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 Now, I want you to take your Bibles and turn in them to Ephesians 5, verse 18.

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 One of the clear advantages of expositional preaching, and how many of you know what I mean by expositional preaching?

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 Wave at me or smile so I can see front and lower teeth.

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 Okay.

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 Okay, there are enough of you that, yeah.

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 Now, probably I'll explain just for a moment.

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 One of the clear advantages of expositional preaching is that the preacher is committed by the work of exposition,

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 or explaining the Word of God, and in doing so in the order in which God has given us His Word,

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 that the preacher is limited from avoiding hard things or from choosing those things that would be His preference.

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 What it means is that God, who has revealed His Word, expects that it be explained to His people for their blessing,

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 for their good.

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 And expositional preaching means that the preacher is responsible to begin where God begins and to work through the text in such a fashion that people at the end of a sermon,

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 or at the end of a series, or at the end of a man's ministry can say,

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 He explained the Word of God.

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 One of the things that I have been a little struck by lately is the number of times I've had people who have visited our fellowship and have made comment to me,

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 your preaching is different.

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 And I would expect that because God uses all kinds of people in the pulpit,

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 that there are certain aspects to which there's a lot of different preaching out there.

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 In that preaching involves the person and the text.

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 But the thing that I found most striking, as I've heard people comment on the difference of preaching here,

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 whether it's Pastor Saul or me or whoever stands in the pulpit,

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 is that the central theme or the activity in which preaching really is engaged in is dealing with the text.

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 And it's the thing.

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 I mean, the Bible is not the launching point for me to kind of go off on some kind of little storyline,

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 but at the end of the day, you should walk away saying,

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 Yeah, we covered these verses, and here's what that means.

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 Now, listen to me.

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 Preaching really is a Spirit-enabled

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 heralding of what God thinks.

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 You got that?

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 It's what God has to say.

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 And one of the difficulties, honestly, of preaching

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 is that it comes wrapped in skin.

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 And there are many days when I go home

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 and I wish that there'd been less skin and more text.

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 I work at that.

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 And I'm very thankful for your prayers regarding that.

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 Because when it's all said and done,

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 the one thing that I want you to remember is,

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 this is what God says.

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 Now,

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 I bring that up because

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 if I were not committed to exposition of the Scriptures,

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 the first half of this

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 verse,

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 where I'd skip,

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 I'd just gloss over it.

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 But I am committed to being faithful to the text.

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 And I'll say that again.

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 I am committed to be faithful to the text.

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 And I've got to tell you,

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 honestly, as I was praying,

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 and I've been praying about this passage

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 for weeks.

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 I study in advance,

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 and I knew we were coming to this,

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 and I remember thinking to myself,

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 there's a high probability

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 that I'm going to make most of you in here irritated.

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 I mean,

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 there are some days that I know I managed to irritate some of you,

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 but I don't often think

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 that I'm going to irritate most of you.

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 And this is probably one of those days

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 where when it's all said and done,

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 there are going to be some of you

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 who wish I'd said something else,

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 and others of you wish that I hadn't said what I did.

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 And so it's like,

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 it's all right.

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 I mean that.

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 I am, who knows,

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 20 years from checkout,

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 and when that happens,

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 I want to hear Jesus say,

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 good job.

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 So let's look at the passage.

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 Ephesians chapter 5, verse 18,

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 it says,

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 and do not get drunk with wine.

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 I am going to preach this morning on drinking.

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 So the first point is this,

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 the Bible on drunkenness,

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 because that's what the text says.

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 Do you see it?

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 Right there it is.

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 Ephesians 5, 18a,

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 that's the way it's actually in my computer

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 so I can find it again.

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 Ephesians 5, 18a,

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 that means the first half of the verse,

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 do not get drunk with wine.

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 I do think it's appropriate for us to remember

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 that when we deal with the Scriptures,

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 we always are instructed to handle the context.

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 And so I want to say up front

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 that this passage is not primarily a proof text

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 for the abstinence of alcoholic consumption.

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 It is actually in the larger frame of things

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 a command to live a Spirit-filled Christian life.

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 And I got to tell you,

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 living a Spirit-filled Christian life

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 is supremely important.

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 It is far more important

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 than I think many people

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 who profess to know Christ today

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 really understand.

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 And so after having called believers

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 to live their lives for the glory of Christ

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 and for the sake of others,

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 Paul now comes to a fundamental

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 and blessed truth of Christian living.

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 We are to live out our faith

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 through the power of the Spirit of God

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 who indwells us.

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 In fact, a central tenet or principle

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 of our salvation

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 is that we're not in our salvation

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 just given another set of rules

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 to work off of.

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 We are brought into personal relationship

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 with the Lord of glory

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 and with the Lord Jesus Christ in particular.

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 And we who have salvation

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 have the indwelling Spirit.

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 I got to tell you,

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 that is a whole lot better

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 than you may think.

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 It's fantastic.

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 Salvation makes us new.

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 And it places us in a divine relationship

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 with the triune God.

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 And Christian living,

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 and I want you to think about this with me,

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 Christian living,

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 is for the glory of God

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 in union with Christ

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 through the enabling of the Spirit.

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 For the glory of God

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 in union with Christ

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 through the enabling of the Spirit.

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 I want you to stop just for a moment

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 and recognize that,

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 listen, the Bible is very, very clear on this,

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 that salvation is something

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 that doesn't happen

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 in the power of the flesh.

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 What I mean by that

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 is that if you are sitting here this morning

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 and you know the Lord Jesus Christ

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 is your personal Savior,

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 it's not like it all happened

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 just because you figured it out.

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 Now, it is true that your mind

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 and your heart were engaged in that,

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 but the Scriptures tell us

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 that prior to our conversion,

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 we were dead in trespasses and sin.

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 And how do the dead come to life?

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 Does anybody know?

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 Dead people come to life

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 only by the power of the Spirit of God.

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 I love,

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 I love Ezekiel

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 and the vision in the valley of dry bones.

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 There's a song that goes with that,

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 you know,

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 and I'm not going to sing it this morning,

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 but, you know,

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 dim bones, dim bones,

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 gonna,

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 it's got a rock to it,

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 so I like that.

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 You know,

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 and here,

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 anyway,

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 let's get back to the text,

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 you know,

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 stay with the Bible,

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 not the other,

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 here,

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 God asked the prophet a question,

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 he says,

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 can these bones live again?

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 What was Ezekiel's answer?

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 If you do the King James,

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 it's thou knowest,

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 O Lord.

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 He's saying,

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 here's what he's saying,

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 it's up to you,

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 right?

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 Salvation is of the Lord.

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 One of the things that we're going to learn

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 as we work our way through the passage

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 is that it's not just salvation that's of the Lord,

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 it's also Christian living.

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 It's also Christian living.

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 You know,

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 as I get older,

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 and that's happening,

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 as I get older,

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 I am reminded more and more often

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 of just how absolutely dependent I am

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 upon the Spirit.

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 And when I don't rely on the Spirit,

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 it's not real pretty.

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 And what Paul is going to do

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 later in the passage

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 is he's going to encourage us,

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 and we're going to deal with that

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 next time,

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 he says,

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 but be filled with the Spirit.

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 So,

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 what we're looking at here

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 in the first part of this verse

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 is a comparison

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 to help us understand something.

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 don't be drunk with wine,

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 but be filled with the Spirit.

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 However,

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 I want to make this clear.

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 God does not intend

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 this little statement,

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 don't be drunk with wine,

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 to be taken merely

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 or exclusively

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 for the sake of comparison.

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 It is instruction as well.

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 Spoken to those who are believers.

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 In the church in Ephesus,

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 and by extension,

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 the Spirit of God

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 intends for this passage

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 to inform the lives

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 of believers today,

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 here,

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 now.

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 And the reason I say that

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 is because

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 Paul chooses

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 to use

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 the imperative

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 when he says,

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 do not be drunk with wine.

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 I do want you to understand

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 that evidently,

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 drunkenness

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 was a problem

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 not only in the city of Ephesus,

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 but it was a challenge

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 in the early church.

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 There are many illustrations of that,

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 and I will not go into all of them,

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 but just a reminder,

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 the fact that he says it

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 implies that it was something

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 that needed to be said.

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 The truth of the matter is

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 is that drunkenness

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 has been a problem

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 since the fall,

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 and it has contributed

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 incredible heartache

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 and suffering

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 on mankind.

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 I am far too well acquainted

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 with the effect

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 of drunkenness

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 on people,

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 and over the years

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 of life,

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 I have seen

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 what alcohol does

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 to families

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 and to individuals,

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 and its absolute,

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 horrible impact

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 on people's

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 well-being.

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 The Bible

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 always speaks

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 of drunkenness

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 as something

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 that's negative.

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 I'm not going to list

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 all the texts

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 for you this morning

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 because we have one

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 right here

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 in verse 18

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 where it says,

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 do not be drunk with,

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 it's an imperative,

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 it's a command,

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 this is not what

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 the believer

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 is to be doing.

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 Now, in case you're

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 wondering,

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 alcohol is a depressant.

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 How many of you

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 realize that?

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 Alcohol is a depressant,

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 and what it depresses

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 from the very moment

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 that it is taken in,

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 it depresses

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 a man's ability

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 to reason

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 and to react.

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 In our culture,

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 that really is not

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 thinking biblically

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 at the moment,

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 and I don't mean that

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 in a negative way,

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 but I'm just saying

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 our culture has

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 all kinds of limitations

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 on the consumption

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 of alcohol.

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 Do you understand that?

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 I mean,

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 there are laws

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 against it

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 for those who are

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 under 21.

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 Should a believer

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 drink at all

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 if they're under 21,

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 and what's the answer?

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 Now, listen to me,

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 because some of you

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 are out here thinking,

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 yeah, right.

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 Romans 13 says

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 that we are to obey

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 those who God

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 has put in authority

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 over us.

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 So, he's the one

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 who has ordained

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 civil law.

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 And so,

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 understand this,

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 the issue of drunkenness,

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 from the very moment

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 you take in alcohol,

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 it begins to depress

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 your ability

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 to think

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 and react appropriately.

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 In fact,

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 as you look at the passage

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 in verse 18,

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 it says,

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 do not get drunk

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 with wine,

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 for that is

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 debauchery

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 or dissipation

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 or excess,

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 depending on

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 your translation.

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 the idea

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 in the Greek

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 is not simply

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 that drunkenness

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 is going to end up

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 in excessive behavior,

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 but it's really

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 talking about the fact

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 that in broad terms,

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 alcohol,

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 what it does

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 is it dulls

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 or desensitizes

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 your ability

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 to think properly

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 and clearly,

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 and the judgments

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 that follow

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 are proportionate.

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 one of the things

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 I was thinking about

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 this week

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 is that I anticipate

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 in a couple weeks

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 or so,

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 well,

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 this is November 17th,

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 so there's a while

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 to go,

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 but about a week

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 or so before

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 Christmas

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 and then right around

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 New Year's Day,

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 there will be

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 a flurry of articles

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 in the papers

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 and on the web

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 about drunken behavior

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 at parties.

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 Do you know

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 why they send those out?

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 Does anybody know?

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 it's because

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 so many people

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 do incredibly stupid things

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 at company parties

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 and some people actually,

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 well,

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 suffice it to say,

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 there are little warnings

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 that you could lose your job

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 if you act like

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 an absolute ignoramus.

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 You know,

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 alcohol,

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 remember what it is?

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 It's a depressant.

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 It depresses your ability

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 to think clearly

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 and so the attitude

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 you've had towards

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 your boss

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 all along.

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 The Christmas party,

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 three sheets to the wind

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 and it's time for you

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 to tell the truth.

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 Okay?

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 The Bible condemns

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 drunkenness.

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 The Bible clearly

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 prohibits it.

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 And you look at a number

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 of different passages

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 in relationship to it

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 and recognize

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 the Bible has no support

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 at all

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 for a believer

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 ever being drunk.

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 By the way,

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 question,

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 just so that you are

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 aware of this.

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 I did some research

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 just to kind of check

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 and I think,

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 Greg,

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 you can help me with this,

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 Officer Bernard.

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 I think you have to blow

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 .08 alcohol

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 to be drunk.

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 Is that the case?

00:17:06.019 --> 00:17:06.319
 Okay.

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 That's when you're

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 over the line.

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 I don't know

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 by personal experience,

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 but I understand

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 that it depends

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 on body weight

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 and anywhere

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 between two

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 and three beers

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 or two

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 or three little shots

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 and you're over the line.

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 And when you're

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 over the line

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 and you're caught

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 driving in that state,

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 that state referring,

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 not the state of Ohio,

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 but in that condition,

00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:31.619
 guess what the consequences are?

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 I don't want to ask you

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 to tell me from experience,

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 but I can tell you this,

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 that it doesn't go well

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 with you.

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 Our culture

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 is concerned.

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 But let's come

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 to a second question.

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 The Bible's

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 against drunkenness.

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 Let's talk about

00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:50.220
 the Bible on drinking.

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 Let me start

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 with a statement

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 and then support it

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 with the Scripture.

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 The Bible does not

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 condemn all drinking.

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 The Bible does not

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 condemn all drinking.

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 And I have no doubt

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 that hearing me say that

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 may irritate some of you

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 and cause others of you

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 to say,

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 see, I told you so.

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 You know,

00:18:16.579 --> 00:18:17.859
 Moody Bible Institute

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 this year

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 decided that it would

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 take a different stance

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 than it had historically

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 on the matter of

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 the drinking of

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 its staff members

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 and those who were

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 above the age,

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 et cetera.

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 And it caused

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 quite a flurry.

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 And I seldom

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 make comments

00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:38.039
 on Facebook

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 and I didn't make

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 any comments

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 in this case.

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 I'm not here

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 this morning

00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:44.859
 to talk about

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 Moody Bible Institute.

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 I do want you

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 to understand

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 that their premise

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 that it is not

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 something that's

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 prohibited in the Bible

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 is accurate.

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 There's undeniable

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 proof

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 that believers

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 drank alcohol

00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:01.299
 in the Old Testament

00:19:01.299 --> 00:19:02.299
 and the New Testament

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 and I cannot

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 support the

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 principle of

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 complete abstinence

00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:07.920
 from the text

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 itself.

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 There was wine

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 that was drunk

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 and I want you

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 to understand

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 that I have

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 heard the arguments

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 that the wine

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 that was drunk

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 was so watered

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 down that it

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 really would take

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 you drinking

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 several gallons

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 for you to become

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 inebriated.

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 I don't buy

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 that argument

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 and I'll tell

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 you why.

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 When Noah

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 got drunk

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 in Genesis

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 chapter 9

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 verse 21

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 it uses

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 the Hebrew

00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:37.599
 word

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 yayin

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 and it's

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 the same

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 word that

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 is used

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 over

00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:43.160
 in Leviticus

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 chapter 10

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 verse 9.

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 I want you

00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:45.079
 to look at

00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:45.460
 this one.

00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:46.759
 You're in

00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:47.460
 Ephesians

00:19:47.460 --> 00:19:48.339
 but turn back

00:19:48.339 --> 00:19:49.759
 to Leviticus

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 chapter 10

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 verse 9.

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 I think

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 the

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 by the way

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 you go

00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:56.000
 G-E-L-N-D

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 how many

00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:56.440
 of you

00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:56.700
 heard me?

00:19:56.859 --> 00:19:58.359
 G-E-L-N-D

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 Genesis

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 Exodus

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 Leviticus

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 Numbers

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 Deuteronomy.

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 Okay I just

00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:08.480
 wanted to coach

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 you there a

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 little bit

00:20:09.099 --> 00:20:09.359
 and I got

00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:09.799
 mixed up.

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 Anyway

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 Leviticus

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 chapter 9

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 this is God

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 giving

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 imperatives

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 or commands

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 explicitly

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 to the

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 priests.

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 10

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 verse 9

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 drink no

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 wine or

00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:31.039
 strong drink

00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:31.660
 you or

00:20:31.660 --> 00:20:32.279
 your sons

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 with you.

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 What's the

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 next word?

00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:35.359
 Put your

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 finger on it.

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 Put your

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 finger on it.

00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:38.720
 Drink no

00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:39.259
 wine or

00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:40.019
 strong drink

00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:40.500
 you or

00:20:40.500 --> 00:20:41.000
 your sons

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.440
 with you.

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 What's the

00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:42.240
 next word?

00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:43.920
 What is it?

00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:45.279
 When

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 you go

00:20:46.660 --> 00:20:47.039
 into the

00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:47.420
 tent of

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 meeting

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 lest you

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 die.

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 It shall

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 be a

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 statute

00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:51.000
 forever

00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:51.660
 throughout

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 your

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 generation.

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 Let me

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 give you

00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:53.579
 a comparison

00:20:53.579 --> 00:20:54.000
 so you

00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:54.339
 understand

00:20:54.339 --> 00:20:54.779
 this.

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 I read

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 this week

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 that

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 FBI

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:01.299
 agents are

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 not allowed

00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:02.299
 to take

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 a single

00:21:02.859 --> 00:21:03.359
 drink

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 10 hours

00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:05.980
 before they

00:21:05.980 --> 00:21:06.299
 go on

00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:06.539
 duty.

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:09.740
 Do you

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.259
 have an

00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:10.680
 idea why

00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:10.980
 they would

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.400
 say something

00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:11.819
 like that?

00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:14.960
 I would

00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.539
 imagine it

00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:15.980
 has something

00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:16.420
 to do with

00:21:16.420 --> 00:21:17.099
 blood chemistry

00:21:17.099 --> 00:21:19.099
 and the

00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:19.719
 fact that

00:21:19.719 --> 00:21:21.219
 your blood

00:21:21.219 --> 00:21:22.379
 purges itself

00:21:22.379 --> 00:21:22.699
 or your

00:21:22.699 --> 00:21:23.179
 body kind

00:21:23.179 --> 00:21:23.579
 of purges

00:21:23.579 --> 00:21:23.899
 out the

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 alcoholic

00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:24.899
 effect over

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 a certain

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 amount of

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 time.

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 So anyway,

00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:27.639
 any of you

00:21:27.639 --> 00:21:27.939
 here that

00:21:27.939 --> 00:21:28.359
 are FBI

00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:28.799
 agents,

00:21:28.939 --> 00:21:29.240
 you're 10

00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:30.039
 hours before

00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:30.500
 you can

00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:31.500
 step onto

00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:32.019
 the clock.

00:21:32.959 --> 00:21:33.439
 Abstinence.

00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:35.480
 The priest,

00:21:36.439 --> 00:21:37.099
 when he was

00:21:37.099 --> 00:21:37.679
 going in to

00:21:37.679 --> 00:21:38.059
 do his

00:21:38.059 --> 00:21:38.879
 priestly duty,

00:21:39.359 --> 00:21:40.039
 the imperative,

00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:40.779
 the command

00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.500
 of God was

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.399
 don't you be

00:21:42.399 --> 00:21:43.019
 touching that

00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:43.819
 stuff at

00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:45.399
 all when

00:21:45.399 --> 00:21:45.879
 you go on

00:21:45.879 --> 00:21:46.099
 duty.

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 Do you

00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:46.900
 follow that?

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.180
 Does that

00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:47.619
 make sense?

00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:49.180
 Nod your

00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:49.619
 head if you

00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:50.079
 can see it

00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:50.259
 in the

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:50.519
 Bible.

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.160
 I'm not

00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:51.599
 asking you

00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:51.779
 if you

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.099
 agree,

00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:52.720
 I'm just

00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:53.180
 asking you

00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:53.460
 can you

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:53.720
 see it

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:53.900
 in the

00:21:53.900 --> 00:21:54.180
 Bible?

00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:55.680
 Okay.

00:21:58.400 --> 00:21:58.799
 Well,

00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:00.500
 it was the

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.119
 same word,

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 it is the

00:22:01.660 --> 00:22:02.200
 same word

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:03.180
 that is used

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 to refer to

00:22:03.819 --> 00:22:04.619
 the Nazarite

00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:04.960
 vows.

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:05.380
 How many

00:22:05.380 --> 00:22:05.579
 of you

00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:05.920
 here are

00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.980
 familiar with

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.440
 the vows

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:08.380
 that Nazarites

00:22:08.380 --> 00:22:08.720
 took?

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:09.660
 Nazarite

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:09.980
 vow,

00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:10.700
 among those

00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:11.759
 different

00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.420
 particulars,

00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:12.859
 was that

00:22:12.859 --> 00:22:13.599
 you didn't

00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:14.200
 touch

00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:15.279
 wine,

00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:16.600
 or anything

00:22:16.600 --> 00:22:17.380
 that was

00:22:17.380 --> 00:22:18.059
 made from

00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:18.640
 grapes,

00:22:19.080 --> 00:22:19.580
 including

00:22:19.580 --> 00:22:20.460
 raisins.

00:22:23.140 --> 00:22:23.880
 Can you

00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:24.559
 imagine oatmeal

00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:25.400
 without raisins?

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:28.019
 If you're a

00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:28.600
 Nazarite,

00:22:29.080 --> 00:22:30.080
 no raisins.

00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:31.120
 Okay,

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:31.440
 now,

00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:33.940
 turn in your

00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:34.240
 Bible,

00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:35.240
 you don't need

00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:35.559
 to go to

00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:35.900
 Numbers

00:22:35.900 --> 00:22:36.259
 passage,

00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:36.680
 but I want

00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:37.059
 you to go

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.440
 to the

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:37.860
 Amos

00:22:37.860 --> 00:22:38.380
 text,

00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:39.660
 Amos

00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:40.440
 chapter 2.

00:22:42.260 --> 00:22:42.740
 Amos,

00:22:44.140 --> 00:22:44.860
 Obadiah,

00:22:45.900 --> 00:22:46.440
 you know

00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:46.660
 how it

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:46.880
 goes,

00:22:47.020 --> 00:22:47.200
 right?

00:22:53.840 --> 00:22:54.580
 It's nice

00:22:54.580 --> 00:22:55.040
 to have

00:22:55.040 --> 00:22:55.780
 Joel and

00:22:55.780 --> 00:22:56.480
 Andrea here,

00:22:56.600 --> 00:22:57.220
 and Joel

00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:57.780
 comes right

00:22:57.780 --> 00:22:58.480
 before Amos.

00:23:02.360 --> 00:23:02.820
 Amos

00:23:02.820 --> 00:23:03.620
 chapter 2,

00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:04.380
 verse 12.

00:23:04.520 --> 00:23:05.020
 Here is what

00:23:05.020 --> 00:23:05.720
 was going on

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.260
 in the nation

00:23:06.260 --> 00:23:06.720
 of Israel.

00:23:06.820 --> 00:23:07.020
 Listen,

00:23:07.120 --> 00:23:07.340
 this is

00:23:07.340 --> 00:23:08.000
 interesting.

00:23:09.100 --> 00:23:09.940
 The Israelites

00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:10.880
 didn't like

00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:11.340
 the fact

00:23:11.340 --> 00:23:11.680
 that the

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:12.420
 Nazarites

00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:14.860
 were keeping

00:23:14.860 --> 00:23:15.320
 to their

00:23:15.320 --> 00:23:16.000
 vows and

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.680
 were abstaining

00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:19.080
 from wine,

00:23:19.520 --> 00:23:20.460
 and so the

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:20.960
 Israelites,

00:23:21.260 --> 00:23:21.820
 any time a

00:23:21.820 --> 00:23:22.420
 Nazarite would

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:22.900
 come walking

00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:23.320
 around and

00:23:23.320 --> 00:23:23.440
 say,

00:23:23.520 --> 00:23:23.780
 hey,

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:25.040
 we want

00:23:25.040 --> 00:23:25.300
 you to

00:23:25.300 --> 00:23:25.580
 drink.

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:25.920
 No,

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:26.080
 no,

00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:26.420
 I'm a

00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:26.900
 Nazarite.

00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:28.440
 Big deal.

00:23:29.280 --> 00:23:29.920
 And they

00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:30.480
 would force

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.260
 the Nazarites

00:23:31.260 --> 00:23:31.680
 to drink.

00:23:31.780 --> 00:23:32.080
 What would

00:23:32.080 --> 00:23:32.460
 they ask

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.100
 the Nazarites

00:23:33.100 --> 00:23:33.480
 to drink?

00:23:33.580 --> 00:23:33.740
 Guess

00:23:33.740 --> 00:23:34.020
 what?

00:23:34.260 --> 00:23:34.660
 Wine.

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.560
 Verse 12,

00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:38.179
 But you

00:23:38.179 --> 00:23:38.700
 made the

00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:39.299
 Nazarites

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:39.980
 drink wine

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.539
 and commanded

00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:41.099
 the prophets

00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:41.460
 saying,

00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:42.059
 you shall not

00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:42.599
 prophesy.

00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:44.000
 The Nazarites

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:44.359
 were being

00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:45.879
 forced to

00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:46.700
 violate their

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:47.480
 oath of

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:48.319
 abstinence.

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:49.559
 Now,

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.359
 look at another

00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:51.399
 passage in Amos.

00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:55.139
 Amos chapter 9,

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:56.299
 verse 14.

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:57.859
 And what

00:23:57.859 --> 00:23:58.960
 chapter 9 is

00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.599
 really talking

00:23:59.599 --> 00:23:59.919
 about,

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.680
 first is the

00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:02.059
 destruction of

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:02.700
 the nation of

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.019
 Israel,

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:04.039
 and then it's

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.659
 talking about

00:24:04.659 --> 00:24:05.460
 the restoration

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:06.700
 that is going

00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:07.059
 to come.

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:08.059
 God is going

00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:08.500
 to bless

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.220
 these people

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:10.000
 after he

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.779
 gives them

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.980
 a very firm

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:13.500
 hand in

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:13.960
 discipline.

00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:15.960
 And there in

00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:16.819
 verse 14 it

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:17.079
 says,

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:18.200
 I will restore

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:18.960
 the fortunes

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.659
 of my people

00:24:19.659 --> 00:24:20.079
 Israel,

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:21.099
 and they shall

00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:21.740
 rebuild the

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.339
 ruined cities

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:22.879
 and inhabit

00:24:22.879 --> 00:24:23.200
 them.

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:23.919
 They shall

00:24:23.919 --> 00:24:24.819
 plant vineyards

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.599
 and drink

00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:27.119
 their wine.

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:29.079
 Same word

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:30.539
 that we found

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:32.240
 previously in

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:32.899
 reference to

00:24:32.899 --> 00:24:33.679
 Nazarites being

00:24:33.679 --> 00:24:34.899
 forced to

00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:35.159
 drink.

00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:38.099
 It is evident

00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:38.879
 that John the

00:24:38.879 --> 00:24:39.740
 Baptist in the

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.299
 New Testament

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:41.279
 took a

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:42.240
 Nazarite vow,

00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:42.799
 and the reason

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:43.519
 we know that,

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.959
 if you are there

00:24:44.959 --> 00:24:45.619
 in Amos,

00:24:45.699 --> 00:24:46.399
 you go forward

00:24:46.399 --> 00:24:47.039
 to the book

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.519
 of Luke,

00:24:48.419 --> 00:24:49.099
 and in Luke

00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:49.980
 chapter 1,

00:24:50.719 --> 00:24:51.539
 we read a very

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:52.539
 interesting statement.

00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:57.240
 Luke chapter

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:57.639
 1,

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.839
 verse 15,

00:24:59.519 --> 00:24:59.899
 it says,

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.459
 For he will be

00:25:00.459 --> 00:25:01.199
 great before the

00:25:01.199 --> 00:25:01.399
 Lord,

00:25:01.459 --> 00:25:02.279
 and he must not

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:03.179
 drink wine or

00:25:03.179 --> 00:25:03.959
 strong drink,

00:25:04.179 --> 00:25:04.939
 and he will be

00:25:04.939 --> 00:25:05.539
 filled with the

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.379
 Spirit even from

00:25:06.379 --> 00:25:07.000
 his mother's

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.319
 womb.

00:25:08.159 --> 00:25:08.679
 Talk about

00:25:08.679 --> 00:25:09.159
 Jesus.

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:10.139
 I'm talking about

00:25:10.139 --> 00:25:10.480
 John the

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:10.779
 Baptist.

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.319
 On the other

00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:12.779
 side of it,

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:13.719
 we understand that

00:25:13.719 --> 00:25:14.839
 when Jesus came

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:15.559
 to the wedding

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:17.059
 feast at Cana,

00:25:18.219 --> 00:25:18.539
 do you know

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:19.000
 what he did?

00:25:20.199 --> 00:25:21.139
 He turned

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:22.320
 ordinary

00:25:22.320 --> 00:25:24.680
 agua purificada

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.840
 into

00:25:25.840 --> 00:25:26.620
 oinos.

00:25:27.300 --> 00:25:27.960
 Let me do that

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:28.320
 in English.

00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:29.100
 He turned

00:25:29.100 --> 00:25:30.560
 water into

00:25:30.560 --> 00:25:31.440
 wine.

00:25:32.620 --> 00:25:32.860
 Okay?

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:35.560
 It is clear

00:25:35.560 --> 00:25:36.100
 that if a

00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:37.140
 Nazarite vow

00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:38.620
 was to complete

00:25:38.620 --> 00:25:39.480
 abstinence,

00:25:40.020 --> 00:25:41.980
 that the same

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.820
 stipulation,

00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:43.360
 I want you to

00:25:43.360 --> 00:25:44.000
 understand this

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.580
 and follow and

00:25:44.580 --> 00:25:45.180
 track with me,

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:45.940
 it would have

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.920
 been very easy

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.700
 for the Holy

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.500
 Spirit to be

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.720
 just as clear

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:51.120
 saying,

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:52.380
 y'all,

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:53.860
 you all,

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:55.319
 all of you,

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:56.980
 if you are a

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.360
 believer,

00:25:57.600 --> 00:25:58.579
 are not to

00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:59.799
 drink wine,

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.240
 period,

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.480
 just like a

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:01.880
 Nazarite.

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.519
 My point is,

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.680
 God could have

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:04.960
 made it undeniably

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.839
 clear regarding

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:06.640
 this subject.

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:07.600
 Okay?

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:08.839
 So now,

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:10.039
 let's come to

00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:11.259
 the last point.

00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:13.220
 Let's do a

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.579
 little bit of

00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:14.180
 review here,

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:14.920
 and I trust

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.319
 that you'll

00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:16.000
 bear with me

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:17.880
 if I go over

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:18.900
 a couple minutes

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.040
 things.

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.960
 First point is,

00:26:22.300 --> 00:26:23.200
 drunkenness is

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.500
 what?

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.480
 Prohibited.

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.440
 God doesn't

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:28.580
 want believers

00:26:28.580 --> 00:26:29.759
 to be drunk

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.720
 with wine.

00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.400
 Ever.

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:35.960
 Drinking,

00:26:36.320 --> 00:26:37.519
 we're not

00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:38.019
 talking about

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.820
 being inebriated,

00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:39.180
 we're not

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:39.580
 talking about

00:26:39.580 --> 00:26:39.940
 being under

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.540
 the influence,

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.440
 drinking is

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:41.900
 not prohibited

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:42.420
 in Scripture.

00:26:42.560 --> 00:26:42.900
 Let's talk

00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:43.519
 about the Bible

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.360
 now on

00:26:44.360 --> 00:26:45.140
 Christian living.

00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:47.900
 Scripture

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:48.900
 clearly prohibits

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.700
 drunkenness,

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:50.680
 Scripture does

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:51.420
 not prohibit

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:52.720
 all drinking,

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:54.040
 but that brings

00:26:54.040 --> 00:26:54.660
 us back to

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:55.120
 set our

00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:56.180
 question in

00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:56.800
 the larger

00:26:56.800 --> 00:26:58.240
 context of

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.700
 Paul's

00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:59.480
 instruction to

00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:00.500
 the Ephesian

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.160
 church.

00:27:02.100 --> 00:27:02.380
 And so,

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.000
 go back in

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.400
 your Bible,

00:27:03.520 --> 00:27:04.040
 if you will,

00:27:04.280 --> 00:27:04.780
 and we're

00:27:04.780 --> 00:27:05.440
 going to keep

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.560
 referencing this

00:27:06.560 --> 00:27:07.440
 to instruct

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 or inform

00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:09.180
 our thinking.

00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:10.060
 Okay,

00:27:10.080 --> 00:27:10.640
 let me read

00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:11.220
 for you

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:12.020
 Ephesians

00:27:12.020 --> 00:27:12.960
 chapter 5,

00:27:13.080 --> 00:27:13.600
 beginning there

00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:14.480
 in verse 15

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.519
 and through

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 to verse 17,

00:27:16.439 --> 00:27:17.059
 it says this,

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 Look carefully

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:19.279
 then how you

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.679
 walk,

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.699
 not as unwise

00:27:20.699 --> 00:27:21.759
 but as wise,

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.419
 making the

00:27:23.419 --> 00:27:24.599
 best use

00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:25.879
 of the time

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 because the

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:28.000
 days are evil.

00:27:29.699 --> 00:27:30.119
 Therefore,

00:27:30.339 --> 00:27:30.959
 do not be

00:27:30.959 --> 00:27:31.319
 foolish,

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.219
 but understand

00:27:32.219 --> 00:27:33.139
 what the will

00:27:33.139 --> 00:27:33.759
 of the Lord

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.379
 is.

00:27:35.939 --> 00:27:37.079
 Being wise

00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:38.159
 and making

00:27:38.159 --> 00:27:38.939
 the most

00:27:38.939 --> 00:27:40.719
 of our

00:27:40.719 --> 00:27:41.899
 brief time

00:27:41.899 --> 00:27:42.539
 in this

00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:43.139
 darkened

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:43.600
 world

00:27:43.600 --> 00:27:44.580
 calls for

00:27:44.580 --> 00:27:44.940
 us to

00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:45.200
 think

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:45.840
 carefully

00:27:45.840 --> 00:27:46.540
 about

00:27:46.540 --> 00:27:46.940
 several

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.540
 things.

00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:49.320
 For one,

00:27:49.780 --> 00:27:50.320
 what is

00:27:50.320 --> 00:27:50.900
 God's will

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:51.580
 for wise

00:27:51.580 --> 00:27:52.220
 living in

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.900
 this dark

00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:53.259
 world?

00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:54.940
 It says

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 be wise,

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 well,

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 what does

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:56.720
 that mean?

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 Immediately

00:27:59.060 --> 00:28:00.100
 following that

00:28:00.100 --> 00:28:00.540
 statement,

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.460
 Paul makes

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:01.980
 this strong

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:02.500
 statement,

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 and I

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.900
 would broaden

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.940
 the context

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.759
 to encourage

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.520
 you to realize

00:28:07.520 --> 00:28:07.860
 this,

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.640
 that my

00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:09.920
 liberty as a

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.300
 believer

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:11.519
 is not a

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.899
 cause for

00:28:12.899 --> 00:28:13.599
 others to

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:14.019
 stumble.

00:28:14.639 --> 00:28:15.039
 Look in

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.539
 your Bible

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:16.519
 at Romans

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:17.460
 chapter 14

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:18.399
 verse 13

00:28:18.399 --> 00:28:19.180
 through 23.

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 Go back a

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:20.539
 little bit

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.259
 to Romans

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:22.440
 chapter 14

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 verse 13

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 through 23.

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 3.

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 Therefore,

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:32.720
 let us not

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:33.500
 pass judgment

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.019
 on one

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:35.159
 another any

00:28:35.159 --> 00:28:35.680
 longer,

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.579
 but rather

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:37.819
 decide never

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:38.539
 to put a

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:39.460
 stumbling block

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:40.460
 or hindrance

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:41.099
 in the way

00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:41.460
 of a

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:41.759
 brother.

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:41.839
 other.

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:44.759
 I have a

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.519
 responsibility

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:47.539
 as a

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:48.420
 believer to

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:49.180
 other believers

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:50.079
 in particular

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:51.220
 that I am

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:52.180
 not to cause

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:53.039
 them to stumble

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.599
 in any

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:53.900
 manner,

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:54.400
 fashion,

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:55.519
 or form.

00:28:57.619 --> 00:28:57.920
 Now,

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:59.660
 you may be

00:28:59.660 --> 00:29:00.480
 surprised at

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:00.759
 this,

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:01.180
 but there

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:03.079
 are far

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:03.519
 more than

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.140
 you think

00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:05.039
 in our

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:05.460
 fellowship

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:05.940
 that at

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.400
 one time

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:06.859
 or another

00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:07.940
 have struggled

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:09.180
 very seriously

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:09.680
 with the

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.460
 matter of

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:10.879
 alcohol.

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:14.759
 Would it

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.240
 be right

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:15.779
 for me

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:17.420
 to engage

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:17.940
 in doing

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.660
 something that

00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:19.220
 would harm

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:19.680
 them and

00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:20.299
 cause them

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:20.859
 to stumble?

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.299
 And what's

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:21.759
 the answer

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.660
 from this

00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:23.180
 passage?

00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:24.500
 Help me

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:24.700
 out.

00:29:24.879 --> 00:29:25.220
 What's the

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.660
 answer from

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:26.160
 this passage?

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.740
 No.

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:29.099
 No.

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.500
 Do I have

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:31.940
 a right of

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.140
 saying,

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:32.299
 well,

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:32.740
 that's their

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.200
 problem?

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.420
 No.

00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:39.240
 I do want

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.440
 you to

00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:39.920
 understand

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.519
 that

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:42.099
 that I

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.819
 think it's

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.660
 not merely

00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:44.720
 or only

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.559
 the matter

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:45.920
 of my

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:46.680
 effect upon

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:47.500
 my fellow

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.279
 believer that

00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:49.339
 struggles with

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:50.539
 the consumption

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:51.119
 of alcohol,

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.559
 but it's

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.720
 also my

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:53.940
 effect on

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.859
 unbelievers

00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:55.660
 that know

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:56.759
 of my walk

00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.420
 and life

00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:58.160
 and pay

00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:58.779
 attention to

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.400
 my testimony.

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.500
 I've got to

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:01.799
 tell you

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.139
 something.

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:04.000
 I've lived

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.480
 long enough

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:05.059
 where I live

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.539
 that everybody

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.059
 in my

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.379
 neighborhood

00:30:06.379 --> 00:30:06.900
 knows that

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:07.359
 I'm a

00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:07.980
 Baptist

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.880
 pastor.

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:12.099
 I was

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:13.160
 incognito

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:13.579
 for the

00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:14.299
 first six

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:14.599
 or eight

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:15.019
 months.

00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:18.059
 And during

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:18.599
 that time,

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.079
 I worked

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:19.380
 very,

00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:19.940
 very hard

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.360
 to be

00:30:20.360 --> 00:30:20.599
 the

00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:20.980
 neighbor

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:23.120
 exceptional.

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:23.839
 You know,

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:24.079
 I mean,

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:25.460
 people needed

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:26.039
 their lawns

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.160
 raised,

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:26.539
 I helped

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:26.640
 them.

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.380
 People needed

00:30:27.380 --> 00:30:27.839
 to snowball

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:28.259
 or run,

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:28.700
 I helped

00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:28.839
 them.

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:29.779
 And it

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.279
 was after

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.680
 the fact

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:30.940
 that they

00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:31.460
 discovered

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:31.819
 this

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:32.599
 exceptionally

00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:34.079
 friendly and

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.799
 helpful guy

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:35.579
 was actually

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.179
 a Baptist

00:30:36.179 --> 00:30:36.899
 pastor.

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:43.359
 And I

00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:43.619
 got to

00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:44.059
 tell you,

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:44.480
 my

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:44.759
 neighborhood

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.099
 is probably

00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:45.379
 a lot

00:30:45.379 --> 00:30:45.759
 like your

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:46.119
 neighborhood

00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:47.000
 in that

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.559
 the people,

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:49.119
 we have a

00:30:49.119 --> 00:30:49.939
 really interesting

00:30:49.939 --> 00:30:51.699
 mix of the

00:30:51.699 --> 00:30:52.220
 dark world

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:52.799
 that we live

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.039
 in,

00:30:53.179 --> 00:30:53.480
 okay?

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.259
 I remember

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.839
 when my

00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:57.980
 neighbor a

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.460
 couple weeks

00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:59.579
 ago came

00:30:59.579 --> 00:31:00.119
 home from

00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:00.879
 a football

00:31:00.879 --> 00:31:01.460
 game and

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:02.199
 he was so

00:31:02.199 --> 00:31:02.879
 drunk that

00:31:02.879 --> 00:31:03.220
 he couldn't

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:03.619
 get out of

00:31:03.619 --> 00:31:04.019
 his car.

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:07.379
 I actually

00:31:07.379 --> 00:31:07.960
 remember two

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.659
 weeks prior to

00:31:08.659 --> 00:31:09.119
 that where

00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:10.220
 he told me,

00:31:10.379 --> 00:31:10.579
 yeah,

00:31:10.699 --> 00:31:11.099
 we're getting

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.480
 married.

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:13.199
 You know why

00:31:13.199 --> 00:31:13.659
 he was laughing?

00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:14.279
 Because they'd

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:14.559
 been living

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.179
 together for a

00:31:15.179 --> 00:31:15.359
 year.

00:31:15.919 --> 00:31:16.079
 I mean,

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:16.419
 it was like

00:31:16.419 --> 00:31:16.779
 he was a

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:17.240
 little embarrassed.

00:31:17.439 --> 00:31:17.799
 Remember,

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:18.199
 I'm a Baptist

00:31:18.199 --> 00:31:18.599
 pastor.

00:31:18.939 --> 00:31:19.339
 He was a

00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:19.819
 little embarrassed

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:20.399
 to tell me

00:31:20.399 --> 00:31:22.279
 that we're

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.720
 finally going

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:22.939
 to get

00:31:22.939 --> 00:31:24.480
 married.

00:31:29.679 --> 00:31:30.199
 And I

00:31:30.199 --> 00:31:30.539
 have been

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:30.939
 over to

00:31:30.939 --> 00:31:31.439
 their homes

00:31:31.439 --> 00:31:31.720
 and,

00:31:32.199 --> 00:31:32.460
 you know,

00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:33.319
 the courtesy

00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:33.879
 is to say,

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.059
 well,

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:34.199
 here,

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:34.699
 have one.

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:36.859
 Oh,

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.859
 you're a

00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:38.139
 pastor.

00:31:39.419 --> 00:31:40.019
 Sorry.

00:31:40.919 --> 00:31:41.559
 It's not like

00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:41.879
 I went,

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:42.619
 no.

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.839
 EpiPen.

00:31:50.439 --> 00:31:50.659
 You know.

00:31:55.379 --> 00:31:56.279
 Listen to me.

00:31:59.279 --> 00:32:01.220
 They assume.

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:03.919
 They assume.

00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:06.800
 This is what I

00:32:06.800 --> 00:32:07.180
 ought to do

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:07.680
 because I

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.640
 profess that

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.580
 Jesus is my

00:32:09.580 --> 00:32:10.019
 Lord.

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.840
 I've never

00:32:11.840 --> 00:32:13.060
 once heard

00:32:13.060 --> 00:32:14.380
 from anybody's

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:14.720
 lips

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:17.000
 that you have

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.880
 harmed the

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:18.600
 testimony of

00:32:18.600 --> 00:32:19.779
 Christ by your

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:21.279
 unwillingness to

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:21.940
 imbibe.

00:32:23.340 --> 00:32:23.900
 Never.

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:25.920
 And folks,

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:27.080
 I worked for

00:32:27.080 --> 00:32:28.360
 three years in

00:32:28.360 --> 00:32:29.180
 the armpit of

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:31.300
 the world in

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:31.799
 international

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.299
 harvester.

00:32:39.919 --> 00:32:40.359
 Well,

00:32:40.639 --> 00:32:41.759
 I am

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.259
 sensitive,

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:44.779
 and when I

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.240
 think about

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:46.680
 what Bible

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:47.779
 encourages me

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.379
 to think about

00:32:48.379 --> 00:32:49.059
 in relationship

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:49.619
 to Christian

00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:49.940
 living,

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:51.119
 I think it's

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:51.720
 appropriate for

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:52.419
 me to recognize

00:32:52.419 --> 00:32:52.980
 that I have to

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.460
 be sensitive

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:54.159
 to the

00:32:54.159 --> 00:32:54.740
 community he

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.319
 put me in.

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:58.939
 several

00:32:58.939 --> 00:32:59.899
 illustrations of

00:32:59.899 --> 00:33:00.119
 that.

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.839
 One would be

00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:02.139
 in the passage

00:33:02.139 --> 00:33:02.740
 in Jeremiah

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.819
 chapter 35

00:33:03.819 --> 00:33:04.679
 verse 1

00:33:04.679 --> 00:33:05.299
 through 14.

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:05.879
 How many of

00:33:05.879 --> 00:33:06.500
 you are familiar

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:07.339
 with the

00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:08.019
 Rachabites?

00:33:08.899 --> 00:33:09.559
 Wave your hand

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:10.439
 at me if you

00:33:10.439 --> 00:33:11.359
 are Rachabite

00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:12.059
 identifiers.

00:33:13.659 --> 00:33:14.399
 The Rachabites,

00:33:14.419 --> 00:33:14.740
 I'm going to

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.500
 tell the story.

00:33:19.139 --> 00:33:19.700
 Jeremiah,

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:20.759
 and by the way,

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:21.980
 he did not have

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:23.940
 a very enthusiastic

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.759
 or he didn't

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.519
 have the kind

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:26.120
 of pastoral

00:33:26.120 --> 00:33:27.200
 ministry that

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:27.940
 anybody would

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.360
 want.

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:28.660
 Do you know

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:29.140
 what it was?

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:29.980
 He was going

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.640
 around telling

00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:31.559
 people that

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:32.480
 God was tired

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:33.180
 of their sin

00:33:33.180 --> 00:33:33.880
 and he was

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.339
 going to give

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:35.259
 them a lick

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.599
 and they

00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:36.360
 wouldn't forget.

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:37.880
 He was called

00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:38.400
 the weeping

00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:38.860
 prophet.

00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:40.779
 Anyway,

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:43.059
 God tells

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.920
 Jeremiah,

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.079
 bring in the

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:45.720
 Rachabites.

00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:46.640
 This is a

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:47.819
 tribe or a

00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:49.259
 clan of one

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:50.319
 of the tribes

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:50.940
 of Israel,

00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:52.240
 and their

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:52.799
 father.

00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:53.240
 Now listen

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.640
 to this

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:54.680
 because we

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.660
 have young

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:56.320
 people today

00:33:56.320 --> 00:33:56.960
 who have

00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:58.140
 problems following

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:59.080
 their parents'

00:33:59.279 --> 00:34:00.680
 instructions after

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:01.420
 they're 18.

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:06.519
 When I'm out

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:07.120
 of the house,

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.159
 I'm doing

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:08.740
 what I want.

00:34:09.740 --> 00:34:10.119
 Hear that?

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:12.179
 The Rachabites

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:13.940
 had their,

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:15.240
 I don't know,

00:34:15.860 --> 00:34:16.579
 their great,

00:34:16.700 --> 00:34:16.960
 great,

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:17.360
 great,

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:18.079
 just add

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:18.599
 greats on

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.240
 top of that

00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:19.959
 because it

00:34:19.959 --> 00:34:20.779
 was 240

00:34:20.779 --> 00:34:22.159
 years prior

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:23.119
 to the day

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:24.159
 that Jeremiah

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:25.059
 calls the

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.619
 Rachabites

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:26.299
 into a room

00:34:26.299 --> 00:34:26.819
 and he

00:34:26.819 --> 00:34:27.199
 asks them

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:27.579
 to sit

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.319
 down and

00:34:28.319 --> 00:34:28.639
 then he

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:29.139
 walks out

00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:29.359
 and he

00:34:29.359 --> 00:34:29.799
 puts little

00:34:29.799 --> 00:34:30.379
 jars of

00:34:30.379 --> 00:34:30.919
 wine in

00:34:30.919 --> 00:34:31.219
 front of

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:31.339
 them.

00:34:31.439 --> 00:34:31.819
 Wine.

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.559
 Oinos.

00:34:34.259 --> 00:34:34.819
 Yayin.

00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:35.539
 Clunk,

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:35.879
 clunk,

00:34:35.979 --> 00:34:36.139
 clunk.

00:34:36.419 --> 00:34:37.059
 And this

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:37.459
 is the

00:34:37.459 --> 00:34:37.899
 prophet,

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:40.019
 the pastor,

00:34:41.219 --> 00:34:41.939
 says,

00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:42.819
 drink it.

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:45.059
 And they

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.320
 said,

00:34:45.600 --> 00:34:46.220
 no.

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:49.100
 Our

00:34:49.100 --> 00:34:49.740
 father,

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:50.860
 Rachab,

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:51.340
 told us

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:51.780
 not to

00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:52.300
 do this

00:34:52.300 --> 00:34:53.400
 and we're

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:53.740
 not.

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:57.500
 240

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:58.880
 years,

00:34:59.160 --> 00:34:59.400
 this

00:34:59.400 --> 00:35:00.080
 particular

00:35:00.080 --> 00:35:00.620
 group,

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.480
 community,

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:02.500
 family,

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:04.360
 followed

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:04.720
 their

00:35:04.720 --> 00:35:05.539
 father's

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:06.780
 mandate.

00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:12.120
 The reason

00:35:12.120 --> 00:35:12.420
 I bring

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:12.760
 that to

00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:13.060
 you is

00:35:13.060 --> 00:35:13.400
 that we

00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:13.920
 find in

00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:14.160
 scripture,

00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:14.519
 remember,

00:35:15.540 --> 00:35:15.940
 were there

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.560
 other people

00:35:16.560 --> 00:35:17.220
 in Israel

00:35:17.220 --> 00:35:17.660
 at this

00:35:17.660 --> 00:35:18.100
 time that

00:35:18.100 --> 00:35:18.720
 drank wine

00:35:18.720 --> 00:35:19.060
 and did

00:35:19.060 --> 00:35:19.700
 not receive

00:35:19.700 --> 00:35:20.780
 God's

00:35:20.780 --> 00:35:21.620
 thunderous

00:35:21.620 --> 00:35:23.800
 curse?

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:24.060
 No.

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:24.940
 They could

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.240
 do it.

00:35:26.700 --> 00:35:27.060
 Jeremiah

00:35:27.060 --> 00:35:27.860
 says,

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:28.040
 hey,

00:35:28.080 --> 00:35:28.360
 you guys

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:28.880
 drink this.

00:35:29.120 --> 00:35:29.400
 They said,

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:29.560
 no,

00:35:29.580 --> 00:35:29.660
 no,

00:35:29.680 --> 00:35:29.820
 no.

00:35:30.700 --> 00:35:31.100
 Our

00:35:31.100 --> 00:35:31.920
 great,

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.140
 great,

00:35:32.200 --> 00:35:32.380
 great,

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:32.640
 great,

00:35:32.720 --> 00:35:32.980
 whatever,

00:35:33.220 --> 00:35:33.680
 grandfather

00:35:33.680 --> 00:35:34.040
 said,

00:35:34.100 --> 00:35:34.440
 don't do

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:34.620
 it and

00:35:34.620 --> 00:35:34.760
 we're

00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:35.100
 not.

00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:37.160
 Here's

00:35:37.160 --> 00:35:37.540
 what God

00:35:37.540 --> 00:35:37.840
 said.

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.800
 You guys

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:40.019
 are an

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.480
 illustration

00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:41.320
 of a

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:41.920
 people that

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.480
 are willing

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:44.060
 to submit.

00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:46.560
 And by

00:35:46.560 --> 00:35:46.800
 the way,

00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:47.200
 when all

00:35:47.200 --> 00:35:47.600
 the rest

00:35:47.600 --> 00:35:47.860
 of the

00:35:47.860 --> 00:35:48.320
 people in

00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:48.820
 Israel are

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:49.600
 being butchered

00:35:49.600 --> 00:35:50.400
 and mistreated,

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:51.480
 you guys

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:51.900
 are going

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:53.460
 to miraculously

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:54.820
 survive and

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:55.260
 there will

00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:56.519
 never lack

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:57.300
 for a man

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:57.960
 to stand

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.400
 in my

00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:58.980
 presence

00:35:58.980 --> 00:36:00.019
 from this

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.700
 small group

00:36:00.700 --> 00:36:01.120
 of people.

00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:04.380
 Let's

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:04.560
 look at

00:36:04.560 --> 00:36:04.860
 another

00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:05.920
 point,

00:36:06.120 --> 00:36:06.540
 passage.

00:36:06.780 --> 00:36:07.600
 Acts chapter

00:36:07.600 --> 00:36:07.960
 15.

00:36:08.120 --> 00:36:08.420
 And here's

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:08.840
 the point

00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:09.160
 that I'm

00:36:09.160 --> 00:36:09.400
 making,

00:36:09.740 --> 00:36:10.320
 is that we

00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:10.800
 find in

00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:11.820
 Scripture that

00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:12.820
 while wine

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:13.580
 was generally

00:36:13.580 --> 00:36:14.140
 something was

00:36:14.140 --> 00:36:14.640
 accepted,

00:36:16.100 --> 00:36:16.400
 there are

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:17.240
 illustrations of

00:36:17.240 --> 00:36:18.160
 communities that

00:36:18.160 --> 00:36:19.440
 chose to not

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:20.400
 engage in it,

00:36:20.560 --> 00:36:21.160
 and we

00:36:21.160 --> 00:36:21.980
 understand that

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:22.780
 there are

00:36:22.780 --> 00:36:23.320
 times,

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:24.060
 we find in

00:36:24.060 --> 00:36:24.320
 Scripture,

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:25.120
 where communities

00:36:25.120 --> 00:36:26.480
 chose to not

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:27.100
 do certain

00:36:27.100 --> 00:36:27.780
 things so that

00:36:27.780 --> 00:36:28.300
 they didn't

00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:29.660
 compromise the

00:36:29.660 --> 00:36:30.840
 effectiveness of

00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:31.460
 their testimony.

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:33.519
 Let's look

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:33.880
 now,

00:36:34.040 --> 00:36:34.880
 if we would,

00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:35.660
 at Acts chapter

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:36.319
 15.

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.759
 Acts chapter

00:36:38.759 --> 00:36:39.219
 15,

00:36:39.299 --> 00:36:39.960
 verse 20.

00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:42.839
 Now,

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:44.379
 this is the

00:36:44.379 --> 00:36:45.239
 church in

00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:45.899
 Jerusalem.

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:47.679
 I'm getting

00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:48.119
 hot,

00:36:48.299 --> 00:36:49.619
 so bear

00:36:49.619 --> 00:36:50.000
 with me.

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.679
 The church

00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:52.219
 in Jerusalem

00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:52.719
 was meeting

00:36:52.719 --> 00:36:53.539
 to discuss

00:36:53.539 --> 00:36:54.199
 the matter

00:36:54.199 --> 00:36:56.039
 of Gentiles

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:56.679
 being brought

00:36:56.679 --> 00:36:57.079
 into the

00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:57.319
 church.

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:57.799
 And by the

00:36:57.799 --> 00:36:58.079
 way,

00:36:58.239 --> 00:36:58.639
 the Jews

00:36:58.639 --> 00:36:59.179
 wanted the

00:36:59.179 --> 00:37:00.239
 Gentiles to

00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:01.019
 keep all

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:01.619
 of the Old

00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:02.399
 Testament law,

00:37:02.839 --> 00:37:03.559
 circumcision,

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:03.980
 the whole

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:04.599
 nine yards,

00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:05.539
 Sabbath worship,

00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:05.920
 etc.

00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:07.239
 And they

00:37:07.239 --> 00:37:07.440
 said,

00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:07.639
 no.

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:09.239
 But we

00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:09.599
 are going

00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:10.159
 to ask you

00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:10.420
 to do

00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:10.980
 four things.

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.320
 Look at

00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:11.739
 the verse

00:37:11.739 --> 00:37:12.559
 in verse

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:12.960
 20.

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:14.699
 We should

00:37:14.699 --> 00:37:15.139
 write to

00:37:15.139 --> 00:37:15.579
 them to

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:16.239
 abstain from

00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:16.619
 the things

00:37:16.619 --> 00:37:17.279
 polluted by

00:37:17.279 --> 00:37:17.579
 idols,

00:37:17.699 --> 00:37:18.219
 from sexual

00:37:18.219 --> 00:37:18.820
 immorality,

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:19.699
 and from the

00:37:19.699 --> 00:37:20.139
 thing that has

00:37:20.139 --> 00:37:20.759
 been strangled,

00:37:20.820 --> 00:37:21.079
 and from

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:21.420
 blood.

00:37:21.699 --> 00:37:22.400
 Of that

00:37:22.400 --> 00:37:22.900
 list,

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:24.159
 three of

00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:24.699
 the four

00:37:24.699 --> 00:37:26.259
 are then

00:37:26.259 --> 00:37:26.759
 reversed.

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:28.599
 And we

00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:29.039
 know that

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.619
 they're reversed

00:37:29.619 --> 00:37:30.679
 because in

00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:31.400
 1 Corinthians,

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:32.039
 let me double

00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:32.480
 check my

00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:32.800
 text,

00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:34.460
 in 1 Corinthians

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:35.779
 8,

00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:38.480
 remember that

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:39.320
 lengthy discussion

00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:39.900
 about the

00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:40.340
 matter of

00:37:40.340 --> 00:37:40.860
 meat offered

00:37:40.860 --> 00:37:41.300
 to idols?

00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:43.900
 Paul says,

00:37:43.980 --> 00:37:44.119
 hey,

00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:45.219
 you can go

00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:45.579
 for it.

00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:47.199
 Here,

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:48.440
 it says,

00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:49.320
 three of the

00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:50.000
 four things

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.300
 that are on

00:37:50.300 --> 00:37:50.820
 that four

00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:52.000
 list,

00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:52.500
 that list of

00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:52.940
 four things,

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:54.139
 are really

00:37:54.139 --> 00:37:55.380
 reflective of

00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:55.900
 the fact that

00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:56.279
 the early

00:37:56.279 --> 00:37:56.840
 church had

00:37:56.840 --> 00:37:57.460
 its genesis,

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:57.800
 or its

00:37:57.800 --> 00:37:58.420
 starting point,

00:37:58.759 --> 00:37:59.259
 in the

00:37:59.259 --> 00:38:00.099
 Jewish community,

00:38:00.219 --> 00:38:00.619
 and in the

00:38:00.619 --> 00:38:01.500
 Jewish community,

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:02.420
 these things

00:38:02.420 --> 00:38:02.860
 were just

00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:03.340
 too much

00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:03.840
 to stomach.

00:38:05.159 --> 00:38:05.659
 And so,

00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:06.340
 the early

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:07.099
 church says,

00:38:07.300 --> 00:38:08.159
 you Gentiles,

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.420
 don't be

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:09.880
 involved in

00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:10.420
 immorality,

00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:10.880
 that's a

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:11.579
 permanent

00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:12.019
 no-no.

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:12.679
 But the

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:13.199
 other things

00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:13.539
 that we

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:13.920
 want you

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:14.239
 to kind

00:38:14.239 --> 00:38:14.739
 of decide

00:38:14.739 --> 00:38:15.219
 you're not

00:38:15.219 --> 00:38:15.460
 going to

00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:15.699
 do,

00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:16.440
 is you're

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:16.840
 not going

00:38:16.840 --> 00:38:17.079
 to give

00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:17.699
 offense to

00:38:17.699 --> 00:38:18.280
 your Jewish

00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:18.699
 brethren.

00:38:19.820 --> 00:38:20.380
 You're not

00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:20.539
 going to

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:21.000
 hurt them.

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.599
 And so,

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:25.000
 we have an

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.539
 illustration

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:28.579
 of believers

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:30.320
 choosing to

00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:31.500
 submit to

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:32.039
 the well-being

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:32.360
 of the

00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:32.920
 community in

00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:33.239
 which they

00:38:33.239 --> 00:38:33.820
 were placed.

00:38:34.059 --> 00:38:34.500
 And I

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:34.860
 think that

00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:35.360
 abstaining

00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:35.900
 helps a

00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:36.360
 Christian's

00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:36.980
 testimony in

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:37.420
 our day.

00:38:38.139 --> 00:38:38.759
 I really

00:38:38.759 --> 00:38:39.059
 do.

00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:39.460
 I really

00:38:39.460 --> 00:38:39.119
 do.

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:44.800
 That brings

00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:45.159
 me to one

00:38:45.159 --> 00:38:45.639
 more point.

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:46.619
 Our fellowship

00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:47.960
 has a set

00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:49.500
 of standards

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:50.719
 of service

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:51.579
 for those

00:38:51.579 --> 00:38:51.899
 who are

00:38:51.899 --> 00:38:52.559
 called as

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:54.339
 models and

00:38:54.339 --> 00:38:55.239
 humbly serve

00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:56.019
 as leaders

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.519
 in our

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:56.919
 fellowship.

00:38:58.599 --> 00:38:59.219
 Very

00:38:59.219 --> 00:38:59.899
 interesting what

00:38:59.899 --> 00:39:00.359
 it says in

00:39:00.359 --> 00:39:00.699
 Proverbs

00:39:00.699 --> 00:39:01.439
 chapter 31

00:39:01.439 --> 00:39:02.019
 verse 4.

00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:02.379
 It says,

00:39:02.659 --> 00:39:02.699
 listen,

00:39:02.839 --> 00:39:03.379
 it is not

00:39:03.379 --> 00:39:04.219
 for kings

00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:06.539
 and those

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:07.279
 who rule,

00:39:08.619 --> 00:39:08.819
 King

00:39:08.819 --> 00:39:09.259
 Lemuel,

00:39:10.139 --> 00:39:11.139
 it is not

00:39:11.139 --> 00:39:12.099
 for kings

00:39:12.099 --> 00:39:13.959
 to drink

00:39:13.959 --> 00:39:15.079
 and be

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:15.759
 engaged in

00:39:15.759 --> 00:39:16.379
 strong drink.

00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:17.719
 And the

00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:18.379
 reason that

00:39:18.379 --> 00:39:18.980
 it is given

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:19.480
 there is

00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:19.759
 that

00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:21.520
 those who

00:39:21.520 --> 00:39:22.200
 engage in

00:39:22.200 --> 00:39:22.940
 it lose

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.840
 some of

00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:25.120
 their ability

00:39:25.120 --> 00:39:25.740
 to make

00:39:25.740 --> 00:39:26.720
 wise judgments.

00:39:28.680 --> 00:39:29.960
 I was

00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:30.920
 not here,

00:39:31.260 --> 00:39:31.760
 some of you

00:39:31.760 --> 00:39:32.120
 are thinking

00:39:32.120 --> 00:39:32.500
 I've been

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:33.400
 here forever,

00:39:34.200 --> 00:39:35.320
 but I was

00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:36.120
 not here

00:39:36.120 --> 00:39:37.120
 when this

00:39:37.120 --> 00:39:38.020
 church had

00:39:38.020 --> 00:39:39.460
 its first

00:39:39.460 --> 00:39:39.960
 meeting,

00:39:40.540 --> 00:39:41.700
 nor was I

00:39:41.700 --> 00:39:42.240
 here when

00:39:42.240 --> 00:39:43.320
 the Constitutional

00:39:43.320 --> 00:39:43.600
 Committee

00:39:43.600 --> 00:39:45.000
 formed and

00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:45.700
 went through

00:39:45.700 --> 00:39:46.680
 and actually

00:39:46.680 --> 00:39:47.520
 did something

00:39:47.520 --> 00:39:48.520
 that at

00:39:48.520 --> 00:39:49.160
 that time

00:39:49.159 --> 00:39:50.319
 was atypical.

00:39:52.799 --> 00:39:53.199
 Characteristic

00:39:53.199 --> 00:39:53.980
 back in the

00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:54.739
 60s,

00:39:54.879 --> 00:39:55.539
 50s,

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:56.299
 was that

00:39:56.299 --> 00:39:57.139
 all churches

00:39:57.139 --> 00:39:57.779
 had a church

00:39:57.779 --> 00:39:58.199
 covenant.

00:39:58.839 --> 00:39:59.259
 How many of you

00:39:59.259 --> 00:39:59.940
 remember a church

00:39:59.940 --> 00:40:00.500
 that had a church

00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:00.799
 covenant?

00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:01.879
 Furthermore,

00:40:02.159 --> 00:40:03.059
 we will forswear

00:40:03.059 --> 00:40:03.539
 that blah,

00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:03.659
 blah,

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:03.799
 blah,

00:40:03.899 --> 00:40:04.079
 you know,

00:40:04.119 --> 00:40:05.039
 and you generally

00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:05.579
 went on about

00:40:05.579 --> 00:40:06.299
 a whole page

00:40:06.299 --> 00:40:07.480
 and I know

00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:08.059
 some churches

00:40:08.059 --> 00:40:08.699
 have it written

00:40:08.699 --> 00:40:09.460
 in the Constitution

00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:11.099
 that you must

00:40:11.099 --> 00:40:12.399
 recite the

00:40:12.399 --> 00:40:13.339
 church covenant

00:40:13.339 --> 00:40:14.299
 at least once

00:40:14.299 --> 00:40:14.659
 a month.

00:40:14.659 --> 00:40:15.039
 I have a

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:15.619
 pastor friend

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:16.299
 that lost

00:40:16.299 --> 00:40:16.759
 his job

00:40:16.759 --> 00:40:18.019
 because he

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.679
 didn't do it.

00:40:21.099 --> 00:40:22.000
 This church

00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:22.619
 has never

00:40:22.619 --> 00:40:23.119
 had a church

00:40:23.119 --> 00:40:23.480
 covenant

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:25.559
 that I know

00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:25.819
 of,

00:40:26.339 --> 00:40:27.379
 but it has

00:40:27.379 --> 00:40:27.960
 standards of

00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:28.359
 service,

00:40:28.819 --> 00:40:29.779
 and the

00:40:29.779 --> 00:40:30.359
 standards of

00:40:30.359 --> 00:40:30.799
 service

00:40:30.799 --> 00:40:31.659
 indicate

00:40:31.659 --> 00:40:33.539
 that those

00:40:33.539 --> 00:40:34.279
 who serve

00:40:34.279 --> 00:40:35.619
 as leaders

00:40:35.619 --> 00:40:36.619
 and examples

00:40:36.619 --> 00:40:37.379
 and models

00:40:37.379 --> 00:40:39.480
 are to be

00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:40.279
 exemplary

00:40:40.279 --> 00:40:41.619
 in their walk,

00:40:41.619 --> 00:40:42.639
 and that

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:43.239
 includes

00:40:43.239 --> 00:40:44.299
 the area

00:40:44.299 --> 00:40:45.359
 of abstinence.

00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:47.079
 So can I say

00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:48.359
 with unqualified

00:40:48.359 --> 00:40:49.339
 confidence

00:40:49.339 --> 00:40:50.380
 that your

00:40:50.380 --> 00:40:50.839
 pastors

00:40:50.839 --> 00:40:51.839
 and leaders,

00:40:52.359 --> 00:40:52.779
 deacons,

00:40:53.339 --> 00:40:53.739
 teachers,

00:40:53.940 --> 00:40:54.719
 etc.,

00:40:54.719 --> 00:40:56.079
 practice abstinence?

00:40:56.119 --> 00:40:56.859
 I can tell you

00:40:56.859 --> 00:40:57.299
 with a clear

00:40:57.299 --> 00:40:57.839
 conscience,

00:40:58.059 --> 00:40:59.000
 I know of

00:40:59.000 --> 00:40:59.579
 no one

00:40:59.579 --> 00:41:00.500
 who is in

00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:01.319
 that role

00:41:01.319 --> 00:41:02.380
 that does

00:41:02.380 --> 00:41:03.259
 not abstain

00:41:03.259 --> 00:41:04.000
 from alcohol

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:05.480
 not because

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:06.739
 of a

00:41:06.739 --> 00:41:07.119
 biblical

00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:08.159
 prohibition

00:41:08.159 --> 00:41:09.460
 against wine,

00:41:09.739 --> 00:41:10.460
 but because

00:41:10.460 --> 00:41:11.500
 of their

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:12.380
 sensitivity

00:41:12.380 --> 00:41:13.300
 to the

00:41:13.300 --> 00:41:13.820
 testimony

00:41:13.820 --> 00:41:15.079
 of Christ

00:41:15.079 --> 00:41:15.699
 and the

00:41:15.699 --> 00:41:16.260
 well-being

00:41:16.260 --> 00:41:16.699
 of the

00:41:16.699 --> 00:41:17.059
 bride.

00:41:18.539 --> 00:41:19.340
 Listen.

00:41:25.280 --> 00:41:26.579
 Do I wish

00:41:26.579 --> 00:41:26.980
 that all

00:41:26.980 --> 00:41:27.480
 of God's

00:41:27.480 --> 00:41:27.880
 people

00:41:27.880 --> 00:41:29.820
 desired

00:41:29.820 --> 00:41:30.720
 first

00:41:30.720 --> 00:41:31.920
 and foremost

00:41:31.920 --> 00:41:33.380
 to have

00:41:33.380 --> 00:41:34.300
 glorious

00:41:34.300 --> 00:41:35.159
 testimonies

00:41:35.159 --> 00:41:35.559
 of the

00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:36.159
 glory of

00:41:36.159 --> 00:41:36.579
 Christ

00:41:36.579 --> 00:41:37.340
 and His

00:41:37.340 --> 00:41:37.880
 salvation

00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:38.820
 and would

00:41:38.820 --> 00:41:39.320
 be willing

00:41:39.320 --> 00:41:39.820
 to live

00:41:39.820 --> 00:41:41.519
 sacrificial

00:41:41.519 --> 00:41:42.240
 lives for

00:41:42.240 --> 00:41:42.660
 the kingdom?

00:41:42.900 --> 00:41:43.420
 That's my

00:41:43.420 --> 00:41:43.840
 desire.

00:41:47.680 --> 00:41:48.840
 I think

00:41:48.840 --> 00:41:49.900
 gospel

00:41:49.900 --> 00:41:50.780
 impact

00:41:50.780 --> 00:41:54.740
 is enhanced

00:41:54.740 --> 00:41:56.780
 by personal

00:41:56.780 --> 00:41:57.660
 and private

00:41:57.660 --> 00:41:58.480
 pursuit

00:41:58.480 --> 00:41:59.620
 of holiness

00:41:59.620 --> 00:42:01.680
 and humility.

00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:04.660
 And so

00:42:04.660 --> 00:42:05.100
 let me kind of

00:42:05.100 --> 00:42:05.580
 bring it all

00:42:05.580 --> 00:42:05.960
 together

00:42:05.960 --> 00:42:07.400
 this way.

00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:09.820
 because God

00:42:09.820 --> 00:42:10.400
 has placed

00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:11.059
 me as a

00:42:11.059 --> 00:42:11.460
 believer

00:42:11.460 --> 00:42:12.119
 in a

00:42:12.119 --> 00:42:12.800
 community,

00:42:13.539 --> 00:42:13.860
 I think

00:42:13.860 --> 00:42:14.079
 it is

00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:14.460
 important

00:42:14.460 --> 00:42:15.320
 that all

00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:16.000
 I do

00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:17.039
 reflect glory

00:42:17.039 --> 00:42:17.460
 to His

00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:17.820
 name

00:42:17.820 --> 00:42:18.840
 and draw

00:42:18.840 --> 00:42:19.599
 others to

00:42:19.599 --> 00:42:20.000
 Christ.

00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:21.780
 Let me

00:42:21.780 --> 00:42:22.059
 give you an

00:42:22.059 --> 00:42:22.400
 illustration

00:42:22.400 --> 00:42:22.920
 from the

00:42:22.920 --> 00:42:23.320
 passage.

00:42:24.139 --> 00:42:24.740
 1 Corinthians

00:42:24.740 --> 00:42:25.740
 chapter 10

00:42:25.740 --> 00:42:27.480
 31 through

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:28.160
 33 and I'm

00:42:28.160 --> 00:42:28.460
 just going to

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:29.420
 recite the

00:42:29.420 --> 00:42:30.320
 center part

00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:30.500
 of it.

00:42:30.579 --> 00:42:30.960
 It says

00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:33.420
 whatever you

00:42:33.420 --> 00:42:33.740
 do,

00:42:34.240 --> 00:42:34.699
 whether you

00:42:34.699 --> 00:42:35.980
 eat or

00:42:35.980 --> 00:42:36.480
 drink,

00:42:36.740 --> 00:42:37.619
 what's it

00:42:37.619 --> 00:42:37.800
 say?

00:42:38.559 --> 00:42:39.240
 Do all

00:42:39.240 --> 00:42:40.360
 to the glory

00:42:40.360 --> 00:42:40.780
 of Christ.

00:42:41.019 --> 00:42:41.740
 Am I going

00:42:41.740 --> 00:42:42.159
 to make

00:42:42.159 --> 00:42:43.099
 Jesus look

00:42:43.099 --> 00:42:43.440
 good?

00:42:44.300 --> 00:42:44.820
 So let me

00:42:44.820 --> 00:42:45.400
 close with one

00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:45.940
 more passage

00:42:45.940 --> 00:42:46.440
 and go back

00:42:46.440 --> 00:42:46.900
 if you would

00:42:46.900 --> 00:42:48.159
 to Ephesians

00:42:48.159 --> 00:42:49.460
 chapter 5

00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:50.260
 verse 16.

00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:53.019
 Ephesians

00:42:53.019 --> 00:42:53.940
 chapter 5

00:42:53.940 --> 00:42:55.019
 verse 16.

00:42:55.119 --> 00:42:55.559
 Here's what it

00:42:55.559 --> 00:42:55.920
 says.

00:42:56.659 --> 00:42:57.380
 It says,

00:42:57.380 --> 00:42:57.980
 make the

00:42:57.980 --> 00:42:58.900
 best use.

00:42:59.920 --> 00:43:00.640
 Make the

00:43:00.640 --> 00:43:01.579
 best use

00:43:01.579 --> 00:43:02.720
 of the

00:43:02.720 --> 00:43:03.160
 time

00:43:03.160 --> 00:43:04.880
 because the

00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:05.300
 days are

00:43:05.300 --> 00:43:05.579
 evil.

00:43:09.019 --> 00:43:09.980
 I remember

00:43:09.980 --> 00:43:11.860
 a week or

00:43:11.860 --> 00:43:12.240
 two ago

00:43:12.240 --> 00:43:12.619
 saying,

00:43:12.720 --> 00:43:13.099
 hey listen,

00:43:13.300 --> 00:43:13.920
 getting saved

00:43:13.920 --> 00:43:14.400
 means being

00:43:14.400 --> 00:43:14.880
 a candle.

00:43:16.280 --> 00:43:16.579
 And it

00:43:16.579 --> 00:43:16.920
 means keep

00:43:16.920 --> 00:43:17.240
 putting in

00:43:17.240 --> 00:43:17.840
 dark places,

00:43:18.160 --> 00:43:18.400
 right?

00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:20.280
 I don't want

00:43:20.280 --> 00:43:20.900
 anything to

00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:21.579
 cast a shadow

00:43:21.579 --> 00:43:22.240
 across the

00:43:22.240 --> 00:43:23.760
 clearness of

00:43:23.760 --> 00:43:24.260
 the light

00:43:24.260 --> 00:43:26.220
 of my life

00:43:26.219 --> 00:43:27.799
 or yours.

00:43:28.539 --> 00:43:28.739
 Do you

00:43:28.739 --> 00:43:29.099
 know why?

00:43:30.599 --> 00:43:30.899
 Mark

00:43:30.899 --> 00:43:31.399
 chapter 10

00:43:31.399 --> 00:43:32.099
 verse 45,

00:43:32.199 --> 00:43:32.459
 for the

00:43:32.459 --> 00:43:32.739
 son of

00:43:32.739 --> 00:43:33.199
 man came

00:43:33.199 --> 00:43:33.519
 not to

00:43:33.519 --> 00:43:34.099
 be ministered

00:43:34.099 --> 00:43:34.319
 unto,

00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:34.719
 can you

00:43:34.719 --> 00:43:35.000
 cite it

00:43:35.000 --> 00:43:35.319
 with me?

00:43:35.799 --> 00:43:36.179
 But to

00:43:36.179 --> 00:43:37.119
 minister and

00:43:37.119 --> 00:43:37.399
 to give

00:43:37.399 --> 00:43:37.879
 his life

00:43:37.879 --> 00:43:38.439
 a ransom

00:43:38.439 --> 00:43:39.039
 for many.

00:43:40.359 --> 00:43:40.959
 I want

00:43:40.959 --> 00:43:41.179
 to be

00:43:41.179 --> 00:43:41.799
 careful that

00:43:41.799 --> 00:43:42.139
 the way

00:43:42.139 --> 00:43:42.839
 I live

00:43:42.839 --> 00:43:45.119
 in no way

00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:45.799
 casts a

00:43:45.799 --> 00:43:46.199
 shadow

00:43:46.199 --> 00:43:48.000
 upon the

00:43:48.000 --> 00:43:48.779
 power of

00:43:48.779 --> 00:43:49.379
 the gospel

00:43:49.379 --> 00:43:50.859
 to save

00:43:50.859 --> 00:43:51.759
 and change

00:43:51.759 --> 00:43:52.379
 people's

00:43:52.379 --> 00:43:52.819
 lives.

00:43:54.419 --> 00:43:54.980
 Let's

00:43:54.980 --> 00:43:55.539
 close.

00:43:56.219 --> 00:43:56.879
 with prayer.

00:44:01.179 --> 00:44:01.980
 Father,

00:44:03.739 --> 00:44:08.299
 your word

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 is a lamp

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 unto my

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 feet

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 and a

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 light

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 always.

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 And I

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 and many

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 here

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 can confess

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 that we

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 were once

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 darkness

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 and we

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 are now

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 light.

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 And our

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 hearts resonate

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 with the

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 passage in

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 2 Corinthians

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 chapter 5

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 where it

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 says,

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 and we

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 thus judge

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 that if

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 all were

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 dead,

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 that we

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 now who

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 live because

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 of Christ

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 live not

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 unto

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 ourselves,

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 but unto

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 him who

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 died and

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 rose again.

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 give us

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 a passion

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 to live

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 exemplary

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 lives

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 in a

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 dark

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 world.

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 And I

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 ask this

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 in Jesus'

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 name.

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 Amen.

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