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 When you were growing up, did your parents ever tell you to do something and you asked

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 why?

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 And they made that famous statement, because I told you to do it, because I told you so.

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 I'm going to guess the overwhelming majority of us in this room, we heard that numerous

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 times.

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 You do it because I said to do it.

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 Well, have you ever told your child the same thing?

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 Well, I have, and I'm going to guess a lot of you have done the same thing.

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 Let's think about that.

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 On one hand, it is not wrong for parents to say that.

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 As a part of their God-given authority, parents have the right to command obedience of their

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 children.

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 Of course, for appropriate things.

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 God does the same thing with us.

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 God authoritatively commands His people throughout His Word to obey Him.

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 I will give you an example when God gave the Ten Commandments.

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 God spoke, identified who He is, what He had done for those people.

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 And I'm telling you, you shall, and He gave the Ten Commandments.

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 Sometimes, as you read the Bible, God simply commands us, you need to do this.

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 Do not do that.

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 And God can do that.

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 He's God.

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 He has the right, He has the authority as Almighty God and our Creator.

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 But on the other hand, it's not wise for parents to always command their children to obey just

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 because they say so.

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 A better way is for parents to explain why.

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 Why it would be beneficial for the child to obey.

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 Why they are telling the child, commanding or asking the child to do this.

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 And our authority for doing it this way is also God.

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 The Bible reveals that God often, often explains why He commands us to do certain things.

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 The Bible often shows that God gives us incentives for obeying Him.

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 He lays out the benefits for His people to obey Him.

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 And again, let's turn back to the setting of the Ten Commandments.

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 After He gave the Ten Commandments, in Deuteronomy chapter 6 and verse 3, we read this.

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 Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you,

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 and that you may multiply greatly as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you

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 in a land flowing with milk and honey.

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 You see, God's saying you need to obey these commandments that I'm giving you

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 because it'll make life better for you in the place that I have provided for you,

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 this land of milk and honey.

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 God, this is not isolated now.

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 God often says things like that to encourage us, to motivate us to obey Him.

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 And one of the clearest examples of this is Proverbs chapter 3,

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 where we're going to begin looking at this morning.

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 Turn with me if you would, Proverbs chapter 3.

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 This chapter has been referred to as one of the most positive chapters in all the Bible.

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 Here's some of the reasons why, or one of the main reasons why.

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 Throughout these verses, God never says, do this because I say so.

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 No, He repeatedly says, do this because it will help you.

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 And as you read through chapter 3, God provides all kinds of reasons why you should obey me

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 because it'll help you in this way, in that way.

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 It'll make a good, positive difference in your life.

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 As we go through these verses, I want to make it clear.

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 God is not saying, you do this and you'll be right with me,

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 and I'll take you to heaven when you die.

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 Proverbs is not trying to convey a message that we can work our way to heaven

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 or that we can make ourselves acceptable to God.

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 Proverbs is really written to God's people who already have a relationship with Him.

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 And God is instructing us in this book not on how to have a relationship with Him.

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 He's explaining how He wants us, His children, to live wisely

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 because it'll be the best for us.

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 We'll be glad to live His way if we'll do it.

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 Let's look at what He says.

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 Proverbs chapter 3, let's begin in verse 1.

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 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments.

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 For a length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.

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 Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you.

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 Bind them around your neck.

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 Write them on the tablet of your heart

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 so you will find favor and good success

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 in the sight of God and man.

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 Verses 5 and 6 are probably the most well-known verses in this book.

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 Trust in the Lord with all your heart

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 and do not lean on your own understanding.

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 In all your ways acknowledge Him

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 and He will make straight your paths.

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 Be not wise in your own eyes.

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 Fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

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 It will be healing to your flesh

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 and refreshment to your bones.

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 We're going to focus mostly on verses 1 through 4 this morning

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 and come back later on.

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 And next week into verse 5.

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 What I want us to see in these first four verses,

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 especially the first two,

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 living life God's way

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 will result in living life the best way.

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 Living life God's way

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 will result in our living life the best way.

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 Solomon is writing.

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 He's writing from the perspective

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 of a wise, godly father

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 who loves and cares about his son

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 and wants his son to experience the best life possible.

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 When he says here in verse 1,

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 my teaching,

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 my son do not forget my teaching,

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 but let your heart keep my commandments.

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 He's referring

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 to what he has taught,

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 the wise father,

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 because it is based on God's law.

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 So,

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 Solomon is saying here,

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 I want you to listen.

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 As a wise father would say to a son,

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 I want you to listen.

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 I want you to pay attention

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 to what I have been teaching you.

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 I want you to let it sink in.

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 Don't just memorize the words,

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 but let it sink into your heart.

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 Now,

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 let me remind you of something.

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 We saw in chapter 1,

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 verses 2 through 7,

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 and in chapter 2,

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 that the teaching of Proverbs

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 is focused on teaching

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 godly wisdom,

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 godly character,

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 and how to experience right relationships

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 with both God and others.

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 The book of Proverbs

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 is a book of wisdom,

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 but not just any kind of wisdom.

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 The real focus

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 is that we experience

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 and use

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 the wisdom that God gives.

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 And if we will do that,

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 we will develop godly character.

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 And if we will do that,

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 we will have

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 the right kind of relationships

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 with God

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 and with other people.

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 Now,

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 the emphasis of these verses.

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 Son,

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 remember the wise teaching

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 that you have heard

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 as you have grown up.

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 Remember the wise teaching

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 that not only I have taught,

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 but that you have seen.

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 That would be the idea.

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 So I want you to think now.

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 Don't forget the truth

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 that you've been taught

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 throughout your life

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 by wise teachers.

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 Now,

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 I know

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 that everyone in this room,

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 everyone didn't grow up

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 in a Christian home.

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 Everyone was not brought up

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 in a Bible-believing church,

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 but most everyone

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 in this church was.

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 Most everyone,

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 if you look around,

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 the majority of us

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 had a Christian

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 father and mother

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 or at least

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 one parent.

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 The majority of us

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 grew up in this church

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 or a church

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 similar in that

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 it was a

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 Bible-believing church.

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 So,

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 most of us in this room,

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 we have been taught

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 the Word of God

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 in our homes,

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 in our church,

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 and maybe in other settings.

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 So what he says here,

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 don't forget my teaching.

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 He's talking to us

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 and telling us,

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 don't just think about

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 the words that have been spoken.

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 Take it to heart.

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 Think about what you have heard,

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 what you have seen.

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 Let it sink in.

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 He says,

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 let your heart

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 keep my commandments.

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 The idea is,

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 make it your own.

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 Believe it.

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 And if it's true,

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 accept it.

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 Take it to heart.

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 Live it out.

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 That's what he's trying

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 to get across here

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 in verse 1.

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 Now,

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 if you grew up

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 in that Christian home

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 and been involved

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 in a Bible-believing,

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 teaching church,

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 I want you to understand

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 that you have been blessed.

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 You have been favored

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 by God

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 to have been brought up

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 in such an environment.

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 But we need to be careful here.

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 Being exposed,

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 only exposed

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 to the Christian truth,

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 is not enough.

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 If it was just

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 word spoken,

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 if it didn't sink in,

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 if we didn't accept it,

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 if we didn't believe it,

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 I want to ask you,

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 have you taken

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 what you were taught

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 in your home

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 as a child,

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 in your church?

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 Let me pause here.

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 Even if you didn't

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 grow up in a Christian home,

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 by you being here today,

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 I'm going to assume

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 that there's very few

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 who are here

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 for the very first time.

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 If you didn't grow up

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 in a Christian home,

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 you didn't grow up

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 as a child in a church,

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 you probably

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 have been exposed

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 to Christian teaching

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 for a few years at least.

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 In a church,

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 read for yourself,

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 or something along that line.

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 Have you taken

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 what you have been taught?

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 What you have seen

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 in others?

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 And have you decided

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 these are no longer

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 my parents'

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 or my teacher

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 or my pastor's beliefs?

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 These are my beliefs.

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 And have you taken them

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 one step further

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 and said,

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 I not only hold

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 to these teachings,

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 but these teachings

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 now have a hold on me?

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 That's what a conviction is.

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 Have you taken

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 what you were taught

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 as you were growing up

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 at home,

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 at church,

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 and developed

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 not just strong beliefs,

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 but have you developed

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 firm convictions

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 that you're not

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 going to be moved,

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 you're not going

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 to be swayed from?

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 You know,

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 we get our beliefs

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 and our convictions

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 tested in this world

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 all the time.

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 if you're in

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 if you're in

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 elementary school even,

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 especially middle school

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 and high school,

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 you have had people,

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 some of them

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 you would consider friends,

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 some of them

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 are just classmates,

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 some could even

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 be teachers.

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 You have had people

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 that have challenged,

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 that have opposed

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 what you've been taught

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 in your home

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 and at church.

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 And if you've made

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 them your own

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 firm beliefs

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 and strong convictions,

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 you've had people

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 that's tried to

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 persuade you

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 to stop believing

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 that or stop

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 living that way.

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 There's opposition

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 everywhere.

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 People are going

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 to oppose you,

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 they're going to oppose

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 the Christian truth,

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 the biblical truth,

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 because they oppose God

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 and anything related

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 to God.

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 the devil

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 will tempt us

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 to sin

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 throughout our lives

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 by tempting us

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 to disobey

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 what we do know

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 God's word teaches.

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 The devil

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 will work through

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 people,

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 he'll work through

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 situations and

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 circumstances

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 to test us

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 or to tempt us

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 and most of the time

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 the devil's going

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 to try to get us

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 to compromise

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 just a little bit.

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 Not go just

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 180 degree turn

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 but he's going

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 to get us

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 tempted to

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 compromise

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 just a little bit.

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 And when we

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 compromise

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 just a little bit

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 it opens the door

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 to compromising

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 even more.

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 The little compromises

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 sooner or later

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 turn into

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 greater compromises

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 if they're not

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 repented of.

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 If we don't seek

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 God's forgiveness

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 and help

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 in maintaining them.

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 Now,

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 I want you to

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 take a real

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 honest look

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 at yourself

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 right now.

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 I want you

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 to think

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 do I see

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 evidence

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 in my life

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 of how

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 I have

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 compromised

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 the truth

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 of God

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 that I was

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 taught in my

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 home

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 or that I was

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 taught in my

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 church?

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 Things that I

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 really have

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 said I

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 believed.

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 you think

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 about it.

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 How were you

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 what were you

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 taught?

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 I'm talking

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 about biblical

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 truth.

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 I'm not

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 talking about

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 just sayings.

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 You think

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 about the

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 biblical truth

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 you were taught

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 as you grew

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 up.

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 You think

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 about how

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 you have

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 heard and

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 understood

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 and believed

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 the word of

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 God taught

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 in your Sunday

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 school class

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 from me

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 and other

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 preachers.

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 have you

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 compromised

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 any of

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 those

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 beliefs?

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 Have you

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 stopped

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 living

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 that way?

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 Now let me

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 ask you

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 do you

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 think those

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 compromises

00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:50.840
 have made

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 your life

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 better?

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 We're

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 being real

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 honest.

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 are you

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 living

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 according to

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 the truth

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 the wisdom

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 of God

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 that you

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 were taught

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 as you

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 grew up

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 that you

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 said you

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 believed?

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 Have you

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 compromised

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 or have you

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 forsaken

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 some of

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 them?

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 Well

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 have they

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 made your

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 life better?

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 Let me ask

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 you a second

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 question along

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 that same

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 line.

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 Are you

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 proud of

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 how you've

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 changed?

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 Are you

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 proud of

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 the fact

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 that I

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 no longer

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 believe

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 or live

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 the way

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 that my

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 parents

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 taught me

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 to live

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 or my

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 son's

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 school

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 teacher

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 taught me

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 or my

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 pastor

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 taught me

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 I'm

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 proud of

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 the fact

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 that I

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 no longer

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 do

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 or live

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 the kind

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 of life

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 that the

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 Bible

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 says I

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 ought to

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 live?

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 Are you

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 so proud

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 that you

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 would tell

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 your parent

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 or parents

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 that you'd

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 go and tell

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 your son's

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 school teacher

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 pastor

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 or any

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 Christian who

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 has tried

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 to help

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 you?

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 Are you

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 so proud

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 of how

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 you've

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 changed

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 how you've

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 compromised

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 that you'll

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 go and tell

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 those people

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 that you are

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 better off

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 now

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 because you

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 have rejected

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 their teaching

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 which is based

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 on the truth

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 of God's

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 word?

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 now

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 if you

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 would do

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 that

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 so be

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 it

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 it is

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 what it

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 is

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 but my

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 guess is

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 that if

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 you're

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 honest

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 if you'll

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 be honest

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 with yourself

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 and with

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 God

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 you would

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 have to

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 admit that

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 rejecting the

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 biblical

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 wisdom you

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 were taught

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 has not

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 made your

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 life better

00:18:46.259 --> 00:18:49.819
 it's not

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 caused you

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 to experience

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 any real

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 joy

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 contentment

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 satisfaction

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 it's certainly

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 not drawn you

00:19:01.299 --> 00:19:02.299
 closer to God

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 and most likely

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 it's not helped

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 your relationships

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 with other people

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 either

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 and the reason

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 I say that

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 is because

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 God created

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 this world

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 and us

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 in such a way

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 that living

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 life his way

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 is the best

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 way

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 God's the

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 creator

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 God's the

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 master designer

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 of life

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 and he created

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 us to live

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 life his way

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 because that's

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 what works

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 best

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 that's what

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 will give us

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 the most

00:19:36.180 --> 00:19:36.960
 satisfying

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 life

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 and that's

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 what God

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 is actually

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 saying here

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 in verses

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 2

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 and most

00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:43.360
 of the

00:19:43.360 --> 00:19:43.720
 odd

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 numbered

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 verses

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 or the

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 even

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 numbered

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 verses

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 at least

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 down

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 through

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 verse 12

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 we see

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 here in

00:19:51.839 --> 00:19:52.420
 verse 2

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 my son

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 do not

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 forget

00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:55.940
 my teaching

00:19:55.940 --> 00:19:56.200
 but let

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 your heart

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 keep my

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 commandments

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 for length

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 of days

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 and years

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 of life

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 and peace

00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:04.200
 they will

00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:04.799
 add to

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 you

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 verse 2

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 one of the

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 results of

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 being faithful

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 to the

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 truth of

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 God

00:20:13.640 --> 00:20:14.960
 is a

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 long life

00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:18.380
 and peace

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 that's the

00:20:19.019 --> 00:20:19.240
 word

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 shalom

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 here

00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:21.220
 it's talking

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 about having

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 a sense

00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:22.740
 of wholeness

00:20:22.740 --> 00:20:23.259
 a sense

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 of rightness

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 a sense

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 that life

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 is the way

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 it should

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 be

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 life is

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 worthwhile

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 we sense

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 that

00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:34.400
 we experience

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 that

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 now

00:20:36.619 --> 00:20:38.519
 we need

00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:39.179
 to understand

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 that when

00:20:40.879 --> 00:20:41.720
 proverbs

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:43.000
 says something

00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:43.659
 like this

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 it is not

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 a promise

00:20:47.919 --> 00:20:50.819
 God is not

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 making promises

00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:52.939
 that if you live

00:20:52.939 --> 00:20:53.599
 a certain way

00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:54.460
 life will turn out

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 that way

00:20:54.879 --> 00:20:55.599
 in the book

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 of proverbs

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 that's not

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 what Solomon

00:20:58.980 --> 00:20:59.559
 and the other

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 writers intended

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 that's not how

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 God led them

00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:03.340
 that's not the

00:21:03.340 --> 00:21:03.940
 kind of literature

00:21:03.940 --> 00:21:04.920
 that it is

00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:06.480
 proverbs

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:07.000
 are

00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:08.240
 general

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:09.200
 statements

00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:10.260
 about how

00:21:10.260 --> 00:21:10.840
 life

00:21:10.840 --> 00:21:11.580
 usually

00:21:11.580 --> 00:21:12.320
 works

00:21:12.320 --> 00:21:13.880
 proverbs

00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:14.740
 are basically

00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:16.080
 what wise

00:21:16.080 --> 00:21:16.660
 people like

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 Solomon

00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:19.080
 writing under

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 the inspiration

00:21:19.600 --> 00:21:19.940
 of the Holy

00:21:19.940 --> 00:21:20.400
 Spirit

00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:22.080
 observed

00:21:22.080 --> 00:21:24.240
 about life

00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:25.080
 and how it

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 works

00:21:25.760 --> 00:21:27.800
 in most

00:21:27.800 --> 00:21:28.160
 people's

00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:28.560
 lives

00:21:28.560 --> 00:21:30.720
 we can see

00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.240
 how verse

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:31.560
 two

00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:32.460
 usually

00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:33.299
 works

00:21:33.299 --> 00:21:35.059
 the idea

00:21:35.059 --> 00:21:35.419
 of having

00:21:35.419 --> 00:21:35.799
 a long

00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:36.200
 life

00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:36.799
 and peace

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:38.000
 wholeness

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:40.240
 we can see

00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:41.059
 how verse

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:41.579
 two usually

00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:42.119
 works

00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:43.279
 like this

00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:44.619
 a young

00:21:44.619 --> 00:21:45.200
 person who

00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:45.799
 lives according

00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:46.539
 to the truth

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:47.000
 they've been

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:47.539
 taught by their

00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:48.379
 Christian parents

00:21:48.379 --> 00:21:49.700
 by their

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 teachers at

00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:50.960
 church or

00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:51.500
 other Christian

00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:51.980
 teachers

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:53.279
 a young

00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:53.679
 person who

00:21:53.679 --> 00:21:54.119
 lives according

00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:54.500
 to this

00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:55.200
 wisdom

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:56.700
 is more

00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.319
 likely to

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 avoid the

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:58.579
 kinds of

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 things that

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 will lead

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 to an early

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 death

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:02.720
 or just

00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:03.480
 a miserable

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 life

00:22:04.379 --> 00:22:06.700
 let me give

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:07.220
 you a more

00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:08.119
 specific example

00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:09.819
 most Christian

00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.339
 youth have

00:22:10.339 --> 00:22:10.879
 been taught

00:22:10.879 --> 00:22:11.980
 at home

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 and at

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 church

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 the most

00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:15.839
 important thing

00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.319
 for you to do

00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:16.539
 in your

00:22:16.539 --> 00:22:16.920
 relationship

00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:17.359
 with God

00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:17.759
 is seek

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 to know

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 His will

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 and then

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 do it

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 it's so

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 important

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 if you're a

00:22:25.119 --> 00:22:25.420
 Christian

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:26.799
 seek to know

00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.379
 and do

00:22:27.379 --> 00:22:28.200
 God's will

00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:29.119
 in everything

00:22:29.119 --> 00:22:29.500
 that you

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 do

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:31.179
 most

00:22:31.179 --> 00:22:31.439
 young

00:22:31.439 --> 00:22:31.679
 people

00:22:31.679 --> 00:22:32.079
 have heard

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 that

00:22:32.379 --> 00:22:32.939
 heard it

00:22:32.939 --> 00:22:33.159
 from their

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 parents

00:22:33.479 --> 00:22:33.919
 heard it

00:22:33.919 --> 00:22:34.599
 at church

00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:36.219
 most young

00:22:36.219 --> 00:22:36.579
 people have

00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:37.139
 heard things

00:22:37.139 --> 00:22:37.539
 like this

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.359
 don't use

00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:38.959
 drugs and

00:22:38.959 --> 00:22:39.439
 alcohol

00:22:39.439 --> 00:22:41.359
 wait until

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 you get

00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:42.279
 married

00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:43.239
 to have

00:22:43.239 --> 00:22:43.879
 sex

00:22:43.879 --> 00:22:46.479
 honor God

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 by doing

00:22:48.099 --> 00:22:49.459
 your best

00:22:49.459 --> 00:22:51.000
 in school

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.500
 and everything

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:52.000
 you do

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:53.500
 see the ultimate

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:54.459
 purpose of life

00:22:54.459 --> 00:22:55.139
 is to glorify

00:22:55.139 --> 00:22:55.699
 God

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:57.380
 in everything

00:22:57.380 --> 00:22:59.180
 now

00:22:59.180 --> 00:23:00.740
 if a young

00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.440
 man or young

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:02.400
 woman ignores

00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:03.319
 those teachings

00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:05.340
 they will

00:23:05.340 --> 00:23:06.720
 usually experience

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.539
 unwanted

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:08.400
 consequences

00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:11.160
 sometimes

00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:12.380
 they are

00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:13.360
 fatal

00:23:13.360 --> 00:23:17.240
 every one

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:17.519
 of us

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:17.799
 in this

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.039
 room

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:20.660
 we

00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:21.580
 we know

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 someone

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 that may be

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.279
 old

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:23.620
 that may be

00:23:23.620 --> 00:23:24.039
 young

00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:25.980
 who chose

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 to ignore

00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:27.779
 biblical

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:28.420
 wisdom

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 and instead

00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:32.059
 chose a path

00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:32.859
 just the

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 opposite

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:35.599
 they may

00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:36.220
 have got

00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:36.700
 involved in

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.279
 alcohol or

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:37.819
 drugs

00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:39.819
 committed adultery

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.539
 or be involved

00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:41.839
 with pornography

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:43.720
 may just be

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.539
 very greedy

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:45.659
 and materialistic

00:23:45.659 --> 00:23:48.000
 may just be

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:49.119
 just downright

00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:50.339
 dishonest

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:53.339
 and one

00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:53.819
 or several

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:54.159
 of those

00:23:54.159 --> 00:23:54.659
 things

00:23:54.659 --> 00:23:55.279
 as they

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:55.859
 look back

00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:56.259
 now

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:56.839
 they've

00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:57.019
 seen

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.519
 that that's

00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:57.839
 what's

00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.299
 ruined

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:59.699
 their life

00:23:59.699 --> 00:24:02.379
 it's hard

00:24:02.379 --> 00:24:02.879
 to argue

00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:03.480
 against the

00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:03.980
 fact that

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.519
 rejecting

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.240
 biblical

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:05.919
 wisdom

00:24:05.919 --> 00:24:07.959
 it just

00:24:07.959 --> 00:24:08.480
 does not

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:09.259
 add value

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:10.019
 to anyone's

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.480
 life

00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:12.619
 it actually

00:24:12.619 --> 00:24:13.139
 takes away

00:24:13.139 --> 00:24:13.679
 value

00:24:13.679 --> 00:24:16.339
 rejecting

00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:16.839
 biblical

00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:17.279
 wisdom

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:18.000
 rejecting

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.679
 God's

00:24:18.679 --> 00:24:19.179
 way

00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:20.100
 of living

00:24:20.100 --> 00:24:22.680
 has cost

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:23.240
 many a

00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:23.640
 person

00:24:23.640 --> 00:24:24.880
 their job

00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:27.200
 their family

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:29.340
 their reputation

00:24:29.340 --> 00:24:31.860
 just about

00:24:31.860 --> 00:24:32.539
 anything of

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:33.180
 value

00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:35.500
 many people

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.400
 have lost

00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:37.900
 because they

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.560
 refuse

00:24:38.560 --> 00:24:39.620
 to listen

00:24:39.620 --> 00:24:39.980
 to the

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.360
 Lord

00:24:40.360 --> 00:24:42.519
 accept

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.279
 his word

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:43.759
 as this

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.240
 is what's

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:44.620
 right

00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:45.819
 and then

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.199
 seek

00:24:46.199 --> 00:24:46.879
 by God's

00:24:46.879 --> 00:24:47.279
 grace

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:48.219
 to live

00:24:48.219 --> 00:24:48.739
 it out

00:24:48.739 --> 00:24:51.519
 give you a

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.259
 quick example

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:54.019
 go to a

00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:54.419
 high school

00:24:54.419 --> 00:24:54.979
 reunion

00:24:54.979 --> 00:24:56.159
 go to your

00:24:56.159 --> 00:24:56.539
 high school

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.019
 reunion

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:58.759
 especially if

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.099
 you've been out

00:24:59.099 --> 00:24:59.399
 of school

00:24:59.399 --> 00:25:00.199
 20 30

00:25:00.199 --> 00:25:00.679
 40

00:25:00.679 --> 00:25:01.459
 50

00:25:01.459 --> 00:25:02.519
 years

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:04.819
 and just

00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:05.759
 observe

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:08.959
 just look

00:25:08.959 --> 00:25:09.439
 around the

00:25:09.439 --> 00:25:09.719
 room

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:12.440
 and especially

00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:13.120
 if you

00:25:13.120 --> 00:25:13.839
 know a

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.120
 little bit

00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:14.579
 about

00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:15.400
 your fellow

00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:16.140
 classmates

00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:18.319
 you can

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:18.880
 look at

00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:19.360
 them

00:25:19.360 --> 00:25:20.980
 and you

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.480
 can hear

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.680
 just a part

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:23.000
 of their

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.960
 life story

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:25.900
 and you

00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:26.640
 can tell

00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:28.279
 who sought

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:28.799
 to live

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:29.420
 according to

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:30.420
 godly wisdom

00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:31.640
 and who

00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:32.180
 didn't

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:33.900
 you can see

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.700
 it in their

00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:35.700
 appearance

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:37.059
 you can hear

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:37.559
 it in their

00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:38.839
 life stories

00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:42.980
 living life

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.799
 god's way

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:46.220
 it does

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:47.379
 add value

00:25:47.379 --> 00:25:49.919
 it does

00:25:49.919 --> 00:25:50.819
 make life

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:52.639
 worth living

00:25:52.639 --> 00:25:54.679
 it does

00:25:54.679 --> 00:25:55.519
 make life

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.000
 better

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:57.619
 emotionally

00:25:57.619 --> 00:25:58.879
 physically

00:25:58.879 --> 00:25:59.939
 and

00:25:59.939 --> 00:26:01.079
 spiritually

00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:02.259
 look at

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:02.740
 verse 3 and

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.399
 4 quickly

00:26:03.399 --> 00:26:04.480
 let not

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.740
 steadfast love

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:06.599
 and faithfulness

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:07.299
 forsake you

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:07.740
 do you know

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.679
 that steadfast love

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.360
 and faithfulness

00:26:09.360 --> 00:26:10.580
 is the way

00:26:10.580 --> 00:26:12.000
 god chose

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:12.799
 to reveal

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.480
 himself or

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:14.420
 describe himself

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:15.299
 as he revealed

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:15.840
 himself to the

00:26:15.840 --> 00:26:16.100
 people of

00:26:16.100 --> 00:26:16.580
 israel in the

00:26:16.580 --> 00:26:16.799
 book of

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.340
 exodus in

00:26:17.340 --> 00:26:18.080
 chapter 30

00:26:18.080 --> 00:26:20.320
 god says

00:26:20.320 --> 00:26:21.060
 i am a god

00:26:21.060 --> 00:26:21.940
 of steadfast love

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:22.620
 and faithfulness

00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:23.560
 some translations

00:26:23.560 --> 00:26:24.160
 say i'm a god

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:24.799
 of grace

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.580
 and truth

00:26:25.580 --> 00:26:30.000
 let steadfast love

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.759
 and faithfulness

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:32.220
 god's character

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:35.440
 let not

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:36.420
 let it forsake you

00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:37.920
 bind them around

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.519
 your neck

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.200
 write them on

00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:39.700
 the tablet of

00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:40.059
 your heart

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:41.480
 internalize them

00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:42.140
 let it be a part

00:26:42.140 --> 00:26:43.039
 of who you are

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:43.880
 on the outside

00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:45.180
 and on the inside

00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:47.079
 and just look

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:47.559
 at what he says

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:48.579
 so you will find

00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:49.420
 favor and good

00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:50.339
 success in the

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:51.059
 sight of god

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:53.039
 and man

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:57.539
 again

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:59.759
 what verse 2

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:01.399
 and what verse 4

00:27:01.399 --> 00:27:02.039
 says here

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:03.399
 these are not

00:27:03.399 --> 00:27:04.039
 promises

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:05.399
 if you live your

00:27:05.399 --> 00:27:05.899
 life according to

00:27:05.899 --> 00:27:06.519
 the truth of god's

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:06.799
 word

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.859
 you're going to

00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:08.519
 live long

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.799
 you're going to

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.779
 be prosperous

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 you're never going

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.619
 to be sick

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 or anything

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.299
 like that

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 but the fact

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:19.619
 of the matter

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 is

00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:21.759
 you see

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.619
 in your life

00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:23.059
 and people's

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.639
 lives around

00:27:23.639 --> 00:27:24.000
 you

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:25.819
 that people

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:26.419
 who develop

00:27:26.419 --> 00:27:27.139
 wisdom

00:27:27.139 --> 00:27:28.619
 character

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 and right

00:27:31.159 --> 00:27:32.000
 a right relationship

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.480
 with god

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 and other people

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 they most

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.559
 often

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:37.299
 are the ones

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:38.200
 who live longer

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 and better lives

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 and they certainly

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:42.039
 live longer

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:43.000
 and better lives

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.740
 overall

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.399
 than people

00:27:44.399 --> 00:27:45.259
 who live foolish

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:47.319
 the people

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:47.900
 who live

00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:49.559
 and act

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:50.240
 immorally

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:52.279
 and people

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.759
 who have

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.859
 poor relationships

00:27:53.859 --> 00:27:54.839
 with other people

00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:56.920
 you know

00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:57.200
 we're going to

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:57.619
 look at verses

00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:58.839
 5 and 6

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.400
 next time

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 but look

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.700
 quickly here

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:02.500
 in verse 6

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:04.240
 after he says

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.700
 to trust in the

00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:05.039
 Lord with all

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.400
 your heart

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:06.759
 and understanding

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.940
 in all your

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.680
 ways acknowledge

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.279
 him and he

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:09.900
 will make

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.579
 straight

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:12.359
 your paths

00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:13.799
 the book

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.420
 of Proverbs

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:15.059
 is filled

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:16.059
 with that word

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:17.460
 about how

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:18.159
 we live

00:28:18.159 --> 00:28:19.359
 being described

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:19.839
 in terms

00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:21.139
 of the path

00:28:21.139 --> 00:28:22.559
 or the road

00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:24.539
 that we take

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:26.740
 whenever we

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.200
 think about

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:27.799
 the path

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.240
 that leads

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.960
 to right

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:30.059
 and good

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.639
 relationships

00:28:30.639 --> 00:28:31.339
 with god

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:32.220
 or to a right

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.440
 and good

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:32.759
 relationship

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.259
 with god

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:35.000
 we need to

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.539
 always remember

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.419
 that it begins

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:37.759
 with jesus

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:39.860
 jesus is the

00:28:39.860 --> 00:28:40.880
 one who told

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:41.440
 us in john

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:42.300
 14 6

00:28:42.300 --> 00:28:43.840
 i am the way

00:28:43.840 --> 00:28:45.360
 and the truth

00:28:45.360 --> 00:28:46.740
 and the life

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.940
 and no one

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:48.519
 comes to the

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.640
 father except

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:50.840
 through me

00:28:50.840 --> 00:28:52.779
 so i want to

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.220
 ask you this

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:53.759
 morning before we

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.200
 leave

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:56.360
 do you really

00:28:56.360 --> 00:28:57.539
 and truly know

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:59.620
 jesus christ

00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:01.939
 as your savior

00:29:01.939 --> 00:29:02.899
 and lord

00:29:02.899 --> 00:29:04.759
 that's the only

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.439
 way having a

00:29:05.439 --> 00:29:06.059
 relationship with

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:06.239
 him

00:29:06.239 --> 00:29:07.919
 that we really

00:29:07.919 --> 00:29:08.899
 can know god

00:29:08.899 --> 00:29:09.799
 and experience his

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.739
 wisdom and experience

00:29:10.739 --> 00:29:11.639
 his blessing in our

00:29:11.639 --> 00:29:12.000
 life

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:14.859
 if you don't know

00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:15.539
 christ i'm not

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:15.919
 saying if you

00:29:15.919 --> 00:29:16.819
 profess faith or

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.759
 been baptized do

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.419
 you know him

00:29:18.419 --> 00:29:20.099
 have you truly

00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:20.919
 repented of your

00:29:20.919 --> 00:29:22.119
 sins and put your

00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:23.000
 trust in him

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.919
 wholeheartedly and

00:29:23.919 --> 00:29:24.679
 are you following

00:29:24.679 --> 00:29:25.719
 him as the lord of

00:29:25.719 --> 00:29:26.319
 your life

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:28.839
 if you have it

00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:30.259
 and you want to

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:32.179
 start now

00:29:32.179 --> 00:29:34.159
 by turning from

00:29:34.159 --> 00:29:34.779
 your sin and

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:35.939
 repentance and

00:29:35.939 --> 00:29:36.819
 trusting him and

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.539
 calling upon him

00:29:37.539 --> 00:29:38.599
 to save you

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:40.379
 it may be that

00:29:40.379 --> 00:29:41.759
 you are a christian

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.679
 and you started

00:29:42.679 --> 00:29:43.500
 down the right

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.700
 path with him

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:46.659
 but you've strayed

00:29:46.659 --> 00:29:48.859
 the only way that

00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:49.439
 things are ever

00:29:49.439 --> 00:29:49.960
 going to be any

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.799
 different be better

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.179
 is for you to

00:29:51.179 --> 00:29:52.859
 come back humbly

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:53.960
 repentantly

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:55.700
 confessing your sin

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.819
 and renewing your

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:58.500
 commitment to the

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.160
 lord jesus

00:29:59.160 --> 00:30:00.620
 you know the

00:30:00.620 --> 00:30:01.400
 christian christian

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:02.860
 life really is the

00:30:02.860 --> 00:30:04.000
 best life

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:07.120
 and god graciously

00:30:07.120 --> 00:30:08.680
 encourages us

00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:10.019
 in proverbs 3

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:11.920
 to seek him and

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.640
 his wisdom

00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:13.920
 so that we will

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:16.140
 experience life

00:30:16.140 --> 00:30:18.559
 as he intends for

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:18.960
 us

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:21.200
 will you do that

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:23.279
 will you listen to

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:23.799
 the lord this

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:24.080
 morning

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:25.480
 and all these

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:26.399
 incentives that we

00:30:26.399 --> 00:30:27.379
 find in proverbs

00:30:27.379 --> 00:30:29.740
 3 to live a

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:31.659
 life that honors

00:30:31.659 --> 00:30:34.099
 him that obeys

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:36.919
 him that does

00:30:36.919 --> 00:30:38.000
 things his way

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:40.339
 let's pray together

00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:44.099
 father we pray that

00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:45.879
 right now that you

00:30:45.879 --> 00:30:46.819
 will help us to

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:49.899
 honestly look at our

00:30:49.899 --> 00:30:52.199
 own lives and the

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:53.360
 way the path that

00:30:53.360 --> 00:30:53.940
 we're on

00:30:53.940 --> 00:31:00.539
 father just drive

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:01.559
 home this point

00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:03.559
 the living life your

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.880
 way according to the

00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:05.680
 truth of your word

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:06.400
 according to your

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:09.220
 wisdom is the way

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:11.400
 you intend for life

00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:13.120
 to be lived in the

00:31:13.120 --> 00:31:14.380
 most meaningful way

00:31:14.380 --> 00:31:15.799
 in the best way in

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.420
 every way

00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:19.200
 so help us to

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:21.700
 clearly see

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.340
 ourselves

00:31:22.340 --> 00:31:23.980
 help us to

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.519
 understand the

00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:25.640
 truth that you

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:28.100
 have given us

00:31:28.100 --> 00:31:28.640
 this morning through

00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:29.200
 your word

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:31.320
 show us now how to

00:31:31.320 --> 00:31:31.900
 respond

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:34.320
 and in an attitude

00:31:34.320 --> 00:31:35.560
 of prayer you just

00:31:35.560 --> 00:31:36.980
 respond to the lord

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:39.039
 if i could help you

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:40.220
 i would be happy to

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:40.880
 here at the front

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:42.420
 i'll pray for you

00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:43.740
 share with you in any

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:43.980
 way

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:45.180
 would you listen to

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:45.519
 the lord and

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:46.140
 respond to him

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:46.980
 you