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 We are going through the book of James.

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 We've gotten now to James chapter 5.

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! I'll be going through James 5, 1-12.

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 Before I start, I'd just love to pray for us.

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 Father, we pray for your spirit to move, Lord.

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 We pray that you would be glorified

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 as I preach your word, Lord.

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 Help us to revel more in who you are, Lord,

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 and less of our situations, circumstances,

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 and how we feel about ourselves, Lord.

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 Help us to know how big and glorious

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 and grandiose you are, Lord,

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 and how small we are in comparison.

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 Help us to treasure you, Father, above all things.

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 Pray for clarity of words as I preach.

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 Pray for conviction of the body, Lord.

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 Conviction of sin and conviction to love you more

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 than we love ourselves,

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 than we love our lives,

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 than we even love our own families.

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 families, Lord.

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 Lord, we pray that you would

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 save us from our sins,

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 from ourselves, Lord.

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 And if there's any who's not saved

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 that is here, Lord,

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 you save them.

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 In Christ's name I pray.

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 Amen.

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 Alright, I'm going to read

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 James 5, 1-12.

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 You guys can follow along

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 in your Bible if you'd like as well.

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 Come now, you rich people.

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 Weep and wail over the miseries

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 that are coming on you.

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 Your wealth has rotted,

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 and your clothes are moth-eaten.

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 Your gold and silver are corroded,

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 and their corrosion will be a witness against you

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 and will eat your flesh like fire.

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 You have stored up treasure in the last days.

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 Look, the pay that you withheld from the workers

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 who mowed your fields cries out.

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 And the outcry of the harvesters

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 have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

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 You have lived luxuriously on the earth

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 and indulged yourselves.

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 You have fattened your hearts

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 in a day of slaughter.

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 You have condemned,

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 you have murdered the righteous,

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 who does not resist you.

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 Therefore, brothers and sisters,

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 be patient until the Lord's coming.

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 See how the farmer waits

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 for the precious fruit of the earth

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 and is patient with it

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 until it receives the early and late rains.

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 You also must be patient.

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 Strengthen your hearts

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 because the Lord's coming is near.

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 do not complain about one another

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 so that you will not be judged.

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 Look, the judge stands at the door.

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 take the prophets who spoke the Lord's name

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 as an example of suffering and patience.

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 See, we count as blessed those who have endured.

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 You have heard of Job's endurance

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 and you have seen the outcome

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 that the Lord brought about.

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 The Lord is compassionate and merciful.

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 Above all, my brothers and sisters,

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 do not swear,

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 either by heaven or by earth with an oath,

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 but let your yes mean yes

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 and your no mean no

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 so that you won't fall under judgment.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 What a lovely text.

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 I felt so much fellowship with the Lord

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 as I was studying it

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 and I hope to bring you into that study as well.

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 And to start,

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 what I want us to consider

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 is treasuring God.

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 And a specific verse for this is

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 Matthew 13, 44,

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 which is,

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 the kingdom of God

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 is like treasure hidden in a field,

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 which a man found and covered up.

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 Then in his joy,

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 he goes and sell all that he has

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 to buy that field.

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 And he buys that field

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 because he knows that the treasure itself

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 is worth even more than that field

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 and worth even more than he has.

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 Bonhoeffer says about this,

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 talks about costly grace,

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 grace,

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 which is Christ crucified,

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 right?

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 Grace is not something that's cheap.

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 We throw around the word grace often,

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 but it's not,

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 we cheapen it in so many ways,

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 but the Son of God came and died

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 for our sins.

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 That's costly grace.

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 Costly grace is the treasure

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 hidden in the field.

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 For the sake of it,

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 a man will go and sell all that he has.

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 It is the pearl of great price to buy,

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 which the merchant will sell all his goods.

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 It is the kingly rule of Christ,

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 for whose sake a man will pluck out the eye

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 which causes him to stumble.

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 It is the call of Jesus Christ

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 at which the disciple leaves his nets

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 and follow him.

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 And in that,

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 well,

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 what I really want us to consider

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 is what is the cost of the treasure to us

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 in following Christ,

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 right?

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 Bonhoeffer hits on a lot of different things there,

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 which I'd love to explore more

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 as we go through the text.

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 This is a really long text,

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 so keep your Bible open,

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 keep your app open.

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 I'm going to try to go verse by verse

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 and then we'll hit some application points

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 to conclude.

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 So the first section to hit

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 would be James 5,

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 1 through 6.

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 And in this section,

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 really first,

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 I just want to go through

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 a definition of rich, right?

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 What does it mean to be rich?

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 rich,

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 and

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 a dictionary definition of it

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 is having a great deal of money,

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 wealth,

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 or assets,

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 right?

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 But in some eyes,

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 like whenever I was really,

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 really poor growing up,

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 not that I'm rich,

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 truly,

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 but whenever I was growing up,

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 I saw those who were rich

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 as those who had more

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 than they needed to live,

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 right?

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 So really,

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 anyone who had any excess

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 was rich to me.

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 And that is the case

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 for a lot of people

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 in this world

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 who are not as fortunate.

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 And the Bible has a lot to say

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 about the rich.

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 It has a lot to say about wealth.

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 It has a lot to say about our finances.

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 And some questions

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 that I want to put to the test

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 and I want you guys to consider

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 as we go through this

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 is,

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 is it a sin to be rich?

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 Is it a sin to be wealthy?

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 Right?

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 There's condemnation

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 here given to the rich.

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 Weep and wail

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 over the miseries.

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 Talking of the rich.

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 Is it a sin to be rich?

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 And then of that,

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 should our daily bread,

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 right,

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 our needs

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 be of constant

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 not knowing

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 where it'll come from?

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 So constant strain,

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 constant striving,

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 right?

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 Is it wrong to save

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 your excess

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 when there's so many people

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 who don't have?

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 Right?

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 What about your 401ks?

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 Why are you saving up

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 a 401k?

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 Try to answer these

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 to the best of my abilities

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 based on what the

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 Bible has to say,

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 but

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 start with verse 1.

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 Come now,

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 you rich people.

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 Weep and wail

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 over the miseries

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 that are coming

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 on you.

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 Right?

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 There's

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 a progression

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 that James

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 will talk about

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 in those who are rich,

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 right?

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 But here,

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 he's saying

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 what

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 those who are rich

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 need to do

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 is weep and wail

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 over the miseries

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 that are coming on them,

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 meaning that there's

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 judgment coming

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 for them.

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 but that is because

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 of how they view wealth,

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 how they view money,

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 right?

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 1 Timothy 6,

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 verse 17 through 19,

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 Paul is talking about

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 those who are wealthy,

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 and he says

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 to Timothy,

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 instruct those who are rich

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 in the present age

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 not to be arrogant

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 or to set their hope

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 on the uncertainty

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 of wealth,

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 but on God,

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 who richly

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 provides us

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 with all things

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 to enjoy.

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 Instruct

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 them to do

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 what is good,

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 to be rich

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 in good works,

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 to be generous

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 and willing to share,

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 storing up treasure

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 for themselves

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 as a good foundation

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 for the coming age

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 so that they may

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 take hold

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 what is truly life.

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 Right?

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 These people

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 that James

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 is talking of

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 is the opposite

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 of this.

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 they are rich

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 in this present age,

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 but they're arrogant.

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 They're arrogant

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 in their wealth.

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 Right?

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 And that arrogance

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 comes from

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 not needing

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 to depend

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 on anyone,

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 not needing

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 to depend

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 on anything,

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 not having

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 any uncertainty.

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 Right?

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 But

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 that's not

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 what Paul says.

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 Paul says that

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 the uncertainty

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 of wealth,

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 wealth is

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 uncertain.

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 it's here

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 one minute

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 and gone

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 the next.

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 God

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 is the only

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 one who is

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 certain.

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 He's the only

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 one who is

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 immovable.

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 Right?

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 And those

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 who are rich,

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 he instructs them

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 are to do

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 good works,

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 be generous,

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 be willing

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 to share.

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 Right?

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 That is the

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 instruction

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 that is given

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 to those

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 who are rich.

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 But in here,

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 those who are

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 arrogant

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 and trusting

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 in their wealth,

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 there's a weep.

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 It's a wail

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 because there is

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 a coming judgment.

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 To continue,

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 verse 2 and 3,

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 your wealth

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 has rotted

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 and your clothes

00:10:48.420 --> 00:10:48.960
 are moth

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 eaten.

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 Your gold

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 and silver

00:10:51.400 --> 00:10:52.180
 are corroded

00:10:52.180 --> 00:10:52.560
 and their

00:10:52.560 --> 00:10:53.000
 corrosion

00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:53.520
 will be a

00:10:53.520 --> 00:10:54.260
 witness against

00:10:54.260 --> 00:10:54.620
 you and

00:10:54.620 --> 00:10:55.060
 will eat

00:10:55.060 --> 00:10:55.760
 your flesh

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 like fire.

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 Right?

00:11:00.220 --> 00:11:01.180
 In this,

00:11:06.540 --> 00:11:08.560
 we are living

00:11:08.560 --> 00:11:10.280
 in a time

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 of the last

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 days.

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 Right?

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 where it

00:11:15.019 --> 00:11:15.399
 says,

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 in these

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 last days,

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 it is between

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 Jesus'

00:11:19.799 --> 00:11:20.600
 first coming

00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:21.560
 and Jesus'

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 second coming.

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 And we are

00:11:23.220 --> 00:11:23.759
 in these

00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:24.500
 last days

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 now.

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 There's a

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 theme in

00:11:27.899 --> 00:11:28.519
 this text

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 that James

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 references

00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:31.440
 often,

00:11:31.580 --> 00:11:32.039
 which is

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 Jesus is

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 returning

00:11:33.500 --> 00:11:34.019
 soon.

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 Right?

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 I think

00:11:36.299 --> 00:11:37.779
 different people

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 hold different

00:11:38.440 --> 00:11:39.299
 conviction as to

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 when Jesus

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 will come

00:11:40.340 --> 00:11:40.639
 back,

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 what needs

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 to take

00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:42.860
 place before

00:11:42.860 --> 00:11:43.220
 he comes

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 back.

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 But the

00:11:44.639 --> 00:11:45.759
 theme that

00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:46.600
 James gives

00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:48.060
 here is

00:11:48.060 --> 00:11:48.660
 that he

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 is coming

00:11:49.100 --> 00:11:49.540
 soon.

00:11:50.180 --> 00:11:50.700
 Right?

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 And I

00:11:52.540 --> 00:11:52.980
 want us to

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 consider that

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 in this.

00:11:55.259 --> 00:11:55.840
 That Jesus'

00:11:56.600 --> 00:11:57.220
 return is

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 imminent.

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 He will

00:11:58.300 --> 00:11:59.220
 come like a

00:11:59.220 --> 00:11:59.700
 thief in the

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 night.

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 That is not

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 just a verse

00:12:02.139 --> 00:12:02.540
 that's out

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 there.

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 Oh,

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 he'll come

00:12:03.580 --> 00:12:03.840
 like a

00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:04.139
 thief in the

00:12:04.139 --> 00:12:04.300
 night,

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 but all

00:12:04.620 --> 00:12:04.960
 these need

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 to happen

00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:05.700
 first.

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 No.

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 That's

00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:08.320
 true.

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 And so

00:12:09.960 --> 00:12:14.600
 Jesus'

00:12:14.900 --> 00:12:15.640
 return is

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 soon.

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 And all

00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:18.660
 these things

00:12:18.660 --> 00:12:19.900
 in here

00:12:19.900 --> 00:12:20.620
 that these

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 people trust

00:12:21.420 --> 00:12:21.600
 in,

00:12:21.740 --> 00:12:22.220
 these wealthy

00:12:22.220 --> 00:12:22.840
 trust in,

00:12:23.180 --> 00:12:23.900
 will fail.

00:12:24.379 --> 00:12:24.540
 Right?

00:12:25.080 --> 00:12:25.600
 What?

00:12:26.060 --> 00:12:26.700
 Your wealth

00:12:26.700 --> 00:12:27.360
 has rotted.

00:12:27.780 --> 00:12:27.980
 Right?

00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:29.560
 Any food or

00:12:29.560 --> 00:12:30.320
 abundance that

00:12:30.320 --> 00:12:31.080
 you store up

00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:32.140
 will rot.

00:12:32.139 --> 00:12:33.620
 there's

00:12:33.620 --> 00:12:34.199
 nothing that

00:12:34.199 --> 00:12:34.460
 you can

00:12:34.460 --> 00:12:35.000
 store up

00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:36.480
 in food

00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:37.059
 in abundance

00:12:37.059 --> 00:12:37.419
 or anything

00:12:37.419 --> 00:12:37.799
 like that

00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:38.139
 that will

00:12:38.139 --> 00:12:38.740
 not rot.

00:12:39.939 --> 00:12:41.179
 Your silver

00:12:41.179 --> 00:12:41.740
 and gold

00:12:41.740 --> 00:12:42.679
 are corroded.

00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:43.819
 Right?

00:12:44.379 --> 00:12:45.100
 You trust

00:12:45.100 --> 00:12:45.759
 in your

00:12:45.759 --> 00:12:46.299
 silver and

00:12:46.299 --> 00:12:46.799
 your gold,

00:12:47.460 --> 00:12:47.939
 your Bitcoin,

00:12:48.100 --> 00:12:48.600
 your Ethereum.

00:12:49.779 --> 00:12:50.720
 It's corroded.

00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:53.539
 Your dog

00:12:53.539 --> 00:12:54.000
 go to the

00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:54.179
 moon,

00:12:54.299 --> 00:12:54.480
 Michael.

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 And their

00:12:58.240 --> 00:12:58.899
 corrosion,

00:12:59.179 --> 00:13:00.960
 their corrosion

00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:01.840
 will be a

00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:03.000
 witness against

00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:03.300
 you.

00:13:04.040 --> 00:13:04.259
 There's

00:13:04.259 --> 00:13:05.660
 this verse

00:13:05.660 --> 00:13:07.920
 of God

00:13:07.920 --> 00:13:08.360
 being able

00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:08.840
 to raise

00:13:08.840 --> 00:13:09.360
 up the

00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:10.320
 sorry,

00:13:10.519 --> 00:13:11.120
 different verse

00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:12.460
 that if we

00:13:12.460 --> 00:13:12.980
 didn't praise

00:13:12.980 --> 00:13:13.300
 God,

00:13:13.899 --> 00:13:14.700
 the stones

00:13:14.700 --> 00:13:15.259
 would cry

00:13:15.259 --> 00:13:15.680
 out.

00:13:15.800 --> 00:13:15.980
 Right?

00:13:16.560 --> 00:13:16.980
 And in

00:13:16.980 --> 00:13:17.639
 worship of

00:13:17.639 --> 00:13:17.860
 God.

00:13:18.019 --> 00:13:18.259
 And in

00:13:18.259 --> 00:13:19.060
 the same

00:13:19.060 --> 00:13:19.460
 way,

00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:20.639
 these gold

00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:20.980
 and these

00:13:20.980 --> 00:13:21.519
 silver will

00:13:21.519 --> 00:13:21.879
 be a

00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:22.360
 witness

00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:24.019
 against

00:13:24.019 --> 00:13:25.080
 these

00:13:25.080 --> 00:13:25.620
 people.

00:13:25.820 --> 00:13:26.060
 Why?

00:13:26.660 --> 00:13:27.460
 Because this

00:13:27.460 --> 00:13:28.080
 gold and

00:13:28.080 --> 00:13:28.580
 this silver

00:13:28.580 --> 00:13:29.280
 is truly

00:13:29.280 --> 00:13:29.860
 the idol

00:13:29.860 --> 00:13:30.220
 that they

00:13:30.220 --> 00:13:30.900
 are worshiping.

00:13:30.899 --> 00:13:31.799
 You don't

00:13:31.799 --> 00:13:32.199
 have to go

00:13:32.199 --> 00:13:32.480
 to a

00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:32.740
 Hindu

00:13:32.740 --> 00:13:33.120
 temple

00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:33.779
 to see

00:13:33.779 --> 00:13:34.679
 an idol.

00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:36.039
 Just look

00:13:36.039 --> 00:13:36.259
 at your

00:13:36.259 --> 00:13:36.840
 bank account

00:13:36.840 --> 00:13:37.179
 that you're

00:13:37.179 --> 00:13:37.659
 worshiping.

00:13:42.959 --> 00:13:44.000
 And that

00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:44.899
 brings us

00:13:44.899 --> 00:13:45.819
 to what

00:13:45.819 --> 00:13:46.679
 Jesus says

00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:47.079
 in Matthew

00:13:47.079 --> 00:13:47.579
 6,

00:13:47.819 --> 00:13:48.279
 19 to

00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:48.659
 21,

00:13:49.100 --> 00:13:49.980
 don't store

00:13:49.980 --> 00:13:50.360
 up for

00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:50.819
 yourselves

00:13:50.819 --> 00:13:51.579
 treasures

00:13:51.579 --> 00:13:52.240
 on earth

00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:53.360
 where moth

00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:53.819
 and rust

00:13:53.819 --> 00:13:55.059
 destroy and

00:13:55.059 --> 00:13:55.559
 where thieves

00:13:55.559 --> 00:13:56.059
 break in

00:13:56.059 --> 00:13:56.519
 and steal.

00:13:57.519 --> 00:13:57.679
 Right?

00:13:58.059 --> 00:13:58.779
 Which is what

00:13:58.779 --> 00:13:59.259
 they're doing.

00:13:59.819 --> 00:14:00.439
 Storing up

00:14:00.439 --> 00:14:01.059
 for themselves

00:14:01.059 --> 00:14:01.959
 treasures

00:14:01.959 --> 00:14:02.519
 on earth.

00:14:03.179 --> 00:14:03.659
 But store

00:14:03.659 --> 00:14:04.019
 up for

00:14:04.019 --> 00:14:04.419
 yourselves

00:14:04.419 --> 00:14:05.139
 treasures

00:14:05.139 --> 00:14:06.039
 in heaven.

00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:08.039
 And that

00:14:08.039 --> 00:14:10.000
 is working

00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:10.500
 with what

00:14:10.500 --> 00:14:12.259
 Paul said

00:14:12.259 --> 00:14:12.579
 that the

00:14:12.579 --> 00:14:13.000
 rich need

00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:13.379
 to do,

00:14:13.459 --> 00:14:13.740
 which is

00:14:13.740 --> 00:14:14.240
 to be rich

00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:14.699
 in good

00:14:14.699 --> 00:14:15.139
 works.

00:14:15.819 --> 00:14:16.000
 Be

00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:16.600
 generous.

00:14:17.139 --> 00:14:17.299
 Right?

00:14:17.539 --> 00:14:18.039
 Willing to

00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:18.379
 share.

00:14:19.379 --> 00:14:19.720
 Store up

00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:20.139
 for yourselves

00:14:20.139 --> 00:14:20.699
 treasures

00:14:20.699 --> 00:14:21.419
 in heaven

00:14:21.419 --> 00:14:22.019
 where neither

00:14:22.019 --> 00:14:22.819
 moth nor

00:14:22.819 --> 00:14:23.240
 rust

00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:24.600
 destroy and

00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:25.199
 where thieves

00:14:25.199 --> 00:14:25.839
 don't break

00:14:25.839 --> 00:14:26.500
 in and steal.

00:14:26.500 --> 00:14:28.460
 for where

00:14:28.460 --> 00:14:29.059
 your treasure

00:14:29.059 --> 00:14:29.440
 is,

00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:30.259
 there your

00:14:30.259 --> 00:14:30.679
 heart will

00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:31.179
 be also.

00:14:32.299 --> 00:14:32.559
 Right?

00:14:33.620 --> 00:14:34.700
 Where is

00:14:34.700 --> 00:14:35.360
 your heart?

00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:36.139
 Right?

00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:37.779
 Is it in

00:14:37.779 --> 00:14:38.159
 your bank

00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:38.480
 account?

00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:39.820
 Is it in

00:14:39.820 --> 00:14:40.440
 the abundance

00:14:40.440 --> 00:14:40.980
 of food

00:14:40.980 --> 00:14:41.259
 that you

00:14:41.259 --> 00:14:41.620
 can have?

00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:41.940
 Or even

00:14:41.940 --> 00:14:42.659
 the delicacies

00:14:42.659 --> 00:14:43.059
 of food

00:14:43.059 --> 00:14:43.340
 that you

00:14:43.340 --> 00:14:43.720
 can have?

00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:47.580
 I love

00:14:47.580 --> 00:14:48.100
 the imagery

00:14:48.100 --> 00:14:49.139
 that

00:14:49.139 --> 00:14:52.779
 James writes.

00:14:52.779 --> 00:14:54.480
 he says

00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:55.079
 not only

00:14:55.079 --> 00:14:55.699
 that there

00:14:55.699 --> 00:14:55.879
 will be

00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:56.259
 a witness

00:14:56.259 --> 00:14:56.679
 against

00:14:56.679 --> 00:14:56.939
 them,

00:14:57.059 --> 00:14:57.399
 but they

00:14:57.399 --> 00:14:57.919
 will eat

00:14:57.919 --> 00:14:59.139
 their flesh

00:14:59.139 --> 00:15:00.579
 like fire.

00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:04.459
 It's kind

00:15:04.459 --> 00:15:04.819
 of gross.

00:15:06.579 --> 00:15:07.100
 But

00:15:07.100 --> 00:15:08.179
 that is

00:15:08.179 --> 00:15:10.339
 just the

00:15:10.339 --> 00:15:12.059
 wrath

00:15:12.059 --> 00:15:12.579
 that is to

00:15:12.579 --> 00:15:13.120
 come upon

00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:13.379
 them.

00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:14.639
 Right?

00:15:15.339 --> 00:15:16.179
 The imagery

00:15:16.179 --> 00:15:17.019
 that what

00:15:17.019 --> 00:15:17.699
 you trust

00:15:17.699 --> 00:15:18.620
 in will be

00:15:18.620 --> 00:15:19.360
 turned against

00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:19.679
 you.

00:15:20.240 --> 00:15:20.919
 Not only

00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:21.279
 will it be

00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:21.959
 turned against

00:15:21.960 --> 00:15:22.580
 you, it

00:15:22.580 --> 00:15:23.400
 will consume

00:15:23.400 --> 00:15:23.740
 you.

00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:25.200
 As a

00:15:25.200 --> 00:15:25.660
 judgment

00:15:25.660 --> 00:15:26.540
 that what

00:15:26.540 --> 00:15:27.000
 you needed

00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:27.620
 to trust

00:15:27.620 --> 00:15:28.420
 in was

00:15:28.420 --> 00:15:28.900
 the all

00:15:28.900 --> 00:15:29.440
 consuming

00:15:29.440 --> 00:15:30.379
 fire of

00:15:30.379 --> 00:15:30.800
 God.

00:15:37.560 --> 00:15:38.120
 Onward

00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:38.560
 we go.

00:15:39.160 --> 00:15:39.639
 Verse 4.

00:15:41.019 --> 00:15:41.360
 Look,

00:15:41.940 --> 00:15:42.500
 the pay

00:15:42.500 --> 00:15:42.860
 that you

00:15:42.860 --> 00:15:43.280
 withheld

00:15:43.280 --> 00:15:43.780
 from the

00:15:43.780 --> 00:15:44.519
 workers who

00:15:44.519 --> 00:15:44.960
 mowed your

00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:45.400
 fields,

00:15:45.980 --> 00:15:46.639
 cry out.

00:15:47.040 --> 00:15:47.280
 And the

00:15:47.280 --> 00:15:47.920
 outcry of

00:15:47.920 --> 00:15:48.660
 the harvesters

00:15:48.660 --> 00:15:49.519
 have reached

00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:50.300
 the ears of

00:15:50.300 --> 00:15:50.800
 the Lord

00:15:50.800 --> 00:15:51.480
 of the

00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:51.840
 hosts.

00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:52.740
 Lord of

00:15:52.740 --> 00:15:53.060
 hosts.

00:15:55.340 --> 00:15:56.320
 The one

00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:57.139
 James talks

00:15:57.139 --> 00:15:57.460
 about,

00:15:57.540 --> 00:15:57.720
 right?

00:15:58.040 --> 00:15:58.780
 Those rich

00:15:58.780 --> 00:16:00.180
 are greedy.

00:16:00.660 --> 00:16:01.580
 They're selfish.

00:16:02.060 --> 00:16:02.519
 They are

00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:03.240
 withholding.

00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:05.879
 And they

00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:06.680
 do this so

00:16:06.680 --> 00:16:07.040
 that they

00:16:07.040 --> 00:16:07.440
 might be

00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:07.759
 richer.

00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:11.040
 They

00:16:11.040 --> 00:16:12.220
 withhold

00:16:12.220 --> 00:16:12.900
 what is

00:16:12.900 --> 00:16:13.460
 due their

00:16:13.460 --> 00:16:13.920
 workers,

00:16:14.040 --> 00:16:14.220
 right?

00:16:14.340 --> 00:16:14.900
 It says

00:16:14.900 --> 00:16:15.900
 who mowed

00:16:15.900 --> 00:16:16.560
 your fields,

00:16:16.920 --> 00:16:17.420
 but really

00:16:17.420 --> 00:16:17.980
 it's someone

00:16:17.980 --> 00:16:18.700
 who's harvesting.

00:16:18.700 --> 00:16:19.040
 So,

00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:19.460
 someone who

00:16:19.460 --> 00:16:19.900
 takes a

00:16:19.900 --> 00:16:20.240
 sickle

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 to the

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 grain and

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 brings it

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 into the

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 barn,

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 right?

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 They didn't

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 have

00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:25.560
 lawnmowers

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 then.

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 See,

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 you know?

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 But it's

00:16:30.280 --> 00:16:31.200
 someone who's

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 out in the

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 heat of the

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 day and

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 working,

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 working like a

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 dog to take

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 care of their

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 family,

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 and yet the

00:16:37.540 --> 00:16:38.200
 rich would

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 withhold

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 their pay.

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 But in

00:16:42.740 --> 00:16:42.920
 their

00:16:42.920 --> 00:16:43.440
 arrogance

00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:44.620
 and

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 pride,

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 they had

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 set

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 themselves

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 up against

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 the Lord

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 of hosts.

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 An ancient

00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:51.580
 name that

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 James invokes,

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 the Lord

00:16:52.680 --> 00:16:53.260
 of hosts,

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 also the

00:16:54.360 --> 00:16:54.660
 Lord of

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 armies,

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 the

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 commander,

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 right?

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 And this

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 goes back to

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 what James

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 is saying

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 in chapter

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 four,

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 which is

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 God

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 resists

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 the proud,

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 but gives

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 grace to

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 the humble.

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 God is in

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 opposition to

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 anyone.

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 who would

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 do this

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 because

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 they're

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 arrogant.

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 There's

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 injustice

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 there,

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 and God

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 is a

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 God of

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 vengeance.

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 And so

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 I come to

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 the question

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 when I was

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 studying of

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 wanting to

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 ask yourself,

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 are you a

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 withholding

00:17:26.659 --> 00:17:27.039
 person?

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 Do you

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 withhold

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 what is

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 due to

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 other

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 people?

00:17:35.460 --> 00:17:35.539
 Right?

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 I don't

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 have any

00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:39.339
 workers.

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 awesome.

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 Let's

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 read the

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 story of

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 Ananias

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 and

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 Sapphira.

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 But a

00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:48.519
 man named

00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:49.139
 Ananias and

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 his wife

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 Sapphira sold

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 a piece

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 of property.

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 However,

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 he kept

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 back part

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 of the

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 proceeds

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 with his

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 wife's

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 knowledge

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 and brought

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 a portion

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 of it

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 and laid

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 it at

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 the

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 apostles'

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 feet.

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 Ananias

00:18:01.180 --> 00:18:01.779
 asked,

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 why has

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 Satan

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 filled

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 your

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 heart

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 to

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 lie

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 to

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 the

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 Holy

00:18:04.919 --> 00:18:05.259
 Spirit

00:18:05.259 --> 00:18:05.480
 and

00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:05.819
 keep

00:18:05.819 --> 00:18:06.180
 back

00:18:06.180 --> 00:18:06.599
 part

00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:06.899
 of the

00:18:06.899 --> 00:18:07.480
 proceeds

00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:08.259
 of the

00:18:08.259 --> 00:18:08.539
 land?

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 Wasn't it

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 yours while

00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:11.279
 you possessed

00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:11.500
 it?

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 And after

00:18:12.099 --> 00:18:12.700
 it was

00:18:12.700 --> 00:18:13.059
 sold,

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 wasn't it

00:18:13.899 --> 00:18:14.319
 at your

00:18:14.319 --> 00:18:14.919
 disposal?

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 Why is it

00:18:16.159 --> 00:18:16.419
 that you

00:18:16.419 --> 00:18:17.259
 planned this

00:18:17.259 --> 00:18:17.579
 thing in

00:18:17.579 --> 00:18:17.940
 your heart?

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 You have

00:18:19.320 --> 00:18:19.880
 lied not

00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:20.380
 to people

00:18:20.380 --> 00:18:20.779
 but to

00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:21.120
 God.

00:18:21.539 --> 00:18:21.779
 And when

00:18:21.779 --> 00:18:22.320
 he heard

00:18:22.320 --> 00:18:23.039
 these words,

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 Ananias

00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:24.700
 dropped dead

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 and great

00:18:25.700 --> 00:18:26.640
 fear came

00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:27.180
 over all

00:18:27.180 --> 00:18:27.620
 who heard.

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 The young

00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:29.960
 man got

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 up,

00:18:30.299 --> 00:18:30.720
 wrapped his

00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:31.000
 body,

00:18:31.180 --> 00:18:31.640
 carried him

00:18:31.640 --> 00:18:31.980
 out and

00:18:31.980 --> 00:18:32.539
 buried him.

00:18:34.360 --> 00:18:34.820
 To

00:18:34.820 --> 00:18:35.200
 continue,

00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:36.000
 Peter asked

00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:36.420
 his wife,

00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:37.140
 did you sell

00:18:37.140 --> 00:18:37.580
 the land

00:18:37.580 --> 00:18:37.940
 for this

00:18:37.940 --> 00:18:38.240
 price?

00:18:38.279 --> 00:18:38.519
 And she

00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:38.759
 said,

00:18:38.840 --> 00:18:39.100
 yes,

00:18:39.160 --> 00:18:39.500
 for that

00:18:39.500 --> 00:18:39.880
 price.

00:18:40.259 --> 00:18:40.660
 And Peter

00:18:40.660 --> 00:18:41.039
 said to

00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:41.220
 her,

00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:41.940
 then why

00:18:41.940 --> 00:18:42.259
 did you

00:18:42.259 --> 00:18:42.759
 agree to

00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:43.200
 test the

00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:43.779
 Holy Spirit?

00:18:44.380 --> 00:18:44.720
 Let the

00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:45.140
 feet of

00:18:45.140 --> 00:18:45.519
 those who

00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:45.980
 buried your

00:18:45.980 --> 00:18:46.299
 husband

00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:46.620
 are at

00:18:46.620 --> 00:18:47.000
 the door

00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:47.660
 and they

00:18:47.660 --> 00:18:47.820
 will

00:18:47.940 --> 00:18:48.420
 carry you

00:18:48.420 --> 00:18:48.660
 out.

00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:50.420
 And

00:18:50.420 --> 00:18:50.960
 instantly

00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:51.299
 she

00:18:51.299 --> 00:18:51.700
 dropped

00:18:51.700 --> 00:18:52.000
 dead

00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:52.400
 at his

00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:52.660
 feet.

00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:55.100
 In

00:18:55.100 --> 00:18:55.640
 this,

00:18:56.320 --> 00:18:57.059
 not only

00:18:57.059 --> 00:18:57.700
 of who

00:18:57.700 --> 00:18:58.200
 works for

00:18:58.200 --> 00:18:58.420
 you,

00:18:58.779 --> 00:18:59.080
 but do

00:18:59.080 --> 00:18:59.580
 you withhold

00:18:59.580 --> 00:19:00.080
 what truly

00:19:00.080 --> 00:19:00.600
 belongs to

00:19:00.600 --> 00:19:00.980
 the Lord?

00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:05.160
 Whether

00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:05.620
 it be

00:19:05.620 --> 00:19:06.299
 tithing,

00:19:08.080 --> 00:19:08.660
 whether it

00:19:08.660 --> 00:19:09.220
 be God

00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:09.880
 calling you

00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:10.299
 to give

00:19:10.299 --> 00:19:10.620
 to a

00:19:10.620 --> 00:19:10.820
 certain

00:19:10.820 --> 00:19:11.279
 person,

00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:12.940
 whether

00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:13.500
 it be

00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:14.240
 God

00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:14.880
 saying to

00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:15.440
 do such

00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:15.860
 and such

00:19:15.860 --> 00:19:16.320
 with such

00:19:16.320 --> 00:19:16.799
 and such

00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:17.220
 money,

00:19:17.220 --> 00:19:18.059
 are you

00:19:18.059 --> 00:19:18.720
 withholding?

00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:20.220
 For you

00:19:20.220 --> 00:19:20.660
 have set

00:19:20.660 --> 00:19:21.519
 yourself up

00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:22.019
 against the

00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:22.220
 Lord.

00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:23.640
 Do not

00:19:23.640 --> 00:19:24.180
 be arrogant

00:19:24.180 --> 00:19:24.779
 from this.

00:19:25.140 --> 00:19:25.460
 Do not

00:19:25.460 --> 00:19:26.480
 be like

00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:27.039
 Ananias and

00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:27.420
 Sapphira.

00:19:29.900 --> 00:19:31.019
 And even,

00:19:31.819 --> 00:19:33.019
 I think

00:19:33.019 --> 00:19:33.700
 everyone can

00:19:33.700 --> 00:19:34.180
 relate to

00:19:34.180 --> 00:19:34.539
 this,

00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:35.579
 waiters.

00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:37.880
 There's a

00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:38.740
 really bad

00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:39.220
 stigma

00:19:39.220 --> 00:19:41.440
 that Christians

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:41.940
 have

00:19:41.940 --> 00:19:43.700
 with waiters

00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:45.100
 that

00:19:45.100 --> 00:19:45.900
 Christians

00:19:45.900 --> 00:19:46.460
 are

00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:47.180
 really

00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:47.559
 bad

00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:47.900
 tippers.

00:19:50.700 --> 00:19:51.059
 I

00:19:51.059 --> 00:19:51.940
 remember

00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:54.539
 I was

00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:55.200
 with my

00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:55.460
 buddy,

00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:56.100
 Sam,

00:19:56.180 --> 00:19:56.420
 in New

00:19:56.420 --> 00:19:56.700
 York,

00:19:57.740 --> 00:19:58.000
 and

00:19:58.000 --> 00:20:00.279
 I was

00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:00.420
 like,

00:20:00.500 --> 00:20:00.840
 yeah,

00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:01.220
 I don't

00:20:01.220 --> 00:20:01.700
 really tip.

00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:02.920
 I don't

00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:03.299
 really do

00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:03.539
 that.

00:20:03.900 --> 00:20:04.180
 He's like,

00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:04.400
 oh,

00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:04.820
 nice.

00:20:05.360 --> 00:20:05.720
 Nice way

00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:05.980
 to love

00:20:05.980 --> 00:20:06.320
 your neighbor,

00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:06.580
 right?

00:20:06.579 --> 00:20:12.299
 That should

00:20:12.299 --> 00:20:13.019
 not be the

00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:14.299
 stigma that

00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:15.119
 outsiders have

00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:15.639
 with Christians.

00:20:17.579 --> 00:20:18.220
 It should

00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:18.699
 be that we

00:20:18.699 --> 00:20:19.199
 are generous

00:20:19.199 --> 00:20:19.740
 people.

00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:22.119
 It should

00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:22.539
 be that we

00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:23.099
 are loving,

00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:24.839
 not only in

00:20:24.839 --> 00:20:25.220
 our money,

00:20:25.379 --> 00:20:26.000
 but in

00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:27.059
 talking to

00:20:27.059 --> 00:20:27.579
 these waiters

00:20:27.579 --> 00:20:28.199
 and loving

00:20:28.199 --> 00:20:29.379
 them and

00:20:29.379 --> 00:20:29.939
 preaching the

00:20:29.939 --> 00:20:30.460
 gospel to

00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:30.879
 them, dare

00:20:30.879 --> 00:20:31.399
 I say it.

00:20:33.339 --> 00:20:34.059
 That should

00:20:34.059 --> 00:20:34.799
 not be how

00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:35.359
 we act

00:20:35.359 --> 00:20:36.559
 with anyone

00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.319
 our attitudes

00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:38.039
 towards our

00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:38.579
 brothers and

00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:39.039
 sisters,

00:20:39.559 --> 00:20:40.240
 towards those

00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:40.539
 on the

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:41.059
 outside,

00:20:41.179 --> 00:20:41.679
 should not

00:20:41.679 --> 00:20:42.379
 be one

00:20:42.379 --> 00:20:43.559
 of withholding

00:20:43.559 --> 00:20:44.200
 because our

00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:45.319
 Father did

00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:46.700
 not withhold

00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:47.079
 his own

00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:47.740
 Son from

00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.039
 us.

00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:50.079
 But he

00:20:50.079 --> 00:20:50.679
 poured out

00:20:50.679 --> 00:20:51.279
 his blood

00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:52.179
 generously

00:20:52.179 --> 00:20:53.879
 for you.

00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:00.259
 Onwards to

00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:00.839
 verse 5.

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.159
 You have

00:21:02.159 --> 00:21:03.740
 lived luxuriously

00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:04.599
 on the earth

00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:05.159
 and have

00:21:05.159 --> 00:21:06.000
 indulged

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:06.480
 yourselves.

00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:07.619
 You have

00:21:07.619 --> 00:21:07.980
 fattened

00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:08.460
 your hearts

00:21:08.460 --> 00:21:09.079
 in a

00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:09.319
 day of

00:21:09.319 --> 00:21:09.679
 slaughter.

00:21:13.419 --> 00:21:14.059
 Pleasure

00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:14.799
 and luxury

00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:15.700
 are what

00:21:15.700 --> 00:21:17.759
 these people

00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.319
 are seeking.

00:21:18.919 --> 00:21:19.079
 It's

00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:19.519
 ultimately

00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:20.659
 what

00:21:20.659 --> 00:21:21.579
 these

00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:22.200
 desires,

00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:23.259
 any sinful

00:21:23.259 --> 00:21:23.659
 desire,

00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:24.179
 will lead

00:21:24.179 --> 00:21:24.559
 you to,

00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:25.740
 is being

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:26.440
 pleasurable,

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.659
 being luxurious.

00:21:28.659 --> 00:21:29.079
 I mean,

00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:29.679
 if you consider

00:21:29.679 --> 00:21:30.419
 the story of

00:21:30.419 --> 00:21:30.960
 the prodigal

00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:31.259
 son,

00:21:31.339 --> 00:21:31.679
 what does he

00:21:31.679 --> 00:21:32.079
 run to?

00:21:32.139 --> 00:21:32.480
 He runs

00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:33.599
 to prostitutes,

00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:35.119
 to spending

00:21:35.119 --> 00:21:35.759
 all the money

00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.459
 on fleeting

00:21:36.459 --> 00:21:36.980
 things.

00:21:38.219 --> 00:21:38.839
 That's what

00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:39.399
 they desire.

00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:39.959
 And some

00:21:39.959 --> 00:21:40.339
 people,

00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:41.059
 unlike the

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:41.519
 prodigal,

00:21:42.399 --> 00:21:43.000
 will never

00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:43.619
 get saved,

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.539
 will never

00:21:44.539 --> 00:21:45.000
 hit rock

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.299
 bottom,

00:21:45.419 --> 00:21:45.779
 but will

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.219
 continue

00:21:46.219 --> 00:21:46.839
 living this

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.059
 way.

00:21:50.059 --> 00:21:50.659
 There's a

00:21:50.659 --> 00:21:51.219
 day of

00:21:51.219 --> 00:21:51.779
 slaughter

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.199
 coming.

00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:55.840
 there's

00:21:55.840 --> 00:21:56.080
 the

00:21:56.080 --> 00:21:57.200
 example

00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:57.600
 of

00:21:57.600 --> 00:21:58.620
 Jesus

00:21:58.620 --> 00:21:59.039
 telling

00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.299
 the

00:21:59.299 --> 00:21:59.900
 story

00:21:59.900 --> 00:22:00.100
 of

00:22:00.100 --> 00:22:00.340
 when

00:22:00.340 --> 00:22:01.440
 a

00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:02.080
 nobleman

00:22:02.080 --> 00:22:03.200
 goes off

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:03.480
 to a

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:03.660
 far

00:22:03.660 --> 00:22:04.120
 country

00:22:04.120 --> 00:22:05.400
 to receive

00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:05.759
 a letter

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.220
 to become

00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:06.620
 king,

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.640
 and his

00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:08.080
 servants

00:22:08.080 --> 00:22:08.819
 send a

00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:09.259
 delegation

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:10.120
 after him

00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:10.600
 saying,

00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:11.000
 we don't

00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.500
 want this

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:12.259
 man to

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:12.700
 be king.

00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:14.340
 This is

00:22:14.340 --> 00:22:14.819
 the parable

00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:15.160
 of the

00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:15.440
 ten

00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:16.160
 talents,

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:16.380
 ten

00:22:16.380 --> 00:22:16.799
 meneas.

00:22:18.080 --> 00:22:18.900
 And when

00:22:18.900 --> 00:22:19.880
 the

00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:20.640
 nobleman

00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:21.259
 returns

00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:21.859
 with the

00:22:21.859 --> 00:22:22.039
 letter

00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:22.359
 to be

00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:22.519
 a

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:22.799
 king,

00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:23.619
 what does

00:22:23.619 --> 00:22:23.940
 he do

00:22:23.940 --> 00:22:24.359
 with those

00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:24.619
 wicked

00:22:24.619 --> 00:22:25.059
 servants?

00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:26.680
 He

00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:27.279
 slaughters

00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:27.619
 them

00:22:27.619 --> 00:22:29.740
 before him.

00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:31.980
 There is

00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:32.440
 a day

00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:33.319
 of slaughter

00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:33.799
 coming,

00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:34.980
 when the

00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:35.579
 king of

00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:36.339
 kings will

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:37.900
 return and

00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:39.019
 judge these

00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.859
 types of

00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:40.379
 people who

00:22:40.379 --> 00:22:40.960
 are setting

00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:42.200
 themselves up

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:42.759
 against the

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.019
 Lord,

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.900
 not trusting

00:22:43.900 --> 00:22:44.359
 in him,

00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:45.779
 but trusting

00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:46.680
 in the

00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:47.000
 world,

00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:48.099
 in their

00:22:48.099 --> 00:22:48.799
 own power,

00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:50.039
 in their

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:50.720
 own wealth,

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:54.900
 God's

00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:55.700
 God's

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.019
 And that's

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.660
 an encouragement

00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:58.039
 to strengthen

00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:58.779
 your hearts

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.559
 with Christ.

00:23:03.879 --> 00:23:04.940
 Verse 6,

00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:09.880
 you have

00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:10.460
 condemned,

00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:11.600
 you have

00:23:11.600 --> 00:23:12.279
 murdered the

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:13.059
 righteous who

00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:13.519
 does not

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:14.180
 resist you.

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.539
 I think the

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.259
 NIV has a

00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:16.900
 better reading,

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:17.740
 which is,

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:18.559
 you have

00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:19.080
 condemned

00:23:19.080 --> 00:23:20.720
 and murdered

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.580
 the innocent

00:23:21.580 --> 00:23:22.660
 one who

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:23.059
 is not

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:23.539
 opposing

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:23.799
 you.

00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:25.240
 NIV for

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:25.420
 you,

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:25.600
 so.

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.140
 There's a

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:29.940
 progression in

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.400
 the love of

00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:30.640
 money,

00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.019
 right,

00:23:31.360 --> 00:23:32.160
 that is

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:32.980
 being laid

00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.380
 out here.

00:23:33.380 --> 00:23:34.180
 They're

00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:34.780
 withholding,

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.120
 right,

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:35.900
 they,

00:23:36.060 --> 00:23:36.940
 okay,

00:23:37.560 --> 00:23:37.920
 they've

00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:39.220
 gotten this

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:40.080
 idol of

00:23:40.080 --> 00:23:40.360
 money,

00:23:40.620 --> 00:23:40.900
 right,

00:23:41.260 --> 00:23:41.680
 they've

00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:42.240
 desired it,

00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:43.920
 I love

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.100
 it.

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.460
 And then

00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:46.200
 it starts

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:46.700
 off with

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:48.280
 them hoarding,

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:48.960
 right,

00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:50.120
 hoarding more

00:23:50.120 --> 00:23:50.400
 and more

00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:50.820
 silver,

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:52.360
 more and more

00:23:52.360 --> 00:23:52.820
 grains,

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.440
 more and more

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:53.800
 stuff.

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:54.860
 And they're

00:23:54.860 --> 00:23:55.240
 like, oh,

00:23:55.260 --> 00:23:55.740
 I want even

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.120
 more.

00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:57.760
 Let me start

00:23:57.760 --> 00:23:58.460
 withholding from

00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:59.060
 my workers.

00:23:59.520 --> 00:24:00.320
 I'll get even

00:24:00.320 --> 00:24:01.000
 more that way.

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.200
 Aggression.

00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:03.680
 Let's keep

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:03.980
 going.

00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:05.420
 And with all

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:06.160
 that, I can

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:07.279
 live luxuriously.

00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:09.180
 I can live

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:11.079
 such comfort.

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.099
 Oh, man,

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:13.920
 there's some

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.380
 people who are

00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:15.019
 opposing me.

00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:16.160
 They're opposing

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:16.779
 what I'm doing.

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.859
 They don't like

00:24:17.859 --> 00:24:18.059
 it.

00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:19.539
 I'm going to

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:20.019
 murder them.

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.359
 I hate that

00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:22.839
 they oppose

00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:23.019
 me.

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:25.380
 I hate that

00:24:25.380 --> 00:24:26.000
 they come

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.579
 after me.

00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:27.920
 I'm going to

00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:28.440
 murder them

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:29.059
 and condemn

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:29.299
 them.

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:29.899
 That is

00:24:29.899 --> 00:24:30.980
 what's

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.319
 happening.

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:33.940
 These are

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:35.139
 innocent ones.

00:24:37.139 --> 00:24:37.700
 Sorry, it

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.240
 says, who

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:38.519
 is not

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:38.720
 even

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.159
 opposing.

00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:40.539
 Right?

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:44.059
 It reminds

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.559
 me of

00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:48.139
 John the

00:24:48.139 --> 00:24:48.899
 Baptist and

00:24:48.899 --> 00:24:49.259
 Herod.

00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:51.119
 When

00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:52.159
 John the

00:24:52.159 --> 00:24:52.500
 Baptist

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:53.399
 goes and

00:24:53.399 --> 00:24:53.980
 confronts

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:55.559
 Herod and

00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:56.059
 says, you

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.599
 need to

00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:57.099
 repent.

00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:58.619
 I believe

00:24:58.619 --> 00:24:58.939
 it was

00:24:58.939 --> 00:25:00.159
 his brother

00:25:00.159 --> 00:25:01.359
 sister that

00:25:01.359 --> 00:25:01.579
 he was

00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:02.059
 married to.

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:04.219
 Says, like

00:25:04.219 --> 00:25:04.779
 this, like

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.299
 you need to

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:06.740
 be divorced

00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:07.139
 from her.

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.399
 And what

00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:10.139
 did she ask

00:25:10.139 --> 00:25:11.119
 for at that

00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:11.539
 dance?

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.659
 For John

00:25:12.659 --> 00:25:13.319
 the Baptist's

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:13.579
 head.

00:25:14.179 --> 00:25:15.039
 Because she

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.480
 wanted to

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:16.219
 continue in

00:25:16.219 --> 00:25:17.019
 her sensuality.

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:21.660
 I would

00:25:21.660 --> 00:25:22.819
 encourage you

00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.299
 brothers and

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:24.160
 sisters to

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:25.339
 continue to

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:25.720
 oppose.

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:29.019
 Do not

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:30.180
 fear death.

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:31.460
 Do not

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:32.259
 fear opposition.

00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:33.799
 Do not

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.799
 fear persecution.

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:38.079
 Your God

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:39.819
 is backing

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.139
 you.

00:25:42.139 --> 00:25:42.839
 And he

00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:43.259
 is the

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.740
 rock.

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:44.740
 And

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:50.299
 I

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:50.680
 consider

00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:51.500
 in this

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:53.079
 verse even

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:53.819
 Lazarus and

00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:54.139
 the rich

00:25:54.139 --> 00:25:54.379
 man.

00:25:55.379 --> 00:25:55.519
 Right?

00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:00.599
 There is a

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:01.119
 rich man

00:26:01.119 --> 00:26:03.119
 who is

00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:03.779
 dressed in

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.299
 purple and

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:04.799
 fine linen,

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.480
 feasting

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:06.480
 lavishly every

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:06.819
 day.

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:07.379
 But a

00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:07.799
 poor man

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:08.019
 named

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.539
 Lazarus,

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:09.619
 covered with

00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:10.039
 sores,

00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:10.319
 who is

00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:10.980
 lying at

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.480
 his gate.

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.319
 He

00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:13.079
 longed to

00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:13.700
 be filled

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.160
 with what

00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:15.139
 fell from

00:26:15.139 --> 00:26:15.519
 the rich

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:15.859
 man's

00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:16.160
 table.

00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:17.160
 But instead

00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:17.759
 the dogs

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.180
 would come

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.480
 and lick

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:18.980
 his sores.

00:26:20.320 --> 00:26:20.960
 One day

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.360
 the poor

00:26:21.360 --> 00:26:21.900
 man died

00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.279
 and was

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:22.920
 carried away

00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:23.640
 by the

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:24.259
 angels to

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.740
 Abraham's

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:24.960
 side.

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.000
 The rich

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.460
 man also

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:26.800
 died and

00:26:26.800 --> 00:26:27.200
 was buried.

00:26:28.080 --> 00:26:28.380
 And being

00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:28.820
 in torment

00:26:28.820 --> 00:26:29.420
 in Hades,

00:26:29.540 --> 00:26:29.900
 he looked

00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:30.259
 up and

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:30.940
 saw Abraham

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.640
 a long

00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:32.240
 way off

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:32.700
 at

00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:33.100
 Lazarus'

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.440
 side.

00:26:34.320 --> 00:26:34.759
 Father

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.320
 Abraham,

00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:36.040
 he cried,

00:26:36.320 --> 00:26:37.060
 have mercy

00:26:37.060 --> 00:26:37.680
 on me and

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:38.560
 send Lazarus

00:26:38.560 --> 00:26:39.019
 to dip

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:40.700
 the tip of

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:41.200
 his finger

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:41.620
 in water

00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:42.040
 and cool

00:26:42.040 --> 00:26:42.500
 my tongue

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.100
 because I

00:26:43.100 --> 00:26:43.380
 am in

00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:44.300
 agony in

00:26:44.300 --> 00:26:44.500
 these

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:44.880
 flames.

00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:47.600
 son,

00:26:48.120 --> 00:26:48.440
 Abraham

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:48.800
 said,

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.220
 remember

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:49.700
 that during

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.260
 your life

00:26:50.260 --> 00:26:51.640
 you received

00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:52.060
 your good

00:26:52.060 --> 00:26:53.460
 things just

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:54.140
 as Lazarus

00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:54.740
 received his

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.360
 bad things.

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:57.460
 But now

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:57.740
 he is

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.220
 comforted

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:58.840
 here while

00:26:58.840 --> 00:26:59.160
 you are

00:26:59.160 --> 00:26:59.620
 in agony.

00:27:01.260 --> 00:27:01.580
 Besides

00:27:01.580 --> 00:27:02.060
 all this,

00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:02.540
 a great

00:27:02.540 --> 00:27:03.240
 chasm has

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.760
 been fixed

00:27:03.760 --> 00:27:05.080
 between us

00:27:05.080 --> 00:27:06.380
 and you

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:07.120
 so that

00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:07.540
 those who

00:27:07.540 --> 00:27:07.880
 want to

00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:08.420
 pass over

00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:08.920
 from here

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.300
 to you

00:27:09.300 --> 00:27:09.700
 cannot,

00:27:10.300 --> 00:27:10.920
 neither can

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:12.240
 those from

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.940
 here cross

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.320
 over to

00:27:13.320 --> 00:27:13.520
 there.

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:14.619
 father,

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.079
 he said,

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:15.420
 then I

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:16.039
 beg you,

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.799
 send him

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.519
 Lazarus

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:18.839
 to my

00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:19.299
 father's

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:19.480
 house

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:19.980
 because I

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.539
 have five

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:20.940
 brothers

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:22.700
 and I

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.079
 want to

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.579
 warn them

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:23.920
 so that

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.339
 they won't

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:24.720
 come to

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.379
 this place

00:27:25.379 --> 00:27:27.279
 of torment.

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:28.720
 But Abraham

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.099
 said,

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:29.660
 they have

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.259
 Moses and

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:30.900
 the prophets,

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:32.039
 they should

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.879
 listen to

00:27:32.879 --> 00:27:33.119
 them.

00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:33.660
 No,

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.440
 father Abraham,

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.579
 but if

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:36.440
 someone from

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:36.920
 the dead

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.440
 goes to

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:37.639
 them,

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.299
 they will

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:38.819
 repent.

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:40.160
 But he

00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:40.639
 told them,

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:41.860
 if you

00:27:41.860 --> 00:27:42.100
 don't

00:27:42.100 --> 00:27:42.560
 listen to

00:27:42.560 --> 00:27:43.080
 Moses and

00:27:43.080 --> 00:27:43.660
 the prophets,

00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:46.040
 then you

00:27:46.040 --> 00:27:46.420
 won't be

00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:47.100
 persuaded if

00:27:47.100 --> 00:27:47.780
 someone raised

00:27:47.780 --> 00:27:48.300
 from the

00:27:48.300 --> 00:27:48.540
 dead.

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.480
 There's

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.380
 revelation in

00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:53.660
 this,

00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:54.180
 truly,

00:27:54.520 --> 00:27:55.120
 that only

00:27:55.120 --> 00:27:55.700
 God can

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.420
 save someone.

00:27:58.060 --> 00:27:58.580
 Right?

00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:00.120
 If they

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:00.820
 won't listen to

00:28:00.820 --> 00:28:01.300
 Moses and

00:28:01.300 --> 00:28:01.800
 the prophets,

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.160
 and they

00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:02.860
 won't listen to

00:28:02.860 --> 00:28:03.380
 someone who's

00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:03.840
 raised from

00:28:03.840 --> 00:28:04.120
 the dead,

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:05.000
 only God

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.620
 can save

00:28:05.620 --> 00:28:06.740
 a truly

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.620
 dead person

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:09.359
 whom we

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:10.099
 all are.

00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:11.659
 We are

00:28:11.659 --> 00:28:12.359
 all dead

00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:12.719
 in our

00:28:12.719 --> 00:28:13.359
 trespasses

00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:13.859
 and in

00:28:13.859 --> 00:28:14.359
 our sins,

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:14.919
 and if

00:28:14.919 --> 00:28:15.319
 you don't

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:15.959
 believe that,

00:28:16.159 --> 00:28:16.579
 then you

00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:17.059
 believe in

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:17.500
 a lie.

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:23.959
 Of this

00:28:23.959 --> 00:28:27.259
 text right

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:27.500
 here,

00:28:27.639 --> 00:28:28.539
 I've had

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:29.279
 great comfort

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:30.219
 in this

00:28:30.219 --> 00:28:30.959
 text at

00:28:30.959 --> 00:28:31.679
 one point

00:28:31.679 --> 00:28:31.979
 in my

00:28:31.979 --> 00:28:32.339
 life.

00:28:32.919 --> 00:28:33.259
 I think I

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.559
 was about

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.299
 15 when

00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:34.759
 I watched

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.599
 this documentary

00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:36.639
 called

00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:37.700
 Hypernormalization.

00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.200
 Great

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:39.720
 documentary.

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.420
 It's about

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:41.900
 four hours

00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:42.259
 long.

00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:42.780
 If you're

00:28:42.780 --> 00:28:43.420
 committed to

00:28:43.420 --> 00:28:43.900
 Lord of the

00:28:43.900 --> 00:28:44.140
 Rings,

00:28:44.280 --> 00:28:44.660
 you'd be

00:28:44.660 --> 00:28:46.080
 committed to

00:28:46.080 --> 00:28:46.380
 this.

00:28:47.840 --> 00:28:49.320
 But it

00:28:49.320 --> 00:28:50.220
 shares of

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:52.259
 the downfall

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:52.620
 of the

00:28:52.620 --> 00:28:53.240
 Soviet Union,

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:55.360
 and from

00:28:55.360 --> 00:28:56.180
 there progresses

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:57.020
 to how

00:28:57.020 --> 00:28:58.460
 the banks

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:59.920
 came to

00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:01.280
 take control

00:29:01.280 --> 00:29:01.920
 of a lot

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.140
 of the

00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:02.340
 world,

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:04.400
 and how

00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:04.740
 a lot

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:04.980
 of the

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:06.000
 world was

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.340
 controlled

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:06.980
 by money

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.759
 and power

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.439
 the rich

00:29:08.439 --> 00:29:08.720
 and the

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.000
 wealthy.

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:12.419
 And it

00:29:12.419 --> 00:29:13.879
 shows all

00:29:13.879 --> 00:29:14.159
 of the

00:29:14.159 --> 00:29:14.839
 wars that

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:15.339
 are funded

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:16.240
 by so

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.639
 many rich

00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:16.939
 people.

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:18.899
 And what

00:29:18.899 --> 00:29:19.500
 the documentary

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.279
 really does

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:20.659
 is it

00:29:20.659 --> 00:29:21.639
 presents to

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:22.139
 you all

00:29:22.139 --> 00:29:22.720
 these things,

00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:24.980
 but doesn't

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.279
 give a

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:25.679
 conclusion.

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:27.179
 It doesn't

00:29:27.179 --> 00:29:28.319
 say what

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:28.839
 should happen,

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.199
 what you

00:29:29.199 --> 00:29:29.500
 should do,

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:29.879
 what you

00:29:29.879 --> 00:29:30.259
 should think.

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:30.559
 It just

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:30.819
 says,

00:29:31.379 --> 00:29:31.699
 this is

00:29:31.699 --> 00:29:31.980
 happening.

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:34.599
 And my

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:35.019
 heart was

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.599
 so fearful

00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:37.839
 because I

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:38.640
 considered how

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:40.240
 rich these

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:40.740
 people are,

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.420
 how powerful

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:41.860
 they are,

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:44.019
 and how I

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.500
 have no

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:45.299
 control over

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:45.839
 any of these

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.220
 things that

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:46.519
 they could

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:46.819
 do.

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:48.240
 Yet this

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:49.000
 text was so

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.960
 comforting because

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.500
 yet these

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:51.220
 realities are

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:51.940
 still true

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:53.220
 to this

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.620
 day,

00:29:54.120 --> 00:29:55.360
 that the

00:29:55.360 --> 00:29:55.940
 rich do

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.539
 murder the

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:56.860
 innocent.

00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:58.440
 Right?

00:29:58.440 --> 00:30:00.480
 to stay

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:00.900
 rich and

00:30:00.900 --> 00:30:01.200
 wealthy.

00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:03.620
 But,

00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:06.720
 God has

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.299
 the final

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:07.820
 say in

00:30:07.820 --> 00:30:08.279
 all of

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:08.440
 these

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:08.779
 things.

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:10.860
 He is

00:30:10.860 --> 00:30:11.580
 in control

00:30:11.580 --> 00:30:12.140
 of all

00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:12.440
 of these

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:12.759
 things.

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.860
 He's the

00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:15.240
 one who

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.820
 ordains

00:30:15.820 --> 00:30:16.039
 them,

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.580
 and He's

00:30:16.580 --> 00:30:16.860
 the one

00:30:16.860 --> 00:30:17.140
 who will

00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:17.660
 bring

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:18.279
 judgment

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:20.039
 upon those

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.680
 who are

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:22.240
 wicked in

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:23.000
 the misuse

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.799
 of money,

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.240
 in the

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.840
 misuse of

00:30:24.840 --> 00:30:25.220
 power,

00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:25.620
 in the

00:30:25.620 --> 00:30:26.059
 misuse

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:27.080
 of authority.

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:28.799
 And He

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:30.119
 will slaughter

00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:30.460
 them.

00:30:37.819 --> 00:30:38.919
 Note of a

00:30:38.919 --> 00:30:39.720
 new section,

00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.819
 moving on to

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:42.720
 verses 7

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.539
 through 11.

00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:45.619
 To me,

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.220
 as I was

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:46.899
 reading this,

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.980
 it seems like

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:49.319
 a culmination

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:50.299
 of multiple

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:51.819
 themes and

00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:52.559
 things that

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.019
 have been

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.619
 represented

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:54.139
 throughout the

00:30:54.139 --> 00:30:54.439
 book of

00:30:54.439 --> 00:30:54.839
 James.

00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:58.119
 that are

00:30:58.119 --> 00:30:58.819
 now in

00:30:58.819 --> 00:30:59.159
 kind of

00:30:59.159 --> 00:30:59.339
 these

00:30:59.339 --> 00:30:59.659
 verses,

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.000
 right?

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:01.959
 So,

00:31:02.379 --> 00:31:02.980
 in my

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.379
 Bible,

00:31:04.459 --> 00:31:05.319
 in CSB,

00:31:05.639 --> 00:31:05.980
 I know a

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.279
 lot of you

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.720
 guys read

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.220
 ESV,

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.159
 in mine,

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.679
 one thing

00:31:08.679 --> 00:31:08.980
 that I

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.539
 noted was

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:10.519
 it starts

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.000
 off each

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.480
 section

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:12.079
 almost with

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:12.439
 therefore

00:31:12.439 --> 00:31:13.119
 brothers and

00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:13.459
 sisters,

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.519
 in verse

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:14.859
 7,

00:31:14.959 --> 00:31:15.279
 then verse

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:15.500
 9,

00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:16.119
 brothers and

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:16.519
 sisters,

00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:17.019
 do not

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.399
 complain,

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:17.740
 and then

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.159
 verse 10,

00:31:18.659 --> 00:31:19.159
 brothers and

00:31:19.159 --> 00:31:19.519
 sisters,

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:20.240
 take the

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.559
 prophet.

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.339
 And then

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:21.899
 verse 12,

00:31:22.159 --> 00:31:22.799
 above all,

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:23.559
 my brothers

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:24.179
 and sisters.

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:25.539
 The CSB,

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.599
 NIV should

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:27.159
 have something,

00:31:27.399 --> 00:31:28.200
 or KJV,

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.619
 something like

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:29.039
 brethren,

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:30.000
 or ESV,

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:30.519
 maybe even

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:31.460
 brothers and

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.779
 sisters.

00:31:32.899 --> 00:31:33.659
 It's kind of

00:31:33.659 --> 00:31:34.259
 a crescendo,

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:34.940
 a drumbeat.

00:31:35.879 --> 00:31:36.359
 Therefore,

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:36.960
 brothers and

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:37.220
 sisters,

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:37.679
 therefore,

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:38.179
 brothers and

00:31:38.179 --> 00:31:38.440
 sisters,

00:31:38.659 --> 00:31:40.139
 these are the

00:31:40.139 --> 00:31:40.960
 things that I

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.519
 want you to

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:41.740
 do.

00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:42.679
 Right?

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:45.819
 And just

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:46.200
 together,

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:46.879
 verse 7 and

00:31:46.879 --> 00:31:47.119
 8,

00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:48.359
 therefore,

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:49.240
 brothers and

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.660
 sisters,

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:51.420
 be patient

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:52.920
 until the

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:53.640
 Lord's coming.

00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:55.220
 See how the

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:56.019
 farmer waits

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.380
 for the

00:31:56.380 --> 00:31:57.440
 precious fruit

00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:58.019
 of the earth

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:59.059
 and is patient

00:31:59.059 --> 00:31:59.920
 with it until

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:01.000
 it receives

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.539
 the early

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:02.120
 and late

00:32:02.120 --> 00:32:02.500
 rains.

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.640
 You also

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:05.140
 must be

00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:05.480
 patient.

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:06.620
 Strengthen

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:07.059
 your hearts

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.660
 because the

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.339
 Lord's coming

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:09.500
 is near.

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.720
 That theme

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.000
 that I

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.559
 mentioned of

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:12.200
 the Lord's

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:13.279
 coming and

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.660
 the Lord's

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:14.160
 coming being

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:14.740
 near is

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.660
 evident here.

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:16.940
 Right?

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:18.819
 We are in

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.720
 this waiting

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.139
 period,

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:20.859
 waiting for

00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:21.319
 the Lord.

00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:22.139
 Come,

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.659
 Lord Jesus,

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:23.119
 come.

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.679
 And what

00:32:25.679 --> 00:32:26.059
 does this

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.480
 type of

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.299
 patience look

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:28.679
 like that

00:32:28.679 --> 00:32:29.119
 James is

00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:29.759
 writing about?

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:30.679
 And for

00:32:30.679 --> 00:32:30.919
 this,

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.460
 I want to

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:31.779
 highlight

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.839
 Romans 8,

00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:33.279
 25,

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:33.980
 which says,

00:32:34.419 --> 00:32:34.799
 now if we

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.460
 have hope

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:36.559
 for what we

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:37.259
 do not see,

00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:39.000
 we eagerly

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:40.200
 wait for it

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.939
 with patience.

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:41.879
 Right?

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:43.179
 We eagerly

00:32:43.179 --> 00:32:43.899
 wait for it

00:32:43.899 --> 00:32:44.539
 with patience.

00:32:44.879 --> 00:32:45.039
 Right?

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:46.119
 There's a lot

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:47.099
 of things that

00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:47.879
 I eagerly

00:32:47.879 --> 00:32:48.419
 wait for.

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:50.259
 such as

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:51.120
 my chicken

00:32:51.120 --> 00:32:51.700
 nuggets in

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:52.120
 the toaster

00:32:52.120 --> 00:32:52.420
 oven.

00:32:54.580 --> 00:32:55.560
 I eagerly

00:32:55.560 --> 00:32:56.220
 wait for it

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:57.560
 and I eagerly

00:32:57.560 --> 00:32:58.060
 wait for it

00:32:58.060 --> 00:32:58.640
 with patience

00:32:58.640 --> 00:32:59.340
 because if I

00:32:59.340 --> 00:32:59.880
 took it out,

00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:00.539
 it would

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:00.759
 still be

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:01.060
 frozen.

00:33:03.360 --> 00:33:04.080
 A new

00:33:04.080 --> 00:33:04.820
 movie release.

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:06.100
 I'm forced

00:33:06.100 --> 00:33:06.720
 to be patient

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:07.380
 for that,

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:08.759
 but I eagerly

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.360
 wait for it.

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:09.820
 I'll watch

00:33:09.820 --> 00:33:10.300
 the trailer

00:33:10.300 --> 00:33:11.140
 time and

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:11.840
 time again,

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:12.940
 eagerly

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:13.680
 waiting for it,

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.160
 but I have

00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:14.740
 to be patient

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.740
 because it'll

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.100
 come.

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.220
 It'll come

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:17.519
 soon.

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:20.320
 Man,

00:33:21.180 --> 00:33:21.480
 for that

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:22.220
 monster buck

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:22.720
 to come

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.240
 around before

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:23.519
 I could

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:24.060
 pop it.

00:33:25.320 --> 00:33:25.759
 It's a

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.279
 nine-pointer.

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:28.900
 Hunting.

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:29.860
 You guys

00:33:29.860 --> 00:33:30.180
 didn't get

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:30.400
 that?

00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:32.140
 Whatever.

00:33:32.140 --> 00:33:37.140
 But if 20

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.800
 years from

00:33:37.800 --> 00:33:38.720
 now, the

00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:39.440
 Lord tarries,

00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:40.940
 I wonder

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:41.500
 if based

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:41.900
 on the

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.800
 pattern of

00:33:42.800 --> 00:33:43.320
 your life

00:33:43.320 --> 00:33:45.140
 now, you

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:45.520
 would be

00:33:45.520 --> 00:33:45.960
 eagerly

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.520
 waiting for

00:33:46.520 --> 00:33:46.860
 the Lord.

00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:49.280
 Would you

00:33:49.280 --> 00:33:51.360
 be eager?

00:33:52.080 --> 00:33:52.759
 Do you

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.400
 eagerly wait

00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:53.620
 now?

00:33:55.080 --> 00:33:55.640
 Do you

00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:56.460
 consider daily

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:57.160
 the Lord's

00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:57.400
 coming?

00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:59.400
 God's

00:33:59.400 --> 00:33:57.460
 coming?

00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:03.500
 As Paul

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:04.019
 says, I

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.460
 have fought

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:04.800
 the good

00:34:04.800 --> 00:34:06.480
 fight, right?

00:34:07.780 --> 00:34:08.420
 Will you

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:08.900
 say 20

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.380
 years from

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:09.780
 now, I

00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:10.420
 have fought

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.820
 the good

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:11.180
 fight.

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:11.680
 I'm

00:34:11.680 --> 00:34:12.420
 fighting the

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:12.900
 good fight.

00:34:13.160 --> 00:34:13.420
 I have

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:14.360
 never stopped

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:14.900
 fighting.

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:18.460
 I have

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.139
 not ceased

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:19.860
 for a minute

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:20.800
 to stop

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:21.360
 doing good

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:21.820
 works.

00:34:22.160 --> 00:34:22.720
 The Lord

00:34:22.720 --> 00:34:23.619
 is my rock

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:23.960
 and my

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:24.539
 foundation,

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:25.619
 my joy,

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:26.480
 and daily

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:26.960
 I must

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.440
 come to

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:28.039
 him and

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.819
 plead for

00:34:28.819 --> 00:34:29.679
 dependence and

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:30.159
 salvation.

00:34:34.359 --> 00:34:35.119
 Is that

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:36.000
 you, 20

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:36.559
 years from

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:37.319
 now, eagerly

00:34:37.319 --> 00:34:37.639
 waiting?

00:34:40.739 --> 00:34:41.519
 Are you

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:41.940
 eagerly

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.719
 waiting now?

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:44.539
 What does

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:44.920
 your waiting

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:45.400
 look like?

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:47.000
 Is it

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:47.319
 eager?

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.339
 Is it

00:34:48.339 --> 00:34:48.900
 hungry?

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:50.839
 Is it

00:34:50.839 --> 00:34:51.619
 come, Lord

00:34:51.619 --> 00:34:52.440
 Jesus, come,

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:53.420
 I need you

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:54.159
 because I

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:54.839
 love you.

00:34:55.619 --> 00:35:04.739
 And as

00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:05.420
 James held

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:06.099
 that resolve

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:06.880
 that the

00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:07.139
 Lord's

00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:07.639
 coming was

00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:08.139
 near, so

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:08.659
 must we,

00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:10.460
 we must,

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:11.460
 we must,

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:12.839
 else we

00:35:12.839 --> 00:35:13.699
 lie that

00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:14.059
 we have

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:14.420
 joy in

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:14.779
 the Lord.

00:35:16.219 --> 00:35:16.839
 It is

00:35:16.839 --> 00:35:17.359
 hard

00:35:17.359 --> 00:35:17.900
 sometimes,

00:35:18.719 --> 00:35:18.940
 it's

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.400
 tough,

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:21.859
 but we

00:35:21.859 --> 00:35:22.940
 must eagerly

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:24.219
 remember that

00:35:24.219 --> 00:35:24.779
 his coming

00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:25.140
 is near.

00:35:28.560 --> 00:35:29.180
 And in

00:35:29.180 --> 00:35:29.700
 this verse,

00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:30.260
 it talks

00:35:30.260 --> 00:35:30.800
 about the

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:32.519
 establishing of

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:33.019
 our hearts,

00:35:33.240 --> 00:35:33.420
 right?

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:34.600
 Or strengthen

00:35:34.600 --> 00:35:35.260
 your hearts,

00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:36.400
 right?

00:35:36.620 --> 00:35:37.540
 And this is a

00:35:37.540 --> 00:35:38.800
 resolve within

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:39.260
 ourselves.

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.620
 This is a

00:35:40.620 --> 00:35:42.040
 resolve to

00:35:42.040 --> 00:35:42.600
 be strong.

00:35:43.600 --> 00:35:44.680
 Isaiah 57,

00:35:44.679 --> 00:35:47.019
 the Lord will

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.480
 help me,

00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:48.299
 therefore I

00:35:48.299 --> 00:35:48.919
 have not,

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:50.299
 I have not

00:35:50.299 --> 00:35:51.239
 been humiliated,

00:35:51.779 --> 00:35:53.279
 therefore I

00:35:53.279 --> 00:35:53.919
 have set my

00:35:53.919 --> 00:35:54.599
 face like

00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:54.980
 flint,

00:35:55.739 --> 00:35:56.599
 and I know

00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:57.159
 I will not

00:35:57.159 --> 00:35:57.659
 be put to

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:57.919
 shame.

00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.719
 It's kind of

00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:00.460
 weird putting,

00:36:00.759 --> 00:36:01.139
 setting your

00:36:01.139 --> 00:36:01.519
 face like

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:01.899
 flint.

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:02.960
 It means a

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.519
 hardening of

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.019
 the face,

00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:04.899
 it means a

00:36:04.899 --> 00:36:05.480
 resolve.

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:07.359
 And in this

00:36:07.359 --> 00:36:08.199
 resolve of

00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:09.480
 Christ and

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:10.139
 his coming,

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:11.239
 and eagerly

00:36:11.239 --> 00:36:11.619
 waiting,

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:13.099
 we will not

00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:13.619
 be put to

00:36:13.619 --> 00:36:13.940
 shame,

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:17.400
 but the

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:17.839
 Lord will

00:36:17.839 --> 00:36:18.460
 honor us.

00:36:21.779 --> 00:36:22.420
 And there

00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:23.079
 is a lot

00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:23.860
 of trials

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:25.360
 and persecutions

00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:26.599
 to come in

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:27.420
 our last days

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:27.980
 that we are

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.440
 in now.

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:31.279
 There's hard

00:36:31.279 --> 00:36:31.960
 relationships,

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:33.219
 but come what

00:36:33.219 --> 00:36:33.519
 may,

00:36:34.420 --> 00:36:35.279
 persecutions,

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:36.400
 slander,

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:37.639
 being confronted,

00:36:38.219 --> 00:36:38.779
 our own

00:36:38.779 --> 00:36:39.460
 fallen and

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:40.440
 broken nature,

00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:42.119
 your own

00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:42.679
 sins,

00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:44.299
 we still

00:36:44.299 --> 00:36:44.860
 look to

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:45.339
 the Lord

00:36:45.339 --> 00:36:45.679
 and we

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:46.119
 strengthen

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:46.739
 our hearts

00:36:46.739 --> 00:36:47.039
 and we

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:47.219
 say,

00:36:47.339 --> 00:36:47.839
 come Lord

00:36:47.839 --> 00:36:48.139
 Jesus,

00:36:48.380 --> 00:36:48.659
 come.

00:36:54.299 --> 00:36:54.819
 Verse,

00:36:55.179 --> 00:36:56.119
 verse 9,

00:36:56.259 --> 00:36:56.880
 to continue

00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:57.599
 this theme,

00:36:59.299 --> 00:36:59.900
 brothers and

00:36:59.900 --> 00:37:00.299
 sisters,

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:00.719
 do not

00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:01.400
 complain about

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:01.880
 one another

00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:04.099
 so that

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:04.440
 you will

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:04.839
 not be

00:37:04.839 --> 00:37:05.420
 judged.

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:06.719
 Look,

00:37:06.799 --> 00:37:07.179
 the judge

00:37:07.179 --> 00:37:07.819
 stands at

00:37:07.819 --> 00:37:08.179
 the door.

00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:10.679
 Right?

00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:12.539
 the answer

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:13.599
 in our

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:14.199
 flesh might

00:37:14.199 --> 00:37:16.719
 be to

00:37:16.719 --> 00:37:17.279
 grumble

00:37:17.279 --> 00:37:18.599
 in hardship

00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:20.259
 and all

00:37:20.259 --> 00:37:20.940
 these sins

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:22.359
 and hard

00:37:22.359 --> 00:37:23.079
 relationship

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:24.599
 to groan.

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:28.500
 but we

00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:29.259
 must not

00:37:29.259 --> 00:37:30.380
 lest we

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:30.960
 be judged.

00:37:32.279 --> 00:37:32.759
 Judged

00:37:32.759 --> 00:37:33.259
 by who?

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:34.579
 By the

00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:35.179
 Lord Jesus.

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:37.019
 It says,

00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:37.380
 look,

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:37.940
 the judge

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:38.579
 stands at

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:38.980
 the door.

00:37:39.319 --> 00:37:40.019
 He is at

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:40.319
 the door.

00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:40.900
 He's about

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:41.420
 to come

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:41.739
 in.

00:37:43.319 --> 00:37:43.819
 The

00:37:43.819 --> 00:37:44.139
 Lord's

00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:44.619
 coming is

00:37:44.619 --> 00:37:44.960
 near.

00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:48.500
 This

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:49.380
 groaning

00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:50.259
 is different

00:37:50.260 --> 00:37:51.140
 or this

00:37:51.140 --> 00:37:52.500
 do not

00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:53.080
 complain

00:37:53.080 --> 00:37:54.780
 is different

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:55.460
 than verse

00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:56.580
 4.

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:57.140
 Don't

00:37:57.140 --> 00:37:57.540
 criticize

00:37:57.540 --> 00:37:58.060
 anyone.

00:37:58.880 --> 00:37:59.080
 That

00:37:59.080 --> 00:37:59.620
 criticism

00:37:59.620 --> 00:38:00.660
 there is

00:38:00.660 --> 00:38:01.700
 more of

00:38:01.700 --> 00:38:02.200
 trudence,

00:38:02.640 --> 00:38:02.960
 which is

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:03.520
 to lie

00:38:03.520 --> 00:38:07.120
 about

00:38:07.120 --> 00:38:07.840
 someone or

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:08.640
 something like

00:38:08.640 --> 00:38:08.860
 that.

00:38:09.220 --> 00:38:10.000
 This is

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.460
 more of a

00:38:10.460 --> 00:38:10.960
 grumbling,

00:38:11.860 --> 00:38:12.820
 of a

00:38:12.820 --> 00:38:13.340
 groaning

00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:14.080
 against one

00:38:14.080 --> 00:38:14.380
 another.

00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:15.180
 It's not

00:38:15.180 --> 00:38:15.840
 that you're

00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:16.800
 lying about

00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:17.260
 a person.

00:38:17.640 --> 00:38:18.100
 It's that

00:38:18.100 --> 00:38:18.800
 you have

00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:19.680
 some hard

00:38:19.680 --> 00:38:20.500
 relationships

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:21.900
 and you're

00:38:21.900 --> 00:38:22.160
 like,

00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:22.760
 ugh.

00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:24.260
 There's an

00:38:24.260 --> 00:38:25.180
 ugh attitude

00:38:25.180 --> 00:38:25.900
 towards a

00:38:25.900 --> 00:38:26.880
 person and

00:38:26.880 --> 00:38:28.200
 that is

00:38:28.200 --> 00:38:28.620
 what James

00:38:28.620 --> 00:38:29.060
 is saying

00:38:29.060 --> 00:38:29.500
 you must

00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:30.060
 not have.

00:38:36.220 --> 00:38:37.060
 How does

00:38:37.060 --> 00:38:37.660
 James say

00:38:37.660 --> 00:38:38.060
 that we

00:38:38.060 --> 00:38:38.460
 are to

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:38.760
 act?

00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:40.640
 James 1,

00:38:40.660 --> 00:38:41.120
 19 to

00:38:41.120 --> 00:38:41.500
 21,

00:38:41.700 --> 00:38:42.220
 my dear

00:38:42.220 --> 00:38:42.820
 brothers and

00:38:42.820 --> 00:38:43.200
 sisters,

00:38:43.340 --> 00:38:43.740
 understand

00:38:43.740 --> 00:38:44.240
 this.

00:38:44.820 --> 00:38:45.140
 Everyone

00:38:45.140 --> 00:38:45.780
 should be

00:38:45.780 --> 00:38:46.300
 quick to

00:38:46.300 --> 00:38:46.720
 listen,

00:38:47.740 --> 00:38:48.320
 slow to

00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:48.700
 speak,

00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:49.920
 and slow

00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:50.539
 to anger.

00:38:51.700 --> 00:38:52.160
 For human

00:38:52.160 --> 00:38:52.720
 anger does

00:38:52.720 --> 00:38:53.460
 not accomplish

00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:53.880
 God's

00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:54.380
 righteousness.

00:38:55.100 --> 00:38:55.480
 Therefore,

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.660
 rid yourselves

00:38:56.660 --> 00:38:57.280
 of all

00:38:57.280 --> 00:38:58.200
 moral filth

00:38:58.200 --> 00:38:59.120
 and evil

00:38:59.120 --> 00:38:59.740
 that is so

00:38:59.740 --> 00:39:00.280
 prevalent.

00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:01.900
 Humbly

00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:02.519
 receive the

00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:02.980
 implanted

00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:03.380
 word,

00:39:03.720 --> 00:39:04.060
 which is

00:39:04.060 --> 00:39:04.600
 able to

00:39:04.600 --> 00:39:05.060
 save your

00:39:05.060 --> 00:39:05.360
 souls.

00:39:06.600 --> 00:39:06.920
 And that's

00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:07.519
 a groan.

00:39:08.460 --> 00:39:09.200
 That groaning

00:39:09.200 --> 00:39:10.180
 resolves in

00:39:10.180 --> 00:39:11.800
 being quick

00:39:11.800 --> 00:39:12.320
 to speak,

00:39:13.220 --> 00:39:13.580
 quick to

00:39:13.580 --> 00:39:13.920
 anger,

00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:15.240
 quick to

00:39:15.240 --> 00:39:15.500
 hate,

00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:16.740
 quick to

00:39:16.740 --> 00:39:17.120
 slander,

00:39:18.120 --> 00:39:18.420
 quick to

00:39:18.420 --> 00:39:18.860
 criticize.

00:39:20.680 --> 00:39:21.119
 And no,

00:39:21.240 --> 00:39:22.099
 we're to

00:39:22.099 --> 00:39:22.720
 be quick

00:39:22.720 --> 00:39:23.260
 to listen,

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:23.880
 slow to

00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:24.180
 speak,

00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:25.720
 slow to

00:39:25.720 --> 00:39:26.039
 anger.

00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:27.200
 Or do

00:39:27.200 --> 00:39:27.480
 you not

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:27.880
 love your

00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:28.340
 brothers and

00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:28.659
 sisters?

00:39:29.940 --> 00:39:30.820
 Love covers

00:39:30.820 --> 00:39:31.380
 a multitude

00:39:31.380 --> 00:39:32.320
 of sin.

00:39:32.320 --> 00:39:33.320
 sin.

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:39.720
 And the

00:39:39.720 --> 00:39:40.780
 judge does

00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:41.320
 stand near.

00:39:44.120 --> 00:39:44.840
 He is

00:39:44.840 --> 00:39:45.519
 wrathful.

00:39:46.940 --> 00:39:47.740
 And he

00:39:47.740 --> 00:39:48.820
 abhors any

00:39:48.820 --> 00:39:49.860
 moral filth.

00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:50.920
 So put that

00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:51.340
 aside.

00:39:54.640 --> 00:39:55.400
 We know

00:39:55.400 --> 00:39:55.740
 how to

00:39:55.740 --> 00:39:56.039
 act.

00:39:56.380 --> 00:39:57.000
 We know

00:39:57.000 --> 00:39:57.120
 it.

00:39:57.180 --> 00:39:57.640
 It's in our

00:39:57.640 --> 00:39:58.000
 minds.

00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:58.059
 sins.

00:40:00.219 --> 00:40:00.900
 And we

00:40:00.900 --> 00:40:01.460
 must bear

00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:02.079
 one another's

00:40:02.079 --> 00:40:02.699
 burdens and

00:40:02.699 --> 00:40:03.420
 not complain

00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:03.980
 against one

00:40:03.980 --> 00:40:04.260
 another.

00:40:05.739 --> 00:40:06.360
 Where there's

00:40:06.360 --> 00:40:07.139
 mistrust,

00:40:07.900 --> 00:40:08.079
 right,

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:09.000
 where there's

00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:09.420
 bitterness,

00:40:09.980 --> 00:40:10.539
 where there's

00:40:10.539 --> 00:40:11.119
 suspicion,

00:40:12.440 --> 00:40:13.440
 it's when we

00:40:13.440 --> 00:40:14.260
 see Satan at

00:40:14.260 --> 00:40:14.579
 work.

00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:17.980
 There's a lie

00:40:17.980 --> 00:40:18.480
 that we're not

00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:19.219
 against flesh and

00:40:19.219 --> 00:40:19.900
 blood, but of

00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:20.420
 the cosmic

00:40:20.420 --> 00:40:20.920
 powers.

00:40:21.380 --> 00:40:21.980
 Did we not

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:22.880
 just sing of

00:40:22.880 --> 00:40:23.260
 Satan,

00:40:23.260 --> 00:40:26.800
 our ancient

00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:28.400
 foe doth

00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:29.060
 seek to

00:40:29.060 --> 00:40:29.640
 work us

00:40:29.640 --> 00:40:30.460
 woe?

00:40:31.080 --> 00:40:32.060
 His craft

00:40:32.060 --> 00:40:32.760
 and power

00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:33.800
 are great

00:40:33.800 --> 00:40:37.200
 and armed

00:40:37.200 --> 00:40:37.860
 with cruel

00:40:37.860 --> 00:40:38.320
 hate.

00:40:39.540 --> 00:40:40.740
 On earth

00:40:40.740 --> 00:40:42.060
 is not

00:40:42.060 --> 00:40:42.900
 his equal.

00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:47.280
 Did we

00:40:47.280 --> 00:40:47.920
 confess that

00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:48.500
 about Satan

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:49.020
 just now?

00:40:49.160 --> 00:40:49.520
 Yes.

00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:51.920
 He is

00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:52.659
 armed with

00:40:52.659 --> 00:40:53.400
 cruel hate

00:40:53.400 --> 00:40:53.900
 and on

00:40:53.900 --> 00:40:55.059
 earth is

00:40:55.059 --> 00:40:55.599
 not his

00:40:55.599 --> 00:40:56.480
 equal because

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:57.239
 we are

00:40:57.239 --> 00:40:57.880
 powerless

00:40:57.880 --> 00:40:59.300
 against Satan

00:40:59.300 --> 00:41:00.719
 except by

00:41:00.719 --> 00:41:01.280
 the Lord.

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:05.519
 Where you

00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:06.119
 walk in

00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:06.920
 bitterness and

00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:08.000
 unforgiveness and

00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:09.300
 suspicions is

00:41:09.300 --> 00:41:10.219
 Satan's

00:41:10.219 --> 00:41:11.980
 playground and

00:41:11.980 --> 00:41:12.480
 you need to

00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:12.940
 repent.

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:22.780
 continue to

00:41:22.780 --> 00:41:23.659
 verse 10

00:41:23.659 --> 00:41:24.019
 11.

00:41:27.220 --> 00:41:27.980
 Brothers and

00:41:27.980 --> 00:41:28.280
 sisters,

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:29.480
 take the

00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:30.280
 prophets who

00:41:30.280 --> 00:41:31.179
 spoke in

00:41:31.179 --> 00:41:31.619
 the Lord's

00:41:31.619 --> 00:41:32.280
 name as an

00:41:32.280 --> 00:41:33.039
 example of

00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:33.679
 suffering and

00:41:33.679 --> 00:41:34.119
 patience.

00:41:34.900 --> 00:41:35.320
 See, we

00:41:35.320 --> 00:41:35.900
 count as

00:41:35.900 --> 00:41:36.679
 blessed those

00:41:36.679 --> 00:41:37.220
 who have

00:41:37.220 --> 00:41:37.720
 endured.

00:41:38.679 --> 00:41:39.400
 We have

00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:39.820
 heard of

00:41:39.820 --> 00:41:40.159
 Job's

00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:40.800
 endurance and

00:41:40.800 --> 00:41:41.360
 have seen

00:41:41.360 --> 00:41:42.019
 the outcome

00:41:42.019 --> 00:41:42.920
 the Lord

00:41:42.920 --> 00:41:43.500
 brought about.

00:41:44.360 --> 00:41:44.980
 The Lord is

00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:45.719
 compassionate

00:41:45.719 --> 00:41:47.079
 and merciful.

00:41:48.280 --> 00:41:49.059
 Why is

00:41:49.059 --> 00:41:50.500
 James exhorting

00:41:50.500 --> 00:41:51.460
 us to take

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:52.019
 the prophets

00:41:52.019 --> 00:41:52.559
 examples?

00:41:53.219 --> 00:41:53.719
 It's because

00:41:53.719 --> 00:41:54.619
 they suffered

00:41:54.619 --> 00:41:55.460
 greatly.

00:41:57.460 --> 00:41:58.599
 But where

00:41:58.599 --> 00:41:58.960
 did they

00:41:58.960 --> 00:41:59.360
 suffer?

00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:00.780
 Who did

00:42:00.780 --> 00:42:01.259
 they suffer

00:42:01.259 --> 00:42:01.639
 with?

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:02.759
 They suffered

00:42:02.759 --> 00:42:03.539
 by the hands

00:42:03.539 --> 00:42:04.179
 of people who

00:42:04.179 --> 00:42:04.920
 they loved,

00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:06.639
 who they

00:42:06.639 --> 00:42:07.340
 wanted to be

00:42:07.340 --> 00:42:08.280
 saved, yet

00:42:08.280 --> 00:42:09.179
 rejected them.

00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:10.780
 True brothers

00:42:10.780 --> 00:42:11.579
 and sisters,

00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:12.860
 who rejected

00:42:12.860 --> 00:42:13.199
 them.

00:42:18.980 --> 00:42:19.960
 Unlike the

00:42:19.960 --> 00:42:20.340
 rich,

00:42:21.460 --> 00:42:23.139
 right, who

00:42:23.139 --> 00:42:24.360
 take lives

00:42:24.360 --> 00:42:25.519
 for themselves,

00:42:26.039 --> 00:42:26.699
 who murder

00:42:26.699 --> 00:42:28.340
 to raise up

00:42:28.340 --> 00:42:28.800
 their own

00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:29.539
 wealth, to

00:42:29.539 --> 00:42:30.139
 raise up their

00:42:30.139 --> 00:42:30.820
 own position

00:42:30.820 --> 00:42:31.480
 and status,

00:42:31.980 --> 00:42:33.539
 who backstab,

00:42:33.659 --> 00:42:34.300
 who slander,

00:42:34.980 --> 00:42:35.579
 we are not

00:42:35.579 --> 00:42:36.139
 to be like

00:42:36.139 --> 00:42:36.280
 them.

00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:38.259
 We are to

00:42:38.259 --> 00:42:39.139
 lay down our

00:42:39.139 --> 00:42:40.079
 lives for our

00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:40.420
 government,

00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:41.259
 as the

00:42:41.259 --> 00:42:41.739
 prophets

00:42:41.739 --> 00:42:42.039
 did.

00:42:46.119 --> 00:42:48.719
 I love

00:42:48.719 --> 00:42:49.000
 that he

00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:49.420
 mentioned

00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:50.179
 Job's

00:42:50.179 --> 00:42:50.819
 endurance,

00:42:51.659 --> 00:42:52.079
 or what

00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:52.380
 Job

00:42:52.380 --> 00:42:52.819
 endured.

00:42:53.860 --> 00:42:54.500
 Let's

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:55.099
 remember what

00:42:55.099 --> 00:42:55.340
 Job

00:42:55.340 --> 00:42:55.699
 endured.

00:42:56.539 --> 00:42:57.259
 He had

00:42:57.259 --> 00:42:58.139
 seven sons

00:42:58.139 --> 00:42:58.579
 and three

00:42:58.579 --> 00:42:58.920
 daughters,

00:42:59.460 --> 00:43:00.380
 and they

00:43:00.380 --> 00:43:00.779
 were all

00:43:00.779 --> 00:43:01.079
 killed.

00:43:01.079 --> 00:43:03.360
 I've

00:43:03.360 --> 00:43:04.119
 wept over

00:43:04.119 --> 00:43:05.340
 my friend

00:43:05.340 --> 00:43:06.920
 losing one

00:43:06.920 --> 00:43:07.319
 son.

00:43:07.400 --> 00:43:07.739
 How much

00:43:07.739 --> 00:43:08.199
 more would

00:43:08.199 --> 00:43:08.639
 I weep

00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:09.000
 if I

00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:10.179
 lost ten

00:43:10.179 --> 00:43:10.579
 kids?

00:43:13.659 --> 00:43:14.599
 Where Job

00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:15.360
 lost all

00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:15.639
 of his

00:43:15.639 --> 00:43:16.500
 wealth and

00:43:16.500 --> 00:43:16.900
 all of his

00:43:16.900 --> 00:43:17.440
 possessions,

00:43:18.539 --> 00:43:21.279
 that is

00:43:21.279 --> 00:43:21.799
 Job's

00:43:21.799 --> 00:43:22.299
 suffering.

00:43:24.619 --> 00:43:25.179
 Consider

00:43:25.179 --> 00:43:25.659
 Job's

00:43:25.659 --> 00:43:26.000
 suffering.

00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:27.739
 Yet at the

00:43:27.739 --> 00:43:28.460
 end of it

00:43:28.460 --> 00:43:29.019
 all, Job

00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:29.420
 says,

00:43:30.159 --> 00:43:30.539
 I have

00:43:30.539 --> 00:43:31.559
 heard reports

00:43:31.559 --> 00:43:32.260
 about you,

00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:33.559
 but now my

00:43:33.559 --> 00:43:34.099
 eyes have

00:43:34.099 --> 00:43:34.740
 seen you.

00:43:35.099 --> 00:43:35.619
 Therefore I

00:43:35.619 --> 00:43:36.539
 reject my

00:43:36.539 --> 00:43:37.280
 words, and I

00:43:37.280 --> 00:43:38.039
 am sorry for

00:43:38.039 --> 00:43:38.300
 them.

00:43:38.720 --> 00:43:39.420
 I am dust

00:43:39.420 --> 00:43:39.920
 and ashes.

00:43:43.340 --> 00:43:45.119
 I have

00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:46.019
 heard reports

00:43:46.019 --> 00:43:46.740
 about God,

00:43:47.199 --> 00:43:47.659
 heard the

00:43:47.659 --> 00:43:48.440
 law of God,

00:43:48.539 --> 00:43:49.159
 but now I

00:43:49.159 --> 00:43:49.720
 have seen

00:43:49.720 --> 00:43:49.920
 him.

00:43:49.980 --> 00:43:50.199
 I have

00:43:50.199 --> 00:43:50.619
 seen him

00:43:50.619 --> 00:43:50.880
 in his

00:43:50.880 --> 00:43:51.320
 glory.

00:43:55.179 --> 00:43:56.119
 My kids

00:43:56.119 --> 00:43:56.559
 are taken

00:43:56.559 --> 00:43:56.780
 away.

00:43:56.880 --> 00:43:57.159
 All my

00:43:57.159 --> 00:43:57.760
 wealth is

00:43:57.760 --> 00:43:58.320
 taken away.

00:43:58.460 --> 00:44:00.099
 I have

00:44:00.099 --> 00:44:00.720
 seen you

00:44:00.720 --> 00:44:01.280
 Lord, and

00:44:01.280 --> 00:44:01.920
 I repent

00:44:01.920 --> 00:44:03.059
 my

00:44:03.059 --> 00:44:03.559
 haughtiness.

00:44:05.220 --> 00:44:06.019
 This is

00:44:06.019 --> 00:44:06.559
 Job's

00:44:06.559 --> 00:44:07.539
 endurance,

00:44:08.320 --> 00:44:08.900
 as must

00:44:08.900 --> 00:44:09.679
 ours be,

00:44:10.599 --> 00:44:12.440
 that we

00:44:12.440 --> 00:44:13.960
 stand upon

00:44:13.960 --> 00:44:14.639
 the rock.

00:44:19.300 --> 00:44:20.280
 And then

00:44:20.280 --> 00:44:20.780
 there's a

00:44:20.780 --> 00:44:21.820
 encouragement

00:44:21.820 --> 00:44:22.480
 here in

00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:23.820
 suffering that

00:44:23.820 --> 00:44:24.360
 we all

00:44:24.360 --> 00:44:24.619
 must

00:44:24.619 --> 00:44:25.059
 remember

00:44:25.059 --> 00:44:27.480
 that we

00:44:27.480 --> 00:44:28.019
 all must

00:44:28.019 --> 00:44:28.500
 remember.

00:44:29.159 --> 00:44:29.800
 James says,

00:44:29.860 --> 00:44:30.380
 the Lord is

00:44:30.380 --> 00:44:31.019
 compassionate

00:44:31.019 --> 00:44:32.380
 and merciful.

00:44:34.219 --> 00:44:35.039
 Are you

00:44:35.039 --> 00:44:35.679
 in suffering?

00:44:36.300 --> 00:44:37.059
 Are you

00:44:37.059 --> 00:44:37.719
 in trials?

00:44:38.539 --> 00:44:39.360
 The Lord is

00:44:39.360 --> 00:44:40.079
 compassionate and

00:44:40.079 --> 00:44:40.440
 merciful.

00:44:41.440 --> 00:44:42.039
 Do you believe

00:44:42.039 --> 00:44:42.300
 that?

00:44:43.019 --> 00:44:43.699
 Is he?

00:44:45.079 --> 00:44:45.880
 He is.

00:44:48.380 --> 00:44:49.159
 He is.

00:44:49.159 --> 00:44:51.500
 He is because

00:44:51.500 --> 00:44:52.379
 we are not

00:44:52.379 --> 00:44:52.779
 in hell

00:44:52.779 --> 00:44:53.299
 right now.

00:44:55.779 --> 00:44:56.500
 First off,

00:44:57.079 --> 00:44:57.799
 because that's

00:44:57.799 --> 00:44:58.079
 what we

00:44:58.079 --> 00:44:58.539
 deserve.

00:45:00.739 --> 00:45:01.299
 If you

00:45:01.299 --> 00:45:01.739
 think that you

00:45:01.739 --> 00:45:02.519
 deserve less,

00:45:02.619 --> 00:45:03.000
 that's a

00:45:03.000 --> 00:45:03.299
 lie.

00:45:03.300 --> 00:45:14.060
 onward to

00:45:14.060 --> 00:45:15.300
 verse 12,

00:45:16.420 --> 00:45:17.340
 coming to

00:45:17.340 --> 00:45:17.780
 the end of

00:45:17.780 --> 00:45:18.280
 the chapter

00:45:18.280 --> 00:45:19.280
 or these

00:45:19.280 --> 00:45:19.680
 verses.

00:45:20.680 --> 00:45:21.220
 Above all,

00:45:21.280 --> 00:45:21.920
 my brothers and

00:45:21.920 --> 00:45:22.260
 sisters,

00:45:22.420 --> 00:45:22.740
 do not

00:45:22.740 --> 00:45:24.420
 swear either

00:45:24.420 --> 00:45:25.100
 by heaven

00:45:25.100 --> 00:45:26.060
 or by earth

00:45:26.060 --> 00:45:27.820
 or with

00:45:27.820 --> 00:45:28.440
 any oath,

00:45:28.580 --> 00:45:28.960
 but let

00:45:28.960 --> 00:45:29.500
 your yes

00:45:29.500 --> 00:45:30.140
 mean yes

00:45:30.140 --> 00:45:30.780
 and your no

00:45:30.780 --> 00:45:31.380
 mean no,

00:45:31.380 --> 00:45:32.099
 so that you

00:45:32.099 --> 00:45:32.660
 won't fall

00:45:32.660 --> 00:45:33.320
 under judgment.

00:45:34.340 --> 00:45:35.079
 I think

00:45:35.079 --> 00:45:36.079
 greater revelation

00:45:36.079 --> 00:45:36.900
 of this verse

00:45:36.900 --> 00:45:37.640
 is found in

00:45:37.640 --> 00:45:38.660
 Matthew 5,

00:45:39.360 --> 00:45:40.980
 33 to 37,

00:45:41.099 --> 00:45:41.519
 which says,

00:45:42.200 --> 00:45:43.260
 Jesus is

00:45:43.260 --> 00:45:43.559
 talking,

00:45:43.680 --> 00:45:43.820
 says,

00:45:43.900 --> 00:45:44.059
 again,

00:45:44.160 --> 00:45:44.700
 you've heard

00:45:44.700 --> 00:45:46.140
 that it was

00:45:46.140 --> 00:45:46.599
 said to our

00:45:46.599 --> 00:45:47.180
 ancestors,

00:45:47.420 --> 00:45:47.860
 you must not

00:45:47.860 --> 00:45:48.260
 break your

00:45:48.260 --> 00:45:48.559
 oath,

00:45:48.920 --> 00:45:49.760
 but you must

00:45:49.760 --> 00:45:50.180
 keep your

00:45:50.180 --> 00:45:50.760
 oaths to

00:45:50.760 --> 00:45:51.119
 the Lord.

00:45:52.059 --> 00:45:52.360
 But I

00:45:52.360 --> 00:45:52.800
 tell you,

00:45:52.900 --> 00:45:53.320
 don't take

00:45:53.320 --> 00:45:53.800
 an oath

00:45:53.800 --> 00:45:54.539
 either by

00:45:54.539 --> 00:45:55.160
 heaven because

00:45:55.160 --> 00:45:55.920
 it is God's

00:45:55.920 --> 00:45:58.099
 throne or

00:45:58.099 --> 00:45:58.820
 by the earth

00:45:58.820 --> 00:45:59.559
 because it is

00:45:59.559 --> 00:46:00.200
 his footstool

00:46:00.200 --> 00:46:00.860
 or by

00:46:00.860 --> 00:46:01.360
 Jerusalem

00:46:01.360 --> 00:46:01.960
 because it

00:46:01.960 --> 00:46:02.320
 is the

00:46:02.320 --> 00:46:02.660
 city of

00:46:02.660 --> 00:46:02.960
 the great

00:46:02.960 --> 00:46:03.280
 king.

00:46:03.940 --> 00:46:04.519
 Do not

00:46:04.519 --> 00:46:05.160
 swear by

00:46:05.160 --> 00:46:05.599
 your head

00:46:05.599 --> 00:46:06.120
 because you

00:46:06.120 --> 00:46:07.160
 cannot make

00:46:07.160 --> 00:46:07.780
 a single

00:46:07.780 --> 00:46:09.340
 hair white

00:46:09.340 --> 00:46:09.880
 or black,

00:46:09.980 --> 00:46:10.260
 but let

00:46:10.260 --> 00:46:10.720
 your yes

00:46:10.720 --> 00:46:11.340
 mean yes

00:46:11.340 --> 00:46:12.360
 and your

00:46:12.360 --> 00:46:12.780
 no mean

00:46:12.780 --> 00:46:13.019
 no.

00:46:13.120 --> 00:46:13.440
 Anything

00:46:13.440 --> 00:46:14.019
 more than

00:46:14.019 --> 00:46:14.579
 this is

00:46:14.579 --> 00:46:14.880
 from the

00:46:14.880 --> 00:46:15.360
 evil one.

00:46:16.500 --> 00:46:17.900
 The revelation

00:46:17.900 --> 00:46:18.420
 that Jesus

00:46:18.420 --> 00:46:19.120
 gives here

00:46:19.120 --> 00:46:20.519
 is that we

00:46:20.519 --> 00:46:20.960
 swear,

00:46:21.280 --> 00:46:21.880
 as the Jews

00:46:21.880 --> 00:46:22.099
 did,

00:46:22.200 --> 00:46:22.780
 by heaven

00:46:22.780 --> 00:46:24.039
 instead of

00:46:24.039 --> 00:46:24.640
 by God,

00:46:24.880 --> 00:46:25.079
 right?

00:46:25.260 --> 00:46:25.519
 It's an

00:46:25.519 --> 00:46:25.780
 escape.

00:46:25.880 --> 00:46:26.000
 Oh,

00:46:26.079 --> 00:46:26.680
 it's not

00:46:26.680 --> 00:46:26.920
 God,

00:46:27.019 --> 00:46:27.400
 it's heaven.

00:46:28.200 --> 00:46:28.559
 Like,

00:46:28.620 --> 00:46:29.120
 my words

00:46:29.120 --> 00:46:29.579
 mean a little

00:46:29.579 --> 00:46:30.000
 less.

00:46:30.000 --> 00:46:30.980
 I have

00:46:30.980 --> 00:46:31.159
 some

00:46:31.159 --> 00:46:31.539
 escape.

00:46:33.039 --> 00:46:33.840
 Heaven is

00:46:33.840 --> 00:46:34.500
 his throne.

00:46:35.099 --> 00:46:35.280
 When you

00:46:35.280 --> 00:46:36.280
 swear by

00:46:36.280 --> 00:46:36.599
 heaven,

00:46:36.679 --> 00:46:37.079
 you're really

00:46:37.079 --> 00:46:38.460
 swearing to

00:46:38.460 --> 00:46:38.900
 the Lord.

00:46:39.900 --> 00:46:40.500
 Earth is

00:46:40.500 --> 00:46:41.420
 his footstool.

00:46:41.599 --> 00:46:41.860
 It is

00:46:41.860 --> 00:46:42.539
 his still.

00:46:42.840 --> 00:46:43.320
 You're still

00:46:43.320 --> 00:46:44.880
 swearing to

00:46:44.880 --> 00:46:45.219
 God.

00:46:47.320 --> 00:46:47.940
 If you

00:46:47.940 --> 00:46:48.340
 swear by

00:46:48.340 --> 00:46:48.679
 your own

00:46:48.679 --> 00:46:49.079
 head,

00:46:49.559 --> 00:46:49.760
 like,

00:46:49.840 --> 00:46:50.039
 I'm going

00:46:50.039 --> 00:46:50.300
 to do

00:46:50.300 --> 00:46:50.599
 this and

00:46:50.599 --> 00:46:50.940
 I swear

00:46:50.940 --> 00:46:51.239
 upon

00:46:51.239 --> 00:46:51.719
 myself,

00:46:52.320 --> 00:46:52.780
 you are

00:46:52.780 --> 00:46:53.179
 his.

00:46:53.719 --> 00:46:54.179
 He is

00:46:54.179 --> 00:46:54.820
 the potter.

00:46:55.400 --> 00:46:55.840
 You are

00:46:55.840 --> 00:46:56.400
 the clay.

00:46:56.400 --> 00:46:58.220
 If you

00:46:58.220 --> 00:46:58.880
 swear by

00:46:58.880 --> 00:46:59.660
 something

00:46:59.660 --> 00:47:00.200
 fleeting,

00:47:00.340 --> 00:47:00.660
 like the

00:47:00.660 --> 00:47:01.099
 grass,

00:47:01.579 --> 00:47:01.960
 still

00:47:01.960 --> 00:47:02.360
 his.

00:47:03.840 --> 00:47:04.320
 Anything

00:47:04.320 --> 00:47:04.800
 that you

00:47:04.800 --> 00:47:05.559
 swear by

00:47:05.559 --> 00:47:06.559
 will always

00:47:06.559 --> 00:47:07.059
 be his,

00:47:07.139 --> 00:47:07.420
 and your

00:47:07.420 --> 00:47:07.880
 words are

00:47:07.880 --> 00:47:08.079
 still

00:47:08.079 --> 00:47:08.519
 accountable.

00:47:08.680 --> 00:47:08.860
 And so

00:47:08.860 --> 00:47:09.079
 he's

00:47:09.079 --> 00:47:09.320
 saying,

00:47:09.740 --> 00:47:10.099
 don't let

00:47:10.099 --> 00:47:10.460
 this be

00:47:10.460 --> 00:47:11.160
 grandiose.

00:47:11.300 --> 00:47:12.019
 Just be

00:47:12.019 --> 00:47:12.619
 honest.

00:47:13.760 --> 00:47:14.039
 Just be

00:47:14.039 --> 00:47:14.400
 honest.

00:47:15.460 --> 00:47:15.840
 Let your

00:47:15.840 --> 00:47:16.260
 yes be

00:47:16.260 --> 00:47:16.519
 yes,

00:47:16.559 --> 00:47:16.820
 and your

00:47:16.820 --> 00:47:17.119
 no be

00:47:17.119 --> 00:47:17.320
 no.

00:47:18.039 --> 00:47:18.539
 And this

00:47:18.539 --> 00:47:19.260
 is consistent

00:47:19.260 --> 00:47:20.220
 with James'

00:47:20.400 --> 00:47:20.820
 teaching,

00:47:21.180 --> 00:47:21.400
 right?

00:47:21.400 --> 00:47:23.980
 verse

00:47:23.980 --> 00:47:25.380
 chapter

00:47:25.380 --> 00:47:25.980
 3,

00:47:26.539 --> 00:47:27.340
 3 to

00:47:27.340 --> 00:47:27.700
 12,

00:47:27.940 --> 00:47:28.440
 just talking

00:47:28.440 --> 00:47:28.780
 about the

00:47:28.780 --> 00:47:28.980
 tongue,

00:47:29.300 --> 00:47:29.559
 right?

00:47:30.760 --> 00:47:31.240
 Now,

00:47:31.320 --> 00:47:31.480
 if we

00:47:31.480 --> 00:47:31.820
 put

00:47:31.820 --> 00:47:34.500
 bits in

00:47:34.500 --> 00:47:35.320
 the mouths

00:47:35.320 --> 00:47:35.639
 of our

00:47:35.639 --> 00:47:36.619
 horses so

00:47:36.619 --> 00:47:36.940
 that they

00:47:36.940 --> 00:47:37.579
 obey us,

00:47:37.700 --> 00:47:38.139
 we direct

00:47:38.139 --> 00:47:38.460
 their whole

00:47:38.460 --> 00:47:39.039
 bodies and

00:47:39.039 --> 00:47:39.820
 consider ships.

00:47:40.420 --> 00:47:40.800
 Though very

00:47:40.800 --> 00:47:41.360
 large and

00:47:41.360 --> 00:47:41.780
 driven by

00:47:41.780 --> 00:47:42.420
 fierce wind,

00:47:42.559 --> 00:47:42.760
 they are

00:47:42.760 --> 00:47:43.280
 guided by

00:47:43.280 --> 00:47:43.559
 a very

00:47:43.559 --> 00:47:43.840
 small

00:47:43.840 --> 00:47:44.180
 rudder,

00:47:44.760 --> 00:47:45.039
 whatever

00:47:45.039 --> 00:47:45.820
 the will

00:47:45.820 --> 00:47:46.099
 of the

00:47:46.099 --> 00:47:46.440
 pirate

00:47:46.440 --> 00:47:47.139
 directs.

00:47:48.280 --> 00:47:48.579
 So

00:47:48.579 --> 00:47:48.920
 too,

00:47:48.920 --> 00:47:51.320
 though the

00:47:51.320 --> 00:47:51.660
 tongue is

00:47:51.660 --> 00:47:51.960
 a small

00:47:51.960 --> 00:47:52.300
 part of

00:47:52.300 --> 00:47:52.720
 the body,

00:47:53.840 --> 00:47:54.280
 boasts

00:47:54.280 --> 00:47:55.200
 great things.

00:47:56.180 --> 00:47:56.720
 Consider how

00:47:56.720 --> 00:47:57.260
 a small

00:47:57.260 --> 00:47:57.960
 fire sets

00:47:57.960 --> 00:47:58.700
 ablaze a

00:47:58.700 --> 00:47:59.539
 large force.

00:48:00.400 --> 00:48:00.640
 And the

00:48:00.640 --> 00:48:01.120
 tongue is

00:48:01.120 --> 00:48:01.620
 a fire,

00:48:01.740 --> 00:48:02.260
 the tongue,

00:48:02.740 --> 00:48:03.300
 a word

00:48:03.300 --> 00:48:03.900
 from,

00:48:07.940 --> 00:48:08.500
 sorry,

00:48:08.720 --> 00:48:09.019
 and the

00:48:09.019 --> 00:48:09.300
 tongue is

00:48:09.300 --> 00:48:09.640
 the fire,

00:48:09.740 --> 00:48:10.160
 the tongue,

00:48:10.539 --> 00:48:10.960
 a world

00:48:10.960 --> 00:48:12.000
 of unrighteousness,

00:48:12.580 --> 00:48:13.160
 a place

00:48:13.160 --> 00:48:13.700
 among our

00:48:13.700 --> 00:48:14.140
 members.

00:48:14.539 --> 00:48:15.200
 It stains

00:48:15.200 --> 00:48:15.900
 the whole

00:48:15.900 --> 00:48:16.300
 body,

00:48:16.519 --> 00:48:16.820
 sets,

00:48:17.500 --> 00:48:19.300
 sets,

00:48:19.660 --> 00:48:20.519
 sorry,

00:48:20.620 --> 00:48:20.880
 I'm losing

00:48:20.880 --> 00:48:21.400
 my place,

00:48:21.760 --> 00:48:24.300
 sets the

00:48:24.300 --> 00:48:24.920
 course of

00:48:24.920 --> 00:48:25.519
 life on

00:48:25.519 --> 00:48:25.880
 fire,

00:48:26.039 --> 00:48:26.280
 and it

00:48:26.280 --> 00:48:27.099
 sets itself

00:48:27.099 --> 00:48:27.640
 on fire

00:48:27.640 --> 00:48:28.539
 by hell.

00:48:29.980 --> 00:48:30.500
 Every

00:48:30.500 --> 00:48:30.920
 kind of

00:48:30.920 --> 00:48:31.320
 animal,

00:48:31.559 --> 00:48:31.800
 bird,

00:48:31.960 --> 00:48:32.380
 reptile,

00:48:32.420 --> 00:48:32.760
 and fish

00:48:32.760 --> 00:48:33.320
 is tamed

00:48:33.320 --> 00:48:34.720
 and has

00:48:34.720 --> 00:48:35.380
 been tamed

00:48:35.380 --> 00:48:36.079
 by humankind,

00:48:36.400 --> 00:48:36.760
 but no

00:48:36.760 --> 00:48:37.200
 one can

00:48:37.200 --> 00:48:37.700
 tame the

00:48:37.700 --> 00:48:38.000
 tongue.

00:48:38.320 --> 00:48:38.720
 It is

00:48:38.720 --> 00:48:39.599
 a restless

00:48:39.599 --> 00:48:40.340
 evil,

00:48:40.700 --> 00:48:41.480
 full of

00:48:41.480 --> 00:48:41.840
 deadly

00:48:41.840 --> 00:48:42.400
 poison.

00:48:43.480 --> 00:48:43.800
 With

00:48:43.800 --> 00:48:44.380
 the tongue

00:48:44.380 --> 00:48:45.000
 we bless

00:48:45.000 --> 00:48:45.539
 our Lord

00:48:45.539 --> 00:48:46.039
 and Father,

00:48:46.160 --> 00:48:46.460
 and with

00:48:46.460 --> 00:48:46.840
 it we

00:48:46.840 --> 00:48:47.140
 curse

00:48:47.140 --> 00:48:48.099
 people who

00:48:48.099 --> 00:48:48.500
 are made

00:48:48.500 --> 00:48:48.980
 in God's

00:48:48.980 --> 00:48:49.500
 likeness.

00:48:49.500 --> 00:48:51.900
 in this,

00:48:52.280 --> 00:48:52.639
 James is

00:48:52.639 --> 00:48:53.820
 telling us

00:48:53.820 --> 00:48:54.039
 to just

00:48:54.039 --> 00:48:54.500
 remember

00:48:54.500 --> 00:48:55.400
 the tongue.

00:48:56.380 --> 00:48:57.019
 Let your

00:48:57.019 --> 00:48:57.420
 yes be

00:48:57.420 --> 00:48:57.760
 yes and

00:48:57.760 --> 00:48:58.079
 your no

00:48:58.079 --> 00:48:58.480
 be no.

00:48:59.900 --> 00:49:00.380
 Control

00:49:00.380 --> 00:49:01.099
 of the

00:49:01.099 --> 00:49:01.559
 tongue is

00:49:01.559 --> 00:49:02.300
 super

00:49:02.300 --> 00:49:02.739
 important.

00:49:03.860 --> 00:49:04.360
 We will

00:49:04.360 --> 00:49:04.840
 be judged

00:49:04.840 --> 00:49:05.239
 by our

00:49:05.239 --> 00:49:05.619
 words.

00:49:06.800 --> 00:49:07.519
 If God's

00:49:07.519 --> 00:49:08.300
 law is so

00:49:08.300 --> 00:49:08.880
 important that

00:49:08.880 --> 00:49:09.500
 not a dot

00:49:09.500 --> 00:49:10.019
 or tittle

00:49:10.019 --> 00:49:11.340
 will be

00:49:11.340 --> 00:49:12.460
 taken away,

00:49:12.619 --> 00:49:13.059
 then I

00:49:13.059 --> 00:49:13.539
 will judge

00:49:13.539 --> 00:49:13.840
 us by

00:49:13.840 --> 00:49:14.320
 our words.

00:49:14.539 --> 00:49:15.099
 For out

00:49:15.099 --> 00:49:15.440
 of the

00:49:15.440 --> 00:49:15.800
 mouth,

00:49:16.539 --> 00:49:16.960
 the heart

00:49:16.960 --> 00:49:17.440
 speaks.

00:49:17.440 --> 00:49:18.320
 I tell

00:49:18.320 --> 00:49:18.599
 this to

00:49:18.599 --> 00:49:18.980
 my wife

00:49:18.980 --> 00:49:19.260
 all the

00:49:19.260 --> 00:49:19.500
 time

00:49:19.500 --> 00:49:19.740
 whenever

00:49:19.740 --> 00:49:19.960
 I'm

00:49:19.960 --> 00:49:20.260
 joking.

00:49:20.820 --> 00:49:21.039
 Whenever

00:49:21.039 --> 00:49:21.380
 she's

00:49:21.380 --> 00:49:21.619
 joking

00:49:21.619 --> 00:49:21.940
 actually.

00:49:23.420 --> 00:49:23.539
 And

00:49:23.539 --> 00:49:25.880
 she's

00:49:25.880 --> 00:49:26.019
 like,

00:49:26.099 --> 00:49:26.280
 babe.

00:49:28.280 --> 00:49:29.119
 And so

00:49:29.119 --> 00:49:30.460
 with

00:49:30.460 --> 00:49:31.280
 all that,

00:49:31.940 --> 00:49:32.460
 I have

00:49:32.460 --> 00:49:32.840
 three

00:49:32.840 --> 00:49:33.440
 application

00:49:33.440 --> 00:49:33.880
 points

00:49:33.880 --> 00:49:35.260
 for us

00:49:35.260 --> 00:49:35.720
 to consider.

00:49:37.960 --> 00:49:38.559
 The

00:49:38.559 --> 00:49:39.059
 first

00:49:39.059 --> 00:49:40.740
 is your

00:49:40.740 --> 00:49:41.220
 treasure.

00:49:42.940 --> 00:49:43.720
 Where is

00:49:43.720 --> 00:49:44.200
 your treasure?

00:49:44.659 --> 00:49:44.920
 Right?

00:49:44.920 --> 00:49:46.820
 There's a

00:49:46.820 --> 00:49:47.200
 constant

00:49:47.200 --> 00:49:48.079
 desire for

00:49:48.079 --> 00:49:48.360
 us to

00:49:48.360 --> 00:49:49.019
 have the

00:49:49.019 --> 00:49:50.119
 bigger,

00:49:50.539 --> 00:49:51.820
 the better,

00:49:52.119 --> 00:49:52.340
 and the

00:49:52.340 --> 00:49:52.599
 new.

00:49:53.099 --> 00:49:53.500
 The bigger

00:49:53.500 --> 00:49:53.920
 house,

00:49:54.119 --> 00:49:54.320
 right?

00:49:54.980 --> 00:49:55.920
 The bigger

00:49:55.920 --> 00:49:56.360
 car,

00:49:57.740 --> 00:49:57.940
 right?

00:49:58.059 --> 00:49:58.980
 The bigger

00:49:58.980 --> 00:49:59.380
 whatever.

00:50:00.539 --> 00:50:01.079
 The better

00:50:01.079 --> 00:50:01.599
 phone,

00:50:02.700 --> 00:50:03.320
 better

00:50:03.320 --> 00:50:04.000
 laptop,

00:50:04.539 --> 00:50:05.300
 better work

00:50:05.300 --> 00:50:06.000
 situation,

00:50:06.920 --> 00:50:07.340
 a newer

00:50:07.340 --> 00:50:08.740
 car,

00:50:10.280 --> 00:50:11.260
 insert it,

00:50:11.300 --> 00:50:11.460
 right?

00:50:11.539 --> 00:50:12.019
 The bigger,

00:50:12.119 --> 00:50:12.420
 the better,

00:50:12.519 --> 00:50:12.860
 the newer.

00:50:12.860 --> 00:50:13.960
 But

00:50:13.960 --> 00:50:15.800
 it's not

00:50:15.800 --> 00:50:16.940
 bad to

00:50:16.940 --> 00:50:17.620
 desire those

00:50:17.620 --> 00:50:17.960
 things.

00:50:18.559 --> 00:50:19.000
 But where's

00:50:19.000 --> 00:50:19.620
 your treasure?

00:50:20.780 --> 00:50:21.000
 Is that

00:50:21.000 --> 00:50:21.260
 where you're

00:50:21.260 --> 00:50:21.740
 treasuring?

00:50:23.340 --> 00:50:23.579
 Like,

00:50:23.620 --> 00:50:23.800
 are you

00:50:23.800 --> 00:50:24.200
 keeping up

00:50:24.200 --> 00:50:24.460
 with the

00:50:24.460 --> 00:50:24.780
 Jones?

00:50:25.260 --> 00:50:25.440
 Is that

00:50:25.440 --> 00:50:25.680
 what you're

00:50:25.680 --> 00:50:25.880
 doing?

00:50:29.880 --> 00:50:30.400
 Instead,

00:50:30.539 --> 00:50:30.840
 it should

00:50:30.840 --> 00:50:31.280
 be

00:50:31.280 --> 00:50:32.780
 monumental.

00:50:34.440 --> 00:50:35.140
 God is

00:50:35.140 --> 00:50:35.820
 monumental.

00:50:37.660 --> 00:50:38.340
 God is

00:50:38.340 --> 00:50:39.099
 the bigger,

00:50:39.360 --> 00:50:40.000
 the best,

00:50:40.200 --> 00:50:40.800
 the most

00:50:40.800 --> 00:50:41.539
 monumental

00:50:41.539 --> 00:50:42.659
 thing that

00:50:42.659 --> 00:50:43.239
 there ever

00:50:43.239 --> 00:50:43.880
 could be.

00:50:44.320 --> 00:50:44.759
 That is

00:50:44.759 --> 00:50:45.099
 who we

00:50:45.099 --> 00:50:45.400
 are to

00:50:45.400 --> 00:50:45.739
 treasure.

00:50:46.900 --> 00:50:47.559
 God is

00:50:47.559 --> 00:50:48.159
 marvelous.

00:50:48.380 --> 00:50:48.619
 He is

00:50:48.619 --> 00:50:49.420
 far better

00:50:49.420 --> 00:50:50.900
 than anything

00:50:50.900 --> 00:50:51.279
 we could

00:50:51.279 --> 00:50:51.800
 think of

00:50:51.800 --> 00:50:52.420
 or imagine.

00:50:53.900 --> 00:50:54.199
 Oh,

00:50:54.279 --> 00:50:55.000
 how marvelous.

00:50:55.880 --> 00:50:56.380
 Oh,

00:50:56.460 --> 00:50:57.139
 how wonderful.

00:50:57.440 --> 00:50:57.880
 And my

00:50:57.880 --> 00:50:58.639
 song shall

00:50:58.639 --> 00:50:59.219
 ever be.

00:51:00.440 --> 00:51:00.920
 Oh,

00:51:01.000 --> 00:51:01.639
 how marvelous.

00:51:01.860 --> 00:51:02.000
 Oh,

00:51:02.059 --> 00:51:02.719
 how wonderful

00:51:02.719 --> 00:51:03.800
 is my

00:51:03.800 --> 00:51:04.440
 Savior's

00:51:04.440 --> 00:51:04.900
 love for

00:51:04.900 --> 00:51:05.079
 me.

00:51:05.159 --> 00:51:05.539
 He is

00:51:05.539 --> 00:51:09.179
 monolithic,

00:51:09.179 --> 00:51:11.779
 meaning that

00:51:11.779 --> 00:51:12.239
 he will

00:51:12.239 --> 00:51:12.619
 never

00:51:12.619 --> 00:51:13.500
 change.

00:51:14.859 --> 00:51:15.639
 You want

00:51:15.639 --> 00:51:16.039
 the newer,

00:51:16.299 --> 00:51:16.579
 but he

00:51:16.579 --> 00:51:16.879
 never

00:51:16.879 --> 00:51:17.379
 changes.

00:51:20.000 --> 00:51:20.539
 He's

00:51:20.539 --> 00:51:21.079
 consistent.

00:51:22.659 --> 00:51:23.419
 He is

00:51:23.419 --> 00:51:24.139
 monumental,

00:51:24.559 --> 00:51:25.099
 he is

00:51:25.099 --> 00:51:26.059
 marvelous,

00:51:26.259 --> 00:51:26.799
 and he is

00:51:26.799 --> 00:51:27.440
 monolithic.

00:51:28.519 --> 00:51:29.019
 That

00:51:29.019 --> 00:51:30.639
 is where

00:51:30.639 --> 00:51:31.079
 your treasure

00:51:31.079 --> 00:51:31.500
 needs to

00:51:31.500 --> 00:51:31.719
 be.

00:51:33.239 --> 00:51:33.960
 Where is

00:51:33.960 --> 00:51:34.339
 yours?

00:51:34.340 --> 00:51:37.280
 is it

00:51:37.280 --> 00:51:37.620
 in a

00:51:37.620 --> 00:51:38.180
 new work

00:51:38.180 --> 00:51:38.780
 situation?

00:51:39.780 --> 00:51:40.640
 Not bad

00:51:40.640 --> 00:51:41.039
 again.

00:51:43.100 --> 00:51:43.440
 What is

00:51:43.440 --> 00:51:43.680
 that?

00:51:44.420 --> 00:51:44.980
 Is God

00:51:44.980 --> 00:51:45.640
 truly who

00:51:45.640 --> 00:51:45.880
 you're

00:51:45.880 --> 00:51:46.380
 treasuring?

00:51:48.140 --> 00:51:48.680
 Truly

00:51:48.680 --> 00:51:49.100
 who you're

00:51:49.100 --> 00:51:49.600
 desiring?

00:51:50.500 --> 00:51:50.760
 As I've

00:51:50.760 --> 00:51:51.360
 talked about

00:51:51.360 --> 00:51:52.120
 the return

00:51:52.120 --> 00:51:52.440
 of the

00:51:52.440 --> 00:51:53.019
 Lord Jesus,

00:51:54.019 --> 00:51:54.640
 is he so

00:51:54.640 --> 00:51:55.380
 precious to

00:51:55.380 --> 00:51:55.620
 you?

00:52:00.039 --> 00:52:00.720
 And then

00:52:00.720 --> 00:52:01.480
 the second

00:52:01.480 --> 00:52:02.000
 application

00:52:02.000 --> 00:52:02.680
 point is

00:52:02.680 --> 00:52:03.240
 patiently

00:52:03.240 --> 00:52:03.760
 waiting.

00:52:04.340 --> 00:52:05.059
 instead of

00:52:05.059 --> 00:52:05.460
 complaining.

00:52:07.480 --> 00:52:08.180
 And I

00:52:08.180 --> 00:52:08.820
 just have a

00:52:08.820 --> 00:52:09.620
 question here

00:52:09.620 --> 00:52:10.320
 which I've

00:52:10.320 --> 00:52:10.740
 hinted at

00:52:10.740 --> 00:52:11.640
 multiple times,

00:52:12.120 --> 00:52:12.579
 which is,

00:52:12.920 --> 00:52:13.780
 do you know

00:52:13.780 --> 00:52:14.100
 what you

00:52:14.100 --> 00:52:14.519
 deserve?

00:52:18.280 --> 00:52:18.880
 Truly,

00:52:19.280 --> 00:52:19.640
 have you

00:52:19.640 --> 00:52:20.120
 considered?

00:52:20.640 --> 00:52:21.100
 Maybe you

00:52:21.100 --> 00:52:21.460
 have,

00:52:21.740 --> 00:52:22.300
 but consider

00:52:22.300 --> 00:52:22.640
 again.

00:52:23.760 --> 00:52:24.059
 Do you

00:52:24.059 --> 00:52:24.320
 know what

00:52:24.320 --> 00:52:24.900
 you deserve?

00:52:27.420 --> 00:52:27.760
 It is

00:52:27.760 --> 00:52:28.079
 God's

00:52:28.079 --> 00:52:28.720
 kindness

00:52:28.720 --> 00:52:29.660
 and patience

00:52:29.660 --> 00:52:31.539
 that we

00:52:31.539 --> 00:52:32.059
 are saved.

00:52:34.340 --> 00:52:35.840
 it is

00:52:35.840 --> 00:52:36.340
 his

00:52:36.340 --> 00:52:38.860
 loving

00:52:38.860 --> 00:52:39.440
 kindness

00:52:39.440 --> 00:52:39.940
 that we

00:52:39.940 --> 00:52:40.320
 are here,

00:52:40.320 --> 00:52:41.280
 that we

00:52:41.280 --> 00:52:41.559
 are not

00:52:41.559 --> 00:52:42.079
 crushed

00:52:42.079 --> 00:52:42.840
 as we

00:52:42.840 --> 00:52:43.280
 should be,

00:52:43.840 --> 00:52:44.440
 that we

00:52:44.440 --> 00:52:44.720
 are not

00:52:44.720 --> 00:52:45.320
 in agony.

00:52:49.320 --> 00:52:50.120
 Do you

00:52:50.120 --> 00:52:50.380
 know what

00:52:50.380 --> 00:52:50.900
 you deserve?

00:52:50.900 --> 00:52:58.519
 so in

00:52:58.519 --> 00:52:58.980
 patiently

00:52:58.980 --> 00:52:59.460
 waiting

00:52:59.460 --> 00:52:59.960
 instead of

00:52:59.960 --> 00:53:00.420
 complaining

00:53:00.420 --> 00:53:01.019
 and grumbling,

00:53:02.019 --> 00:53:03.619
 I mean

00:53:03.619 --> 00:53:04.920
 this with

00:53:04.920 --> 00:53:05.360
 our

00:53:05.360 --> 00:53:06.160
 church

00:53:06.160 --> 00:53:06.579
 members,

00:53:06.700 --> 00:53:06.860
 right?

00:53:06.960 --> 00:53:07.200
 We are to

00:53:07.200 --> 00:53:07.700
 be patient

00:53:07.700 --> 00:53:08.180
 with them,

00:53:08.180 --> 00:53:08.780
 right?

00:53:10.960 --> 00:53:11.460
 Because what

00:53:11.460 --> 00:53:12.079
 we deserve

00:53:12.079 --> 00:53:13.639
 is impatience.

00:53:13.880 --> 00:53:14.360
 What we

00:53:14.360 --> 00:53:14.720
 deserve

00:53:14.720 --> 00:53:15.780
 is a quick,

00:53:16.180 --> 00:53:16.559
 swift

00:53:16.559 --> 00:53:17.220
 vengeance

00:53:17.219 --> 00:53:18.119
 because we

00:53:18.119 --> 00:53:18.579
 have broken

00:53:18.579 --> 00:53:18.980
 God's

00:53:18.980 --> 00:53:19.239
 law.

00:53:21.500 --> 00:53:22.119
 We are

00:53:22.119 --> 00:53:22.379
 to be

00:53:22.379 --> 00:53:22.799
 patient

00:53:22.799 --> 00:53:23.059
 and

00:53:23.059 --> 00:53:23.619
 compassionate

00:53:23.619 --> 00:53:24.779
 because we

00:53:24.779 --> 00:53:25.500
 are striving

00:53:25.500 --> 00:53:25.959
 to be

00:53:25.959 --> 00:53:26.419
 like our

00:53:26.419 --> 00:53:26.699
 Savior.

00:53:29.459 --> 00:53:30.079
 Are you

00:53:30.079 --> 00:53:30.480
 patient?

00:53:32.119 --> 00:53:32.719
 Are you

00:53:32.719 --> 00:53:33.179
 patient in

00:53:33.179 --> 00:53:33.879
 your situation

00:53:33.879 --> 00:53:34.399
 of life?

00:53:35.839 --> 00:53:36.319
 Waiting

00:53:36.319 --> 00:53:36.839
 and depending

00:53:36.839 --> 00:53:37.399
 on God?

00:53:38.619 --> 00:53:39.219
 Are you

00:53:39.219 --> 00:53:39.739
 patient with

00:53:39.739 --> 00:53:40.239
 your spouse?

00:53:42.179 --> 00:53:42.779
 Are you

00:53:42.779 --> 00:53:43.959
 patient with

00:53:43.959 --> 00:53:44.480
 your kids?

00:53:45.579 --> 00:53:45.739
 Are you

00:53:45.739 --> 00:53:46.199
 patient with

00:53:46.199 --> 00:53:46.699
 your spiritual

00:53:46.699 --> 00:53:47.139
 kids?

00:53:47.219 --> 00:53:53.859
 I have a

00:53:53.859 --> 00:53:54.519
 great example

00:53:54.519 --> 00:53:55.480
 from Sarah

00:53:55.480 --> 00:53:56.339
 of us.

00:53:57.299 --> 00:53:58.259
 I was

00:53:58.259 --> 00:53:58.959
 confessing

00:53:58.959 --> 00:53:59.439
 last night

00:53:59.439 --> 00:53:59.799
 a lot of

00:53:59.799 --> 00:54:00.299
 sins that

00:54:00.299 --> 00:54:00.759
 I had

00:54:00.759 --> 00:54:03.859
 and one

00:54:03.859 --> 00:54:04.139
 of it

00:54:04.139 --> 00:54:04.539
 being

00:54:04.539 --> 00:54:05.039
 not

00:54:05.039 --> 00:54:05.779
 truly

00:54:05.779 --> 00:54:07.119
 giving

00:54:07.119 --> 00:54:07.919
 her time

00:54:07.919 --> 00:54:08.459
 that she

00:54:08.459 --> 00:54:09.019
 deserves

00:54:09.019 --> 00:54:10.719
 and giving

00:54:10.719 --> 00:54:11.899
 more time

00:54:11.899 --> 00:54:12.799
 and more

00:54:12.799 --> 00:54:13.439
 affection to

00:54:13.439 --> 00:54:13.919
 the body

00:54:13.919 --> 00:54:14.379
 and to

00:54:14.379 --> 00:54:14.899
 the brothers

00:54:14.899 --> 00:54:16.279
 than I

00:54:16.279 --> 00:54:16.639
 was given

00:54:16.639 --> 00:54:17.099
 to her.

00:54:17.219 --> 00:54:23.419
 and she

00:54:23.419 --> 00:54:24.519
 responded and

00:54:24.519 --> 00:54:24.799
 said,

00:54:25.019 --> 00:54:26.019
 I've been

00:54:26.019 --> 00:54:26.659
 praying for

00:54:26.659 --> 00:54:27.639
 that for you

00:54:27.639 --> 00:54:32.480
 and it's a

00:54:32.480 --> 00:54:33.199
 great example

00:54:33.199 --> 00:54:34.539
 of being

00:54:34.539 --> 00:54:35.179
 patient in

00:54:35.179 --> 00:54:35.599
 prayer.

00:54:35.599 --> 00:54:35.659
 prayer.

00:54:39.659 --> 00:54:40.659
 Be patient.

00:54:40.659 --> 00:54:42.019
 If you've

00:54:42.019 --> 00:54:42.480
 confronted,

00:54:43.400 --> 00:54:43.719
 has not

00:54:43.719 --> 00:54:44.279
 been received

00:54:44.279 --> 00:54:44.599
 well,

00:54:45.480 --> 00:54:45.940
 patiently

00:54:45.940 --> 00:54:46.400
 pray

00:54:46.400 --> 00:54:48.579
 because only

00:54:48.579 --> 00:54:49.139
 God can

00:54:49.139 --> 00:54:49.559
 open their

00:54:49.559 --> 00:54:49.839
 eyes.

00:54:53.719 --> 00:54:54.420
 And then

00:54:54.420 --> 00:54:54.779
 the last

00:54:54.779 --> 00:54:55.139
 one is

00:54:55.139 --> 00:54:55.699
 endure to

00:54:55.699 --> 00:54:56.099
 the end.

00:54:56.099 --> 00:55:00.420
 are you

00:55:00.420 --> 00:55:00.940
 in trial

00:55:00.940 --> 00:55:01.259
 now?

00:55:01.259 --> 00:55:01.559
 Are you

00:55:01.559 --> 00:55:02.219
 suffering?

00:55:02.500 --> 00:55:02.699
 Is there

00:55:02.699 --> 00:55:03.319
 hardship in

00:55:03.319 --> 00:55:03.799
 your life?

00:55:07.739 --> 00:55:08.179
 Endure to

00:55:08.179 --> 00:55:08.579
 the end.

00:55:09.980 --> 00:55:10.339
 Consider

00:55:10.339 --> 00:55:10.699
 Job.

00:55:11.839 --> 00:55:12.179
 He

00:55:12.179 --> 00:55:12.639
 endured

00:55:12.639 --> 00:55:13.179
 to the

00:55:13.179 --> 00:55:13.440
 end

00:55:13.440 --> 00:55:14.799
 and his

00:55:14.799 --> 00:55:15.299
 trust was

00:55:15.299 --> 00:55:15.699
 in God.

00:55:16.980 --> 00:55:17.599
 Are you

00:55:17.599 --> 00:55:18.079
 in trial

00:55:18.079 --> 00:55:19.219
 now because

00:55:19.219 --> 00:55:20.699
 of a sin?

00:55:20.880 --> 00:55:21.039
 Are you

00:55:21.039 --> 00:55:21.679
 being disciplined

00:55:21.679 --> 00:55:22.519
 because of a

00:55:22.519 --> 00:55:22.699
 sin?

00:55:23.099 --> 00:55:23.519
 Repent

00:55:23.519 --> 00:55:25.639
 and endure

00:55:25.639 --> 00:55:25.980
 to the

00:55:25.980 --> 00:55:26.239
 end.

00:55:30.239 --> 00:55:31.059
 Finish the

00:55:31.059 --> 00:55:31.400
 race.

00:55:31.819 --> 00:55:32.139
 Truly.

00:55:32.819 --> 00:55:33.559
 I hate

00:55:33.559 --> 00:55:33.880
 running

00:55:33.880 --> 00:55:35.119
 with a

00:55:35.119 --> 00:55:35.460
 passion.

00:55:37.360 --> 00:55:38.179
 Finish the

00:55:38.179 --> 00:55:38.519
 race.

00:55:40.699 --> 00:55:41.519
 Runners have

00:55:41.519 --> 00:55:42.699
 such endurance

00:55:42.699 --> 00:55:45.460
 and we

00:55:45.460 --> 00:55:46.199
 must run

00:55:46.199 --> 00:55:46.699
 in the

00:55:46.699 --> 00:55:47.119
 spiritual

00:55:47.119 --> 00:55:47.659
 race

00:55:47.659 --> 00:55:49.799
 with

00:55:49.799 --> 00:55:50.480
 endurance.

00:55:51.619 --> 00:55:52.279
 And our

00:55:52.279 --> 00:55:52.799
 feet are

00:55:52.799 --> 00:55:53.179
 weak

00:55:53.179 --> 00:55:55.439
 but Christ

00:55:55.439 --> 00:55:56.059
 quickens

00:55:56.059 --> 00:55:56.419
 us.

00:55:59.059 --> 00:55:59.819
 Do you

00:55:59.819 --> 00:56:00.259
 trust in

00:56:00.259 --> 00:56:00.460
 him?