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Amen.

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All right, well, I just want to start off by thanking Pastor Mahia for giving me the opportunity

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to preach.

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And I know Brother Mark was just mentioning Pastor and his prayer, so I'm going to come

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up again to pray.

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But I'm just kidding.

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But the title of the sermon this evening is Don't Be a Usurper.

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Don't Be a Usurper.

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And you're there in 2 Samuel chapter 15 and you look down at your Bible, verse number

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1.

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The Bible says, And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots

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and horses and fifty men to run before him.

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And Absalom rose up early and stood beside the way of the gate, and it was so that when

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any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto

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him and said, Of what city art thou?

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And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

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And Absalom said unto him, See thy matters are good and right, but there is no man

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deputed of the king to hear thee.

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And Absalom said, Moreover, O that I were made judge in the land, that every

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man which had any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice.

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And as I said in the beginning that the title of the sermon is, Don't Be a Usurper.

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And just as a way of introduction, I just wanted to define what it means to be a

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usurper.

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One of the definitions would be someone who ceases an office or a position of

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power by force or without legal right or who is perceived to have done so.

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And this is a problem we see nowadays and we've always seen it, you know,

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wicked men in the Bible trying to overthrow the established authority,

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undermining those that God put over to rule over the people, to lead God's

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people, the flock of God.

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And this is something that we don't want to be characterized as somebody

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undermining the authority that God has already placed at church, at the

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workforce, at home.

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I'm referring to, you know, the wise usurping the authority of the husbands.

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In any area of our life, we don't want to be somebody that usurps authority.

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You don't want to be characterized as a usurper.

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And just as a way of introduction, we see in the Bible that wicked

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men such as Absalom, here he wants to overthrow King David.

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He wants to be the one that holds the title King.

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And like I said, this is something that we don't want to be characterized as,

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but we see this throughout all the Bible.

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And in one of the examples that I could think of right off the bat is people

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that want to be a pastor by any means, right?

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And that's one of the positions that people in church, when they go into the

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ministry, that's what they hold and, you know, in a higher regards.

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And as they should, you know, being a pastor is a privilege.

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It's something that God has given to the church to oversee it,

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to instruct his people, to teach the people the word of God.

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And there are people that want the product without the process

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by any means possible.

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And a lot of times people want to be a pastor for several reasons,

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but some people are just wicked and they want to do it for the wrong reasons.

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Some of the wrong reasons that a person might want to be a pastor

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is simply just to have the praise of men, you know,

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have people call them by that title pastor,

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or they want to have some kind of status, you know.

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You know, in the new IV sometimes the pastors are well known

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because of controversial sermons that, you know, they preach.

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And it's not really that it's controversial,

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it's just that they're preaching the whole counsel of God.

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And a lot of people want that fame, they want that, you know,

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that praise in a way that people, you know, they have them in high esteem,

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but they don't want to go through the work that those pastors put in

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in order to achieve what they have achieved.

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You know, they just want to have that title as pastor.

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Another reason why people become pastors, which is a wrong reason,

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would be to have a large following.

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And just because you become a pastor doesn't mean

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that you're going to have a large following.

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You know, not every pastor has a large following.

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It's really only those that actually put in the work.

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And another reason why people want to become a pastor sometimes

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that would be a wrong reason is just to have people serve them, right?

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Have people to do things for them.

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And these are all wrong reasons why somebody would want to be a pastor.

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And oftentimes there's people that, you know, creep on

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unawares in the church and they want to overthrow

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what God has already established in that church,

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the person that they put, that God has put in that church

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to be the pastor and they themselves want to hold that title.

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And so go to 2 Samuel chapter 13.

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2 Samuel chapter 13.

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And so we see that, you know, when it comes to being a pastor,

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this is all introduction.

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The Bible says that this is a true saying.

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If a man desired the office of a bishop, he desired a good work.

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And so the Bible says that being a pastor is a good work.

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It's not only a title.

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It's something that requires a lot of work.

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And a lot of people, unfortunately,

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they want that title without the process.

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They want the product without the process.

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They don't want to put in that work.

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You see being a pastor is not only something

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or somebody that preaches three times a week.

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You know, they're putting out content.

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They're studying the Bible.

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They're discipling people.

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They're counseling people.

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They're helping people with their marriages.

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They're teaching people how to give the gospel.

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They're motivating people.

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You know, they're challenging people to do better.

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And that requires a lot of work.

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And a person that is a successful pastor,

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sometimes people look at that and they say,

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well, I want that as well.

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But they don't put in the work, right?

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If a person has a large following as a pastor,

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it's because God has magnified them.

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God has given them that ability to be able to reach the masses.

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And it's all because of the work that they put in.

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You see, if you become a pastor or anybody desires to be a pastor,

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that's not a guarantee that you're going to have that following.

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You know, you're not going to have the praise of men all the time.

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And if you're only doing it for that reason,

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you're in it for the wrong reasons.

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And so here we see in the beginning that Absalon,

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although he was a wicked individual,

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you know, there are some things that he did in the beginning

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that will go over in chapter 13.

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But first of all, let me just go back to chapter 15.

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Where it says that in verse number three,

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actually go back to chapter 15.

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I know I said go to chapter 13.

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But go back to chapter 15.

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Look down your vows at verse number three.

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It says,

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And Absalon said unto him,

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See that matters are good and right.

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But there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.

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Absalon said,

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Moreover, all that I were made judge in the land

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that every man which had any suit or cause

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might come unto me and I would do him justice.

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And so we see here that Absalon is creating basically,

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there's a problem, right?

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King David is not hearing your matters.

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He's not really judging the people.

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But if you come unto me, I will see that you get justice.

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And so Absalon, what is he trying to do?

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He's trying to steal the hearts of the people.

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And this is a lot of things that we see out in the world,

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you know, when people try to usurp somebody's authority,

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you know, they go after the people that are

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following the person.

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And most of the time they go after people that are simple.

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People that don't have that much wisdom

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or the Bible refers to as simple or, you know,

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just dumb, simple people.

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Those are the people that they try to obtain

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to follow them through flattery, through different means.

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And so here we see that Absalon is doing such.

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And, you know, this kind of reminds me of the old I.B.

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when you have a church, right, an English ministry,

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oftentimes the large church, and then other than them,

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they have the senior pastor and then they have

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the youth pastor, they have the Spanish pastor.

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And oftentimes, you know, the one that's supposed

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to be calling the shots and making sure

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everything's in order is the one that is

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the pastor of the church.

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But then you have the Spanish pastor, you know,

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doing his own thing, not really listening

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to what the pastor wants him to do.

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And this is something that we see that's not right at all.

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And God is not pleased with that.

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And I used to hate it, you know,

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when there used to be like a church split

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and then the Spanish pastor, what often would happen

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is like, instead of just going under

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some other pastor's authority,

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he's just going back to a different church,

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he remains a pastor.

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And that's not right because the Bible shows us that,

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you know, churches are supposed to start churches,

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pastors are supposed to send out pastors.

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But when there's a Spanish pastor

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that remains a pastor without the leadership

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of the main pastor, you know, that's not doing it

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the way God intended it.

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And the people that follow them, you know,

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I would say they're just simple, they're stupid,

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they're not really like knowing what the Bible says.

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And they develop this admiration for somebody

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that at the end of the day proves to be wicked

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because if they were a righteous individual,

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you know, they see the church split

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and, you know, they would tell the people,

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hey, you know what, you need to stay in that church.

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You know, I'm not a pastor no more,

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I'm not your pastor, this is the pastor of the church.

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But when the church splits, as I'm saying,

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and the Spanish pastor remains a pastor,

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takes the people with them,

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that's somebody that is usurping the authority of a pastor.

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So go to 2 Samuel chapter 13, 2 Samuel 13.

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And I'm going to finish reading here

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in 2 Samuel chapter 15 in verse number five it says,

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and it was so that when any man came nigh to him

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to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand

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and took him and kissed him.

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And see, right off the bat right there,

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that's like a red flag.

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You know, if somebody's trying to,

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you strip the authority and they're trying to flatter you

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and then they just come to you,

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it's like, hey, here, I'll hear you out

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and they just give you a kiss.

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Well, you know, you're like, hey, hey, chill, you know.

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Like that should be like a red flag already, right?

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You're not going to let some dude just give you a kiss

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and say like, hey, you know, what's the issue?

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Let me hear you out like, heck no, right?

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So that's a red flag already in and of itself.

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And then in verse six it says,

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and on this matter,

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the abstinence to all Israel

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that came to the king for judgment,

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so abstinence stole the hearts of the man of Israel.

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And so here we see that he stole the hearts

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of the man of Israel.

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See, when people win over the people,

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usually they do it by flattery, they win their hearts.

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And that's why it's important, you know,

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if you're in a position of leadership

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that you win the heart of the people, right?

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They trust you, you gain credibility,

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not only as a pastor, but as a father.

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You want to gain the credibility of your children,

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have credibility with your children,

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win the hearts of your children

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so that if anybody tries to undermine your authority,

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you know, they reject that opinion.

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They reject that advice.

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And unfortunately, sometimes as parents,

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we fail to do that.

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We fail to win the hearts of our children.

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You know, we take it for granted

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that God has given us several children sometimes,

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and we don't do anything to win their hearts

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so that when another person comes in to their lives,

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whether it be like an uncle or grandparent,

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any relative that they have,

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you know, it's easy for them to follow them

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instead of us.

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And that's something that we have to work on as parents.

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You know, this is not the subject of the sermon,

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but you know, it is an area that we as parents

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have to make sure that we cover,

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that we win the hearts of our children

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so that they can follow us

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and not any other person

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that tries to turn them against us.

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And so in 2 Samuel chapter 13,

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go there real quick with me.

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Look down at your Bible as the verse number one.

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It says,

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And it came to pass after this,

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that Absalom, the son of David,

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had a fair sister whose name was Tamar.

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And Abnen, the son of David, loved her.

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And Abnen was so vexed

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that he fell sick for his sister Tamar.

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For she was a virgin,

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and Abnen thought it hard for him

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to do anything to her.

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But Abnen had a friend whose name was Jonadab,

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the son of Shimei, David's brother.

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And Jonadab was a very subtle man.

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And so here we see that this is what created,

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you know, problems in the first place,

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the fact that Tamar,

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her brother, Abnen, was in love with her.

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And it should have just ended there.

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You know, he's in love with her,

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okay, whatever,

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but he could control what he does after that, okay?

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First of all, it's not even right

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to be in love with your sister.

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That's already like,

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you know, Pastor's talking about

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being their friend, not weird.

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That's already weird.

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But, you know, it should have just ended there.

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And then the Bible goes on to says,

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but Abnen had a friend whose name was Jonadab,

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and we see that he was a subtle man.

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And through this friend, you know,

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he was pretty much encouraged

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to pursue that relationship

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and ultimately force her.

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And what we could get for this is that,

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you know, we need to be careful

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who we're friends with,

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because oftentimes, obviously,

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we're all sinners,

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we all have temptations,

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we all sometimes have the tendency to veer off.

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But we need to surround ourselves

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with people that would encourage us

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to stay in the fight,

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to stay in the course,

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not somebody that's gonna enable us

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to do what's wrong.

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You know, if, you know, you have a home girl,

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I'm talking to the ladies, right?

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And you're having problems with your husband,

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and then you surround yourself

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with wicked women that say,

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you know, you should dump that guy, right?

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That's not pleasing to the Lord.

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You know, that's somebody that's subtle,

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that's somebody that, you know,

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wants the worst for you,

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and that's not somebody looking out

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for your well-being.

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You need to surround yourselves with women

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that tell you, you know,

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obey your husband,

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you know, listen to your husband,

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not surround yourself with women

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who are loud mouths,

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who are busy bodies,

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you know, who get involved

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in other people's matters.

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These are things that we have to look out,

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you know, you guys as women,

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and not have those kind of friends.

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Go with me to Proverbs chapter 13.

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And the same goes with the men,

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you know, we have to surround ourselves

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with people that are, you know,

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credible, that have successful marriages,

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that are righteous people,

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so that if we have any, you know,

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idea, any thought of even ever doing anything,

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wake it, they could tell us,

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hey, you know what?

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That's wrong, you know,

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the Lord doesn't want that for you.

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We need to surround ourselves

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with people that will hold us accountable.

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And I'm glad I have friends in this church

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that will keep me accountable.

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I can't just go to anybody

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and just like throw something

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while out there

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and expect them to like enable me, right?

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At the moment, I believe that all the friends

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that I have right now,

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if I were to think of something bad to do,

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you know, they would talk me out of it.

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And that's the kind of friends

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that we have to have,

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not people that are going to enable us.

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And in Proverbs chapter 13,

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looked down in verse number 20,

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the Bible says,

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wise men shall be wise,

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but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

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And we see this oftentimes,

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you know, with the women again,

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you know, they have these bad friends

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that instead of encouraging them

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to stay with their husband

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despite having problems,

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because every marriage has problems

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here and there, right?

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But the important thing

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is to resolve the problems.

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But if you surround yourself with women

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that, you know, have failed at their marriage

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and then they tell you,

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hey, you know what?

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You should just leave them.

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You know, that person wants you

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to be destroyed.

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If you ever get advice like that

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for any of the ladies here,

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you know, you should like rebuke them.

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You should let somebody else know

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so that we can rebuke them

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and stay away from people like that.

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Now go to 2 Samuel chapter 15.

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2 Samuel chapter 15.

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And I'm going to read to you

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from 2 Samuel 15 verse number 10.

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Actually go to verse number 10.

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It says, 2 Samuel 15 verse number 10,

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but Absalom sent spies

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throughout all the tribes of Israel

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saying, as soon as you hear

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the sound of the trumpet,

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then you shall say,

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Absalom reigneth in Hebron.

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And with Absalom went 200 men

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out of Jerusalem that were called

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and they went in their simplicity

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and they knew not anything.

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And so we see here

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that He was able to gather 200 men

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and it says that they went

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in their simplicity.

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And again, we see that

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these are people that were simple

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that followed Him.

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And you shouldn't be a person

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that, you know, somebody can look at you

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and say, well, that's a simple person.

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We should be somebody that's wise,

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somebody that's prudent.

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The Bible says that the prudent man

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foreseeeth the evil

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and departed from it.

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And if you're simple,

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you know, you're going to follow

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a multitude to do evil

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just like the people did here.

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And in verse number 12,

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it says,

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In Absalom sent for a hitahil,

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the Galo knight,

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David's counselor from his city,

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even from Galo while

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he offered sacrifices

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and the conspiracy was strong

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for the people increased continually

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with the Absalom.

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So he was getting pretty much

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momentum here to overthrow

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his father.

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Now go to 2 Samuel 18,

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2 Samuel 18.

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And in verse 13,

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I'm going to continue reading to you

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from verse chapter 15.

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It says,

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And there came a messenger

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to David saying,

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The hearts of the men of Israel

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are after Absalom.

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And number one,

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we see that usurpers,

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they pray on the simple.

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I said that the prudent man

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foreseeeth the evil

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and hiding himself

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but the simple pass on

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and are punished.

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And then sometimes they do go

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after those that are closest

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to the leader.

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In this case, a hitahil

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that was David's counselor.

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And so people that want to overthrow

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in this case,

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you know, in this example,

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the pastor,

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they're going to go over to the,

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they're going to go

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and try to reach those

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that are closest to him.

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And we have to,

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you know,

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nip it at the bud

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when whenever we see these things

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happening

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when somebody has

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kind of that vibe

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of them trying to overthrow

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authority,

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you know,

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they despise authority,

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we need to be able to identify

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and to let somebody know

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so that it won't go

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beyond that.

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Because oftentimes problems

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like this

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get bigger

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because it doesn't get handled

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at the very beginning.

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And we don't want to

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create this environment

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where there's like clicks,

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there's like little groups

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or facets forming in the church.

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You know,

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as we get bigger,

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obviously there's going to be

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more clicks per seger groups

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of people.

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Because you're going to click

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with other people naturally,

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but we don't want to be

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the type where it's like,

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oh, this group is always

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by themselves

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and they're always,

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you know,

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plotting,

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you know,

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plotting to do evil.

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We don't want to have that

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in our church.

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You know,

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like just weird people

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and we don't want to have

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weird people in our church.

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One people that are normal,

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right?

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Any person that's weird

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eventually gets exposed

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because it's pretty hard,

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you know,

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to be a weird person

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in our church.

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You know,

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you're pretty much

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on your own at that point.

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So go to Numbers chapter 16,

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Numbers chapter 16.

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And I'm going to read to you

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from 2 Samuel 18,

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before I move on.

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So you know,

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what's the end of

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Absalon?

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Obviously,

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he's destroyed.

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He's not successful.

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And when it comes

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to his sister Tamar,

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obviously,

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he started off

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and he ended up killing

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his brother Abnan.

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And then later on

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in 2 Samuel chapter 18,

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the Bible says in

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verse number nine,

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and Absalon met

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the servants of David

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and Absalon rolled upon

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a mule

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and the mule went

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under the thick

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bowels of a great oak

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and his head caught hold

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of the oak

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and when he was taken

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up between the heaven

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and the earth,

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and the mule that was under

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him went away.

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And so we see that

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and then later on

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Joab takes the three darts

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and then he kills them,

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right?

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And we see that

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at the end of the day,

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Absalon wasn't able

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to fulfill what he wanted

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to do

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and that was to overthrow

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his father David.

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And you know,

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this is what's going to

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happen to those

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that try to overthrow

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authority.

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You know,

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God is not pleased

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with those that despise

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the media

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and despise government,

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people that hate authority.

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And sadly,

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you know,

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we live in a day and age

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where a lot of kids

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they want to throw

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the authority of their parents.

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You know,

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one day,

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we were young too.

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You know,

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now we're all old.

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No, I'm just kidding.

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But now we're older,

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right?

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And at some point,

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we did think that

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we knew more than our parents.

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And as we get older,

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now that we have our children,

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we realized our parents knew

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a lot more than us.

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You know,

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and a lot of things,

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even if they weren't saved,

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they had some wisdom to them

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that they were able to

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convey to us

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that we should have followed.

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You know,

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a lot of the mistakes

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that we made,

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you know,

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if you made any as a teenager

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was because you didn't

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listen to the instruction

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of your father or mother.

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And so we want to be able to

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raise up children

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that don't develop this attitude

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of wanting to usurp our authority.

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You know,

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at home,

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we don't want to create

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an atmosphere where,

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you know,

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our children see our wife

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usurping our authority.

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You know,

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the husbands go out to work

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and when we're at work,

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the wife is in charge of the home.

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You know,

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she's able to tell the kids

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what to do.

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But at the end of the day,

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as a father,

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as a husband,

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we have the last say.

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When it comes to any

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decision that we make.

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Now go to number 16.

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Number 16,

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let me show you another

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usurper in the Bible

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by the name of Quora.

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Never name your children Quora,

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right?

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Or Absalom.

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There's a lot of ladies on that list.

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I'm going to have to make that font

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smaller and out on the bulletin.

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But you know,

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never name your kids Quora.

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Look at verse number one here.

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Verse number one,

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it says,

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Now Quora, the son of Ishaar,

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the son of Kohath,

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the son of Levi,

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and Thaython,

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and Abiram,

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the sons of Eliab,

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and An,

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and the son of Peleth,

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the sons of Reuben,

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took men.

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And they rose up before Moses

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with certain of the children of Israel,

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250 princes of the assembly

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famous in the congregation,

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men of renown.

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And they gathered themselves

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together against Moses

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and against Aaron,

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and said unto them,

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ye take too much upon you,

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seeing all the congregation are holy,

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every one of you,

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and the Lord is among them,

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wherefore then lift ye up yourselves

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above the congregation of the Lord.

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And so here we see again

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another example of men

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rising up against the leadership.

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And we know Moses to be

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the friend of God.

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He was the meekest man on earth.

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He was a respectable individual.

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He was a man of God.

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And so we see Korah

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and a group of men

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trying to overthrow him.

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And it says that they took 250 men.

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And they're telling Moses,

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you know,

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why can't everyone in the congregation

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basically do what Moses is doing?

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But here's the thing,

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in a church setting,

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you know,

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there's one pastor,

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right?

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And there's one pastor

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that's leading the flock.

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We can't all be pastors.

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We can't all be,

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you know,

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in charge here.

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In our church,

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we have pastor,

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we have the soul-winning team leaders,

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we have members,

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we have different ministries in our church,

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but we all can be

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doing the same job at church.

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And I don't think it's right

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for anybody to,

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you know,

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desire the position of somebody else

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because you should be content

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where God has put you.

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And here we see that Korah,

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he was not content

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with what he was supposed to do.

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I looked down in verse number 8.

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The Bible says,

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And Moses said to Korah,

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Here I pray you,

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ye sons of Levi,

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seemeth,

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but a small thing unto you

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that God of Israel

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has separated you

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from the congregation of Israel

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to bring you near

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to himself

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to do the service of the tabernacle

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of the Lord

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and to stand before the congregation

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to minister unto them.

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So he says unto him,

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you know,

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seemeth,

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but a small thing unto you.

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See, he had his own responsibilities.

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And the way we could apply this here

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is that,

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you know,

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at church,

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at home,

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at your job,

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you know,

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you have your own responsibilities

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that the people

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in Charter have given to you

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and you should be content with that.

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You shouldn't seek to overthrow

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somebody else that's over you.

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Right?

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There's this thing,

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I forget what it's called,

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but basically

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the way somebody,

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sometimes overthrows,

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somebody at a company

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is that they slowly start taking upon

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like themselves the task

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that that person is responsible for.

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If another person

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has a certain amount of task

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and then the person

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under them,

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they start like,

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hey, you know what?

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Let me do that for you.

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And then they start taking over that task

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and then that task

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and then that task.

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A lot of times

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they're often doing that

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because they want that position.

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Right?

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And they're doing it subtly,

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but this is something

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that we shouldn't do.

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You know,

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stay in your lane.

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If you're told to do

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a certain amount of tasks,

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a certain job given,

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that was given to you,

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be content with that job.

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Don't be somebody

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that tries to overthrow

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the people that are above you.

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And so here we see

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the example of like

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in a church setting,

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we all have different functions.

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We all can't be in charge.

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We all can't be doing the same thing.

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Not everybody's going to be

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a so many team leader,

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but we need to be able

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to support those

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that are over us.

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Now go to,

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go to 1 Corinthians chapter 12.

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Go to 1 Corinthians chapter 12.

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And so I'm saying

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that Quora,

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in this case,

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usurpers of authority

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are not content with

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where with God has them.

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And in 1 Corinthians chapter 12,

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look down at verse number 14.

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The Bible says,

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for the body is not one member,

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but many,

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if the foot shall say

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because I am not the hand,

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I am not of the body,

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is it therefore not of the body?

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And the ears shall say

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because I am not the eye,

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I am not of the body,

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is it therefore not of the body?

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If the whole body were an eye,

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we're with the hearing.

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If the whole we're hearing,

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we're with the smelling.

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But now had God set the members,

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every one of them in the body,

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as it had pleased them.

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And so the point I'm trying to make

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is that serve God where you're at.

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If you just got saved,

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get plugged into church,

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learn how to give the gospel,

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learn how to be a team player,

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support your team leader.

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Pray for them.

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One of the best ways

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that you could show your support to them

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and it's just by showing up

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for so many.

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No team leader here wants to,

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on a Sunday,

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and realize

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that nobody's going to go out so many.

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That's not a way to support your team leader.

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If you want to be an asset to your church,

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be here on time.

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Be here on service days.

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Be here when the church doors are open.

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Be consistent.

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And the thing about soul winning,

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a lot of people oftentimes,

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well not a lot of people,

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I would say we have a good amount

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of introverts here,

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but the best way to make friendships,

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long lasting friendships,

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is by going out and soul winning.

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Why?

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Because when you're with your partner,

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you get to know them,

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you get to laugh,

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you get to create memories,

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you get to share experiences,

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learn from them.

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These are ways that you can make friends

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in our church.

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And so what I'm trying to convey here

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is that you need to be a team player.

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You know, don't worry about being

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the one in charge,

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worry about supporting

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the person that's above you.

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And in this case,

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pray for your team leader.

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Show up.

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Now Core and his company,

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you know, they were questioning

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the leadership of Moses

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and you know,

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it just reminds me of people

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that always complain,

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you know,

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why is this person in charge?

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Why does this person get to do this?

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You know,

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be content where you're at.

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At your job,

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whatever position you have,

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be content with that position.

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You know,

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be the best that you can

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in that position.

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And it really doesn't matter

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what you're doing for the Lord

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in the sense of like,

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wherever you're serving,

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you have to do it

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as unto the Lord.

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And God sees that.

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God is going to reward you.

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God is going to reward

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your consistency

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and your faithfulness.

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Now go to,

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go back to first,

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go to number 16.

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Go to number 16.

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And this kind of reminds me too,

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there's churches

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and different denominations where,

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you know,

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they rotate the pastors

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like every five years.

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And then they do this.

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And I know this because like,

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I have family that are SDAs,

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you know,

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seven-day Adventists,

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and they rotate the pastor

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every five years

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so that the people there

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doesn't develop

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like some kind of

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like loyalty to the man

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instead of God.

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And that's the reasoning for it.

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But you know,

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if the pastor is following Christ,

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you know,

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we could follow the pastor, right?

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If the past man of God

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is following Christ,

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we should be able to follow them

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as they follow Christ.

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Now the pastor ever,

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for some reason,

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and I don't think that would ever happen

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with our pastor,

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you know,

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God forbid,

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but if you were to,

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you know,

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eventually,

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you know,

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fall into sin or whatever,

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is we still got to follow Christ.

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You know,

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if I were to fall into sin,

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get away from church,

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get out of church,

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my kids should still follow Christ.

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Right?

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Because at the end of the day,

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they're not following me,

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per se,

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they're following Jesus Christ.

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Now I think I told you

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go to Numbers chapter 16.

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Look down in verse number 28.

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The Bible says,

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And Moses said,

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Hereby ye shall know

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that the Lord has sent me

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to do all these works

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where I have not done them

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of my own mind.

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If these men die,

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the common death of all men,

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or if they be visited

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after the visitation of all men,

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then the Lord had not sent me,

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but if the Lord make a new thing

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and the earth open up her mouth

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and swallow them up

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with all that appertain unto them,

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and they go down quick into the pit,

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then ye shall understand

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that these men have provoked the Lord.

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And it came to pass

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as he had made an end

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of speaking all these words,

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that the ground clave

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asunder that was under them,

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and the earth opened her mouth

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and swallowed them up

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and her houses,

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and all the men that appertain

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unto Korah

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and all their goods,

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they and all that appertain

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to them,

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went down alive into the pit,

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and the earth closed upon them,

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and they perished from among the congregation.

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And so here again,

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we see that the usurper

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eventually is destroyed.

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And in this instant,

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you know, he was destroyed

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in a crazy way.

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Like the earth literally opened up

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and hell swallowed him up alive.

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You know, that's how much God

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hates those that try to usurp authority.

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Now go to first Kings chapter one.

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First Kings chapter one.

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First Kings chapter one.

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I'm going to give you

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another example of another usurper.

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And so the Bible is filled with people

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that try to always overthrow

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the man of God.

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And here in first Kings chapter one,

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like down to verse number five,

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here's another son of David.

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It says that then Adonijah,

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the son of Haggath,

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exalted himself,

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saying,

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I will be king

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and he prepared him chariots

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and horsemen and 50 men

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to run before him.

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And that's another characteristic

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of somebody that is a usurper

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is that they exalt themselves, right?

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They try to like praise themselves,

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magnify themselves.

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Whereas the Bible says

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in Joshua 414 on that day,

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the Lord magnified Joshua

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in the sight of all Israel

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and they feared him

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as they feared Moses

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all the days of his life.

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Now go to Luke chapter 14 real quick,

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Luke chapter 14.

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And so somebody that tries to

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pass as a figure of authority,

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you know, they're going to exalt themselves.

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And the Bible always says

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that let the other man praise you,

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not that own lips.

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So you don't ever want to be this person

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that is constantly praising yourself, right?

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You never want to say,

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well, you know, I'm pretty much

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like the best soul winner

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or, you know, I'm pretty much

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like the best looking sibling

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in my family.

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No, I'm just kidding.

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But it's not that much of a competition.

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No, it's okay.

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But like you never want to be

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one that praises yourself.

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And in Luke chapter 14

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and verse number 11,

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the Bible says for whosoever exalted himself

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shall be a base and he that humbleth himself

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shall be exalted.

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So the way to be exalted by God

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is by humbling yourself,

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serving quietly.

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You know, one day if God wills,

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he's going to magnify you.

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And you don't want to be like Adonijah,

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the son of Haggath,

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the Bible says exalted himself.

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Now go to first Kings,

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go back to first Kings chapter one.

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Now continue reading chapter one,

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verse number six,

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the Bible says and his father

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had not displeased him

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at any time insane.

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Why has thou done so?

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And he also was a very goodly man

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and his mother bear him after Absalom.

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And he conferred with Joab,

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the son of Zariah and with Abayathar,

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the priests and they following Adonijah

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helped them.

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But Zadok, the priests of Benaiah,

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the son of Jehoida and Nathan,

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the prophet and Shimei and Rai,

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and the mighty men which belong to David

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were not with Adonijah.

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And so we see Adonijah with self-will

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and that's a quality that we don't want

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for somebody that's trying to be a pastor,

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somebody that's just self-will.

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Right, in order to be able to

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serve as a pastor,

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serve as somebody that has

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a position of authority is that you

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need to be learned to be under somebody else.

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You should learn to follow other people.

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You should learn to take instruction

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for other people and not just automatically

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expect to be a person

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with a position of authority.

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And so we see in the beginning,

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Saul was chosen to be king,

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David was chosen to be king,

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and they both fought their battles

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in their day.

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But Adonijah, I don't think

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believe we ever see him fighting any battles.

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And so he wanted the product

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without the process.

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He just expected this position

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without ever putting any work.

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Now go to,

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well you're in First Kings chapter 1,

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look down at verse number 25.

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The Bible says,

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For he has gone down this day

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and had slain oxen and fat cattle

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and sheep in abundance.

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And I called all the king's sons

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and the captains,

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and the captains of the host

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and a biathor of the priests

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and behold they eat and drink before him

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and say, God save king, Adonijah.

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And we see the same thing with

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Absalom, you know,

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they both wanted to put themselves

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above David.

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They wanted to overthrow their father.

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I looked down at verse number 39.

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The Bible says,

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And Zadok the priest took a horn

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of oil of the tapernacle

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and anointed Solomon.

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And they blew the trumpet

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and all the people said,

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God save king Solomon.

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And all the people came up after him

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and the people piped with pipes

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and rejoiced with great joy

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so that the earth rent

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with the sound of them.

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And so we see that Solomon

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was actually the one that was

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set as king and not Adonijah.

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And you know,

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this is pretty humbling for him

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because even though he thought

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he was going to be the one next,

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he was going to he was going to be

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the one that was to be king.

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We see that God put Solomon

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as the king of Israel.

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And so what a humbling thing

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for it for that for that to happen

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to him.

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And this kind of reminds me too

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when, you know,

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with Bible college graduates, right,

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that without ever putting any work,

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you know,

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what do they expect after graduating?

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You know,

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just to have some type of leadership

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position.

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And it does happen oftentimes

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because of the requirements

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in the old IB

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sometimes are not,

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you know,

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that great, you know,

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as long as you have a degree of some sort,

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you're able to be a pastor.

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You know,

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I know pastors from the old IB

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that had no kids,

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whereas the Bible says,

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you know,

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you need to have faithful children.

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And so there are things that people

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from the old IB do

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that obviously are wrong,

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but because they want that product

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so bad

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without ever going through the process.

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Now,

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go to First Timothy chapter two,

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First Timothy chapter two.

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And so the first three serpents

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that we saw was

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Absalom,

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Adonijah,

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and Korah.

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And these are all people

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that try to throw

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overthrow the man of God.

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You know,

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another type of usurper

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that we can see in the Bible

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that is pretty clear

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that the Bible condemns

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is women pastors, right?

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These are people that

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try to overthrow

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the office of a bishop.

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And before I get into this,

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you know,

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I just want to say

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that we do see a pattern,

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like I said,

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of usurpers,

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you know,

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that the main thing

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that they want

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is the title.

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They want the authority

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without putting the word,

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without going through

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the proper channels.

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And so women pastors

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is the same thing,

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you know, they want to be

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over the flock of God.

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And the Bible clearly says

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that let the woman

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learn in silence

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with all suggestion,

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but I suffered not a woman

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to teach

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nor to usurp the authority

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over the man,

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but to be in silence.

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And so God is a God of order,

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right?

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At the home,

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he's put the husband

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as the head of the home

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and the wife

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is supposed to submit to him.

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And in the church,

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God has put,

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you know,

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a man

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to be in charge, right?

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We're never going to have

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a woman come up here

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and preach

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a whole sermon

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or anything like that.

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You know,

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that would be,

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you know,

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that would be crazy,

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first of all.

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But I want,

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I kind of want to show this

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because this is something

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that if I still,

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oh, they don't,

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they took it down.

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So we got this

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at Hobby Lobby, right?

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Not just kidding,

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but it says,

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let the woman

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learn in silence

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with all subjection.

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And so if you want to

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get one of these,

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you can go to Hobby Lobby,

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not just kidding,

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but I think somebody

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gave this to our church,

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but it's funny because,

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you know,

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every time that,

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like I'm cleaning the

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restaurants,

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I see this in there

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and I was like,

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oh, that's always

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a good reminder

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for the women

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in the church, right?

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And, you know,

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this is something that,

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you know,

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I encourage everybody

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to have,

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you know,

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because sometimes

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people forget,

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you know,

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and I think it's

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important,

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you know,

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as a lady,

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you know,

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if you ever do forget

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for some reason,

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you didn't read

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your Bible that week,

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when you go into our

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restroom,

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you're going to read this,

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right?

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So it's a reminder,

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just a little

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plug there,

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if you want to buy one

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and you can use

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my promo code.

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Not just kidding,

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but, you know,

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these are verses

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that are in the Bible

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that clearly teaches

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that the man

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is in charge,

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right?

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We're never going to have

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women pastors,

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we're never going to have a

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woman,

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you serve the authority

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of a man in our church.

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Right.

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Now go to Revelation

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chapter two,

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verse 20,

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and the Bible says

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in verse 20,

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now it's standing,

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I have a few things

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against thee,

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because thou

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sufferest that woman

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Jezebel,

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which called herself

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a prophetess,

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to teach and to seduce

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my servants to commit

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fornication

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and to eat things,

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sacrifice into idols.

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Idols.

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And, you know,

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women pastors,

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I don't think it's a thing,

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it's not even a thing

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in the IFB

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and, you know,

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independent Baptist churches

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I think in Southern

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Baptist churches

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they might have it,

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but we see this a lot

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in Pentecostal churches,

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right?

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And I've never been

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in Pentecostal church,

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but I adjourn by them

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and you could always see

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a lady just up in the

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pulpit just,

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you know, preaching

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and, you know,

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that's something that,

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you know,

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God forbid ever happens

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in our churches.

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Now go to 1 Corinthians

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chapter 14,

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or actually go to

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Ephesians chapter five,

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Ephesians chapter five.

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I'm going to read to you

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from 1 Corinthians

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chapter 14,

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it says,

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let your woman

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keep in size in the churches

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for it is not permitted

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to them to speak,

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but they are commanded

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to be under obedient

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as also say the law.

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And they will learn anything.

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Let them ask their husbands

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at home for it is a shame

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for women to speak

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in church.

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And so here we see

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God's instruction

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for the wives.

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If you have any question,

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you know,

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let them ask their husband

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at home, right?

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They're not supposed

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to just speak up in church

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and say amen,

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and, you know,

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try to usurp the authority,

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try to usurp the service.

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You know,

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that's why as a husband

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you should be able

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to teach your wife the Bible.

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You should be able

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to teach your children

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the Bible.

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And don't be one

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of these husbands

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where, you know,

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your wife knows more than you.

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And I remember, you know,

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back in the day,

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I think it was like

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one of the red hots

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where I was at

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and I was with brother Alex

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and there was a lady,

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you know,

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there was a couple

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that were just dating

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and the guy was actually

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asking the girl,

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his girlfriend

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at the time,

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it was embarrassing.

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You know,

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what does the Bible say

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about this?

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You know,

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as a guy,

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you kind of get,

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you know,

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like this feeling like,

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damn,

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that's freaking like embarrassing,

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right?

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But you don't want to be

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characterized

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as somebody like that

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where your wife knows

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more than you.

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As a husband,

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you do want to know

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more than your wife.

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Even if you just,

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both recently got saved,

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you should put in the work

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to be able to teach your wife.

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There's no excuse for it.

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Now, Ephesians chapter five,

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it says in verse 22,

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it says,

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wife, submit yourselves

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into your own husbands,

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as unto the Lord,

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for the husband

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is the head of the wife,

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even as Christ

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is the head of the church,

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and he is the savior

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of the body,

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therefore,

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as the church

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is subject unto Christ,

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so let the wives be

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to their own husbands

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and everything.

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And you know,

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I hope the ladies

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never get tired of hearing

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these verses, right?

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Because it's in the Bible

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and we're going to keep preaching it

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because we live in a day and age

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where other pastors

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are no longer preaching that.

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And our pastor

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preaches that constantly

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because he's trying

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to help the guys out, right?

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He doesn't want your wife

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thinking that it's ever okay

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to serve our authority.

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And you should be thankful

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that we have a pastor

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that constantly hits on this.

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Every other service

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throw it in for good measure,

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less women should forget.

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We shouldn't care

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what other people think,

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the haters and all that stuff.

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If they want to be

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ruled by their wives,

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let them be ruled by their wives.

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But our church,

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you know,

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we as men,

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we're going to rule our wives.

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We're going to be the ones in charge.

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Now go to

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Isaiah chapter 14.

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I'm almost done.

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Isaiah chapter 14.

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And so here,

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I was just making the point

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that as wives,

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you shouldn't,

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you serve the authority

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of your husband.

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I also brought up

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at the fact in the beginning

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that kids

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should not,

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you serve the authority

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of their parents.

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And that's why it's important to

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be careful

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with who you let

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around your kids.

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You know,

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be careful with that

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uncle,

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with that on.

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You know,

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back in the day,

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you know,

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you have relatives

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that your parents

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have a set of rules

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for you at home.

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But then there's always

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that uncle, right?

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That says like,

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well,

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if you come here,

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you can do this.

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You know,

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just tell your parents

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you're going to come

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with us

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and then they let them

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go to a party

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or something.

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That's why you got to pay

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attention to

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who's around your kids.

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You don't want them

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to be around grandparents

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that spoil them, right?

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When they're kids,

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it might be like

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funny or like you,

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you know,

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they give them candy

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here and there.

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But you don't want them

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to be around grandparents

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that will usurp your authority,

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right?

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You need to be the one

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that's in charge of your children.

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So be careful

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who you let around your children.

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You know,

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God gave us our kids.

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We're responsible for them

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as long as they're

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in our home.

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And we want to make sure

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that, you know,

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they learn to do it right

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and they learn to know

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who's in charge.

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Now I'll go to,

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I think I'll tell you

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go to Isaiah chapter 14.

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Another usurper

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that we see,

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and this is the last one,

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would be Satan, right?

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And this is the,

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you know,

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Satan would be

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the biggest usurper

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that we see in the Bible.

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And this is in Isaiah 14

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in verse number 12.

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How art thou falling

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from heaven,

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a usurper,

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a son of the morning?

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How art thou cut down

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to the ground

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which did is

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weakened the nations?

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For thou hast set in thy heart,

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I will ascend unto heaven.

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I will exalt my throne

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above the stars of God.

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I will sit also

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upon the mount of the congregation

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in the size of the north.

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I will ascend

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above the heights

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of the clouds.

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I will be like the most high.

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Yet thou shall be

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brought down to hell

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to the size of the pit.

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They that see thee

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shall narrowly look upon

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thee and consider

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thee, saying,

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Is this the man

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that made the earth to tremble,

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that did shake kingdoms,

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that made the world

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as a wilderness

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and destroyed the cities

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thereof,

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that opened not

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the house of his prisoners?

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And ultimately,

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Satan,

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the biggest usurper,

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is going to be

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destroyed in hell.

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And here we see that,

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you know,

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Satan wanted to be

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like the most high.

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And so any person

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that has this characteristic,

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they're being like the devil,

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right?

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They're trying to usurp

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the authority

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that God has placed

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in our lives.

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And go to Matthew chapter 14.

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Go to Matthew chapter 14.

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And what does Satan want?

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He wants people to worship him,

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right?

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He doesn't want people

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to get saved.

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He doesn't want people

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to come to the knowledge

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of the truth.

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He wants people

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to follow him.

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And that doesn't necessarily

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mean that they're going

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to worship him

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in the sense that

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they're all going to be

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Satanists.

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No.

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He's content with people

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which is never getting saved,

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with people which is being

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part of a false religion,

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with people which is

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being distracted,

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you know,

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by their phone,

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by anything,

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by any means,

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the whole point

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that Satan,

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the whole goal and mission

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of Satan is for people

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not to get saved,

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not to go to heaven.

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And for those that are saved,

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you know,

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his main goal is,

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you know,

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to disarm them,

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to render them useless,

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right?

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To distract them enough

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to where they don't do

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anything great for God.

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And go to Matthew chapter 14.

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Look down in verse number 8.

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The Bible says,

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again, the devil

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taketh him up,

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the friends of Jesus,

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into an exceeding high

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mountain

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and showeth him

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all the keenness

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of the world

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and the glory of them.

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And saith unto him,

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all these things

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will I give thee,

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if thou will fall down

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and worship me.

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Then saith Jesus unto him,

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get thee hand Satan,

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for it is written,

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thou shalt worship the Lord

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thy God and him only

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shall thou serve.

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And so here we see,

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this is what God,

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it was Satan tells people,

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you know,

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hey, worship me

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and I will give you this.

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And we see music

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made about this,

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you know,

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about them worshiping

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Satan

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and them getting

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what they wanted.

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You know,

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this is what Satan wants.

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He wants to be God.

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He wants to have,

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you know,

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he wants to be

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in the place of God

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and receive praise and worship.

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And just like the other

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you servers

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that we saw today,

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Absalom and Korah

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Adonijah

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and these women passers,

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they're like the devil

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in the sense that they want

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to usurp the authority

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that God has placed.

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Now go to Revelation chapter 20.

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What is the end of Satan?

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Revelation chapter 20.

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The Bible says in verse number

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one,

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And I saw an angel

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come down from heaven

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having the key of the bottom

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of this pit

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and a great chain in his hand

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and he laid hold

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on the dragon,

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that old serpent,

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which is the devil

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and Satan bound him a thousand,

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is the devil and Satan,

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excuse me,

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and bound him a thousand

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years and cast him into the bottom

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of this pit

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and shut him up

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and set a seal upon him

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that he should receive

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the nations no more

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till the thousand years

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should be fulfilled.

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And after that

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he must be lost

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a little season.

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Now skip down

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verse number 10

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and it ends with

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and the devil

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that deceived them

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was cast into a lake of fire

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and brimstone

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where the beast

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and the false prophet

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are and shall be tormented

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day and night

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forever and ever.

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And so God is never

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going to allow

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your serpent

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to just,

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you know,

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live out their days.

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In this case,

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Satan eventually will go to hell,

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go to the lake of fire.

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Now go to 2nd Thessalonians 2.

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2nd Thessalonians 2.

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And what's the sermon tonight?

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It's just to not be a usurper.

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You know,

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anywhere that you're at

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at your job

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in church

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at home

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for the women,

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don't usurp the authority

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that God has placed

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in your life.

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You know,

40:31.100 --> 40:32.260
don't exalt yourself.

40:32.420 --> 40:33.100
Don't praise yourself.

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You know,

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humble yourself

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and follow those

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that are above you.

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Now in 2nd Thessalonians 2,

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lastly,

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we see the Antichrist 2,

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where it says in verse number one,

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Now we beseech you,

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brethren,

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by the coming of our Lord,

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Jesus Christ,

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and by our gathering

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together unto him,

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that ye be not soon shaken

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in mind or trouble,

40:51.220 --> 40:51.860
neither by spirit,

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nor by word,

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nor by letter,

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as from us,

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as that that day

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of Christ is at hand.

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Let no man deceive you

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by any means

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for that day shall not come,

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except there come a falling

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away first,

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and that man of sin

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shall be revealed

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the son of perdition

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who opposes it

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and exalted it.

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Again,

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it says exalted himself

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above all that is called

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God,

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or that is worshiped,

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so that he as God

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sitteth in the temple

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of God showing himself

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that he is God.

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And again,

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we see this characteristic

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which is constantly

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exalting yourself.

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So the characteristic

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of the usurper,

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if you remember

41:22.000 --> 41:22.900
anything from the sermon

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or get anything,

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is that they hate the authority

41:24.700 --> 41:26.440
that God has in place.

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You know,

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they rally up the simple,

41:28.760 --> 41:29.080
you know,

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by flattery.

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That's how they obtain

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their positions,

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and then they obtain

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a position of power

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by the seed and force.

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So number one,

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what can you do?

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First of all,

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don't be a usurper.

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And if anybody comes to you

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trying to overthrow,

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you know,

41:42.300 --> 41:43.460
those that are over you,

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first of all,

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don't be simple,

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you know,

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don't be stupid,

41:45.980 --> 41:46.580
don't be dumb,

41:47.240 --> 41:48.060
and get some wisdom

41:48.580 --> 41:49.440
so that you could be able

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to discern

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when somebody's just

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trying to flatter you.

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You know, flattery is

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oftentimes goes

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like unnoticed

41:55.260 --> 41:56.000
if you're not like

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really paying attention.

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And you should be honest

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with yourself

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to be able to like

41:59.500 --> 42:00.340
identify flattering

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because sometimes,

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you know,

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we take it as compliments,

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but it's really just flattery.

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You know,

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don't flatter yourself

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as well,

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don't flatter yourself.

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So learn to discern

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flattery,

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don't be a usurper,

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and just be a team player.

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You know,

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whatever you're doing

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in our church,

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keep doing it

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as unto the Lord.

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You know,

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I'm thankful for all the people

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that help out,

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for those that help to clean,

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to set up,

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for those that are in the teams,

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you know,

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supporting the team leader.

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You know,

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these are all things

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that we all do

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to serve Christ,

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but we do it

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as unto the Lord.

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If it ever comes to our head,

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you know,

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like I'm not really pleased

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with what I'm trying to do,

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then go through the proper channels,

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put in the work.

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You know,

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try to do your best

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to be faithful

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where you're at

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and consistent

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so that one day

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God will magnify you

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and exalt you

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and put you in another position.

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But until then,

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you know,

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just serve quietly,

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be consistent,

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be faithful.

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So the title of the sermon,

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like I said in the beginning,

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it's just don't be a usurper.

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And with that,

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let's pray.

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And we follow the Lord

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thinking for this day,

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thinking for everything

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that you've given us, Lord,

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for our pastor, Lord,

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for our great church.

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I pray the Lord

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that you continue to use us

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as a church

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that we be able to

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save those

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that are in our city

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and the city's surrounding.

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And I pray the Lord that you

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continue to bless our church,

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have your hand over our pastor,

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keep them safe.

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I pray the Lord that you

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continue to use us

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in a mighty way

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so that we could

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continue to do

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great things for you,

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help us to reach

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that goal

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of 12,000 salvation

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by the end of the year.

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And I pray the Lord

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that you would use me

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and everybody else

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to serve

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in the position

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that we have right now

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and be content

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with everything

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that you've given us, Lord.

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Thank you for everything again

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and in the praise

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in Jesus' name, amen.