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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - The Power Of One | September 12, 2025
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- Greg laurie: we all have a part to play,
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- We all have something to do, we all have a spirit of influence,
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- And we want to do what we can do while we can do it,
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- Because you may be the only christian that some
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- People will ever know.
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- You're the only one, and you are a representative of christ.
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- It's been said christians are walking epistles written
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- By god and read by men.
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- You may be the only bible some people ever read.
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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: it was 1994, i had just signed a book
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- With a major christian publisher.
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- This was a first for me, and i suddenly found myself surrounded
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- By some very well-known authors and speakers who had been
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- Writing for quite a long time.
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- So, this publishing company wanted to do a little bus tour.
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- Actually, it was more like a metaphorical bus tour because we
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- Only had one stop, but they thought that'd be kind of a
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- Clever thing, we're all in a bus together.
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- And so we all boarded the bus, me and the other well-known
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- Christian authors, and an older african american woman was
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- Boarding the bus, and she looked familiar to me.
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- And i asked someone, "who is that lady?"
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- And they said, "oh, that's rosa parks."
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- Well, rosa had written a book with all of us as well, and i
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- Said, "wait, rosa parks?
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- You mean rosa parks, the civil rights legend?"
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- "yeah, rosa--" i couldn't believe it.
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- Yeah, i didn't want to talk to these stupid preachers,
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- I wanted to talk to rosa parks.
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- And so here's the irony, i'm talking to rosa parks on a bus.
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- And if you know your history, of course,
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- She distinguished herself.
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- It was in 1955 when the south was segregated.
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- Black people were forced to use separate drinking fountains,
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- Separate restrooms, they would have the
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- Sign "colored," over them.
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- Horrible time in the history of our country, and they were
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- Expected to sit in the back of the bus.
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- Well, rosa parks courageously refused to sit at the back of
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- The bus, and she took her rightful place in the front of
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- The bus and she made history.
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- She was later called the first lady of civil rights, and she
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- Was also awarded the congressional gold medal,
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- By the way, the highest honor given to a civilian.
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- So here i am with rosa parks on a bus.
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- We weren't in the back, we were in the middle actually,
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- But i had to hear the story.
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- And she was very gracious and took the time to talk with me.
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- And what i was not aware of was her very strong faith in christ.
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- And in fact, in one of her books that she wrote called,
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- "quiet strength," she wrote these words: "every day before
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- Supper, before we went to services on sundays,
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- My grandmother would read the bible to me
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- And my grandfather would pray.
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- We even had devotions before going to pick
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- Cotton in the fields."
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- She says, "prayer and the bible became a part of my everyday
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- Thoughts and beliefs.
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- I learned to put my trust in god and seek him as my strength."
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- So that's what gave rosa the courage to make a stand.
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- You know, it's been said: "character is not made in
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- Crisis, it is revealed."
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- I thank her for the stand she took,
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- I wish i got a photo, i have one in my mind.
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- She's since gone on to be with the lord,
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- But it just made me stop and think about the power of one,
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- How one person can make a difference.
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- There's a song from years ago, the lyrics are: "one is the
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- Loneliest number that you'll ever know."
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- Well, that all depends, because one with god is a majority.
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- One christian making a stand in a given situation can change
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- Everything around them.
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- I once heard it said, "i am only one, but i am one.
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- I cannot do everything, but i can do something, and what i can
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- Do, i ought to do, and what i ought to do,
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- By the grace of god, i will do."
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- Listen to this, one godly man or woman in the darkest situation
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- Can make a dramatic difference.
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- And here's the thing, i don't know where you are right now,
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- But maybe you're in a place you don't necessarily want to be.
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- You don't know why you're in the
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- Setting that you're in right now.
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- Why did i end up in this neighborhood with that neighbor?
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- Why did i end up in this classroom with that teacher?
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- Why did i end up in this workplace with this boss or this
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- Person that works next to me?
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- Why did i end up where i am?
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- I wish i wasn't in this place.
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- Did it ever occur to you that god put you right
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- Where you are for a reason?
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- How many of you have heard of billy graham?
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- Raise your hand. heard of billy?
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- Yeah, you've heard of him, that's most of you.
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- How many of you have heard of bill bright?
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- Bill bright? not as many.
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- He founded campus crusade for christ.
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- I had the privilege of getting to know bill bright,
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- And of course, billy graham as well.
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- And so here's another name.
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- How many of you have heard of henrietta mears?
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- Raise your hand. henrietta mears?
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- Almost no one. yeah, okay.
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- Who is henrietta mears? okay, she's an interesting lady.
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- She was--felt called by the lord to teach a sunday school class
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- At the first presbyterian church in hollywood in 1928.
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- Under her direction, her class grew from 400 to 4000.
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- That's a big sunday school class.
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- Everybody wanted to hear her speak.
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- She ended up founding gospel light publishing and the forest
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- Home conference center.
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- And what's interesting about the impact of henrietta mears,
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- Is over 400 young people entered full-time christian service as a
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- Result of the impact of her life,
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- Including bill bright and billy graham.
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- So maybe you're not a billy graham,
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- But you could be a henrietta mears, you see?
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- A little light goes a long way.
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- One light can make a difference.
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- Again, to quote that statement: "i'm only one, but i am one.
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- I cannot do everything, but i can do something, and what i can
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- Do, i ought to do, and what i ought to do,
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- By the grace of god, i will do."
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- We all have a part to play, we all have something to do,
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- We all have a sphere of influence, and we want to do
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- What we can do while we can do it because you may be the only
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- Christian that some people will ever know.
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- You're the only one, and you are a representative of christ.
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- It's been said christians are walking epistles,
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- Written by god and read by men.
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- You may be the only bible some people ever read.
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- And so i want to look now at the power of one,
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- One man who impacted millions of people,
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- One man who, through his godly life of integrity, kept two and
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- A half million from turning to idolatry.
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- I'm talking about moses, the man of god.
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- That's how he was described: moses, the man of god.
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- May that be said of us not just by casual acquaintances
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- But by our family and close friends,
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- Those who know us well.
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- If someone meets you once and says,
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- "they're a man of god," that's one thing, but if your wife says
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- You're a man of god, man, you're doing well.
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- If your husband says you're a man of god,
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- That's excellent.
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- If your kids say you're a man or a woman
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- Of god, that's significant.
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- If people that know you well and spend time with you say it,
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- That is the highest compliment that can be paid.
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- Moses, the man of god.
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- And you know what, when moses, the man of god
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- Left the scene, literally all hell broke loose.
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- You remember that moses had gone into the court of pharaoh and
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- Demanded the release of the jews?
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- Pharaoh refused, he hardened his heart,
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- A series of plagues came upon egypt.
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- Finally, he acquiesced and the jewish people were now free,
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- And they went out into the wilderness and had their first
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- Passover meal together.
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- Well, as they're making their way to their new land,
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- The lord directs them right to the edge of the red sea.
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- So behind them was the desert, in front of them front of them
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- Was a red sea, sort of a caught between a rock and a hard place.
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- And the pharaoh heard about this and decided he
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- Was going to kill all of them.
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- So he got the egyptian army ready, and they went and saw the
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- Israelites who now were crossing through the red sea that had
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- Been parted as moses held his staff up and the egyptians
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- Thought they would get them.
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- And--but they didn't bargain on the waters closing in on them
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- And drowning all of them.
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- So now the israelites have been delivered from egypt, and god
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- Has this amazing gps system for them, remember?
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- Fire by night, cloud by day.
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- When the cloud moved, they moved,
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- When it stopped, they stopped.
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- In addition to this, the lord fed them every day a
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- Supernatural substance that would fill
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- Their bellies called manna.
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- They would have manna for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
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- You'd get up in the morning, and there waiting right outside of
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- Your tent was fresh manna.
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- So they had gps, they had amazing food,
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- They had the lord himself guiding them, but then something
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- Went wrong, horribly wrong.
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- They turned away en masse and engaged in idolatry,
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- Worshiping a golden calf, which reminds us that miracles will
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- Not necessarily guarantee godly living.
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- I mean, every day receiving your manna, that was a miracle.
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- Having the red sea part to let you and your family through,
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- That was a miracle, then close on the egyptian
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- Army, another miracle.
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- Everything was a miracle, but yet they
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- Turned a--this false god.
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- So here was the problem, it was the fact that they had a shallow
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- And superficial faith.
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- I don't think their first idol was the golden calf,
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- I think their first idol was moses himself.
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- They allowed moses, the man of god, to take the place of the
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- True and living god, and we can do the same thing.
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- And it's not necessarily the fault of the person that we may
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- Make an idol in our heart, it's just that we have
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- Our values out of whack.
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- And so we think that person walks on water,
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- We think that person is perfect.
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- And then when they show humanity,
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- Vulnerability, weakness, and even sinfulness, we're shocked.
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- Well, don't put anyone in the place of god.
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- And this is shown by the fact that when moses left to receive
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- The ten commandments, everything just fell apart.
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- Greg: hey, have you ever felt like you're the only person
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- Following jesus christ in your family, in your workplace,
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- In your neighborhood, or among your friends?
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- Well, if so, then you probably know how
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- Elijah the prophet felt.
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- He stood up in mount carmel and a big contest between him
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- And the prophets of baal.
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- They had 850 false prophets on their side, and just elijah
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- On the lord's side.
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- But that was no problem because one with god is a majority.
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- You actually aren't the only one doing what you're doing,
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- But clearly christians are a minority,
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- But a little bit of salt makes a difference, doesn't it?
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- Jesus said: "you're the salt of the earth."
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- And so as we go out there and we live our lives for christ and we
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- Make our stand for him and speak up for him,
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- It makes all the difference in the world.
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- Not only does a little salt make a difference,
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- But a little light goes a long way.
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- So i encourage you to be the light in the place where you are
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- At, to be the salt in your world and make your stand for jesus
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- Christ, just like elijah did.
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- Greg: so here's what happened to the israelites.
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- Exodus 32:1: they're waiting on moses.
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- "when the people saw how long it was taking moses to come back
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- Down the mountain, they gathered around aaron.
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- 'come on,' they said, 'make us some gods who can lead us.
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- We don't know what happened to this fellow moses who brought us
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- Here from the land of egypt.'"
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- Interesting, instead of recognizing it was the lord
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- Through moses who had led them out of egypt, they thought it
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- Was moses himself, and as soon as moses was gone, they were
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- Looking for something to take his place.
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- Again, moses was their first idol,
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- The golden calf was the second idol.
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- In effect, they're saying, "look, we need
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- Something we can touch.
- 00:13:03.315 --> 00:13:04.650
- I mean, moses was a guy, we could grab him by the arm,
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- We could voice our complaints to him,
- 00:13:07.987 --> 00:13:11.390
- We could pat him on the back, but he's not here,
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- So we need some tangible thing.
- 00:13:13.726 --> 00:13:15.728
- We cannot relate to an invisible god.
- 00:13:15.728 --> 00:13:18.964
- We need an object, we need a thing,
- 00:13:18.964 --> 00:13:20.699
- We need something that we can look to, to help us."
- 00:13:20.699 --> 00:13:24.370
- And that's where the golden calf comes in.
- 00:13:24.370 --> 00:13:27.173
- Now, we can be critical of moses, but really we should not,
- 00:13:27.173 --> 00:13:30.009
- Because it was his integrity and influence that kept
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- Them from doing this.
- 00:13:34.180 --> 00:13:35.681
- In fact, moses, the man of god, should be commended,
- 00:13:35.681 --> 00:13:39.251
- Emulated, and followed.
- 00:13:39.251 --> 00:13:41.287
- He demonstrates the power of one.
- 00:13:41.287 --> 00:13:44.423
- How did he do it?
- 00:13:44.423 --> 00:13:45.758
- Number one, he was a man of personal integrity.
- 00:13:45.758 --> 00:13:50.362
- He kept over 2 million people from idolatry,
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- By living a godly life.
- 00:13:54.166 --> 00:13:56.168
- Let me ask you this, do you have personal integrity?
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- Do you have character?
- 00:13:59.405 --> 00:14:01.173
- I didn't ask you if you are a character,
- 00:14:01.173 --> 00:14:03.576
- I asked you if you have character?
- 00:14:03.576 --> 00:14:06.712
- D.l. moody, the great evangelist defined character
- 00:14:06.712 --> 00:14:09.915
- As what you are in the dark.
- 00:14:09.915 --> 00:14:13.919
- I actually came across an interesting article in forbes
- 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:16.488
- Magazine, which is really oriented toward those in
- 00:14:16.488 --> 00:14:19.592
- Business, and the headline was: "success will come and go,
- 00:14:19.592 --> 00:14:23.596
- But integrity is forever."
- 00:14:23.596 --> 00:14:26.031
- I thought that was a good opening statement,
- 00:14:26.031 --> 00:14:28.534
- So i read this article and it said,
- 00:14:28.534 --> 00:14:30.402
- Among other things, integrity means doing the right thing at
- 00:14:30.402 --> 00:14:33.939
- All times under all circumstances,
- 00:14:33.939 --> 00:14:36.775
- Whether or not anyone is watching.
- 00:14:36.775 --> 00:14:40.546
- It goes on to say building integrity takes years,
- 00:14:40.546 --> 00:14:43.649
- But it only takes a second to lose.
- 00:14:43.649 --> 00:14:46.518
- How true.
- 00:14:46.518 --> 00:14:47.853
- Billionaire warren buffett, when he's looking for people to hire,
- 00:14:47.853 --> 00:14:52.157
- Looks for three qualities.
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- Number one, integrity; number two,
- 00:14:53.926 --> 00:14:56.896
- Intelligence; and third, energy.
- 00:14:56.896 --> 00:14:59.331
- He says, "but if they don't have the first one,
- 00:14:59.331 --> 00:15:01.000
- The other two will kill you."
- 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:02.935
- I mean, you can have energy, you can have intelligence,
- 00:15:02.935 --> 00:15:05.537
- But if you don't have integrity, you don't have
- 00:15:05.537 --> 00:15:07.907
- Really much at all.
- 00:15:07.907 --> 00:15:09.308
- And moses had integrity.
- 00:15:09.308 --> 00:15:11.543
- He was moses, the man of god.
- 00:15:11.543 --> 00:15:13.579
- And when he's out of the picture, look what happens.
- 00:15:13.579 --> 00:15:16.615
- You know what, aaron just did a bad job and how did aaron even
- 00:15:16.615 --> 00:15:20.019
- Get in this position?
- 00:15:20.019 --> 00:15:21.353
- Because moses wanted him there.
- 00:15:21.353 --> 00:15:23.622
- When god came to moses and said, "i want you to go to the pharaoh
- 00:15:23.622 --> 00:15:27.293
- And demand the release of my people," moses was like,
- 00:15:27.293 --> 00:15:30.029
- "no way, lord, i i'm not a good speaker.
- 00:15:30.029 --> 00:15:33.265
- I have a--i have a
- 00:15:33.265 --> 00:15:34.600
- Speech--sp-sp-sp-speech impediment.
- 00:15:34.600 --> 00:15:38.170
- I don't wanna do this lord.
- 00:15:38.170 --> 00:15:39.638
- I'll tell you what, i'll make you a deal," moses said to god.
- 00:15:39.638 --> 00:15:42.408
- "let me bring aaron with me.
- 00:15:42.408 --> 00:15:44.043
- He is smooth, he is articulate, he has the gift of gab,
- 00:15:44.043 --> 00:15:49.748
- He can do all the talking."
- 00:15:49.748 --> 00:15:51.317
- The lord said, "all right."
- 00:15:51.317 --> 00:15:53.052
- So he agreed, but this was not god's real plan.
- 00:15:53.052 --> 00:15:56.855
- And now when aaron's left in charge,
- 00:15:56.855 --> 00:15:58.424
- He was like the worst babysitter ever.
- 00:15:58.424 --> 00:16:02.261
- Years ago, when our son christopher was around 15,
- 00:16:02.261 --> 00:16:07.299
- We asked him to babysit his younger brother jonathan,
- 00:16:07.299 --> 00:16:10.936
- 10 years younger, so jonathan's just a little guy.
- 00:16:10.936 --> 00:16:13.639
- And we went down to san diego.
- 00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:16.208
- So we called to see how everything was going and
- 00:16:16.208 --> 00:16:18.444
- Jonathan answers the phone, and he
- 00:16:18.444 --> 00:16:21.013
- Could barely talk at this point.
- 00:16:21.013 --> 00:16:22.348
- We said , "jonathan, where's christopher?"
- 00:16:22.348 --> 00:16:25.384
- "he's asleep." "well, go wake him up."
- 00:16:25.384 --> 00:16:27.619
- Like seemed like ten minutes
- 00:16:27.619 --> 00:16:29.321
- Go by, you know, you go, "wake him up."
- 00:16:29.321 --> 00:16:30.656
- He comes back, "he's still sleeping."
- 00:16:30.656 --> 00:16:32.191
- I said, "jonathan, go over and hit your brother in the face.
- 00:16:32.191 --> 00:16:36.428
- Hit him in the face," 'cause i know a little--
- 00:16:36.428 --> 00:16:38.364
- He's not going to hurt him, but it may wake him.
- 00:16:38.364 --> 00:16:39.832
- Said, "go get him."
- 00:16:39.832 --> 00:16:41.166
- Came back, "he's still sleeping."
- 00:16:41.166 --> 00:16:43.035
- "ah, okay jonathan, i want--"
- 00:16:43.035 --> 00:16:45.904
- And i said this to him, not my wife.
- 00:16:45.904 --> 00:16:48.674
- I said, "go get a little cup. you know your cup?
- 00:16:48.674 --> 00:16:51.176
- Dip it in the toilet," 'cause he couldn't reach the water.
- 00:16:51.176 --> 00:16:56.882
- I said, "pour it on christopher's face."
- 00:16:56.882 --> 00:16:59.251
- He had to wake up.
- 00:16:59.251 --> 00:17:01.186
- He said, "he's still not waking up."
- 00:17:01.186 --> 00:17:02.721
- We're miles away, and this little boy is walking around the
- 00:17:02.721 --> 00:17:07.259
- House with his brother asleep.
- 00:17:07.259 --> 00:17:08.961
- So we knew some folks down at the police department,
- 00:17:08.961 --> 00:17:11.630
- We asked them if they'd go and check.
- 00:17:11.630 --> 00:17:13.465
- So they came to my house, all the doors were locked.
- 00:17:13.465 --> 00:17:15.701
- They finally broke open my garage door,
- 00:17:15.701 --> 00:17:17.703
- Came in, christopher woke up looking at cops staring at him.
- 00:17:17.703 --> 00:17:20.839
- So that was a wake up call, right?
- 00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:24.476
- But you know, sometimes you ask someone to do something, and
- 00:17:24.476 --> 00:17:27.012
- They don't do the job you were hoping they would do, right?
- 00:17:27.012 --> 00:17:29.982
- So here is aaron left in charge of the israelites.
- 00:17:29.982 --> 00:17:33.152
- "okay, aaron look, god's calling me up to mount sinai
- 00:17:33.152 --> 00:17:36.688
- Up yonder there.
- 00:17:36.688 --> 00:17:38.123
- Now i'm gonna go up there and i'm gonna
- 00:17:38.123 --> 00:17:39.458
- Receive the commandments, can you take care of things?"
- 00:17:39.458 --> 00:17:41.693
- "no problem, moses, i got it covered."
- 00:17:41.693 --> 00:17:44.863
- And so while he's gone, the people come to aaron and say,
- 00:17:44.863 --> 00:17:47.499
- "hey, you know, we need something we can worship."
- 00:17:47.499 --> 00:17:49.802
- And aaron says, "bring me all of your gold.
- 00:17:49.802 --> 00:17:53.005
- Bring me all of your bling okay?"
- 00:17:53.005 --> 00:17:55.507
- So he takes all the gold, he melts it,
- 00:17:55.507 --> 00:17:57.776
- Makes it in the shape of a calf and says,
- 00:17:57.776 --> 00:18:00.379
- "this is your god that brought you out of egypt."
- 00:18:00.379 --> 00:18:05.551
- And now, meanwhile, here's moses up in the mountain,
- 00:18:05.551 --> 00:18:08.087
- And he's getting ready to return.
- 00:18:08.087 --> 00:18:10.122
- And this is what he sees.
- 00:18:10.122 --> 00:18:11.790
- Exodus 32, verse 21: moses comes down and demands,
- 00:18:11.790 --> 00:18:16.628
- "what did these people do to make you bring such
- 00:18:16.628 --> 00:18:19.932
- Terrible sin upon them?"
- 00:18:19.932 --> 00:18:21.834
- "hey, don't be so upset," aaron says,
- 00:18:21.834 --> 00:18:24.436
- "you know how evil these people are.
- 00:18:24.436 --> 00:18:26.472
- They said make us gods who will lead us.
- 00:18:26.472 --> 00:18:28.607
- We don't know what happened to this fellow moses who brought us
- 00:18:28.607 --> 00:18:31.110
- From the land of egypt.
- 00:18:31.110 --> 00:18:32.578
- So i said, whoever has gold jewelry,
- 00:18:32.578 --> 00:18:34.646
- Take it off, and they brought it to me and i threw it into the
- 00:18:34.646 --> 00:18:37.349
- Fire and out came this calf."
- 00:18:37.349 --> 00:18:41.220
- Yeah, that's exactly how it happened.
- 00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:43.922
- What a lie.
- 00:18:43.922 --> 00:18:45.657
- He was the one that says, "you bring your gold."
- 00:18:45.657 --> 00:18:48.160
- He was the one that melted it.
- 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:50.229
- He was the one that made it into the shape of a calf, and he was
- 00:18:50.229 --> 00:18:53.632
- The one that said, "here is your god, israel, worship it."
- 00:18:53.632 --> 00:18:57.369
- You're saying, well, i don't get why are they
- 00:18:57.369 --> 00:18:58.704
- Worshiping a golden calf?
- 00:18:58.704 --> 00:19:00.038
- Because they came from egypt and egypt
- 00:19:00.038 --> 00:19:02.074
- Was like idol central, right?
- 00:19:02.074 --> 00:19:04.810
- So they had all these images that they worshiped, and they
- 00:19:04.810 --> 00:19:08.013
- Were used to this sort of thing, and so they
- 00:19:08.013 --> 00:19:10.015
- Reverted back to this.
- 00:19:10.015 --> 00:19:11.817
- And really, aaron also shows the power of one,
- 00:19:11.817 --> 00:19:18.123
- But he shows the power of a bad example.
- 00:19:18.123 --> 00:19:21.126
- See, one man living a godly life had a great influence.
- 00:19:21.126 --> 00:19:26.565
- One man living a compromised life
- 00:19:26.565 --> 00:19:29.868
- Had a horrible influence.
- 00:19:29.868 --> 00:19:31.837
- First he lies, he says, "well, we threw it into the fire
- 00:19:31.837 --> 00:19:35.274
- And out came this calf."
- 00:19:35.274 --> 00:19:36.608
- What does he think, moses is a complete idiot?
- 00:19:36.608 --> 00:19:39.511
- That's not even a good excuse.
- 00:19:39.511 --> 00:19:42.781
- It was george washington who said,
- 00:19:42.781 --> 00:19:44.283
- Quote, "it's better to offer no excuse than a bad one."
- 00:19:44.283 --> 00:19:48.654
- Aaron initiated it, he was responsible, and that's the
- 00:19:48.654 --> 00:19:51.957
- Second thing, he didn't take responsibility for his actions.
- 00:19:51.957 --> 00:19:56.328
- It was his watch and he helped the people with this idolatry.
- 00:19:56.328 --> 00:20:00.232
- He should have stopped them cold and refused.
- 00:20:00.232 --> 00:20:02.834
- And to make matters worse, he rubbed it in religious jargon to
- 00:20:02.834 --> 00:20:07.539
- Do away with the guilt.
- 00:20:07.539 --> 00:20:09.208
- Look at verse 5 of exodus 32: "he made a proclamation and said
- 00:20:09.208 --> 00:20:13.245
- 'tomorrow is a feast to the lord.'"
- 00:20:13.245 --> 00:20:16.315
- Wait a second, a feast to the lord?
- 00:20:16.315 --> 00:20:19.384
- You're going to worship an idol, and you're calling it
- 00:20:19.384 --> 00:20:21.220
- A feast to the lord?
- 00:20:21.220 --> 00:20:23.555
- And then we read in verse 6: "they rose early,
- 00:20:23.555 --> 00:20:25.891
- Offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings.
- 00:20:25.891 --> 00:20:28.727
- They sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play."
- 00:20:28.727 --> 00:20:33.565
- Ah, but this still happens.
- 00:20:33.565 --> 00:20:35.567
- You know, we'll do our little token spiritual thing.
- 00:20:35.567 --> 00:20:38.637
- And i'm amazed people go, "well, our meal's here,
- 00:20:38.637 --> 00:20:40.639
- We better say grace."
- 00:20:40.639 --> 00:20:42.207
- Some people freak out if you forget grace.
- 00:20:42.207 --> 00:20:44.743
- "you didn't say grace!"
- 00:20:44.743 --> 00:20:46.411
- "oh sorry, okay we'll just--okay.
- 00:20:46.411 --> 00:20:50.282
- Let's pray. thank you, lord."
- 00:20:50.282 --> 00:20:52.384
- I mean, i encourage you to say grace, i encourage
- 00:20:52.384 --> 00:20:55.354
- You to give thanks before your meal, but it's
- 00:20:55.354 --> 00:20:57.389
- Not the end of the world if you do it at the end of the meal.
- 00:20:57.389 --> 00:21:00.225
- In fact, maybe you should wait till the end of the meal to see
- 00:21:00.225 --> 00:21:02.594
- If it's worth thanking god for it.
- 00:21:02.594 --> 00:21:04.029
- No, i'm joking.
- 00:21:04.029 --> 00:21:05.931
- I have had some burnt offerings come my way
- 00:21:05.931 --> 00:21:08.267
- In the form of--i'm joking.
- 00:21:08.267 --> 00:21:10.602
- It's good to give thanks before, you can give things during,
- 00:21:10.602 --> 00:21:13.805
- You can give thanks after, you know, chill, okay?
- 00:21:13.805 --> 00:21:17.242
- Relax. just give thanks.
- 00:21:17.242 --> 00:21:19.111
- That's the main thing.
- 00:21:19.111 --> 00:21:20.445
- That people will fix it on something like that, and then
- 00:21:20.445 --> 00:21:23.515
- They'll go commit gross sin.
- 00:21:23.515 --> 00:21:25.651
- You know, i'm going to take this girl out,
- 00:21:25.651 --> 00:21:26.985
- We're going to have a meal.
- 00:21:26.985 --> 00:21:28.320
- "oh, let's pray. lord, bless the food."
- 00:21:28.320 --> 00:21:30.055
- But wait, what's happening the rest of the night?
- 00:21:30.055 --> 00:21:33.525
- See, if you're plans for the night are to go get drunk and
- 00:21:33.525 --> 00:21:36.328
- Maybe to have sex, uh, god doesn't want to hear your grace,
- 00:21:36.328 --> 00:21:41.566
- God wants you to repent.
- 00:21:41.566 --> 00:21:43.468
- You see my point?
- 00:21:43.468 --> 00:21:44.870
- "oh, it's a burnt offering to the lord."
- 00:21:44.870 --> 00:21:47.172
- Lord's saying i'm not hearing the burnt offering,
- 00:21:47.172 --> 00:21:49.374
- All i'm seeing is you guys worshiping a golden calf.
- 00:21:49.374 --> 00:21:52.978
- It's a fascinating passage over in amos 5:23 where god says:
- 00:21:52.978 --> 00:21:58.183
- "take away from me your noisy songs
- 00:21:58.183 --> 00:22:01.853
- And your stringed instruments.
- 00:22:01.853 --> 00:22:03.188
- I don't want to hear them anymore."
- 00:22:03.188 --> 00:22:05.724
- Did you know there can come a point where you're singing
- 00:22:05.724 --> 00:22:07.659
- Praises to the lord and god would say,
- 00:22:07.659 --> 00:22:10.128
- "stop already, i don't wanna hear it."
- 00:22:10.128 --> 00:22:12.798
- "but i'm singing so beautifully."
- 00:22:12.798 --> 00:22:14.166
- "i don't care because your lifestyle is contradicting what
- 00:22:14.166 --> 00:22:17.803
- You're singing, and what you are doing is offensive
- 00:22:17.803 --> 00:22:20.772
- To me," you see?
- 00:22:20.772 --> 00:22:22.574
- It offends me, god is actually saying.
- 00:22:22.574 --> 00:22:24.710
- So that's what's happening here, they're
- 00:22:24.710 --> 00:22:26.578
- Worshiping a golden calf.
- 00:22:26.578 --> 00:22:27.913
- Oh, but we offered a burnt offering.
- 00:22:27.913 --> 00:22:29.314
- God's saying, "i don't want your burnt offering.
- 00:22:29.314 --> 00:22:32.517
- I actually don't want you to worship false gods.
- 00:22:32.517 --> 00:22:35.420
- I want you to love me with all of your heart."
- 00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:39.491
- You see, what a contrast moses and aaron are.
- 00:22:39.491 --> 00:22:42.494
- Moses sets an example that the people can follow,
- 00:22:42.494 --> 00:22:46.498
- Aaron sets a bad example.
- 00:22:46.498 --> 00:22:49.101
- Moses is known for his decisefulness,
- 00:22:49.101 --> 00:22:51.703
- Conviction, and doing what is right.
- 00:22:51.703 --> 00:22:53.839
- Aaron is known for his indecisiveness,
- 00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:56.441
- His weak will, and wanting to fit in.
- 00:22:56.441 --> 00:22:59.544
- You see, he didn't want to offend anyone.
- 00:22:59.544 --> 00:23:03.448
- And sometimes we're afraid to make a stand because
- 00:23:03.448 --> 00:23:05.484
- We don't want to offend.
- 00:23:05.484 --> 00:23:07.753
- Well, you know, i'm not gonna stand up for that, and you just
- 00:23:07.753 --> 00:23:10.689
- Kind of go along with the program.
- 00:23:10.689 --> 00:23:12.357
- Don't do that, make a stand.
- 00:23:12.357 --> 00:23:14.459
- The power of one, rosa parks, henrietta mears,
- 00:23:14.459 --> 00:23:17.696
- Billy graham, moses.
- 00:23:17.696 --> 00:23:20.599
- Make a stand, do what is right, not what is easy.
- 00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:25.904
- And sometimes when you do what
- 00:23:25.904 --> 00:23:27.239
- Is right, it's very hard.
- 00:23:27.239 --> 00:23:29.975
- See, when aaron was with moses, he was "godly," in quotes.
- 00:23:29.975 --> 00:23:33.945
- When he wasn't with moses, he was pretty ungodly, and he gave
- 00:23:33.945 --> 00:23:38.717
- In and led them in this sin.
- 00:23:38.717 --> 00:23:42.487
- Sometimes we're the same way.
- 00:23:42.487 --> 00:23:44.389
- You know, when we're around strong believers,
- 00:23:44.389 --> 00:23:47.058
- We're strong, kind of, and the moment we get away from them,
- 00:23:47.058 --> 00:23:50.829
- We just crumble, we just collapse, we just give in.
- 00:23:50.829 --> 00:23:54.599
- Hey, find strong believers to be around, and in time, you need to
- 00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:59.604
- Be that strong believer.
- 00:23:59.604 --> 00:24:01.740
- You need to be that person in a group of people that says,
- 00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:04.075
- "i don't agree with that because the bible says."
- 00:24:04.075 --> 00:24:06.344
- Or, "no, i'm not going to go along with that."
- 00:24:06.344 --> 00:24:08.246
- Or, "this is not the right thing."
- 00:24:08.246 --> 00:24:09.748
- You make your stand for what is right and trust me,
- 00:24:09.748 --> 00:24:12.818
- God will bless you for that.
- 00:24:12.818 --> 00:24:14.352
- The power of one.
- 00:24:14.352 --> 00:24:16.688
- I am only one, but i can do something, and what i'm gonna
- 00:24:16.688 --> 00:24:20.692
- Do, i'm gonna do that.
- 00:24:20.692 --> 00:24:22.627
- So do what you can do.
- 00:24:22.627 --> 00:24:26.198
- Greg: maybe god has spoken to your heart and you have seen
- 00:24:30.335 --> 00:24:34.673
- Your need for jesus christ.
- 00:24:34.673 --> 00:24:36.675
- Jesus christ is the son of god who came
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- From heaven to this earth.
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- He was born in a manger, he died in a cross,
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- He rose again from the dead, why?
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- Because he loves you, and he wants a relationship with you.
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- Listen, i'm not talking about religion.
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- I don't want to be a religious person,
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- I don't think you want to be one either.
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- I'm talking about relationship with god.
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- Jesus, who died and rose again, stands at the door of your life
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- And he knocks, and he says if you'll hear his voice and open
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- The door, he will come in.
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- Question, have you asked jesus christ to come
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- And live inside of you?
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- You might say, well, i think so, i'm not sure.
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- Hey, if someone moved into your house in the middle of the
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- Night, do you think you would be aware of it?
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- I'm sure you would, and in the same way, if christ has come to
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- Live inside of you, you will know.
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- And if you don't know, maybe he has not come in yet.
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- He's just a prayer away.
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- All you need to do is say, jesus,
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- I want this relationship with you.
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- I want you to forgive me of my sin.
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- I want to go to heaven when i die.
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- Would you like to do that?
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- Would you like christ to come into your life?
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- If so, why don't you just pray this simple prayer with me?
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- You can pray it out loud, or you can pray it in the
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- Quietness of your heart.
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- But this is a prayer where you're asking jesus christ to be
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- Your savior and lord.
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- Pray this with me now.
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- Lord jesus, i know that i'm a sinner,
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- But i know that you're the savior who died on the cross for
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- My sin and rose again from the dead.
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- Now, come into my life.
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- I choose to follow you from this moment forward.
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- Thank you for hearing this prayer and answering this
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- Prayer, in jesus's name, amen.
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- Did you just pray that prayer with me?
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- If so, i want you to know on the authority of scripture that
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- Christ himself has come to live inside of you,
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- And i would love to send to you, at no charge,
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- The new believers bible.
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- It's a very friendly translation of the new testament
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- You'll find very understandable, and it's filled with hundreds of
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- Notes that i wrote that will encourage you in this commitment
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- You've just made to follow jesus.
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- And let me be the first to say to you
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- Congratulations and welcome to the family of god.
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- Female announcer: jesus says that where two or three are
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- Gathered in my name, there i am in the midst of them.
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- We are all different.
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- We have different interests, different personalities,
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- Different upbringings, and different ways we do life,
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- But here, we have a deep connection,
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- And you are welcome here.
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- This is harvest.
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