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After chapter 10, look down at your Bibles in verse 22, it says,

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Let us draw near with the pure heart in full assurance of faith,

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having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience,

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and our bodies washed with pure water.

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Let us hold fast the profession of our faith, and I want you to notice this

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without wavering, without wavering, for he is faithful that promise.

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And the title of my sermon this morning is Overcoming Doubt.

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Overcoming Doubt. I want to talk about the subject of doubt this morning.

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And what the Bible says about doubt and how to have victory over our doubts,

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how to overcome our doubts, how to be people who profess our faith

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without wavering, as it says here in verse 23.

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Now, what does it mean to doubt?

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Well, doubt is a state of uncertainty in which a person wavers between

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belief and unbelief, right?

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Questioning whether something is true or not.

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And in the context of spiritual matters, it's when a person wavers

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or hesitates in believing the promises of God as found within the Bible.

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It's when we stagger. It's when we question things.

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And I think everyone can agree that we, at any given time or another,

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regardless if you are a babe in Christ, if you're mature in the Lord,

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we all struggle with doubt in our lives, right?

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There are instances where we question whether God is going to provide,

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whether he's going to come through,

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whether he's going to show himself strong on our behalf,

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whether he's actually going to fulfill his promises or not.

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And quite frankly, I'm going to be honest with you,

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I've been saved going on 20 years next year,

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and I've read the Bible scores of times.

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I've read the Bible cover to cover.

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I've memorized a lot of scriptures.

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I've been serving God, but yet even I struggle with doubt sometimes.

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There are instances in my personal life where I'm like,

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well, I know this is what the Bible says.

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I know God has shown himself strong in the past,

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but is he going to do it again though?

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Will he actually provide this time?

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Will he actually come through on this instance?

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Will he actually show himself strong on my behalf today as he did in the past?

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What is that? It's called doubt.

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And it's very normal for every Christian to experience this from time to time

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where you doubt whether God is actually going to fulfill his promises or not.

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This is a struggle that many Christians have from season to season time to time.

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Mark chapter 9, you don't have to turn there.

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It says in straight way, the father of the child cried out and said with tears,

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Lord, I believe, and I love what he says here, help thou mine unbelief.

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And I think all of us have experienced that at one time or another, right?

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Like, oh, no, no, no, I believe for sure.

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I know this is true, but help my unbelief though, okay?

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This is essentially demonstrating that within every Christian,

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there's a percentage of our heart that can struggle with doubting God

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and doubting his promises and doubting his power.

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Now, look, folks, it's important to note that doubt in and of itself is not a sin, okay?

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It's not a sin to doubt.

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It only becomes a sin when it prevents you from obeying God, okay?

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It becomes a sin when it prevents you from obeying God

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and it becomes a sin when it causes you to fear and make no mistake about it.

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Fear is a sin in the Bible.

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The Bible tells us that God did not give us a spirit of fear,

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but of power, love, and a sound mind.

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The Bible tells us that fear hath torment, right?

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The Bible tells us that the fearful are part of those who go into the lake of fire

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and so forth demonstrating how severe the sin of fear is in God's eyes.

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Matthew chapter 14 and verse 30 says this,

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But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid and beginning to sink.

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He cried saying, Lord, save me.

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This is referring to Peter when he walked on water to walk towards Jesus

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and immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand and caught him and said unto him,

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O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

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So we see here Peter had enough faith to come out of the boat,

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but then eventually he wavered, began to sink and in doing so,

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God essentially corrected him and said, you have little faith.

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Why did you doubt?

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Matthew chapter 21 and verse 21 goes on to say,

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Jesus answered and sent unto them, verily I say unto you,

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if ye have faith and doubt not,

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ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree,

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but also if ye shall say unto this mountain,

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be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea, it shall be done.

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First Timothy chapter 2 and verse 8 also says,

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I will therefore that men pray everywhere,

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lifting up holy hands without wrath and without doubting.

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Now look folks, even though doubting is a normal thing for us to feel,

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we shouldn't live in doubt, right?

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We shouldn't be Christians that are characterized by doubt

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because the longer you remain in doubt,

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the more likely it is that you're going to become a fearful person.

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And if you become a fearful person,

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in turn you will become a disobedient Christian,

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a disobedient person.

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And that for sure is the sin in the eyes of God.

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So what's the answer?

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The answer is this, we need to increase our faith

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by overcoming our doubts.

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Increase our faith by overcoming our doubts.

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Go to Matthew chapter 19, if you would.

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Matthew chapter 19.

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Now there's two parts to this sermon

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and I'm going to cover both in this sermon,

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but I'm going to spend the bulk of it in the first section.

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And that is that we're going to talk about doubting your salvation, okay?

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Let's talk about having doubts about salvation.

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Now obviously in our church we're very explicit

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when it comes to our gospel presentation,

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what we believe about the doctrine of justification,

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what the Bible says about that.

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But that's not to say that sometimes people won't doubt, right?

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There's times that people doubt, they go through seasons of doubt,

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and there's a variety of reasons why that happens.

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Why do people doubt whether they're saved or not?

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Man, did I really get saved or something?

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And let me just explain something

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before I get into my first point.

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And that is to get saved, you obviously have to place your faith

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in Jesus Christ exclusively to be saved, right?

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And sometimes people get into these like

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navel gazing type questions like,

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yeah, but how much faith though did I put?

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And just whatever faith you had, okay?

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You're like, well what if I'm a person of little faith?

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Then just take that little faith and put it in Jesus Christ.

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Like how did I know that I put 100% of that faith?

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Well if you believe that Jesus Christ died and he resurrected

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and that you can't lose your salvation

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and you're trusting only him, that's, you got it, okay?

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That's pretty much it.

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And you don't need to like, you know,

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make a graph or a chart of your heart and say like,

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I believe this much and what about the rest of the,

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it's nonsense, okay?

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If you believe that, guess what?

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You're saved.

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And look, you know, I'm gonna get into some of the reasons

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why people doubt their salvation.

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The first reason is the reason why I think

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that people should doubt their salvation, okay?

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And so if this is you, yeah, you should doubt

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whether you're saved or not, okay?

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You should question it.

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You should doubt.

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It should cause you to fear and not sleep at night

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and you know, be afraid, be very afraid

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because it's the most important one

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and that is that people sometimes doubt

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because they believe in a false gospel.

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So if you believe in a false gospel,

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you're like, man, I'm down in my salvation.

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Well what do you think it has,

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you have to do to be saved?

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Well, I believe you have to believe in Jesus

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but I also believe you have to repent of your sins.

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I believe you have to keep God's commandments.

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Well, yeah, that's why you're doubting

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because you believe in a false gospel

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and it's just like, well, you know,

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what if, you know, you believe

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but you don't repent of your sins

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although you're not saved, okay?

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Then you're not saved, okay?

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Because if that's what you believe,

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then obviously that's the reason why

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you're constantly questioning

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whether you're saved or not.

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Let me explain to you the reason you're doubting

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is because you're constantly striving for a standard

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that you will never be able to meet.

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You're like, oh man, I don't know if I'm good enough.

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You're not good enough.

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And it's just like, oh yeah,

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and here's the thing folks,

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Catholics are major culprits of this

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because they speak about the things of God

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as though they're just,

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they're just like the masters of theology here.

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They know all about salvation

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but if you're to ask them, are you 100% sure?

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Like, well, no one's 100% sure.

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Like how can you not be 100% sure?

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No one can be 100% sure.

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The Bible says these things

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have I written unto you

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that believe on the name of the Son of God.

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Listen to this,

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that ye may know the eternal life.

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Oh, you don't have the authority to interpret that.

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You knew the authority of the church

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follows you to interpret that.

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But somehow you're gonna tell me

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what the right salvation is,

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what the right doctrine is,

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but you don't even know

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what it takes to be born again.

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It's like Nicodemus who was a master of Israel.

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Bro was supposed to know everything about theology

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and the history of Israel

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but he didn't know how to be born again.

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And what did Jesus say?

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Art thou a master of Israel?

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No, it's not these things.

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And it's just like, how can a man

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go into his mother's womb again?

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It's just like, this is what happens

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when you have people

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who study church history

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and doctrine without being saved.

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That's what happens

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because the natural man

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received not the things of the Spirit of God

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and neither can he know them

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for their spiritually discerned.

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So if you doubt your salvation,

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you know, first of all,

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you need to check your theology.

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You need to check your justification, doctrine.

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And that is, what do you believe about salvation?

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If you believe in a gospel

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that is anything outside of the biblical form of salvation,

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then yeah, there's major reasons to doubt.

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If you think it's because

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you have to keep God's commandments,

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yeah, that's why you doubt

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because you believe in a false gospel

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because no one can keep

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all of God's commandments perfectly.

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It's not a just man upon earth

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to do with good and sin and not.

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The Bible says that

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therefore we conclude that a man

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is justified by faith

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without the deeds of the law.

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You know, the Bible tells us

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whosoever keepeth the whole law

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yet offended one point,

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he's guilty of all.

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So you know what?

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I can understand why people

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when they believe a false gospel,

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why they doubt

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because you don't really know.

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You don't know.

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You know, how many commandments

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do you have to keep?

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How many times you have to,

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you know, how many sins

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you have to repent of to be saved?

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You know, how many times

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you have to be baptized?

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You know, well,

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we just believe you have to repent

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of your sin.

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So you're saying you can stop sinning?

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Well, no, I just mean

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you have to like want to stop sinning.

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You know?

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And then just constantly moving

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the goalposts,

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constantly moving the standard

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and you wonder why

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you're always questioning

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whether you're saved or not.

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And look, folks,

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I know what I'm talking about

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because I've gone door knocking

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for many years

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and you know what?

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We're always talking to people

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of a variety of different churches.

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They go to Calvary Chapel,

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they're Catholics,

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they're Orthodox,

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they're this, that and the other

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and they're always giving

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the wrong answers

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and that's why they don't know

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if they're saved or not.

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You know, they want to school you

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on church history,

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they want to school you on doctrine,

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but then when you asked

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the most basic question

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about salvation,

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it was like,

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well, I don't really know,

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I don't think anybody knows.

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You know, that's something

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I never really got,

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you know, I never really figured out.

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Yeah, you're doubting

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because you just,

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you're not saved, okay?

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And that's because

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you believe in a false gospel.

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You're in Matthew 19,

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let me read to you

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from Matthew 23,

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verse 13 says,

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but woe unto you

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scribes and Pharisees,

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hypocrites,

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for ye shut up the kingdom

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of heaven against men,

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for ye neither go in yourselves,

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neither suffer ye them

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that are entering to go in.

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These Pharisees

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are supposed to be the ones

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who teach the Bible,

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they have the corner of truth

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in Israel supposedly,

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but yet the Bible says

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that they're not going

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into the kingdom of heaven

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and they're trying

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to hinder others

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from going in as well.

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So you have pastors today,

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you have these preachers

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and teachers in these churches

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that want to make themselves

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the standard of doctrine,

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but they themselves

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are not even going

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into the kingdom of heaven

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because they don't believe

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in the right gospel, okay?

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Look folks, salvation is

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through believing

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on the Lord Jesus Christ

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exclusively.

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It means that

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you're trusting Christ alone

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outside at the exclusion

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of literally everything else,

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outside of Mary.

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Let me repeat that again,

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outside of Mary.

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And you know,

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sometimes people think,

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you know,

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well, I witness to this

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Catholic and they say

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they claim to believe

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exactly like I do

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and they even agreed

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with believing

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on Jesus Christ.

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Yeah, but you know

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you're going to have to like

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open this other door

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and say, okay,

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what about Mary though?

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We're like, oh yeah,

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you have to believe in her too.

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And that's a little piece

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of information

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they kind of leave out

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when you're talking to Catholics, okay?

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This is why it's important,

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folks, that we ask

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the right questions.

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You know,

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we need to make sure

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that people believe right.

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And let me also say this,

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you know, salvation

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is, yes,

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believing on Jesus Christ,

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but you know what comes

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included with that?

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What comes included

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is believing

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you can never lose

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your salvation

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for any reason

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whatsoever.

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Because then at that point,

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why are you even

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trusting in Christ?

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At that point,

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why even say

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you trust in Christ

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if you don't believe

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that it's eternal?

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Why do you even believe

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and talk about eternal life

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if you think you can lose it

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at any given moment?

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Then at that point,

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it's not even everlasting.

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And so eternal life,

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the everlasting life

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is the gospel.

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And you know what,

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if someone does,

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if someone believes

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they can lose their salvation,

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that is a different gospel.

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Like how so?

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You know,

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if they trust in Christ,

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if they believe

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it's only by their faith

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in Jesus Christ,

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but they just believe

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you can lose your salvation,

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well then ask them,

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how do you lose it?

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And if they say,

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well, if you sin,

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so based upon that answer,

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you're asserting

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that you have to keep

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God's commandments

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in order to stay saved

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because sin is

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the transgression

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of the law,

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meaning that you believe

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that you have to keep

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God's law

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in order to keep

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your salvation.

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And that is

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a false gospel.

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Right.

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Okay.

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Look at Matthew 19,

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verse 16 here.

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It says here in verse 16,

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and behold,

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one came

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and said unto him,

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good master,

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what good thing

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shall I do

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that I may have eternal life?

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Now, I think all of us

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can collectively agree

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this guy doesn't know

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if he's saving or not.

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Right.

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But why are you asking?

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If you know,

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why ask?

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I'll tell you why

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because he doesn't know.

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Verse 17,

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he said unto them,

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why callest thou me good?

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There is none good but one.

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That is God.

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But if that will enter into life,

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keep the commandments.

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Notice he didn't say eternal life,

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just life,

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keep the commandments.

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He said unto him,

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which Jesus said,

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thou shalt do no murder,

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thou shalt not commit adultery,

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thou shalt not steal,

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thou shalt not bear false witness,

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honor thy father and thy mother,

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and thou shalt love thy neighbor

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as thyself.

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Listen to this.

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The young man said unto him,

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all these things

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have I kept for my youth up.

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What lack I yet?

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Oh, it sounds like

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you're already saved in, huh?

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No, it's not

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because you don't keep

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God's commandments to be saved.

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And we have an example here

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of someone who thinks

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they've kept all of God's commandments

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and yet they're still asking,

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what must I do to inherit eternal life?

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Well, that demonstrates to me

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that if someone thinks

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they have to keep the law

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to be saved,

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you know what?

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They're not saved

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and they don't have

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the assurance of salvation

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as noted by the fact

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that this guy did it.

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No.

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And let me tell you folks,

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if you don't know

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beyond a shadow of a doubt

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that you're saved

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based upon what you believe,

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you better get saved today.

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Do not wait till tomorrow

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to have the opportunity.

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Well, I'll just think about it.

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You better not think about it

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too long.

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Today is the day of salvation.

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Now is the appointed time.

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Now is the time to say,

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you know what?

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I believe wrong about salvation

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but I want to believe

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right about salvation

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because I don't want to

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walk out these doors,

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get hit by a car

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and die and go to hell.

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Get saved today.

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Why not?

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You know, and you say,

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well, what does it take

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to be saved?

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Well, obviously it takes

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for you to humble yourself

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to recognize that you're wrong

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about whatever it is

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that you're believing in

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for salvation

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and to place your faith

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exclusively upon Christ,

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call upon him in faith

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and you can have it

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right then and there.

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You're saying that

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I just have to pray a prayer?

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Yeah, yeah.

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Based upon what you believe?

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Yeah.

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Well, how's that biblical?

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How about this?

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That if Thou shalt confess

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with Thy mouth,

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the Lord Jesus

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and believe in Thine heart

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that God hath raised

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them from the dead,

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Thou shalt be saved.

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You know,

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whosoever shall call upon

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the name of the Lord

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shall be saved.

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Oh, that sounds

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like the sinner's prayer.

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You got it.

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That's, you know,

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let me just tell you this.

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Every prayer

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that a person prays

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is a sinner's prayer.

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Got that?

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Oh, I don't believe

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in the sinner's prayer.

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I mean, just plenty of

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sinners that pray in the Bible

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and every person

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who asked for salvation

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had to pray

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and they were sinners.

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What is the sinner's prayer?

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I'll tell you what

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the sinner's prayer is.

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How about the thief on the cross?

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Lord, remember me

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when Thou comest into

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Thy kingdom.

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How about that?

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Today Thou shalt

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be with me in paradise.

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It's called the

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sinner's prayer.

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Because the thief on the cross

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was the sinner

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and he asked the Lord

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to save him.

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Obviously,

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he didn't have to go

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through the same

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exact words,

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but the Lord knew

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what was in his heart.

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He knew that

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what he was asking

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for was salvation.

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You say then,

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what's the little prayer

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do you guys

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got going on there?

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It's just a systematic way

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to help someone

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to call upon

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the name of the Lord

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based upon the presentation

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of the gospel.

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Well, I just think

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that baptism

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saves you.

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You have to be baptized.

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And the funny thing

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about that is

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that most people

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who believe that

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believe in the

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sprinkling baptism.

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It's just like

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if you believe,

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wouldn't you want to get

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all the way in,

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first and foremost?

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You're just trying to

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save your head

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or something like that

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or what?

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But secondly,

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you know,

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there's nothing in the

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Bible

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that states that

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water baptism

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washes away

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all of your sins.

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And in fact,

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the Bible consistently

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says that it's

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the blood of Jesus

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Christ

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that washes away

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your sins.

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Okay?

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And here's the thing,

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folks,

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it's such a

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contradictory statement

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to say that

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baptism can save you

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and that it can wash

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away your sins

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because the same people

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who believe that

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believe you can lose

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your salvation.

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How does that work?

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Folks, it's nonsense,

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but if you believe

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any of those things,

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then yeah,

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you have reason to doubt

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and I hope you doubt

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your salvation.

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If you believe

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that salvation is

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by works,

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if you believe

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that salvation

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is by repenting

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of your sin,

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that it's by baptism,

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that it's by

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persevering

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in the Christian life

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by your works,

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yeah, I hope you doubt.

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I hope you doubt

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your salvation

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so you can believe

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in the right gospel

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and not have to worry

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about that ever again.

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You know,

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and it's funny,

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sometimes I'll get into

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these conversations

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with these people

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who believe

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like you have to do works

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and they're trying

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to like condemn me

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to like

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you're teaching

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a false gospel,

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you have to do works,

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the Bible says

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to do works

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and it's just like,

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well, let's go ahead

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and take an inventory

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of your works

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compared to my works

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because you're talking

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to someone who's been

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serving the Lord

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over the past 20 years

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consistently serving the Lord

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and I'm looking at you

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and I'm looking

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at your Instagram page

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and it looks like

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all you do is fornicate

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and drink alcohol.

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So how are you going to

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condemn me

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telling me

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trying to school me

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on how to do works?

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You know,

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based upon your standard

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I'm still more saved than you.

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But thankfully

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we're not saved by our works,

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amen.

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You're like,

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why do you do works?

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Because of rewards.

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Because I love the Lord

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because I don't want to

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be punished by God

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because there

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there comes consequences

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to our actions

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here in this world.

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There's a variety of reasons

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why we do that

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but here's the great news

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but to him

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that work is not.

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But believe it on him

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to justify it

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and God

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his faith is counted

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for righteousness.

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And so go with me

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if you would to

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you are in

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Matthew

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you go to

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2 Corinthians chapter 11

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2 Corinthians chapter 11

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I'm going to read to you

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from Galatians 1 6

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it says,

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I marveled the year

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so soon removed from him

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that called you

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out into the grace of Christ

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unto another gospel

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which is not another

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but there be some

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that trouble you

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that would pervert

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the gospel of Christ.

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Now when you read

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through the book of Galatians

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you end up seeing that

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the apostle Paul has no quarrels

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with causing the Galatians

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to question whether

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they're saving or not.

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Why? Because

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these Judaizers

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were coming into the churches

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preaching a false gospel.

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And so he's telling them

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like if you believe this

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then you're done for.

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You've fallen from grace.

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You're not saved.

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I'm afraid of you.

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He's not saying that

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because he's trying to invoke

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doubt in people

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that already believe

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in the right gospel.

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He's trying to invoke down

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on those who claim

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to believe another gospel.

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And look again

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if you're in here

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and you believe something

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contrary to what I'm

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explaining from the word of God

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then you're not saved.

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And if in your mind

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you're like he's wrong

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about that.

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He's wrong.

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I don't believe that.

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That's wrong.

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You do have to repent.

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You do have to do good works.

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You do have to do this,

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that and the other.

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Then guess what?

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You do believe

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in a false gospel.

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Okay.

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That's a fact.

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And you know what?

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We can spar all day long

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in the Bible

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and the Bible will always

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be on my side

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because the Bible

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consistently collectively teaches

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that it's not by works at all.

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And here's this argument

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that people always propose.

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Oh, so what you're saying

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is that I could just believe

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and just live however you want.

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You're already doing that.

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What do you mean?

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You live however you want

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even knowing the fact

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that you believe

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your false gospel.

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You still live however you want.

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What are you talking about?

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You hypocrite.

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It's just like

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oh what you're saying.

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I'm not saying that.

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The Lord's saying that.

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And here's the thing.

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Who said

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where in the Bible does it say

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oh yeah you're saved

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now have at it.

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Rape, murder, kill,

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destroy, steal.

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No one teaches that.

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That notion,

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that example stems from people

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with wicked hearts

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who are not saved.

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Because there's never been a time

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when I got saved.

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I've never met a Christian like this

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or like they get saved.

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They believe in the right gospel

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and it's just like

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all right.

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I'm not going to hell

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since it's time to go raw people.

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Time to go kill my neighbor real quick.

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Because I'm not going to hell you know.

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No one believes that.

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Who saved?

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It's only these like

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unregenerated people

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and when they tell me that

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I'm like I think to myself

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this guy's a dangerous person.

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Because out of the abundance of the heart

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I'm not speaking.

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That's like the thing that's coming

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out of their mouth.

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They're like so what you're saying is that

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and I'm just kind of thinking like

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on the other side of the screen

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they're like so what you're saying.

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Wait a minute you know.

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They're just kind of thinking

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of the most devious things

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that they can do

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because they're not going to go to hell.

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But you know what

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a safe person doesn't really think that.

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You know over the last 20 years

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I've never thought about that to myself.

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Like you know what

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free will.

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I got free will.

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I'm saved.

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I'm going to go rob a bank

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see what that's like.

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Doesn't exist my friends.

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I'm not a psychopath.

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These guys are.

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Philippians chapter 3 verse 9

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says and be found in him

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not having listened to this

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mine own righteousness

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which is of the law

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but that which is

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through the faith of Christ

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the righteousness which is of God

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by faith.

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The point being here is that

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you know there is a reason

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to doubt your salvation

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if you are not saved.

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And you know if that's you today

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you can get saved today.

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It's real easy.

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Oh that sounds like easy

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believism.

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Yeah.

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Absolutely.

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Super easy to be saved.

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You know why because Jesus Christ

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did all the hard work for you.

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He's the one that died on the cross.

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He's the one that bore the sins

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of the whole world upon his own body.

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He's the one the Bible says

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that went to hell for three days

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and three nights

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but his soul was not left in hell

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neither did his flesh

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seek corruption.

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Acts chapter 2.

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He's the one that resurrected.

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He was the one who

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that was delivered for our offenses

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and raised again for our

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justification.

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That's what the Bible says.

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He did all the work for us

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and the Bible specifically tells us

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that we are kept by the power

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of God through faith.

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So you don't keep your salvation

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based upon your works

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I give unto them eternal life

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and they shall never perish

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neither shall any man

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and your any man

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pluck them out of my hand.

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You know I get

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I grow weary

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of these corny cliches.

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Corny.

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Yeah but you could walk away.

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Where are you gonna go?

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Where?

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Yeah but you could walk away from

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where are you gonna go?

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Jonah could even

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he couldn't go.

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You gotta swallow it up.

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You know David's like

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if I make my bed in hell

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thou art there.

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You can't run from the presence

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of God.

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There's no you don't even know

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how to give salvation back

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even if you tried.

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Yeah it's a gift

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but you could give

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you could give the gift back.

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How?

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How?

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Explain to me how you give

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the gift back.

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It's a stupid notion

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and it doesn't even exist

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in the Bible.

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There's zero examples

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of anyone in the Bible

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giving back salvation.

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And here's the thing folks

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is like

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again I've never

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made a Christian

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and it's just like

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you know what

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I think I'm gonna give it back.

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I'm done with this.

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They treat

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they treat it like Costco

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or something you know

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I'm just gonna go

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give it back

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their return policy is

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really easy.

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Just go back

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and just

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hey I change my mind

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rather be orthodox

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or something.

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And look folks

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if there's someone

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who claims to be a Christian

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claims to believe

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in the right salvation

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and then becomes a Catholic

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the Bible

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listen to me

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the Bible

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categorizes that person

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not as someone who

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lost their salvation

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they categorize them

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as being someone who never

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had it to begin with.

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It's called an apostate.

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It's called a fake

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and a phony

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and guess what

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the Bible has proof of that.

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His name is Judas Iscariot.

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No he lost his salvation.

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No Jesus said

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that he never believed

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from the beginning.

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That's what it says

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actually.

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So if you're gonna

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use the Bible

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go ahead and quote it.

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That's what the Bible

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actually says

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about Judas Iscariot.

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He was a devil

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from the beginning

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he didn't believe

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he was a fake

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and a phony

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the whole time

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because he wanted

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to steal the money.

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That's what it was.

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Point number two

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when it comes to doubting

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salvation

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point number one

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we said that

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people doubt

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because of the

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false gospel

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but let me say this

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some people doubt

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because of bad preaching.

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So the first example

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has more so to do

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with people who are

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just not saved.

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But then this

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from here on out

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we're gonna talk about

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people who are saved

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who doubt their salvation

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and let me explain to you

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why they doubt sometimes

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it's because they're

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in a bad church

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under bad preaching

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using bad terminology.

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And again

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we've run into people

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like this

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out

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when we're door knocking

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people who visited our church

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and they kind of

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give mixed answers.

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They're just kind of

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like mixed up

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but then like

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once you talk to them

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once you question them

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they basically say

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well no actually

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it's only by your faith

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in Jesus Christ

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it's not by giving

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your life to him

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or something

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but you know what

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sometimes people

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get confused

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they doubt sometimes

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because of the fact

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that they have

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some false prophet

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for a pastor

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who gets up

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behind the pulpit

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and says

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if you're in sin

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I doubt whether you're

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saved or not

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and it's just like

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oh man

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and if you're saying that

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to a babe in Christ

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you're saying that

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to someone

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who is tossed to and fro

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carried about

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with every wind of doctrine

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you can cause them

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to become confused

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it's called like

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spiritual molestation

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is what it is

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it's like bad preaching

26:47.300 --> 26:48.540
who are just like

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molesting the congregation

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with heresy and doctrine

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causing people

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to become confused

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and they're just like

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oh man

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am I saved

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like man

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well the

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the authority is saying

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you know

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the authority of the church

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over here

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is saying

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that if I

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commit this sin

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then somehow

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that means that

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I might not be saved

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or something

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yeah

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you know

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people get confused

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like that

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and if people are not

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grounded in the word

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they can become confused

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look at 2nd Corinthians

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chapter 11 verse 1

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what to God

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he could bear with me

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a little in my folly

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and indeed bear with me

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for I am jealous

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over you with godly

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for I have espoused you to one husband

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that I may present you

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a chaste version to Christ

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but I fear

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listen to this

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let's find a means

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as the serpent beguiled

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Eve through his subtlety

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so your mind

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should be corrupted

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from the simplicity

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that is in Christ

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for if he that cometh

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preacheth

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another Jesus

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whom we have not preached

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or if you receive

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another spear

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which you have not received

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or another gospel

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which you have not accepted

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ye might well bear with him

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the Bible says

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so obviously

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if you're dealing with

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babes in Christ

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they're unskillful

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in the word of righteousness

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they don't know what the Bible says

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they just know the basics

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of salvation

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they don't necessarily know

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how to defend the faith

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they can get deceived

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and you add on top of that

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a pastor

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who just uses all this

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fake Christian terminology

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on top of that

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they can become even more confused

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you know

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give your life to God

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and how many times have you

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run into someone

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was like you know

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are you 100% sure you're saved

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yeah

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I gave my life to God

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when I was like five

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six years old

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and it's just like

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and then you know

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you kind of just lovingly

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kind of bring them along

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and you explain to them

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what the Bible says

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and they're like

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oh yeah

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that's what I believe

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but they're just parroting

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what others are saying

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you know

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give your life to God

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to God

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surrender your life to God

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oh it's because I just

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you know

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whatever

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it is this liberal talk

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that people have

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when going to these churches

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because you know

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these big mega churches

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are only concerned about being

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theatrical

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and just you know

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having these

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vainly puffed up words

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these great swelling words

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of vanity

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and so if you say

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those terms long enough

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what's going to happen

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is people are going to

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start using them

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and look

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this is why it's important

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for us to use the words

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which the Holy Ghost uses

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right

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to make sure we use

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biblical terminology

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when it comes to salvation

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when it comes to Jesus

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Christ

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when it comes to faith

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when it comes to believe

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and when it comes to the Bible

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because then there is no

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confusion

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you know

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well you know

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I surrendered my life

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I gave my life

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and that sounds noble

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and everything

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but folks

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the gospel is not about

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you giving your life to Christ

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it's about the fact

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that Christ gave his life to you

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that's literally what it is

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and you know

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I've repeated that

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scores of times

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over the years

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and it

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when a person tells me that

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they're

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they're just like

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oh I gave my life to God

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that's why I'm saved

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and I say

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well the gospel is not

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you giving your life to him

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it's him giving his life

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for you

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and they're just like

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oh yeah that's true

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it's like a light bulb goes on

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they're just like

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huh

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why am I saying that

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yeah it's because

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you're under bad preaching

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that's why it's important

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for you to go

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to a right church

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that is explicit

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in their doctrine

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that uses the right terminology

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and it's not just

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looking to inspire you

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motivate you

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the Lord loves you

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and just

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makes you raise your hands

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the entire time

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you know

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with the purple lights

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and the smoke

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and the mirrors

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trying to create

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this environment

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that mimics a spiritual

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environment

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but all this is just

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fleshly services

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that does nothing for you

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but just make you

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even more

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dumber in the bible

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that's a fact

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okay and I've never

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been to a church like that

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I just

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we just have

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former liberals in our church

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that have

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testified of such environments

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and I'm just like

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really that's a real thing

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you know they're just like

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yeah this is what they say

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this is what they do

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and you know

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a lot of people like

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those churches

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because of the bells

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and whistles

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the colors and the lights

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and and the music

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that's mainly the reason why

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a lot of people go to these churches

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let me just be honest

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and look

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just save people in these churches

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by the way

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there are saved people

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I mean you may not believe me

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but it's true

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there are saved people in these

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churches like

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then why do they go there

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for the music

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for the loose standards

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in the music

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because they're just

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they like gay music

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they just really like gay music

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because that music's gay

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you know

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and you may think

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oh you're talking about the ladies

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some of the dudes

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like that music too

31:27.020 --> 31:28.080
guys from like

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churches like this

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they prefer Tupac

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or you know

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but guys from churches like that

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they prefer like

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whatever your mainstream

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liberal christian

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ccm dude is right

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the torn jeans

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and the whatnot

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I'm not really interested in that

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but you know

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some people have developed

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an appetite

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for that type of music

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and you know what

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you need to change your appetite

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because it's gay

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and you know if

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if you like that kind of music

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don't tell anybody

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because that's embarrassing

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okay

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and if you come to me

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I'm not going to shame you

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but don't

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you know

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don't be surprised

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if I wince

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okay

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like you know

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I just kind of like

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oh okay

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I'm not going to approve of that

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I'm just like

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you know

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if that's

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that's what you like

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you know

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some people like tofu

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some people like actual meat

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some people prefer

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you know

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ribeye

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some people prefer

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beyond meat

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some people

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are carnivores

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some people are vegans

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right

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and so that's you

32:23.220 --> 32:24.200
but but here's the thing

32:24.200 --> 32:25.060
that's the reason

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why people go

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to these types of churches

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but what comes

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what comes with the package

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the bad doctrine

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and the bad preaching

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and I can't tell you

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how many times

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people have told me

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about like

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for example

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Jack Hibbs

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which by the way

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is not saved

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he's not a saved person

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how do you know

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because he is in

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he's online

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his preaching is online

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and you can just

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make a quick search

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about what he believes about salvation

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and he'll give you the wrong gospel

32:51.820 --> 32:52.600
he's confused

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then he shouldn't be a pastor

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because folks

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no pastor should be confused about salvation

32:58.060 --> 32:58.500
congregation

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all right

32:59.420 --> 33:00.100
we'll give him a pass

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amen

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it may not know better

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but a pastor who's teaching the bible

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should not be confused about salvation

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so either one

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he's confused

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or two

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he's just a false prophet

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who's intentionally preaching a false gospel

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and I'm telling you

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I met people

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from that Calvary Chapel

33:15.000 --> 33:16.520
from a bunch of different Calvary Chappals

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and I think about their problem

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like oh that guy's not

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in my mind

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I'm like

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that guy's not saved

33:20.120 --> 33:20.620
and they're like

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he's a good guy

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and I'm like

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you know

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I think he's saved

33:26.120 --> 33:27.720
I don't know

33:27.720 --> 33:28.100
you know

33:28.100 --> 33:29.900
this guy's preaching a false gospel

33:29.900 --> 33:32.040
he doesn't believe in the right salvation

33:32.040 --> 33:33.640
and that makes people

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uncomfortable

33:34.420 --> 33:35.560
when I say things like that

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because they don't like

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explicit stuff like that

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they it bothers them

33:40.740 --> 33:41.760
when you can just

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call out

33:42.240 --> 33:43.280
whether someone is saved or not

33:43.280 --> 33:44.540
but the bible does that though

33:44.540 --> 33:44.980
right

33:44.980 --> 33:46.620
and you may not know that

33:46.620 --> 33:47.420
because you haven't read the bible

33:48.340 --> 33:49.640
you just listen to

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the CCM

33:51.200 --> 33:52.180
and the weak preaching

33:52.180 --> 33:52.740
and all that

33:52.740 --> 33:54.140
and you just take that at face value

33:54.140 --> 33:55.000
but let me tell you

33:55.000 --> 33:55.920
the bible's very explicit

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and there's plenty of times

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where like the apostle Paul

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questioned the salvation of people

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and he didn't care

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that's a fact

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and so you know

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I'm like

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oh that guy's not saved

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they're like

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well he's a good

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what makes him a good guy

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because if there's a pastor

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who's pastoring a church

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he's leading a church

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he's preaching a false gospel

34:14.460 --> 34:16.080
and he has a lot of influence

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that means he's making people

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believe a false gospel

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and if they die

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they're going to go to hell

34:21.040 --> 34:21.900
so you tell me why

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how that makes him good

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well he's just really nice

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you know

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oh he's just you know

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I don't know

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I just think he he just does well

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he's just he's just wrong on Israel

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no he yeah

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he's wrong on Israel for sure

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okay

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100 percent

34:39.080 --> 34:39.480
okay

34:39.920 --> 34:41.600
he he's definitely like

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you know

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an Israeli infiltrator

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you know

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or he's just

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you know

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he's definitely

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I wasn't going to say something

34:47.560 --> 34:47.920
but you know

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he's bad okay

34:50.820 --> 34:51.220
okay

34:52.380 --> 34:53.000
you know

34:53.800 --> 34:55.420
he's definitely a prostitute for Israel

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for sure

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that's a fact

34:59.440 --> 34:59.800
okay

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but you know what

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and and you

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you know how I feel about

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replacement theology

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in Zionism

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but let me say this

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you know

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I would kind of like

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be like

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oh yeah

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he's like that

35:10.660 --> 35:11.560
if he had the right gospel

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I'd be like

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oh at least he's saved

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but it's not even that though

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so he's wrong

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he's just wrong on everything

35:18.560 --> 35:19.000
okay

35:19.620 --> 35:21.060
well then why does he have a big church

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because

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prod is the way

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that leads to destruction

35:24.840 --> 35:26.580
and many there be

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which go in there at

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and most of those churches

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are filled

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with old women anyways

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that's all it is

35:34.640 --> 35:35.220
am I

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where's the lie

35:36.540 --> 35:37.400
am I capping

35:39.520 --> 35:40.340
that's a fact

35:41.720 --> 35:42.560
they're filled with

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older women

35:44.460 --> 35:45.520
dudes don't really like

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to go to that church

35:46.840 --> 35:48.040
and if there is a dude

35:48.040 --> 35:48.740
you know

35:48.740 --> 35:49.580
he's like a

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eunuch or something

35:51.500 --> 35:52.620
he's missing his stones

35:52.620 --> 35:53.700
and you know

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he's probably just there

35:54.640 --> 35:55.740
to please his wife or whatever

35:56.540 --> 35:57.320
that's a fact

35:58.300 --> 35:59.380
you know it's true

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and you may be mad at me

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for saying this

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but you know it's a fact

36:03.960 --> 36:05.320
and you may be angry

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at me for saying this

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but guess what

36:06.800 --> 36:07.920
I'm right though

36:07.920 --> 36:08.920
you know it's true

36:09.600 --> 36:10.440
but you know guys

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like that

36:11.480 --> 36:12.280
confuse people

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they confuse people

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they cause people to question

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their salvation

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because of their dumb terminology

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and you know what

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that's it's not just a

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cover chapel

36:20.600 --> 36:21.220
it's an independent

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fundamental Baptist

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churches too

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because you'll have pastors

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that you know

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they believe the right

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gospel they teach

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but then they have some

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false prophet come in

36:30.020 --> 36:31.040
believe me after repenting

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your sins to be saved

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and it's just like

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what's going on here

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and then the pastor

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will be like

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well he's just wrong

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wrong on some areas

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you know he's just off

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in this area or whatever

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it's just like

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yeah it's eternal life

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he's definitely off on that

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we're not going to see him

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in the millennial reign

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the guy's not saved

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Galatians 5 once said

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stand fast therefore

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in the liberty

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wherewith Christ

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hath made us free

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and be not entangled

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again with the yoke of bondage

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behold I Paul saying to you

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if ye be circumcised

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Christ shall profit you

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nothing

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for I testify again

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to every man that is circumcised

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that he is a debtor

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to do the whole law

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Christ has become

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of no effect unto you

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whosoever you are

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justified by the law

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ye are fallen from grace

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for we through the spirit

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wait for the adoption of right

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of hope of righteousness

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by faith

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for in Jesus Christ

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neither circumcision

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availeth anything

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nor uncircumcision

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but faith which worketh by love

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ye did run well

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he says

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who did hinder you

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that ye should not obey the truth

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this persuasion

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comeeth not of him

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that calleth you

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so what is the apostle

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Paul saying

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well these Judaizers

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are coming in saying

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hey you have to be

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circumcised to be saved

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and some dudes went through with it

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and this is like

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if you're circumcised

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Christ shall profit you

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nothing

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and you know

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sorry that happened to you

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it's one thing to think

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ye have to keep the law

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and then you abstain

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from like shrimp

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but another thing

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where it's just like

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you got circumcised

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all right

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it's like man

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but you know apparently

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these are babes in Christ

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who just

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they're just easily deceived

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this is how it is

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and look folks

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this is why it's important

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for you to be in a church

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that teaches you doctrine

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that expounds to you

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what salvation is

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and not just salvation

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let us go on into perfection

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amen

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to learn about other things

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so that you can discern for yourself

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you can prove all things

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hold fast that which is good

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you can search the scriptures daily

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to see if these things are so

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you can be like the Bereans

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and make sure that you can say well

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you know what that guy's saying up there

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and what the Bible says here

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are two different things

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this is not a good

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this is not good

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he's a false prophet

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I'm not for this

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I'm out of here

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okay

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and so it's important for us to recognize

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why people doubt

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why are they doubting

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I'll tell you why

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because they had

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they've been given a false gospel

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or two

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they just are under bad preaching

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go to Romans chapter 8 if you would

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Romans chapter 8

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so the first point is

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more geared towards those who are not saved

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the second point is

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more geared towards those who are saved

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but they're babes in Christ

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they haven't fully learned doctrine

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they can be deceived

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and they kind of think to themselves like

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oh man he says that I have to like

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persevere in my works

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he's saying that like

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if I don't repent of my sin then

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I you know

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they wonder if I'm even saved or not

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you know

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and that causes people to question

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here's another reason

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why people question

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some people doubt because

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they're backslidden

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or they just have a carnal mind

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okay

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but this is important

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okay

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because this can happen to anybody

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even if they're not

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a babe in Christ

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because you could backslide

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Christians who have been

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you know

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Christians for a long time

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they've grown in their faith

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but they allow some sin in their life

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they allow some bitterness in their life

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or whatever

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they can get out of church

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and become

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you know

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they can regress spiritually

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right

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and the result of regressing is a carnal mind

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and when you have a carnal mind

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you're living in sin

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you can often question

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man am I saved

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am I really saved

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even if you believe in the right gospel

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you say

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how so

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because do they believe that like

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not sinning will get you saved

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no here's the thing

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okay

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sometimes people commit sin

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you know

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such grievous sin in the past

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or they're so backslidden

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that they're not really walking in the spirit

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right

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and if they're not walking in the spirit

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they're not being filled with the spirit

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they're not feeding the spirit

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they're just feeding the flesh

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that doubt can come in their mind like

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man I'm not living righteously

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I'm not doing right

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I'm not like

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obeying the spirit

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I'm just kind of being carnal

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am I even saved

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you know

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and I've helped people like this

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all the time

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and every time I talk to people like this

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I always tell them like

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what do you think you have to do to be saved

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and they're like believe on Jesus Christ

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I'm like oh then you're saved

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you're saved

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okay

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and I would say like 90% of the time

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they'll respond with something like

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I know I just feel like I just haven't been living right

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and I'm not even sure why I'm doubting

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I'm just like struggling in my mind

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you know

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that's why

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and you know what that does happen

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it's called a carnal mind

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okay

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and look folks

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you know

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we preach hard against doing works

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for salvation

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but we equally preach hard to do works

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just to be a good Christian

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and to just clean up your mind

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and to read the Bible

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because the corruptible body is just horrific

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it can it can just absolutely destroy your mind

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okay

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it can make you weak in the faith

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and you know

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our old man

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you know the heart is deceitful above all things

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desperately wicked who can know it

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and the heart will just lie to you

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when you are in a carnal state of mind

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and look

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if you've been in the world

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if you've been backslidden

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think about this folks

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you're not

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you're not reading the Bible

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you're not praying

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okay

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you're consuming pornography

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you're playing video games

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you're not in church

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you're you're literally just starving the old man

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and he's still

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I mean

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you're starving the new man

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and he's still there

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but you're starving him

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you're not strong in the Lord

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and the power of his might

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you're just constantly feeding the flesh

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yeah

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you're gonna be a cesspool of fear

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and doubt and anxiety

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that's exactly the result of doing that

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this is why I tell you

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don't minimize the importance of just

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being in the Christian life

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like being in church

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reading the Bible

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and you're like man

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I didn't feel like reading my Bible today

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read a couple verses

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do something

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give yourself a fighting chance

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for crying out loud

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you know

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and and look folks

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it's important for us to obey the Bible

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and serve God

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because there's blessings that come with it

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but just for the sake of not being destroyed

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because look folks

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all of us to a certain degree

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if you didn't grow up in church

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you have a past

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you have things that happened to you

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you have things that you did

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you have things that you were exposed to

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you have things that people expose you to

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and you know what

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I'm sorry to tell you this

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but that's gonna stay with you

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for the rest of your life

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and that's the harsh reality

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I hate to tell you that

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you know I'm not gonna get up here

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like some of these false prophets

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and say like you'll never sin again

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you'll never desire another cigarette again

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you'll never watch pornography again

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you'll never do this ever again

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it's not true

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that's not true

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this flesh is gonna stay with us

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until the day that we die

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and the stinking guy just won't leave us alone

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just won't leave us alone

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you can be a Christian for decades

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and that's that that youthful sin

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will still creep up on you

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decades later

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always be there

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no not me

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you know

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I overcame that

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I don't desire that at all

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oh so you're a liar

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that's the sin that you struggle with

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because everyone battles sin

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everyone does

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and you know what

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you could be 50 years old

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you know years in the faith

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you could be 60 70 years old

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and I'm telling you right now

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you will still struggle with the sins of your youth

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because that's your old man

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you say then what do I do

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it sounds hopeless

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no it's not hopeless

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because we also have the new man

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and the feed the more you

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the more you feed the new man

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the more you know spiritual protein

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you give the new man

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the more extra spiritual exercise

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you give the new man

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the more you're in church

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the more you read the bible

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the more scripture you memorize

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and the the more you you starve the old man

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the less likely it is

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that you'll go back

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but let me just say this

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it starts in strengthening the mind though

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okay

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and look

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you know when you got saved

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you were forgiven of all sins

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past present future

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praise god for that

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meaning that like

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the lord cast him into the deepest part of the ocean

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he separates our transgressions

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as far as east is from west

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he cleanses us from all unrighteousness

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so he doesn't dangle that over you

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once you got saved

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and you're forgiven

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like it's it's over with

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let me just say it's just stop bringing it up

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because it's done

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like the lord is all about moving forward

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the lord is all

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he's all about forgiving

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cleansing

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and let's just go forward from here

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he doesn't want you looking back

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he doesn't want you

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just ruminating on past sins

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past failures

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just past things that you've done

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you know

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he wants you to press forward

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towards the mark

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for the prize of the high calling of Jesus Christ

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he doesn't want you to do that

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why because he understands

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and you should understand

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that when you meditate upon old failures

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and old sins

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you're just more likely

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to like return to those things

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and even if you don't return to those things

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you just become defeated in your mind

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and look folks

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you know

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the lord wants us to be encouraged

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you know the bible says

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that david encouraged himself and the lord

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he doesn't want us to be downtrodden

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like oh yeah i'm just such a sinner

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yeah you are

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but you know like lift up your shoulders a little bit

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hope in the lord

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god is good

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he's all powerful

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and you know what

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yeah you're a sinner

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yeah you're imperfect

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but guess what god's still using you though

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that's all he's got to work with amen

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we're all he has to work with

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and so it's not worth just being

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having a pity party

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just being sad for ourselves

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of what happened in the past

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and the mistakes that we made

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if you're saved

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you've already been forgiven of that

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and then yeah

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i'm gonna get corny right now

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okay

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just you know

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disclaimer here

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you have to learn to forgive yourself

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okay

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it's true

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you kind of have to learn how to forgive yourself

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and just move on

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you know

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and sometimes i you know

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the lord is long suffering

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but sometimes i wonder if he's just like

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i already forgave him

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like he needs to just

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and you're just constantly thinking about your failures

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constantly thinking about

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oh what was me

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but you know that's not pleasing to god

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either though

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and you may think like

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god's not pleased with what i did in the past

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true

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but he forgave you that

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what he's not pleased with right now

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is your state of mind right now

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because at that time

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at this point you're just kind of relying

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it's just all about you

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it's all about me

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and what i did

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and what was me

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and i'm the one who did this

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and i failed

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and i did this that and the other

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whereas god's like

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how about you start focusing your attention on others

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you know

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you've already been forgiven

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move

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take up thy bed and walk

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go home and tell thy friends

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what great things the lord had done for thee

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and stop having a pity party

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i performed a miracle

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it's called salvation now go tell other people about it

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and look folks

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part of just you know

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having that carnal mind

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okay

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yeah we got to clean it up

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yeah you got to stop watching pornography

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yes you have to stop playing video games

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yeah you have to stop being a hermit

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just enclosed

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just isolated from everybody

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yeah you have to pick up the bible

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start reading it

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memorize scripture

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be in church

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but how about this

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just start investing in other people as well

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you know

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stop crying about yourself

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and start crying about for others

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right

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stop just woe is me

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just i'm the problem

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well you're the problem right now

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because you're just making yourself the center of attention

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whereas what you need to do is start

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start focusing on others

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look not every man on his own things

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but every man on the things of others

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that's what the bible says

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let me tell you right now

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one of the greatest ways to restore joy

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aside from praying for it

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is just literally start serving others

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start going you know

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preach the gospel to others

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be a blessing to others

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stop focusing and putting all the attention on you

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yeah you may have had it bad

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but i'm just gonna tell you right now

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there's people who've had it worse than you

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worse than you

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okay

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you know i think of my cousin

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my cousin's pretty bad shape right now

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you know

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i went and thankfully you know he

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i went to go visit him in the hospital and

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he's not in a coma

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but he's he's heavily sedated

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he can't communicate

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he can't open his eyes

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he can't speak or anything

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and he's near death

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and i gave him the gospel and he nodded

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you know i could just say that

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you know he possibly received it

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because he actually responded when i talked to him

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he responded when i prayed with him

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but you know he's in bad shape

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he's literally a 38-year-old on his deathbed

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because of cirrhosis of the liver

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oh his side note stay away from alcohol

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oh a little moderation

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oh you know jesus turned the water into wine

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turned the water into juice

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you know alcohol is poison

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even from a secular medical perspective

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they literally say

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no amount of alcohol is good for you at all

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not even a single drop is just pure poison

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they've literally come out and said

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yeah we used to say it's good for

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but it's actually not good for the heart

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how'd you find out people die

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yeah that'll do it

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no amount of alcohol is good

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he's literally dying in the hospital right now

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and you know what he's fighting

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and so they're like he's progressively getting better

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but it's not for sure that he's gonna make it

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but let me say this

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you know you're better off than that

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you don't have cirrhosis of the liver

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you're not bedridden right now

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you're not completely swollen on dialysis right now

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you're not you look like

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looks like you could open your eyes

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you can open your mouth boldly

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to make known the mysteries of the gospel

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you got two feet to walk

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you have a church filled with people that love you

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sounds like you gotta stop whining

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because there's people in the hospital right now dying

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you know it kind of changes things huh

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changes the perspective

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yeah but you know i just i'm just sad

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stop

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just stop being sad

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just stop

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how you have the joy of the lord

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and look folks here's how you can get out of depression

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and out of sadness

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you gotta you have to stop thinking about that stuff

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that's literally how you do it

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there's no you don't need to buy a course

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a 15-step program on how to get out of depression

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i'm just telling you right now it has to do with the mind

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you're constantly thinking about the negative things

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you're constantly thinking about your problems

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you're constantly thinking thinking

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and let me say this on top of that stop being idle

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part of the reason why people get into depression

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they're sad they're just they're just focused on themselves

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because you're idle and in your time of idleness

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you're you give yourself time to think about negative things

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you gotta cast down imaginations

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point that i'm making here is that oh look at roman's eight first five

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for they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh

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but they that are after the spirit the things of the spirit

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for to be carnally minded is death

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but to be spiritually minded listen to this is life and what peace

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don't we want peace well then have a spiritual mind

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and look obviously every week is not going to be the same

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some weeks are just filled with stress and just you know bad things happen

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but you should not deviate from the path of peace too far when you get into those situations

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make sure you make a right turn and come back on that road

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and start being spiritually minded

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it says in verse seven because the carnal mind listen to this is enmity against god

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for it is not subject to the law of god neither indeed can be skipped down to verse 12

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therefore brethren we are debtors not to the flesh to live after the flesh

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for if you live after the flesh he shall die

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but if you do the spirit do mortify the needs of the body shall live

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for as many as are led by the spirit of god they are the sons of god

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for you have not received the spirit of bondage against a fear

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but you have received the spirit of adoption whereby we cry Abba father

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and here is the main verse here verse 16

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the spirit itself bear with witness with our spirit

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that we are listen to this the children of god

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what does that mean it means that the spirit of god that dwells within us

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reminds us that we're saved

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well I feel like I go through times where I'm not reminded

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it's because you're currently minded though

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so the bible also talks about quenching the spirit

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grieving the spirit what does it mean to quench the spirit

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the spirit can be likened unto fire

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right the flames of the spirit are just within us

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and it motivates us to do right to read the bible to do to participate in spiritual

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activities but we can actually quench that fire

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by walking in the flesh

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by doing participating in carnal activities

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so the more you quench the spirit you basically harden your heart

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you silence the spirit within you then it's difficult for him to bear witness with you

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it's difficult for him when you're struggling with your thoughts

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with doubts with all these things it's difficult for him to come step in and say

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this isn't true this is what the bible says

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because you're not filling your mind with biblical content

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your spirit is weak you understand

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so some doubt because of a carnal mind

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and let me just remind you that if you're saved you have been forgiven of all

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sense past present and future

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and you may think to yourself well you know

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I have these thoughts in my mind that what if I'm just like a reprobate

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and this is some this is things that people struggle with sometimes

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believe it or not like I don't what if what if I'm not really what if I'm just like a reprobate

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what if I'm actually just rejected of God

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and this is common believe it or not this is a common thing

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what is a reprobate a reprobate someone who's beyond the hope of salvation

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someone who's an apostate okay

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and believers cannot become reprobate

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but believers can't struggle with that sometimes we're like man am I

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well let me just tell you this if you're questioning whether you are you're not

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number one you say well how do you know because reprobates are psychopaths and they don't care

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reprobates are just like I don't care and reprobates hate God

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like a reprobate wouldn't be like am I saved

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and I'm wondering you know I'm scared no they actually feed themselves listen to finish it

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with me now they feed themselves with without fear they don't have fear they don't care

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so if you're scared that's more of an indication that you that you are saved and you're not a

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reprobate you say why don't people think if they're a reprobate well let's just be honest

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sometimes people experience things in their past you know through the will of wicked people imposed

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upon them they do things to them when they're younger or maybe when they're older they're exposed

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to certain things and it causes them to become confused and because reprobation is often associated

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with those activities those abominations they think to themselves well if I did that in the

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past that that was imposed upon me in the past that must mean I'm a reprobate and here's how

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we can settle it what do you believe about salvation it's by faith in Jesus Christ you're not a reprobate

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it's not the case but you are carnally minded though you have a carnal fleshly weak mind

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and I cannot emphasize to you how important it is for you to strengthen your mind my friends

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you need to make sure don't take it lightly you're like man if I'm struggling with this go

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memorize scripture go pray you know instead of being idle watching you know just doom scrolling

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all day long doom scrolling playing video again just thinking about you know you need to get

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into the fight here and start fighting off these thoughts and let me just say this it is a fight

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you know I've gone through seasons of depression in times past where I'm extremely discouraged

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just completed depressed just losing the will to live and I recognize like I have to fight this

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with spiritual means quoting scripture praying through it and it's exhausting folks spiritual

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warfare is exhausting it's tedious it's it's it's it's just it's tiresome but you have to do it

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in order to overcome these things go to 1st John chapter 3 1st John chapter 3

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1st John chapter 3 verse 19 says this and hereby we know that we are of the truth

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1st John chapter 3 verse 19 hereby we know that we are of the truth and shall assure our hearts

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before him for if our heart condemn us God is greater than our heart and knoweth all things

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beloved if our heart condemn us not then we have confidence toward God what is the

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Bible telling us here it's telling us that you can't really rely upon the heart to tell you

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the truth your heart can condemn you it can say because it's desperately wicked and if you're

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constantly filling your heart with bad things that's what you're going to get back right

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you're filling your heart with you know doubts fear anxiety lust greed covetousness

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carnality that's what you're going to get in return so if your heart is constantly condemning

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you what do you do well then you have to recognize God is greater than our heart

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meaning we have to believe the witness of God more than the witness of our hearts

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you know don't fall your heart

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what does your heart say uh that i'm just evil and wicked and there's something wrong with me

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and i i'm not saved and you know i'm trashed it's like whoa that doesn't that doesn't fit

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the disney narrative they're like what does your heart say my heart says that i want to eat a whole

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pizza my heart says that this cut's not working just give up just give it up my heart says i'm still

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fat no no no but but what does it say it says to sleep in tells me not to read the bible tells me

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not to pray tells me not to do a lot of things what does your heart say a bunch of cuss words

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a lot of them

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so you know you can't really rely upon the heart so what do you do well god is greater than our heart

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we gotta you know obey the witness of god and what is the witness god the bible we have to

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cleanse our hearts you know and it says beloved if our heart condemns not then we have confidence

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toward god so when you can get to a point where you've cleansed your heart you filled

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your heart with the bible and it it stops condemning you then we have confidence toward god it's our

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faith and confidence toward what god says in his word okay the point is is that sometimes people

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doubt whether they're saved or not because they just are carnally minded and they don't realize

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how important it is listen to me to just become strong in the lord and the power of his might

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that's not a cliche that requires effort and work on your end you have to put in the effort

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to read the bible memorize the bible meditate upon the scriptures get accountability you know

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wake up in the morning read the bible and pray pray throughout the day make this a spiritual battle

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because you need to saturate your heart with the truth as much as you saturated your heart with

01:00:15.110 --> 01:00:19.530
lies that's what you have to do okay go to matthew chapter four

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now this next point i'm not going to spend a lot of time on it but it kind of works in

01:00:25.710 --> 01:00:30.990
conjunction with the previous point is that some people doubt because of the accuser of

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the brethren what is that satan you know satan comes and he tries to cause you to doubt and

01:00:38.270 --> 01:00:42.970
question all the time right but we're talking about in the context of salvation that is a legitimate

01:00:42.970 --> 01:00:49.010
thing so think about this aside from the fact that you have your heart condemning you then

01:00:49.010 --> 01:00:54.870
you got the devil condemning you to okay accusing you and you're like well does the

01:00:54.870 --> 01:01:00.470
satan really cause you to doubt whether you're saved or not i do think he does sometimes for sure

01:01:01.490 --> 01:01:05.670
yeah i think there's season when he tries to get you to just question things because then it

01:01:05.670 --> 01:01:10.250
can render you fearful and cause you to be an ineffective christian in a lot of ways

01:01:10.890 --> 01:01:14.190
all right but look but look at this example look at matthew chapter four verse three

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and when the tempter came to him referring to jesus he said if thou be the son of god

01:01:20.070 --> 01:01:23.790
commanded these stones be made bread what is he trying to cause jesus the question whether

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he's the son of god well if you're really the son of god make these stones to turn into bread

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right so what is he doing is causing him to question causing him to doubt and look this is

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something that i believe satan does with people he sends the fiery darts he tries to cause you

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to question and i think sometimes christians have a tendency to just give too much of an audience

01:01:47.710 --> 01:01:55.370
to satan like you you let like just satan just talk to you and stuff you let him just cast darts at you

01:01:55.370 --> 01:02:01.630
you know instill your heart with fear and doubts and accusations and railings and you're just like

01:02:01.630 --> 01:02:07.530
listening to him the whole time but you've got to be like our lord where he said men should not

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live by bread alone but by everywhere the procedure out of the mouth of god like you need

01:02:11.110 --> 01:02:16.950
to fight off the accusations of satan with the bible and just quote scripture amen

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greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world you know quote the bible quote the

01:02:23.690 --> 01:02:29.890
bible when it comes to your temptation your sin your situation you have to fight off that this

01:02:29.890 --> 01:02:35.130
is how you resist satan is by quoting the truth so some people doubt because of the accuser of

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the brother now look you know if you've ever doubted whether you're saved or not you

01:02:40.750 --> 01:02:44.170
know for whatever reason just because maybe you have a thought in your mind you know don't feel

01:02:44.170 --> 01:02:49.890
weird i think a lot of people do that i've done that you know even as a pastor you know i've had

01:02:49.890 --> 01:02:57.010
just fleeing thoughts of just like what if i'm not really saved what if i don't really believe what

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i all this stuff about salvation you said what is that so this this is what that is okay if

01:03:04.150 --> 01:03:08.590
you've ever had that this is what it is pay attention okay because i've had that it's just

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like we're in a simulation you know just kind of like do i really believe this what if i'm not

01:03:16.650 --> 01:03:19.850
really safe what if i've been faking it the whole time what if i just don't really believe

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you said what is that this is what it is you guys listening stupidity

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that's what it is it's called a stupid thought

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that's all it is the bible would cause it a foolish thought

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and don't tell me you don't have stupid thoughts i know you have stupid thoughts because some of

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you have verbalized them we all have stupid thoughts from time to time now i don't have

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those thoughts often i very rarely will i ever have those thoughts you know and then what you

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say what do you do just shake it off and you say well that was stupid and reinforce the truth

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and it's not like i was doubting like man maybe i'm not really safe or something it's just like

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what if i'm not what if i don't really believe and you say well then what do you do

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then i go through the the scriptures in my mind and i think to myself well no i believe that

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i know that it's my faith can't lose your salvation can i am i sure about that yeah

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because this is what the bible says go through the scriptures no i'm saying that was stupid

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that was embarrassing because sometimes you just have stupid thoughts now you should not

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persist in stupid thinking though okay because then you're going to be a stupid person

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you understand you need to make sure that when you have stupid thoughts you cast them down

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and you and you get rid of them and you quote the truth and you don't ruminate on foolish

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thinking okay you need to make sure you just like cast it away and that's not the only stupid

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thought that people we we have stupid thoughts about all kinds of things just dumb thoughts

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some of them make funny jokes some of them is just you know they're funny some of them are

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just like that's embarrassing because we just have we're just carnal we're fleshly right

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the point is that when they come in you need to make sure you you you cast it out cast it down

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you cast it out and you don't entertain those thoughts okay and so uh we need to make sure

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that we recognize that and you know part of that is just the accuser of the brethren

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trying to use these things against us you're like i feel like i'm constantly fighting satan

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it's probably because number one you're not resisting satan because the formula is this

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he's going to attack and you just have to make sure you resist and what happens when you

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resist he leaves for a season but if you just constantly there it's because you're not

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putting up a fight because you suck at fighting you're just not fighting back

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so he's just bullying you the whole time he's just bullying you he's just constantly bullying

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you just come and he's like man he's just been attacking for because you you're not putting

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up a fight you're just an easy target but if you resist the devil if you fight against the

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devil if you're if you're quoting scripture you're putting your hands up you're not allowing

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him to to you're not giving place into satan he's gonna realize like okay i'm not gonna

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be able to knock this guy out i'm just gonna leave and he will flee from you satan can flee

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from you but he only does it when he realizes you're just putting too much of a good fight up

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you're just resisting too much but if you're like man i just feel like he's just coming

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he's coming at me hard and he's been doing it for a long time it's probably because you're

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not putting up a fight and look folks when i say put up a fight you know i don't mean once a week

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you know when i say go to the gym i don't mean once a week

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when i say you know you want to lose weight get on a deficit i don't mean just once a week

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i don't mean just one meal that's what people expect sometimes they want these results with

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just doing it once he's like memorize one scripture that's it read the bible on sunday

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that's it pray that's it doesn't and then there's just like i don't know why i'm falling

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apart it's probably because you're not really fighting it requires literally a it's a daily

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battle you know what that means it means tomorrow you have to wake up already expecting to go into

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this battle read your bible pray say the right things in your mind speak the truth in your heart

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and if you still struggle get accountability and you know what some sometimes we have to do this

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process for like months on end you say what happens then he flees and then you return

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and the power of the holy ghost you become strong in the lord and the power of his might

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you become a better christian because of it and so you know we need to recognize that sometimes doubt

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comes from satan himself okay you don't have to turn there i'm just going to read these points

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off to you real quick how to overcome doubt number one feed your faith starve your fear

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keep that heart with all diligence rather than all the issues of life stop feeding

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your fears uh by staying on social media talking to the wrong people not getting enough

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sleep not eating right not exercising just constantly thinking about how negative things are

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and all these things start feeding your faith by just actually reading the bible

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disciplining yourself in spiritual matters number two meditate upon god's past faithfulness

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if god has helped you before why don't you think about that instead of constantly

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accusing god saying why aren't you helping me now why don't you think about the times

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that he helped you before and use that as a reputable source of what he's going to do

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today and tomorrow for you right so meditate upon god's past faithfulness number three here's

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one of the best ways go to james chapter one this is the last portion of scripture we'll go to

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number three obey even if you doubt one of the best things you can do for your doubt is just obey

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just do right anyways even if it doesn't make sense to you do it anyways and when you come

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out on the other side you pass with flying colors then you realize god was right i was wrong

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you need to make sure that you do that and lastly number four how to overcome doubt pray sometimes

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you just have to pray okay if you're like man i'm doubting so much right now that's a reminder

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to you i need to pray i need to make sure i take this to the lord and look just tell the lord

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i'm struggling with doubt i believe helped out by an unbelief i'm struggling right now i'm not

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strong in the lord i'm a fearful person and i need your help with this i need you to strengthen

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me i need you to increase my faith lord increase my faith in you because i know that i'm weak in

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my faith and i need you to make me strong in my faith because i want to believe in the promises

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of god i don't want to stagger look at james one verse five if any of you lack wisdom let

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him ask of god the giveth to all men liberally and a braith not and it shall be given him

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listen to this but let him ask in faith nothing wavering for he that waiver it is like the wave

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of the sea driven with the wind and tossed for let not that meant that he think that he shall

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receive anything of the lord a double minded man is unstable in all his ways so look folks

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when you pray make sure you pray believing that he's going to answer that prayer

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god i need this is like and this is what you do this is what i do this is my recommendation to

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you so now that i pray this i'm just going to expect you're going to do this now

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so i'm expecting this or that sounds irreverential it's not it's actually an act of faith

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like i'm praying this and since i did so since the bible said it that means you're obligated

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to answer my prayer so i'll be expecting it too thank you lord in jesus name i pray amen

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i can't do that okay then stay in that same rough

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stay in that same rut have no faith be a doubtful person because i'm telling you right now i do that

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and my faith has been increased over the years multiple times because of that because i believe

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that you know and that's part that that's not me like trying to remind him of his promises

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that means that's me trying to remind myself of his promises and you know doesn't the bible say

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to come before the throne of throne of great throne of god boldly that we may boldly come

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before the throne of grace to obtain mercy to help in a time of need remember that word boldly

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like i'm here for that check i'm here for that provision you said you would give it so i'm just

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going to expect it so uh i need this particular need there's no other way i can get it so i'm

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just going to expect for you to give it to me hey seraphims and cherubim just you know boldly

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come before the throne of grace no i gotta like i can't i'm just not i'm just like a worm

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and you're gonna stay warm because of the way you're thinking god told us to come boldly

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and that's what i'm gonna do you know what i want to live my life in doubt constantly wondering if

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god's gonna show himself strong on my behalf constantly wondering are we're gonna is he gonna

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come through on this situation i'm just gonna go ahead and just believe it

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why because the bible says he that cometh to god listen to this must believe that he is a

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that he is he that comes to god must believe that he is and that he's a rewarder of them that

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diligently seek him so you want to be rewarded with great faith you want to be rewarded with

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being strong with provision you better believe that he is and that he will reward you because

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if not then a double-minded man is unstable in all his ways don't think that that man shall

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receive anything of the lord let's pray father we thank you so much for your word

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help us lord as your people when we struggle with doubt that we would never delve into disobedience

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because of it and lord i pray that you would help us to fight off the wiles of satan the fiery

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darts we're thankful that salvation and the message of salvation is so clear that even when we are

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we are in our our most down state of mind maybe we're filled with stress and worry and care and fear

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the truth always reigns and it triumphs because when we revisit that truth we know that that's what

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we believe and so that's our anchor and i pray that lord if there's someone here who doubts that

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they would overcome that with faith and that they would no longer live in that state of doubt

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i pray that if someone who is not saved here they don't know be on a shout of a doubt that

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they're saved that they would get saved today and may you bless this as we go on away we love you

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we thank you pray this things in jesus name amen please turn your song