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Greg Laurie - God Keeps His Promises

January 16, 2026 | 27:29

Greg Laurie - God Keeps His Promises
Join Pastor Greg Laurie for a time of encouragement, worship, and Bible study.
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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - God Keeps His Promises | January 16, 2026
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  • Greg laurie: remember god never forgets about you.
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  • Even if things are hard for you right now circumstantially.
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  • Maybe you feel as though you've not heard from the lord, just
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  • Hang in there and hold on and don't forget about him.
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  • ♪ this is the day, ♪
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  • ♪ the day when life begins. ♪
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  • ♪ this is the day, ♪
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  • ♪ the day when life begins. ♪♪
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  • Greg: so we've all had promises made to us.
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  • Maybe some were broken.
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  • Maybe we made a promise to someone else that we broke.
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  • But the good news is, is when god makes a promise to us, he's
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  • Good for it.
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  • You can take it to the bank.
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  • He always keeps his promises.
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  • And in fact, every time you see a rainbow, it's a reminder that
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  • God keeps his promises because the rainbow is a symbol of this
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  • Covenant that he made with humanity after noah and his
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  • Family got out of the ark and landed safely.
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  • Now the lord was promising something very special to them,
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  • And god keeps his promises to us.
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  • Someone said that there are at least 3000 promises from god to
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  • Us in the bible.
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  • Well, what are they? here's just a few.
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  • God promises to forgive you of all of your sins.
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  • 1 john 1:9 says if we will confess our sin, he's faithful
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  • And just to forgive us our sin and cleanse us from
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  • All unrighteousness.
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  • God also promises to give us peace in our hearts when we're
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  • Tempted to worry because we're told in philippians 4:6: "don't
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  • Worry about anything.
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  • Pray about everything, and the peace of god that passes all
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  • Understanding will guard your heart and mind in christ jesus."
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  • Jesus promises that he will come again to our world.
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  • That's right.
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  • Jesus said in john 14:3: "i will come again," and he means what
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  • He says, and he says what he means.
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  • So we talked here a little bit about noah last time, how evil
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  • Things were and how noah managed to walk with god when no one
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  • Else did.
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  • But what does it mean to walk with god?
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  • It's really quite simple.
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  • If you take a walk with someone, the idea is to get in cadence
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  • With each other, so you can have a conversation, and there's
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  • Actually a verse in the book of amos that gives an insight.
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  • It says: "shall two walk together unless they
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  • Have agreed?"
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  • "unless they have agreed."
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  • So to walk with god is to be in agreement with him.
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  • In fact, this can be translated: "can two walk together unless
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  • They've made an appointment?"
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  • So you have an appointment with god, and i suggest you keep it.
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  • You remember that adam had an appointment with god or he would
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  • Meet with the lord in the cool of the day and one day, the lord
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  • Showed up in the garden of eden, and adam was hiding.
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  • Why?
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  • Because he had sinned against the lord.
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  • And god wants you to keep your appointment.
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  • You know, some people are always late for everything.
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  • Are you one of those people?
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  • Who are the late people? raise your hand.
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  • See, wow, you're raising your hand.
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  • You're owning that. you're the late people.
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  • Always late, always 15 minutes late, right?
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  • Why is that?
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  • You don't want to be late for your appointment with god.
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  • How many of you are punctual and always on time?
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  • Raise your hand. oh, a few more of those people.
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  • Okay, now, let me ask another question.
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  • How many of you who are punctual are married to a late person?
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  • Raise your hand. interesting.
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  • Welcome to my world.
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  • I won't say who's who, but you might be able to figure it out.
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  • But anyway, and speaking of marriage, the word "unless they
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  • Have agreed" also speaks of a betrothal.
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  • Can two walk together unless they've been joined as if
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  • In marriage?
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  • And the picture of us being married to christ is used many
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  • Times in scripture.
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  • He's the groom, we're the bride, right?
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  • And my wife and i, you know, being married so many years, i
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  • Know what she's gonna do and she often knows the same about me.
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  • I'll forget something.
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  • She'll remember it.
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  • She remember--see, and we have--between us, we have one
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  • Complete brain, right?
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  • But here's the idea.
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  • I'm getting in sync with god.
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  • I know what god thinks about this.
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  • How do i know what god thinks about it?
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  • Because i read the bible and the bible reveals god to me.
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  • Number two, noah was a witness for god.
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  • He was a witness for god.
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  • In 2 peter, he's described as a preacher of righteousness.
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  • You know, though, he didn't have a lot of converts.
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  • In fact, he didn't have any.
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  • He lived 950 years and effectively, outside of his
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  • Family, did not have a single convert.
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  • But he stands as an example to all of those faithful seed
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  • Sowers out there.
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  • You know, it's not my job to convert anybody.
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  • It is my job to faithfully communicate the gospel.
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  • So maybe you've shared the gospel with many people and no
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  • One has ever responded.
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  • Maybe you might wanna think of breath mints, i'm not sure.
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  • Stop eating raw garlic before you engage people.
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  • There might be some extenuating circumstances here we could look
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  • At, but apart from that, your job is to deliver the message
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  • And leave the results in the hands of god.
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  • Well, noah did that, but he did reach his family because hebrews
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  • 11:7 says: "by faith, noah, being divinely warned of things
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  • Not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the
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  • Saving of his household."
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  • Number three, noah worked for god.
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  • He worked for god.
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  • So the lord gave him a pretty interesting job.
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  • He said, "i want you to effectively build a giant boat."
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  • Now, there was no body of water nearby.
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  • It had never rained before.
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  • And noah's building a giant boat, effectively like a big box
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  • That was unsinkable.
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  • In one of the greatest practical acts of faith in all of history,
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  • Noah cut down that first gopher wood tree to build this ark.
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  • You know, the bible doesn't tell us he was a carpenter.
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  • He certainly wasn't a shipbuilder, but god called an
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  • Unqualified man to do something.
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  • God does not call the qualified.
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  • He qualifies the call.
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  • Consider this fact: the ark was built by amateurs, but the
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  • Titanic was built by professionals, okay?
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  • Sometimes it works out just fine.
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  • Now, when we think of the ark, we think this is impossible to
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  • Get all of those animals inside of that ark.
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  • Well, it's not impossible at all, and they didn't have to get
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  • Every animal in there.
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  • They were only to carry air-breathing, land-dwelling
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  • Animals and creeping things and winged animals like birds.
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  • Aquatic life like fish and whales and other amphibious
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  • Creatures obviously could be in the ocean around.
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  • They didn't have to have every breed of dog, for instance, out
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  • Today; they just had to have the original two dogs before we
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  • Started coming up with all of these weird oodles, someone
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  • Decided a poodle should be bred with every other breed of dog.
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  • We have labradoodles and all kinds of other variations,
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  • Jackapoodles, spoodles.
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  • I looked this up.
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  • There's even a german whoodle which is a german wire hair
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  • Standard poodle.
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  • Look, how many of you own a labradoodle?
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  • Raise your hand up.
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  • Okay, let me just insult your dog for a moment, if you
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  • Don't mind.
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  • This is my opinion.
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  • I've thought of getting one.
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  • They're very cute and they're hyper-allergenic, right?
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  • Okay, we know that.
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  • So they don't shed. okay, it's nice.
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  • But everyone i know that has one of these dogs, these dogs all
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  • Seem to be collectively stupid.
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  • And i've tried to figure it out.
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  • They run around like they're insane.
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  • Like, what is wrong with this dog?
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  • Other dogs will sit quietly, you can pet them, they'll--the
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  • Labradoodles are...
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  • You know, just, i don't know what it is.
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  • And so i googled it: why are labradoodles so stupid?
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  • And said something interesting happens 'cause labs are not
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  • Stupid and poodles are not stupid.
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  • But when you get the oodles goin', something happens.
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  • But i also read that it's because they're very hyperactive
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  • And they need to be--attention given to them.
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  • Okay, whatever.
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  • But i shouldn't have said any of these things.
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  • I know i've offended someone, i'm sorry.
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  • I feel i've gone after the cat people long enough.
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  • Now it's time to just offend everybody out there i could
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  • Possibly offend.
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  • Greg: have you ever had a promise made to you that was
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  • Broken, or maybe you made a promise to someone else that
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  • You broke?
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  • Well, i've got good news for you.
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  • When god makes a promise, you can take it to the bank.
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  • Every time you see a rainbow, it's a reminder that god keeps
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  • His promises because the rainbow was given as a symbol of a
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  • Covenant he made with mankind to never judge us again by water.
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  • And the bible is filled with promises to believers.
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  • Someone said that there's at least 3000 specific promises
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  • Given to christians in the bible.
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  • Here's a few of them.
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  • God promises that he will forgive you of your sins.
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  • 1 john 1:9 says if we will confess our sin, he's faithful
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  • And just to forgive us our sin and cleanse us from
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  • All unrighteousness.
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  • Now, that's an amazing promise.
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  • The bible tells us that god will completely change us
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  • Because we're told in 2 corinthians: "if any man be in
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  • Christ, he is an altogether different kind of person.
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  • The old things have passed away and, behold, everything becomes
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  • Fresh and new."
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  • God has promised to provide our needs.
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  • Jesus said, "don't be like the nonbelievers.
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  • All they worry about is what they're gonna eat, what they're
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  • Gonna drink, what they're gonna wear."
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  • He said, "but seek first the kingdom of god and all these
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  • Things shall be added unto you."
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  • Let me add one more.
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  • Jesus promised he will come again.
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  • Jesus said, "i will come again."
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  • He could come at any moment.
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  • So we wanna always be watching and we wanna always be ready.
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  • But just remember this: god keeps his promises.
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  • Greg: let's think for a few moments about the spiritual life
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  • Of noah.
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  • I mean, this man, you know, really without any support to
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  • Speak of, followed the will of god and he sat in this boat for
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  • All of this time and he waited on the lord, and then when they
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  • Finally reached dry land, bringing me to point number
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  • Four, he remembered god.
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  • And i'm really impressed by genesis 8:20 that says: "noah
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  • Built an altar to the lord."
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  • I mean, hey, if you'd been cooped up in a boat for that
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  • Long, wouldn't you wanna just run around for a while?
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  • Noah said, "no, i'm gonna bring a sacrifice to god.
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  • I'm gonna remember that god did all of this for us."
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  • And i think it's so important to remember the lord.
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  • There's so many ways that we can do it.
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  • You know, one way is just to say grace over a meal.
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  • I like that, don't you?
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  • I love when i see a family just bow for a moment of prayer and
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  • Ask god to bless our food.
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  • By the way, if you're asked to say grace, don't go too long.
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  • Just, you know, it's just, "thank you, lord.
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  • You provided this food."
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  • Don't wait for the food to get cold.
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  • Just don't be that person.
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  • You probably have a labradoodle too, i don't know.
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  • It's probably in the restaurant with you, right, 'cause it's
  • 00:12:17.235 --> 00:12:22.273
  • Your emotional support dog, right?
  • 00:12:22.273 --> 00:12:27.912
  • But giving thanks, that's a simple way.
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  • When you take a portion of your income, the tithe and offering,
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  • And say, "we're gonna give faithfully to the lord," that's
  • 00:12:33.518 --> 00:12:36.221
  • A way to remember the lord.
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  • When you get up in the morning and you start the day with
  • 00:12:38.123 --> 00:12:40.959
  • Scripture and prayer, that's a way to remember the lord.
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  • When you set sunday aside and say, "this is the lord's day.
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  • There might be things we can do, but we're gonna go worship the
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  • Lord in church."
  • 00:12:50.435 --> 00:12:51.770
  • Okay, so this is great.
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  • Everything's going great in the story.
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  • I love it.
  • 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:55.974
  • It's almost like a fairy tale.
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  • You know, the ark is on dry land, and now god puts a rainbow
  • 00:12:57.509 --> 00:13:01.946
  • In the sky and he makes a covenant with all of mankind.
  • 00:13:01.946 --> 00:13:05.917
  • And if it's a movie you can see the credits are starting to
  • 00:13:05.917 --> 00:13:08.753
  • Roll, the camera's pulling back.
  • 00:13:08.753 --> 00:13:11.055
  • There's the ark in the background.
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  • There's the rainbow, there's noah, a tear slowly falling down
  • 00:13:12.524 --> 00:13:16.127
  • His face.
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  • The music is swelling.
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  • The animals are all standing around.
  • 00:13:18.830 --> 00:13:20.532
  • It's awesome.
  • 00:13:20.532 --> 00:13:21.866
  • But it's not a fairy tale.
  • 00:13:21.866 --> 00:13:23.501
  • It's a bible story, and bible stories are true and they're
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  • Historical, and now we read of some things that noah did that
  • 00:13:28.173 --> 00:13:32.877
  • Kind of shock us.
  • 00:13:32.877 --> 00:13:34.546
  • But actually they shouldn't shock us at all.
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  • We see noah messing up big time in genesis chapter 9.
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  • Let's read about it.
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  • Verse 20: "after the flood, noah began to cultivate the ground,
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  • And he planted a vineyard.
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  • One day he drank some wine that he had made, and he became drunk
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  • And lay naked inside his tent.
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  • Ham, the father of canaan, saw that his father was naked and
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  • Went outside and told his brothers.
  • 00:13:59.037 --> 00:14:01.372
  • Then shem and japheth took a robe, and held it over their
  • 00:14:01.372 --> 00:14:04.542
  • Shoulders, and backed into the tent to cover their father.
  • 00:14:04.542 --> 00:14:08.246
  • As they did this, they looked the other way so they would not
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  • See him naked.
  • 00:14:11.216 --> 00:14:12.550
  • When noah woke up from his stupor, he learned what ham,
  • 00:14:12.550 --> 00:14:16.054
  • The youngest son, had done.
  • 00:14:16.054 --> 00:14:17.388
  • Then he cursed canaan, the son of ham: 'may canaan be cursed!
  • 00:14:17.388 --> 00:14:21.359
  • May he be the lowest of servants to his relatives.'
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  • Then noah said, 'may the lord god of shem be blessed, and may
  • 00:14:24.229 --> 00:14:27.732
  • Canaan be his servant!
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  • May god expand the territory of japheth!
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  • And now japheth--may japheth share the prosperity of shem and
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  • May canaan be his servant.'
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  • Noah lived another 350 years after the great flood.
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  • He lived 950 years and then he died," wow.
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  • Okay, what?
  • 00:14:45.617 --> 00:14:47.318
  • Why did this happen?
  • 00:14:47.318 --> 00:14:49.254
  • Because the bible's an honest book.
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  • And if one of our heroes messes up, we're gonna read about it
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  • And we're gonna learn from it.
  • 00:14:54.859 --> 00:14:56.194
  • Just like we learned from their positive example, we'll learn
  • 00:14:56.194 --> 00:14:59.097
  • From their negative example of things to not do.
  • 00:14:59.097 --> 00:15:04.102
  • First point i would bring up, the fall
  • 00:15:04.102 --> 00:15:07.038
  • Of noah shows that anyone can fall into sin.
  • 00:15:07.038 --> 00:15:10.942
  • Anyone can fall into sin.
  • 00:15:10.942 --> 00:15:13.177
  • No one is above or beyond temptation.
  • 00:15:13.177 --> 00:15:16.714
  • It's ironic because when noah is introduced to us in genesis 6:9,
  • 00:15:16.714 --> 00:15:21.219
  • It says, "he was a righteous man, blameless among the people
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  • Of his time, and he walked with god."
  • 00:15:25.056 --> 00:15:26.858
  • Then of course, we're told he was a "preacher
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  • Of righteousness."
  • 00:15:29.794 --> 00:15:32.130
  • There are few characters in the bible with credentials
  • 00:15:32.130 --> 00:15:35.333
  • Like this.
  • 00:15:35.333 --> 00:15:36.701
  • He's a genuine hero of the faith, slipping.
  • 00:15:36.701 --> 00:15:40.505
  • But let me say something that might surprise you, but i want
  • 00:15:40.505 --> 00:15:42.941
  • You to think about this.
  • 00:15:42.941 --> 00:15:44.676
  • You might be surprised to know that sometimes those who have
  • 00:15:44.676 --> 00:15:47.946
  • Known the lord longer can be more vulnerable to slipping than
  • 00:15:47.946 --> 00:15:53.217
  • The person who is younger in the faith.
  • 00:15:53.217 --> 00:15:56.020
  • Take a small child.
  • 00:15:56.020 --> 00:15:57.755
  • A small child knows they need their parent.
  • 00:15:57.755 --> 00:16:00.658
  • They call out to their mommy or their daddy for everything.
  • 00:16:00.658 --> 00:16:04.228
  • They can't even feed themselves yet.
  • 00:16:04.228 --> 00:16:06.164
  • They're dependent upon their parent.
  • 00:16:06.164 --> 00:16:08.066
  • But as they get older, they become more independent.
  • 00:16:08.066 --> 00:16:11.502
  • When they become teenagers, they don't even wanna see you
  • 00:16:11.502 --> 00:16:14.138
  • Anymore, right?
  • 00:16:14.138 --> 00:16:15.740
  • But that's the whole point, isn't it?
  • 00:16:15.740 --> 00:16:17.208
  • We're raising them to stand on their own two feet and think
  • 00:16:17.208 --> 00:16:19.844
  • For themself.
  • 00:16:19.844 --> 00:16:21.179
  • And as we grow in our faith, initially, we're so dependent
  • 00:16:21.179 --> 00:16:25.383
  • On god.
  • 00:16:25.383 --> 00:16:26.751
  • But after a few years have gone by, now a decade has passed, now
  • 00:16:26.751 --> 00:16:30.455
  • Two decades, now three decades.
  • 00:16:30.455 --> 00:16:32.223
  • You've acquired a little bit of bible knowledge, haven't you?
  • 00:16:32.223 --> 00:16:35.259
  • You've worn out a few bibles.
  • 00:16:35.259 --> 00:16:37.428
  • You know a few things.
  • 00:16:37.428 --> 00:16:39.097
  • In fact, you think you probably know more than you
  • 00:16:39.097 --> 00:16:41.933
  • Actually know.
  • 00:16:41.933 --> 00:16:43.501
  • Now you're a sermon connoisseur.
  • 00:16:43.501 --> 00:16:46.871
  • You know, "i like this one guy's messaging, but i don't like the
  • 00:16:46.871 --> 00:16:50.441
  • Other and i disagree with him."
  • 00:16:50.441 --> 00:16:51.909
  • So you're an expert on everything, and here's the
  • 00:16:51.909 --> 00:16:55.313
  • Problem: you start lowering your guard a little bit and you
  • 00:16:55.313 --> 00:16:58.483
  • Think, "i know all these things and i've grown so much."
  • 00:16:58.483 --> 00:17:01.753
  • Okay, that's great.
  • 00:17:01.753 --> 00:17:03.087
  • But wait, be on guard, because you might find yourself falling
  • 00:17:03.087 --> 00:17:07.792
  • Into some kind of sin.
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  • Consider this: noah's not the only one who messed up later
  • 00:17:10.762 --> 00:17:15.299
  • In life.
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  • Moses did too.
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  • Here's moses, the great lawgiver.
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  • Moses who delivered the israelites under bondage of
  • 00:17:20.972 --> 00:17:23.975
  • Pharaoh and went through the wilderness with them.
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  • He comes to the very brink of the promised land and he's
  • 00:17:26.878 --> 00:17:29.881
  • Unable to enter in because he sinned against god, and the lord
  • 00:17:29.881 --> 00:17:34.018
  • Did not let him enter in to the land.
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  • David too, the great king of israel, sinned later in life.
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  • When he should have been leading his troops into battle, he
  • 00:17:40.925 --> 00:17:43.861
  • Was idle.
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  • He's in his 50s, he's kicking back, and he's thinking
  • 00:17:45.196 --> 00:17:48.466
  • He's above it all and he falls into sin.
  • 00:17:48.466 --> 00:17:51.102
  • And david's own son solomon also fell into gross sin in his
  • 00:17:51.102 --> 00:17:56.474
  • Later years.
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  • Solomon was blessed with supernatural wisdom that was so
  • 00:17:57.909 --> 00:18:01.179
  • Great, people came from around the world to sit at his feet
  • 00:18:01.179 --> 00:18:04.749
  • And learn.
  • 00:18:04.749 --> 00:18:06.117
  • But then solomon went on a sinful binge, sampling
  • 00:18:06.117 --> 00:18:09.821
  • Everything this world has to offer.
  • 00:18:09.821 --> 00:18:13.124
  • So think of these great men of god who messed up later in life.
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  • You see, noah had done the big work already.
  • 00:18:19.330 --> 00:18:22.400
  • You know, he's built the ark, he's landed the ark.
  • 00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:25.169
  • He's accomplished the purpose.
  • 00:18:25.169 --> 00:18:27.271
  • Now he's thinking, "i don't know, i've worked awfully hard.
  • 00:18:27.271 --> 00:18:29.540
  • I think i'll just plant a vineyard and enjoy the fruit of
  • 00:18:29.540 --> 00:18:31.809
  • My labor."
  • 00:18:31.809 --> 00:18:33.144
  • And you know what happens here in this story.
  • 00:18:33.144 --> 00:18:36.380
  • And this also brings up the destructive power of alcohol.
  • 00:18:36.380 --> 00:18:41.018
  • Look at verse 21: "he became drunk and lay naked."
  • 00:18:41.018 --> 00:18:46.290
  • Do i have to tell you it's a sin to get drunk?
  • 00:18:46.290 --> 00:18:49.560
  • This comes as a revelation to some people.
  • 00:18:49.560 --> 00:18:52.497
  • The bible tells us to not be drunk with wine.
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  • And i know about the destructive power of alcohol.
  • 00:18:56.200 --> 00:19:00.304
  • The first 17 years of my life, i lived in an alcoholic home.
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  • My mom didn't just drink.
  • 00:19:04.075 --> 00:19:06.310
  • She was a raging alcoholic, screaming and yelling every
  • 00:19:06.310 --> 00:19:10.681
  • Night, throwing things, passing out, sometimes not coming
  • 00:19:10.681 --> 00:19:15.286
  • Home at all.
  • 00:19:15.286 --> 00:19:16.621
  • And my mother, who was a beautiful woman, at the age of
  • 00:19:16.621 --> 00:19:21.259
  • 70 looked like she was 90 or beyond because the effects of
  • 00:19:21.259 --> 00:19:26.197
  • Her drinking had taken its toll on her, including a head-on
  • 00:19:26.197 --> 00:19:30.334
  • Collision that she had while driving drunk one night.
  • 00:19:30.334 --> 00:19:33.671
  • It was so sad what drinking did to her life.
  • 00:19:33.671 --> 00:19:37.074
  • And i saw the ruined relationships and
  • 00:19:37.074 --> 00:19:39.877
  • All the rest of it.
  • 00:19:39.877 --> 00:19:41.212
  • And i've seen to this day how alcohol destroys people, and
  • 00:19:41.212 --> 00:19:46.083
  • Even christians, and sometimes even people in leadership.
  • 00:19:46.083 --> 00:19:50.388
  • So this is something we need to be so careful of.
  • 00:19:50.388 --> 00:19:53.424
  • Think of how many lives have been destroyed through it.
  • 00:19:53.424 --> 00:19:55.493
  • I love how quiet it gets when i address this subject.
  • 00:19:55.493 --> 00:19:59.964
  • It's almost as bad as when i was talking about labradoodles, and
  • 00:19:59.964 --> 00:20:03.734
  • Don't get me started on drunk labradoodles.
  • 00:20:03.734 --> 00:20:05.903
  • That's a whole 'nother topic.
  • 00:20:05.903 --> 00:20:09.173
  • But noah's life stands as a warning to every person who
  • 00:20:09.173 --> 00:20:13.678
  • Follows jesus because nothing is recorded about him after
  • 00:20:13.678 --> 00:20:19.517
  • His fall.
  • 00:20:19.517 --> 00:20:20.885
  • It's like the next 300 years of his life are a blank.
  • 00:20:20.885 --> 00:20:23.821
  • You don't want that to happen.
  • 00:20:23.821 --> 00:20:25.423
  • It's good to run a race well, but it's also very important to
  • 00:20:25.423 --> 00:20:30.027
  • Finish a race.
  • 00:20:30.027 --> 00:20:32.096
  • If you're holding the first place position in a race of ten
  • 00:20:32.096 --> 00:20:35.967
  • Laps for the first nine laps, and you collapse and fall in the
  • 00:20:35.967 --> 00:20:39.403
  • Tenth lap, it's all for nothing.
  • 00:20:39.403 --> 00:20:41.772
  • And so here is a man at the end of his life messing up.
  • 00:20:41.772 --> 00:20:44.775
  • Thank god there's still restoration even when we fail.
  • 00:20:44.775 --> 00:20:48.479
  • But we want to be so careful 'cause look at what his son
  • 00:20:48.479 --> 00:20:51.816
  • Ham does.
  • 00:20:51.816 --> 00:20:53.184
  • He sees his father in this compromised state.
  • 00:20:53.184 --> 00:20:55.353
  • And by the way, the bible suggests he deliberately put
  • 00:20:55.353 --> 00:20:58.990
  • Himself in that state, not just that he was drunk, but scholars
  • 00:20:58.990 --> 00:21:03.261
  • Tell us the hebrew word for uncovered indicates a deliberate
  • 00:21:03.261 --> 00:21:07.365
  • Act, not a mere unconscious effort of drunkenness.
  • 00:21:07.365 --> 00:21:10.167
  • So he was intentionally living in a bad way here and he should
  • 00:21:10.167 --> 00:21:15.740
  • Have never done this.
  • 00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:17.074
  • But okay, he had done it, all right?
  • 00:21:17.074 --> 00:21:18.576
  • So his son ham sees him and thinks, "oh, this--i'm gonna
  • 00:21:18.576 --> 00:21:21.512
  • Tell everyone how badly my father messed up."
  • 00:21:21.512 --> 00:21:25.116
  • And what a shame that was.
  • 00:21:25.116 --> 00:21:26.450
  • The other brothers did not react that way.
  • 00:21:26.450 --> 00:21:28.819
  • What do we do when we see someone who is godly falling
  • 00:21:28.819 --> 00:21:31.989
  • Into sin?
  • 00:21:31.989 --> 00:21:33.357
  • Should we take a perverse delight in it?
  • 00:21:33.357 --> 00:21:36.227
  • Should we make sure we tell as many people as possible
  • 00:21:36.227 --> 00:21:38.829
  • About it?
  • 00:21:38.829 --> 00:21:40.164
  • By the way some people behave, you would think the bible says,
  • 00:21:40.164 --> 00:21:42.867
  • "if a brother or a sister is overtaken in sin, you who are
  • 00:21:42.867 --> 00:21:46.404
  • Spiritual should kick 'em when they're down and tell as many
  • 00:21:46.404 --> 00:21:49.674
  • People as possible."
  • 00:21:49.674 --> 00:21:51.642
  • Well, that's not what the bible says.
  • 00:21:51.642 --> 00:21:53.110
  • It says the opposite.
  • 00:21:53.110 --> 00:21:54.812
  • "if a brother or a sister is overtaken in sin," we're told in
  • 00:21:54.812 --> 00:21:59.183
  • Scripture, "you who are spiritual should seek to restore
  • 00:21:59.183 --> 00:22:03.621
  • Them in a spirit of weakness, consider--considering yourself
  • 00:22:03.621 --> 00:22:07.758
  • Lest you also be tempted."
  • 00:22:07.758 --> 00:22:10.127
  • In other words, be humble about this 'cause it could be you.
  • 00:22:10.127 --> 00:22:14.565
  • That could have happened to you.
  • 00:22:14.565 --> 00:22:17.068
  • And our objective is never to destroy.
  • 00:22:17.068 --> 00:22:19.603
  • Our objective is always to restore.
  • 00:22:19.603 --> 00:22:22.707
  • I know it's hard, 'cause when you confront someone who's in
  • 00:22:22.707 --> 00:22:26.744
  • Sin, well, let's go back to drinking again, since you love
  • 00:22:26.744 --> 00:22:29.480
  • That subject so much.
  • 00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:31.882
  • And so, they're drinking and you're seeing it's ruining
  • 00:22:31.882 --> 00:22:34.952
  • Their life.
  • 00:22:34.952 --> 00:22:36.287
  • You're seeing them making horrible decisions.
  • 00:22:36.287 --> 00:22:37.655
  • "man, you gotta stop doing that. what are you doing?
  • 00:22:37.655 --> 00:22:39.156
  • Why are you living that way?"
  • 00:22:39.156 --> 00:22:40.491
  • "hey, man, don't judge my journey," they say.
  • 00:22:40.491 --> 00:22:43.027
  • Or they say something more like, "[slurred] hey, man,
  • 00:22:43.027 --> 00:22:44.462
  • Don't judge my journey."
  • 00:22:44.462 --> 00:22:45.796
  • "okay, no.
  • 00:22:45.796 --> 00:22:49.667
  • Yeah, i'll tell you what.
  • 00:22:49.667 --> 00:22:51.369
  • You gotta change your course.
  • 00:22:51.369 --> 00:22:53.704
  • I love you.
  • 00:22:53.704 --> 00:22:55.039
  • I'm saying this because i care about you."
  • 00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:56.974
  • See, that--my objective is to help them, to get them back on
  • 00:22:56.974 --> 00:23:00.211
  • Their feet again because i'm told in james 5:19: "if anyone
  • 00:23:00.211 --> 00:23:05.249
  • Should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
  • 00:23:05.249 --> 00:23:08.252
  • Remember this.
  • 00:23:08.252 --> 00:23:09.587
  • Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his
  • 00:23:09.587 --> 00:23:12.923
  • Soul from death and cover a multitude of sins."
  • 00:23:12.923 --> 00:23:16.494
  • All right, let's wrap this up and review what we've
  • 00:23:16.494 --> 00:23:19.363
  • Seen together.
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  • If you're taking notes, number one, god keeps his promises.
  • 00:23:20.731 --> 00:23:24.902
  • No matter what you're going through right now, god's gonna
  • 00:23:24.902 --> 00:23:27.037
  • Be faithful to you.
  • 00:23:27.037 --> 00:23:29.607
  • I love that story when jesus said to his disciples, "let's
  • 00:23:29.607 --> 00:23:34.111
  • Cross over to the other side of the sea of galilee."
  • 00:23:34.111 --> 00:23:38.382
  • Then they hit a horrible storm.
  • 00:23:38.382 --> 00:23:40.551
  • They despaired of life, but they made it to the other side.
  • 00:23:40.551 --> 00:23:44.555
  • He didn't say, "let's go to the middle of the sea of galilee and
  • 00:23:44.555 --> 00:23:47.425
  • All drown in a big storm."
  • 00:23:47.425 --> 00:23:49.193
  • Had he said that, i would have never boarded that boat.
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  • He said, "let's get over to the other side."
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  • He doesn't promise smooth sailing, but he does promise a
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  • Safe arrival.
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  • And the same is true for us.
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  • You're gonna get to the other side.
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  • You're going to make it.
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  • God who has begun a work will complete it unto the day of
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  • Jesus christ.
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  • It may not be smooth sailing but you will ultimately have a
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  • Safe arrival.
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  • Remember, god never forgets about you.
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  • Even if things are hard for you right now circumstantially,
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  • Maybe you feel as though you've not heard from the lord.
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  • Just hang in there and hold on and don't forget about him.
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  • Thirdly, you should never lower your guard or rest on your
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  • Laurels spiritually.
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  • Don't think you're above it all.
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  • Don't think you could not fall into sin because you could, i
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  • Could, any of us could.
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  • Number four, if someone has fallen into sin, our goal should
  • 00:24:44.315 --> 00:24:47.384
  • Always be to restore them, not destroy them.
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  • But help them get back on their feet again.
  • 00:24:51.021 --> 00:24:53.991
  • So noah was effectively a last days believer.
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  • He was waiting for the judgment of god to come through a flood.
  • 00:24:59.296 --> 00:25:03.300
  • We too are last days believers.
  • 00:25:03.300 --> 00:25:06.237
  • Jesus said, "as it was in the days of noah, so also will it be
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  • When the son of man comes back again."
  • 00:25:10.207 --> 00:25:13.310
  • And what did he tell us after that?
  • 00:25:13.310 --> 00:25:15.179
  • He said, "so two men will be working in the field, one will
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  • Be taken, the other left.
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  • Two will be in a bed, one will be taken and the other left."
  • 00:25:19.850 --> 00:25:22.586
  • Then he concludes: "so stay awake."
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  • Greg: hi, my name is greg laurie.
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  • I started searching for god at a very young age, and my search
  • 00:25:32.363 --> 00:25:37.234
  • Led me into a lot of wrong directions including drug use
  • 00:25:37.234 --> 00:25:41.272
  • And i almost destroyed my life completely.
  • 00:25:41.272 --> 00:25:44.041
  • But someone told me about jesus christ and it changed my
  • 00:25:44.041 --> 00:25:48.479
  • Life forever.
  • 00:25:48.479 --> 00:25:49.813
  • And i want you to know that whatever course your life is on
  • 00:25:49.813 --> 00:25:52.583
  • Right now, it can change if you realize there's a god in heaven
  • 00:25:52.583 --> 00:25:56.320
  • Who loves you and he has a plan for your life.
  • 00:25:56.320 --> 00:26:00.224
  • I prayed this prayer to ask jesus into my life at the age of
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  • 17, but here i am at the age of 70,
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  • And i can tell you i made the best choice i ever could make.
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  • You can make that same choice yourself.
  • 00:26:10.534 --> 00:26:12.836
  • You could just say, "jesus, help me.
  • 00:26:12.836 --> 00:26:14.972
  • Forgive me of my sin.
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  • I wanna go to heaven when i die.
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  • I want a relationship with you."
  • 00:26:18.576 --> 00:26:21.312
  • If you would pray a prayer like that,
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  • God will hear you and answer you.
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  • Greg: greg laurie here.
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  • You know, at harvest ministries we're committing to reaching
  • 00:26:32.289 --> 00:26:34.692
  • Unexpected people in unexpected places with an
  • 00:26:34.692 --> 00:26:38.095
  • Unexpected message.
  • 00:26:38.095 --> 00:26:39.730
  • And thanks to your financial support, we've been able to
  • 00:26:39.730 --> 00:26:44.134
  • Touch people all over the world with the hope of jesus christ.
  • 00:26:44.134 --> 00:26:48.606
  • Your gifts today not only help us reach millions across the
  • 00:26:48.606 --> 00:26:52.376
  • Country through this television program, they also help us to
  • 00:26:52.376 --> 00:26:56.580
  • Bring hope to people in their biggest need, whether through
  • 00:26:56.580 --> 00:27:00.150
  • Our evangelistic events or our relief efforts, together we've
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  • Been able to minister to so many people devastated by the fires
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  • In lahaina on the island of maui.
  • 00:27:08.225 --> 00:27:10.260
  • And also, your support has helped us partner to bring
  • 00:27:10.260 --> 00:27:13.731
  • Medical help in the ongoing conflict in israel.
  • 00:27:13.731 --> 00:27:17.001
  • So i'm asking you today to continue to support this
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  • Ministry so we can do everything possible to fulfill the
  • 00:27:20.137 --> 00:27:24.408
  • Great commission.
  • 00:27:24.408 --> 00:27:25.776
  • Let's do this together, and let me say in advance,
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  • Thank you and god bless you.
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