Greg Laurie - It's Time To Pray

January 3, 2025 | S25:E3

Join Pastor Greg Laurie for a time of encouragement, worship, and Bible study.

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  • Greg laurie: you have not because you ask not.
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  • "well, we are struggling right now financially,
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  • It's hard to make ends meet."
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  • Okay, hold on, have you prayed about that specifically?
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  • Could it be that god will provide for you supernaturally
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  • And he is just waiting for you to ask?
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  • You have not because you ask not.
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  • Jesus said, "ask and it shall be given; seek and ye shall find;
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  • Knock and the door shall be opened.
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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: how many of you believe in the power of prayer?
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  • Raise your hand up.
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  • How many of you don't pray as much as you ought to?
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  • Raise your hand up.
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  • Yeah, i'm with you, i'm with you.
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  • Why don't we pray more?
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  • I don't know the answer.
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  • Sometimes we offer up what we think
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  • Are reasons, but in reality are excuses.
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  • We might say, "well, i don't pray more
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  • Because i just don't have the time.
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  • I'm so busy."
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  • Of course, the response to that is, how much time
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  • Do you spend on social media, right?
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  • I mean, think about that.
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  • Local researchers say people check their facebook, twitter,
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  • Tiktok, et cetera, other media accounts, 17 times per day.
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  • Pretty much every waking hour, teenagers spend
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  • Nine hours every day consuming media.
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  • You've had it happen, haven't you?
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  • You start flipping through those little videos and next thing you
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  • Know 45 minutes are gone, even an hour is gone.
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  • But we say, "i don't have time to pray."
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  • What if you prayed 17 times a day as
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  • Much as you check social media?
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  • One of the biggest lessons from social media will prove that in
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  • The last day, prayerlessness was not from a lack of time.
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  • And then some people will say, "well,
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  • I don't pray more because, well, i don't
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  • Really know that prayer is all that important."
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  • Now, we probably wouldn't verbalize it,
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  • But in a way maybe it's true because
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  • We don't really think it matters that much.
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  • But of course we should pray and we should pray often.
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  • Jesus himself prayed, and jesus was god incarnate walking among
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  • Us, and yet how often do we read in the gospels of jesus spending
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  • The night in prayer or retreating by himself to pray?
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  • Here's another excuse we offer as to why we don't pray, we
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  • Don't really believe that prayer works.
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  • We don't really believe it works, but in fact it does.
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  • In fact, the bible even says in james 4:2,
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  • "you have not because you ask not."
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  • Try this thought on for size.
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  • I believe that there are certain things god wants to do for you
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  • And in you, certain things that god wants to
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  • Give to you, they may not be yours because
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  • You have simply failed to pray about it.
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  • Again, "you have not because you ask not."
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  • You might say, "well, i'm having problems with my family and i
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  • Just don't know what to do anymore."
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  • Have you prayed about it?
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  • Have you specifically brought that need before the lord?
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  • You have not because you ask not.
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  • "well, we are struggling right now financially,
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  • It's hard to make ends meet."
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  • Okay, hold on, have you prayed about that specifically?
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  • Could it be that god will provide for you supernaturally
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  • And he's just waiting for you to ask?
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  • "you have not because you ask not."
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  • "well, i'm sick and the doctor hasn't given me any real hope."
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  • Have you prayed about that?
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  • Could it be that god wants to touch and heal
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  • You and he's just waiting for you to ask?
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  • Jesus said, "ask and it shall be given; seek and ye shall find;
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  • Knock and the door shall be opened."
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  • But in the original language,
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  • It's implied to do it continuously.
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  • So keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking.
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  • "you have not because you ask not."
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  • Now, let's read about what james says about prayer.
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  • James 5 verse 13.
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  • "is any among you in trouble?
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  • Let them pray. is anyone happy?
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  • Let them sing songs of praise.
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  • Is any among you sick?
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  • Let them call the elders of the church to pray
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  • Over them and anoint them with oil in the name
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  • Of the lord and their prayer offered in faith will make
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  • The sick person well and the lord will raise them up.
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  • If they've sinned, their sins will be forgiven.
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  • Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray
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  • For each other so you may be healed.
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  • The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective."
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  • James gives us four specific and practical
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  • Areas in which prayer is vital.
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  • Number one, you should pray when you're facing trouble.
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  • Am i talking to someone right now that's facing trouble?
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  • Another translation says, "when you're afflicted."
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  • Are you afflicted right now?
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  • Are you facing a severe hardship?
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  • Are you looking at what looks to be an insurmountable obstacle?
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  • What should you do?
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  • We should pray.
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  • The temptation is to get angry at god for allowing this to
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  • Happen when in reality we should pray.
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  • Every trouble is a call to pray.
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  • So you should turn your panic into prayer,
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  • You should turn your worry into worship.
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  • As paul writes in philippians, "in everything,
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  • With prayer and supplication with thanksgiving,
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  • Let your request be made known to god."
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  • So go to him in your time of trouble.
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  • Sometimes god may send the affliction himself.
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  • Let's be honest, we don't pray as much when
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  • Things are going well as we do when they aren't
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  • Going well, is that true for you?
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  • When things are going great we say, "oh, fantastic.
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  • Hey, you know, i don't need to pray."
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  • But when you're in trouble, you pray.
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  • The lord may allow affliction to get your attention.
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  • The psalmist wrote, "before i was afflicted,
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  • I went astray but now i have kept your word."
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  • And sometimes god will allow it.
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  • He will allow that and maybe the devil bringing it in your
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  • Direction, but god has allowed it for his purposes.
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  • But the main thing is pray about it.
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  • There's nothing wrong with asking
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  • God to remove your affliction.
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  • So if you're facing trouble, whatever kind it is,
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  • It's okay to go to the lord and say,
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  • "lord, would you remove this from me?"
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  • And maybe the lord will say, yes, i will.
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  • And maybe the lord will say, "no, i have a purpose in it, so
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  • You need to be patient and wait on me."
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  • But i think the best model for prayer in times
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  • Like that is following the example of jesus.
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  • In the garden of gethsemane as he contemplated
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  • What was ahead with the crucifixion, he said,
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  • "if it is possible, let this cup pass from me.
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  • Nevertheless, not my will, but yours be done."
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  • So you can say, "lord, if there's a way out of this, if
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  • You might remove this problem, i would really appreciate it, but
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  • You may have a greater purpose therefore, i say to you, father,
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  • Not my will, but yours be done."
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  • Which brings me to point number two, when things
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  • Are going well, we should praise god.
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  • Verse 13, "is anyone happy?
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  • Let them sing songs of praise."
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  • You know, we call on the lord when things aren't going well,
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  • Do we give thanks to god when they are?
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  • You know, you get up one morning and there's no real problem to
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  • Speak of and you say, "lord, thank you for a beautiful day.
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  • Thank you for my health, thank you
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  • For my family, thank you for my job.
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  • Thank you for everything, lord, thank you for saving me.
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  • Thank you for changing me, lord, thank you
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  • That you're in control of my life."
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  • That can really lift your mood, i'll tell you that.
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  • When you just start giving thanks
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  • For all that god has done.
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  • We all remember the story of the 10 lepers who are healed by
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  • Jesus but only one returned to give thanks.
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  • And jesus said to him, "hey, i thought
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  • I healed ten, where are the other nine?"
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  • Remember to give thanks to god for what he has done.
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  • Number three, we should pray when we are sick.
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  • We should pray when we're sick.
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  • Verse 14, "is there anyone among you who is sick?
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  • Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them, and
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  • Anoint them with oil in the name of the lord and their prayer
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  • Offered in faith will make the sick person well."
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  • Question, does god still heal people today?
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  • I believe he does.
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  • As i've said before, god is still in the healing
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  • Business, have we asked him to heal us?
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  • I do believe there's a promise of physical healing in scripture
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  • There in isaiah 53:5 and quoted again in the
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  • New testament, "by his stripes we are healed."
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  • So what should we do when we are sick?
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  • The answer is, call for the elders of
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  • The church to pray over the person.
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  • And verse 15 says, "the prayer offered in
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  • Faith will make the sick person well."
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  • That doesn't mean there's some special prayer that you pray, it
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  • Just means with as much faith as you can muster
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  • You ask god to heal you, but then you go
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  • To the leaders of the church to pray for you.
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  • So we pray and we bring it to the lord.
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  • Greg: you know, i believe we're living in the last days,
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  • And by that i mean i believe that jesus could come back at
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  • Any moment, and jesus spoke to the church of philadelphia in
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  • Revelation chapter 3, and he says,
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  • "i have set before you an open door and no man can shut it."
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  • You know, the apostle paul alluded to this idea when he
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  • Said, "a door was open for me by the lord to preach the gospel."
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  • God opens doors.
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  • There might be somebody you know and they've been closed to the
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  • Gospel, and all of a sudden you find they're open to the gospel.
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  • That's called an open door.
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  • There might be an opportunity to go to a place you've never been
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  • Before and tell people about jesus or show the love of jesus.
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  • That, too, is an open door.
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  • You know, when covid hit, we closed down our church for a few
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  • Weeks, and now we're reopened again having live services,
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  • But we went online, and we've been able to reach a whole new
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  • Audience of thousands of new people around the nation and
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  • Even around the world, so god closed one door
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  • And he opened another.
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  • Open doors of opportunity are everywhere, just look for them.
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  • So i encourage you.
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  • Say, "lord, open a door somewhere where i can
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  • Tell someone about you."
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  • You'll be blessed if you do it, and the person you speak with,
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  • They'll even be more blessed.
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  • Greg: number four, when we pray, we should confess our sin.
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  • Verse 15, "if they have sin, they will be forgiven."
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  • Now this verse appears to suggest that
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  • One sin could contribute to sickness.
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  • Now, let me explain this carefully.
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  • In a broad sense, all sickness is a result of sin.
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  • I don't mean personal sin, i mean sin in general.
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  • If adam and eve had not eaten of the forbidden fruit, we would've
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  • Never gotten sick, if adam and eve had not eaten of the
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  • Forbidden fruit, we would've never aged.
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  • If adam and eve had not eaten of the forbidden
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  • Fruit, i would've a full head of hair.
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  • But because they sinned, sin and death entered the world.
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  • Romans 5:12 says, "when adam sinned, sin entered the world,
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  • Adam's sin brought death and death spread
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  • To everyone for everyone has sin."
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  • But sometimes, sometimes, i underline that word, there can
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  • Be a connection between personal sin and an affliction.
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  • There's a story in john 5:14 where there
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  • Was a paralytic that jesus healed.
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  • And then jesus said to him, "see you are well again, stop sinning
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  • Or something worse may happen to you."
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  • And so that doesn't mean if you have a disability it's because
  • 00:12:23.452 --> 00:12:28.157
  • You've sinned, what it does mean is there can be a connection.
  • 00:12:28.157 --> 00:12:32.428
  • But having said that, there are some people that
  • 00:12:32.428 --> 00:12:35.865
  • Are afflicted who are godly men and women,
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  • And it has nothing to do with their sin.
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  • Remember the story of job again?
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  • Job was a perfect and upright man, one that
  • 00:12:42.438 --> 00:12:44.440
  • Feared god and shunned evil, and yet the lord
  • 00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:47.443
  • Allowed physical calamity to come upon his servant.
  • 00:12:47.443 --> 00:12:51.714
  • So we don't know that, so the best thing to
  • 00:12:51.714 --> 00:12:53.649
  • Do is just confess your sin to god.
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  • Verse 16 says, "confess your sins to
  • 00:12:58.053 --> 00:13:00.189
  • Each other and pray for each other."
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  • This means we do this with believers.
  • 00:13:03.492 --> 00:13:05.694
  • This is why a small group can be great because it's harder in a
  • 00:13:05.694 --> 00:13:09.832
  • Large group, but when you develop a close circle of
  • 00:13:09.832 --> 00:13:13.636
  • Friends who you trust and will keep your
  • 00:13:13.636 --> 00:13:16.238
  • Confidence, you can say, "hey, i'm struggling
  • 00:13:16.238 --> 00:13:18.574
  • With this, or i need your help there."
  • 00:13:18.574 --> 00:13:20.910
  • But also i would add, if you have sinned against someone, you
  • 00:13:20.910 --> 00:13:24.780
  • Should go to that person and ask them to
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  • Forgive you, because unconfessed sin can
  • 00:13:27.216 --> 00:13:29.985
  • Bring your prayer life to a screeching halt.
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  • The psalmist says, no, yeah, "if i regard iniquity
  • 00:13:34.690 --> 00:13:38.661
  • In my heart, the lord will not hear me."
  • 00:13:38.661 --> 00:13:40.596
  • So if you're holding onto some sin and you need to ask someone
  • 00:13:40.596 --> 00:13:45.100
  • To forgive you, that could hinder your prayers.
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  • In matthew 5:23, jesus says, "if you're presenting a sacrifice at
  • 00:13:48.871 --> 00:13:53.042
  • The altar and you suddenly remember someone has something
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  • Against you, leave your sacrifice there
  • 00:13:57.146 --> 00:13:58.948
  • At the altar and be reconciled to that
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  • Person, then offer your sacrifice to god."
  • 00:14:01.150 --> 00:14:05.521
  • Sometimes it's just going to someone and saying, "i'm sorry
  • 00:14:05.521 --> 00:14:09.391
  • That i said that to you, or i'm sorry i said that about you.
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  • I'm sorry for this thing that i did
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  • That was wrong, will you forgive me?"
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  • Point number five, you are a righteous
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  • Child of god, so pray like one.
  • 00:14:22.705 --> 00:14:26.475
  • You are a righteous child of god, so pray like one.
  • 00:14:26.475 --> 00:14:29.945
  • Look at verse 16.
  • 00:14:29.945 --> 00:14:31.280
  • "the prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective."
  • 00:14:31.280 --> 00:14:36.418
  • You might say, "well, greg, i'm not a righteous man or woman."
  • 00:14:36.418 --> 00:14:39.188
  • Excuse me, are you a christian?
  • 00:14:39.188 --> 00:14:42.358
  • If you are, then you are a righteous person.
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  • I didn't say you always act like a righteous person, but
  • 00:14:46.795 --> 00:14:50.499
  • Positionally you are a righteous person.
  • 00:14:50.499 --> 00:14:53.669
  • 1 corinthians 1:30 says, "christ has made us righteous, he's made
  • 00:14:53.669 --> 00:14:58.173
  • Us pure and holy, and he's freed us from sin."
  • 00:14:58.173 --> 00:15:01.911
  • So you're a member of god's family, behave like that.
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  • Don't come, you know, with timidity to god.
  • 00:15:06.982 --> 00:15:09.985
  • "father, i just pray this."
  • 00:15:09.985 --> 00:15:14.089
  • No, come boldly, you're his child.
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  • "let us come boldly to the throne of grace
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  • That we might find mercy in time of need."
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  • Boldly.
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  • "lord, it's your son, lord, it's your daughter.
  • 00:15:22.564 --> 00:15:26.602
  • Father, i'm your child and i come to you now with this need
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  • Or with this petition or whatever it is."
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  • When you're a member of the family of god, you have access.
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  • Use it boldly, isn't that great to know?
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  • It's not based on what you've done,
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  • It's based on what he's done for you.
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  • It's through the blood of jesus, through a new and living way
  • 00:15:48.924 --> 00:15:51.961
  • Hebrews says, that i have access to the throne of god.
  • 00:15:51.961 --> 00:15:56.865
  • Bringing me to point number six, despite your flaws,
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  • God hears and will answer your prayers.
  • 00:15:59.902 --> 00:16:03.105
  • Despite your flaws, god will hear and answer your prayers.
  • 00:16:03.105 --> 00:16:07.376
  • Verse 17, "elijah was as human as we are, yet
  • 00:16:07.376 --> 00:16:11.847
  • When he prayed earnestly that no rain would fall,
  • 00:16:11.847 --> 00:16:14.516
  • None fell for three and a half years.
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  • Then when he prayed again, the sky sent down rain
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  • And the earth began to yield its crops."
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  • I love that.
  • 00:16:22.958 --> 00:16:24.293
  • Interesting elijah is used as an example.
  • 00:16:24.293 --> 00:16:27.563
  • What a prophet he was.
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  • He did miracles on another level.
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  • This is elijah who outran chariots, raised the dead,
  • 00:16:32.668 --> 00:16:37.639
  • Called fire down from heaven, and stopped the rain.
  • 00:16:37.639 --> 00:16:41.443
  • He was so powerfully used of god, you can almost think of him
  • 00:16:41.443 --> 00:16:44.146
  • As a superhero, especially when you see
  • 00:16:44.146 --> 00:16:47.016
  • Him stand boldly on mount carmel and face off of the prophets
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  • Of baal and say, "let whoever of us is serving the
  • 00:16:51.186 --> 00:16:55.157
  • Real god, let that god answer by fire.
  • 00:16:55.157 --> 00:16:57.393
  • You guys go first."
  • 00:16:57.393 --> 00:16:59.261
  • So the prophets of baal scream and yell and cut themselves and
  • 00:16:59.261 --> 00:17:02.898
  • It goes on for hours and there's no fire that comes from heaven.
  • 00:17:02.898 --> 00:17:07.169
  • Elijah says, "now it's my turn."
  • 00:17:07.169 --> 00:17:09.304
  • And then he said, "i want you to take water and douse the altar."
  • 00:17:09.304 --> 00:17:13.442
  • Which water was very scarce at
  • 00:17:13.442 --> 00:17:14.777
  • That point because of the drought.
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  • So they pour water over the altar,
  • 00:17:16.845 --> 00:17:18.614
  • They do it again, they do it again.
  • 00:17:18.614 --> 00:17:20.382
  • And then he calls out to the lord to answer by fire.
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  • And fire comes from heaven and consumes the
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  • Altar, and elijah gives the order,
  • 00:17:26.388 --> 00:17:28.424
  • "have all of these false prophets put to death."
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  • This is some prophet, i'll tell you.
  • 00:17:31.560 --> 00:17:34.163
  • But then we read that jezebel is so upset, she's the queen.
  • 00:17:34.163 --> 00:17:38.567
  • She puts a contract out on elijah, says, "he's gonna die."
  • 00:17:38.567 --> 00:17:43.005
  • And you would think he would blow this off.
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  • "are you kidding me?
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  • I don't care about what she says."
  • 00:17:46.275 --> 00:17:47.609
  • No, he ran for his life and was depressed
  • 00:17:47.609 --> 00:17:51.346
  • And so filled with despair, he wanted to die.
  • 00:17:51.346 --> 00:17:54.650
  • Wait, what?
  • 00:17:54.650 --> 00:17:55.984
  • How could he go from mount carmel
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  • To some cave where he wants to die?
  • 00:17:58.087 --> 00:18:01.356
  • Here's the answer, he was as human as you and i are.
  • 00:18:01.356 --> 00:18:05.294
  • Another translation puts it, he had feelings just like us.
  • 00:18:05.294 --> 00:18:09.832
  • So i bring this up, really, james brings it up.
  • 00:18:09.832 --> 00:18:12.601
  • And see elijah was flawed, he was as human as we are.
  • 00:18:12.601 --> 00:18:16.605
  • Yet he prayed and things happened,
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  • So you can do the same.
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  • You just pray in faith with as much faith as you have.
  • 00:18:20.476 --> 00:18:23.245
  • Sometimes people will say, "the reason you're sick
  • 00:18:23.245 --> 00:18:25.747
  • Still is you don't have enough faith."
  • 00:18:25.747 --> 00:18:28.417
  • That's wrong.
  • 00:18:28.417 --> 00:18:29.852
  • You can come and say, "lord, with
  • 00:18:29.852 --> 00:18:32.254
  • As much faith as i have, i pray."
  • 00:18:32.254 --> 00:18:33.689
  • And like that man in scripture said,
  • 00:18:33.689 --> 00:18:35.457
  • "lord, i believe, help my unbelief."
  • 00:18:35.457 --> 00:18:39.895
  • You see? so you just pray.
  • 00:18:39.895 --> 00:18:42.030
  • That's what elijah did.
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  • Final point number seven, prayerful
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  • People are compassionate people.
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  • Prayerful people are compassionate people.
  • 00:18:50.472 --> 00:18:53.175
  • Look at verse 19, "my dear brothers and sisters, as someone
  • 00:18:53.175 --> 00:18:56.979
  • Among you wanders away from the truth and is brought back, you
  • 00:18:56.979 --> 00:19:00.549
  • Can be sure that whoever brings that sinner back
  • 00:19:00.549 --> 00:19:03.185
  • From wandering will save that person from death
  • 00:19:03.185 --> 00:19:06.155
  • And bring about the forgiveness of many sins."
  • 00:19:06.155 --> 00:19:09.725
  • Wow!
  • 00:19:09.725 --> 00:19:11.193
  • What an interesting way to end this great epistle.
  • 00:19:11.193 --> 00:19:14.563
  • James is concerned with the person
  • 00:19:14.563 --> 00:19:16.632
  • Who has walked away from the lord.
  • 00:19:16.632 --> 00:19:18.600
  • By the way, not someone who has just slipped up, but someone who
  • 00:19:18.600 --> 00:19:22.437
  • Has deliberately turned their back on god.
  • 00:19:22.437 --> 00:19:25.774
  • The phrase here for "wandered away" has
  • 00:19:25.774 --> 00:19:28.210
  • The same greek word as the word planet.
  • 00:19:28.210 --> 00:19:31.213
  • The idea is of someone who like a planet has
  • 00:19:31.213 --> 00:19:34.183
  • Left their orbit, someone that maybe has left
  • 00:19:34.183 --> 00:19:38.120
  • Something they once knew in an intimate way.
  • 00:19:38.120 --> 00:19:41.356
  • And we know people like this, we worshiped with them, we prayed
  • 00:19:41.356 --> 00:19:45.861
  • With them, we heard the word of god with them, we served
  • 00:19:45.861 --> 00:19:49.231
  • Alongside of them and one day they walk away.
  • 00:19:49.231 --> 00:19:51.900
  • We're thinking, what's that all about?
  • 00:19:51.900 --> 00:19:54.736
  • You hear this expression today, people
  • 00:19:54.736 --> 00:19:57.172
  • Are deconstructing their faith.
  • 00:19:57.172 --> 00:19:59.141
  • I'm deconstructing.
  • 00:19:59.141 --> 00:20:00.842
  • Hey, maybe you never constructed to start with.
  • 00:20:00.842 --> 00:20:04.379
  • Did you really have faith?
  • 00:20:04.379 --> 00:20:06.815
  • If you had real faith in a real god, that is a faith that's
  • 00:20:06.815 --> 00:20:11.453
  • Gonna sustain you through thick and thin.
  • 00:20:11.453 --> 00:20:13.956
  • "well, i saw hypocrisy."
  • 00:20:13.956 --> 00:20:16.024
  • Okay, i'm sorry.
  • 00:20:16.024 --> 00:20:18.126
  • Listen, i've been a pastor almost 50 years.
  • 00:20:18.126 --> 00:20:20.829
  • I've seen hypocrisy.
  • 00:20:20.829 --> 00:20:23.198
  • I've seen people fall short.
  • 00:20:23.198 --> 00:20:26.068
  • I have seen things that disappoint me deeply among my
  • 00:20:26.068 --> 00:20:30.372
  • Fellow believers and i've seen great stories of faith and trust
  • 00:20:30.372 --> 00:20:35.644
  • In god and people that have honored the
  • 00:20:35.644 --> 00:20:37.613
  • Lord, far more of those than the other.
  • 00:20:37.613 --> 00:20:39.448
  • Having said all that, jesus christ
  • 00:20:39.448 --> 00:20:41.817
  • Has never disappointed me.
  • 00:20:41.817 --> 00:20:43.652
  • Jesus christ has never let me down, put your eyes on him.
  • 00:20:43.652 --> 00:20:52.060
  • "yeah, but greg, you don't understand.
  • 00:20:52.060 --> 00:20:53.395
  • My parents, they say they're
  • 00:20:53.395 --> 00:20:54.730
  • Christians, and they're hypocrites."
  • 00:20:54.730 --> 00:20:57.032
  • Yeah, grow up, and move outta your house,
  • 00:20:57.032 --> 00:20:59.801
  • You're 40 now, stop living off your parents.
  • 00:20:59.801 --> 00:21:04.606
  • Get a job.
  • 00:21:04.606 --> 00:21:08.644
  • So what if they are hypocrites?
  • 00:21:08.644 --> 00:21:10.545
  • I'm sorry, pray for them.
  • 00:21:10.545 --> 00:21:13.715
  • You're accountable to god for what christ has said to you.
  • 00:21:13.715 --> 00:21:18.086
  • And there are people that do fall away, but here's the thing,
  • 00:21:18.086 --> 00:21:20.756
  • I believe if a person is a true believer, even if they have a
  • 00:21:20.756 --> 00:21:24.326
  • Lapse of faith or they fall away for a
  • 00:21:24.326 --> 00:21:27.162
  • Time, they'll always return to god.
  • 00:21:27.162 --> 00:21:30.866
  • And if they don't return to god, i suggest to
  • 00:21:30.866 --> 00:21:33.669
  • You they were never a believer to begin with.
  • 00:21:33.669 --> 00:21:37.873
  • Because john says, "hey, these people left us and if they were
  • 00:21:37.873 --> 00:21:41.176
  • With us, they would've stayed with us but they left us, and it
  • 00:21:41.176 --> 00:21:43.478
  • Shows they never really were part of us."
  • 00:21:43.478 --> 00:21:46.448
  • That's a loose paraphrase, but that's what he said.
  • 00:21:46.448 --> 00:21:49.217
  • But a prodigal will always make his way home.
  • 00:21:49.217 --> 00:21:52.321
  • So what should we do when a fellow believer falls?
  • 00:21:52.321 --> 00:21:56.591
  • Should we confront them?
  • 00:21:56.591 --> 00:21:58.460
  • Should we ostracize them?
  • 00:21:58.460 --> 00:22:01.930
  • Should we leave them alone?
  • 00:22:01.930 --> 00:22:03.899
  • Should we call 'em out on social media?
  • 00:22:03.899 --> 00:22:06.601
  • That's a popular thing to do.
  • 00:22:06.601 --> 00:22:07.969
  • I'm gonna post a lot of stuff about them.
  • 00:22:07.969 --> 00:22:10.439
  • Do you have all of your facts straight?
  • 00:22:10.439 --> 00:22:13.275
  • Have you had a conversation with that person?
  • 00:22:13.275 --> 00:22:16.111
  • Are you sure what you're saying is actually true?
  • 00:22:16.111 --> 00:22:19.047
  • What should you do if you know someone
  • 00:22:19.047 --> 00:22:22.217
  • That has stumbled and has fallen?
  • 00:22:22.217 --> 00:22:24.820
  • Paul gives us some insight in galatians 6.
  • 00:22:24.820 --> 00:22:27.055
  • He says, "dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is
  • 00:22:27.055 --> 00:22:30.125
  • Overcome by sin, you who are godly should kick them when
  • 00:22:30.125 --> 00:22:33.695
  • They're down and tell everyone about their sin."
  • 00:22:33.695 --> 00:22:38.033
  • Have you read that verse?
  • 00:22:38.033 --> 00:22:39.768
  • No, you haven't 'cause it's not in the bible.
  • 00:22:39.768 --> 00:22:42.137
  • Here's what he actually says.
  • 00:22:42.137 --> 00:22:44.406
  • "dear brothers and sisters, if
  • 00:22:44.406 --> 00:22:45.841
  • Another believer is overcome by sin, you who are godly,"
  • 00:22:45.841 --> 00:22:49.111
  • Listen, "should gently and humbly help that person back
  • 00:22:49.111 --> 00:22:54.516
  • Onto the right path and be careful to not
  • 00:22:54.516 --> 00:22:57.419
  • Fall into the same temptation yourself.
  • 00:22:57.419 --> 00:23:01.123
  • Share each other's burdens, and in this way,
  • 00:23:01.123 --> 00:23:03.492
  • You will obey the law of christ."
  • 00:23:03.492 --> 00:23:04.926
  • If you think you're too important to help someone,
  • 00:23:04.926 --> 00:23:07.529
  • You're only fooling yourself, you're not that important.
  • 00:23:07.529 --> 00:23:11.600
  • So when i see someone fall, what do i do?
  • 00:23:11.600 --> 00:23:15.404
  • With humility i go to them, "let me help you up," why?
  • 00:23:15.404 --> 00:23:20.442
  • 'cause it could be you sometime.
  • 00:23:20.442 --> 00:23:23.111
  • You could be that person who falls.
  • 00:23:23.111 --> 00:23:25.080
  • You could be that person that stumbles, i could be.
  • 00:23:25.080 --> 00:23:27.883
  • We all have the propensity to sin.
  • 00:23:27.883 --> 00:23:31.987
  • Hebrews 2:1 says, "we must listen carefully to the truth
  • 00:23:31.987 --> 00:23:35.557
  • We've heard, or we may drift away from it."
  • 00:23:35.557 --> 00:23:39.594
  • And our job is to reconcile people with god.
  • 00:23:39.594 --> 00:23:43.598
  • 2 corinthians 5:18 says, "god has given us this
  • 00:23:43.598 --> 00:23:46.802
  • Task of reconciling people to him."
  • 00:23:46.802 --> 00:23:50.405
  • Listen, we're jesus people.
  • 00:23:50.405 --> 00:23:54.409
  • You understand what i'm saying?
  • 00:23:54.409 --> 00:23:56.178
  • This church was founded in revival.
  • 00:23:56.178 --> 00:23:59.347
  • We started around 1972 as the jesus movement was happening.
  • 00:23:59.347 --> 00:24:04.453
  • And we started out as a little bible study,
  • 00:24:04.453 --> 00:24:06.922
  • And we were called jesus people.
  • 00:24:06.922 --> 00:24:09.124
  • And sometimes we were derisively called jesus freaks.
  • 00:24:09.124 --> 00:24:13.261
  • I was fine with all of it.
  • 00:24:13.261 --> 00:24:14.729
  • Anything with the word jesus in it, i'm good.
  • 00:24:14.729 --> 00:24:18.099
  • We need to be jesus people.
  • 00:24:18.099 --> 00:24:21.102
  • The problem is, often christians are far more known for what
  • 00:24:21.102 --> 00:24:25.240
  • They're against than what they're for.
  • 00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:28.610
  • They know we're against this, we're against that, okay,
  • 00:24:28.610 --> 00:24:31.112
  • There's a place for all those things, but i want people to
  • 00:24:31.112 --> 00:24:33.949
  • Know i'm for jesus and i'm a jesus person.
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  • And my big focus is i want you to be reconciled to god.
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  • I want you to be in a relationship with god.
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  • And if you've stumbled and fallen, i wanna help you get up
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  • Again and get back into alignment with god.
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  • That's what i'm called to do, that's what you're called to do,
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  • That's what we're called to do, and that's what we're doing.
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  • That's what we're all about.
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  • Our message to our culture is god loves you, he'll change you,
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  • And then we wanna lead them into christ and disciple them.
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  • So are you in trouble or in distress?
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  • Then pray. are you sick?
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  • Then pray. is there a sin to confess?
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  • Then confess it and turn from it.
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  • Greg: hi, i'm greg laurie, i've got some good news for you.
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  • God loves you and god has a plan for your life.
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  • Here's the problem, we're separated from god by our sin
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  • Because we've all broken his commandments.
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  • But the good news is, is 2,000 years ago god sent
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  • His son jesus christ to die on the cross for your
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  • Sin, and then to rise again from the dead.
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  • The same jesus who died and rose is alive and
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  • Ready to come into your life right now.
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  • Would you like your sin forgiven?
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  • Would you like to know that when you die, you will go to heaven?
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  • If so, pray this simple prayer with me right now.
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  • Just say, "lord jesus, i know i'm a sinner, but i believe
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  • You're the savior who died on the cross for my sin.
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  • I turn from my sin now and i choose to
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  • Follow you from this moment forward."
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  • Did you just pray that prayer with me?
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  • If you did, god in heaven
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  • Has heard you and i wanna
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  • Send you a new testament to start reading.
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  • Greg: you know, the bible says: "a good person
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  • Leaves an inheritance for their children's children."
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  • God encourages all of us as christians to manage
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  • Our money well so we can be a blessing to our families
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  • And to others.
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  • Harvest has a special gift for you today, an opportunity
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  • To set up a will or a living trust completely free of charge.
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  • Here's how you can learn more.
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  • Greg: i'm excited to announce that here at harvest
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  • We partnered with our friends at freewill.
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  • Freewill is an easy to use estate planning tool
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  • That allows you to make planned gifts to organizations
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  • Of your choice.
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  • It's a creative opportunity to support the work we're doing
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  • Here at harvest ministries.
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  • So as you make your plans, i hope you'll consider
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  • Investing in this ministry so we can continue
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  • To preach the gospel and teach the word of god
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  • For years to come.
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  • You can learn more at freewill.com/harvest.
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