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 Chuck Swindoll tells a modern-day parable about the owner of a company who had to be out of the country for two years.

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 Before he left, he called his leadership team together and gave them these instructions.

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 He said, while I'm gone, you've got to stay on top of things.

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 Every week, I will send you detailed instructions about what I want to be done.

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 That will help you to stay on task and keep everything running smoothly.

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 Well, everyone agreed, thought it was a good idea.

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 So for the next two years, he sent detailed instructions every week outlining what the different members of the leadership team needed to be doing.

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 When he got back from the trip, as he was driving up the driveway to his business,

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 he was shocked at what he saw.

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 On the outside of the building, it looked like the place had been deserted, abandoned.

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 The grass had not been cut.

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 The flower beds were overgrown with weeds.

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 There were even a few windows missing.

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 When he walked into the lobby, the receptionist had her head down on the desk, just asleep.

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 So he just started down the hall.

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 As he made his way down, he heard loud music coming from several different offices.

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 Well, he went into the accountant's office, but no one was there.

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 So he just sat down at the computer, pulled up the financial information, and he couldn't believe what he saw.

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 What had been a successful business that had made a profit every year had not made a profit the two years he had been gone.

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 As he looked more closely at details, he found that he was on the verge of bankruptcy.

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 You can imagine how he felt, what he was going to do.

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 He immediately called his leadership team together and demanded,

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 What have you been doing?

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 Didn't you get my instructions every week?

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 Well, they replied, Oh, yes, we got them.

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 In fact, we got together every Friday morning, and we talked about them.

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 We even printed them out and bound them together in a book.

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 Look, some of us have even memorized a part of your instructions.

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 Well, the owner was just livid, and he demanded, Well, what did you do with my instructions?

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 And they replied, Do?

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 We didn't do anything, but they sure were nice instructions.

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 Now, that's an absurd parable, isn't it?

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 But it does illustrate an important point.

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 In fact, the point I'm going to make today in this message.

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 Sometimes, what I just told you is the way we respond to the instructions that God has already given to us in his word.

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 And James understood that.

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 And he really made the theme of what we call his New Testament letter,

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 Faith Works.

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 Be doers of the word and not hearers only.

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 I want you to turn with me, if you would, to this passage.

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 We're going to look at an extended passage this morning.

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 There will be a few verses on the screen, but it will be very helpful.

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 If you will pull up on your device, your bound copy, however you want to do it.

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 But if you would, open your Bible to James chapter 1.

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 And we're going to look together at verses 29, or rather 19 through 27.

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 While you're turning, let me just remind you.

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 Over the past several weeks, we've been looking at what it means to think biblically about some of today's hot-button issues.

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 Today, we're going to wrap up that series by emphasizing that as important as it is for us to think biblically, that's not enough.

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 We need to put it into practice.

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 We need to live biblically.

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 And that's what James is going to be describing here in the verses that we're going to read.

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 This is one of the best passages that I know of in all of the Bible to help us to understand how important it is,

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 not to just acquire information or knowledge as we read and study the Bible.

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 We've got to do something with what we read and understand from God's Word.

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 We're going to read verses 19 through 27 now.

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 That's the context of what James is saying about being doers of the Word, not hearers only.

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 But we're only going to look at a few of the verses in our actual message on this.

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 Let's read in verse 19.

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 Know this, my beloved brothers, that every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

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 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

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 Therefore, put away all filthiness and the rampant wickedness,

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 and receive with meekness the implanted Word which is able to save your souls.

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 But be doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

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 For if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer,

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 he's like a man who looks intently at his natural face in the mirror.

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 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.

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 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty,

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 and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets, but a doer who acts,

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 he will be blessed in his doing.

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 I want you to note here, God does not reward our acquiring information.

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 God only rewards our faithfulness to do what he's told us to do.

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 And that's what James is pointing out here.

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 Verse 26,

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 If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue,

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 but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.

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 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father is this,

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 to visit orphans and widows in their affliction,

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 and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

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 James is very clear in what he says, isn't he?

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 We've got to be both doers as well as hearers of God's word.

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 And that's really just another way of saying we must both think biblically and live biblically.

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 Let's look at it.

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 We can summarize what James is saying under two statements.

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 The first one, we must be receptive to God's word.

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 We must be receptive to God's word.

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 And James really has a unique way of telling us here to pay attention to what God's saying in his word.

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 Look first.

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 We must be quick to hear.

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 That's what he says.

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 Let every person be quick to hear in verse 19.

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 To be quick to hear means to be quick to pay attention.

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 Have you ever, at some point in the past or today, looked at a child in school, a lot of you teachers,

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 or your own children, and say, did you hear me?

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 Your question was not, did you hear my voice only?

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 Did you hear what I said?

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 Did it register is what you mean?

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 Are you paying attention?

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 James is telling us we need to have an eagerness to hear God's word.

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 And when we do, when we are quick to hear, we're paying attention.

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 We want to hear it.

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 We will let it sink in.

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 We'll think about what we're reading or what we're listening to.

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 Because we want to take it to heart.

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 It's the word of God.

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 It matters to us as children of God.

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 So we've got to be quick to hear.

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 You know, almost everyone in James' audience would have only heard God's word read to them.

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 They would not have had their own copy.

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 The leaders of the church, when they received this letter from James,

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 they would have read it.

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 Really in small house group gatherings.

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 But most of the people in the New Testament times, they heard the word of God.

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 They didn't have the privilege that we do of having their own copy.

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 And so when we read this, be talking about being quick to hear,

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 it applies to us who are reading it ourselves.

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 Listen to God as he speaks through his word.

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 So the first step to thinking biblically is to listen carefully to what God is saying through his word

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 when you hear it read or taught like right now.

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 Or when you read it for yourself.

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 Next he says we must be slow to speak.

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 Let every person be slow to speak.

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 People throughout history have understood the importance of what James says here.

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 An ancient philosopher said we have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

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 The rabbis, Jewish rabbis, said it even better.

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 Men have two ears but one tongue that they should hear more than they speak.

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 The ears are always open, ever ready to receive instruction.

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 But the tongue is surrounded with a double row of teeth to hedge it in and keep it within proper bounds.

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 Think about that.

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 And then the Proverbs actually says it best.

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 Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise.

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 When he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.

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 I think Abraham Lincoln must have got his well-known statement from that verse in Proverbs.

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 Lincoln is known for saying better remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.

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 We need to let these kind of things just sort of sink in.

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 Because in spite of all these warnings, isn't it our natural tendency to do the opposite of what James is saying?

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 We're all too quick to speak, aren't we?

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 And too slow to listen.

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 And when we do this, two things happen.

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 We fail to discover God's way.

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 What God would have us do in a given situation.

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 We fail to discover his truth, his will.

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 And then, because we do that, we speak or act not based on what God tells us is the wise way to go, thing to do.

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 We speak or act based on our own feelings about the situation.

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 Our personal feelings.

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 Or just our past experiences with certain people or certain situations.

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 Or we may just think about what everybody else is saying and be influenced by that.

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 Popular opinions of the secular world.

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 You know, over the past several weeks, we've been looking at, in our series calling Think Biblically or Thinking Biblically,

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 we've been looking at what it means to think biblically about such issues as race.

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 Law enforcement, law and order.

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 We actually talked about the role of government in our lives, in our country.

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 Talked about law enforcement, their responsibility to carry out the law, enforce the law, protect and serve, those kinds of things.

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 We've been looking at, over the past few weeks, socialism.

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 And we spent two weeks on our personal political involvement.

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 Now I want to ask you, are you doing your best to think biblically about those issues?

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 Do you, as a Christian, when you watch the news or hear the news and see all that's going on,

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 are you trying to try to get a hold of it, put your mind around it, and think,

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 what does God's word say about this situation?

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 About what's right and what's wrong?

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 What's good, what's evil?

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 Or, do you form your views, your personal views, based on just how you feel at a given moment?

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 Do you just react to what you see on the news?

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 Or, do you go by your personal experiences with people of a different race?

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 Or your connection to people in law enforcement?

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 Or, do you base your views on what you heard on Fox News?

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 Or CNN?

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 Or some internet conspiracy theory?

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 You know, it's shocking to think about how many Christians think that whatever they read on the internet is right, is true.

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 And believe it.

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 Swallow it.

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 Hook, line, and sinker.

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 When a lot of it just defies reality.

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 Don't get sucked into internet conspiracy theories.

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 The only way we're ever going to learn to really think biblically is to be quick to listen to God.

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 As he speaks through his word.

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 Through his spirit.

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 And a lot of times, in order to be quick to listen like this, we've just got to not speak.

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 Be more concerned about listening, hearing from him.

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 Or doing the study and reading his word than just what we think, what we've experienced, or what somebody is telling us from the outside.

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 James tells us one more thing to be slow about.

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 We must be slow to anger.

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 Let every person be slow to anger.

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 James knew that when we are not quick to listen and slow to speak, we are more likely to say and do things out of anger.

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 Isn't that true?

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 Don't you find that when you don't slow down and stop and think, hold your tongue, you just let yourself go.

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 React.

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 React.

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 Say, first thing comes off, comes out, you know, off the top of your head.

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 Don't you find there's a lot of anger in that?

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 James is probably describing someone who has deep-seated anger issues here.

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 They're an unteachable person.

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 They are quick to speak and slow to listen because they think they know it all.

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 You know, a lot of people don't have time to sit back and think, or they don't need to.

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 Because they think they know it all.

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 You know, generally speaking, this applies the younger you are.

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 When I was a teenager, I had all wisdom than any human being ever needed.

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 I didn't need to listen.

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 I certainly didn't need to listen to my parents.

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 People were older than me because I knew it all.

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 As I began life as a young adult, Lisa and I got married.

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 I still figured.

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 I pretty well got life figured out.

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 When I first began being a pastor, I just knew that I knew more than everybody else in the church.

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 But you know, the longer I've lived, the dumber I've got.

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 I don't know near as much as I used to know.

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 I have found that there's a lot of people in this world who can actually help me understand things.

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 God speaks through His Word, through His Spirit, and through a lot of wise people that He's put in our lives if we will listen.

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 Maturity helps us to better understand what James is talking about here.

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 But going back to the angry person.

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 Angry person doesn't think biblically because they just don't seem to understand their need to listen to God.

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 And as a result, they cannot enjoy a right relationship with God.

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 Look at what he says in verse 20.

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 For the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God, the right way of life before God.

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 And really before other people.

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 If you've got anger issues, you need to deal with it.

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 You need to acknowledge it.

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 You need to confess it as the sin that it is.

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 You may need some help trying to identify the source of your anger.

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 How to get a better handle on it.

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 An angry person does not produce the righteousness of God in relationship with God or in relationship with other people.

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 Now keep in mind, James is writing to Christians.

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 And he's writing to us about the importance of listening to the Word of God.

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 That is a prerequisite to thinking biblically.

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 But it's not enough just to listen.

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 It's not enough to even think biblically.

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 We've got to act according to the truth of God's Word.

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 Let's look at point number two now.

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 We must be obedient to God's Word.

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 Both listening and obeying is commanded.

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 Note verse 22.

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 Be doers of the Word and not hearers only.

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 He is emphasizing hear.

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 Hear.

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 Just don't hear only.

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 Listening to the Word of God is vitally important.

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 We can't obey it if we don't know it.

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 But just listening or just thinking is not sufficient.

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 I want us all to understand that obeying the Word of God is essential.

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 James is making a command here in verse 22 that includes a warning.

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 Look at the rest of it.

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 James is telling us that if you think God is pleased with you just because you've acquired knowledge of the Bible,

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 but you don't do what it says, then you are deceiving yourselves.

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 You know, I know in church on Sunday morning, a lot of people, you've grown up reading the Bible.

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 You know a lot about the Bible.

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 You may have memorized a lot about the Bible.

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 You may read the Bible every day.

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 But what James is talking about, what he is really emphasizing to us this morning is,

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 as important as it is for you to read it, to hear it, to know it,

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 God is most concerned with what you do with what you know.

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 How you act on it.

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 I want to be real clear here.

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 Don't misunderstand and think I'm downplaying the importance of reading or memorizing the Bible.

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 I'm not.

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 Reading and hearing the Bible is vital for our spiritual growth.

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 We should be daily Bible readers.

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 That's not out of style.

00:21:54.799 --> 00:21:56.140
 That's not old-fashioned.

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 That's not what people did when they were young or a generation ago.

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 If we're going to really know God, know how to please Him,

00:22:06.380 --> 00:22:08.200
 be able to live in close fellowship with Him,

00:22:08.860 --> 00:22:15.579
 we've got to read His Word to better understand who He is and how He wants to relate to us.

00:22:16.099 --> 00:22:20.640
 We've got to read His Word to know how to please Him, what does please Him and what does not.

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 We should be regularly hearing the Bible taught,

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 like it is here on Sunday mornings in these worship services.

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 Next week we're going to start back with Sunday school,

00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:34.079
 another opportunity to gather together,

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 smaller groups,

00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:38.500
 hear the Word of God taught,

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 maybe discuss it, talk about it,

00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:42.779
 apply it to one another's lives.

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 Being a student of God's Word

00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:47.299
 is essential

00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:48.519
 to learning

00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:51.039
 to think biblically.

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 But James is warning us,

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 don't deceive yourself into thinking that such Bible reading and Bible study are ends in themselves.

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 Your goal should never be to read through the Bible in a year

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:11.359
 just so you can say to someone,

00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:13.479
 I read through the Bible in a year.

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 Your goal should never be to memorize so many verses a week,

00:23:18.659 --> 00:23:21.079
 even in a one or any other thing.

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 It's great to read through the Bible in a year.

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 It is a tremendous thing for you to memorize God's Word.

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 But our goal should be

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 putting it into practice,

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 doing what God tells us to do,

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 thinking and acting biblically in every area of our lives.

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 You know, God is,

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 God's really not,

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 I don't think He's impressed with us being here this morning.

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 It's easy to be here.

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 You get up,

00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:56.000
 you come,

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 you sit,

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 you listen,

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 hopefully.

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:03.559
 What God is most concerned about is

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:06.700
 what you and I do with what we get here

00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:08.399
 and what we get in our personal Bible reading.

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 See, God's most concerned

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:13.539
 with how you're going to act this afternoon

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 with your family.

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 Next week,

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 as a husband,

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 as a wife,

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 as a parent,

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 as a child,

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 as a student,

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 wherever you go to school,

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 as a teacher,

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 as an employee,

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 as an employer,

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 you know,

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 that's where we find out

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 if we just think biblically

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 or if we're living biblically.

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 It's easy to do what we do here on Sunday.

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 But it's another thing

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 to go back home,

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 especially some homes,

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 or go to certain jobs,

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 be around certain people at school,

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 be around certain friends,

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 and really live like a Christian.

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 That's where God calls us

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:02.059
 to be faithful to Him,

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:03.659
 to look to Him

00:25:03.659 --> 00:25:07.000
 for the strength,

00:25:07.659 --> 00:25:08.599
 the boldness,

00:25:08.939 --> 00:25:09.700
 the wisdom,

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 the love,

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:14.659
 to actually put into practice

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 what we say we believe.

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 I want us to apply

00:25:18.100 --> 00:25:19.240
 what James is saying

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:20.259
 to what we've been studying

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:21.720
 for the past several weeks

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.980
 in this series.

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 Are your views on race,

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:30.940
 on law and order,

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:33.360
 on socialism,

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.980
 political involvement,

00:25:36.620 --> 00:25:37.880
 all the things we've been looking at,

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 are they based on

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:44.400
 what the Bible actually teaches

00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:46.280
 about those issues?

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 I'm going to think that

00:25:49.620 --> 00:25:51.580
 90,

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:54.560
 at least 90% of people in this room,

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:56.960
 you do think about

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:58.520
 at least some of these issues.

00:26:00.340 --> 00:26:01.960
 You have opinions.

00:26:02.600 --> 00:26:03.800
 You have beliefs.

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:06.540
 You may even have convictions.

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:07.379
 Well,

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:10.159
 are your views,

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:11.019
 whatever you call them,

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:13.519
 are they based upon

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:16.059
 what God has taught

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:17.299
 in His Word,

00:26:17.339 --> 00:26:18.119
 what God has revealed

00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:18.599
 in His Word,

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.619
 what we've been looking at

00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:20.740
 over the past several weeks?

00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:25.539
 I want you to think about it.

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:28.480
 Just use as an example,

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:31.599
 if you just deep down

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:32.980
 are a racist,

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:35.799
 you just don't like

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.460
 people

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:38.420
 who don't look like,

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.180
 who don't have the same

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:40.339
 skin color as you.

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:43.259
 I want you to understand

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:44.460
 you are not right

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:45.099
 with God.

00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:48.480
 Because we've seen

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:50.660
 all human beings

00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:51.099
 are created

00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:52.380
 in the image of God.

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.720
 That makes all people

00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:55.079
 of the same worth

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:55.860
 and value

00:26:55.860 --> 00:26:56.740
 and dignity.

00:26:56.880 --> 00:26:57.779
 There is no distinction

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:58.599
 because we're all created

00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:59.299
 in the image of God.

00:26:59.299 --> 00:27:00.980
 All people

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.859
 have descended

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:03.799
 from one set of parents,

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.720
 Adam and Eve.

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.839
 We're all of the same,

00:27:07.899 --> 00:27:08.599
 all human beings

00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:10.240
 are of the same bloodline.

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:12.899
 We're all of the same

00:27:12.899 --> 00:27:14.879
 one human race.

00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:17.780
 And we can't

00:27:17.780 --> 00:27:19.480
 make distinctions

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:21.220
 because

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:22.440
 this person's

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:23.460
 this color

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:24.920
 or maybe they're

00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:25.340
 from a different

00:27:25.340 --> 00:27:26.340
 part of the world

00:27:26.340 --> 00:27:27.980
 or a different region

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.720
 of the country.

00:27:29.600 --> 00:27:30.760
 We can't say

00:27:30.760 --> 00:27:31.660
 that we don't like

00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:32.280
 this person.

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:34.240
 They're less than us

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:36.300
 and be right

00:27:36.300 --> 00:27:36.860
 with God.

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.220
 Now we can say it

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:38.940
 all we want to

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:41.640
 but we cannot say it

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:42.340
 and be right

00:27:42.340 --> 00:27:42.820
 with God.

00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:44.619
 What we need

00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:45.319
 to learn to do

00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:46.740
 some things

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.259
 are easier

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.939
 than others.

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.399
 We need to learn

00:27:49.399 --> 00:27:50.579
 to look at life,

00:27:50.879 --> 00:27:51.879
 all of life

00:27:51.879 --> 00:27:53.500
 through the lens

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.679
 of scripture

00:27:54.679 --> 00:27:56.220
 and let the truth

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:56.919
 of God's word

00:27:56.919 --> 00:27:57.939
 guide our thinking

00:27:57.939 --> 00:27:58.779
 and our living.

00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:00.179
 You know if you have

00:28:00.179 --> 00:28:00.720
 sunglasses

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.519
 that are tinted

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:03.000
 sort of greenish

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:04.960
 you can

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.779
 there's a sort of

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.599
 a greenish tint

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:07.299
 to what you look at.

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:09.599
 Dark, dark blue

00:28:09.599 --> 00:28:10.319
 there's sort of

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:11.139
 a bluish tint

00:28:11.139 --> 00:28:12.639
 or some other color.

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.299
 The lens

00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:15.139
 you look through

00:28:15.139 --> 00:28:17.139
 has an effect

00:28:17.139 --> 00:28:18.259
 on how things

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:19.439
 look to you.

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:20.779
 We need to let

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.259
 the Bible be

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:22.019
 that lens

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:22.439
 through which

00:28:22.439 --> 00:28:22.759
 we look at

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:23.399
 all of life

00:28:23.399 --> 00:28:24.960
 and we look

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.539
 at people

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.899
 and life situations

00:28:26.899 --> 00:28:28.919
 based on what

00:28:28.919 --> 00:28:29.819
 God says

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.679
 is true

00:28:30.679 --> 00:28:31.399
 is right

00:28:31.399 --> 00:28:33.119
 and not just

00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:34.439
 what we think

00:28:34.439 --> 00:28:34.839
 or feel

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.359
 what other people

00:28:35.359 --> 00:28:35.720
 say.

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:37.579
 That is the only

00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:38.399
 way that any

00:28:38.399 --> 00:28:39.240
 of us can

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:40.960
 please God

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.579
 if we're Christians

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:42.259
 our Heavenly

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:42.720
 Father.

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:45.139
 As God's

00:28:45.139 --> 00:28:45.519
 people

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:47.539
 we need to make

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:48.699
 reading and

00:28:48.699 --> 00:28:49.339
 studying the Bible

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:51.159
 one of the top

00:28:51.159 --> 00:28:52.099
 priorities

00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:53.539
 of our life.

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:54.679
 It is essential

00:28:54.679 --> 00:28:55.699
 to our spiritual

00:28:55.699 --> 00:28:56.819
 health.

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.720
 It doesn't matter

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.240
 how long you've

00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.759
 been a Christian.

00:29:01.419 --> 00:29:02.339
 We've got to

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:03.500
 continue to spend

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:04.460
 time with the Lord

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.919
 in prayer

00:29:05.919 --> 00:29:07.139
 in Bible study

00:29:07.139 --> 00:29:08.399
 Bible reading.

00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:09.360
 That's the only

00:29:09.360 --> 00:29:09.840
 way we're going

00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:10.600
 to grow

00:29:10.600 --> 00:29:11.620
 in our

00:29:11.620 --> 00:29:12.740
 knowledge of

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.000
 Him

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:14.019
 our closeness

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.600
 to Him

00:29:14.600 --> 00:29:15.700
 the only way

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:15.900
 we're going

00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:16.200
 to be able

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:16.580
 to really and

00:29:16.580 --> 00:29:17.000
 truly know

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.600
 how to know

00:29:17.600 --> 00:29:18.000
 and do His

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.340
 will.

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.740
 But the reason

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.240
 we make this

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:21.960
 a priority

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:23.780
 is so that we

00:29:23.780 --> 00:29:24.600
 can learn

00:29:24.600 --> 00:29:25.180
 to actually

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:26.519
 think biblically

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.820
 and then with

00:29:27.820 --> 00:29:28.580
 God's help

00:29:28.580 --> 00:29:30.280
 live biblically.

00:29:31.280 --> 00:29:32.160
 What James

00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:32.920
 writes here

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.620
 about being a

00:29:33.620 --> 00:29:34.120
 doer of the

00:29:34.120 --> 00:29:34.460
 Word

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:36.240
 it appears

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.940
 to be based

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.620
 on what

00:29:37.620 --> 00:29:39.059
 Jesus taught

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:40.420
 when He

00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:41.140
 concluded the

00:29:41.140 --> 00:29:41.819
 Sermon on the

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:42.140
 Mount

00:29:42.140 --> 00:29:43.160
 Matthew 5,

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:43.460
 6,

00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:43.900
 and 7.

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:44.779
 I want you

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:45.019
 to look at

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.600
 this great

00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:46.720
 body of

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.259
 teaching how

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:48.579
 Jesus concluded

00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:50.799
 in Matthew 7

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.299
 beginning in

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:51.940
 verse 24.

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:53.340
 Jesus said

00:29:53.340 --> 00:29:54.140
 everyone then

00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:54.680
 who hears

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:55.380
 these words

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:56.059
 of mine

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:57.259
 and does

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.640
 them

00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.779
 will be like

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.620
 a wise man

00:29:59.620 --> 00:30:00.100
 who built

00:30:00.100 --> 00:30:00.700
 his house

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.559
 on the rock

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:02.380
 and the rain

00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:02.940
 fell and the

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.680
 floods came

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:04.620
 and the winds

00:30:04.620 --> 00:30:05.580
 blew and beat

00:30:05.580 --> 00:30:06.440
 on that house

00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:07.960
 but it did

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.740
 not fall

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.960
 because it

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.380
 had been

00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:10.980
 founded

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:12.580
 on the rock

00:30:12.580 --> 00:30:14.400
 and everyone

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:14.920
 who hears

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:15.420
 these words

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:15.779
 of mine

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.380
 and does

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:17.000
 not do

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.380
 them

00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:18.320
 will be like

00:30:18.320 --> 00:30:18.820
 a foolish

00:30:18.820 --> 00:30:19.360
 man who

00:30:19.360 --> 00:30:19.900
 built his

00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:20.380
 house on

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:20.920
 the sand

00:30:20.920 --> 00:30:22.019
 and the rain

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.560
 fell and the

00:30:22.560 --> 00:30:23.220
 floods came

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:23.940
 and the winds

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.680
 blew and beat

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.200
 against the

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:25.759
 house and it

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:27.340
 fell and great

00:30:27.340 --> 00:30:28.660
 was the fall

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:29.120
 of it.

00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:31.080
 What are you

00:30:31.080 --> 00:30:31.519
 building your

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:32.100
 life upon?

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.580
 The words

00:30:34.580 --> 00:30:35.019
 of Jesus

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.600
 the word

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 of God

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 or the

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 words

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 of men?

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 There's really

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 only those

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 two options.

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 If Jesus

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 returned to

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.039
 this world

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.519
 today

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:50.600
 and he

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 asked you

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 what have you

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:54.120
 done with the

00:30:54.120 --> 00:30:54.900
 instructions

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:56.380
 that I have

00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:57.220
 given you

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 in your

00:30:58.580 --> 00:30:59.259
 copy

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 of the Bible

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 how would

00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:03.559
 you respond?

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 Would you

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 have to be

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 honest and

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 say well

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 I've just

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 really not

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 read it.

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 I've just

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 basically

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 ignored it.

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 I want you

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 to know that

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 is not

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.359
 acceptable

00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:22.599
 and if

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 that's you

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 when you

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.679
 see Jesus

00:31:26.679 --> 00:31:28.159
 either at

00:31:28.159 --> 00:31:28.819
 your death

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.139
 or his

00:31:29.139 --> 00:31:29.899
 second coming

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 you will

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 not be

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 acceptable

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 and so I

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.100
 want to ask

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 you to

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 confess that

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 as the

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 sin that

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 it is

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 repent

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 of it

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 change

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 your mind

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 about what

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 you're doing

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 your life

00:31:45.840 --> 00:31:46.460
 is not so

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:46.980
 busy that

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.340
 you cannot

00:31:47.340 --> 00:31:47.759
 read the

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.019
 Bible

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:51.200
 make a

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:51.500
 commitment

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:51.920
 that right

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 now I

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:53.519
 am going

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 to start

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 looking into

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 God's word

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.940
 every day

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.500
 with a prayer

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 Lord teach

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 me help

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 me to

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 think the

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.579
 right way

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 help me to

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 live the

00:32:01.600 --> 00:32:02.140
 right way

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 or would

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 you say

00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:06.259
 to the

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:07.880
 Lord that

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 you had

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 read his

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:09.440
 Bible his

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:11.059
 word you

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.779
 had studied

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 even in

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 detail some

00:32:13.360 --> 00:32:15.279
 things would

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 you tell him

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 that you had

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:17.000
 memorized some

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.720
 of it well if

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.460
 that's true

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:19.200
 that's good

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 but don't

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:21.200
 stop there

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 what the

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:23.059
 Lord is going

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 to be most

00:32:23.860 --> 00:32:24.480
 interested in

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 hearing is your

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.559
 answer to this

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:28.140
 question what

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 did you do

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 with what

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 you read

00:32:32.300 --> 00:32:33.740
 what did

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.280
 you do

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 with my

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:36.080
 instructions

00:32:36.080 --> 00:32:38.280
 bottom line

00:32:38.280 --> 00:32:40.900
 it is good

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:41.440
 for us to

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 think

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:43.160
 biblically

00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:45.140
 but it is

00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:45.759
 vital

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:47.020
 that we

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 also

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 live

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:50.000
 biblically

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 think about

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:52.660
 it

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:53.980
 what are you

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:54.480
 building your

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.020
 life upon

00:32:55.020 --> 00:32:55.580
 what is the

00:32:55.580 --> 00:32:56.180
 foundation

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 and what

00:32:58.120 --> 00:32:58.700
 Jesus said

00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:58.980
 in that

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.539
 passage that

00:32:59.539 --> 00:33:00.039
 we read

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:01.799
 only a

00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:02.480
 life built

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:02.840
 on the

00:33:02.840 --> 00:33:03.279
 truth of

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:03.980
 his word

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:05.360
 is going

00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:05.720
 to be able

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:06.500
 to stand

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 be able to

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:09.840
 stand and

00:33:09.840 --> 00:33:10.340
 weather the

00:33:10.340 --> 00:33:11.000
 storms of

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.480
 life in

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:12.000
 this world

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:15.519
 be a

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:16.680
 hearer

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.620
 studier

00:33:17.620 --> 00:33:18.500
 of God's

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:18.840
 word

00:33:18.840 --> 00:33:20.840
 but make

00:33:20.840 --> 00:33:21.299
 sure you

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.759
 are a

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.400
 doer

00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:23.860
 of what

00:33:23.860 --> 00:33:24.380
 you hear

00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:25.500
 and what

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:25.960
 you study

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:27.100
 let's pray

00:33:27.100 --> 00:33:27.500
 together

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 father

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 father

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.640
 show us

00:33:31.640 --> 00:33:32.020
 now

00:33:32.020 --> 00:33:34.400
 just where

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:35.280
 we stand

00:33:35.280 --> 00:33:40.320
 lord

00:33:40.320 --> 00:33:42.340
 help us

00:33:42.340 --> 00:33:42.820
 to not be

00:33:42.820 --> 00:33:43.240
 content

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:45.180
 with knowledge

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:47.260
 help us

00:33:47.260 --> 00:33:47.720
 to understand

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:48.040
 that just

00:33:48.040 --> 00:33:48.540
 being able

00:33:48.540 --> 00:33:49.200
 to think

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:49.900
 biblically

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:52.660
 is not

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:53.320
 sufficient

00:33:53.320 --> 00:33:56.600
 help us

00:33:56.600 --> 00:33:57.060
 right now

00:33:57.060 --> 00:33:57.720
 father to

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:59.780
 just evaluate

00:33:59.780 --> 00:34:02.800
 just how

00:34:02.800 --> 00:34:03.519
 faithfully we

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:04.100
 are seeking

00:34:04.100 --> 00:34:05.700
 to live

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.200
 according to

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.480
 the truth

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:06.720
 of your

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.120
 word

00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:10.019
 or help

00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:10.539
 us to so

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:11.180
 respond to

00:34:11.180 --> 00:34:11.519
 you this

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:12.079
 morning that

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:15.340
 we leave

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:16.160
 here determined

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:17.559
 with your

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:17.940
 help

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:19.139
 the help

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:19.359
 of the

00:34:19.359 --> 00:34:19.659
 indwelling

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:20.399
 holy spirit

00:34:20.399 --> 00:34:22.379
 to be

00:34:22.379 --> 00:34:23.199
 doers

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:24.619
 of what

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:25.279
 we read

00:34:25.279 --> 00:34:25.779
 what we

00:34:25.779 --> 00:34:26.039
 hear

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.480
 what we

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:26.920
 know

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:29.119
 help us

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:29.420
 not to

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:29.940
 deceive

00:34:29.940 --> 00:34:30.819
 ourselves

00:34:30.819 --> 00:34:33.159
 by thinking

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:34.739
 knowledge

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:35.359
 is enough

00:34:35.359 --> 00:34:38.960
 lord

00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:40.440
 i pray

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:40.719
 that you

00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:41.139
 will work

00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:41.779
 right now

00:34:41.779 --> 00:34:42.319
 to make

00:34:42.319 --> 00:34:42.659
 it clear

00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:43.059
 to everyone

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:43.399
 in this

00:34:43.399 --> 00:34:43.699
 room

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:45.480
 that this

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.019
 message

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:47.480
 is to

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:48.259
 christians

00:34:48.259 --> 00:34:51.980
 men and

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.319
 women and

00:34:52.319 --> 00:34:52.879
 young people

00:34:52.879 --> 00:34:53.519
 who have

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:56.079
 turned from

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:56.599
 their sin

00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:56.839
 and put

00:34:56.839 --> 00:34:57.439
 their trust

00:34:57.439 --> 00:34:58.039
 in jesus

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.399
 and him

00:34:58.399 --> 00:34:58.839
 alone for

00:34:58.839 --> 00:34:59.639
 their salvation

00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:03.799
 father don't

00:35:03.799 --> 00:35:04.239
 let anyone

00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:04.519
 in this

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:04.839
 room

00:35:04.839 --> 00:35:06.159
 misunderstand

00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:07.199
 and think

00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:08.480
 that they

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:09.839
 can earn

00:35:09.839 --> 00:35:11.299
 a right

00:35:11.299 --> 00:35:12.079
 standing with

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:13.179
 you by

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:13.619
 what they

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.039
 do

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:17.179
 but lord

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:18.679
 help us

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:19.460
 to understand

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:20.059
 clearly

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:21.859
 that if

00:35:21.859 --> 00:35:22.460
 we are

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:24.059
 saved by

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:24.940
 your grace

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:26.500
 through faith

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:27.179
 in jesus

00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:28.919
 it will be

00:35:28.919 --> 00:35:29.440
 evident

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:30.960
 by the way

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.319
 that we

00:35:31.319 --> 00:35:31.960
 live

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:32.899
 by the

00:35:32.899 --> 00:35:33.579
 things that

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:34.339
 we do

00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:38.720
 let's

00:35:38.720 --> 00:35:39.059
 just all

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.320
 be

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:40.360
 prayerful

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:40.840
 and listen

00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:41.059
 to the

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.300
 lord

00:35:41.300 --> 00:35:42.700
 and respond

00:35:42.700 --> 00:35:43.120
 to him

00:35:43.120 --> 00:35:43.480
 as he's

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:43.980
 speaking to

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.320
 us during

00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:44.780
 this time

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:45.380
 I

00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:59.540
 to

00:35:59.540 --> 00:36:03.920
 the