you these things.

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 I have told you everything in advance.

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 Like I have told you.

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 So look out for this stuff.

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 And in Hebrews 13, it says this,

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 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

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 Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings.

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 Like it's just this constant theme.

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 There's actually two books in the New Testament

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 that are completely dedicated to apostasy and false teaching.

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 That's the book of Jude and the book of 2 Peter.

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 Totally dedicated to like exposing false prophets

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 and warning us that they will be coming.

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 So a second place to turn today.

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 Flip over to 1 Thessalonians chapter 5.

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 And we're going to kind of look at what we're called to do as believers

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 in light of this storm of false teaching and false doctrines that are out there.

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 We're going to talk about some later in the message.

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 So, in light of that, believers are called, I should say commanded,

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 to use discernment in everything that they read and everything that they hear.

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 And this is what, verse 21, chapter 5.

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 Very simple, it says,

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 But examine everything carefully.

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 Hold fast to which is good.

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 Abstain from every form of evil.

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 And these words there, examine,

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 it means to like to make a distinction,

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 to analyze, to test,

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 to prove, like you would like precious metals,

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 and to deem worthy, to scrutinize.

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 That's what this means.

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 So, how many of us actually do that

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 when we read and when we listen

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 to things outside of the Word of God itself?

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 We need to learn to discern truth from half-truth

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 and truth from error.

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 One of the best vehicles of false teachers

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 is not to just teach you an all-out lie,

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 but to teach you a lie sprinkled in the midst of some truth

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 under the guise of familiar language and jargon.

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 And the writer of the Hebrews

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 also gives very sober warnings about this.

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 He said,

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 he pleased with them

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 not to depart from the truth that they had received.

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 And in chapter 2, he says,

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 Therefore, we must pay much closer attention

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 to what we have heard,

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 lest we drift away from it.

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 And in chapter 5,

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 he actually classifies those who are spiritually mature

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 and those who are not spiritually mature.

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 The distinction he makes is

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 the mature will be able to discern

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 from good and evil.

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 Pretty interesting.

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 That's like what he says.

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 So, this is what he says,

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 But solid food is for the mature,

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 for those who have had their powers of discernment

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 trained by constant practice

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 to distinguish good from evil.

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 See that?

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 Like this, their senses have learned

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 like something doesn't smell right here,

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 something is not right about what this guy is saying.

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 This is not true what I'm reading

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 or hearing on TBN or whatever.

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 So, what matters

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 is that we're called to be discerning

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 in all that we read and hear as believers

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 and to guard the gospel.

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 If I had to have a title this morning,

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 that would be it.

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 Like guarding the gospel.

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 Paul told Timothy,

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 Guard the good deposit

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 that was entrusted to you.

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 Hold it dear and protect it.

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 Philippians 1, 9 says this,

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 It is my prayer

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 that your love may abound more and more

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 with all knowledge and all discernment

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 so that you may approve what is excellent.

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 And so be pure and blameless

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 for the day of Christ.

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 So he prayed like that they would have discernment

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 to approve what is good,

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 what is evil,

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 what is true,

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 what is false.

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 So, but messages like this

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 can come across

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 harsh, I guess,

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 and unloving.

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 And I really want to just take just a second

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 to explain to you my motive

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 and my desire.

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 Recently,

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 some of you know,

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 like I was diagnosed with some skin cancer

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 and I had to go through some things,

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 but everything looks good now.

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 And I've had other health issues in my past.

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 So,

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 I have just an illustration for you.

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 Some of the college students

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 might have actually heard this before.

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 But,

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 let's say,

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 you know,

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 one day you were,

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 noticed something wasn't right,

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 like you felt something weird going on

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 in your body.

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 And so you go to

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 the hospital

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 or to the clinic

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 or whatever

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 and to see one of your best friends

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 is actually the doctor there.

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 And you go with your family

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 and you go with your children

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 and you just expect

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 to just kind of run some quick tests

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 and be out by lunch.

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 Now,

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 you've already gone to the doctor's office

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 and done that.

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 That's the only thing you look forward to

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 is getting out and eating.

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 So,

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 so you're there

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 and the tests are on

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 and you're sitting in the waiting room.

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 Meanwhile,

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 your friend is in the back

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 and he gets the results

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 from your test.

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 And he sees

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 that you actually

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 have the worst type of cancer

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 that's out there.

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 And unless he does something

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 soon

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 and you start going through treatment,

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 you're going to be dead

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 really fast.

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 So in that moment,

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 he has a choice.

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 He can say,

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 well,

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 man,

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 if I tell him this,

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 this is going to ruin his day.

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 It's going to ruin his week.

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 It's going to ruin the rest of his life,

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 probably.

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 I'm going to make his wife cry.

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 I'm going to make his children cry.

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 If I go out there

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 and I tell him the truth

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 about his condition,

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 well,

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 I don't want to make him upset.

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 So I'm just not going to do it.

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 Is that the loving thing to do?

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 No.

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 Like,

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 love

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 would compel him

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 to go out there

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 despite of what this friend

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 may think about him.

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 and it would compel him

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 to tell him the truth.

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 You have cancer.

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 Because he,

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 even though it's hard for him

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 to tell him the truth,

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 he loves him

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 and is fighting

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 to save his life.

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 Right?

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 That's what truth is.

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 And that's what love does.

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 It's the nature of love

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 to warrant against those

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 for harm,

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 for those that it might hurt,

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 you know.

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 Two,

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 so I just want you to know

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 that I have no hidden motive

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 this morning.

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 Turn to Ephesians chapter 4

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 real fast.

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 And this kind of sums up

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 my attitude.

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 word.

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 It's the nature of love

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 just to protect

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 those whom it loves.

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 Okay,

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 Ephesians chapter 4

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 go to verse 14.

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 And this is Paul talking.

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 And here we go.

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 We just kind of read over this stuff

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 and don't think much about it.

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 But,

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 it says,

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 he's praying for them

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 in this prayer.

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 And he says,

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 so that you may no longer

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 be children

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 tossed to and fro

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 by the waves

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 and carried about

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 by the wind

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 of doctrine,

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 by every wind of doctrine,

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 by human cunning,

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 by craftiness

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 and deceitful schemes.

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 See that?

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 So he says,

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 that's children

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 who are tossed around

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 by every wind of doctrine

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 that's out there.

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 But then it says,

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 rather,

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 speaking the truth in love,

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 we are to grow up

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 in every way

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 into him who is the head,

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 into Christ,

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 from whom the whole body

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 joined

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 and held together

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 by every joint

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 with which is it equipped.

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 With each part

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 that's working properly

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 makes the body grow

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 so that it builds itself up

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 in love.

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 So,

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 my desire is like

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 to warn you

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 and say that

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 there are many winds

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 of doctrine out there.

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 I love to study

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 church movements

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 and church history.

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 I bore a lot of people

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 with that

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 day after day

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 when I talk about it.

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 But,

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 I'm not interested

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 to know

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 that the mainline

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 Protestant

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 denominations

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 in the U.S.,

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 I could say in Europe too,

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 who once started

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 very conservative,

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 very,

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 you know,

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 Christ-centered,

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 gospel-loving,

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 you know,

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 people

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 who held the Scripture

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 in high regard

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 and said it was

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 the Word of God.

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 Most all of the

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 mainline denominations

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 have departed from that.

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 Most of them.

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 Here in the U.S.,

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 the,

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 like,

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 I'm not speaking

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 for every

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 type of person

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 who's in this denomination.

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 I'll start with the Baptists

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 because we're Baptists.

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 Southern Baptists

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 have,

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 overall,

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 thankfully,

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 as kooky as we can be

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 about some other things,

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 we've held on to

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 the authority

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 of Scripture

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 and we've held on to

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 the inerrancy

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 of Scripture

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 and Christ being

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 the only way

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 to God

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 and salvation by grace.

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 We've held on

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 to those things.

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 But there are

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 many different things

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 that have split off

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 of Southern Baptists.

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 Different liberal

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 theological groups

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 and,

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 but some of the

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 mainline denominations,

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 some of the

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 mainline Lutheran

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 denominations,

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 mainline Methodists,

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 have all abandoned

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 those things.

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 But definitely,

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 there are conservative

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 Methodists and Lutherans

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 out there

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 who don't,

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 you know,

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 tolerate that

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 at all

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 and say,

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 no,

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 that's not

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 what we believe.

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 So,

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 we have to

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 take heed here.

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 I don't want you guys

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 to believe every false

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 teaching this out there.

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 And as it says,

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 the goal here is love,

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 not rebuke.

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 It's like,

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 to show you like,

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 if you're a parent,

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 you have a child,

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 they're doing something

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 going to harm them,

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 you're going to like

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 yank that out of their hands,

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 right?

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 That's what the loving

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 thing to do is.

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 So,

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 out of our text in Romans,

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 I believe I have just

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 five questions

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 we're going to look at.

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 So,

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 flip back to Romans,

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 chapter 16.

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 Some of you know

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 I have respiratory issues

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 and I'm not breathing

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 well this morning,

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 so,

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 just bear with me.

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 Okay,

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 so the first

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 question we're going

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 to ask from our

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 text

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 is,

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 what is the mark

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 of false teachers?

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 what's the mark

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 of false teachers?

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 We see this in verse 17.

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 I appeal to you,

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 brothers,

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 to watch out for those

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 who cause divisions

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 and create obstacles

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 contrary to the doctrine

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 that you have been taught.

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 Avoid them.

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 So,

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 Paul's not talking

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 about minor

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 quarrels here,

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 about the carpet,

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 or about

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 little

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 Bible stories

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 that,

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 you know,

00:17:05.359 --> 00:17:05.680
 whatever.

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 He's talking about

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 serious deals

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 that can cause

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 divisions in a church.

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 And,

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 he says to watch

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 out for them.

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 And he says

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 their distinction is

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 they're going to teach you

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 like a gospel

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 contrary to the one

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 that you've heard.

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 word.

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 And so,

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 like,

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 watch out.

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 And,

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 like I said,

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 we have a few places

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 to turn this morning,

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 but scripture

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 interprets scripture.

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 You need to support

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 what you're arguing

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 with the other scripture.

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 So,

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 flip to

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 2 Timothy,

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 chapter 4.

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 2 Timothy,

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 chapter 4.

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 See,

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 the gospel has been

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 passed down

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 throughout the centuries.

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 It hasn't changed.

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 It's been a relay

00:17:47.740 --> 00:17:48.519
 of truth

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 for all time.

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 And,

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 this is Paul

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 talking to Timothy

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 who is himself

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 a pastor.

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 So,

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 verse 1

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 of chapter 4.

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 He says,

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 I charge you,

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 I charge you,

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 Timothy,

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 in the presence

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 of God

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 and of Christ Jesus

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 who is the judge

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 of the living

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 and the dead

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 and by his appearing

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 in his kingdom.

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 Preach

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 the word.

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 Not a word

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 or a good word.

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 Preach the word.

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 God's word.

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 He said,

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 be ready

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 in season

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 and out of season.

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 Reprove,

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 rebuke,

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 exhort

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 with complete

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 patience and teaching

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 that for the time

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 is coming

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 when people

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 will not endure

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 sound teaching

00:18:37.340 --> 00:18:39.120
 but having itching

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 years,

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 they will accumulate

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 for themselves

00:18:41.739 --> 00:18:42.219
 teachers

00:18:42.219 --> 00:18:44.099
 to suit their

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 own passions

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 and will turn

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 away

00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:48.399
 from listening

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 to the truth

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 and wander

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 off into myths.

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 So,

00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:55.000
 people who find

00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:56.459
 the truth of God

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 hard to handle,

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 those go somewhere

00:18:58.959 --> 00:18:59.399
 else.

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 They'll go and

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 listen to a teacher

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 who will tell them

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 what they want

00:19:03.379 --> 00:19:03.739
 to hear.

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 Tell me

00:19:05.180 --> 00:19:06.779
 how man-centered

00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:07.660
 things are.

00:19:08.460 --> 00:19:08.740
 So,

00:19:08.840 --> 00:19:09.200
 instead of

00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:10.019
 submitting to God's

00:19:10.019 --> 00:19:10.320
 truth,

00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:11.880
 they find teachers

00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:13.799
 that will help

00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:14.180
 them,

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 you know,

00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:15.560
 appease what

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 they want

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 and the spirit

00:19:17.620 --> 00:19:18.299
 of the age,

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 I guess you could

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 say in a lot

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 of ways,

00:19:20.320 --> 00:19:21.080
 what culture

00:19:21.080 --> 00:19:21.720
 would say.

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 So,

00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:23.519
 the mark of false

00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:24.920
 teachers is

00:19:24.920 --> 00:19:25.840
 they teach a gospel

00:19:25.840 --> 00:19:27.519
 contrary to the one

00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:28.140
 that's been passed

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 down throughout the

00:19:29.660 --> 00:19:30.220
 centuries and the

00:19:30.220 --> 00:19:31.840
 one that this

00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:32.799
 testifies to.

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 The second

00:19:34.299 --> 00:19:35.899
 point,

00:19:36.699 --> 00:19:37.339
 flip back over

00:19:37.339 --> 00:19:37.980
 to Romans.

00:19:43.599 --> 00:19:44.259
 The second

00:19:44.259 --> 00:19:45.959
 question is,

00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:46.439
 what is the

00:19:46.439 --> 00:19:48.039
 motive of

00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:48.679
 false teachers?

00:19:49.939 --> 00:19:50.339
 Okay,

00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:50.819
 and we see this

00:19:50.819 --> 00:19:51.720
 in verse 18.

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 It says,

00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:53.879
 for such

00:19:53.879 --> 00:19:55.439
 persons do

00:19:55.439 --> 00:19:56.099
 not serve our

00:19:56.099 --> 00:19:56.679
 Lord Christ

00:19:56.679 --> 00:19:57.220
 but their own

00:19:57.220 --> 00:19:57.899
 appetites.

00:19:58.939 --> 00:19:59.240
 So,

00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:00.899
 false teachers

00:20:00.899 --> 00:20:01.459
 serve their own

00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:01.960
 appetizer.

00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:02.340
 What this

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 means in Greek

00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:03.360
 is literally

00:20:03.360 --> 00:20:03.920
 your belly

00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:05.120
 which means

00:20:05.120 --> 00:20:06.340
 like the

00:20:06.340 --> 00:20:06.680
 things that

00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:07.259
 your flesh

00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:08.059
 may crave.

00:20:08.980 --> 00:20:09.759
 John Piper

00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:11.319
 said here,

00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:12.539
 behind the

00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:13.620
 plausible speech

00:20:13.620 --> 00:20:14.940
 and smooth

00:20:14.940 --> 00:20:16.700
 talk of a

00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:17.059
 gentleman,

00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:19.460
 gentlemanly,

00:20:19.660 --> 00:20:20.000
 he said,

00:20:20.420 --> 00:20:21.180
 demeanor is

00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:22.019
 idolatry and

00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:22.620
 the idol is

00:20:22.620 --> 00:20:23.120
 the belly,

00:20:23.819 --> 00:20:24.319
 the appetite

00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:25.200
 for food

00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:26.460
 or sex

00:20:26.460 --> 00:20:27.000
 or human

00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:27.539
 approval.

00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:29.880
 Behind the

00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:30.579
 serious false

00:20:30.579 --> 00:20:30.880
 teaching,

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 we almost

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 have to

00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:32.320
 find out

00:20:32.320 --> 00:20:34.360
 these aren't

00:20:34.360 --> 00:20:35.180
 just intellectual

00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:35.840
 mistakes.

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 These are

00:20:36.820 --> 00:20:37.760
 worldly passions

00:20:37.760 --> 00:20:38.780
 that come

00:20:38.780 --> 00:20:39.060
 from an

00:20:39.060 --> 00:20:39.980
 enslaving mind.

00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:41.060
 So,

00:20:41.300 --> 00:20:41.800
 like we,

00:20:42.520 --> 00:20:43.040
 false teachers

00:20:43.040 --> 00:20:43.380
 have a

00:20:43.380 --> 00:20:43.980
 different motive

00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:44.520
 other than

00:20:44.520 --> 00:20:45.000
 to glorify

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:45.540
 Christ.

00:20:46.040 --> 00:20:46.460
 They want

00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:46.960
 man to

00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:47.380
 approve

00:20:47.380 --> 00:20:47.680
 them,

00:20:47.780 --> 00:20:48.240
 they want

00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:49.620
 popularity,

00:20:50.760 --> 00:20:51.560
 they want

00:20:51.560 --> 00:20:51.960
 money,

00:20:52.100 --> 00:20:52.480
 power,

00:20:53.220 --> 00:20:53.660
 etc.

00:20:54.540 --> 00:20:54.980
 And I'm

00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:55.300
 going to

00:20:55.300 --> 00:20:55.620
 read

00:20:55.620 --> 00:20:57.020
 something

00:20:57.020 --> 00:20:57.540
 from 1

00:20:57.539 --> 00:20:57.920
 Timothy

00:20:57.920 --> 00:20:59.139
 to you

00:20:59.139 --> 00:20:59.500
 that kind

00:20:59.500 --> 00:20:59.980
 of explains

00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:00.339
 this.

00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:02.680
 Paul

00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:03.000
 talking

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.240
 again,

00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:03.480
 he says,

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 if anyone

00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:04.519
 teaches

00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:05.819
 a doctrine,

00:21:05.899 --> 00:21:06.240
 a different

00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:06.659
 doctrine,

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 does not

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:07.740
 agree with

00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:08.500
 sound words

00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:09.539
 of our

00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:10.059
 Lord Jesus

00:21:10.059 --> 00:21:10.599
 Christ,

00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:11.859
 in the

00:21:11.859 --> 00:21:12.599
 teaching that

00:21:12.599 --> 00:21:13.500
 is in

00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:14.099
 accordance with

00:21:14.099 --> 00:21:14.539
 godliness,

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 he is

00:21:15.619 --> 00:21:16.180
 puffed up

00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:16.899
 and conceited

00:21:16.899 --> 00:21:18.220
 and understands

00:21:18.220 --> 00:21:18.680
 nothing.

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 He has an

00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:20.379
 unhealthy

00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:21.899
 craving for

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 controversy and

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 quarrels about

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 words.

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 And it

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 says that

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 they,

00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:27.419
 he goes

00:21:27.419 --> 00:21:27.779
 on to

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 say that

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 he does

00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:29.059
 this because

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 he hopes

00:21:29.379 --> 00:21:29.579
 it will

00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:29.839
 give him

00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:30.460
 great gain.

00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:31.539
 He hopes

00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:33.119
 that teaching

00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:33.699
 these things

00:21:33.699 --> 00:21:34.339
 contrary to

00:21:34.339 --> 00:21:34.819
 the gospel

00:21:34.819 --> 00:21:35.359
 will be a

00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:35.779
 means of

00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:36.119
 gain.

00:21:37.159 --> 00:21:37.599
 So,

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:39.039
 they have

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.519
 some hidden

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:39.879
 motive,

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 it's not

00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:40.759
 to glorify

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:41.359
 Christ.

00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:42.319
 And you

00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:42.839
 always can

00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:43.199
 tell,

00:21:43.919 --> 00:21:45.639
 because men

00:21:45.639 --> 00:21:45.980
 who do

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.299
 want to

00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:46.639
 glorify

00:21:46.639 --> 00:21:47.259
 Christ will

00:21:47.259 --> 00:21:47.960
 always tell

00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:48.259
 you,

00:21:48.419 --> 00:21:49.339
 if I'm

00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:49.619
 out of

00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:50.019
 line,

00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:51.519
 tell me,

00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:52.799
 like let

00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:53.199
 what I've

00:21:53.199 --> 00:21:53.799
 said be

00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:55.639
 tested here,

00:21:56.139 --> 00:21:57.000
 because false

00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:57.599
 teachers don't

00:21:57.599 --> 00:21:58.200
 like scrutiny.

00:21:58.339 --> 00:21:58.779
 They'll say,

00:21:59.099 --> 00:21:59.960
 just stay

00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.319
 away from

00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:00.559
 me,

00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:01.619
 and don't

00:22:01.619 --> 00:22:02.460
 scrutinize

00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:02.799
 me at

00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:03.819
 all with

00:22:03.819 --> 00:22:04.440
 that stuff.

00:22:05.599 --> 00:22:05.819
 So,

00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:07.659
 you know,

00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:08.220
 I,

00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:10.680
 there's so

00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:10.879
 many,

00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:11.460
 this question

00:22:11.460 --> 00:22:11.980
 could go on

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.180
 and on,

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:12.579
 this next

00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:12.740
 one,

00:22:13.180 --> 00:22:13.539
 but what

00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:13.859
 is the

00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:15.220
 method of

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:15.480
 false

00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:15.740
 teachers,

00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.059
 is the

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.259
 next

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:16.700
 question.

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:19.859
 What is

00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:20.299
 the method

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:20.799
 of false

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.119
 teachers?

00:22:22.139 --> 00:22:22.359
 In

00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:23.079
 verse 18,

00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:25.019
 it says,

00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:26.480
 by smooth

00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:27.859
 talk and

00:22:27.859 --> 00:22:28.460
 flattery,

00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:29.079
 they deceive

00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:29.579
 hearts.

00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:30.879
 See this?

00:22:31.879 --> 00:22:32.279
 Smooth

00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:32.819
 talk and

00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.379
 flattery.

00:22:34.099 --> 00:22:34.579
 The word

00:22:34.579 --> 00:22:35.359
 flattery is

00:22:35.359 --> 00:22:37.059
 eulogia.

00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:37.319
 Does that

00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:38.779
 sound familiar?

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:39.639
 Like a

00:22:39.639 --> 00:22:41.819
 memorial service?

00:22:42.919 --> 00:22:43.659
 A eulogy,

00:22:44.139 --> 00:22:45.000
 to give a

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.500
 blessing or

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:45.779
 to give

00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:47.579
 praise to

00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:47.919
 someone.

00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:48.440
 So,

00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:49.680
 in a bad

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.079
 sense,

00:22:50.879 --> 00:22:51.599
 like they're

00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:52.940
 giving you a

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:53.220
 blessing,

00:22:53.320 --> 00:22:53.640
 they're telling

00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:54.019
 you what

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.779
 you want

00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:55.320
 to hear.

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:56.519
 And then in

00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:57.180
 smooth talk,

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.680
 it says,

00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:58.960
 this word

00:22:58.960 --> 00:23:00.320
 means like

00:23:00.320 --> 00:23:00.799
 simple,

00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:02.000
 pleasant,

00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:02.480
 plausible

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:03.039
 words.

00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:04.240
 They're not

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:05.200
 trying to

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:05.799
 trick you

00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:07.019
 on the

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.480
 surface.

00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:08.259
 It doesn't

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:08.860
 come across

00:23:08.860 --> 00:23:09.400
 that way.

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:10.799
 False

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:11.220
 teachers

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:12.580
 don't get a

00:23:12.580 --> 00:23:13.000
 big crowd

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.400
 by being

00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:14.140
 rough and

00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:15.580
 harsh and

00:23:15.580 --> 00:23:16.039
 rambling.

00:23:16.840 --> 00:23:17.500
 They get it

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:17.860
 by being

00:23:17.860 --> 00:23:18.640
 nice guys

00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:19.780
 and by

00:23:19.780 --> 00:23:20.640
 appealing to

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:21.480
 the

00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:22.160
 sympathies of

00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:22.540
 culture.

00:23:23.520 --> 00:23:23.759
 So,

00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:24.980
 throughout

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.560
 history,

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:26.920
 false

00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:27.460
 teachers have

00:23:27.460 --> 00:23:28.840
 been kind

00:23:28.840 --> 00:23:29.140
 of like

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:29.460
 that.

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:31.340
 One guy

00:23:31.340 --> 00:23:32.700
 from

00:23:32.700 --> 00:23:35.800
 336 A.D.,

00:23:35.800 --> 00:23:36.320
 Arius,

00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:36.820
 he was a

00:23:36.820 --> 00:23:37.180
 part of the

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:37.920
 Arian heresy

00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:38.940
 in the

00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:39.380
 Council of

00:23:39.380 --> 00:23:39.880
 Nicaea.

00:23:40.600 --> 00:23:41.259
 He denied

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:41.960
 the divinity

00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:42.600
 of Christ.

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.140
 And listen

00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:44.640
 to what

00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:46.620
 this one

00:23:46.620 --> 00:23:47.100
 historian

00:23:47.100 --> 00:23:48.259
 kind of

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:48.980
 explains what

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:49.500
 he's like.

00:23:50.300 --> 00:23:50.900
 He says,

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.360
 he was a

00:23:51.360 --> 00:23:51.740
 bright,

00:23:52.840 --> 00:23:53.320
 energetic,

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:54.960
 attractive

00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:55.480
 fellow,

00:23:56.520 --> 00:23:56.920
 the kind

00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:57.580
 of citizen

00:23:57.580 --> 00:23:58.700
 whom any

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.360
 rotary club

00:23:59.360 --> 00:23:59.900
 would welcome,

00:24:00.780 --> 00:24:01.480
 singing sea

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:02.080
 shanties in

00:24:02.080 --> 00:24:02.740
 the dockside

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.360
 pubs,

00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:04.440
 and teaching

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:05.259
 Bible stories

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:05.759
 on Wednesday

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.140
 night.

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:07.980
 This was an

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:08.900
 immensely popular

00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:09.400
 man.

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:11.040
 His story

00:24:11.040 --> 00:24:12.020
 reminds us

00:24:12.020 --> 00:24:13.420
 the heresy

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:15.420
 does not

00:24:15.420 --> 00:24:18.080
 blunge in

00:24:18.080 --> 00:24:18.480
 us into

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.660
 unbelief.

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.620
 We are

00:24:20.620 --> 00:24:21.220
 seduced.

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:22.420
 He was a

00:24:22.420 --> 00:24:22.759
 gentleman.

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.400
 His morals

00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:23.920
 were above

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:24.620
 reproach,

00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:25.620
 and he

00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:26.060
 distinguished

00:24:26.060 --> 00:24:26.840
 himself by

00:24:26.840 --> 00:24:27.539
 his unfailing

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.000
 courtesy.

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.560
 These are

00:24:29.560 --> 00:24:30.779
 what false

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.300
 teachers look

00:24:31.300 --> 00:24:31.539
 like.

00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:32.820
 They're so

00:24:32.820 --> 00:24:33.140
 good.

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:33.360
 They're

00:24:33.360 --> 00:24:33.900
 attractive

00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.980
 even.

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:36.539
 So,

00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:40.300
 we're told

00:24:40.300 --> 00:24:40.920
 to avoid

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:41.180
 them.

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:42.720
 Listen to

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.299
 what Jesus

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:43.680
 said in

00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:44.319
 Matthew 7.

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.579
 He said,

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:45.980
 false

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.480
 teachers,

00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:47.460
 false

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:47.880
 prophets

00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:48.240
 will come

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.680
 to you

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:50.019
 in sheep's

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.400
 clothing,

00:24:50.620 --> 00:24:50.920
 right?

00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:51.640
 But he

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:51.799
 said,

00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:52.360
 but inwardly

00:24:52.360 --> 00:24:52.559
 they're

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:52.980
 ravenous

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.380
 wolves.

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:54.600
 So,

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.380
 they appear

00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:56.799
 attractive and

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.180
 good on the

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:57.620
 outside,

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.779
 but inwardly

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.480
 they are

00:24:59.480 --> 00:24:59.839
 not.

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.120
 So,

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.860
 they're very

00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:02.600
 tricky.

00:25:03.100 --> 00:25:03.660
 I listen to

00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.019
 some of these

00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:04.400
 guys.

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:06.059
 So crafty

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.400
 with how they

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:06.860
 play with

00:25:06.860 --> 00:25:07.519
 words and

00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:07.880
 play with

00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:09.440
 ideas and

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:10.259
 flip questions

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:10.960
 on people.

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:12.700
 So,

00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.660
 then the

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:15.259
 next question,

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.299
 fourth

00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:16.759
 question,

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.700
 who is

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.279
 the prey

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:20.660
 of false

00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:21.000
 teachers?

00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:22.700
 Okay,

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.319
 so who do

00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:24.660
 false teachers

00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:25.059
 like to

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.579
 prey on?

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.319
 And according

00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:28.000
 to our text,

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:29.879
 in verse 18,

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.400
 it says the

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:30.940
 naive.

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:32.379
 And this

00:25:32.379 --> 00:25:33.980
 means the

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.379
 harmless,

00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:35.960
 someone who's

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.460
 fearing no

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:36.940
 evil from

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:37.460
 anybody,

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.180
 and they

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:39.000
 distrust no

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.279
 one.

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.440
 They don't

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:41.660
 suspect anyone's

00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:42.099
 up to

00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:43.160
 mischief.

00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:46.200
 And I

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.460
 want to

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:47.160
 submit that

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:48.259
 I wouldn't

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.900
 say this about

00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:49.500
 our church

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.759
 in general,

00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:51.019
 and I'm

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.500
 thankful for

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:51.819
 that,

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:54.400
 but overall,

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:55.539
 the church

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:56.140
 in America

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:57.619
 statistically

00:25:57.619 --> 00:25:59.059
 has an

00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.420
 intense

00:25:59.420 --> 00:25:59.960
 doctrinal

00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.640
 shallowness.

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:01.960
 They're a

00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:02.559
 mile wide,

00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:03.299
 an inch deep

00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:03.680
 on what they

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:04.200
 believe.

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:08.000
 And they

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.440
 seem to be

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:08.960
 concerned about

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.440
 learning the

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.019
 bare minimum

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:11.000
 of the

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.299
 Bible.

00:26:12.360 --> 00:26:13.140
 They content

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:14.220
 themselves with,

00:26:14.620 --> 00:26:15.259
 I'm not against

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:16.000
 devotional books,

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.539
 I'm just against

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.340
 bad devotional

00:26:17.340 --> 00:26:17.700
 books.

00:26:18.600 --> 00:26:19.340
 Reading one

00:26:19.340 --> 00:26:19.880
 verse in a

00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:20.460
 paragraph is

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:21.779
 not going to

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.220
 get you through

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:22.680
 your day.

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:23.920
 That's not the

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.440
 nourishment for

00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:24.840
 your soul.

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.200
 What if you

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:25.680
 just ate,

00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:26.700
 you know,

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.120
 like one

00:26:27.120 --> 00:26:27.660
 biscuit in the

00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.080
 morning that

00:26:28.080 --> 00:26:28.400
 was supposed

00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:28.860
 to get you

00:26:28.860 --> 00:26:29.180
 through the

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.440
 day?

00:26:29.600 --> 00:26:30.160
 Like that's

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:31.840
 not really

00:26:31.840 --> 00:26:32.220
 good.

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:34.000
 So because of

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.559
 the doctrinal

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.180
 shallowness

00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:35.940
 that exists,

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:38.900
 the naive

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:39.759
 or just easy

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.259
 parade for

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:40.960
 false teachers.

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:42.319
 Like I

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:43.980
 had a good

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.720
 friend who

00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.940
 just bought

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.859
 into some

00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:48.380
 recent new

00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:48.900
 books that

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.259
 are out

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:49.579
 there.

00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:52.039
 And he's

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.839
 an awesome

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:53.140
 dude.

00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:53.519
 He really

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:53.940
 does love

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.339
 the Lord,

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:54.579
 but he

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:55.019
 doesn't have

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:56.579
 a very solid

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:57.220
 foundation

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:58.160
 biblically yet

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.619
 for what is

00:26:58.619 --> 00:26:59.119
 true and what

00:26:59.119 --> 00:26:59.619
 is false.

00:26:59.619 --> 00:27:03.419
 false teachers

00:27:03.419 --> 00:27:04.099
 have to do

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:04.939
 is just

00:27:04.939 --> 00:27:05.559
 like say a

00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:06.039
 little bit of

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:06.919
 Christian jargon,

00:27:07.959 --> 00:27:09.119
 refer to a

00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:10.000
 single verse

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:11.099
 maybe in

00:27:11.099 --> 00:27:11.419
 scripture.

00:27:11.739 --> 00:27:12.119
 I love how

00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:12.879
 Joel Osteen

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:14.119
 loved to say

00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:14.679
 this is the

00:27:14.679 --> 00:27:15.339
 word of God

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:15.619
 and then he

00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:16.339
 doesn't refer

00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:17.419
 to it the

00:27:17.419 --> 00:27:17.959
 whole rest of

00:27:17.959 --> 00:27:18.399
 the time.

00:27:19.959 --> 00:27:20.599
 So see,

00:27:20.679 --> 00:27:20.919
 it's just

00:27:20.919 --> 00:27:21.359
 tricky.

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:23.059
 Use one

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.579
 word,

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.599
 just use

00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:26.459
 Christian jargon,

00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:27.139
 crack a few

00:27:27.139 --> 00:27:27.599
 jokes,

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:28.639
 and then be

00:27:28.639 --> 00:27:29.319
 passionate and

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:29.599
 then people

00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:29.959
 were just

00:27:29.959 --> 00:27:30.279
 like,

00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:32.099
 they just

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:32.500
 can't,

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:33.419
 they don't

00:27:33.419 --> 00:27:33.679
 know what

00:27:33.679 --> 00:27:34.039
 to do.

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.639
 Like they're

00:27:34.639 --> 00:27:35.659
 just sucked

00:27:35.659 --> 00:27:36.279
 right in.

00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:36.819
 Like in,

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.599
 whether it's

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:38.259
 biblical or

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:38.559
 not,

00:27:38.659 --> 00:27:39.079
 if someone

00:27:39.079 --> 00:27:40.519
 is hip and

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:41.240
 cool and

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:42.259
 has Christian

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:42.679
 jargon,

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.240
 a few jokes

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.459
 and they're

00:27:43.459 --> 00:27:43.859
 passionate,

00:27:43.939 --> 00:27:44.279
 that's all

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.740
 it takes.

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:45.819
 I mean,

00:27:45.859 --> 00:27:46.319
 that's really

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:47.240
 it and

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:48.459
 it's sad.

00:27:48.659 --> 00:27:49.019
 And so,

00:27:49.719 --> 00:27:50.639
 we're probably

00:27:50.639 --> 00:27:51.039
 going to get

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:51.519
 a little more

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.119
 personal here.

00:27:52.179 --> 00:27:52.399
 We've been

00:27:52.399 --> 00:27:52.980
 speaking very

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:54.579
 general for

00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:54.919
 the most

00:27:54.919 --> 00:27:55.219
 part.

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:58.039
 But,

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:59.740
 I want

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.059
 to submit

00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:00.480
 to you

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:00.819
 that I

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:00.980
 have,

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.139
 in the

00:28:02.139 --> 00:28:02.579
 past,

00:28:03.379 --> 00:28:03.839
 believed some

00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:04.279
 things that

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.639
 were not

00:28:04.639 --> 00:28:04.980
 biblical.

00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:06.579
 Thankfully,

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.099
 they didn't,

00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:08.779
 they weren't

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.240
 things about

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.960
 salvation or

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.379
 anything like

00:28:10.379 --> 00:28:10.659
 that.

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:10.879
 But,

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:13.500
 how many of

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.060
 you love the

00:28:14.060 --> 00:28:14.360
 Christian

00:28:14.360 --> 00:28:14.660
 bookstore?

00:28:14.820 --> 00:28:15.000
 When you

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.260
 go to the

00:28:15.260 --> 00:28:15.500
 Christian

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.800
 bookstore and

00:28:16.800 --> 00:28:17.140
 the Christian

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:17.860
 music's playing

00:28:17.860 --> 00:28:18.200
 and you see

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.820
 all these nice

00:28:18.820 --> 00:28:19.240
 people walking

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.500
 around,

00:28:19.620 --> 00:28:19.840
 you're just

00:28:19.840 --> 00:28:20.160
 kind of,

00:28:20.600 --> 00:28:20.780
 like,

00:28:20.820 --> 00:28:20.940
 man,

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.700
 this place

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.140
 is awesome.

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.480
 I remember

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:22.880
 thinking that

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.240
 when I first

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.620
 became a

00:28:23.620 --> 00:28:23.900
 Christian.

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.340
 And,

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:26.560
 so,

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:28.340
 we need,

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:28.680
 though,

00:28:29.280 --> 00:28:30.300
 to understand

00:28:30.300 --> 00:28:32.060
 that whenever

00:28:32.060 --> 00:28:32.640
 we go into

00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:33.120
 the Christian

00:28:33.120 --> 00:28:33.640
 bookstore,

00:28:34.600 --> 00:28:36.400
 there's a lot

00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:37.120
 of junk in

00:28:37.120 --> 00:28:37.480
 the Christian

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:38.900
 bookstore that

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.660
 doesn't belong

00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:40.140
 there at

00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:40.420
 all.

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:41.160
 Like,

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.680
 they'll have

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:43.880
 Brian McLaren

00:28:43.880 --> 00:28:44.320
 here,

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.720
 Mac Claren,

00:28:46.340 --> 00:28:46.980
 and then John

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.740
 MacArthur

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.360
 right beside

00:28:48.360 --> 00:28:48.740
 each other.

00:28:48.780 --> 00:28:48.860
 And,

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.180
 those two

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.600
 guys,

00:28:50.800 --> 00:28:51.380
 no way.

00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:51.600
 Like,

00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:53.100
 one believes

00:28:53.100 --> 00:28:53.420
 the true

00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:53.960
 gospel and

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.560
 one doesn't.

00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:55.560
 And,

00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:56.240
 you'll know

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.980
 which one

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.300
 he really

00:28:57.300 --> 00:28:57.660
 does.

00:28:59.120 --> 00:28:59.380
 So,

00:29:00.300 --> 00:29:00.960
 but,

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.880
 due to the

00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:03.440
 church's

00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:05.600
 lack of

00:29:05.600 --> 00:29:06.140
 biblical

00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:07.180
 theology and

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:07.620
 doctrine,

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:08.440
 the word

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:09.000
 doctrine is not

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.500
 a bad word.

00:29:09.580 --> 00:29:09.840
 It's in the

00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:10.260
 New Testament

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:11.160
 16 times.

00:29:11.879 --> 00:29:12.039
 So,

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.579
 deal with

00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:13.859
 that.

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:16.319
 But,

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:17.759
 I know some

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:17.980
 people are

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:18.079
 like,

00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:18.619
 don't give

00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:19.119
 me doctrine,

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.559
 don't give

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:20.180
 me theology,

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:20.640
 let's just

00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:21.000
 talk about

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.359
 how much

00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:21.940
 Jesus loves

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.160
 us.

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:22.339
 And,

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.099
 they don't

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:23.599
 understand.

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.079
 These are

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:24.940
 things that

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:26.200
 scripture talks

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:26.759
 about that we

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.680
 learn well and

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:28.180
 that we still

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:28.839
 instill into

00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:30.200
 our hearts.

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.819
 so,

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:32.180
 so,

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.960
 good Christian

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:35.180
 books will

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:36.000
 always lead

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.680
 you back

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.799
 to the

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.100
 scripture.

00:29:39.580 --> 00:29:39.920
 That's

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.140
 something

00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:40.680
 Martin Luther

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.100
 said a

00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:41.500
 long time

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:41.779
 ago.

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.380
 I love

00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:43.700
 like a

00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:44.240
 book like

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:45.680
 John Piper.

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.279
 You look and

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:46.740
 he has like

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.559
 12 pages in

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:48.080
 the back that

00:29:48.080 --> 00:29:48.340
 are just

00:29:48.340 --> 00:29:48.620
 scripture

00:29:48.620 --> 00:29:50.120
 references and

00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:51.200
 just clear

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:52.600
 Bible teaching.

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:53.319
 And,

00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:54.740
 so,

00:29:55.159 --> 00:29:56.219
 I have a

00:29:56.219 --> 00:29:56.599
 quote here

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:57.480
 by a guy

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:58.039
 named Nathan

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:59.000
 Benowitz.

00:29:59.299 --> 00:29:59.679
 He says,

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.500
 outside the

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:01.240
 local church,

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.399
 there is

00:30:02.399 --> 00:30:03.159
 probably no

00:30:03.159 --> 00:30:03.839
 place in the

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:05.179
 community with

00:30:05.179 --> 00:30:05.879
 more spiritual

00:30:05.879 --> 00:30:07.339
 influence than

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:07.759
 the local

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.559
 Christian bookstore.

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:10.259
 For many

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:10.859
 believers,

00:30:11.619 --> 00:30:12.480
 books provide

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:13.059
 the primary

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:14.459
 supplement to

00:30:14.459 --> 00:30:15.259
 what is heard

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.939
 on Sundays.

00:30:16.879 --> 00:30:17.119
 But,

00:30:17.179 --> 00:30:17.879
 just because

00:30:17.879 --> 00:30:19.079
 something is on

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:19.519
 the shelf

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:20.119
 doesn't mean

00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:20.379
 that it's

00:30:20.379 --> 00:30:20.799
 doctrinally

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.419
 accurate or

00:30:21.419 --> 00:30:21.839
 spiritually,

00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:22.939
 beneficial.

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:24.720
 After all,

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:25.759
 biblical discernment

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.339
 is not just

00:30:26.339 --> 00:30:26.980
 for sermons.

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:28.439
 It also must

00:30:28.439 --> 00:30:29.039
 be applied to

00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:29.759
 chapters and

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.279
 articles.

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.099
 And,

00:30:31.199 --> 00:30:31.539
 even the

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.419
 bestsellers are

00:30:32.419 --> 00:30:33.379
 not above the

00:30:33.379 --> 00:30:34.639
 scrutiny of

00:30:34.639 --> 00:30:34.980
 scripture.

00:30:36.179 --> 00:30:36.559
 Like,

00:30:37.199 --> 00:30:38.039
 how dare some

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.559
 of these guys

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:39.359
 say that their

00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:40.959
 book is above

00:30:40.959 --> 00:30:42.000
 the book that

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.659
 God himself

00:30:42.659 --> 00:30:43.599
 wrote.

00:30:44.939 --> 00:30:45.220
 And,

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:46.419
 so,

00:30:46.659 --> 00:30:47.619
 I want to

00:30:47.619 --> 00:30:48.699
 communicate this

00:30:48.699 --> 00:30:50.839
 as kindly and

00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:51.379
 as humble as

00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:51.679
 I am.

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:52.279
 This is like

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:53.620
 the doctor

00:30:53.620 --> 00:30:54.360
 walking into

00:30:54.360 --> 00:30:55.019
 the office to

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.740
 tell you that

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.900
 you might have

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:58.100
 eaten some

00:30:58.100 --> 00:30:58.660
 stuff that

00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:59.299
 might kill

00:30:59.299 --> 00:30:59.620
 you,

00:30:59.680 --> 00:30:59.980
 okay?

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:00.720
 And,

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.240
 something needs

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:01.759
 to be done.

00:31:04.820 --> 00:31:05.880
 I have read

00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:06.480
 this book,

00:31:06.820 --> 00:31:08.600
 and as someone

00:31:08.600 --> 00:31:09.100
 who has gone

00:31:09.100 --> 00:31:09.720
 through a lot of

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.380
 suffering in his

00:31:10.380 --> 00:31:10.620
 life,

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.220
 this book brought

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:12.060
 me no comfort

00:31:12.060 --> 00:31:12.620
 at all.

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.680
 It made me

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:14.100
 sad.

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:14.240
 God,

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:18.480
 and,

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.319
 just as a

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:19.859
 little thing

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:20.139
 here,

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.339
 this isn't

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:22.439
 the time to

00:31:22.439 --> 00:31:22.779
 go through

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.399
 like a large

00:31:23.399 --> 00:31:24.000
 book review

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:25.139
 on these

00:31:25.139 --> 00:31:25.500
 things.

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:26.759
 I'm going to

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.199
 say a few

00:31:27.199 --> 00:31:27.819
 things about

00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:27.959
 them,

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.199
 and if you

00:31:28.199 --> 00:31:28.599
 want to talk

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:29.019
 to me later,

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:29.459
 you can,

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:29.899
 and I also

00:31:29.899 --> 00:31:30.419
 have some

00:31:30.419 --> 00:31:31.639
 things if you

00:31:31.639 --> 00:31:32.019
 want to,

00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:32.419
 to go and

00:31:32.419 --> 00:31:33.699
 read about

00:31:33.699 --> 00:31:34.119
 each one of

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:34.439
 these books.

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:34.599
 But,

00:31:34.659 --> 00:31:35.339
 there's so

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:35.759
 many out

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:35.939
 there,

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.159
 but I

00:31:36.159 --> 00:31:36.719
 picked two.

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:39.220
 So,

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:39.539
 how many

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:40.039
 have read

00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:40.500
 the book,

00:31:40.620 --> 00:31:41.079
 The Shack?

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.480
 You don't need

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:42.860
 to raise your

00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:43.079
 hand,

00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:44.660
 but just ask

00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:45.100
 yourself the

00:31:45.100 --> 00:31:45.339
 question.

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:46.839
 I've read

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.240
 the book,

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.740
 it's a fiction

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:49.140
 book,

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:51.920
 but he seeks

00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:52.380
 to kind of

00:31:52.380 --> 00:31:54.039
 explain God's

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.880
 relationship to

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.620
 human suffering,

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:57.160
 and it's an

00:31:57.160 --> 00:31:57.839
 emotional book,

00:31:57.860 --> 00:31:58.660
 it's even sad,

00:31:59.420 --> 00:31:59.779
 and like

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:00.220
 emotionally,

00:32:00.360 --> 00:32:00.839
 it'll just pull

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.400
 you right in,

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:01.579
 and see,

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:02.059
 there it is,

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:02.500
 there's like

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:03.700
 the biblical

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:05.160
 shallowness of

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:06.160
 our culture,

00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:06.779
 like it just

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.380
 pulls us in

00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:07.759
 emotionally,

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.140
 and we just

00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:10.000
 go throw out

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.519
 like whatever

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:11.860
 this says,

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.480
 and we're just

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:14.019
 pulled right in,

00:32:15.100 --> 00:32:16.880
 and it's a

00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:17.500
 fiction book,

00:32:17.540 --> 00:32:17.920
 and I want to

00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:19.920
 make just a

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:21.420
 statement here,

00:32:22.360 --> 00:32:23.040
 the majority,

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:23.820
 a lot,

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.620
 excuse me,

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:25.279
 I'll say a

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:25.640
 lot,

00:32:26.100 --> 00:32:26.960
 a lot of

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.519
 people out

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:27.840
 there,

00:32:28.600 --> 00:32:29.380
 they don't get

00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:29.840
 their theology

00:32:29.840 --> 00:32:30.360
 from the Bible,

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:30.860
 they get it

00:32:30.860 --> 00:32:31.580
 from Christian

00:32:31.580 --> 00:32:32.000
 fiction,

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.080
 right?

00:32:34.120 --> 00:32:34.940
 And the

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.720
 problem is,

00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:36.580
 you can't

00:32:36.580 --> 00:32:36.860
 just say,

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:37.000
 well,

00:32:37.040 --> 00:32:37.460
 it was just

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:37.840
 a fiction

00:32:37.840 --> 00:32:38.300
 book,

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.320
 and he

00:32:39.320 --> 00:32:39.900
 didn't mean

00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.279
 for it to

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:40.640
 be like a

00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:41.000
 systematic

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.660
 theology,

00:32:41.860 --> 00:32:42.140
 or anything

00:32:42.140 --> 00:32:42.759
 like that,

00:32:43.340 --> 00:32:43.620
 but the

00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:43.980
 problem is,

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:44.420
 people don't

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:44.900
 read it that

00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:45.180
 way,

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.480
 they get

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:46.820
 like what

00:32:46.820 --> 00:32:47.259
 they believe

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:47.860
 about God

00:32:47.860 --> 00:32:48.300
 from those

00:32:48.300 --> 00:32:48.700
 books,

00:32:49.540 --> 00:32:50.660
 and anybody,

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:51.720
 regardless of

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:52.140
 who you are,

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:52.500
 you're held

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:54.040
 accountable for

00:32:54.040 --> 00:32:54.580
 how you try

00:32:54.580 --> 00:32:55.060
 to portray

00:32:55.060 --> 00:32:55.420
 God,

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:55.759
 whether it's

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.440
 to a child

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:57.620
 in a fiction

00:32:57.620 --> 00:32:58.000
 book,

00:32:58.120 --> 00:32:58.440
 or whether

00:32:58.440 --> 00:32:59.040
 it's to

00:32:59.040 --> 00:33:00.519
 grown adults,

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.080
 like God

00:33:01.080 --> 00:33:01.500
 will hold you

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:01.860
 accountable,

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.759
 God cares

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.860
 about how

00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:04.500
 he's seen,

00:33:04.580 --> 00:33:04.840
 and how

00:33:04.840 --> 00:33:05.380
 he's viewed,

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:06.600
 there was a

00:33:06.600 --> 00:33:08.280
 Puritan named

00:33:08.280 --> 00:33:08.980
 William Ames

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:09.540
 a long time

00:33:09.540 --> 00:33:09.860
 ago,

00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:11.280
 and he was

00:33:11.280 --> 00:33:11.800
 a loving,

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.800
 kind pastor,

00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:14.160
 the people

00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:14.680
 loved him,

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:16.540
 he spoke the

00:33:16.540 --> 00:33:17.160
 word of God,

00:33:17.300 --> 00:33:18.480
 and ministered

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:18.740
 to the

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.160
 laws,

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:20.280
 and after

00:33:20.280 --> 00:33:20.740
 one of his

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.040
 sermons,

00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:21.340
 the guy

00:33:21.340 --> 00:33:21.620
 said,

00:33:21.800 --> 00:33:22.100
 pastor,

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:22.960
 you are so

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:24.580
 precise in

00:33:24.580 --> 00:33:25.240
 what you say,

00:33:25.760 --> 00:33:26.280
 the Puritans

00:33:26.280 --> 00:33:26.800
 are known for

00:33:26.800 --> 00:33:27.620
 their precision

00:33:27.620 --> 00:33:28.080
 on what they

00:33:28.080 --> 00:33:28.300
 say,

00:33:28.300 --> 00:33:29.440
 they'll tell you

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:30.180
 20 things they

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:30.640
 don't mean,

00:33:30.800 --> 00:33:31.520
 before they tell

00:33:31.520 --> 00:33:32.120
 you 20 things

00:33:32.120 --> 00:33:32.660
 they do mean,

00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:34.080
 and,

00:33:34.080 --> 00:33:35.259
 but his

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.960
 response was,

00:33:36.060 --> 00:33:36.200
 sir,

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:37.040
 I serve a

00:33:37.040 --> 00:33:38.120
 precise God,

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.279
 that's like

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:40.019
 what he said,

00:33:41.120 --> 00:33:41.380
 so,

00:33:41.620 --> 00:33:42.200
 but in this

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:42.519
 book,

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:44.000
 real quickly,

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:45.680
 there was this

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:46.160
 guy named

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:46.740
 Mack,

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.160
 and his

00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:48.380
 daughter was

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:48.700
 brutally

00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:49.320
 murdered in

00:33:49.320 --> 00:33:50.460
 this shack,

00:33:50.900 --> 00:33:51.580
 and he

00:33:51.580 --> 00:33:52.180
 receives an

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:52.720
 invitation,

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:53.980
 that ends up

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.480
 being from

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:55.140
 God himself,

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.720
 to go back

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.580
 to the shack,

00:33:57.360 --> 00:33:57.980
 and for,

00:33:59.040 --> 00:33:59.700
 and in the

00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:00.060
 process,

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:00.800
 he meets the

00:34:00.800 --> 00:34:01.480
 Trinity there,

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:02.539
 Father,

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:02.860
 Son,

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:03.200
 and Holy

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:03.539
 Spirit,

00:34:03.620 --> 00:34:03.860
 but they're

00:34:03.860 --> 00:34:04.140
 not,

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.460
 they're

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:05.339
 portrayed by,

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.759
 you know,

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:08.639
 African-American

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:09.059
 woman,

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:10.300
 and an

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:10.840
 Asian woman,

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.559
 and Jesus

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.199
 actually plays

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:12.760
 himself as

00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:13.019
 the Middle

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.639
 Eastern man

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:14.559
 in the

00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:14.800
 book,

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.360
 so,

00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:16.920
 it's a

00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:17.260
 book that

00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:17.960
 really does

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.639
 muddle the

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:19.260
 sovereignty of

00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:19.599
 God,

00:34:20.240 --> 00:34:21.079
 it butchers the

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.420
 Trinity,

00:34:21.740 --> 00:34:22.079
 and it's a

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:22.659
 bad understanding

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.260
 of salvation,

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.400
 and I've done

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:25.360
 my research on

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:27.059
 William Young,

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:27.500
 I don't,

00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:28.599
 I don't hate

00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:29.019
 this guy,

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.559
 I feel like

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:30.219
 terribly sorry

00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:30.679
 for him,

00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:32.019
 alright,

00:34:33.339 --> 00:34:34.460
 so here's

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:35.179
 just a few

00:34:35.179 --> 00:34:35.719
 things out

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:36.219
 of this book

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:38.079
 that I saw,

00:34:38.359 --> 00:34:40.480
 and one is,

00:34:41.419 --> 00:34:42.480
 in regards to

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:42.899
 the Trinity,

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:43.359
 okay,

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.480
 people are like,

00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:45.139
 I read this and

00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:45.739
 now I understand

00:34:45.739 --> 00:34:46.159
 the Trinity,

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:47.179
 but no,

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.519
 it says,

00:34:48.799 --> 00:34:49.759
 page 96,

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.519
 it says,

00:34:52.319 --> 00:34:53.099
 when we three,

00:34:53.199 --> 00:34:54.239
 this is one of

00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:54.659
 them talking,

00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:55.879
 when we three

00:34:55.879 --> 00:34:56.919
 spoke ourselves

00:34:56.919 --> 00:34:58.379
 into human

00:34:58.380 --> 00:34:58.820
 existence,

00:34:59.099 --> 00:34:59.700
 as God,

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.440
 the Son,

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:01.720
 we became

00:35:01.720 --> 00:35:02.519
 fully human,

00:35:03.240 --> 00:35:03.820
 the Father,

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.500
 the Spirit,

00:35:04.660 --> 00:35:05.079
 and Jesus

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.860
 were together

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:06.680
 at the cross,

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.860
 and together

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:08.320
 they were

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:08.700
 crucified,

00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:09.860
 what?

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:12.200
 No,

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:12.960
 the Son

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:14.539
 became manifest

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:15.360
 in flesh,

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.280
 the Father

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:16.680
 didn't,

00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:18.039
 the Holy Spirit

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.860
 did not,

00:35:19.740 --> 00:35:20.160
 who was

00:35:20.160 --> 00:35:20.820
 crucified on the

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:21.059
 cross,

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.680
 was the Father?

00:35:22.680 --> 00:35:23.039
 Nope,

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:26.079
 it does this

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:26.619
 all throughout

00:35:26.619 --> 00:35:27.039
 the book,

00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:27.519
 it gets the

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:28.940
 roles of each

00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:29.440
 member of the

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:30.079
 Trinity all

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:30.679
 mixed up,

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:32.340
 and that is

00:35:32.340 --> 00:35:33.139
 not glorifying

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:33.679
 to God at

00:35:33.679 --> 00:35:33.960
 all,

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.860
 and then when

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:36.659
 it comes to

00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:37.800
 the understanding

00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:38.360
 of sin,

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:38.920
 and punishment

00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:39.360
 of sin,

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:39.860
 and judgment,

00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:41.380
 Jung carries

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:42.219
 like an extreme

00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:44.000
 universal point

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.400
 of view,

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:45.820
 and he slips

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:46.820
 it right in,

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.239
 time and

00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:47.579
 again,

00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:49.360
 so this is

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:50.239
 Jesus talking,

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.599
 and he says,

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.460
 this is what he

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:52.719
 says,

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:54.800
 I'm the best

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:56.500
 way any

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:57.259
 human can

00:35:57.259 --> 00:35:58.920
 relate to

00:35:58.920 --> 00:35:59.739
 Papa or

00:35:59.739 --> 00:36:00.380
 Sarayu,

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:00.719
 well,

00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:01.259
 Father and

00:36:01.259 --> 00:36:01.820
 Holy Spirit,

00:36:02.679 --> 00:36:03.500
 to see me

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:04.079
 is to see

00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:04.480
 them,

00:36:05.300 --> 00:36:05.779
 the love you

00:36:05.779 --> 00:36:06.320
 sense from me

00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:06.880
 is no different

00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:07.739
 from how they

00:36:07.739 --> 00:36:08.300
 love you,

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:10.239
 so now Jesus

00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:10.739
 is the best

00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:12.039
 way to relate

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:12.559
 to the Father,

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:13.920
 in English

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:14.300
 language,

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:14.980
 the best way

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:15.340
 means that

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:15.619
 there are

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:16.320
 other ways,

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:17.800
 okay,

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:20.519
 and in

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:21.259
 regard to sin,

00:36:21.340 --> 00:36:21.940
 he said this,

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:22.340
 this is,

00:36:22.340 --> 00:36:23.840
 this is Papa

00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:24.260
 talking,

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:24.460
 he says,

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:25.140
 I don't need

00:36:25.140 --> 00:36:25.600
 to punish

00:36:25.600 --> 00:36:26.720
 people for

00:36:26.720 --> 00:36:27.120
 sin,

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.400
 sin is

00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:28.840
 its own

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:29.360
 punishment,

00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:30.780
 devouring

00:36:30.780 --> 00:36:31.480
 you from

00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:32.200
 the inside,

00:36:32.720 --> 00:36:33.160
 it is not

00:36:33.160 --> 00:36:33.760
 my purpose

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:34.260
 to punish

00:36:34.260 --> 00:36:34.500
 it,

00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:35.500
 it is my

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:35.940
 joy to

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:36.440
 cure it,

00:36:37.200 --> 00:36:37.480
 oops,

00:36:37.620 --> 00:36:37.780
 see,

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.620
 sounds nice,

00:36:38.680 --> 00:36:38.860
 right,

00:36:38.860 --> 00:36:40.280
 but then,

00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:40.940
 this is page

00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:41.519
 120,

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.460
 he says,

00:36:44.160 --> 00:36:47.480
 man,

00:36:47.720 --> 00:36:48.240
 I cannot

00:36:48.240 --> 00:36:49.019
 send any

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:49.460
 of my

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:49.860
 children

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:50.800
 to an

00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:51.140
 eternal

00:36:51.140 --> 00:36:51.700
 hell just

00:36:51.700 --> 00:36:52.240
 because they

00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:52.840
 sin against

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:53.220
 me,

00:36:53.700 --> 00:36:54.019
 your

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:54.620
 understanding

00:36:54.620 --> 00:36:55.079
 of God

00:36:55.079 --> 00:36:55.620
 is wrong,

00:36:56.180 --> 00:36:56.700
 I am not

00:36:56.700 --> 00:36:57.220
 the one

00:36:57.220 --> 00:36:57.920
 who will

00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.160
 condemn

00:36:58.160 --> 00:36:59.500
 most people

00:36:59.500 --> 00:37:01.340
 to an

00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:01.680
 eternity

00:37:01.680 --> 00:37:02.300
 of torment,

00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:03.460
 and throughout

00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:03.880
 the book,

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:04.340
 he uses

00:37:04.340 --> 00:37:04.840
 children,

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:05.360
 the word

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:05.800
 children,

00:37:06.420 --> 00:37:07.140
 as everybody

00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:07.779
 in the

00:37:07.779 --> 00:37:07.980
 world,

00:37:08.099 --> 00:37:08.579
 he is not

00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:09.179
 referring to

00:37:09.179 --> 00:37:10.599
 the believers,

00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:12.500
 scripture is

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:12.819
 clear,

00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:13.480
 if you don't

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:14.099
 have Christ,

00:37:14.179 --> 00:37:14.539
 it says the

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:14.960
 wrath of

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:16.299
 God remains

00:37:16.299 --> 00:37:16.779
 on you,

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:17.279
 and the

00:37:17.279 --> 00:37:17.779
 true children

00:37:17.779 --> 00:37:18.239
 of God

00:37:18.239 --> 00:37:18.599
 are those

00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:18.920
 who have

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.420
 Christ,

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:20.420
 and that is

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:20.659
 it,

00:37:20.799 --> 00:37:21.199
 it is not

00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:22.920
 a general

00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:23.980
 thing at

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:24.279
 all,

00:37:25.219 --> 00:37:25.599
 and so,

00:37:26.199 --> 00:37:26.699
 God is not

00:37:26.699 --> 00:37:27.099
 going to

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:27.759
 punish sin,

00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:29.079
 it is not,

00:37:29.659 --> 00:37:30.059
 what does it

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:30.379
 say here,

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:31.179
 he says that

00:37:31.179 --> 00:37:31.980
 most people

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:32.500
 will not,

00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:33.579
 it is not

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:34.319
 my purpose

00:37:34.319 --> 00:37:34.779
 to condemn

00:37:34.779 --> 00:37:35.299
 anybody,

00:37:35.859 --> 00:37:36.199
 well,

00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:37.439
 broad is

00:37:37.439 --> 00:37:37.779
 the path

00:37:37.779 --> 00:37:38.079
 that leads

00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:38.679
 to destruction,

00:37:38.879 --> 00:37:39.199
 and many

00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:39.739
 will find

00:37:39.739 --> 00:37:39.879
 it,

00:37:39.919 --> 00:37:40.099
 right,

00:37:40.159 --> 00:37:40.960
 like there's

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:41.679
 this idea

00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:42.039
 there,

00:37:42.919 --> 00:37:43.619
 so there's

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:44.239
 so much

00:37:44.239 --> 00:37:44.599
 in this

00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:44.839
 book,

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:45.919
 but as

00:37:45.919 --> 00:37:46.299
 someone who's

00:37:46.299 --> 00:37:46.559
 been through

00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:46.960
 suffering,

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:47.379
 he really

00:37:47.379 --> 00:37:47.799
 does,

00:37:47.819 --> 00:37:48.019
 like,

00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:48.759
 just destroy

00:37:48.759 --> 00:37:49.739
 God's

00:37:49.739 --> 00:37:50.119
 sovereignty

00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:50.960
 over suffering,

00:37:51.099 --> 00:37:51.500
 and like,

00:37:51.919 --> 00:37:52.419
 if you take

00:37:52.419 --> 00:37:52.779
 away the

00:37:52.779 --> 00:37:53.099
 sovereignty

00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:53.659
 of God,

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:54.519
 you have

00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:55.159
 zero

00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:56.159
 comfort,

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:57.279
 zero,

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:58.019
 what's God

00:37:58.019 --> 00:37:58.379
 going to do,

00:37:58.419 --> 00:37:58.679
 he can't

00:37:58.679 --> 00:37:59.119
 protect you

00:37:59.119 --> 00:37:59.679
 from anything

00:37:59.679 --> 00:38:00.599
 at all,

00:38:00.919 --> 00:38:02.259
 and he

00:38:02.259 --> 00:38:02.919
 carries an

00:38:02.919 --> 00:38:03.739
 open theistic

00:38:03.739 --> 00:38:04.419
 point of view,

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:05.019
 which you can

00:38:05.019 --> 00:38:05.719
 look up later,

00:38:05.719 --> 00:38:06.839
 but it's,

00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:08.459
 God is

00:38:08.459 --> 00:38:09.419
 reactive to

00:38:09.419 --> 00:38:09.980
 situations,

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:10.379
 he's not

00:38:10.379 --> 00:38:10.879
 ordained

00:38:10.879 --> 00:38:11.559
 situations,

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:12.899
 so,

00:38:13.939 --> 00:38:14.219
 man,

00:38:14.319 --> 00:38:15.039
 don't get

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.619
 your theology

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:16.119
 from this

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:16.480
 stuff,

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:16.879
 and pray

00:38:16.879 --> 00:38:17.279
 for this

00:38:17.279 --> 00:38:17.619
 guy,

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:18.959
 okay,

00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:19.579
 and,

00:38:19.579 --> 00:38:19.579


00:38:19.659 --> 00:38:20.860
 and,

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:21.420
 another

00:38:21.420 --> 00:38:21.760
 one,

00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:24.000
 this is just

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.360
 the second

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:24.539
 one,

00:38:24.619 --> 00:38:24.900
 this would

00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:25.380
 just be

00:38:25.380 --> 00:38:26.500
 a Bible

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:27.260
 exegesis,

00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:27.579
 if we

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:28.059
 didn't just

00:38:28.059 --> 00:38:28.659
 explain,

00:38:29.380 --> 00:38:29.820
 and touch

00:38:29.820 --> 00:38:30.280
 home on

00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:30.960
 some things,

00:38:31.860 --> 00:38:32.360
 but a

00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:34.340
 very well-known,

00:38:35.340 --> 00:38:36.039
 popular book,

00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:36.639
 a guy that I

00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:37.460
 actually used to

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:38.480
 read a little

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:38.920
 bit of,

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:39.480
 and enjoyed

00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:40.780
 some of the

00:38:40.780 --> 00:38:41.119
 stuff,

00:38:41.260 --> 00:38:41.619
 but he's

00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:42.179
 taking just a

00:38:42.179 --> 00:38:42.780
 dive off the

00:38:42.780 --> 00:38:43.199
 deep end,

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:44.740
 and he needs

00:38:44.740 --> 00:38:45.559
 prayer as

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:45.880
 well,

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:47.500
 but the

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:49.360
 book is

00:38:49.360 --> 00:38:49.700
 called

00:38:49.700 --> 00:38:50.300
 Love

00:38:50.300 --> 00:38:50.780
 Wins,

00:38:51.280 --> 00:38:51.680
 a book

00:38:51.680 --> 00:38:52.240
 about heaven,

00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:52.640
 hell,

00:38:52.720 --> 00:38:53.160
 and the fate

00:38:53.160 --> 00:38:53.519
 of every

00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:54.079
 person who

00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:54.559
 lived by

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:55.039
 Rob Bell,

00:38:55.720 --> 00:38:56.380
 and Rob

00:38:56.380 --> 00:38:56.660
 Bell

00:38:56.660 --> 00:38:57.880
 traditionally

00:38:57.880 --> 00:38:58.599
 has some

00:38:58.599 --> 00:39:00.039
 good stuff,

00:39:00.140 --> 00:39:00.480
 some good

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:00.920
 teaching,

00:39:01.640 --> 00:39:01.920
 but just

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:02.320
 he ever

00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:04.099
 slowly just

00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:04.619
 started kind

00:39:04.619 --> 00:39:05.000
 of slipping

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:06.579
 off what

00:39:06.579 --> 00:39:08.099
 straying from

00:39:08.099 --> 00:39:08.579
 the doctrine

00:39:08.579 --> 00:39:08.960
 he had

00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:09.320
 received,

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:09.900
 straying from

00:39:09.900 --> 00:39:10.440
 the gospel

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:11.640
 that he had

00:39:11.640 --> 00:39:12.220
 believed.

00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:13.519
 He's a

00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:14.160
 mega church

00:39:14.160 --> 00:39:14.500
 leader,

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.980
 but basically

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:17.340
 he's saying

00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:17.739
 that hell

00:39:17.739 --> 00:39:18.139
 is something

00:39:18.139 --> 00:39:18.440
 that we

00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:19.039
 create for

00:39:19.039 --> 00:39:19.639
 ourselves

00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:20.599
 when we

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:21.440
 reject God's

00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:21.820
 love,

00:39:22.659 --> 00:39:23.360
 and hell

00:39:23.360 --> 00:39:23.679
 is like a

00:39:23.679 --> 00:39:24.360
 present reality.

00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:24.719
 He's saying

00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:25.039
 that the

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:25.760
 suffering and

00:39:25.760 --> 00:39:26.719
 stuff that we

00:39:26.719 --> 00:39:27.159
 go through in

00:39:27.159 --> 00:39:27.739
 this life is

00:39:27.739 --> 00:39:28.039
 hell,

00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:30.559
 but it's

00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:31.260
 not compared

00:39:31.260 --> 00:39:32.920
 to what is

00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:33.500
 to come,

00:39:34.219 --> 00:39:34.800
 but he says

00:39:34.800 --> 00:39:35.179
 that at the

00:39:35.179 --> 00:39:35.599
 end of the

00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:35.940
 day,

00:39:36.719 --> 00:39:37.159
 hell won't

00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:37.760
 be forever

00:39:37.760 --> 00:39:38.539
 because God

00:39:38.539 --> 00:39:38.780
 is going to

00:39:38.780 --> 00:39:39.119
 have his

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:39.480
 way,

00:39:40.340 --> 00:39:41.820
 and love

00:39:41.820 --> 00:39:42.260
 wins,

00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:43.440
 and one

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:43.739
 day,

00:39:43.739 --> 00:39:44.579
 all people

00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:44.839
 will be

00:39:44.839 --> 00:39:45.659
 reconciled

00:39:45.659 --> 00:39:46.619
 to God

00:39:46.619 --> 00:39:47.119
 regardless,

00:39:47.779 --> 00:39:48.079
 either in

00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:48.479
 this life

00:39:48.479 --> 00:39:48.699
 or the

00:39:48.699 --> 00:39:48.959
 next,

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:49.219
 they're

00:39:49.219 --> 00:39:49.479
 going to

00:39:49.479 --> 00:39:49.599
 be

00:39:49.599 --> 00:39:50.339
 reconciled

00:39:50.339 --> 00:39:51.299
 to God

00:39:51.299 --> 00:39:51.539
 again.

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:51.779
 There will

00:39:51.779 --> 00:39:52.239
 be no

00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:52.859
 eternal

00:39:52.859 --> 00:39:53.819
 torment

00:39:53.819 --> 00:39:55.039
 of the

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.519
 lost at

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:55.819
 all,

00:39:56.819 --> 00:39:57.459
 and I

00:39:57.459 --> 00:39:57.919
 rarely,

00:39:58.319 --> 00:39:59.199
 I've heard

00:39:59.199 --> 00:39:59.699
 Rob Bell

00:39:59.699 --> 00:40:00.199
 interview,

00:40:00.479 --> 00:40:01.699
 I've read

00:40:01.699 --> 00:40:02.019
 a lot of

00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:02.539
 his stuff,

00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:04.039
 I've rarely

00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:04.719
 seen someone

00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:05.819
 so crafty

00:40:05.819 --> 00:40:06.359
 with words,

00:40:06.899 --> 00:40:07.379
 he's so

00:40:07.379 --> 00:40:07.739
 good,

00:40:07.859 --> 00:40:08.199
 like he

00:40:08.199 --> 00:40:09.619
 twists and

00:40:09.619 --> 00:40:10.239
 turns things,

00:40:10.339 --> 00:40:10.599
 he uses

00:40:10.599 --> 00:40:11.319
 really good

00:40:11.319 --> 00:40:12.239
 Christian

00:40:12.239 --> 00:40:12.779
 jargon,

00:40:13.799 --> 00:40:14.939
 so if

00:40:14.939 --> 00:40:15.399
 you have

00:40:15.399 --> 00:40:15.779
 read the

00:40:15.779 --> 00:40:16.279
 book or

00:40:16.279 --> 00:40:17.199
 want to

00:40:17.199 --> 00:40:18.699
 just be

00:40:18.699 --> 00:40:19.159
 aware of

00:40:19.159 --> 00:40:19.399
 this,

00:40:19.959 --> 00:40:20.559
 readers need

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:20.819
 to pay

00:40:20.819 --> 00:40:21.539
 attention to

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:22.559
 the idea

00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:23.179
 of hell

00:40:23.179 --> 00:40:25.079
 he describes,

00:40:25.759 --> 00:40:26.399
 and he

00:40:26.399 --> 00:40:27.059
 does actually

00:40:27.059 --> 00:40:27.679
 bring up,

00:40:27.859 --> 00:40:28.159
 you know,

00:40:28.599 --> 00:40:29.239
 Jesus is the

00:40:29.239 --> 00:40:29.819
 only way,

00:40:30.459 --> 00:40:31.000
 but not in

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.459
 the way we

00:40:31.459 --> 00:40:31.959
 would explain

00:40:31.959 --> 00:40:32.479
 that at all,

00:40:32.539 --> 00:40:32.819
 not the

00:40:32.819 --> 00:40:33.139
 biblical,

00:40:33.319 --> 00:40:33.919
 orthodox,

00:40:34.379 --> 00:40:35.159
 historical way

00:40:35.159 --> 00:40:35.439
 that's been

00:40:35.439 --> 00:40:37.219
 taught forever,

00:40:37.219 --> 00:40:37.259
 whatever,

00:40:38.319 --> 00:40:39.739
 so pay

00:40:39.739 --> 00:40:40.239
 attention to

00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:40.599
 those things,

00:40:40.659 --> 00:40:40.939
 remember,

00:40:41.739 --> 00:40:42.539
 bad theology

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:44.199
 usually sneaks

00:40:44.199 --> 00:40:44.719
 under the

00:40:44.719 --> 00:40:45.259
 guise of

00:40:45.259 --> 00:40:46.079
 familiar language,

00:40:46.759 --> 00:40:47.099
 he used

00:40:47.099 --> 00:40:47.899
 200 pages

00:40:47.899 --> 00:40:48.399
 to kind of

00:40:48.399 --> 00:40:48.959
 sneak in

00:40:48.959 --> 00:40:49.659
 little things,

00:40:50.799 --> 00:40:52.539
 and so,

00:40:53.759 --> 00:40:54.739
 in general,

00:40:55.799 --> 00:40:56.339
 this isn't

00:40:56.339 --> 00:40:57.000
 a new thing

00:40:57.000 --> 00:40:58.099
 at all,

00:40:59.539 --> 00:41:00.419
 this teaching

00:41:00.419 --> 00:41:01.619
 could be

00:41:01.619 --> 00:41:02.299
 summed up

00:41:02.299 --> 00:41:03.419
 with a

00:41:03.419 --> 00:41:04.139
 minor difference

00:41:04.139 --> 00:41:04.519
 or two,

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:05.199
 in his case,

00:41:05.739 --> 00:41:06.259
 under what

00:41:06.259 --> 00:41:06.579
 is called

00:41:06.579 --> 00:41:07.519
 universalism,

00:41:07.579 --> 00:41:08.059
 which means

00:41:08.059 --> 00:41:08.639
 that one

00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:08.980
 day,

00:41:09.440 --> 00:41:09.840
 again,

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:10.460
 all people

00:41:10.460 --> 00:41:10.860
 will be

00:41:10.860 --> 00:41:11.239
 saved,

00:41:11.360 --> 00:41:11.480
 there will

00:41:11.480 --> 00:41:11.799
 be no

00:41:11.799 --> 00:41:12.119
 one in

00:41:12.119 --> 00:41:12.400
 hell,

00:41:13.179 --> 00:41:13.659
 it carries

00:41:13.659 --> 00:41:13.920
 a few

00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:14.319
 different

00:41:14.319 --> 00:41:15.420
 ideas,

00:41:15.579 --> 00:41:16.059
 but everyone

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:16.920
 is savingly

00:41:16.920 --> 00:41:17.440
 loved by

00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:17.860
 God,

00:41:18.380 --> 00:41:18.719
 and is

00:41:18.719 --> 00:41:19.360
 reconciled

00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:19.719
 to God

00:41:19.719 --> 00:41:20.279
 already,

00:41:21.039 --> 00:41:21.440
 because of

00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:21.819
 what Jesus

00:41:21.819 --> 00:41:22.360
 has done,

00:41:23.719 --> 00:41:24.279
 it says

00:41:24.279 --> 00:41:24.739
 because of

00:41:24.739 --> 00:41:25.380
 the wideness

00:41:25.380 --> 00:41:25.880
 of God's

00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:26.279
 mercy,

00:41:27.019 --> 00:41:27.480
 people of

00:41:27.480 --> 00:41:28.159
 other religions

00:41:28.159 --> 00:41:28.539
 even,

00:41:29.119 --> 00:41:29.639
 will somehow

00:41:29.639 --> 00:41:30.179
 find their

00:41:30.179 --> 00:41:30.659
 way into

00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:31.159
 heaven one

00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:31.420
 day,

00:41:32.239 --> 00:41:32.819
 and initially,

00:41:33.759 --> 00:41:34.380
 it says

00:41:34.380 --> 00:41:35.519
 that despite

00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:36.219
 some people's

00:41:36.219 --> 00:41:36.819
 rejection of

00:41:36.819 --> 00:41:37.339
 his love,

00:41:37.819 --> 00:41:38.219
 these people

00:41:38.219 --> 00:41:38.619
 are still

00:41:38.619 --> 00:41:39.079
 loved by

00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:39.459
 God,

00:41:40.139 --> 00:41:40.399
 and will

00:41:40.399 --> 00:41:40.739
 one day

00:41:40.739 --> 00:41:41.199
 be with

00:41:41.199 --> 00:41:41.500
 him in

00:41:41.500 --> 00:41:41.759
 heaven,

00:41:42.239 --> 00:41:42.739
 so it's

00:41:42.739 --> 00:41:44.000
 this idea

00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:44.439
 that one

00:41:44.439 --> 00:41:44.639
 day,

00:41:44.739 --> 00:41:45.519
 we're all

00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:45.839
 going to

00:41:45.839 --> 00:41:46.159
 be there

00:41:46.159 --> 00:41:46.559
 regardless

00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:47.000
 of what

00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:47.759
 goes on

00:41:47.759 --> 00:41:47.959
 in this

00:41:47.959 --> 00:41:48.199
 life,

00:41:48.259 --> 00:41:48.599
 if that's

00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:48.839
 true,

00:41:49.000 --> 00:41:49.779
 why are

00:41:49.779 --> 00:41:50.639
 we sending

00:41:50.639 --> 00:41:51.179
 missionaries

00:41:51.179 --> 00:41:52.339
 out to

00:41:52.339 --> 00:41:53.399
 die brutal

00:41:53.399 --> 00:41:53.939
 deaths with

00:41:53.939 --> 00:41:54.379
 the gospel,

00:41:55.059 --> 00:41:55.639
 if love's

00:41:55.639 --> 00:41:55.839
 going to

00:41:55.839 --> 00:41:56.019
 win,

00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:56.379
 let's just

00:41:56.379 --> 00:41:56.699
 sit here

00:41:56.699 --> 00:41:57.059
 and chill

00:41:57.059 --> 00:41:57.359
 out,

00:41:57.500 --> 00:41:58.419
 not go

00:41:58.419 --> 00:41:59.119
 do anything

00:41:59.119 --> 00:41:59.559
 for the

00:41:59.559 --> 00:41:59.879
 sake of

00:41:59.879 --> 00:42:00.199
 Christ

00:42:00.199 --> 00:42:00.799
 worldwide,

00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:02.539
 this is

00:42:02.539 --> 00:42:04.160
 not true,

00:42:04.840 --> 00:42:05.200
 scripture,

00:42:05.440 --> 00:42:06.320
 Matthew 25,

00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:07.240
 out of

00:42:07.240 --> 00:42:07.460
 Jesus'

00:42:07.620 --> 00:42:08.039
 own mouth,

00:42:08.120 --> 00:42:08.500
 this is about

00:42:08.500 --> 00:42:09.000
 the judgment,

00:42:09.140 --> 00:42:09.460
 the last

00:42:09.460 --> 00:42:09.740
 judgment,

00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:10.220
 he says,

00:42:10.980 --> 00:42:11.360
 many will

00:42:11.360 --> 00:42:12.039
 go astray

00:42:12.039 --> 00:42:13.880
 into eternal

00:42:13.880 --> 00:42:15.240
 punishment,

00:42:15.620 --> 00:42:17.400
 eternal punishment,

00:42:18.280 --> 00:42:18.500
 says,

00:42:18.580 --> 00:42:18.820
 but the

00:42:18.820 --> 00:42:19.480
 righteous into

00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:20.340
 eternal life,

00:42:21.060 --> 00:42:21.300
 turn,

00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:21.920
 I'll show you

00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:22.080
 one,

00:42:22.160 --> 00:42:22.620
 turn to

00:42:22.620 --> 00:42:24.500
 2 Thessalonians

00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:26.019
 chapter 1,

00:42:26.019 --> 00:42:27.219
 I don't

00:42:27.219 --> 00:42:27.739
 know like

00:42:27.739 --> 00:42:28.300
 what is

00:42:28.300 --> 00:42:28.719
 clearer

00:42:28.719 --> 00:42:30.259
 than this,

00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:32.940
 and go

00:42:32.940 --> 00:42:33.280
 to verse

00:42:33.280 --> 00:42:33.780
 5,

00:42:34.780 --> 00:42:35.860
 2 Thessalonians

00:42:35.860 --> 00:42:39.980
 chapter 1,

00:42:40.219 --> 00:42:40.900
 verse 5,

00:42:43.300 --> 00:42:43.880
 and this

00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:44.679
 is scary

00:42:44.679 --> 00:42:45.239
 stuff,

00:42:46.920 --> 00:42:48.179
 it says,

00:42:48.179 --> 00:42:49.000
 this is the

00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:50.400
 evidence of

00:42:50.400 --> 00:42:50.880
 the righteous

00:42:50.880 --> 00:42:51.699
 judgment of

00:42:51.699 --> 00:42:52.079
 God,

00:42:52.820 --> 00:42:53.320
 that you may

00:42:53.320 --> 00:42:53.960
 be considered

00:42:53.960 --> 00:42:54.780
 worthy of

00:42:54.780 --> 00:42:55.159
 the kingdom

00:42:55.159 --> 00:42:55.719
 of God,

00:42:56.019 --> 00:42:56.559
 for which

00:42:56.559 --> 00:42:56.759
 you are

00:42:56.759 --> 00:42:57.099
 also

00:42:57.099 --> 00:42:57.659
 suffering,

00:42:58.880 --> 00:42:59.699
 since indeed

00:42:59.699 --> 00:43:00.500
 God considers

00:43:00.500 --> 00:43:01.139
 it just

00:43:01.139 --> 00:43:02.340
 to repay

00:43:02.340 --> 00:43:03.039
 with affliction

00:43:03.039 --> 00:43:03.539
 those who

00:43:03.539 --> 00:43:04.219
 afflict you,

00:43:04.840 --> 00:43:05.320
 and to grant

00:43:05.320 --> 00:43:06.039
 relief to you

00:43:06.039 --> 00:43:06.280
 who are

00:43:06.280 --> 00:43:06.900
 afflicted as

00:43:06.900 --> 00:43:07.880
 well as

00:43:07.880 --> 00:43:08.420
 to us,

00:43:09.280 --> 00:43:09.699
 when the

00:43:09.699 --> 00:43:10.360
 Lord Jesus

00:43:10.360 --> 00:43:10.780
 Christ,

00:43:10.840 --> 00:43:11.360
 here it is,

00:43:11.420 --> 00:43:11.800
 the second

00:43:11.800 --> 00:43:12.380
 coming of

00:43:12.380 --> 00:43:12.679
 Christ,

00:43:12.759 --> 00:43:12.960
 okay,

00:43:13.719 --> 00:43:15.219
 when the

00:43:15.219 --> 00:43:15.860
 Lord Jesus

00:43:15.860 --> 00:43:17.179
 is revealed

00:43:17.179 --> 00:43:17.659
 from heaven

00:43:17.659 --> 00:43:18.039
 with his

00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:18.860
 mighty angels

00:43:18.860 --> 00:43:20.119
 and flaming

00:43:20.119 --> 00:43:20.679
 fire,

00:43:21.579 --> 00:43:21.940
 inflicting

00:43:21.940 --> 00:43:22.719
 vengeance on

00:43:22.719 --> 00:43:23.119
 those who

00:43:23.119 --> 00:43:23.519
 do not

00:43:23.519 --> 00:43:24.360
 know God,

00:43:25.119 --> 00:43:25.400
 and on

00:43:25.400 --> 00:43:25.800
 those who

00:43:25.800 --> 00:43:26.160
 do not

00:43:26.160 --> 00:43:26.760
 obey the

00:43:26.760 --> 00:43:27.440
 gospel of

00:43:27.440 --> 00:43:27.840
 our Lord

00:43:27.840 --> 00:43:28.220
 Jesus,

00:43:29.240 --> 00:43:29.700
 they will

00:43:29.700 --> 00:43:30.380
 suffer a

00:43:30.380 --> 00:43:32.059
 punishment of

00:43:32.059 --> 00:43:32.980
 eternal destruction,

00:43:33.079 --> 00:43:33.480
 does that sound

00:43:33.480 --> 00:43:34.000
 temporary?

00:43:34.940 --> 00:43:35.639
 Like that says,

00:43:35.700 --> 00:43:37.340
 eternal destruction,

00:43:37.940 --> 00:43:39.260
 away from the

00:43:39.260 --> 00:43:39.980
 presence of the

00:43:39.980 --> 00:43:40.260
 Lord,

00:43:40.960 --> 00:43:41.420
 and from the

00:43:41.420 --> 00:43:42.099
 glory of his

00:43:42.099 --> 00:43:42.420
 might,

00:43:42.460 --> 00:43:43.079
 when he comes

00:43:43.079 --> 00:43:43.860
 on that day

00:43:43.860 --> 00:43:45.700
 to be glorified

00:43:45.700 --> 00:43:46.460
 in his saints,

00:43:47.019 --> 00:43:47.460
 and to be

00:43:47.460 --> 00:43:48.360
 marveled at by

00:43:48.360 --> 00:43:48.840
 all who have

00:43:48.840 --> 00:43:49.220
 believed,

00:43:49.360 --> 00:43:50.519
 because of the

00:43:50.519 --> 00:43:51.079
 testimony,

00:43:51.820 --> 00:43:52.700
 their testimony

00:43:52.699 --> 00:43:53.139
 you have

00:43:53.139 --> 00:43:53.539
 believed.

00:43:53.899 --> 00:43:54.059
 So,

00:43:54.859 --> 00:43:55.419
 wow,

00:43:56.299 --> 00:43:56.759
 like what's

00:43:56.759 --> 00:43:57.279
 clearer than

00:43:57.279 --> 00:43:57.599
 that?

00:43:58.500 --> 00:43:59.139
 The Lord

00:43:59.139 --> 00:44:00.099
 hates sin,

00:44:01.079 --> 00:44:01.480
 but guess

00:44:01.480 --> 00:44:01.759
 what?

00:44:01.859 --> 00:44:02.500
 Like he just

00:44:02.500 --> 00:44:03.000
 as equally

00:44:03.000 --> 00:44:04.399
 is merciful

00:44:04.399 --> 00:44:05.239
 and gracious.

00:44:05.799 --> 00:44:06.239
 Like you

00:44:06.239 --> 00:44:06.579
 don't know

00:44:06.579 --> 00:44:06.819
 what the

00:44:06.819 --> 00:44:07.339
 love of God

00:44:07.339 --> 00:44:07.739
 is until

00:44:07.739 --> 00:44:07.939
 you've

00:44:07.939 --> 00:44:08.399
 experienced

00:44:08.399 --> 00:44:09.019
 how much

00:44:09.019 --> 00:44:09.239
 you've

00:44:09.239 --> 00:44:09.779
 been forgiven.

00:44:10.739 --> 00:44:11.899
 And we

00:44:11.899 --> 00:44:12.579
 want God

00:44:12.579 --> 00:44:12.980
 to be a

00:44:12.980 --> 00:44:13.279
 God who

00:44:13.279 --> 00:44:13.879
 hates sin,

00:44:14.439 --> 00:44:14.779
 and we'll

00:44:14.779 --> 00:44:15.299
 destroy it

00:44:15.299 --> 00:44:15.779
 one day,

00:44:15.960 --> 00:44:16.279
 and we're

00:44:16.279 --> 00:44:16.879
 thankful that

00:44:16.879 --> 00:44:17.079
 he has

00:44:17.079 --> 00:44:17.599
 provided a

00:44:17.599 --> 00:44:18.259
 way for us

00:44:18.260 --> 00:44:19.120
 to be

00:44:19.120 --> 00:44:19.900
 reconciled

00:44:19.900 --> 00:44:20.460
 to God.

00:44:21.140 --> 00:44:21.680
 In Revelation,

00:44:21.900 --> 00:44:22.340
 it says that

00:44:22.340 --> 00:44:22.680
 those who

00:44:22.680 --> 00:44:23.080
 are cast

00:44:23.080 --> 00:44:23.420
 into the

00:44:23.420 --> 00:44:23.820
 fire will

00:44:23.820 --> 00:44:25.160
 be tormented

00:44:25.160 --> 00:44:25.980
 day after

00:44:25.980 --> 00:44:26.460
 day,

00:44:27.080 --> 00:44:28.220
 forever and

00:44:28.220 --> 00:44:28.400
 ever.

00:44:28.500 --> 00:44:28.980
 That's exactly

00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:29.580
 what it says.

00:44:30.100 --> 00:44:30.540
 There's no

00:44:30.540 --> 00:44:32.940
 temporary thing

00:44:32.940 --> 00:44:33.600
 there at all.

00:44:34.660 --> 00:44:34.920
 So,

00:44:35.840 --> 00:44:36.440
 to just be

00:44:36.440 --> 00:44:36.980
 aware that

00:44:36.980 --> 00:44:37.420
 that stuff's

00:44:37.420 --> 00:44:37.920
 out there,

00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:39.340
 pray for

00:44:39.340 --> 00:44:40.160
 these men.

00:44:40.700 --> 00:44:41.020
 This isn't

00:44:41.020 --> 00:44:41.520
 something to

00:44:41.520 --> 00:44:42.240
 laugh about

00:44:42.240 --> 00:44:44.780
 at all.

00:44:45.360 --> 00:44:45.840
 And like I

00:44:45.840 --> 00:44:46.000
 said,

00:44:46.060 --> 00:44:46.380
 this wasn't

00:44:46.380 --> 00:44:46.900
 meant to be a

00:44:46.900 --> 00:44:47.300
 full book

00:44:47.300 --> 00:44:47.580
 review.

00:44:47.579 --> 00:44:48.500
 I come

00:44:48.500 --> 00:44:49.460
 and talk

00:44:49.460 --> 00:44:49.719
 to me

00:44:49.719 --> 00:44:50.059
 later.

00:44:50.199 --> 00:44:50.400
 I have

00:44:50.400 --> 00:44:51.340
 some things

00:44:51.340 --> 00:44:51.579
 you can

00:44:51.579 --> 00:44:52.159
 look at

00:44:52.159 --> 00:44:53.239
 on each

00:44:53.239 --> 00:44:53.599
 one of

00:44:53.599 --> 00:44:53.860
 those.

00:44:53.940 --> 00:44:54.199
 But those

00:44:54.199 --> 00:44:54.519
 are just

00:44:54.519 --> 00:44:55.039
 two that

00:44:55.039 --> 00:44:55.340
 are really

00:44:55.340 --> 00:44:56.019
 mainline out

00:44:56.019 --> 00:44:56.179
 there.

00:44:56.219 --> 00:44:56.599
 We forget

00:44:56.599 --> 00:44:57.099
 that up

00:44:57.099 --> 00:44:57.900
 here in

00:44:57.900 --> 00:44:58.500
 Dahlonega,

00:44:58.619 --> 00:44:59.099
 North Georgia,

00:44:59.199 --> 00:44:59.579
 Christ's

00:44:59.579 --> 00:44:59.779
 family.

00:44:59.940 --> 00:45:00.380
 We are

00:45:00.380 --> 00:45:01.400
 blessed to

00:45:01.400 --> 00:45:01.759
 hear really

00:45:01.759 --> 00:45:03.099
 good Bible

00:45:03.099 --> 00:45:03.880
 teaching every

00:45:03.880 --> 00:45:04.239
 week.

00:45:06.319 --> 00:45:06.759
 So,

00:45:07.539 --> 00:45:07.960
 this goes

00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:08.619
 back to

00:45:08.619 --> 00:45:09.239
 Romans again,

00:45:09.360 --> 00:45:09.699
 the last

00:45:09.699 --> 00:45:10.159
 point here,

00:45:10.259 --> 00:45:10.900
 and we're

00:45:10.900 --> 00:45:11.460
 closing it

00:45:11.460 --> 00:45:11.679
 up.

00:45:15.500 --> 00:45:16.659
 Romans 16,

00:45:17.579 --> 00:45:18.480
 go to

00:45:18.480 --> 00:45:19.299
 verse 19,

00:45:20.099 --> 00:45:20.539
 and this

00:45:20.539 --> 00:45:20.759
 is the

00:45:20.759 --> 00:45:21.420
 last question.

00:45:21.500 --> 00:45:21.799
 What is

00:45:21.799 --> 00:45:22.319
 Paul's

00:45:22.319 --> 00:45:22.980
 encouragement

00:45:22.980 --> 00:45:24.159
 to the

00:45:24.159 --> 00:45:24.759
 church in

00:45:24.759 --> 00:45:25.059
 Rome?

00:45:27.059 --> 00:45:27.519
 In

00:45:27.519 --> 00:45:28.340
 verse 19,

00:45:29.619 --> 00:45:30.400
 he says,

00:45:30.400 --> 00:45:50.440
 Paul rejoices

00:45:50.440 --> 00:45:51.519
 that the

00:45:51.519 --> 00:45:51.920
 church in

00:45:51.920 --> 00:45:52.200
 Rome,

00:45:52.860 --> 00:45:53.280
 in his

00:45:53.280 --> 00:45:53.660
 time,

00:45:54.119 --> 00:45:54.700
 was well

00:45:54.700 --> 00:45:55.579
 known for

00:45:55.579 --> 00:45:56.900
 battling

00:45:56.900 --> 00:45:57.420
 false

00:45:57.420 --> 00:45:57.860
 teachings.

00:45:57.860 --> 00:45:57.960
 things.

00:45:58.760 --> 00:45:59.099
 They did

00:45:59.099 --> 00:45:59.700
 such a

00:45:59.700 --> 00:46:00.340
 great job

00:46:00.340 --> 00:46:00.579
 at it,

00:46:00.599 --> 00:46:00.720
 and he

00:46:00.720 --> 00:46:01.460
 was thankful

00:46:01.460 --> 00:46:01.920
 for that.

00:46:01.980 --> 00:46:02.320
 He's like,

00:46:02.680 --> 00:46:03.340
 remain that

00:46:03.340 --> 00:46:03.579
 way,

00:46:03.680 --> 00:46:04.519
 be able to

00:46:04.519 --> 00:46:06.539
 stay wise

00:46:06.539 --> 00:46:06.900
 in what is

00:46:06.900 --> 00:46:07.120
 good,

00:46:07.180 --> 00:46:07.660
 innocent to

00:46:07.660 --> 00:46:07.920
 what is

00:46:07.920 --> 00:46:08.220
 evil.

00:46:09.079 --> 00:46:09.260
 So,

00:46:09.320 --> 00:46:09.559
 he says,

00:46:09.620 --> 00:46:10.059
 stay that

00:46:10.059 --> 00:46:10.240
 way,

00:46:10.280 --> 00:46:10.519
 but then

00:46:10.519 --> 00:46:10.760
 he gives

00:46:10.760 --> 00:46:10.980
 him an

00:46:10.980 --> 00:46:11.320
 encouragement

00:46:11.320 --> 00:46:11.660
 and says,

00:46:11.740 --> 00:46:12.160
 one day,

00:46:12.240 --> 00:46:12.820
 God will

00:46:12.820 --> 00:46:14.320
 soon crush

00:46:14.320 --> 00:46:15.140
 Satan under

00:46:15.140 --> 00:46:15.820
 your feet.

00:46:16.340 --> 00:46:16.960
 We will

00:46:16.960 --> 00:46:18.320
 triumph with

00:46:18.320 --> 00:46:19.160
 Christ in

00:46:19.160 --> 00:46:19.559
 the end,

00:46:19.599 --> 00:46:19.860
 and we

00:46:19.860 --> 00:46:20.980
 will see

00:46:20.980 --> 00:46:21.680
 him brought

00:46:21.680 --> 00:46:22.039
 low.

00:46:23.039 --> 00:46:23.519
 This is

00:46:23.519 --> 00:46:24.360
 very unlike

00:46:24.360 --> 00:46:25.820
 the church

00:46:25.820 --> 00:46:26.760
 at Galatia,

00:46:27.740 --> 00:46:29.340
 and this

00:46:29.340 --> 00:46:29.519
 is where

00:46:29.519 --> 00:46:29.740
 we're going

00:46:29.740 --> 00:46:30.200
 to close.

00:46:31.039 --> 00:46:31.300
 But,

00:46:31.460 --> 00:46:32.320
 I do

00:46:32.320 --> 00:46:32.780
 invite you

00:46:32.780 --> 00:46:33.099
 to turn

00:46:33.099 --> 00:46:33.480
 to this

00:46:33.480 --> 00:46:33.720
 if you

00:46:33.720 --> 00:46:34.059
 like.

00:46:34.140 --> 00:46:34.300
 It's

00:46:34.300 --> 00:46:35.320
 really a

00:46:35.320 --> 00:46:35.880
 great text,

00:46:35.940 --> 00:46:36.099
 and it'll

00:46:36.099 --> 00:46:36.460
 be good

00:46:36.460 --> 00:46:36.820
 to kind

00:46:36.820 --> 00:46:37.120
 of sum

00:46:37.120 --> 00:46:37.280
 up

00:46:37.280 --> 00:46:37.620
 everything

00:46:37.620 --> 00:46:37.920
 we've

00:46:37.920 --> 00:46:38.079
 said

00:46:38.079 --> 00:46:38.460
 today.

00:46:39.680 --> 00:46:40.120
 Galatians

00:46:40.120 --> 00:46:40.599
 1,

00:46:40.680 --> 00:46:41.280
 verse 6.

00:46:43.140 --> 00:46:43.780
 The church

00:46:43.780 --> 00:46:44.500
 at Galatia

00:46:44.500 --> 00:46:44.860
 had done

00:46:44.860 --> 00:46:45.420
 the exact

00:46:45.420 --> 00:46:46.400
 opposite of

00:46:46.400 --> 00:46:46.740
 the church

00:46:46.740 --> 00:46:47.180
 in Rome.

00:46:47.700 --> 00:46:48.380
 They were

00:46:48.380 --> 00:46:48.880
 allowing,

00:46:48.940 --> 00:46:49.200
 you know,

00:46:49.260 --> 00:46:49.539
 false

00:46:49.539 --> 00:46:49.980
 teachings

00:46:49.980 --> 00:46:50.400
 to come

00:46:50.400 --> 00:46:50.680
 in,

00:46:51.340 --> 00:46:52.440
 particularly

00:46:52.440 --> 00:46:53.900
 the Judaizers

00:46:53.900 --> 00:46:55.420
 teaching that

00:46:55.420 --> 00:46:56.720
 obeying the

00:46:56.720 --> 00:46:57.320
 law was a

00:46:57.320 --> 00:46:57.619
 part of

00:46:57.619 --> 00:46:58.400
 being saved.

00:46:59.440 --> 00:46:59.820
 So,

00:47:00.480 --> 00:47:01.380
 verse 6.

00:47:02.619 --> 00:47:03.019
 He says,

00:47:03.099 --> 00:47:03.680
 I am

00:47:03.680 --> 00:47:04.599
 astonished

00:47:04.599 --> 00:47:05.920
 that you

00:47:05.920 --> 00:47:06.340
 are so

00:47:06.340 --> 00:47:06.860
 quickly

00:47:06.860 --> 00:47:07.460
 deserting

00:47:07.460 --> 00:47:07.980
 him who

00:47:07.980 --> 00:47:08.639
 called you

00:47:08.639 --> 00:47:09.599
 in the

00:47:09.599 --> 00:47:10.059
 grace of

00:47:10.059 --> 00:47:10.519
 Christ,

00:47:11.320 --> 00:47:11.639
 and are

00:47:11.639 --> 00:47:12.260
 turning to

00:47:12.260 --> 00:47:12.880
 a different

00:47:12.880 --> 00:47:13.500
 gospel.

00:47:14.619 --> 00:47:15.280
 Not that

00:47:15.280 --> 00:47:15.660
 there is

00:47:15.660 --> 00:47:16.180
 another one,

00:47:17.099 --> 00:47:17.639
 but there

00:47:17.639 --> 00:47:18.160
 are some

00:47:18.160 --> 00:47:18.639
 who trouble

00:47:18.639 --> 00:47:19.059
 you and

00:47:19.059 --> 00:47:19.460
 want to

00:47:19.460 --> 00:47:20.019
 distort the

00:47:20.019 --> 00:47:20.639
 gospel of

00:47:20.639 --> 00:47:21.079
 Christ.

00:47:22.380 --> 00:47:22.639
 Alright,

00:47:22.780 --> 00:47:23.099
 so he's

00:47:23.099 --> 00:47:23.320
 like,

00:47:23.380 --> 00:47:23.599
 he's

00:47:23.599 --> 00:47:24.279
 blown away

00:47:24.279 --> 00:47:24.659
 that they're

00:47:24.659 --> 00:47:25.440
 believing this

00:47:25.440 --> 00:47:25.799
 stuff,

00:47:26.440 --> 00:47:26.739
 and it

00:47:26.739 --> 00:47:27.319
 happened so

00:47:27.319 --> 00:47:27.839
 fast.

00:47:29.019 --> 00:47:29.440
 Then listen

00:47:29.440 --> 00:47:29.779
 to this,

00:47:29.860 --> 00:47:30.079
 he says,

00:47:30.159 --> 00:47:30.500
 but even

00:47:30.500 --> 00:47:31.199
 if we

00:47:31.199 --> 00:47:32.400
 or an

00:47:32.400 --> 00:47:32.920
 angel from

00:47:32.920 --> 00:47:33.219
 heaven

00:47:33.219 --> 00:47:33.460
 should

00:47:33.460 --> 00:47:33.940
 preach to

00:47:33.940 --> 00:47:34.259
 you a

00:47:34.259 --> 00:47:34.539
 gospel

00:47:34.539 --> 00:47:35.179
 contrary

00:47:35.179 --> 00:47:35.599
 to the

00:47:35.599 --> 00:47:36.599
 one we

00:47:36.599 --> 00:47:37.119
 preached to

00:47:37.119 --> 00:47:37.380
 you,

00:47:38.099 --> 00:47:38.460
 let him

00:47:38.460 --> 00:47:39.219
 be accursed.

00:47:40.339 --> 00:47:40.679
 Wow,

00:47:40.779 --> 00:47:41.159
 like he even

00:47:41.159 --> 00:47:41.699
 threw himself

00:47:41.699 --> 00:47:42.000
 in there.

00:47:42.039 --> 00:47:42.460
 If we come

00:47:42.460 --> 00:47:42.940
 back later

00:47:42.940 --> 00:47:43.299
 on and

00:47:43.299 --> 00:47:43.420
 say,

00:47:43.500 --> 00:47:43.679
 hey,

00:47:44.460 --> 00:47:44.739
 something

00:47:44.739 --> 00:47:45.039
 different

00:47:45.039 --> 00:47:45.639
 going on.

00:47:46.920 --> 00:47:47.500
 But then

00:47:47.500 --> 00:47:47.940
 he says an

00:47:47.940 --> 00:47:48.440
 angel from

00:47:48.440 --> 00:47:48.679
 heaven,

00:47:48.759 --> 00:47:49.079
 like who

00:47:49.079 --> 00:47:49.299
 wouldn't

00:47:49.299 --> 00:47:49.880
 believe an

00:47:49.880 --> 00:47:50.319
 angel from

00:47:50.319 --> 00:47:50.579
 heaven?

00:47:51.239 --> 00:47:51.719
 If Gabriel

00:47:51.719 --> 00:47:52.199
 came and

00:47:52.199 --> 00:47:52.380
 said,

00:47:52.440 --> 00:47:52.519
 hey,

00:47:52.579 --> 00:47:52.739
 there's

00:47:52.739 --> 00:47:53.000
 another

00:47:53.000 --> 00:47:53.400
 way,

00:47:54.199 --> 00:47:54.599
 right?

00:47:55.480 --> 00:47:55.860
 Y'all know

00:47:55.860 --> 00:47:56.199
 that like

00:47:56.199 --> 00:47:57.079
 several major

00:47:57.079 --> 00:47:57.739
 world religions

00:47:57.739 --> 00:47:58.119
 out there

00:47:58.119 --> 00:47:58.519
 were started

00:47:58.519 --> 00:47:58.980
 that way.

00:47:59.579 --> 00:48:00.079
 Islam,

00:48:00.840 --> 00:48:01.380
 Mormonism,

00:48:01.500 --> 00:48:01.960
 claiming to

00:48:01.960 --> 00:48:03.139
 see angelic

00:48:03.139 --> 00:48:04.900
 beings that

00:48:04.900 --> 00:48:06.019
 preach the

00:48:06.019 --> 00:48:06.940
 gospel contrary

00:48:06.940 --> 00:48:08.159
 to the one

00:48:08.159 --> 00:48:08.659
 received.

00:48:09.119 --> 00:48:09.619
 It says,

00:48:09.860 --> 00:48:10.139
 let him be

00:48:10.139 --> 00:48:10.639
 accursed.

00:48:10.739 --> 00:48:10.980
 And that

00:48:10.980 --> 00:48:11.380
 word,

00:48:12.280 --> 00:48:12.760
 in Greek,

00:48:12.900 --> 00:48:13.500
 it means to

00:48:13.500 --> 00:48:14.239
 be cut off

00:48:14.239 --> 00:48:15.579
 completely.

00:48:15.739 --> 00:48:16.219
 He's saying

00:48:16.219 --> 00:48:17.940
 here that it

00:48:17.940 --> 00:48:18.460
 is better

00:48:18.460 --> 00:48:19.880
 for that

00:48:19.880 --> 00:48:20.659
 person who

00:48:20.659 --> 00:48:22.659
 is distorting

00:48:22.659 --> 00:48:23.199
 the gospel

00:48:23.199 --> 00:48:24.460
 to be

00:48:24.460 --> 00:48:25.019
 cut off

00:48:25.019 --> 00:48:25.559
 from God

00:48:25.559 --> 00:48:26.119
 altogether

00:48:26.119 --> 00:48:26.500
 than for

00:48:26.500 --> 00:48:26.740
 him to

00:48:26.740 --> 00:48:27.320
 go on

00:48:27.320 --> 00:48:28.460
 deceiving

00:48:28.460 --> 00:48:29.019
 and teaching

00:48:29.019 --> 00:48:29.720
 other people

00:48:29.720 --> 00:48:30.440
 things that are

00:48:30.440 --> 00:48:30.900
 going to lead

00:48:30.900 --> 00:48:31.240
 them to

00:48:31.240 --> 00:48:31.720
 destruction.

00:48:32.380 --> 00:48:32.920
 That's what

00:48:32.920 --> 00:48:33.360
 it means.

00:48:34.360 --> 00:48:35.059
 Verse 9

00:48:35.059 --> 00:48:36.240
 says,

00:48:36.239 --> 00:48:36.859
 As we have

00:48:36.859 --> 00:48:37.599
 said before,

00:48:37.739 --> 00:48:38.179
 so I say

00:48:38.179 --> 00:48:38.579
 again,

00:48:39.279 --> 00:48:39.679
 If anyone

00:48:39.679 --> 00:48:40.179
 is preaching

00:48:40.179 --> 00:48:40.579
 to you a

00:48:40.579 --> 00:48:41.619
 gospel contrary

00:48:41.619 --> 00:48:42.899
 to the one

00:48:42.899 --> 00:48:43.219
 you have

00:48:43.219 --> 00:48:43.639
 received,

00:48:43.759 --> 00:48:44.179
 let him be

00:48:44.179 --> 00:48:44.699
 accursed.

00:48:45.739 --> 00:48:46.179
 For I am

00:48:46.179 --> 00:48:46.859
 not seeking

00:48:46.859 --> 00:48:47.579
 the approval

00:48:47.579 --> 00:48:48.339
 of man.

00:48:49.559 --> 00:48:50.259
 And for am I

00:48:50.259 --> 00:48:50.759
 seeking the

00:48:50.759 --> 00:48:51.519
 approval of man

00:48:51.519 --> 00:48:52.159
 or of God,

00:48:52.779 --> 00:48:53.199
 or am I

00:48:53.199 --> 00:48:53.779
 trying to

00:48:53.779 --> 00:48:54.379
 please man?

00:48:55.539 --> 00:48:56.159
 If I were

00:48:56.159 --> 00:48:56.699
 still trying

00:48:56.699 --> 00:48:57.079
 to please

00:48:57.079 --> 00:48:57.479
 man, I

00:48:57.479 --> 00:48:57.819
 would not

00:48:57.819 --> 00:48:58.419
 be a servant

00:48:58.419 --> 00:48:59.039
 of Christ.

00:48:59.899 --> 00:49:00.399
 Okay, like

00:49:00.399 --> 00:49:00.899
 the gospel,

00:49:01.839 --> 00:49:02.500
 there's no way

00:49:02.500 --> 00:49:03.019
 to dress it up

00:49:03.019 --> 00:49:03.339
 and make it

00:49:03.339 --> 00:49:03.899
 sound good to

00:49:03.899 --> 00:49:05.079
 people initially.

00:49:05.179 --> 00:49:05.579
 They have to

00:49:05.579 --> 00:49:06.199
 understand that

00:49:06.199 --> 00:49:06.500
 they have

00:49:06.500 --> 00:49:06.879
 cancer.

00:49:07.059 --> 00:49:07.319
 They have

00:49:07.319 --> 00:49:07.799
 to know

00:49:07.799 --> 00:49:09.179
 that they're

00:49:09.179 --> 00:49:09.699
 dead in

00:49:09.699 --> 00:49:10.139
 their sin.

00:49:10.219 --> 00:49:10.319
 They're

00:49:10.319 --> 00:49:10.939
 separated from

00:49:10.939 --> 00:49:11.319
 God.

00:49:12.179 --> 00:49:13.559
 But we

00:49:13.559 --> 00:49:13.879
 have a

00:49:13.879 --> 00:49:14.339
 loving,

00:49:14.759 --> 00:49:15.099
 gracious,

00:49:15.639 --> 00:49:16.339
 love does

00:49:16.339 --> 00:49:16.859
 win, by

00:49:16.859 --> 00:49:17.179
 the way,

00:49:17.239 --> 00:49:17.460
 but not

00:49:17.460 --> 00:49:17.859
 the kind

00:49:17.859 --> 00:49:18.599
 referred to.

00:49:19.199 --> 00:49:19.439
 The

00:49:19.439 --> 00:49:20.339
 unconquerable

00:49:20.339 --> 00:49:21.579
 love of

00:49:21.579 --> 00:49:23.659
 Christ can

00:49:23.659 --> 00:49:24.299
 save us

00:49:24.299 --> 00:49:24.659
 from our

00:49:24.659 --> 00:49:24.960
 sin.

00:49:25.779 --> 00:49:26.119
 And about

00:49:26.119 --> 00:49:26.839
 this text,

00:49:27.679 --> 00:49:28.059
 this is

00:49:28.059 --> 00:49:28.759
 something John

00:49:28.759 --> 00:49:29.279
 Calvin said

00:49:29.279 --> 00:49:29.619
 about this

00:49:29.619 --> 00:49:30.819
 text, and

00:49:30.819 --> 00:49:31.679
 like it's so

00:49:31.679 --> 00:49:32.439
 Christ-centered,

00:49:32.739 --> 00:49:33.500
 so glory of

00:49:33.500 --> 00:49:34.859
 God-focused.

00:49:35.699 --> 00:49:36.079
 He said,

00:49:36.079 --> 00:49:36.819
 it is better

00:49:36.819 --> 00:49:37.900
 that the

00:49:37.900 --> 00:49:38.559
 whole world

00:49:38.559 --> 00:49:39.460
 should perish

00:49:39.460 --> 00:49:40.579
 and be

00:49:40.579 --> 00:49:41.219
 consumed

00:49:41.219 --> 00:49:42.619
 than for the

00:49:42.619 --> 00:49:43.440
 gospel to be

00:49:43.440 --> 00:49:43.900
 perverted.

00:49:44.900 --> 00:49:45.639
 We must

00:49:45.639 --> 00:49:46.299
 cling with

00:49:46.299 --> 00:49:47.259
 strong affection

00:49:47.259 --> 00:49:48.259
 to the

00:49:48.259 --> 00:49:48.920
 gospel and

00:49:48.920 --> 00:49:49.500
 not allow

00:49:49.500 --> 00:49:50.400
 anyone to

00:49:50.400 --> 00:49:51.039
 corrupt it.

00:49:51.960 --> 00:49:52.599
 Like, it's

00:49:52.599 --> 00:49:53.199
 better for us

00:49:53.199 --> 00:49:53.599
 to perish

00:49:53.599 --> 00:49:54.179
 than for the

00:49:54.179 --> 00:49:55.039
 gospel to be

00:49:55.039 --> 00:49:55.539
 distorted.

00:49:56.319 --> 00:49:57.059
 That's how

00:49:57.059 --> 00:49:57.500
 much he

00:49:57.500 --> 00:49:58.319
 exalted the

00:49:58.319 --> 00:49:58.619
 gospel.

00:49:58.759 --> 00:49:58.920
 That's how

00:49:58.920 --> 00:49:59.219
 much he

00:49:59.219 --> 00:49:59.699
 cared about

00:49:59.699 --> 00:49:59.860
 it.

00:49:59.860 --> 00:50:03.079
 So, I

00:50:03.079 --> 00:50:03.599
 just pray

00:50:03.599 --> 00:50:05.220
 that we

00:50:05.220 --> 00:50:05.640
 would be

00:50:05.640 --> 00:50:06.200
 careful in

00:50:06.200 --> 00:50:06.420
 what we

00:50:06.420 --> 00:50:06.900
 read and

00:50:06.900 --> 00:50:07.140
 what we

00:50:07.140 --> 00:50:07.519
 hear.

00:50:08.079 --> 00:50:08.340
 We would

00:50:08.340 --> 00:50:08.800
 take it to

00:50:08.800 --> 00:50:09.180
 heart and

00:50:09.180 --> 00:50:09.500
 we would

00:50:09.500 --> 00:50:10.519
 guard the

00:50:10.519 --> 00:50:10.960
 gospel,

00:50:11.780 --> 00:50:12.300
 guard the

00:50:12.300 --> 00:50:12.840
 glorious

00:50:12.840 --> 00:50:13.440
 gospel that

00:50:13.440 --> 00:50:13.820
 we've been

00:50:13.820 --> 00:50:14.340
 entrusted

00:50:14.340 --> 00:50:14.760
 with.

00:50:15.579 --> 00:50:16.019
 Grace

00:50:16.019 --> 00:50:16.440
 alone,

00:50:16.640 --> 00:50:16.860
 faith

00:50:16.860 --> 00:50:17.200
 alone,

00:50:17.300 --> 00:50:17.680
 and Christ

00:50:17.680 --> 00:50:18.099
 alone.

00:50:19.300 --> 00:50:20.680
 So, let's

00:50:20.680 --> 00:50:21.260
 pray together.

00:50:21.700 --> 00:50:21.700