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Robert Jeffress - Becoming A Special K Christian In A Krispy Kreme World (Part 1)

May 15, 2025 | S25:E231

Robert Jeffress - Becoming A Special K Christian In A Krispy Kreme World (Part 1)
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Becoming A Special K Christian In A Krispy Kreme World (Part 1) | May 15, 2025
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  • Male announcer: from the pulpit of the first baptist church of
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  • Dallas, texas, this is "pathway to victory" with dr.
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  • Robert jeffress.
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  • Dr. robert jeffress: hi, i'm robert jeffress,
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  • And welcome again to "pathway to victory."
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  • As christians, many of us long for something more in our
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  • Relationship with god.
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  • We get fired up during worship on sundays, but the rest of the
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  • Week, well, it feels like something is missing.
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  • Today, i'm going to share with you how to find long-lasting
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  • Contentment in both your spiritual walk and all areas of
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  • Your life.
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  • My message is titled "becoming a special k christian in a krispy
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  • Kreme world" on today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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  • Announcer: god never intended for the holy spirit to be a
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  • Mystery to believers.
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  • In fact, if you're a follower of jesus, then god's spirit is
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  • Dwelling inside of you, and he's waiting to unleash his
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  • Supernatural power in your life.
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  • Jeffress: recently i discovered i was out of my breakfast cereal
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  • That was my usual habit, bran flakes.
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  • And so, i ran up to the supermarket to pick up a new box
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  • And i found out they too were out of bran flakes.
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  • The closest thing they had was a special k cereal.
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  • And i was about to make the purchase while standing there,
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  • And suddenly, i was approached by a temptress.
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  • She was very seductively dressed in a green, red, and
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  • White outfit.
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  • She was very, very appealing.
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  • I must confess to you, they say confession is good for the soul.
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  • I'll confess to you i was very tempted to give in to my fleshly
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  • Lust at that moment, to surrender to her enticements.
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  • She was a box of krispy kreme doughnuts.
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  • As i looked there at that box of doughnuts and then thought about
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  • The special k cereal, i had a choice to make in that instant.
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  • I had to choose between taste or nutrition, between health or
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  • Happiness, between that short term exhilaration that comes
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  • From a sugar high, that comes from that long term satisfaction
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  • That comes from eating a bowl of cereal.
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  • You know, i thought about it for a moment.
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  • I thought about all the wonderful times krispy kremes
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  • And i had had together before.
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  • I thought about how when you eat one of those doughnuts, or in my
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  • Case, it's usually half a dozen of those doughnuts, you know,
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  • That surge you get.
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  • Oh, you feel great for a little while and then you hit that
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  • Sugar thud and you crash to the bottom.
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  • Did i want to go for that experience or did i want to go
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  • For the long term satisfaction that comes from cereal?
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  • You know that's a choice that we all face, not just in
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  • Relationship to our physical diet, but our spiritual diet.
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  • In the series on the holy spirit, we've seen that all of
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  • Us have a hunger for more in our relationship with god.
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  • Don't we all want more than what we're experiencing right now?
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  • We want more joy in our worship, more power in our prayers, more
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  • Success in our struggles.
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  • We all have that holy hunger for more.
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  • The choice is how are we going to satisfy that holy hunger?
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  • Do we go for taste or nutrition?
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  • Do we go for sugar or substance?
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  • Do we go toward that short term exhilaration that comes from
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  • Experiences or do we go for that long term satisfaction that
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  • Comes from a relationship with god?
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  • Well, today as we continue our series and actually conclude our
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  • Series on the holy spirit, we're gonna talk about the difference
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  • Between being a krispy kreme christian, one who's out for the
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  • Short term fixes, and being a special k christian, one who
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  • Finds that lasting satisfaction.
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  • If you have your bibles, i want you to turn to genesis
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  • Chapter 25.
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  • Genesis chapter 25.
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  • The krispy kreme christian is one who is looking
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  • For exhilaration.
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  • He focuses on short term rather than long term solutions.
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  • And if i were going to sum it up this way, i would say the krispy
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  • Kreme christian, put it on your outline, is one who focuses on
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  • Spiritual experiences.
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  • He's always going from experience to experience,
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  • Looking for new revelations, looking for new manifestations
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  • Of the holy spirit of god.
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  • He is one who is looking for experiences rather
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  • Than spirituality.
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  • The krispy kreme christian focuses on
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  • Spiritual experiences.
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  • Now, what do i mean by spiritual experiences?
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  • Gordon macdonald lists four characteristics of a spiritual
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  • Experience in contrast to true spirituality.
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  • Write it down.
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  • First of all, spiritual experiences require
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  • Little discipline.
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  • They require a little discipline.
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  • The person who is the krispy kreme christian, he's always
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  • Focused on the external, what other people can do for him.
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  • He's always looking for a new song that will give him that
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  • Buzz that he needs or new preaching or a new revelation
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  • From god, and because he's constantly looking to the
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  • External for his satisfaction, the krispy kreme christian never
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  • Has to engage in mundane disciplines like reading the
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  • Bible or praying or obeying god.
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  • It's always focused on the external.
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  • It requires little discipline.
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  • Secondly, spiritual experiences focus more on emotion than
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  • On change.
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  • Again, that krispy kreme christian is looking for the new
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  • High all of the time.
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  • But finally when the tears dry up and the shouting stops and
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  • The goosebumps subside, the krispy kreme christian finds
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  • That he is just the same person he was as before the experience.
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  • He doesn't realize that the real essence of spirituality is not
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  • Emotion, but it's transformation.
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  • Thirdly, spiritual experiences, as wonderful as they are, are
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  • Short-lived, just like my sugar induced high from the doughnut.
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  • It's great while it lasts.
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  • The only problem is it doesn't last.
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  • And when you come down off that high, whether it's physical or
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  • Spiritual, many times you find yourself lower than you were
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  • Before you had the high.
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  • And so, you're constantly craving a new experience that
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  • Will give you even more exhilaration.
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  • And then finally, spiritual experiences focus on the
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  • Participant rather than on god.
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  • For the krispy kreme christian, it's all about him, how he feels
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  • About things.
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  • And so, he's always looking for experiences that focus on him.
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  • Maybe he's focusing even on the holy spirit of god.
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  • You say, "well what's wrong with focusing on the holy spirit?"
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  • Remember what jesus said in john 16, verse 14?
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  • "he," the holy spirit, "shall glorify me."
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  • The reason the holy spirit came was not to draw attention to
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  • Himself, but to draw attention to jesus christ.
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  • J.i. packer says that the holy spirit
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  • Of god is like a floodlight.
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  • You know, a floodlight doesn't focus on itself.
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  • It doesn't illuminate itself, it illuminates the object on which
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  • It is focused.
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  • And it's the same with the holy spirit.
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  • His purpose in coming was not to glorify himself, but to glorify,
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  • To illuminate the lord jesus christ.
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  • The krispy kreme christian is one who focuses on spiritual
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  • Experiences, but the special k christian, the one who finds
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  • That lasting satisfaction focuses on spirituality.
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  • Now, what is spirituality?
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  • Remember, chief justice of the supreme court, stewart potter
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  • Was one time asked to define pornography, and justice potter
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  • Said, "i can't define it, but i sure know it when i see it."
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  • Same thing with spirituality.
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  • It's hard to define what real spirituality is, but we know it
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  • When we see it, don't we?
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  • And one of the greatest illustrations of a special k
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  • Christian, one who focuses on satisfaction for the long term
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  • Rather than short term fixes, is the character abraham in the
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  • Old testament.
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  • If you have your bibles, turn to genesis chapter 25, if you
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  • Haven't already.
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  • We're gonna look at this character named abraham.
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  • He had a holy hunger for more in his relationship with god, and
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  • He found that answer.
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  • He died satisfied in his relationship with god.
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  • How do i know that?
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  • Look at how abraham ended his life in verse 8 of genesis
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  • Chapter 25, "abraham breathed his last and he died in a ripe
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  • Old age, an old man satisfied with life; and he was gathered
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  • To his people."
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  • And you know, my pastoral profession requires me to spend
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  • A lot of time in cemeteries, more time than i would normally
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  • Like to spend in cemeteries.
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  • But a lot of times when i'm waiting for the service to
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  • Start, i'll walk around and look at the different tombstones and
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  • See what was written on them.
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  • And the thousands of tombstones i have seen in my lifetime, i've
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  • Never seen this epitaph before, "he died satisfied with life."
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  • But wouldn't that be a great way to go out of this world?
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  • Wouldn't it be great to end your life satisfied?
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  • Wouldn't it be great that when you drew your last breath, it
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  • Was a sigh of contentment rather than a groan of disappointment.
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  • That's how abraham ended his life, satisfied with life.
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  • What happened in his life that produced that satisfaction?
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  • Now, we could go back and look at abraham's life and see a
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  • Great number of high points.
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  • He had some of those high points and spiritual experiences when
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  • He was called by god to leave ur of the chaldees and was promised
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  • That he would be the father of a great nation, that was a high.
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  • Or think about the battle that he had with the kings of the
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  • East and won that battle, that was a high.
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  • Or when he prayed and interceded for sodom and gomorrah, that was
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  • A high.
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  • He had a lot of highs in his spiritual life.
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  • But there was an episode in his life early on in his
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  • Relationship with god that really changed the course of
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  • His life.
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  • And it best illustrates what a real special k christian is
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  • All about.
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  • This experience was actually a real estate transaction that
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  • Abraham engaged in with one of his family members.
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  • But in this transaction, you see what gave abraham that lasting
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  • Satisfaction that characterizes a special k christian.
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  • So, turn back to genesis chapter 13.
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  • I said the krispy kreme christian focuses on
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  • Spiritual experiences.
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  • The special k believer, write it down, focuses on spirituality.
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  • And notice how this chapter begins in genesis 13, verse 1,
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  • "so abram went up from egypt to the negev."
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  • Now, what was he doing in egypt?
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  • We'll find out in just a moment.
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  • "abram and his wife and all that belonged to him; and lot
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  • With him."
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  • Lot was his nephew.
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  • Now skip down to verse 6, "and the land could not sustain them
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  • While dwelling together, for their possessions were so great
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  • That they could not remain together.
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  • And there was strife between the herdsmen of abram's livestock
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  • And the herdsmen of lot's livestock.
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  • Now the canaanite and the perizzite were dwelling
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  • With them in the land.
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  • So abram said to lot, 'please let there be no strife between
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  • You and me, nor between my herdsman and your herdsman, for
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  • We are brothers.'"
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  • Underline that, "we are brothers."
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  • "is not the whole land before you?"
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  • "abraham said, 'please separate from me to the left, and then
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  • I'll go to the right; or if i go to the right--if you go to the
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  • Right, then i will go to the left.'
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  • So lot lifted up his eyes and he saw all the valley of the jordan
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  • That it was well watered everywhere."
  • 00:12:39.748 --> 00:12:43.185
  • Doesn't that sound appealing right now?
  • 00:12:43.185 --> 00:12:45.721
  • Look out on land that is well watered, green, plush.
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  • "he looked out on the jordan and it was well watered
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  • Everywhere--this was before the lord destroyed sodom and
  • 00:12:51.594 --> 00:12:54.997
  • Gomorrah--like the garden of the lord, like the land of egypt as
  • 00:12:54.997 --> 00:12:58.634
  • You go to zoar."
  • 00:12:58.634 --> 00:13:00.102
  • So what did lot do?
  • 00:13:00.102 --> 00:13:01.437
  • "he chose for himself all the valley of the jordan; and lot
  • 00:13:01.437 --> 00:13:05.241
  • Journeyed eastward.
  • 00:13:05.241 --> 00:13:06.876
  • Thus they separated from each other.
  • 00:13:06.876 --> 00:13:09.445
  • Abram settled in the land of canaan, while lot settled in the
  • 00:13:09.445 --> 00:13:13.115
  • Cities of the valley, and he moved his tents as far
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  • As sodom."
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  • Not a great idea, as we'll see later on, but that's where
  • 00:13:18.487 --> 00:13:22.091
  • He went.
  • 00:13:22.091 --> 00:13:23.425
  • Now, what's going on here?
  • 00:13:23.425 --> 00:13:24.860
  • After abram and his family had a short stint down in egypt for
  • 00:13:24.860 --> 00:13:28.330
  • Reasons we'll look at in just a moment, they come back to the
  • 00:13:28.330 --> 00:13:31.400
  • Promised land.
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  • They come back to canaan.
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  • And the first thing they notice is, because their wealth has
  • 00:13:35.170 --> 00:13:39.208
  • Increased during the time they were in egypt, the land wasn't
  • 00:13:39.208 --> 00:13:42.378
  • Big enough for both of them.
  • 00:13:42.378 --> 00:13:44.213
  • Now, in abram's day, the way you measured wealth was in terms
  • 00:13:44.213 --> 00:13:47.683
  • Of livestock.
  • 00:13:47.683 --> 00:13:49.051
  • And so, their livestock had multiplied where there wasn't
  • 00:13:49.051 --> 00:13:51.987
  • Enough land to sustain both his and lot's livestock.
  • 00:13:51.987 --> 00:13:58.027
  • And so, they had a choice to make.
  • 00:13:58.027 --> 00:14:00.362
  • Let me point out here that this is the first time that wealth is
  • 00:14:00.362 --> 00:14:04.333
  • Ever mentioned in the bible.
  • 00:14:04.333 --> 00:14:06.135
  • When we get to this chapter, chapter 12, this is the first
  • 00:14:06.135 --> 00:14:08.737
  • Time--or chapter 13, this is the first time we see anybody who is
  • 00:14:08.737 --> 00:14:12.374
  • Truly wealthy.
  • 00:14:12.374 --> 00:14:13.742
  • The first time we find somebody who had so much, they didn't
  • 00:14:13.742 --> 00:14:16.345
  • Know what to do, and i want you to notice it's mentioned in a
  • 00:14:16.345 --> 00:14:19.949
  • Problem context.
  • 00:14:19.949 --> 00:14:22.284
  • It caused a problem.
  • 00:14:22.284 --> 00:14:23.919
  • Now, there's nothing sinful about being wealthy.
  • 00:14:23.919 --> 00:14:26.822
  • Abraham was a friend of god, and he was wealthy.
  • 00:14:26.822 --> 00:14:29.658
  • Moses was a servant of god, perhaps the most faithful in all
  • 00:14:29.658 --> 00:14:35.731
  • The old testament.
  • 00:14:35.731 --> 00:14:37.099
  • He was wealthy.
  • 00:14:37.099 --> 00:14:40.135
  • We look at david, the man after god's own heart, he was wealthy.
  • 00:14:40.135 --> 00:14:44.206
  • We look at job, perhaps one of the wealthiest men of his day
  • 00:14:44.206 --> 00:14:47.042
  • As well.
  • 00:14:47.042 --> 00:14:48.410
  • Wealth in and of itself is not sinful, but what i want you to
  • 00:14:48.410 --> 00:14:51.847
  • See here is wealth does create its own unique problems.
  • 00:14:51.847 --> 00:14:56.452
  • I see this as a pastor all the time.
  • 00:14:56.452 --> 00:14:58.921
  • Here are a husband and wife who struggled for years together in
  • 00:14:58.921 --> 00:15:02.591
  • A marriage and they struggle to try to build a business together
  • 00:15:02.591 --> 00:15:05.861
  • And once they reach a certain level of prosperity, what do
  • 00:15:05.861 --> 00:15:08.831
  • They do?
  • 00:15:08.831 --> 00:15:10.165
  • They decide they have irreconcilable differences and
  • 00:15:10.165 --> 00:15:12.234
  • They split up and they go their separate ways because they can
  • 00:15:12.234 --> 00:15:15.304
  • Afford to do so now.
  • 00:15:15.304 --> 00:15:17.306
  • I see it all the time with families, kids just fighting at
  • 00:15:17.306 --> 00:15:21.443
  • Each other's throats over their parents's estate.
  • 00:15:21.443 --> 00:15:24.446
  • Nothing causes problems in a family any more than large
  • 00:15:24.446 --> 00:15:28.083
  • Estates or small estates, which is a great reason to leave your
  • 00:15:28.083 --> 00:15:31.820
  • Money to the church, by the way.
  • 00:15:31.820 --> 00:15:35.457
  • It's a great way to promote family harmony,
  • 00:15:35.457 --> 00:15:38.560
  • To keep your kids together, just give a big hunk of it to
  • 00:15:38.560 --> 00:15:41.196
  • The church.
  • 00:15:41.196 --> 00:15:42.531
  • They don't have anything to fight over.
  • 00:15:42.531 --> 00:15:43.899
  • A lot of people do that.
  • 00:15:43.899 --> 00:15:45.234
  • They fight over estates.
  • 00:15:45.234 --> 00:15:46.969
  • I see it as a pastor.
  • 00:15:46.969 --> 00:15:49.271
  • Pastors tell me that the biggest fights they've ever had in their
  • 00:15:49.271 --> 00:15:52.274
  • Church is not when the church was running a deficit in their
  • 00:15:52.274 --> 00:15:55.077
  • Budget, but when they were running a surplus.
  • 00:15:55.077 --> 00:15:57.479
  • "what do we do with all the extra?"
  • 00:15:57.479 --> 00:16:00.049
  • And church members begin to fight over it.
  • 00:16:00.049 --> 00:16:01.884
  • Fortunately, we never had that problem at first baptist dallas,
  • 00:16:01.884 --> 00:16:05.087
  • But it'd be a great problem to have, maybe not.
  • 00:16:05.087 --> 00:16:07.689
  • Our wealth creates its own unique problems.
  • 00:16:07.689 --> 00:16:10.959
  • And so, because of this, there was strife between abraham
  • 00:16:10.959 --> 00:16:14.296
  • And lot.
  • 00:16:14.296 --> 00:16:15.631
  • "how are we going to sustain our flock?"
  • 00:16:15.631 --> 00:16:17.199
  • So, abraham says, "lot, here's the deal.
  • 00:16:17.199 --> 00:16:20.269
  • You choose which land you want.
  • 00:16:20.269 --> 00:16:23.238
  • And whatever land you want can be yours and i'll take what is
  • 00:16:23.238 --> 00:16:26.842
  • Left over."
  • 00:16:26.842 --> 00:16:28.210
  • Why was abraham willing to surrender his right as the
  • 00:16:28.210 --> 00:16:31.613
  • Patriarch in the family and let loe get the best of him?
  • 00:16:31.613 --> 00:16:35.984
  • And the reasons really illustrate what a special k
  • 00:16:35.984 --> 00:16:39.321
  • Christian is all about.
  • 00:16:39.321 --> 00:16:41.857
  • I want you to notice here the three ingredients, if you will,
  • 00:16:41.857 --> 00:16:44.493
  • Of a special k christian as opposed to a krispy kreme
  • 00:16:44.493 --> 00:16:48.030
  • Christian like lot.
  • 00:16:48.030 --> 00:16:50.099
  • First of all, the special k believer has a greater purpose
  • 00:16:50.099 --> 00:16:53.969
  • In life.
  • 00:16:53.969 --> 00:16:55.337
  • He has a greater purpose.
  • 00:16:55.337 --> 00:16:57.873
  • You know, every life is either god-focused or it
  • 00:16:57.873 --> 00:17:01.743
  • Is self-focused.
  • 00:17:01.743 --> 00:17:03.879
  • Every life is either lived to meet a need in others or fill a
  • 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:08.851
  • Greed in ourself.
  • 00:17:08.851 --> 00:17:11.220
  • It's one or the other, it can't be both.
  • 00:17:11.220 --> 00:17:15.324
  • By the way, what is the focus of your life?
  • 00:17:15.324 --> 00:17:18.160
  • Is your life god focused or is it self-focused?
  • 00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:22.397
  • Is your life about getting all that you can?
  • 00:17:22.397 --> 00:17:26.201
  • Is it about filling a need or meeting a greed in your
  • 00:17:26.201 --> 00:17:29.805
  • Own life?
  • 00:17:29.805 --> 00:17:31.373
  • Unfortunately, many people like lot, the krispy kreme
  • 00:17:31.373 --> 00:17:34.476
  • Christians, it's all about themselves.
  • 00:17:34.476 --> 00:17:37.646
  • It's the old philosophy, "get all you can, can all you get,
  • 00:17:37.646 --> 00:17:41.483
  • And sit on the can."
  • 00:17:41.483 --> 00:17:42.851
  • That's the way lot was living his life.
  • 00:17:42.851 --> 00:17:45.554
  • He was already a wealthy person when he came back from egypt.
  • 00:17:45.554 --> 00:17:48.790
  • He had plenty, but he wanted more.
  • 00:17:48.790 --> 00:17:51.393
  • Look at verse 10.
  • 00:17:51.393 --> 00:17:52.761
  • The bible says that, "lot saw the valley of the jordan, that
  • 00:17:52.761 --> 00:17:56.698
  • It was well watered everywhere."
  • 00:17:56.698 --> 00:17:58.967
  • That hebrew word "saw" means to long--to gaze with longing in
  • 00:17:58.967 --> 00:18:04.940
  • Your heart, to look at something, to long for it in
  • 00:18:04.940 --> 00:18:08.844
  • Your heart.
  • 00:18:08.844 --> 00:18:10.212
  • When lot looked out over that land, he said, "this is what
  • 00:18:10.212 --> 00:18:13.916
  • I want.
  • 00:18:13.916 --> 00:18:15.284
  • If only i could have that piece of land, then i would truly have
  • 00:18:15.284 --> 00:18:20.289
  • Everything i need in life."
  • 00:18:20.289 --> 00:18:22.591
  • Listen to me this morning, you know what it is that wars
  • 00:18:22.591 --> 00:18:25.561
  • Against contentment in your life?
  • 00:18:25.561 --> 00:18:27.629
  • You know the greatest enemy of satisfaction in your life?
  • 00:18:27.629 --> 00:18:31.934
  • It's what i call the oasis syndrome.
  • 00:18:31.934 --> 00:18:35.537
  • It's the belief that happiness is somewhere other than where i
  • 00:18:35.537 --> 00:18:39.508
  • Am right now.
  • 00:18:39.508 --> 00:18:41.143
  • If only i had that job, if only i lived in that city, if only i
  • 00:18:41.143 --> 00:18:46.215
  • Had that house, if only i drove that car, if only i had that
  • 00:18:46.215 --> 00:18:49.985
  • Amount of money, then i would truly be satisfied.
  • 00:18:49.985 --> 00:18:54.489
  • The oasis syndrome, looking for happiness other than where you
  • 00:18:54.489 --> 00:18:58.093
  • Are right now.
  • 00:18:58.093 --> 00:18:59.728
  • Years ago, i was being interviewed on a program by a
  • 00:18:59.728 --> 00:19:02.731
  • Well-known minister whose name everybody thinks about when they
  • 00:19:02.731 --> 00:19:07.569
  • Think about positive thinking.
  • 00:19:07.569 --> 00:19:09.571
  • And i was talking on this program about this
  • 00:19:09.571 --> 00:19:12.674
  • Oasis syndrome.
  • 00:19:12.674 --> 00:19:14.009
  • I kept talking about it, kept talking about it.
  • 00:19:14.009 --> 00:19:16.378
  • Finally this minister couldn't contain himself.
  • 00:19:16.378 --> 00:19:18.213
  • He blurted out, "what's wrong with looking for the oasis?
  • 00:19:18.213 --> 00:19:21.984
  • After all, the toll-free number for our ministry
  • 00:19:21.984 --> 00:19:24.553
  • Is 1-800-oasis."
  • 00:19:24.553 --> 00:19:28.523
  • That's what his whole ministry was built on.
  • 00:19:28.523 --> 00:19:30.459
  • Here's what's wrong with looking for the oasis.
  • 00:19:30.459 --> 00:19:34.296
  • The oasis is a mirage that will always outdistance you.
  • 00:19:34.296 --> 00:19:39.735
  • Once you get there, you find out that's not where it is.
  • 00:19:39.735 --> 00:19:43.505
  • It's just a little bit further down the road.
  • 00:19:43.505 --> 00:19:47.276
  • That was lot.
  • 00:19:47.276 --> 00:19:48.644
  • His whole purpose was living for himself, that
  • 00:19:48.644 --> 00:19:52.314
  • Immediate self-gratification.
  • 00:19:52.314 --> 00:19:54.283
  • The problem with the oasis is you never arrive there.
  • 00:19:54.283 --> 00:19:57.019
  • Now, contrast that to abraham.
  • 00:19:57.019 --> 00:19:59.421
  • Abraham had a greater purpose in life than his
  • 00:19:59.421 --> 00:20:02.691
  • Immediate gratification.
  • 00:20:02.691 --> 00:20:04.459
  • Why was he willing to surrender this land to lot?
  • 00:20:04.459 --> 00:20:06.628
  • First of all, he was concerned about his own
  • 00:20:06.628 --> 00:20:08.864
  • Family's well-being.
  • 00:20:08.864 --> 00:20:10.365
  • Notice in verse 8, he says, "please let there be no strife
  • 00:20:10.365 --> 00:20:14.169
  • Between you and me for are we not brothers?"
  • 00:20:14.169 --> 00:20:18.407
  • Are we not from the same family?
  • 00:20:18.407 --> 00:20:20.942
  • You see, abraham realized that once they got back to canaan,
  • 00:20:20.942 --> 00:20:24.046
  • The problem with canaan was it was filled with canaanites,
  • 00:20:24.046 --> 00:20:27.149
  • People who hated god and hated the people of god.
  • 00:20:27.149 --> 00:20:30.719
  • And abraham knew that if these canaanites sensed that there was
  • 00:20:30.719 --> 00:20:33.855
  • Strife between abraham and lot, they would see that as weakness
  • 00:20:33.855 --> 00:20:37.759
  • And use that as an opportunity to attack and obliterate
  • 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:40.595
  • God's people.
  • 00:20:40.595 --> 00:20:41.930
  • So, abraham was saying, "for the sake of our family, let's
  • 00:20:41.930 --> 00:20:44.900
  • Stick together.
  • 00:20:44.900 --> 00:20:46.268
  • Now we either hang together or we hang separately."
  • 00:20:46.268 --> 00:20:49.104
  • That was the idea.
  • 00:20:49.104 --> 00:20:50.505
  • "let there be no strife between you and me."
  • 00:20:50.505 --> 00:20:55.344
  • By the way, we would do well to remember that as a church family
  • 00:20:55.344 --> 00:20:59.214
  • As well.
  • 00:20:59.214 --> 00:21:00.982
  • You know, one of my pet peeves as a pastor is church members
  • 00:21:00.982 --> 00:21:05.754
  • Who have a commitment to the church that is about a
  • 00:21:05.754 --> 00:21:09.257
  • Thimble deep.
  • 00:21:09.257 --> 00:21:11.093
  • You know, they're here, they're with you, pastor.
  • 00:21:11.093 --> 00:21:14.196
  • "we'll stay here, pastor.
  • 00:21:14.196 --> 00:21:15.831
  • We're with you all the way, unless we hear a song in the
  • 00:21:15.831 --> 00:21:20.635
  • Worship service we don't like or you preach a sermon we don't
  • 00:21:20.635 --> 00:21:24.806
  • Like or a decision is made that we don't agree with or there's a
  • 00:21:24.806 --> 00:21:28.477
  • Better show down the street.
  • 00:21:28.477 --> 00:21:30.045
  • In that case, we're out of here."
  • 00:21:30.045 --> 00:21:32.881
  • Do you know people like that?
  • 00:21:32.881 --> 00:21:34.549
  • They're in churches everywhere.
  • 00:21:34.549 --> 00:21:37.786
  • Contrast that to what paul says should be our devotion to one
  • 00:21:37.786 --> 00:21:41.189
  • Another in romans 12:10.
  • 00:21:41.189 --> 00:21:42.791
  • He said, "be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give
  • 00:21:42.791 --> 00:21:47.362
  • Preference to one another in honor."
  • 00:21:47.362 --> 00:21:50.565
  • That word "devoted" is a word that refers to the natural
  • 00:21:50.565 --> 00:21:54.102
  • Affection that occurs between brothers and sisters based on
  • 00:21:54.102 --> 00:21:57.272
  • The fact that they are from the same womb.
  • 00:21:57.272 --> 00:22:00.041
  • That's what the word brotherly means.
  • 00:22:00.041 --> 00:22:02.577
  • Literally in greek, it means to be from the same womb.
  • 00:22:02.577 --> 00:22:06.748
  • The reason we as a church family are to have a rock-solid
  • 00:22:06.748 --> 00:22:10.285
  • Commitment to one another and this body is because we are from
  • 00:22:10.285 --> 00:22:14.122
  • The same womb, the womb of jesus christ.
  • 00:22:14.122 --> 00:22:18.326
  • Because of that, we not only are devoted to one another, we give
  • 00:22:18.326 --> 00:22:21.997
  • Preference to one another.
  • 00:22:21.997 --> 00:22:23.899
  • Far too many churches are kind of like that mother pig that has
  • 00:22:23.899 --> 00:22:28.136
  • All the piglets around it screaming and squealing and
  • 00:22:28.136 --> 00:22:31.072
  • Pushing one another away to get at the milk, and they don't care
  • 00:22:31.072 --> 00:22:34.976
  • About anybody's needs except their own.
  • 00:22:34.976 --> 00:22:37.813
  • Many churches resemble that.
  • 00:22:37.813 --> 00:22:39.481
  • Everybody concerned about himself, not thinking about the
  • 00:22:39.481 --> 00:22:42.284
  • Other person and what the other person needs.
  • 00:22:42.284 --> 00:22:44.719
  • You see, ladies and gentlemen, when you are born physically,
  • 00:22:44.719 --> 00:22:47.389
  • God puts you into a family.
  • 00:22:47.389 --> 00:22:50.392
  • You need a family for nurturing, but you also need a family to
  • 00:22:50.392 --> 00:22:53.495
  • Learn the character lessons that are important for life.
  • 00:22:53.495 --> 00:22:57.566
  • And the same way when you are born again, god places you in a
  • 00:22:57.566 --> 00:23:00.702
  • Spiritual family, a church.
  • 00:23:00.702 --> 00:23:03.071
  • A lot of christians out there are orphans.
  • 00:23:03.071 --> 00:23:04.539
  • They don't have a family, but god wants you to be in a
  • 00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:07.442
  • Spiritual family, a church, and the reason god places you in a
  • 00:23:07.442 --> 00:23:11.012
  • Church like first baptist dallas is not only so you can receive
  • 00:23:11.012 --> 00:23:14.716
  • The nurturing that you need, but so that you can learn what it
  • 00:23:14.716 --> 00:23:18.420
  • Truly means to put the needs of other people above your own.
  • 00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:22.824
  • Abraham understood that concern, and because of that, he was
  • 00:23:22.824 --> 00:23:26.661
  • Willing to surrender his rights.
  • 00:23:26.661 --> 00:23:28.029
  • He had a greater purpose, but his greater purpose extended
  • 00:23:28.029 --> 00:23:31.032
  • Beyond the care of his own family.
  • 00:23:31.032 --> 00:23:32.968
  • He was concerned about the reputation of god.
  • 00:23:32.968 --> 00:23:35.537
  • You see, he realized that if there were strife between him
  • 00:23:35.537 --> 00:23:38.473
  • And lot, and they divided and the canaanites destroyed their
  • 00:23:38.473 --> 00:23:41.910
  • Family, not only was their family going to be hurt, but the
  • 00:23:41.910 --> 00:23:45.013
  • Reputation of god would be ruined.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Jeffress: and we will continue that thought next time on
  • 00:23:52.654 --> 00:23:55.290
  • "pathway to victory."
  • 00:23:55.290 --> 00:23:56.791
  • We're learning how to become a special k christian in a krispy
  • 00:23:56.791 --> 00:24:01.129
  • Kreme world.
  • 00:24:01.129 --> 00:24:02.631
  • In closing, let me remind you that when you invest in the
  • 00:24:02.631 --> 00:24:05.834
  • Ministry of "pathway to victory" by giving a generous gift,
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  • You're not only ensuring that this program remains on
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  • Millions of people across our country and around the world are
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  • Radio, the internet, and any other means available.
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  • So, thank you for your continued support, as together, we pierce
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  • The darkness with the light of god's word.
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  • Now stay right there.
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  • I'll be back with more "pathway to victory" in just a moment.
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  • Announcer: the bible promises that when we put our faith in
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  • Jesus christ, our lives will be changed from the inside out.
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  • And yet many christians feel discouraged and defeated in
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  • Their daily walk.
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  • Jeffress: if you're longing for something more in your
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  • Relationship with god, you're not alone.
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  • At one time, i felt dissatisfied and powerless to change it, but
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  • By god's grace, i discovered how to deploy the power of the holy
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  • Spirit in my life.
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  • And today, i wanna help you discover that as well, in my
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  • Best-selling book, "i want more!"
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  • Announcer: the book "i want more!"
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  • Was written to help you build spiritual strength as you pursue
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  • A fresh way to unleash god's supernatural power in every area
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  • Of your life.
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  • You're invited to request a copy of "i want more!"
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  • When you give a generous gift to support the ministry of pathway
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  • To victory or when you become a pathway partner.
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  • Jeffress: god has granted to you everything you need to lead a
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  • Fulfilling existence while here on earth.
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  • Everything he has given you is all wrapped up in the holy
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  • Spirit of god.
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  • Announcer: your generous giving will help us encourage and equip
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  • Viewers like you with biblical truth and hope.
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  • Thank you so much for your support as we continue to impact
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  • You, your family, and our nation with the transforming truth of
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  • God's word.
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  • Jeffress: perhaps as you listen to today's message, you begin to
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  • Realize that you've been living your spiritual life a little bit
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  • Like one of those krispy kreme christians.
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  • You're longing for something more in your relationship with
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  • God, but when the music fades and the lights go out on
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  • Sundays, you just don't feel completely satisfied.
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  • Well, i hope you'll make plans to join us again next time when
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  • We look at the final two ingredients of a special
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  • K christian.
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  • Stay tuned for a preview of what's coming up next on
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  • "pathway to victory."
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  • Jeffress: for a krispy kreme christian, it's all about
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  • This life.
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  • It's all about this life, what i can get now, what i can
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  • Experience now.
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  • It's all about this life.
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  • But for a special k christian, the focus of their life is using
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  • This life to prepare for the next life.
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  • Male announcer: set your dvr and join us next time for part two
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  • Of the message "becoming a special k christian in a krispy
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  • Kreme world" here on
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  • "pathway to victory."
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