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The Inferiority Complex

Creflo Dollar

November 13, 2020

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The Inferiority Complex

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Taffi: And so, he sayshere in verse 11,
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"In him," referring to Christ,
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who is the source,the authority.
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He says, "In him also you werecircumcised with a circumcision
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not made with hands, but ina [spiritual] circumcision
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[performed by] Christ bystripping off the body
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of the flesh (the whole corrupt,
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carnal nature with itspassions and lusts)."
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And so, for me tolook after someone,
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after their gender, look atsomeone based on the color
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of their skin, to look atsomeone based on the status,
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whether they're rich orwhether they're poor,
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to treat thembased on those things,
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he says that's carnal.
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He says that's secular.
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And so, he says here we areto put off the circumcision
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that's not made with handsand begin to recognize
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that we're stripping offthe body of the flesh,
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the whole corrupt, carnal naturewith its passions and its lusts.
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"[Thus you were circumcisedwhen] you were buried with him
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in [your] baptism, in whichyou were also raised with him
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[to a new life]," to a new life,
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not the old lifewhen I was a slave,
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not the old life when I wasa woman under the law,
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no rights, no privileges,had my head down,
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just, you know, hoping that Icould just be in the position
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that--no, but nowI am in Christ.
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And because I am in Christ,I understand that I am in him
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and that he has raisedme to a new life.
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I'm a new specie of beingthat has never existed before.
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He says, "Through [your]faith in the working of God
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[as displayed] when heraised him from the dead."
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And so, when Jesus was raisedfrom the dead, you know what?
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Our mindset, our statuswas raised from the dead.
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We were no longer, you know,small, beneath, bound in sin.
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Bless God as a resultof Jesus being raised,
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so we were raised in how weare part of the kingdom of God
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and that we are a newcreation, a new specie.
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And he says, "And youwere dead in trespasses
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and in circumcision of yourflesh (your sensuality,
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your sinful carnal nature),[God] brought life together
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with [Christ], having[freely] forgiven us all our
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transgressions, havingcancelled and blotted out--"
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He blotted outthat old mindset.
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You know, he wants youto get the new mindset,
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knowing that in Christ nowI stand on equal ground--
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glory be to God--
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not under the law, not wheresin has dominion over me,
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and, you know, I'mbarely--I'm struggling.
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I'm striving after the flesh.
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No, now I'm in Christ, andI've canceled out the sin,
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the weight, the heaviness,all the bad thinking,
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the heavy thinking.
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And so, he says,"Having cancelled,
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blotted out, and wiped away thehandwriting of the note (bond)
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with its legal decrees anddemands which was in force--"
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This was under the law, wherepeople were identified based on
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their distinctions andtheir classifications.
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That was enforcedand in many instances,
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in certain societies,it's still in force,
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until people begin to receivethe equality that Jesus came
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to give, because I want youto understand this morning
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you have to receiveyour equality.
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It's not, "You know, oncethey start treating me better,
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then I'm gonnastart acting like--"
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No, receive yourequality right now.
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You have been madeequal in Christ Jesus.
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Receive that.Lay hold of it.
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Own it.Possess it.
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Know that it belongs to you.
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Know that it is a partof your covenant.
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Know that it is whyJesus bled and died,
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why he redeemed you, soyou can receive the privilege
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that you have in ChristJesus, a new creation,
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your new-creation realities.
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And then, as a result, you canbegin to hold your head up high
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and know that Godanswers your prayers,
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that God longs toanswer your prayers,
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to have a personal relationshipwith you and to be close
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with you and to beintimate with you.
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And then, you canknow who you are.
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You know who you are becauseof what the Word says you are,
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not because of whatsomebody said,
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not because of some name thatsomebody called you or what,
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you know, was pronounced overyou and things that were spoken
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ignorantly or under thelaw or carnal things
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or bad environment,bad upbringing.
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No, I change my mind.
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I think like God thinks, and Isee myself and I see my brothers
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and I see my sisters accordingto how God wants me to see.
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So, he says in verse 14, "Havingcancelled," cancelled it out,
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nullified it, voided it out,"having cancelled and blotted
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out and wiped away thehandwriting of the note (or the
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bond) with its legal decrees anddemands which was in force--"
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Now, we know underthe law, you know,
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if you were not Jewish,if you were not male,
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if you were bond--there werethings that were limiting,
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but now we recognize that weare not bound by those things
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because those thingshave been cancelled
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and we are under a new covenant,a better covenant.
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He says, "This [notewith its regulation,
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decrees, and demands] he setaside and cleared completely out
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of our way by nailing itto [his] cross.
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[God] disarmed theprincipalities and powers
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that were ranged against us andmade a bold display and public
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example of them, in triumphingover them in him,
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in the--in it [the cross]."
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And he says, "Therefore let noone sit in judgment in matters
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of food, drink, or withregard to a feast day
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or a New Moon in--or the Sabbath."
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Now, let me give yousome things here,
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'cause I want you to recognizehere that there's a pattern
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with this inferioritycomplex as sin
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causes us to fall shortof God's intention.
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And so, sin comes in, andthen as a result it affects us.
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It causes and robs from one ifone does not become born again
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and that reality does notbecome a part of the new birth.
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Falling short produces areal sense of inferiority.
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Inferiority sets in andopens wide the gates
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of its offspring such asinsecurity, jealousy, pride,
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false sense of superiority,racism, and so on.
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A pattern of inferioritycauses one to feel small,
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so as a result onetries to act big.
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And then, as a result of tryingto act big one tries to feel
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important, to exaggerateone's sense of importance.
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The spirit of inferiority or theinferiority complex causing one
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to feel powerless, but youare not powerless this morning.
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When you receiveChrist on the inside,
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I'm telling you, thepower of God comes in,
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but one of the patterns ofinferiority is causes one
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to become depressed as aresult of powerlessness and--
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which opensthe door to anger.
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And anger is amanifestation of fear,
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which comes from thesense of inferiority,
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and then that sense of angerbecomes a manipulative force
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that is--opens the door tothe false sense of superiority.
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Now, let's look at somesigns of inferiority.
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I want you to follow alongwith me on the screen here.
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We can recognize that thisis still operating in the lives
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of many and some of thethings that you can identify
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as it relates to the spirit, orthe complex, of inferiority,
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number one, grudginglyadmit our shortcomings,
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while enthusiasticallypointing out those of others.
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These are some of the signs ofinferiority: to grudgingly admit
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shortcomings, pointingout those of others.
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He talks aboutthat over in Matthew.
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He says why are you, youknow, pointing at somebody else?
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Just like, you know,I'm pointing one finger--
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two fingers at you, and I gotthree pointing back at me.
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I've got a, you know, beam in myown eye if I'm looking at you.
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He says get your ownsituation together.
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And so, it's pointing out.
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It's grudginglyadmitting shortcomings,
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pointing out those of others.
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Number two, bullying people,
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talking aboutothers with disdain.
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These are signs of inferiority:feeling attacked when someone
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disagrees, when someonedisagrees with us.
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You know what?
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I've gotten to a pointin my life I welcome--
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and you should too.
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Pray about this.
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You should welcome disagreement,because it allows you
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to see things differently,change your perspective.
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We don't know everythingand perhaps someone else's
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perspective,someone else's, maybe,
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disagreement with us cancause us to maybe approach
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and see things from adifferent point of view.
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And so, when we feel attackedand when--because someone
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disagrees with us, that verything is a sign that we want
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to identify, to ask our self,"Why do I feel attacked?
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And why am I on the defense?
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Why am I taking it personal?
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Why am I angry?Why am I hurt?
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Why am I in rage?"
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And so, another sign ofinferiority is to feel belittled
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upon receivingcorrection or confrontation.
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This is a sign of inferiority,because we have to identify
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what it is and so we can resistit and we can avoid it.
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We can renounce it.
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We can bring it intosubjection to the Word of God.
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And so, another sign isblaming others for our problems.
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That's anothersign of inferiority.
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You know what?
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I have to take personalresponsibility for my life.
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What I choose to do,where I choose to live,
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what decisions I makein this physical body,
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what job I take, how Iparent, what type of--
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we have to understandthat we have to get rid
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of the victim mentality.
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That must end.
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The victimhood must end inour lives and own and take
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responsibility for the choicesand the decisions that we make.
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And so, when we blame others,when we don't wanna take
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responsibility, whenwe want to displace,
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in many instances this opensup the door to inferiority.
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Derive our worth and value
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from our performance orfrom our appearance.
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And so, we have to recognizewhere our worth comes from,
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where our value comes from, andwe must create value and worth
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from within and not beso in bondage to people,
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pleasing people andconcerned about their opinions.
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And we can't even obey Godbecause we're so in bondage
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to what they think about whatwe wear and what we do
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and how we look and where we goand every decision that we make.
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Another sign of inferiorityis to be touchy, fragile,
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and easily hurt, whetherwe show it or not,
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is being critical, defensive,feel as if we have to talk
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about ourselves toget others to like us.
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And then, last signhere is to find fault,
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to find fault in othersso we can look better.
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And so, all these traitscome from the enemy,
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and it's his nature,
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so that's why we have toput on the nature of God.
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We have to put on Christ, andwe have to allow it to be a part
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and allow it to be the corefor the center of our lives
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and the center for how webegin to see ourselves.
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Look at 1 Thessalonianschapter 5.
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We're gonna moveon quickly here.
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I wanna touch on another subjectas we look at this Scripture.
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Chapter 5, and I think it isverse 6, 1 Thessalonians 5:6.
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It says, "Thereforelet us not sleep,
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as do others;
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but let us watch and be sober."
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Look at what it saysin the Amplified.
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This is where we wannatransition into talking about
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not being in aplace of inferiority
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but to be in aplace of sobriety.
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Say that with me, "I am sober.
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I think in line.I have a sober mind."
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And so, he says,"Accordingly," in verse 6,
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"then, let us notsleep, as the rest do--"
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We know a lottapeople just sleep,
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bless God, just takingpills to go to sleep,
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to wake up, only to nothave to stay awake.
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He says, "But let uskeep wide awake
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(alert, watchful, cautious,
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and on our guard)--"
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And so, we can't allow, youknow, the spirit of inferiority
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to come in and say, "Oh, youjust, you know, are thinking--"
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And we have to be awake to it.
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We have to be alert.
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Be watchful when thespirit of inferiority,
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the spirit of superioritycomes on our life.
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"And let us be sober (calm,"is what the Amplified says,
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"collected, and circumspect)."
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Collected and circumspect.
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Now, let's talk acouple minutes,
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the remaining of our time,on this word "sober" here,
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as he says towatch and be sober.
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Soberness isrelated to watchfulness.
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It is to be clear about thesituation in which we are in.
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It is a proper understandingconcerning where we are
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and where the enemy is, so hesays that's why don't be asleep.
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Don't be, you know,just in some other trance.
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Some stupor is one other word.
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It is how theenemy is attacking,
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and it is how weshould fight back,
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and if we are sober we shallbe clear about our direction.
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So, when you're soberyou have clarity.
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You're clear in your thinking.
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You have an ability to seethings like they are to be seen
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and to perceive things andto get the right perspective.
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It's to be clear abouteverything related,
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about where the enemy is,what the enemy is doing,
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how the enemy is attacking.
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It is to be clear abouthow to protect ourselves,
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how to defend ourselvesthrough the Word of God,
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and to be fully clearabout our situations.
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Most Christians today donot have such a soberness.
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As a result, as I mentioned,there is a sense of a stupor,
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and it makes it very difficult
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in fellowshipping andto have relationship.
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So, he says here in verse 6--
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he says let us not sleep,but let us watch.
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The word "watch" here is--versus"sleep" in the following verse
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is talking aboutlet us not be--
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sleep as in the sense of drunk.
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And so, when we look at thisword here, many Christians
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have to recognize wecan't put our hand--
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head in the sand,but we must be alert.
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We must be awake.We must be aware.
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Let's see what it says herein The Message translation.
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Let's look at it.
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I always like toreference that translation.
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And while they'repulling that up,
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we have to ask ourselveswhere do we need to be alert?
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And are we watchful?
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Are we sober?Are we clear?
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And ask ourselvesthese questions.
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So, he says here, "So let us--
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let's not sleepwalk throughlife like those others."
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Sleepwalking, ina stupor, drunk, sleepwalking.
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You know, when somebody issleepwalking, they're asleep.
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They really don't evenknow they're awake,
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and they're just going,no knowledge,
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no awareness,not being watchful,
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could easily injure themselves,very dangerous.
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So, he says, "So let'snot sleepwalk through life
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like those others.
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Let's keep our eyesopen and be smart."
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Keep your eyes openof how you see yourself,
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the thoughts that you have,seeing yourself as Christ sees
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you, surrounding yourselfwith people who see your worth,
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see your value,
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not those whotolerate you, not those
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who don't see youas Christ sees you,
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so keeping our eyesopen, being smart.
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"People sleep at nightand get drunk at night.
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But not us!
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Since we're creatures of day,"he says, "let's act like it.
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Walk out into thedaylight sober,
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dressed up in faith, love,
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and the hope of salvation."
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And we have to be mindful ofthe fact that we have to be,
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you know, full ofhope, full of faith,
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knowing what we haveon the inside of us,
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not allowing the world's way ofthinking, the traditions of men,
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and thinking you're notentitled to anything.
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You have no privileges.
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You have no ground to stand on.
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No, on the contrary, he says,
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"God didn't set us upfor an angry rejection
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but for salvation by ourMaster, Jesus Christ.
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He died for us, a deaththat triggered life.
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Whether we're awake with theliving or asleep with the dead,
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we're alive with him!
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So," he says, "speak encouragingwords to one another.
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Build up hope so you'llall be together in this,
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