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 Well, as we come to God's Word this morning, we're continuing on in 1 Timothy.

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 So if you have your Bible, please open it up to 1 Timothy.

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 Seeing as it's Thanksgiving tomorrow, I thought that we'd jump ahead a little bit in the letter

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 to a place where Paul talks a little bit about Thanksgiving.

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 So we're jumping ahead to chapter 4, and we're going to be looking mainly at the first five

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 verses here in chapter 4.

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 Let me read it.

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 This is Paul writing to Timothy.

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 The Spirit clearly says that in later times, some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving

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 spirits and things taught by demons.

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 Such teachings come through hypocritical liars whose consciences have been seared as with

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 a hot iron.

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 They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created

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 to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth.

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 For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

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 because it is consecrated by the Word of God and prayer.

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 If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good minister of

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 Christ Jesus.

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 So just a short passage here this morning, five verses, and just like back in chapter 1,

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 Paul is warning Timothy about false teachers and their teachings.

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 But here in chapter 4, he actually gets a little bit more specific about some of the things that

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 these false teachers have been teaching, or rather things that are coming, that they're

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 going to be teaching.

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 Paul is known for his long sentences, and most of our English translations of the Bible break

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 this up into a few sentences.

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 But in the original language this was written, it's basically all one sentence from verse

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 1 all the way down to verse 5.

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 And Paul just keeps piling on the subordinate clauses and the prepositional phrases and the

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 participles and the infinitives.

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 You get the idea.

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 So Paul starts by warning Timothy about false teachers in verses 1 and 2.

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 Then he kind of flows from there into talking about the kind of false teachings that

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 they are doing in verse 3.

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 And then from there, he kind of flows into a refutation of the false teachings in verses

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 4 and 5.

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 And he declares God's goodness and how he has created all things for our benefit.

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 Things that we should receive with thanksgiving.

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 So we're just going to trace Paul's flow of thought all the way through, starting at the

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 beginning here in verse 1.

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 He says,

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 Some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.

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 So Paul's warning Timothy.

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 He knows something about what's coming.

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 And he gives this warning to Timothy to help him minister to the people in the church there

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 in Ephesus.

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 How does Paul know this?

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 The Spirit clearly says.

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 And then what follows is what the Spirit says.

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 Now, there's debate over how he knew that the Spirit was saying this.

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 We won't get into all that this morning.

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 But Paul, as an apostle, probably is able to clearly hear and discern the Spirit speaking

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 to his own mind.

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 And so he writes on behalf of Christ.

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 And Paul wants Timothy to know that this isn't just his hunch about what will happen.

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 His opinion or speculation.

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 This warning comes from the Spirit of God himself.

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 And it's clear.

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 The Spirit clearly says, explicitly says,

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 that some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.

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 So this is a very sobering problem.

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 Timothy, there are going to be people who abandon the faith.

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 Literally, who depart from the faith.

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 Now, what does that mean?

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 I don't think it means that people who have a genuine faith in the Lord Jesus

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 will suddenly stop believing and lose their salvation.

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 Rather, I think Paul is describing things from the outward appearance of it.

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 They're not departing from their own true faith.

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 Rather, they're departing from the faith.

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 They are going away from the truth.

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 The gospel.

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 The things God has revealed through Jesus.

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 And the things that have been taught through the Spirit.

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 Through the apostles.

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 There is a body of teaching.

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 A body of revelation.

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 That God has given us through Jesus.

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 Through the Spirit.

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 Through the apostles.

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 And it is the Christian faith.

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 The problem with these men is that they are going away from that.

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 They are leaving that.

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 I think it means that some people who were among us.

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 Who at one time said, yeah, I believe these things.

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 They're now turning away.

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 Suddenly, they're leaving off of this gospel.

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 And not only do they depart from it.

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 But, Paul says, they go on to other teachings.

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 And the language Paul chooses here is very strong.

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 He says, they follow deceiving spirits.

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 That word follow could be translated.

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 They give heed to.

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 They pay attention to.

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 They devote themselves to.

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 So, not just that they don't really agree anymore with the Christian faith.

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 But now they are quite strongly following.

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 Giving their attention to evil spirits.

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 Deceiving spirits.

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 And to things taught by demons.

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 Literally, to the teachings or doctrines of demons.

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 So, they've really exchanged one set of teachings for another.

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 The teachings of Christ.

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 The teachings of the Holy Spirit.

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 For the teachings of these deceiving spirits.

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 These demons.

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 This is serious.

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 The Spirit warns Timothy.

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 Through Paul.

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 That with these false teachers.

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 There's more than meets the eye.

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 The source of their teaching.

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 Is actually spiritual.

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 But it's not from the Spirit of God.

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 Rather, these things.

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 That they're going to be teaching.

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 They're going to be advocating.

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 The ultimate source of those ideas.

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 Is demonic.

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 Fallen angels.

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 Again, more questions arise here.

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 Like, you know.

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 Did the false teachers know that they were hearing these things from demons?

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 Or are they just deceived?

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 And I mean, Paul doesn't give a fuller explanation here.

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 He does mention that these spirits are deceiving.

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 It's quite possible that these teachers might not know the truth of who is really behind all of this.

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 That they are teaching.

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 Jesus said that the devil is the father of lies.

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 Paul wrote to the Corinthian church and said that Satan masquerades as an angel of light.

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 Which means that the devil and his demons are well-practiced deceivers.

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 I would suggest to you that they may be the most skilled and brilliant liars that this world has never seen.

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 You've heard it said maybe that the best lies.

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 Meaning the most likely to be believed.

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 Are those that are almost true.

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 There's so much truth in it that the false part is just easily accepted with the rest.

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 The devil and his demons, they know how to craft.

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 How to present falsehood in a way that's quite compelling.

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 And attractive.

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 And rational.

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 So that we'll swallow it.

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 Hook, line, and sinker.

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 And maybe even think in pride.

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 I came up with that.

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 That's my idea.

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 I discovered that.

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 So these are deceptive spirits.

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 Now, I've been avoiding this part of the verse until now.

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 When will all this take place?

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 Who is the spirit talking about?

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 When is this going to happen?

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 The spirit clearly says that in later times,

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 some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits.

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 Now, if you've been one who, like me, is eager to unravel the mysteries of the end times,

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 this phrase probably struck you as referring to the end times.

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 But before we go right into that,

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 we must be careful here.

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 We shouldn't let our eagerness to know the end

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 color the way that we read

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 what Paul has said.

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 Notice that he says,

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 in later times

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 and not in the last times.

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 In later times.

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 Not in the last days.

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 And there are a number of clues

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 here left by Paul

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 in the context

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 which suggests that Paul's not speaking about the end times

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 but about the near future

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 to Timothy.

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 The first clue

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 is that the false teachings

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 that are going to be advocated

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 are abstaining from marriage

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 and certain kinds of food.

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 This really does seem to fit better

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 with the ascetic teachings

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 of the Gnostics

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 and dualism

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 which came full force

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 in the second and third century.

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 you read

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 some of the bizarre religious practices

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 of the desert fathers

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 and the early monks.

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 I'm not going to talk about all that stuff

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 because it's just

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 it's bizarre.

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 Fasting for months

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 and doing weird kinds of things

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 depriving themselves

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 and you know

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 all these kinds of things.

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 I mean some people might argue

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 that people devalue marriage today

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 and that's true

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 but this seems to be a different sort of thing.

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 This is forbidding people to marry

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 as though it were a hallmark

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 of true religion.

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 The second clue

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 Paul takes great pains

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 to refute this false teaching

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 right here in the letter

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 in verses 3 to 5.

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 And then in verse 6

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 he urges Timothy

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 to teach the refutation to the church.

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 It seems Paul wants Timothy

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 to be proactive here

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 to inoculate the church in Ephesus

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 by teaching the truth

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 and exposing this falsehood

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 right now

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 before it has a chance

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 to really take root.

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 And the third clue

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 there are other letters of Paul

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 that have a lot to say

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 about false religion

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 and false teaching

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 when it comes to matters

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 of food and drink.

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 The letter to the Colossians

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 the Romans

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 the Corinthian epistles

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 some of those have more to do

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 with Jewish food laws

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 but others more with

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 that Gnostic teaching

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 that the material world

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 is inherently evil

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 that the body

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 is base

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 and dirty

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 and therefore

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 self-denial

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 and fasting

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 from certain foods

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 is what makes one

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 truly spiritual

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 and acceptable

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 in God's eyes.

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 Now these teachings

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 wouldn't really sweep over

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 and take over

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 until about another

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 hundred years later

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 but already in these times

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 in the other epistles

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 of Paul

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 we start to see

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 glimmers of it

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 taking root.

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 and so I would suggest

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 to you that Paul

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 may be warning Timothy

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 and the Christians

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 there in Ephesus

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 about specific teachings

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 of demonic origin

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 that are coming hard

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 and fast

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 in the next hundred years.

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 Now could there still be

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 some second

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 greater

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 final fulfillment

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 of these kinds of things

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 in the end times?

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 Perhaps.

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 Certainly there will be

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 doctrines of demons

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 false religion

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 worship of the beast

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 false teachers

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 other passages

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 in scripture

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 make that clear

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 but will these

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 specific doctrines

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 of demons

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 be a hallmark

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 of the end times?

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 Maybe

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 or maybe not.

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 It remains to be seen.

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 Part of the challenge here

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 and the reason

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 why Paul warns Timothy

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 as he does

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 is that these false teachers

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 will arise in a way

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 that's especially deceptive.

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 notice verse 2

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 such teachings

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 come through

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 hypocritical liars

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 whose consciences

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 have been seared

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 as with a hot iron.

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 So these people

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 who have departed

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 from the faith

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 and are speaking

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 these falsehoods

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 these lies

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 they're doing so

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 under the cloak

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 of hypocrisy.

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 So these teachers

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 seem to be

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 in the Christian faith

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 they seem to be

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 in the church

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 they seem to be

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 among those

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 who say

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 yes I believe

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 in Jesus.

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 It's not as though

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 they run up the flag

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 or post on social media

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 I don't believe

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 in Jesus anymore.

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 I found

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 a better teaching

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 that we should follow.

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 Rather it's more

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 like the Pharisees

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 in Israel

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 in Jesus' day.

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 They're faking

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 righteousness.

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 They're pretending

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 to be good Christians.

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 They're feigning faith.

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 They're claiming

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 to be followers

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 of Jesus

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 and yet they are

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 calling people

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 subtly away

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 from the gospel.

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 They're calling people

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 away from the good news

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 that salvation

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 is by faith alone

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 and not by works.

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 They're saying

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 no, no, no, no

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 you need to do this

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 to be right with God.

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 Marriage?

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 Uh-uh.

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 Eating these kinds

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 of foods?

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 No.

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 You need to abstain

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 from those things.

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 Let's look briefly

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 at these teachings.

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 Forbidding people

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 to marry

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 and ordering them

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 to abstain

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 from certain foods.

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 So there is

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 a devaluing

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 of marriage

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 and most likely

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 sex is included

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 in that.

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 And I think

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 the logic here

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 again probably

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 is pointing to

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 what the Gnostics

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 taught

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 that sex

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 is base.

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 It's dirty.

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 It's a fleshly

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 thing.

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 It's unspiritual.

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 True religion.

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 It's to rise

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 above that.

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 It's to rise

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 above things

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 like marriage.

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 They might say

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 we see this

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 kind of

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 infiltrating

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 the church

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 later on

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 with the monastic

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 order.

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 And by the

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 fourth century

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 the Catholic

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 Church fully

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 incorporated

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 this idea

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 and decided

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 that marriage

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 be altogether

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 prohibited

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 for priests,

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 bishops,

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 deacons,

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 and clerics.

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 But this is

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 clearly against

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 the teaching

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 of Scripture.

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 The Apostle

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 Paul and Jesus

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 did talk about

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 celibacy

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 and how there

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 were some

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 practical

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 advantages to

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 it.

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 But nowhere

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 ever did

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 they forbid

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 marriage.

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 In fact,

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 Paul in

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 certain circumstances

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 instructed people

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 to get married

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 as we'll see

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 later on in

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 this letter.

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 Jesus,

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 speaking through

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 the author of

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 Hebrews,

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 said,

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 marriage is to

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 be honored

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 by all.

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 Hebrews 13

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 verse 4.

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 It's to be

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 held in

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 high regard.

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 It's to be

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 valued for

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 what it is.

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 The other

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 demonic teaching

00:16:12.099 --> 00:16:12.899
 Paul lists here

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 is abstaining

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 from certain

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 foods.

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 These

00:16:16.539 --> 00:16:17.939
 hypocritical

00:16:17.939 --> 00:16:18.639
 liars were

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 going to

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 urge people

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 not to

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 eat certain

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 foods as

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 a matter

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 of

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 spirituality,

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 as a matter

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 of devotion

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 to God.

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 And there's

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 lots that we

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 could say

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 about this.

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 I mean,

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 it has

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 relevance to

00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:31.439
 the teaching

00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:31.760
 of the

00:16:31.760 --> 00:16:32.360
 Judaizers,

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 that group

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 of men

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 and women

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 who were

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 trying to

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 get the

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 followers of

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 Jesus to

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 go back

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 to the

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 Old Testament.

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 And no,

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 if you want

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 to be right

00:16:41.880 --> 00:16:42.320
 with God,

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 you need to

00:16:42.780 --> 00:16:43.660
 be circumcised.

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 You need to

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 not eat foods

00:16:45.880 --> 00:16:46.200
 that are

00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:46.840
 ceremonially

00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:47.640
 unclean.

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 You need to

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 observe the

00:16:49.200 --> 00:16:49.540
 law.

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 Again,

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 a subtle

00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:51.820
 shift in

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 the focus.

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 Suddenly,

00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:53.740
 it goes from

00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:54.380
 Christ and

00:16:54.380 --> 00:16:55.200
 his righteousness

00:16:55.200 --> 00:16:56.820
 to now

00:16:56.820 --> 00:16:57.940
 works.

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 and what

00:16:58.220 --> 00:16:58.820
 I need

00:16:58.820 --> 00:16:59.260
 to do

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 to be

00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:00.820
 righteous

00:17:00.820 --> 00:17:01.920
 in God's

00:17:01.920 --> 00:17:02.440
 eyes,

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 which is

00:17:03.880 --> 00:17:04.279
 not the

00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:04.840
 good news.

00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:06.360
 Again,

00:17:06.580 --> 00:17:07.140
 we see it

00:17:07.140 --> 00:17:07.559
 in the

00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:08.080
 teachings of

00:17:08.080 --> 00:17:08.700
 the Gnostics

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 with the

00:17:09.100 --> 00:17:09.980
 desert fathers

00:17:09.980 --> 00:17:10.340
 and the

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 early monks

00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:11.279
 in the

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 second and

00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:11.900
 third

00:17:11.900 --> 00:17:12.400
 centuries.

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 They bought

00:17:13.779 --> 00:17:14.440
 into this

00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:14.960
 lie that the

00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:15.400
 way to live

00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:16.220
 a holy life

00:17:16.220 --> 00:17:16.960
 is by having

00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:18.400
 less of

00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:18.980
 the earthly

00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:19.460
 stuff,

00:17:19.620 --> 00:17:20.059
 less of

00:17:20.059 --> 00:17:21.580
 the fleshly

00:17:21.580 --> 00:17:22.320
 appetites.

00:17:22.539 --> 00:17:23.140
 Deny the

00:17:23.140 --> 00:17:23.620
 body what

00:17:23.620 --> 00:17:24.340
 it desires.

00:17:25.660 --> 00:17:26.019
 True

00:17:26.019 --> 00:17:26.779
 spirituality,

00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:27.220
 they would

00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:27.460
 say.

00:17:27.619 --> 00:17:28.119
 Closeness

00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:28.720
 to God

00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:29.480
 is only

00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:30.099
 achieved when

00:17:30.099 --> 00:17:30.759
 we deprive

00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:31.519
 ourselves,

00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:33.720
 is what

00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:34.079
 they seem

00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:34.680
 to believe.

00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:35.619
 Interestingly,

00:17:35.819 --> 00:17:36.319
 you see some

00:17:36.319 --> 00:17:36.980
 of that even

00:17:36.980 --> 00:17:37.400
 in the

00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:37.700
 eastern

00:17:37.700 --> 00:17:38.480
 religions as

00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:38.740
 well.

00:17:40.339 --> 00:17:40.920
 So God,

00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:41.480
 through his

00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:41.779
 spirit,

00:17:41.900 --> 00:17:42.339
 is warning

00:17:42.339 --> 00:17:43.740
 Timothy and

00:17:43.740 --> 00:17:44.139
 the church

00:17:44.139 --> 00:17:44.680
 at Ephesus

00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:46.319
 about these

00:17:46.319 --> 00:17:46.859
 kinds of

00:17:46.859 --> 00:17:47.440
 deceptive

00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:48.180
 teachings which

00:17:48.180 --> 00:17:49.240
 are soon

00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:49.900
 to arise

00:17:49.900 --> 00:17:50.539
 and may lead

00:17:50.539 --> 00:17:51.299
 people astray.

00:17:52.460 --> 00:17:53.000
 And then he

00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:53.680
 launches into

00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:54.559
 a full-out

00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:55.839
 refutation

00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:57.259
 of these

00:17:57.259 --> 00:17:57.539
 false

00:17:57.539 --> 00:17:58.000
 teachings.

00:17:59.359 --> 00:17:59.720
 They forbid

00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:00.240
 people to

00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:01.199
 marry and

00:18:01.199 --> 00:18:01.679
 order them

00:18:01.679 --> 00:18:02.319
 to abstain

00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:02.899
 from certain

00:18:02.899 --> 00:18:04.159
 foods which

00:18:04.159 --> 00:18:05.299
 God created

00:18:05.299 --> 00:18:06.359
 to be received

00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:07.839
 with thanksgiving

00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:09.359
 by those who

00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:10.659
 believe and

00:18:10.659 --> 00:18:11.159
 who know the

00:18:11.159 --> 00:18:11.439
 truth.

00:18:11.539 --> 00:18:12.240
 For everything

00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:13.079
 God created

00:18:13.079 --> 00:18:15.259
 is good and

00:18:15.259 --> 00:18:16.339
 nothing is to

00:18:16.339 --> 00:18:17.879
 be rejected if

00:18:17.879 --> 00:18:18.559
 it is received

00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:19.339
 with thanksgiving.

00:18:20.500 --> 00:18:20.859
 So Paul

00:18:20.859 --> 00:18:21.720
 basically says

00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:22.119
 what these

00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:22.759
 false teachers

00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:23.220
 are going to

00:18:23.220 --> 00:18:24.299
 teach is

00:18:24.299 --> 00:18:25.519
 wrong.

00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:26.059
 It is flat

00:18:26.059 --> 00:18:26.680
 out wrong.

00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:27.819
 It is wrong

00:18:27.819 --> 00:18:28.279
 to forbid

00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:28.940
 people to

00:18:28.940 --> 00:18:29.240
 marry.

00:18:29.980 --> 00:18:30.539
 It is wrong

00:18:30.539 --> 00:18:30.980
 to teach

00:18:30.980 --> 00:18:31.500
 people that

00:18:31.500 --> 00:18:31.879
 they need

00:18:31.879 --> 00:18:32.799
 to abstain

00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:33.379
 from certain

00:18:33.379 --> 00:18:33.879
 foods.

00:18:34.839 --> 00:18:35.259
 Why?

00:18:36.819 --> 00:18:37.759
 Because God

00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:39.079
 created these

00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:40.519
 things to be

00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:41.420
 received with

00:18:41.420 --> 00:18:43.579
 thanksgiving by

00:18:43.579 --> 00:18:43.980
 those who

00:18:43.980 --> 00:18:44.700
 believe and

00:18:44.700 --> 00:18:45.059
 know the

00:18:45.059 --> 00:18:45.379
 truth.

00:18:46.099 --> 00:18:46.980
 God created

00:18:46.980 --> 00:18:47.460
 marriage.

00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:49.200
 He created

00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:49.900
 the things of

00:18:49.900 --> 00:18:50.839
 earth that we

00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:51.740
 eat for food.

00:18:51.740 --> 00:18:51.779
 food.

00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:52.859
 And I love

00:18:52.859 --> 00:18:53.500
 the simple

00:18:53.500 --> 00:18:54.680
 truth that

00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:55.279
 Paul declares

00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:55.680
 here.

00:18:56.680 --> 00:18:57.759
 God created

00:18:57.759 --> 00:18:58.579
 these things

00:18:58.579 --> 00:19:00.019
 because he

00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:00.539
 wanted you to

00:19:00.539 --> 00:19:01.059
 have them.

00:19:02.779 --> 00:19:03.519
 To be

00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:04.140
 received.

00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:05.819
 He wanted

00:19:05.819 --> 00:19:06.640
 you to have

00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:06.940
 them.

00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:08.819
 To which we

00:19:08.819 --> 00:19:09.380
 say what?

00:19:11.380 --> 00:19:12.319
 I thought God

00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:12.880
 just wanted to

00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:13.440
 take all the

00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:14.099
 good things from

00:19:14.099 --> 00:19:14.299
 me.

00:19:15.180 --> 00:19:16.259
 I thought he

00:19:16.259 --> 00:19:16.920
 wanted to keep

00:19:16.920 --> 00:19:17.700
 me from enjoying

00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:18.400
 life in this

00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:18.680
 world.

00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:21.080
 Well who

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 gave you that

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 idea?

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 It was the

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 devil who

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 suggested to

00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:26.200
 Adam and

00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:26.720
 Eve in the

00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.299
 garden long

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 ago that

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 idea.

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 But it was a

00:19:32.340 --> 00:19:32.580
 lie.

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 We became

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 corrupt.

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 We lost our

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 sensitivity to

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 the truth and

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 to the knowledge

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 of God.

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 To the goodness

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 of God.

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 And so the

00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:42.799
 human race has

00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:43.560
 been suspicious

00:19:43.560 --> 00:19:44.440
 of God ever

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 since.

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 Does he

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 really want

00:19:47.100 --> 00:19:47.660
 good things

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 for me?

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 Is

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 worshipping and

00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:53.220
 following Jesus

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 just about giving

00:19:54.140 --> 00:19:54.940
 up everything

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 good?

00:19:56.779 --> 00:19:58.180
 Paul smashes

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 this lie of

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 the devil.

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 He smashes

00:20:01.340 --> 00:20:02.220
 this suspicion

00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:03.000
 of the flesh.

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 He says God

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 created marriage

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 and the delights

00:20:06.340 --> 00:20:07.320
 that go with it

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 because he

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 wanted you to

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 have it.

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 He wanted you

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 to receive it.

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 He created

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 all kinds of

00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:14.940
 foods, things

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 on this earth

00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:17.660
 to be received.

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 with thanksgiving.

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 For our

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 benefit, he

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 wanted us to

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 have them.

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 He wanted us

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 to eat them.

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 And Jesus

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 widens this all

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 the way in

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 verse 4.

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 He says,

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 for everything

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 God created

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 is good and

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 nothing is to

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 be rejected if

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 it is received

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 with thanksgiving.

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 So Paul refutes

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 the lies of

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 the demons

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 flat out.

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 True

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 spirituality

00:20:48.660 --> 00:20:49.380
 is not

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 denying

00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:50.660
 ourselves

00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:50.980
 of a

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 peculiar

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 list of

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 things

00:20:52.620 --> 00:20:54.039
 because

00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:54.620
 these things

00:20:54.620 --> 00:20:55.860
 are unclean

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 or impure

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 or our

00:20:57.380 --> 00:20:58.539
 body appetites

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 are less

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 spiritual,

00:21:01.860 --> 00:21:02.240
 base,

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 fleshly.

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 Rather,

00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:05.580
 true spirituality

00:21:05.580 --> 00:21:06.720
 is receiving

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.720
 and enjoying

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 all the good

00:21:08.580 --> 00:21:09.140
 things that

00:21:09.140 --> 00:21:09.560
 God has

00:21:09.560 --> 00:21:11.140
 made and

00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:11.720
 doing it

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 with

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 thanksgiving.

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 Let's talk

00:21:15.860 --> 00:21:16.380
 about that

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 word,

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 thanksgiving,

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 for a moment.

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 I really

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 like that

00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:21.700
 word.

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 It's like

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 two words

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 sandwiched

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 together,

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 thanksgiving,

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 and it

00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:26.740
 implies

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 action,

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 just like

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 it does

00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:29.820
 in the

00:21:29.820 --> 00:21:30.640
 language of

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 the Bible

00:21:31.060 --> 00:21:31.540
 that was

00:21:31.540 --> 00:21:31.960
 originally

00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:32.519
 written in.

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 It's an

00:21:35.360 --> 00:21:36.080
 action word.

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 Some translations

00:21:36.840 --> 00:21:37.580
 actually render

00:21:37.580 --> 00:21:38.340
 it as gratitude,

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 but I think

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:39.460
 that falls

00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:39.940
 short of

00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:40.320
 its full

00:21:40.320 --> 00:21:40.660
 meaning.

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 It's not

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:41.860
 just that

00:21:41.860 --> 00:21:42.160
 we should

00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:43.040
 feel fortunate

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 or privileged

00:21:45.639 --> 00:21:47.460
 or content.

00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:49.220
 The word

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:50.159
 for thanksgiving

00:21:50.159 --> 00:21:51.039
 implies

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:51.740
 action.

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 It implies

00:21:52.579 --> 00:21:53.680
 what it

00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:54.339
 seems to

00:21:54.339 --> 00:21:54.700
 say,

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 that we

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 actually give

00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:57.220
 thanks,

00:21:57.339 --> 00:21:57.559
 that we

00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:58.180
 express

00:21:58.180 --> 00:21:59.019
 thanks

00:21:59.019 --> 00:22:00.659
 to God.

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 Like

00:22:04.379 --> 00:22:05.039
 with words.

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:08.740
 sadly,

00:22:08.879 --> 00:22:09.159
 for many

00:22:09.159 --> 00:22:09.440
 in our

00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:09.879
 society,

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:10.399
 the holiday

00:22:10.399 --> 00:22:10.819
 that we're

00:22:10.819 --> 00:22:11.259
 celebrating

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:11.980
 this weekend

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:13.339
 is not

00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:13.940
 about giving

00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:14.920
 thanks to

00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.319
 God

00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:16.359
 anymore.

00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:18.579
 For many,

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.740
 it's just a

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.399
 moment or a

00:22:20.399 --> 00:22:21.299
 day to feel

00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:22.680
 grateful,

00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:24.359
 to feel

00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:26.059
 happy

00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:27.319
 about how

00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:28.420
 well off

00:22:28.420 --> 00:22:29.059
 I am

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 compared to

00:22:30.139 --> 00:22:30.559
 others

00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:32.119
 who are in

00:22:32.119 --> 00:22:32.359
 lesser

00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:33.159
 circumstances.

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:34.740
 This is

00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:35.079
 not what

00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:35.420
 Paul is

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:35.759
 talking

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.099
 about.

00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:37.039
 Thanksgiving

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:38.000
 means

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.660
 verbally

00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:39.220
 saying

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:40.279
 thank you

00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:41.720
 to God

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:43.319
 for the

00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:43.720
 things that

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.120
 he has

00:22:44.120 --> 00:22:44.559
 done and

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:45.000
 given to

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.299
 us.

00:22:46.819 --> 00:22:47.799
 I love

00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:48.720
 the way

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.079
 that Paul

00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:49.839
 refutes this

00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:50.559
 false teaching.

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:51.000
 He just

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.880
 proclaims it.

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:52.859
 God is

00:22:52.859 --> 00:22:53.420
 gracious.

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.400
 He is

00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:54.819
 generous.

00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:56.380
 He's filled

00:22:56.380 --> 00:22:56.859
 this whole

00:22:56.859 --> 00:22:57.839
 world with

00:22:57.839 --> 00:22:58.620
 good things

00:22:58.620 --> 00:22:59.779
 for us.

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 Things that

00:23:02.120 --> 00:23:02.460
 meet our

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:02.960
 needs,

00:23:04.380 --> 00:23:04.680
 things

00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:05.840
 that we

00:23:05.840 --> 00:23:07.120
 can enjoy,

00:23:07.320 --> 00:23:07.640
 that bring

00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:08.060
 delight.

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.240
 He wants

00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:09.539
 us to

00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:10.039
 have these

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:10.299
 things.

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:10.840
 He wants

00:23:10.840 --> 00:23:11.259
 us to

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:11.980
 enjoy them

00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:12.860
 and the

00:23:12.860 --> 00:23:13.299
 way that

00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:13.640
 we do

00:23:13.640 --> 00:23:14.100
 that which

00:23:14.100 --> 00:23:14.600
 is fitting

00:23:14.600 --> 00:23:16.060
 is by

00:23:16.060 --> 00:23:16.320
 giving

00:23:16.320 --> 00:23:17.120
 thanks to

00:23:17.120 --> 00:23:17.560
 God as

00:23:17.560 --> 00:23:18.120
 we receive

00:23:18.120 --> 00:23:18.360
 them.

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:21.860
 I was

00:23:21.860 --> 00:23:22.380
 reminded of

00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:23.279
 Psalm 104

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.740
 as I was

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.759
 meditating on

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.360
 these things.

00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:27.519
 Verse 14

00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:28.140
 and 15

00:23:28.140 --> 00:23:29.299
 talks about

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:29.820
 what God

00:23:29.820 --> 00:23:30.360
 does in

00:23:30.360 --> 00:23:31.700
 connection to

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.640
 the earth

00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:33.259
 and creation.

00:23:33.420 --> 00:23:33.720
 It says

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.680
 he makes

00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:35.580
 grass grow

00:23:35.580 --> 00:23:36.000
 for the

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:37.220
 cattle and

00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:38.220
 plants for

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:38.800
 people to

00:23:38.800 --> 00:23:39.300
 cultivate,

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.400
 bringing forth

00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:41.000
 food from

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.480
 the earth,

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:43.400
 wine that

00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:44.360
 gladdens human

00:23:44.360 --> 00:23:44.820
 hearts,

00:23:45.780 --> 00:23:46.700
 oil to make

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:47.200
 their faces

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:47.660
 shine,

00:23:48.420 --> 00:23:49.300
 and bread

00:23:49.300 --> 00:23:50.580
 that sustains

00:23:50.580 --> 00:23:51.600
 their hearts.

00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:51.679
 vegetables.

00:23:52.879 --> 00:23:54.079
 So why did

00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:54.759
 God make

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:57.119
 wheat and

00:23:57.119 --> 00:23:58.159
 grape vines?

00:24:00.179 --> 00:24:01.279
 It says he

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:02.119
 gives rain on

00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:02.719
 the earth which

00:24:02.719 --> 00:24:03.740
 grows the wheat

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:05.079
 and the vines

00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:06.859
 to bring grain

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:07.699
 to make bread

00:24:07.699 --> 00:24:08.639
 and grapes

00:24:08.639 --> 00:24:09.559
 to make wine

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:12.119
 to sustain

00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:13.740
 us and

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.819
 to gladden

00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:15.179
 us.

00:24:16.879 --> 00:24:18.019
 There's both

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.219
 there,

00:24:18.359 --> 00:24:19.379
 sustenance and

00:24:19.379 --> 00:24:19.980
 enjoyment.

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:21.880
 God didn't

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:22.360
 just create

00:24:22.360 --> 00:24:22.799
 things in

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.259
 this world

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:24.039
 just for

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:25.000
 practical purposes

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.680
 to keep us

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:26.059
 alive,

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:26.920
 but he also

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.500
 made things

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:27.880
 for our

00:24:27.880 --> 00:24:28.299
 enjoyment.

00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:31.599
 Think about

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:32.079
 this for a

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:32.299
 moment.

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:34.559
 God could

00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:34.920
 have made

00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:35.380
 us with

00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:35.880
 tongues

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:38.000
 to get

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.360
 the food

00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:38.759
 down,

00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:39.880
 but no

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:40.460
 taste buds.

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:42.620
 Noses,

00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:44.339
 but no

00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:44.740
 sense of

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.039
 smell,

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.579
 just used

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:47.099
 for breathing.

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.599
 He could

00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:50.920
 have given

00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:51.759
 us ears,

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.420
 but no

00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:53.339
 ability to

00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:54.519
 discern melody,

00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:56.299
 eyes,

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:56.860
 but a whole

00:24:56.860 --> 00:24:57.360
 world with

00:24:57.360 --> 00:24:58.019
 no colors.

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.539
 All of

00:25:00.539 --> 00:25:01.140
 these things,

00:25:01.360 --> 00:25:01.759
 smells,

00:25:02.860 --> 00:25:03.299
 flavors,

00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:04.759
 colors,

00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:05.819
 music,

00:25:06.380 --> 00:25:08.059
 they're purely

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:08.559
 things of

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:08.920
 pleasure.

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:10.920
 They're things

00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:11.440
 of delight.

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:12.860
 They aren't

00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:13.559
 essential to

00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:14.259
 sustaining our

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.599
 bodies.

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.160
 They're just

00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:16.599
 things that

00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:17.839
 bring pleasure.

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:20.480
 God made

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:20.859
 those.

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:23.059
 He wants

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:23.559
 us to be

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:23.939
 happy.

00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:24.599
 He wants

00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:25.220
 us to

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:25.819
 enjoy the

00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:26.339
 good things

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:26.679
 that he

00:25:26.679 --> 00:25:27.279
 has made.

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.480
 What kind

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:30.839
 of land

00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:31.259
 did God

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.899
 promise the

00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:32.399
 Israelites?

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:34.919
 A land

00:25:34.919 --> 00:25:35.799
 flowing with

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.740
 milk and

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.079
 honey.

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.240
 This

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:40.799
 expression

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:41.519
 captures

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:43.279
 God's

00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:43.759
 goodness,

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.279
 his

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:45.919
 generosity,

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:47.640
 as an

00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:48.080
 undeserved

00:25:48.080 --> 00:25:48.539
 gift.

00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:48.880
 He wanted

00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:49.200
 to give

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:49.440
 him a

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:50.259
 land full

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:50.720
 of the

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.259
 good things

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:51.640
 of earth,

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.880
 both the

00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.259
 milk,

00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:54.740
 sustenance,

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:56.460
 and honey,

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.259
 sweetness.

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.220
 Speaking of

00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:02.460
 honey,

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:03.700
 one of my

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:03.980
 favorite

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.519
 proverbs,

00:26:06.380 --> 00:26:06.840
 Solomon

00:26:06.840 --> 00:26:07.440
 saying to

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:07.880
 his son

00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:08.440
 said this,

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:08.820
 he said,

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.519
 eat honey,

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.500
 my son,

00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:11.100
 for it is

00:26:11.100 --> 00:26:11.580
 good.

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.200
 Honey from

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:13.700
 the comb

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.800
 is sweet

00:26:14.800 --> 00:26:15.200
 to your

00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:15.660
 taste.

00:26:16.800 --> 00:26:17.539
 And then

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.000
 he goes on

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.440
 to apply

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:19.039
 that to

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.600
 wisdom as

00:26:19.600 --> 00:26:20.019
 a metaphor.

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:22.380
 But the

00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:23.100
 foundation of

00:26:23.100 --> 00:26:23.440
 it is

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:23.779
 true.

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:25.800
 It's good.

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.440
 It's sweet.

00:26:26.600 --> 00:26:27.220
 God has put

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.840
 these kinds

00:26:27.840 --> 00:26:28.340
 of things

00:26:28.340 --> 00:26:29.220
 into our

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:30.860
 world for

00:26:30.860 --> 00:26:31.060
 our

00:26:31.060 --> 00:26:31.480
 enjoyment.

00:26:35.800 --> 00:26:36.400
 Even

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:36.980
 though meat

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.580
 was not

00:26:37.580 --> 00:26:38.600
 originally part

00:26:38.600 --> 00:26:39.600
 of our

00:26:39.600 --> 00:26:40.820
 diet in

00:26:40.820 --> 00:26:41.279
 the garden,

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.360
 God has

00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:42.800
 even given

00:26:42.800 --> 00:26:43.620
 us that as

00:26:43.620 --> 00:26:44.660
 well to

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:45.080
 eat and

00:26:45.080 --> 00:26:45.460
 enjoy.

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:47.140
 Genesis

00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:47.779
 9 verse

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.120
 3.

00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:49.039
 Everything

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.880
 that lives

00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:50.640
 and moves

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:51.480
 about will

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:51.920
 be food

00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:52.400
 for you.

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.640
 Just as

00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:53.940
 I gave

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.180
 you the

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:54.360
 green

00:26:54.360 --> 00:26:54.700
 plants,

00:26:54.800 --> 00:26:55.080
 I now

00:26:55.080 --> 00:26:55.400
 give you

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:55.940
 everything.

00:26:58.620 --> 00:26:59.140
 Another

00:26:59.140 --> 00:26:59.620
 one of my

00:26:59.620 --> 00:26:59.920
 favorite

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:00.440
 proverbs,

00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:03.160
 better a

00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:04.019
 small serving

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.680
 of vegetables

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:05.420
 with love

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:07.320
 than a

00:27:07.320 --> 00:27:07.800
 fattened

00:27:07.800 --> 00:27:09.120
 calf with

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:09.500
 hatred.

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:09.559
 love.

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:11.319
 Now this

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:11.640
 proverb

00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:12.359
 obviously is

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:12.859
 more about

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:13.460
 relationships.

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:14.519
 It's about

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.319
 what's going

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:15.779
 on between

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.299
 the people

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:16.740
 around the

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.079
 table.

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.059
 It's a

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.660
 contrast.

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:21.400
 But notice

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:22.799
 the fattened

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.779
 calf is the

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:25.279
 ideal meal.

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:26.279
 The roast

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:26.920
 beef dinner

00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:27.740
 on the table

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.759
 is good.

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:31.660
 I hope that

00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:32.319
 we can enjoy

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:33.220
 the fattened

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:34.900
 turkey with

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:36.279
 love around

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:36.819
 the table.

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:40.119
 in the

00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:40.519
 parable of

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:40.960
 the prodigal

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.279
 son.

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.899
 Jesus told

00:27:42.899 --> 00:27:43.179
 when the

00:27:43.179 --> 00:27:43.720
 son finally

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.259
 came home

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:44.919
 and repented

00:27:44.919 --> 00:27:45.879
 of what he

00:27:45.879 --> 00:27:46.240
 had done

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.839
 to his

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.220
 father.

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:47.899
 What does

00:27:47.899 --> 00:27:48.259
 the father

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:48.559
 do?

00:27:48.879 --> 00:27:50.000
 He kills

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.639
 the fattened

00:27:50.639 --> 00:27:52.799
 calf and

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.179
 throws a

00:27:53.179 --> 00:27:53.759
 banquet to

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.139
 celebrate.

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:54.639
 So yes,

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.619
 even meat

00:27:55.619 --> 00:27:57.000
 has been

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.500
 given for

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:58.379
 our sustenance

00:27:58.379 --> 00:27:59.179
 and our

00:27:59.179 --> 00:27:59.779
 enjoyment.

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.919
 All of

00:28:02.919 --> 00:28:03.480
 these things,

00:28:03.659 --> 00:28:04.200
 both plants

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:04.899
 and animals,

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.000
 God has

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.359
 made.

00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:07.539
 And all

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:07.859
 of them

00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:08.319
 are good.

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:09.639
 None of

00:28:09.639 --> 00:28:09.899
 them are

00:28:09.899 --> 00:28:10.220
 to be

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:11.939
 rejected if

00:28:11.939 --> 00:28:12.539
 we receive

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:13.139
 them as

00:28:13.139 --> 00:28:13.619
 gifts from

00:28:13.619 --> 00:28:15.179
 God while

00:28:15.179 --> 00:28:15.839
 saying thank

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.720
 you to

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:16.980
 him.

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:20.220
 Finally,

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:20.879
 Paul tacks

00:28:20.879 --> 00:28:21.799
 on one

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.419
 more clause

00:28:22.419 --> 00:28:22.779
 here at

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.200
 the end.

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:25.779
 Nothing's

00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:26.019
 to be

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.720
 rejected if

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:26.960
 it is

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.500
 received with

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.059
 thanksgiving

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.679
 because it

00:28:28.679 --> 00:28:29.519
 is consecrated

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:29.919
 by the

00:28:29.919 --> 00:28:30.259
 word of

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:31.439
 God and

00:28:31.439 --> 00:28:31.759
 prayer.

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.759
 So the

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.220
 foods we

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:36.460
 eat and

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:36.960
 the marriages

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.440
 that we

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:38.220
 enter into

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:39.980
 are consecrated

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:40.380
 by the

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:40.700
 word of

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.500
 God and

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:41.819
 prayer.

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.559
 They're made

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:42.940
 holy.

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:43.400
 They're made

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:44.319
 fit for us.

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.019
 They're

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.759
 specifically

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.860
 designated for

00:28:46.860 --> 00:28:47.559
 our benefit

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:48.140
 and enjoyment

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:48.720
 by two

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.220
 things.

00:28:50.340 --> 00:28:51.100
 By the

00:28:51.100 --> 00:28:51.420
 word of

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:53.299
 God and

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:53.620
 prayer.

00:28:55.140 --> 00:28:55.960
 How do we

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.640
 know that all

00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:56.980
 of these

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:58.100
 things that

00:28:58.100 --> 00:28:58.900
 God has

00:28:58.900 --> 00:28:59.740
 made are

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.039
 good?

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.079
 good?

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:03.799
 It's very

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.180
 simple.

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:06.019
 God said

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.319
 so.

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:09.180
 The word

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:09.619
 of God

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:10.659
 declared it

00:29:10.659 --> 00:29:11.559
 right at the

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:11.879
 beginning.

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:12.379
 He made

00:29:12.379 --> 00:29:12.879
 all of it.

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:13.980
 It is

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.279
 good.

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:14.920
 It is

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:15.220
 good.

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:15.759
 He saw

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.319
 all that

00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:16.700
 he had

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:17.259
 made and

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:17.619
 it was

00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:18.480
 very good.

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.759
 Even

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.440
 again after

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.079
 we had

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:22.639
 sinned and

00:29:22.639 --> 00:29:23.079
 after the

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:23.420
 flood,

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.420
 he declared

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:26.039
 I have

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:26.460
 given you

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:27.159
 these things

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:28.100
 for food.

00:29:28.860 --> 00:29:29.220
 They are

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:29.620
 good for

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:29.960
 you to

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.240
 eat.

00:29:32.320 --> 00:29:32.920
 Sin has

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.519
 affected all

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:34.080
 of creation

00:29:34.080 --> 00:29:34.600
 and all

00:29:34.600 --> 00:29:35.500
 creation groans

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:36.080
 as it says

00:29:36.080 --> 00:29:36.519
 in Romans

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:37.180
 chapter 8.

00:29:37.560 --> 00:29:38.019
 But it

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.900
 doesn't change

00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:39.560
 or erase

00:29:39.560 --> 00:29:40.240
 the inherent

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:42.080
 goodness of

00:29:42.080 --> 00:29:42.779
 everything that

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.240
 God has

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:43.560
 made.

00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:46.240
 So his

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:47.200
 word, his

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:48.860
 declaration over

00:29:48.860 --> 00:29:49.420
 all that he

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:50.019
 has made,

00:29:50.840 --> 00:29:52.060
 his designation

00:29:52.060 --> 00:29:52.759
 of it,

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:54.019
 makes it

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:55.080
 good for

00:29:55.080 --> 00:29:56.060
 us to

00:29:56.060 --> 00:29:56.360
 eat.

00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:59.480
 And

00:29:59.480 --> 00:29:59.820
 finally,

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.860
 prayer also

00:30:00.860 --> 00:30:01.300
 sets it

00:30:01.300 --> 00:30:02.580
 apart for

00:30:02.580 --> 00:30:02.880
 us.

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:03.880
 Here I

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:04.220
 think Paul

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:04.680
 is referring

00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:05.540
 specifically to

00:30:05.540 --> 00:30:06.140
 the prayer of

00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:06.720
 thanksgiving.

00:30:09.080 --> 00:30:09.779
 This is

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.340
 probably the

00:30:10.340 --> 00:30:10.920
 closest thing

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:11.620
 we get in

00:30:11.620 --> 00:30:12.300
 the Bible to

00:30:12.300 --> 00:30:12.940
 an instruction

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:14.320
 to give

00:30:14.320 --> 00:30:14.900
 thanks, to

00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:15.800
 pray before

00:30:15.800 --> 00:30:16.279
 we eat.

00:30:17.560 --> 00:30:18.120
 Jesus

00:30:18.120 --> 00:30:18.940
 modeled that.

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.080
 He gave

00:30:20.080 --> 00:30:20.920
 thanks before

00:30:20.920 --> 00:30:22.100
 he ate.

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:24.240
 And many

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.660
 of us have

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:25.060
 just been

00:30:25.060 --> 00:30:25.660
 doing that

00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:26.120
 because it

00:30:26.120 --> 00:30:26.540
 was handed

00:30:26.540 --> 00:30:26.980
 down.

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:27.980
 as a

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.340
 tradition

00:30:28.340 --> 00:30:29.100
 from people

00:30:29.100 --> 00:30:30.700
 that believed.

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:31.800
 But it's

00:30:31.800 --> 00:30:32.400
 not just a

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:32.720
 custom.

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.680
 It really

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.300
 is our

00:30:35.300 --> 00:30:35.779
 moment

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:38.040
 to sincerely

00:30:38.040 --> 00:30:38.860
 from the

00:30:38.860 --> 00:30:40.019
 heart say

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:41.140
 thank you

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:42.080
 to God

00:30:42.080 --> 00:30:43.440
 for that

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:44.380
 stuff that's

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:44.640
 on the

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:44.960
 table.

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.940
 God

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:51.840
 to

00:30:51.840 --> 00:30:52.400
 to

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:52.460
 begin

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:52.900
 to

00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:53.200
 think

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:53.500
 about.

00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:55.180
 I mean

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:55.480
 we may

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:55.799
 look at

00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:56.120
 the food

00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:56.420
 in our

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:56.799
 fridge

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.019
 or

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.720
 on our

00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:58.019
 table

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.319
 and we

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:58.480
 may

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:58.799
 think

00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.559
 I

00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:00.000
 worked

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.200
 for

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:00.559
 this.

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:04.359
 I went to work

00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:05.639
 I got the money

00:31:05.639 --> 00:31:06.579
 I went to the store

00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:07.579
 I paid for it

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:09.159
 I prepared it

00:31:09.159 --> 00:31:10.480
 or I did all the work

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:11.440
 of planting the seeds

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 putting them into the garden

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:14.119
 watered the plants

00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:15.819
 harvested them

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.740
 cleaned them off

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 but where did you get the strength

00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:22.339
 to do that work?

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:27.019
 was it not from your last meal?

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:30.940
 it's the food

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:32.460
 that gives you the strength

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.420
 to cultivate

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:35.559
 and to work

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:40.639
 and what is most

00:31:40.639 --> 00:31:42.579
 of that nutritious food

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:43.920
 that we enjoy

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:46.460
 that keeps us alive?

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:48.660
 what's it made of?

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:51.440
 not rocks and dirts

00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:53.599
 but plants

00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:54.759
 and living things

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:55.799
 organic matter

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:57.799
 all ultimately created

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.759
 by God himself

00:31:58.759 --> 00:32:01.279
 where did the seed come from

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:02.500
 that you planted in the garden

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:03.919
 and watered

00:32:03.919 --> 00:32:04.579
 and made grow?

00:32:05.899 --> 00:32:07.500
 where did the water come from

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:09.740
 that falls from the sky?

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:12.940
 who filled this earth

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.599
 with plants

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:15.159
 of all varieties

00:32:15.159 --> 00:32:16.000
 that reproduce

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.799
 cucumbers

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.759
 and melons

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:19.200
 and carrots

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:20.639
 lettuce

00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:23.880
 animals

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:25.480
 that give their byproducts

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:26.060
 and their meat

00:32:26.060 --> 00:32:28.680
 take away all the plants

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:29.600
 and animals on earth

00:32:29.600 --> 00:32:30.340
 and we'd be left with

00:32:30.340 --> 00:32:31.100
 nothing for food

00:32:31.100 --> 00:32:32.000
 but sand and dirt

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.660
 and rocks

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:34.080
 think about that

00:32:34.080 --> 00:32:36.720
 how long would we live

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.200
 on that?

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.360
 so I hope

00:32:40.360 --> 00:32:41.080
 and I pray

00:32:41.080 --> 00:32:42.080
 that this Thanksgiving

00:32:42.080 --> 00:32:44.460
 the meal tastes

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:45.320
 even better

00:32:45.320 --> 00:32:46.759
 than it did last year

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.140
 I hope

00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:48.480
 it tastes better

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:50.339
 because we are even more mindful

00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:52.299
 of what the food

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:53.960
 on the table is

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:56.180
 and what it represents

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:58.299
 it represents

00:32:58.299 --> 00:32:59.299
 the God in heaven

00:32:59.299 --> 00:33:01.319
 and his goodness

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:02.559
 his love

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:04.019
 his kindness

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:04.700
 to us

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:06.440
 it represents

00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:07.779
 his happiness

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:09.420
 to provide for us

00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:11.339
 and not only

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:12.200
 the sustenance

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:13.620
 but also

00:33:13.620 --> 00:33:14.220
 the sweetness

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:16.279
 and the savory

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:18.539
 both the dinner

00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:20.100
 and the dessert

00:33:20.100 --> 00:33:22.980
 and so this Thanksgiving

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.799
 as you gather

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:24.740
 with family

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.620
 or friends

00:33:25.620 --> 00:33:27.740
 I want to encourage you

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.900
 to eat

00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:30.579
 and enjoy

00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:33.200
 celebrate

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:36.559
 kill that fattened turkey

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:38.980
 and do it with Thanksgiving

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.620
 to God

00:33:39.619 --> 00:33:42.839
 I want to encourage you

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:43.399
 to go beyond

00:33:43.399 --> 00:33:44.099
 that typical

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:46.079
 mealtime prayer

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:47.279
 of thanks

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:48.419
 take some time

00:33:48.419 --> 00:33:49.259
 with those around you

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:50.159
 today or tomorrow

00:33:50.159 --> 00:33:51.079
 or however you're going

00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:51.579
 to celebrate

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:52.659
 to just

00:33:52.659 --> 00:33:54.239
 stop and give

00:33:54.239 --> 00:33:55.159
 actual thanks

00:33:55.159 --> 00:33:55.659
 to God

00:33:55.659 --> 00:33:57.699
 not just for the meal

00:33:57.699 --> 00:34:00.119
 but for all the things

00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:01.439
 that he has done

00:34:01.439 --> 00:34:03.019
 and given

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:05.359
 countless blessings

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:08.699
 thank him for these gifts

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:09.819
 from the least

00:34:09.819 --> 00:34:10.599
 to the greatest

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:12.559
 this is what

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.139
 the Thanksgiving

00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:14.359
 holiday was meant

00:34:14.359 --> 00:34:15.500
 to be all about

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:18.019
 a day of worship

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:19.699
 a day of prayer

00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:20.619
 a day of feasting

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:20.960
 yes

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.919
 and celebration

00:34:21.919 --> 00:34:23.139
 to give thanks

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:23.599
 to God

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:25.119
 for his goodness

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:25.759
 to us

00:34:25.759 --> 00:34:28.039
 let's pray

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:39.259
 Father in heaven

00:34:39.259 --> 00:34:42.779
 we ask that you

00:34:42.779 --> 00:34:43.279
 would help us

00:34:43.279 --> 00:34:44.699
 to live in this truth

00:34:44.699 --> 00:34:46.159
 and to cling to it

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:48.059
 that you are a God

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:49.019
 who doesn't withhold

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.679
 from us

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:51.079
 but a God

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:52.000
 who is happy

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:53.380
 to give to us

00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:56.820
 and the proof

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:57.140
 of that

00:34:57.140 --> 00:34:57.740
 is most

00:34:57.740 --> 00:34:59.460
 seen in Jesus

00:34:59.460 --> 00:35:01.079
 the greatest gift

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:01.840
 of all

00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:04.039
 and if you would

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.619
 give us him

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:05.320
 would you withhold

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:05.780
 from us

00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:06.599
 the other things

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:07.800
 the other good things

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.500
 no

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:11.200
 we say thank you

00:35:11.200 --> 00:35:12.200
 for Jesus

00:35:12.200 --> 00:35:13.480
 thank you

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:14.340
 for everything

00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:15.400
 that you have given us

00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:16.440
 and may our celebrations

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:18.720
 this weekend

00:35:18.720 --> 00:35:20.059
 reflect

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:21.980
 something of your goodness

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:23.380
 and your grace to us

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:25.300
 we ask in Jesus name

00:35:25.300 --> 00:35:26.559
 Amen