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Amen.

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Okay, we're in Genesis chapter 38 here.

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This is a little interlude into the story of Joseph, of course, from chapter 37 and on.

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We have essentially the chronology of Joseph's story going into Egypt.

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But we have a little bit of a break here, kind of focusing on Judah and his sons.

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And I think one of the reasons why that is is because of the fact that we know Judah

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is essentially the one who's going to be producing the Messiah.

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And it wasn't originally intended, I don't believe, for Joseph to be the one who pictures the Messiah.

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It probably should have been Judah, right?

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That's the tribe from which Jesus Christ comes from.

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But of course, as we see here in the story, Judah's making a lot of mistakes.

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He's sinning against the Lord and his sons and his descendants are doing wrong as well.

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And so it's kind of like one of these things where, well, you know,

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you can't really use him as a good illustration.

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And so God ends up using Joseph instead to really picture Jesus Christ and throughout his life.

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We see a lot of typology of Jesus, a lot of illustrations, a lot of spiritual truths

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that point to the Lord Jesus Christ.

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But let's look at chapter 38 here in this particular very bizarre story

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of Ur, Onan and Sheila and Judah as well.

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And here's some of the mistakes that Judah made.

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First and foremost, look at verse 1.

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It says it came to pass at that time that Judah went down from his brethren

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and turned into a certain Adulamite whose name was Hyra.

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Now, before we get into the other characters in this chapter,

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I want to talk about Hyra for a second, okay?

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Hyra is an Adulamite.

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He lives in Canaan.

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And the Bible seems to imply here that he's not necessarily an Israelite, of course.

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He's an Adulamite that will eventually become property of those of Judah.

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But, you know, in my opinion, Hyra isn't really a good friend, okay?

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And you can't really point to anything that Hyra does that would essentially

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state that he is provoking Judah to do evil, to do wrong, to sin against the Lord.

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But the reason he's a bad friend, it's not because he is causing Judah to stumble,

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causing him to sin.

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He's a really bad friend because he's not keeping his friend from making bad decisions

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and sinning against the Lord and against others, okay?

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Now, you say, well, how do you know that?

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Well, I feel like the Bible intentionally is naming Hyra the Adulamite in this passage

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in relation to Judah taking a wife of Canaan, okay?

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And we obviously know that, you know, God's people were not to intermingle with the Canaanites.

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We could essentially look at this from a New Testament perspective

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and say, you know, it would be wrong for a Christian to marry someone who's not a believer, right?

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That's what it means to be unequally yoked together with unbelievers.

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And in like manner, God didn't want his people to be marrying,

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to taking wives or husbands of the heathen of the Canaanites especially,

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because we obviously know that eventually God wants to wipe out the Canaanites.

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They are a pagan people.

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They worship false gods.

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They have all types of perverse practices and so forth.

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But we see that Judah takes a certain wife, she's a Canaanite,

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and, you know, he ends up, you know, having children with her and so forth.

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But I don't believe this is God's will.

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But Hyra is there with him.

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So obviously Hyra has not encouraged him to marry the Canaanite woman.

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But he's also not stopping him from making that decision either, right?

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Now, let's go a couple of verses ahead here.

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Look at verse 12.

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We'll come back to the beginning of the chapter in just a bit.

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It says in the process of time, the daughter of Shua, Judah's wife, died.

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And Judah was comforted and went up unto his sheep shears to Timnath.

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He and his friend Hyra, the Adulamite, and it was told to him, our saying,

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behold thy father-in-law, goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.

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So it seems as though Hyra's just always there when Judah is about to do wrong.

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He's up here with his sheep shears, but we obviously know because of the narrative here

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that Judah is also seeking out a prostitute.

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Yet we find here his friend Hyra not necessarily stopping him from looking for a prostitute.

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He's not trying to stop him from making this decision.

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Now, after he goes into Tamar, his daughter-in-law,

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of course, he doesn't know that it's his daughter-in-law.

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After he does that, he sends the pledges, right?

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Or he sends the payment, excuse me, by the hand of who?

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Hyra, okay?

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Look down at verse number 20.

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And Judah sent the kid, by the hand of his friend, the Adulamite,

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to receive his pledge from the woman's hand, but he found her not.

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What do we have here?

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We find here a guy who's not a good friend at all.

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Now, it's easy for us to kind of say, well, what constitutes a bad friend?

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We would say someone who tries to tempt you to sin,

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someone who gets you out of church,

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someone who tries to get you to fornicate,

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someone who is wronging you, who is wronging the Lord,

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they're not spiritual people.

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They are constantly trying to bring you down spiritually

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and trying to cause you to douse your flame for the Lord.

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These are bad friends, right?

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A companion of fools shall be destroyed.

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You hang around with people who try to cause you to sin.

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You will eventually become a spiritual casualty, okay?

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The Bible constantly warns us about these types of people

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who try to entice you, right?

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To do evil, to shed blood, to fornicate, to steal,

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to do murder, and so forth.

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But you know what?

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That's not the only thing that constitutes a bad friend.

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A bad friend is also those who don't stop you

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or correct you when you're doing wrong.

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It's not necessarily just the person

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who's trying to provoke you to sin.

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It's also the individual who keeps his mouth shut

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when you're sinning and they just don't say anything about it.

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That's a horrible friend.

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You know what? Let me say this.

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We need to stay away from people who provoke us to sin,

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but we also need to stay away from people

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who don't say nothing when we do.

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Who are just content.

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They're just happy with you sinning.

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They don't want to correct you

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because they don't want to hurt your feelings.

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Oh, he's a nice guy.

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Yeah, sometimes being nice is sinful, though.

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Because a nice person is an individual

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who's unwilling to tell you the truth

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even though you need to hear it, right?

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And they're like, oh, I don't want to say

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that it's wrong that he's fornicating

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because he's my friend and he's done my business.

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Who am I to judge?

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Am I my brother's keeper or something?

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It's wicked.

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Get friends that are willing to correct you.

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The Bible tells us that open rebuke

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is better than secret love,

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that faithful are the wounds of a friend.

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You need people that will correct you

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when you're doing wrong.

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Not just when you're doing wrong,

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when you're thinking wrong,

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when you are behaving in an ungodly manner,

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or if you're just deviating from the path of God,

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you need someone to come up to you and say,

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hey, what are you doing?

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Hey, step out of it.

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What are you doing?

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You're not sinning, but you're on the path, though.

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Now, I'm just going to tell you right now,

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the people you're hanging out with,

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they're going to cause you to be destroyed.

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You're making really stupid decisions right now.

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And I'm just telling you as a friend,

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eventually you're going to get out of church.

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Eventually you're going to stop reading your Bible.

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Eventually you're going to fill in the blank and so forth.

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That's a good friend.

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Iron sharpens iron, right?

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And so we need friends who are willing to rebuke us,

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they're willing to correct us,

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and obviously don't overdo it either.

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We don't want to just destroy our friends

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just by purely correcting them and reproving them,

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never exhorting them, never building them up.

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But we do need people to tell us when we've done wrong

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or when we are simply on the path to doing wrong.

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We need people to tell us like,

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hey, this guy is bad company for you.

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Hey, what are you doing liking stupid posts on Instagram?

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What are you doing liking Instagram thoughts?

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Why are you liking whores on Instagram?

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Why are you liking whatever?

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Why are you liking clavicular stuff on Instagram?

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I see you're liking, I see a little heart floating.

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I see your profile picture floating a little bit.

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What are you doing?

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And it's just like, well, it's just what he does.

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It's what she does.

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That's a horrible attitude to have towards a friend.

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Am I my brother's keeper? Yes, you are.

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You are your brother's keeper.

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What is a keeper a guard?

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That's what it is, a keeper is a guard.

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And we need to take it upon ourselves to be our friend's guard.

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When he lets his guard down, when she lets her guard down,

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when she doesn't keep her heart with all diligence,

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when he doesn't keep his heart with all diligence,

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if we see that as a brother,

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it's our responsibility to be our brother's keeper, to be his guard,

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to defend him when he's too ignorant and blind to defend himself.

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When he can't see it, maybe he has a blind spot that he can't see something.

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You need to go up to him and say, hey, brother,

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with all due respect and love and kindness and peace from our Lord Jesus Christ

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and grace be upon you, you're a retard.

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You're acting retarded.

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You're acting like an absolute idiot.

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I'm just telling you right now.

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Don't be offended.

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Have I become your enemy because I tell you the truth?

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Obviously, it's not something you want to do just to get on your friend, either.

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You want to speak the truth and love.

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We need to make sure we have a balance and not become a hyra, the adulamite.

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This guy is hanging out with Judah and he's going into the canyon

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and he's like, all right, if that's what you want, yeah, sure.

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And then he's going down to the sheep shears.

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I'm sure Judah, I'm sure hyra sees when Judah is hiring the prostitute.

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He's like, oh, all right, I'll just turn a blind eye.

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I'll just look over this way instead.

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And then Judah's like, hey, I need you to pay the prostitute off if you could.

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Send this little animal.

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All right, sure.

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It's none of my business, whatever.

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Teach his own.

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When in Rome.

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Just making excuses.

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And obviously, I'm inferring what he's saying into the passive.

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But there's a reason, like, hyra keeps coming up in the chapter,

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you know, associated with sin.

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And you say, well, nothing's being said.

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Yeah, that's the problem.

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There's nothing said about hyra because he's not saying anything.

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We just find him in these situations not saying anything at all.

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And so obviously we know that as friends we need to make sure that we watch our mouths,

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that we are kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another,

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let all bitterness and wrath and anger and evil speaking be put away from you.

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Make sure that no corrupt communication proceeds out of your mouth,

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that you sharpen your brother.

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But it needs to be balanced with correction as well.

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And not just correction, but just, you know,

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helping people to avoid making horrible mistakes.

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And I'll admit, there's been times when I've done this to church members.

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I've done this to close friends before I was even a pastor.

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Even to the point where I kind of risk, like, offending them indefinitely.

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Because I felt like they were making such a bad decision.

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It's just worth just letting them have it.

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You know what I mean?

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Because it's just like the possibility of them ruining their lives is too great.

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I'd rather just tell them this and offend them than never wanting to talk to me ever again.

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But at least I tried, though.

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It's not always going to be the situation,

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but we need to be willing to do that for our friends.

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Out of a heart of love, by the way, right?

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And so it's important not to be a hyra.

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You tell your friends, you know, when they're doing wrong,

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but also, you know, explain to them,

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hey, this is a bad decision you're making.

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This is not a good decision.

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This is going to take you out of church.

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What do you mean you're going to miss church on Sunday night?

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What is that?

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Why are you going to miss church on Sunday night?

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You know, why are you starting to going to start missing church?

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Why are you not going soloing?

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Why not?

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Give me a good reason why you're not.

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Well, you know, I got to go do something.

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What is it to something that you got to do?

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Okay.

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Well, that's none of your business.

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Well, then I guess we're not really close friends then, right?

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It's none of my business.

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I'm here to kind of sharpen you.

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I'm here to kind of be accountable to you and vice versa.

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You know what I mean?

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You know, you should let me know why is it?

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You know, I'm dying.

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All right, fine.

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You know, I guess you get the day off or something.

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But, you know, it's important for us to do that.

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And, you know, I think it's important to ask people questions

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and ask somewhat detailed questions.

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Instead of asking 10 questions, just ask one really detailed question.

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You know, explain to me why you're not doing that.

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Just without all the fluff.

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You know, you need friends like that.

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Okay.

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And so, Hyra is a horrible friend who's just not willing to tell Judah.

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And I've had Hyra's as friends, even before salvation.

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You know, I had Hyra's who just kind of looked the other way

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if I was making a dumb decision, if I was sinning, whatever.

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They didn't care.

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And, you know, you're like, well, you know, it's the kind of friends you want.

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You know what I mean?

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Kind of want the friends who just are not going to judge you for who you are.

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You know, just kind of, you know, ride or die or whatever.

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Yeah, but these people are not people of integrity though.

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They're not people of integrity.

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They don't have character.

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They have no legitimate, you know, loyalty

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because they're willing to see you do something really bad,

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super wicked and sinful and keep their mouth shut.

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That's horrible.

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Okay.

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A biblical friend is someone who corrects you.

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They sharpen you.

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You know, and by the way, when the Bible says, you know,

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as iron sharpeneth, iron soul friend sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

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A man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

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What does that refer to exactly?

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Well, you know, a lot of times we stick to that first part of the verse

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about iron sharpening iron and just kind of sharpening someone in the faith,

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but it literally says to sharpen the countenance though.

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Okay.

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What is the countenance?

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You know, the facial expression.

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Okay.

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In other words, you know, if your friend has a RBF,

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you got to sharpen that thing, right?

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Like wipe that look off your face.

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Right?

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Yeah.

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If someone's just kind of, you know,

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just kind of go up to him like, why are you looking like that?

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Well, that's just the way I look.

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Change it.

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Exercise those facial muscles.

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You look miserable.

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You look unapproachable.

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You look ugly.

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You just look discontent and like, unless you need to go to the corner,

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let's go talk about something if you're struggling or something.

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But if you're not struggling, then stop looking like that.

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You know, God is definitely concerned with our countenance, right?

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He wants us to have a cheerful countenance.

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He wants us to anoint our head, wash our face.

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Okay.

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And I'm not saying be a fake and a phony and just smile from ear to ear 24-7.

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But you know, when you come to the house of God,

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if you're in a social setting, you should have a pleasant countenance.

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And the Bible says there, you know,

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a friend will sharpen your countenance.

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Basically tell them like, hey, yeah, go ahead and, you know,

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put a smile right here and put another one right here

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and get rid of these wrinkles right here.

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Why are you looking all mad for?

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And stop looking annoyed.

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Stop looking like you're just a miserable Christian.

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Yeah, this look right here does not work in.

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Now countenance is falling.

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Okay.

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That's what it means, right?

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And so, you know, you say, why are you mentioning that?

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Because I'm trying to correct your countenance right now.

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Fix your countenance.

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Hey, we need to tell our friends,

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you got an RBF face going on right now.

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And, you know, you need to like fix that face.

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Just nudge him and say,

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you're doing that thing with your face again.

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And so, don't be a hyra, amen.

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We see here a bad friend,

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but now we see that Judah, obviously,

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regardless if he has a bad friend or not,

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he, you know, he ultimately is the one responsible

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for making these bad decisions.

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What is the first bad decision that he makes?

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Mary's a Canaanite.

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It says in verse 2,

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Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite

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whose name was Shua,

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and he took her and went in unto her.

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He's obviously violating the principle

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of separation between believers and non-believers.

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Something that I believe God has instituted

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from the very beginning,

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when he separated light from the darkness

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in Genesis chapter 1,

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but just throughout the Bible.

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You know, the Israelites are different,

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separated from the Egyptians,

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separated from the Canaanites.

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And of course, in the New Testament,

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it's a spiritual separation

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that is more emphasized.

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And so he marries this Canaanite,

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but it's God's will.

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Now it becomes God's will once they're married, right?

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And they have children,

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it says in verse 3,

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and she conceived and bear a son,

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and he called his name Ur.

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She conceived again and bear a son,

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and she called his name Oneth.

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And she conceived,

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she yet again conceived

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and bear a son

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and called his name Sheila,

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and he was at Kezib

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when she bear him.

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And Judah took a wife for Ur,

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his firstborn,

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whose name was Tamar,

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and Ur, Judah's firstborn,

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was wicked in the sight of the Lord

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and the Lord slew him.

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So we obviously see that

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between verses 2 and 7,

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you know, many years have passed, okay?

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They bear three children,

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they grow up,

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Judah helps Ur find a wife

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who's a Canaanite as well.

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And the Bible isn't really explicit

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as to why this is,

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but verse 7 just kind of sums it up.

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Ur was wicked in the sight of God

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and God killed him, okay?

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Now, what are some things

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that we can learn from this?

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Well, first and foremost,

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this demonstrates that God kills people, right?

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And it also demonstrates

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that God doesn't owe you

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an explanation when he does.

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Because, you know,

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we're kind of wondering like,

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man, I wonder what he did.

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Does it matter?

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If the Lord killed him,

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if the Lord slew him,

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if the Lord passed judgment on him

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that he's wicked,

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then we just got to trust

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what the Lord says.

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You know what I mean?

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And, you know,

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we're going to see this

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various times in the Bible

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where someone dies,

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God judges someone,

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and he doesn't give us

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all the details as to why.

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And you know what?

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We don't need to be like these,

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you know, people,

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these so-called scholars,

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these critics of the Bible

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who want to criticize

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the judgments of God

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and make excuses to,

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why did God kill the Canaanites?

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Why did he genocide the Canaanites?

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Why did he kill all the children?

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You know what?

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I don't know,

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but he did it,

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and I'm fine with it.

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Because the Lord,

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everything that the Lord

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does is correct,

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is right,

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it's righteous.

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And so,

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when it says here

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that he slew earth,

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it was the right thing to do,

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he was wicked

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in the sight of God

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and he slew him.

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This is in the Old Testament,

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and people often say,

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well, yeah,

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it's in the Old Testament,

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that's why that happened.

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You know, God

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is a God of judgment

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in the Old Testament,

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but in the New Testament,

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he's meek,

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he's lowly,

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he's very nice,

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you know, Jesus.

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Yeah, but you got to read Revelation, though.

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And you don't even have to go that far.

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We can just go back to the book of Acts

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in chapter 5

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and he's killing people.

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He's killing couples.

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Like mafia style,

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he's just dragging them out, right?

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Ananias and Sapphira.

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A bunch of people,

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he killed in the New Testament,

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he kills a lot of them

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in the book of Revelation as well,

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during God's wrath.

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And so we see here

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that God has the right to do so.

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Obviously,

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Ur must have been

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exceedingly wicked

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for the Lord to want to slay him

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in this supernatural manner.

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I would surmise that it's possible

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that Ur was just a reprobate.

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Because anytime you find this phrase

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that God wants to kill someone

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or he would kill them,

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it's often in context

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and in relation to

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some hater of God,

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some reprobate

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that God wants to destroy.

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So we have here Ur,

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he dies,

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verse 8 says,

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and Judah said into Onam,

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going into thy brother's wife

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and marry her

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and raise up seed to thy brother.

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Now, let's go to Deuteronomy chapter 25.

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If you will, Deuteronomy chapter 25.

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Deuteronomy chapter 25 here.

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So what do we have here?

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We have a situation

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where

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a brother's wife

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passes away

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and she's a widow

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and of course, you know,

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culturally, they don't want

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his lineage to die off,

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because obviously he didn't have any children.

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So the custom

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in the book of Genesis

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is for the brother

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to marry his brother's wife,

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the widow,

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and raise up a child

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unto his brother's name.

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Essentially meaning that

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once he marries her and they have children

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from a cultural perspective

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in the book of Genesis,

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that child is actually,

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they would view that child

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as being the son of the one who died.

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And I do believe that this is more

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of a cultural practice in Genesis,

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but it became somewhat of a law

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by the time we get to the book of Deuteronomy 25.

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Look at verse number five, if you would.

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It says,

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if brethren dwell together

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and one of them die and have no child,

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the wife of the dead

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shall not marry without unto a stranger.

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Her husband's brother shall go in unto her

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and take her to him to wife

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and perform the duty of a husband's brother

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unto her.

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So this is the responsibility

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of the brother.

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Now you and I look at this

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and I'm like, man, this is kind of weird.

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I don't know if I'm cool with that, right?

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Well, thankfully, you know,

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we're not under this law, okay?

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So this is, this went away,

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I don't believe this is required

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in the New Testament.

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This is just, in my opinion,

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it's more of a practical law, okay?

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And so this kind of ensures

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that the person who has died,

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you know, the lineage just doesn't end with him.

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He has descendants thereafter,

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albeit by proxy.

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It says in verse number six,

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and it shall be that the firstborn,

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which she beareth shall succeed

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in the name of his brother,

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which is dead that his name

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be not put out of Israel.

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And if the man like not to take

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his brother's wife,

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then let his brother's wife

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go up to the gate unto the elders

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and say, my husband's brother

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refused it to raise up unto his brother

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a name in Israel.

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He will not perform the duty

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of my husband's brother.

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Then the elders of a city

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shall call him and speak unto him.

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And if he stand to it

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and say, I like not to take her,

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then shall his brother's wife

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come unto him in the presence of the elders

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and lose his shoe from office foot

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and spit in his face

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and shall answer and say,

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so shall it be done unto that man

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that will not build up his brother's house.

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And his name shall be called in Israel,

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the house of him

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that hath his shoe loose.

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We'll go back to Genesis.

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So, you know, we see here

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the protocol, right?

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Someone dies.

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If he has a brother,

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don't let her go out to marry someone else.

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Keep it in the family, okay?

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The brother is supposed to raise up seed

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unto his brother

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if he doesn't want to, okay?

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Let me explain something.

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If he doesn't want to marry

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his brother's wife, okay?

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Or if he doesn't want to raise up seed

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unto his brother's wife,

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then you know,

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it doesn't say to spill it on the ground.

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It says, hey,

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he goes to the people of the gate

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and says, like,

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I don't want to marry her.

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I don't want to do this, okay?

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And so, obviously,

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it was viewed as a very dishonorable thing

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in the eyes of Israel,

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which is why they would go through this whole

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entire rigmarole

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where she would take off his shoe,

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spit in his face,

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and just shame him in front of everyone.

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You know?

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It's a horrible situation.

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Let's just keep the guy alive.

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You know what I mean?

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So he can just marry off

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and you don't have to go through this whole thing here.

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But the point is,

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the point that I'm trying to make is that

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if the guy doesn't want to raise up seed to his brother,

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then he just doesn't marry her.

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So what does this tell us about Onan?

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It tells us that all he wanted to do

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was have the physical relationship

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with his brother's wife, okay?

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Look what it says in verse number nine.

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It says,

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Onan knew that the seed should not be his

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and it came to pass

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when he went into his brother's wife

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that he spilled it on the ground

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lest that he should give seed to his brother.

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Now, he didn't follow

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and I'm not expecting,

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we're not expecting him to retroactively

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practice what we see in Deuteronomy 25, right?

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But if he didn't want to raise

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up seed into his brother,

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then he could have just said,

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I'm not marrying you.

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You need to find someone else.

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You know, go talk to my dad,

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but I don't want to have this

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situation on my hands

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and this is not really my son.

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You know, but obviously,

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he wanted that physical relationship, okay?

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He just didn't want to have children

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with this woman

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and therefore he spilled it on the ground.

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Now, this demonstrates

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and it's the only passage of Scripture that we have

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that this is wrong to do, okay?

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There's no way around it, my friends.

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It's right there in the text.

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God does not like it

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when people do this practice

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of spilling it on the ground, okay?

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So how do you know God doesn't like it?

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Verse 10, and the thing which he did,

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this pleased the Lord, oh, okay.

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Okay, therefore he slew him also.

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Now, you know, this verse right here

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in verse 10 demonstrates

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that God is not pleased when you do it,

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but I can't necessarily say

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that you're going to die if you do,

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but it's possible.

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You know, he did slay Onan for doing so, okay?

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But this is basically giving us

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what God's opinion is

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on this action.

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Why? Because God's will is for you

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to be able to just bear children.

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The physical act is meant, you know,

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obviously for pleasure,

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but it's also meant

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so that you can have children.

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And this guy, all he wanted

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was the physical relationship.

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Now, for whatever reason,

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people are just obsessed

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with this topic right now,

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and it's probably because the world

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is just perverse, okay?

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It's extremely perverse.

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You know, it's a society

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that has been saturated by pornography

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where podcasters,

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that's all they want to talk about.

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You know, they want to talk about this,

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they want to talk about,

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and I can't even say the other thing

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that people want to talk about,

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but you know what I'm talking about, okay?

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Those of you who are of age

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know exactly what I'm talking about.

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And you know,

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I don't like to talk about those things,

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especially from the pulpit,

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because of the fact that it's just,

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you know, it's disgusting.

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It's nasty, right?

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And the Bible does say

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it's a shame to speak of them,

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speak of those things

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which are done to them in secret.

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And obviously we often apply that to

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what people do in secret

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that are evil,

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but I do believe it just applies

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all across the board

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what anybody does behind closed doors.

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I don't like to go into detail

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what people do behind closed doors.

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You say,

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well what if someone wants to know?

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Let them figure it out

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when they get married.

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I mean having people figure it out

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for thousands of years,

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I think people have done really well

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for thousands of years

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just figuring it out.

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You're like,

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but what if they're doing something wrong?

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Just leave it up to them,

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and the Lord.

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If the Lord slays him,

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then there you go.

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If he doesn't slay him,

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then there you go.

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But you know what,

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it's none of your business

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what people do behind closed doors.

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You know,

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I'm responsible for what I do

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with my wife behind closed doors,

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whatever our preferences are,

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whatever our convictions are,

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and no, I'm not for

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that stuff that that stupid movie

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is claiming that I'm for.

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That, you know,

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I did that interview with the

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Hodge twins

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and they asked me that

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an inappropriate question.

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And I specifically said,

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you know,

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marriage is honorable in all things

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and the bed undefiled, right?

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And fornicators and hormongers,

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God will judge.

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And I get it.

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You know,

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it's not all things,

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but it says all though.

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Okay?

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And quite frankly,

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you could attach things to all

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and it means the same exact thing.

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Look at it in the original language,

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it means the same exact thing.

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You say,

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well, isn't that a justification?

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No, what I'm saying is that

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when you're married,

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what you do behind closed doors

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is your business.

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That's your business.

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And you know what?

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You say, well, how do we know

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that what you're doing is right?

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You won't know

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because you're not supposed to know.

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We're not supposed to be

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putting people's dirty laundry

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out there, you know,

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of what people do behind closed doors.

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It's wicked to do that.

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And you know what?

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You're like,

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well, how are you going to explain

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the birds and the bees to your kids?

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You know,

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I don't know yet.

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And quite frankly,

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I'm going to do it

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as very rudimentary

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as I possibly can.

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But I'll tell you this.

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If and when I explain

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the birds and the bees to my kids,

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which I don't necessarily

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even think you have to,

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I think you just marry them off

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and they'll figure it out.

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I think everyone in this world,

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God has just instilled within them

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these inhibitions,

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these natural desires.

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And when you get married,

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it's just like God's like,

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all right,

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hit the switch.

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And you know,

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what am I,

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how are we supposed to do this?

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Figure it out.

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Good thing the bed is undefiled.

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You know,

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can I kiss her elbow?

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Sure.

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You know,

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if you want, I guess,

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just don't tell me about it.

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Because I don't want to know.

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Okay.

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And so, you know,

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you're like,

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well, what if someone

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in the church has a question

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about certain acts?

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You know,

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here's the thing is that

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when people ask me about these things,

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which people don't, by the way,

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the only people who really ask me

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about this are podcasters.

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It's just it.

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And let me explain to you

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why people in the secular world

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ask about these things

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is because they watch

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a lot of pornography.

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And so they want to bring

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that stuff into the bedroom.

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Okay.

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It's defile their mind.

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It creates appetites

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and desires

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that are unnatural.

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Okay.

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And it's not right.

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But, you know,

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here's the thing is that

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I don't want to know

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what practices you believe

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are right or wrong.

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Now, here's one way.

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Here's the time

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that I would interfere

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when someone believes

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that it's right to do

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those kinds of things

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if they're teaching other people.

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Because, again,

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I go back to the principle

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don't speak of those things

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which are done in them in secret.

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It's not appropriate

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to talk about these things

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in public, folks.

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It's just not.

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You know?

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And don't be talking

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with your buddies about it either.

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You think it's okay.

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You know, what do you think

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about Onan, you know?

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He died.

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Okay?

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Now, look,

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I'm not trying to discourage you

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from coming to me

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and asking me questions

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if you're just

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super desperate to know

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or something.

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But let me just give you

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my opinion right now

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and that is figure it out.

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You figure it out.

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And quite frankly,

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anytime someone's asking about it,

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they ask me about it

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already knowing the answer.

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Already know the answer.

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Why?

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Because it just takes

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a little bit of wisdom.

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And quite frankly,

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most people would even know

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about these things

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had it not been for pornography.

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So think about that

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for a second.

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Right?

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I was getting quiet here.

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It's true.

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It's a fact.

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And if you're like,

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I have no idea

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what you're talking about.

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Good.

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It's good.

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Look, here's the goal.

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The goal is to get married

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and fulfill your God-given

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physical desires

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with that person

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till death do you part.

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And you know what?

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Keep it to yourself.

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I don't care what you do.

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I don't care what you did.

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Keep it to yourself.

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Live happily ever after.

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Rejoice with the wife

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of thy youth.

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You know?

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And look, folks,

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the Bible gives us detail

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without being explicit.

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This is as explicit

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as it gets right here.

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And most people are like,

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I still don't know what this

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means.

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Don't worry about it.

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Just keep reading.

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Let's just talk about Joseph.

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Just keep reading

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until the next chapter.

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And so the point that I'm making

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here is that obviously,

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you know,

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Onan is getting judged

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because he wants

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this physical relationship

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and, you know,

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but he doesn't want

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to have children.

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And so this is kind of

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like an example

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into us

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where the seed

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is supposed to go.

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You understand?

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Amen?

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So you said

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do you have a rule in church

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about this stuff?

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Yeah, the rule is this.

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Don't speak of those things

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which are done in them

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in secret.

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It's simple.

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It's unsavory.

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It's unnecessary.

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It's inappropriate.

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You know?

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And especially don't talk

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about what you

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and your wife do

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behind closed doors.

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Okay?

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No one has here, by the way.

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Okay?

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No one's done that.

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You know,

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they're not just

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chatting away with other

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people regarding things like that.

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If that's the case,

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then I do have to step in

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and just kind of stop that.

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We want to have

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a wholesome,

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you know,

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environment here

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and not,

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you know,

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be comfortable talking

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about those things,

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you know,

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just in public like that.

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There should be

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a level of shame.

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You understand?

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And so,

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you're like,

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yeah, but you know,

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I just,

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I really have questions though.

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Well, let me just say this.

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If you're unmarried,

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I'm not answering

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any of your questions.

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I'm not answering any of it.

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You know,

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get married,

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stay married,

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you know,

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for a couple years,

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and then if you're still

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wondering,

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then come and talk to me.

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Okay?

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Do the married thing

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for like

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two to five years,

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and then if you're still

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wondering,

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if you're still struggling,

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if you still don't know

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what to do,

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then maybe I'll help you

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out in that area.

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But I don't think

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that's the case.

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Okay?

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I don't think

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you're going to need

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to come to me.

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I mean,

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we're talking about

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nomads here

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and knowing what to do.

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People did not have

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a YouTube channel.

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They didn't have

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Instagram.

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They didn't have

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an instruction guide.

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They didn't have

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the written word of God.

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They didn't know about,

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you know,

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Onan.

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They didn't know

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about anything.

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But,

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you know,

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you got a lot of kids

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being born here though.

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You got a lot of children

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being born here.

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It sounds like

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they knew what they were doing.

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And so,

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you know,

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if you have a

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preference between

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you and your spouse,

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great.

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Don't tell me about it.

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And don't tell

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others about it either.

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And look,

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there is something bad

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about people

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just wanting

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to just want to talk about it.

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Okay?

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Just wanting to be like,

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well, you know,

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what do you think about it?

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I don't want to know.

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Let's talk about

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wholesome things.

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Like Jews and stuff.

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Let's talk about

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who rules the world,

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you know.

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Things that really

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edify the brethren.

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Okay?

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Let's talk about,

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you know,

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why a public execution

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isn't being made public.

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You know what I mean?

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Those are the topics

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we need to be talking about.

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The important things.

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Okay?

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Talk about going,

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taking your wife out

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on a date,

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and you know,

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whatever.

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But keep those things

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behind closed doors

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and things that you do.

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And look, let me say this,

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couples,

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if someone comes to you

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and starts probing,

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first of all,

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you should rebuke

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that person.

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Very loudly.

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And then come

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and tell me,

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and I'll rebuke

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that person.

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Because it's inappropriate.

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Okay?

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People figured it out

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for thousands of years.

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And it's interesting

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that God,

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you know,

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everything that we need,

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the instructions are right here

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as far as the basics are concerned.

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He gives us the instructions.

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And you know what he does?

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He wants it.

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He's like,

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all right, I can figure this out.

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All right, we got this verse.

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All right.

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And that's it.

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Like, what if I'm doing it wrong?

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Well, I guess we'll never know

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because you're just going

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to keep it to yourself.

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You know what I'm saying here?

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All right.

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So,

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onan,

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bro's done.

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Okay.

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And so,

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you know,

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God did not like the fact

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that he was avoiding,

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trying to avoid having children.

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And so,

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he just wanted to have

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this physical relationship

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with his brother's wife

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and so forth.

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So, two down.

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Okay?

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These guys are bad, you know?

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Verse 11,

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then said Judah to Tamar,

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his daughter-in-law,

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remain a widow

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at thy father's house

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till she let my son be grown.

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For he said,

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lest per adventure

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he die also,

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as his brother did,

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and Tamar went

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and dwelt in her father's house.

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So,

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Bible seems to imply here

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that Judah isn't necessarily

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excited to allow

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his third son

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to marry,

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you know,

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his daughter-in-law

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in order to raise up seed.

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And he's like,

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well, you know,

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we gotta wait till he's a little more grown

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and obviously we're not giving the specifics

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as far as age is concerned.

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But it could be

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that he's just not really

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wanting them to get married.

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And obviously,

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this is a messed up situation

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and it kind of shows you

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what happens

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when you marry

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an unsafe person.

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Okay?

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You're gonna have a home

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that's mixed with,

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you know,

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godly ideologies

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and

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worldly philosophies.

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And in this case,

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Judah doesn't even have

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godly ideologies.

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Okay?

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So you have all of this mixture

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of bad practices,

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sin,

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people are dying,

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the Lord has slain people.

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Verse 12,

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in the process of time,

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the daughter of Shua,

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Judah's wife died

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and Judah was comforted

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and went up

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unto his sheep shears

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to Timnath.

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He and his friend,

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Hyra,

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the Adulamite.

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And it was told to him,

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our saying,

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behold thy father-in-law,

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goeth up to Timnath

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to shear his sheep.

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And she put her widows

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garment off from her

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and covered her

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with a veil

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and wrapped herself

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and sat in an open place,

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which is by the way

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to Timnath,

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for she saw that Sheila

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was grown

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and she was not

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given unto him to wife.

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When Judah saw her,

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he thought her

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to be a harlot

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because she had covered

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her face.

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So what is this woman

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doing?

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She is pretending

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to be a prostitute

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so that she can lay

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with her father-in-law

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and basically have a child.

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This is just weird stuff.

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Now the first thing

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I want to mention here

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is that prostitutes

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have come a long way.

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Because back in the day

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they'd cover themselves.

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Now they don't.

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And in fact,

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you didn't have to be

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a prostitute.

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There's women who

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aren't prostitutes

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who don't cover themselves.

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It's like the prostitutes

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in the Bible

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had more decency

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than the women

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who are not for sale today.

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Think about that.

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It's like, dude,

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she's covering her face.

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People are over here

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taking off their clothes

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on Instagram,

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on social media,

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TikTok,

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out in the streets.

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They just have no problem

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taking off their clothes

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and they're not even for sale.

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And so, you know,

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just a side note there.

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Okay?

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She wraps herself,

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you know,

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it says in verse 14,

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she covers herself

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with the veil.

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She wraps herself

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and she sits in an open place.

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Back in the day,

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I guess, you know,

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this is the horse garment.

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This is what she's wearing

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in order to attract attention.

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And so, you know,

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she can potentially

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get a buyer.

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And she's actually

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hoping that

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that will be

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Judah, her father-in-law.

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It says in verse 16

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and he turned unto her,

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by the way,

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and said,

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Go to, I pray thee,

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let me come in unto thee,

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for he knew not

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that she was his daughter-in-law.

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And she said,

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what wilt thou give me

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that thou mayest come in unto me?

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And he said,

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I will send thee a kid

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from the flock.

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And she said,

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wilt thou give me a pledge

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till thou send?

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So she's like,

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give me like a down payment first.

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You know,

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essentially,

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proving, confirming

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that you're actually

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gonna make this purchase

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and that you're gonna pay this.

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Verse 18.

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And he said,

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what pledge shall I give thee?

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And she said,

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thy signet,

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thy bracelets,

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thy staff that is in thine hand.

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And he gave it her

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and came in unto her

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and she conceived by him.

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And she arose

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and went away

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and laid by her veil from her

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and put on the garment

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of her widowhood.

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And Judah sent the kid

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by the hand of his friend,

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the Adulamite,

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to receive his pledge

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from the woman's hand,

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but he found her not.

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So, you know,

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this essentially demonstrates also

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that it's not good

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for a man to be alone.

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Right?

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You know,

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he lost his wife

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and the Bible says

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that he's comforted

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after she passed,

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but instead of actually seeking out

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another wife,

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he seeks out a prostitute.

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You know,

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we all have legitimate needs, folks,

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but God wants us to fulfill those

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legitimate needs

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in righteous, legitimate ways.

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There's nothing wrong with him

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wanting to have

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that physical relationship again,

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but the avenue

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by which he did so was wrong.

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Okay?

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And by doing so,

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he ended up committing incest

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with his daughter-in-law,

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extremely wicked.

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Now, you're like,

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how can this woman

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participate in this conspire

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and be willing to lay

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with her father-in-law?

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It's because she's a Cain tonight!

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Unsafe people do stupid stuff.

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The natural man is just wicked.

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And if they're not grounded,

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they don't have the principles

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of the Bible,

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the principles of God's word

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to direct them.

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They don't really have

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any true moral convictions.

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So, we can't be surprised

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when the wicked of this world

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do stuff like this.

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And look, folks,

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things like this

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still happen today.

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In America and different cultures,

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people do stuff like this,

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and you're like,

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how can someone do something like that?

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It's because they're void

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of the supernatural.

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They don't have the new man.

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They don't have the Bible directing them.

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You're like,

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well, I know someone

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who doesn't have the Bible,

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but they're a moral person.

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Yeah, but in general, though,

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people who are unsaved

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do stupid stuff.

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And I guarantee you,

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even the person who's so-called moral,

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that person is wicked

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in other ways.

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What is the common denominator?

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The Bible.

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Having the word of God

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to direct you

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to tell you what is right

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and what is wrong.

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And this is sick.

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The fact that she was willing

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to do this just to have a child,

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it's weird, it's godless.

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Verse 20, verse 21.

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So, you know,

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he sends his friend

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to go make the payment.

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You know, Hyra's like,

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oh, you know,

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you guys, you know,

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looking for a prostitute here,

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I gotta drop off this payment.

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Doesn't find her.

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Verse 21,

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then he asks the men of that place

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saying,

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where is the harlot

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that was openly by the wayside?

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And they said

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there was no harlot

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in this place.

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And he returned to Judah

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and said,

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I cannot find her.

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And also the men of the place

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said that there was no harlot

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in this place.

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Now, I'm surprised

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that Judah's heart

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didn't just sink at that point.

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I'm like,

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really?

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What happened, you know?

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But he's just thinking,

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oh, great,

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I got away with it.

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Look at verse 23.

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And Judah said,

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let her take it to her,

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lest we be shamed.

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Behold,

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I sent the kid,

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and thou hast not found her.

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And it came to pass

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about three months after

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that it was told Judah,

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saying,

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Tamar, thy daughter-in-law,

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hath played the harlot,

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and also behold,

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she is with child by hordom.

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And Judah said,

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bring her forth

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and let her be burned.

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Okay.

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So, man,

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Tamar is just devious.

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She's conspiring.

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She did this act.

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And she, you know,

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obviously three months in,

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she's showing.

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So either she's

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announcing to people

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that she's with child,

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or, you know,

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people just see it

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and they're like,

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hey, you know,

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your daughter played the whore.

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And your daughter-in-law

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played the whore

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in your house.

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And what does Judah do?

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He just has this

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excessive judgment.

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Burn her with fire!

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And it's just like,

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bro,

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you're the,

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it's like the

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whole David thing,

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right?

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When Nathan comes to him

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with the parable

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of the little you lamb,

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he's like,

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that person needs to be

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put to death!

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And it's just like,

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thou art the man, though.

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You're the one

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who's responsible for this.

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And you know what I've noticed

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is that people

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who are often

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the strongest

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in condemning someone

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or being excessively

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condemning,

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okay?

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Just excessive about it,

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they're often

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overcompensating

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for certain personal

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failures that they have.

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Now don't let this

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discourage you from

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condemning someone,

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by the way.

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Because obviously

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we need to judge people,

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I'm talking about

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this excessive condemnation,

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it's often to kind of cover

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for some shortcoming

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that they have, okay?

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The shortcoming,

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they're overcompensating

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because they have

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some personal sin

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in their life

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or whatever it may be,

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and they're trying to

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deter attention

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from their own sin

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so they have to be

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super hyper-spiritual,

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holier than now,

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and therefore

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it's just like,

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burn em, burn em!

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All the while

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they're the ones responsible

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for sleeping

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with the daughter-in-law.

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It's crazy.

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Now what can we learn

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from this?

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You know,

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be sure your sin

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will find you out

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is what you can learn.

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Okay?

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And you may think to yourself,

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well I sin

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and I got away with it.

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You know?

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What's going to happen to me?

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Well it really depends.

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Okay?

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If you sin in the past

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and you feel like

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you got away with it,

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here is the determining factor

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of what happens.

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What is your attitude

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about it right now?

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That's the determining factor.

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So why so?

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Because you know,

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if you're like,

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yeah I sin,

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but I'm like,

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I feel horrible about it.

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I've repented.

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I fear the Lord.

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And you know,

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I know that God can judge me.

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You know?

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If you have a humble heart

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it's very likely

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that God will extend

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his mercy

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and his grace towards you

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and he will not allow you

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to suffer the consequences

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of your actions.

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Or if you do

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suffer some consequences

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it will not be

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as severe

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as if you're just

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a prideful arrogant person

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who didn't care

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that they sinned.

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You know, obviously sometimes

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there's just consequences.

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And you're like,

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well I did suffer consequences

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so maybe I'm not getting mercy.

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But here's the thing though

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maybe you're not getting

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the full payment though.

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You gotta think about that.

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Okay?

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So it really depends

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on what your attitude is

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right now.

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So if your attitude is

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like, yeah I messed up.

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I've done things in the past

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and I feel like

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I feel like God hasn't

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really punished me for it

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and it makes me

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thankful.

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It humbles me.

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It provokes me

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unto love

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and to good works.

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It makes me want to do right.

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It makes me want to stay

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on the right path.

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It's likely that God

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will extend his mercy

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towards you even more

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and be merciful to you

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because you've confessed

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that sin.

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You repented of it.

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You got it right.

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But let me say this

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if you're the person

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who's just completely delusional

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and you think you've pulled

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a fast one on God

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and you're just like

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nothing happened to me.

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Yeah, it's very likely

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God will judge you.

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If you're just prideful

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and arrogant

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and look folks

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I've literally heard

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people online

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say stuff like this

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where people have warned

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other individuals

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and be like,

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hey, you know,

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aren't you afraid

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that you're doing this?

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Don't you fear God?

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Don't you think God's

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gonna do it?

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People keep telling me

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nothing's happened to me yet.

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Nothing's really happened

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to me yet, you know.

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Nothing's really

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I'm fine, you know.

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It's like, okay,

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you think like God's

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just gonna like

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drive through your judgment

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or something like that?

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He's gonna give you

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a microwave judgment?

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He's gonna streamline

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your judgment?

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No, he's probably allowing

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you to treasure up

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against the wrath

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against the day of wrath.

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And if you just remain

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an arrogant,

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prideful,

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just a holier than now

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unrepentant person

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your judgment

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is gonna be harsh

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and swift.

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Like, whoa,

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it's been years

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nothing's ever happened to me.

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Yeah, God might not

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do it for 10 years.

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And at the 10th year

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just take your legs.

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You might just

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get amputated.

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You might get

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a lobotomy or something.

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We just don't know.

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He's creative.

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And so don't think like,

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you know,

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and look folks,

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there's literally

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serial killers

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who committed,

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you know,

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murder

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decades ago.

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And they stopped.

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They moved on.

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They had families.

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They had children.

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They're living into

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their 70s and 80s.

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And they're probably

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thinking in their mind,

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I got away with it,

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but they didn't

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because forensics

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or whatever caught up

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and then they ended up

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getting caught.

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And that's just like

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the world system.

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Just imagine God.

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Do you think God

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forgets these things?

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Be sure your sin will

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find you out.

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And you know what?

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I hope you fear

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in your heart right now

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if that's the case.

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I hope to invoke

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the fear of God

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in your heart

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that you would repent,

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that you would get right,

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that you would humble

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yourself before the Lord.

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And you know what?

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None of us are perfect.

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We've all made mistakes.

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But here's the important

48:24.650 --> 48:25.950
thing is the posture

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of the heart.

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Just like,

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is your heart arrogant?

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Is it prideful

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towards this?

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Or is it just like, man,

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I fear God in my heart.

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I'm scared of God.

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I'm scared God

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can just strike me down

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right now.

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Good.

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Keep that up.

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That's what you got to think

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because he can.

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Am I supposed to

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live like this

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for the rest of my life?

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Fear God

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your entire life.

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And you know what?

48:51.810 --> 48:52.350
When you fear God

48:52.350 --> 48:53.050
your entire life,

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you'll depart from evil.

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Right.

48:55.230 --> 48:56.150
You'll obtain mercy

48:56.150 --> 48:56.570
of the Lord.

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But if you're like Judah,

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like,

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well, hey,

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I try to pay her.

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Try to pay the horse

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who wasn't there.

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Got away with it.

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What were you doing in

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Timnath?

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Shearing my sheep.

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Like codeword

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for like

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going with prostitutes.

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But then,

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you know,

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it's catching up to him

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because now he's being

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called out.

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Look at verse 25

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and when she was brought

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forth,

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she sent her father

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in law saying

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by the man

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whose these are

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am I with child

49:35.710 --> 49:36.590
and she said to Cern

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I pray the

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whose are these

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the signet

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bracelet and staff.

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You know,

49:42.930 --> 49:43.470
I'm not for

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Tamar,

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but that must have felt

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good.

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You know what I mean?

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Like, you know,

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it's by this man's

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stuff, you know.

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And then

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Judas is like,

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that's my bracelet.

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That's mine, bro.

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That's mine.

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That's mine.

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Be sure you're seeing

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and find you out.

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You know,

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and this is a good

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principle here

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that when you send

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you are putting a down payment

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and the full price

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comes later.

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You are putting

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down your signet,

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your bracelet,

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and your staff.

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And you know what?

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Yeah,

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sin is pleasurable

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for a season.

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For sure.

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That's what the Bible

50:23.950 --> 50:24.510
teaches us.

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It is pleasurable

50:25.630 --> 50:26.090
for a season.

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It's pleasurable

50:27.110 --> 50:28.290
for that brief period

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of time.

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And you know what?

50:29.830 --> 50:30.410
All sin requires

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of you

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is your bracelet,

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your signet,

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and your staff.

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Not much.

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Not very costly at all.

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Just those three

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things.

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Just give it up there.

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Yeah, but in the

50:39.670 --> 50:40.050
long run

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thy mouth

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shall be filled

50:41.050 --> 50:41.890
with gravel though.

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And Judah

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acknowledged them

50:45.350 --> 50:46.190
verse 26

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and said,

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she has been

50:47.950 --> 50:48.990
more righteous

50:48.990 --> 50:49.950
than I

50:49.950 --> 50:51.530
because that I gave her

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not to Sheila,

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my son,

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and he knew

50:53.830 --> 50:55.150
her again no more.

50:55.470 --> 50:55.750
Now Judah,

50:55.890 --> 50:56.070
obviously,

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you know,

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his judgment is skewed.

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No,

50:58.470 --> 50:59.210
she's not more righteous

50:59.210 --> 50:59.910
than you probably

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mean.

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That is not a

51:02.370 --> 51:02.830
righteous thing

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that she did.

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It's just

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her unrighteousness

51:05.910 --> 51:06.890
expose your

51:06.890 --> 51:07.690
unrighteousness

51:07.690 --> 51:08.370
is what it is.

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Okay.

51:09.810 --> 51:10.070
Now,

51:10.130 --> 51:10.690
what can we learn

51:10.690 --> 51:11.230
from this whole

51:11.230 --> 51:11.970
debacle here?

51:12.530 --> 51:12.790
You know,

51:13.030 --> 51:13.850
this is what we can learn.

51:14.290 --> 51:15.350
Stay away from

51:15.810 --> 51:16.890
conspiring to sin,

51:17.390 --> 51:18.410
being in the dark

51:18.410 --> 51:18.990
corners,

51:19.510 --> 51:20.230
putting yourself

51:20.230 --> 51:20.970
in a situation

51:20.970 --> 51:21.690
to be tempted,

51:21.830 --> 51:22.830
to commit fornication,

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to commit adultery,

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to do that

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which is not pleasing

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in the eyes of the Lord.

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And you know what?

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You may think

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that you can

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get away with it,

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but you're not,

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especially as a

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child of God.

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God's not going to

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let you get away with it.

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He'll always expose

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you.

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And look, folks,

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you're like,

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well, you know,

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what if no one knows

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what I'm conspiring to do

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and therefore,

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no one is investigating?

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I'm just telling you right now,

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God will make it

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known no matter what.

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And look,

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I don't try to

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investigate people

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or members

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like trying to

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try to figure out

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who's sinning and who's not.

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You know,

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that's, I don't,

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I'm not God.

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So I'm not like,

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hmm,

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what's hike up to

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this week?

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Let me see if I could

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just catch him at home.

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What are you doing?

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he's like with this cat,

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you know,

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I'm not like

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looking to try to,

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I'm not trying to

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catch people in the

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act of sinning,

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but I'm going to tell

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you right now,

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these last 10 years

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of pastoring this church,

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it just comes to me.

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Like I just

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hear about it

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or someone slips up,

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they say something,

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or I'm just

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having a conversation

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and then one word

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and I feel like

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just the Lord

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directing me

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to confront people

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about things and then,

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boom, it's just,

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that's the situation

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that happens.

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And it's not

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because I'm looking for it,

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it's just the Lord

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is just directing me

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to keep sin out of the

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church.

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That's how it always is.

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All,

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you know,

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all that God

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has to work with right

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here as a pastor

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of this church.

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So he has to

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kind of supernaturally

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put me in a situation

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and look,

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I remember just

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years ago,

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many years ago,

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we had people

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in our church

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and you know,

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one of a very

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common sin

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that people struggle with

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even within Christianity

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is fornication,

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unfortunately.

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Fornication and drunkenness

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are like two things

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that people

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struggle with a lot,

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okay?

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And you know,

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these people were fornicating

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in our church,

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but I didn't know.

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You know,

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you assume

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when you see couples,

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they're just married,

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right?

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That's what I assume.

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I'm not just like,

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oh, fornicators

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and you know,

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when people walk in,

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I'm just like,

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I'll say,

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I'll say,

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excursion.

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I'm gonna guess

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Raler, you know.

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I'm just assuming

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they're coming to look for the truth

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or whatever.

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So these people,

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they loved our church,

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they had a great time,

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they benefited from the preaching

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and I was talking to,

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I was talking to him

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and he just said something

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in passing.

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Like, I think he said

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something to the degree of like,

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yeah,

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sorry,

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we didn't,

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we came late,

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but you know,

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the reason we came late

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is because we woke up late.

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And it wasn't even

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anything like

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explicit.

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I'm like,

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you guys woke up late?

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He's like, yeah,

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we both woke up late

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and then we saw the time

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and we're like,

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oh, we gotta get ready for church.

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And I'm like,

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and then I kind of looked at his

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his hand.

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I'm like,

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are you guys married?

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And they're like,

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no.

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I'm like,

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do you guys live together?

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Like, yeah,

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we've been living together

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for a long time.

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We're like,

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oh man.

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Well,

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gotta talk to you guys.

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You know,

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you gotta have that uncomfortable

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conversation.

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And unfortunately,

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you know,

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they just,

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they just ended up leaving our church

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because they weren't willing

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to come to groups with that.

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But you know,

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I'm not looking for,

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I'm just saying,

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it just comes up sometimes,

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but I believe it's divine

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because I believe God

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wants the house of God

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to be clean,

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to not have just

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sin rampant throughout the church

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and people fornicating

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and being drunkards

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and railers

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and idolaters.

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So, you know,

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either I preach about it,

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you find out about it,

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or maybe I'm just talking

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about other things in church

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and then we end up just

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crossing paths.

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You mentioned something

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and then the axe has to come down.

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Okay.

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And so, you know,

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it's important for you to realize

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that as a Christian,

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you're not gonna be able

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to get away with sin.

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It just doesn't happen.

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Okay.

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And don't interpret

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years and decades

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of no one finding out.

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As, oh, that means I gotta

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wait with it.

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This is just not the case.

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Okay.

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Look down at your Bibles

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at verse number 27,

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it came to pass in a time

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her travail

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that behold,

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twins were in her womb

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and it came to pass

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when she travailed

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that the one put out his hand

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and the midwife took

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and bound upon his hand

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a scarlet thread

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saying this came out first

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and it came to pass

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as he drew back his hand

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that behold,

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his brother came out

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and said,

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how hast thou broken forth

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this breach be upon thee

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therefore his name

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was called Phaeres

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and afterward came out

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his brother

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that had the scarlet thread

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upon his hand

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and his name

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was called Zarah.

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Now let's go to Luke chapter 13.

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We'll finish in Luke chapter 13

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real quick.

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So she ends up having

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twins here

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and we find this very

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interesting turn of events

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where the first child

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that comes out,

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he just kind of puts his hand out

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and in order to determine

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who's the oldest

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and who's the youngest

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a scarlet thread

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is placed around the hand

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so they don't get mixed up

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their twins.

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Do you want to mix them up?

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But then he puts his hand back in

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and then the other brother

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breaches forth.

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He breaks forth basically

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and he ends up coming

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essentially first

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even though he was last.

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Now what is this picture?

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Now Phaeres is the one who came

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first even though he was last

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and Phaeres ends up being

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according to Matthew chapter 1

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verse 3

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and according to Luke chapter 3 verse 33

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he ends up being part of the lineage

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of Jesus Christ the Messiah.

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So he pictures that lineage.

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He pictures the New Testament.

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He pictures that New Covenant.

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Look at Luke chapter 13

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and verse 24.

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It says,

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The strive to enter in at the straight gate

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for many I say unto you

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will seek to enter in

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and shall not be able.

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When once the master of the house

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has risen up

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and has shut the door

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shut to the door

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and ye begin to stand without

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and to knock

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at the door saying

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Lord open unto us

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and ye shall answer and say unto you

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I know you not once you are

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then shall you begin to say

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we have eaten and drunk

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into thy presence

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and that was taught in our streets

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but ye shall say I tell you

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but he shall say

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I tell you I know you

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not once you are depart from me

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all ye workers of iniquity.

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Verse 28

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There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth

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when ye shall see Abraham

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and Isaac and Jacob

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and all the prophets

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in the kingdom of God

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and you yourselves thrust out.

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So we can compare this

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with other portions of the gospel

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and he's addressing who?

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The Jews.

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He's addressing Israel.

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As he tells the Roman centurion

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he has great faith

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and he hasn't seen great faith like that.

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No, not in Israel.

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And he says that people from the east and the west

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shall come down and sit down

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with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

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and the children of the kingdom

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referring to the Jews and Israel

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shall be cast down into outer darkness.

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Look at verse 29

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and they shall come from the east

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and from the west

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and from the north

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and from the south

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and shall sit down in the kingdom of God

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and I want you to notice verse 30

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and behold there are last

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which shall be first

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and there are first

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which shall be last.

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What is this?

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Zarah and Pharis.

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Why?

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Because technically

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the first one was who?

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Zarah.

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He's the one who came first

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got the scarlet around his hand

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but then who kind of superseded him?

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His brother Pharis.

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Just as the New Testament supersedes

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the old.

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And even though Pharis

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was technically the younger brother

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because he didn't reach his hand

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forth first

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he still came first.

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Why?

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Because the last shall be first

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and the first shall be last.

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This is essentially picturing

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both old and New Testament

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old and New Covenant

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and so forth.

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So we see there a beautiful picture

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in the midst of a very weird chapter.

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Still great.

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You have the old and New Covenant

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being mentioned there.

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Let's pray.

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Father we thank you so much for your word.

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Thank you for these stories Lord.

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Help us as your people

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to be holy as you are holy.

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We know that we're not perfect Lord

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and we fall short

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but I pray that you'd help us

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to continuously on a day to day basis

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add to our faith virtue

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and Lord help us to recognize

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the deception of sin.

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Part of the deception is that

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sometimes we can think as

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sinful man that we can get away

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with committing sin

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and that is a deception Lord.

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I pray that you'd help us to

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pull down the strongholds in our mind

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and recognize that Lord

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sin brings forth death

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and Lord help us to

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repent of our sins

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to keep ourselves away from temptation

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and to live lives that are

01:00:01.030 --> 01:00:02.510
pleasing in your sight

01:00:02.510 --> 01:00:03.970
in Jesus name we pray.

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Amen.