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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - Things Jesus Never Said | May 4, 2025
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- Greg laurie: you wanna be a happy person?
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- Don't chase happiness; chase after god.
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- Live a holy life, and you'll be a happy person.
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- Happiness is based on what you do, keeping god's word.
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- It's also based on what you don't do.
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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: you know, there are certain things we all
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- Believe to be true because we've heard them forever.
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- They're called old wives' fables or old wives' tales.
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- And i'm sorry if you're an old wife, no offense,
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- But that's what we call them.
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- And--like, here's one: if you drop food on the floor and pick
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- It up before five seconds, it's okay, right?
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- Often called the five-second rule.
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- Is that true?
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- No, because bacteria immediately transfers to food.
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- Here's another one: you can't go swimming after you've eaten
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- Or you'll get cramps and maybe even drown.
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- Again, that is simply not true.
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- Doctors at duke health say that science behind
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- This tall tale is all wet.
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- Here's another one, if you're sick, eat chicken soup.
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- Does--is this true or false?
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- You're right, it's true.
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- I mean, i know it from my own experience.
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- There's something about chicken soup.
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- And actually they've done extensive studies on this and
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- Have determined it actually does help you.
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- Okay, so, now there are things we hear about god or the bible;
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- We're told the bible says this, and they're not really
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- In the bible.
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- Here's one you've probably heard: god helps those
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- Who help themselves.
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- The good book tells us that.
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- Actually, the good book does not tell you that.
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- Now, i don't completely disagree with the sentiment of
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- The statement, god helps those who help themselves.
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- You might be saying that you're a teenager, you need to go get
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- A job now and be responsible and--because god helps those
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- Who help themselves.
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- Well, that's probably not the one, the thing to say;
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- You can say it, just don't say the bible says it.
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- A better verse would be, the bible says, if you don't work,
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- You won't eat, so get a job.
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- There you go.
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- Actually, if you were to take this concept, god helps those
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- Who help themselves, the truth would be god helps those
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- Who can't help themselves.
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- God helps those who need his help.
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- And so the opposite is actually true.
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- Here's another one: the bible says,
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- "cleanliness is next to godliness."
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- Nice idea; we quote that one when we want someone
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- To take a shower, but that's not in the bible, okay?
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- And there are other things that we think are in the bible,
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- Or they--we think this is what god feels.
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- Here's one: god is angry at me, and he's out to ruin my life.
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- Some people believe this, and the very opposite is true.
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- Nothing could be further from the truth.
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- God is not mad at you--listen, god is mad about you.
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- If there's one thing that's clear in the bible from genesis
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- To revelation, it is this: god loves you.
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- He loves you, the bible says, "with an everlasting love,
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- Therefore, with loving kindness, he has drawn you."
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- 1 john says, "god is love."
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- "for god so loved the world," jesus said, "he gave his
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- Only begotten son, and whoever believes in him will not perish
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- But have everlasting life."
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- 1 john 3:1 says, "behold, what manner of love the father is
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- Given unto us, that we should be called the children of god."
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- So god loves you.
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- Here's another one we hear people say:
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- Just follow your heart.
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- Other variations on this are: the heart wants what it wants.
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- What does that even mean?
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- The heart wants what it wants, so i'm gonna do this thing,
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- And i know you might think it's wrong, but the heart wants
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- What it wants.
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- Listen to your heart, and you will find the truth.
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- So, in our modern culture, we would think of heart
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- As our emotion.
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- You know, if someone is not emotional, we might say
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- They're heartless.
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- If someone is too emotional, we might say, "well, they wear
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- Their heart on their sleeve."
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- And then, if someone doesn't care, we say, "hey, man,
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- Where's your heart?"
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- Maybe it's on their sleeve still; i don't know.
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- But think of all of the songs written about the heart.
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- Bruce springsteen, he had a hungry heart.
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- Billy ray cyrus, he had an achy breaky heart, right?
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- And tony braxton sang unbreak my heart.
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- Maybe that's because billy ray gave her an achy breaky heart,
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- So she's saying unbreak my heart.
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- But celine dion sorted it all out, and she said
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- The heart goes on, right?
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- But what does it even mean when we say follow our heart?
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- It basically means, i'm gonna go with my emotion.
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- I'm gonna go with the way i'm feeling about this.
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- So, should we trust our heart?
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- Well, the answer is 'no.'
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- Jeremiah 17:9 says, "the heart is deceitful above all things,
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- And it's beyond cure: who can understand it?"
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- No, i'm not gonna follow my heart because my heart
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- Can misdirect me.
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- Don't follow your heart; follow god's heart.
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- In other words, his will.
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- And how do i discover god's will?
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- By studying his word.
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- And, really, what is prayer?
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- Prayer is aligning myself with god's will.
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- Jesus said, "if you maintain a living communion with me,
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- And my words are at home and you, you can ask it once
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- For yourself whatever your heart desires, and it will be yours."
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- See, that sounds good, but the idea is, i'm gonna find out
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- What god's will is and get in sync with it.
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- See, when i'm following the lord as i should,
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- My desires will change because my heart has changed.
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- And god promises, in ezekiel 36:26,
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- "i will give you a new heart,
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- And put a new spirit within you."
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- So then, as we're reminded in psalm 27:4, excuse me, 37:4,
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- "delight yourself in the lord, and he'll give you the desires
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- Of your heart."
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- So, you get in alignment with god, and now your heart changes,
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- And now your prayers change, and everything changes.
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- Here's another thing jesus never said: love yourself.
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- We need to love ourselves more.
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- The bible even says love yourself.
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- The bible does not say you need to love yourself.
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- No, the bible says, "love your neighbor as yourself."
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- Yeah, so what is the bible really saying?
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- It's saying, "you already love yourself, that's obvious.
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- Can you love your neighbor, too?"
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- See, the bible teaches, "i am to love the lord my god with all
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- Of my heart, soul, and mind."
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- I don't need to learn to love myself.
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- I already love myself, and you already love yourself too.
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- Sometimes people will say something related to this like,
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- "i'm trying to find myself."
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- Usually before they do something really stupid, they'll say,
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- "i'm just trying to find myself."
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- You know what?
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- You wanna find yourself?
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- Then lose yourself.
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- Here's what jesus says, "if any man come after me, let him deny
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- Himself and take up the cross and follow me;--" listen--
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- "for whoever will lose his life will find it."
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- If you wanna find yourself, lose yourself.
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- In other words, give your life to christ.
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- Here's another one: i deserve to be happy.
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- Do you?
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- Yes, the bible even says it.
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- No, it actually doesn't.
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- But i deserve to be happy.
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- There's nothing wrong with that.
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- Desiring happiness, i think, is prewired in all of us.
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- It's not unique to modern times.
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- Way back in ad 397 augustine said, "everyone, whatsoever
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- His condition, desires to be happy."
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- Yes, we want to be happy.
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- Here's the problem.
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- It's not wrong to be happy; it's not wrong to want to be happy.
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- It is wrong when you go about trying to find happiness
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- The wrong way.
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- Some people say, "well, if i, you know, had a lot of money,
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- I'd be happier."
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- "if i had fame, i'd be happy."
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- "or if i had more power, i'd be happy."
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- "or if i drove this, i'd be happy."
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- "or if i lived there, i would be happy."
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- Or if i use this drug, i'd be happy."
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- And it isn't the case.
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- When comedian dave chappelle was starting to make millions
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- Of dollars, he said he was not happy.
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- He said, quote, "the higher up i go, for some reason,
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- The less happy i am."
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- And that's what people find out.
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- Now, look, it's not wrong to want happiness, but don't say
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- You deserve it.
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- I deserve--no, you don't deserve it.
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- You want to be technical, you deserve judgment because
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- We've broken god's commandments.
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- So don't say to the lord, "give me what i deserve."
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- The lord would say, "seriously?
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- Maybe we should not go there."
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- No, so, you don't deserve to be happy, but there's nothing wrong
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- With wanting to be happy.
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- I mean, know this, god is happy.
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- Did you know that?
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- Jesus said, "i've told you this to make you completely happy
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- As i am."
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- I don't think jesus walked around with a frown on his face
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- In perpetual sorrow, though it does say in the bible,
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- He was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
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- That is referring more to that point where he's bearing
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- The sin of the world.
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- But i think, in general, jesus was a happy guy.
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- I think he had a smile on his face, a spring in his step.
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- I think he was someone everyone wanted to be around,
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- For the most part.
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- So, happy is good; wanting happiness is fine.
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- Paul even writes about the good news from the happy god.
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- But here's the key: happiness is based on going about it
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- In the right way.
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- For instance, the bible says, in luke 11:28, "happy are those
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- That hear the word of god and keep it."
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- You wanna be a happy person?
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- Don't chase happiness; chase after god.
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- Live a holy life, and you'll be a happy person.
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- Happiness is based on what you do, keeping god's word.
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- It's also based on what you don't do because psalm 1 says,
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- "happy is the man--" or woman-- "that does not walk
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- In the counsel of the ungodly, or stand in the way of sinners,
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- Or sit in the seat of the scornful.
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- But their delight is in the word of the lord."
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- So the bible says, "happy are the people
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- Whose god is the lord."
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- Greg: you know, there are certain things in life that
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- Sometimes we think are true, that actually aren't.
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- How about this one?
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- God loves me and accepts me the way that i am.
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- Hm, is that true?
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- Sometimes another variation of that is: don't judge my journey.
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- And that's sometimes said by people that are doing things
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- They shouldn't be doing, and then they say,
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- "god loves me and accepts me the way that i am."
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- "i know i shouldn't go out and party and get drunk,
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- But, hey, god loves me and accepts me the way that i am."
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- "i know i shouldn't dissolve my marriage through divorce, but,
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- Hey, god loves me and accepts me the way that i am."
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- Now, is that true?
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- Yes, technically it's true that god loves you and accepts you
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- The way that you are-- let me add something else--
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- But he doesn't wanna leave you that way.
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- See, you don't have to clean your life up and come to christ.
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- You come to christ, and he'll clean your life up.
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- You can come with your addictions, with your sins,
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- With your problems, say, "lord, here i am."
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- And now god wants to change you and transform you.
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- This is what it means to be a follower of jesus christ.
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- The best illustration i can think of is the story
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- Of the prodigal son.
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- He left his father's house, spent all his money, made a mess
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- Of his life, came to his senses, and decided to return home.
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- And jesus said, "while the boy was still a long ways away,
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- The father saw him, ran to him, threw his arms around him,
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- Hugged him, kissed him, and said, 'rejoice with me.
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- This, my son who was dead, is alive again.
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- He was lost, is found.'"
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- So, in a sense, you can say the father accepted him as he was.
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- But then we read, "the father said, 'get a clean robe
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- On this boy.'"
- 00:12:37.077 --> 00:12:38.445
- In other words, get this boy a bath, right?
- 00:12:38.445 --> 00:12:40.047
- So we come to christ, but now god wants to clean us up,
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- And he wants to transform us.
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- So, yes, god loves you and accepts you the way
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- That you are.
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- But he doesn't want to leave you that way.
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- He wants you to grow in your faith.
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- Greg: we get these cues from culture that tell us
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- How to think.
- 00:13:01.368 --> 00:13:02.870
- But the bible is in direct contrast to what
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- This world says.
- 00:13:05.739 --> 00:13:07.107
- Let me define this world.
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- The bible says, "love not the world, neither the things
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- That are in this world; for all that is in the world, the lust
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- Of the eyes, the lust of the mind, and the pride of life,
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- Is not of the father, but of the world."
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- What does that mean?
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- You know, sometimes well-meaning but misdirected christians
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- Will misinterpret this.
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- So, you're enjoying a great burger--
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- This is an amazing burger.
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- And they say, "love not the world."
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- Well, look at that sunset.
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- Love not the world.
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- That's a misunderstanding.
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- The bible, when it speaks of the world, is not speaking
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- Of creation; it is speaking of a system, a mentality,
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- A way of thinking that permeates everything in culture today.
- 00:13:49.149 --> 00:13:53.720
- It transcends politics; it transcends everything.
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- It's in academia; it's in social media; it's in movies;
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- It's in television; it's everywhere.
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- It's basically the mentality of chasing after whatever makes me
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- Happy, the mentality of putting 'me' first, the mentality
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- Of living the way that i want to live, with no rules
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- Or no restrictions.
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- And the one in charge of this mentality is the devil.
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- He's called the god of this world, the prince of the power
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- Of the air.
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- So don't love this world or this culture.
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- The bible gives us an opposite way of thinking.
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- According to the bible, the way to greatness
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- Is through humility.
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- The way to life is through death,
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- Meaning dying to yourself.
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- The way to up is down.
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- The way to happiness is sadness, meaning that i'm sorry
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- For my sin and i repent of it.
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- Now find true happiness.
- 00:14:50.644 --> 00:14:52.212
- The paradox of the christian life is the more we give,
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- The more we receive; the more we sacrifice, the more god blesses;
- 00:14:55.082 --> 00:14:59.653
- The more we give, he gives.
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- So, if you wanna find your life, lose it by giving it
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- To jesus christ.
- 00:15:04.925 --> 00:15:06.259
- If you wanna be great, be humble.
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- If you want self, self-fulfillment,
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- Seek the fulfillment of others.
- 00:15:11.765 --> 00:15:14.301
- The way to up is down; we need god's wisdom,
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- Not this world's wisdom.
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- And that's what james talks about in james chapter 3;
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- Let's read some verses together, starting in verse 13,
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- Reading down to verse 16, "if you're wise
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- And you understand god's ways,
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- Prove it by living an honorable life, doing good works
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- With the humility that comes from wisdom.
- 00:15:33.186 --> 00:15:36.156
- But if you're bitterly jealous and there's selfish ambition in
- 00:15:36.156 --> 00:15:39.559
- Your heart, don't cover up the truth with boasting and lying.
- 00:15:39.559 --> 00:15:43.663
- For jealousy and selfishness are not god's kind of wisdom.
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- Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and demonic."
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- Verse 16, "wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition,
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- There you will find disorder and evil of every kind."
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- Here's some takeaway truths from what we just read.
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- If you're taking notes, the first one: we need to live
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- Our lives god's way, not the way of this world.
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- We need biblical and godly wisdom.
- 00:16:09.656 --> 00:16:13.593
- So james is contrasting the wisdom of this culture and the
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- Wisdom that comes from god.
- 00:16:18.298 --> 00:16:21.735
- When young solomon ascended to the throne, after his father
- 00:16:21.735 --> 00:16:25.906
- David had died, the lord appeared to him in a dream.
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- And the lord said, "solomon, i'll give you whatever
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- You want."
- 00:16:32.946 --> 00:16:34.281
- And i love solomon's request; he said, "lord, give me
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- An understanding heart so i can govern your people well
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- And know the difference between right and wrong."
- 00:16:40.454 --> 00:16:43.557
- We, too, should pray that prayer.
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- Lord, i want to know right from wrong.
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- In fact, we're told earlier, in james 1:5,
- 00:16:47.727 --> 00:16:49.930
- "if anyone lacks wisdom, let him ask of god,
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- Who gives it generally, and does not hold it back."
- 00:16:52.632 --> 00:16:56.169
- Did you know that god wants to reveal his will to you?
- 00:16:56.236 --> 00:16:59.973
- But you need to pray about it, say lord, "i need wisdom here.
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- I need to make the right decision."
- 00:17:03.977 --> 00:17:05.812
- And god cares about all those things you deal with in life.
- 00:17:05.812 --> 00:17:09.049
- He will give you wisdom, but make sure that you ask
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- For this wisdom, you know, because you can be smart
- 00:17:12.886 --> 00:17:16.756
- And not necessarily wise.
- 00:17:16.756 --> 00:17:19.326
- There are smart people that do really stupid things.
- 00:17:19.326 --> 00:17:23.697
- I've met people, they have great accomplishments, they have
- 00:17:23.697 --> 00:17:28.001
- The degrees on their wall.
- 00:17:28.001 --> 00:17:29.369
- We would call them intelligent, but they do
- 00:17:29.369 --> 00:17:32.105
- The dumbest things ever.
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- Wisdom is different than intelligence.
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- Intelligence is acquiring and applying knowledge
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- With your skills and life.
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- But wisdom is learning from the lessons of life,
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- Hopefully acquiring some wisdom.
- 00:17:47.954 --> 00:17:50.357
- But the ultimate source of wisdom is from god and his word
- 00:17:50.357 --> 00:17:54.561
- Where we learn how to think biblically.
- 00:17:54.561 --> 00:17:57.597
- So a lot of times the way i make decisions is not because
- 00:17:57.597 --> 00:18:00.834
- I hear an audible voice from god.
- 00:18:00.834 --> 00:18:03.336
- But i think of a biblical principle, what should we do
- 00:18:03.336 --> 00:18:05.705
- In this situation?
- 00:18:05.705 --> 00:18:07.073
- And then you think of a verse that applies to that,
- 00:18:07.073 --> 00:18:08.909
- And you apply it, and then you make your decision.
- 00:18:08.909 --> 00:18:11.645
- But god wants to give you this wisdom, and jesus put it
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- This way; he said, "there are two men that build homes,
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- One built his house on the rock; the other built his house
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- On the sinking sand."
- 00:18:21.288 --> 00:18:22.656
- And then he says, "and the storms came and beat upon the
- 00:18:22.656 --> 00:18:25.458
- House, and the house that was built upon the sand crumbled.
- 00:18:25.458 --> 00:18:29.863
- And then the same storms came and beat upon the other house
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- That was built upon the rock, and it stood strong."
- 00:18:32.666 --> 00:18:35.202
- He says, "therefore, whoever hears these sayings of mine
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- And does not do them, he's the foolish man building
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- On the sand.
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- Whoever hears these sayings of mine and does them, he's the
- 00:18:43.443 --> 00:18:45.912
- Wise man--" or woman--"building his house on the rock."
- 00:18:45.912 --> 00:18:49.382
- We choose what kind of wisdom we're gonna have.
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- Are we gonna be wise, or are we gonna be a fool?
- 00:18:52.852 --> 00:18:55.922
- Because wisdom is known by its actions.
- 00:18:55.922 --> 00:18:59.192
- Look at verse 13 of james 3, "if you're wise in understanding
- 00:18:59.192 --> 00:19:02.429
- God's ways, prove it by living an honorable life, good works,
- 00:19:02.429 --> 00:19:06.866
- And the humility that comes from wisdom."
- 00:19:06.866 --> 00:19:09.302
- If you're really a godly person, if you're really a wise person,
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- You will live a godly life.
- 00:19:13.540 --> 00:19:16.376
- Otherwise, i'm gonna doubt your wisdom.
- 00:19:16.376 --> 00:19:19.446
- And, also, you use it with humility.
- 00:19:19.446 --> 00:19:23.283
- You know, one of the problems of getting older is you just think
- 00:19:23.283 --> 00:19:25.919
- You know everything, right?
- 00:19:25.919 --> 00:19:28.555
- And you become the know it all.
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- So you're sitting maybe at a table with some young people,
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- And they say something.
- 00:19:33.493 --> 00:19:34.861
- You cut them off, "that's wrong.
- 00:19:34.861 --> 00:19:36.396
- Let me set you straight."
- 00:19:36.396 --> 00:19:37.897
- No one wants to hang out with you.
- 00:19:37.897 --> 00:19:40.700
- I mean, you might even be technically correct,
- 00:19:40.700 --> 00:19:43.570
- But it's the way you do it.
- 00:19:43.570 --> 00:19:45.572
- You should have humility.
- 00:19:45.572 --> 00:19:46.940
- You might even learn something from some young people
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- If you pay attention.
- 00:19:49.075 --> 00:19:50.777
- Learn to be a good listener.
- 00:19:50.777 --> 00:19:52.479
- And then, when people want to hear your wisdom, you can
- 00:19:52.479 --> 00:19:54.748
- Dispense it from your little pedestal you carry around
- 00:19:54.748 --> 00:19:58.385
- With you.
- 00:19:58.385 --> 00:20:01.187
- But true wisdom is humble.
- 00:20:01.187 --> 00:20:04.424
- Here's another thing: true wisdom is known
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- By its good fruit.
- 00:20:06.793 --> 00:20:08.295
- Look at verse 17, "the wisdom from above is pure, peace
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- Loving, gentle at all times, willing to yield to others.
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- It's full of mercy and the fruit of good deeds.
- 00:20:16.236 --> 00:20:18.872
- It shows no favoritism and is always sincere.
- 00:20:18.872 --> 00:20:22.075
- And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace
- 00:20:22.075 --> 00:20:25.312
- And reap a harvest of righteousness."
- 00:20:25.312 --> 00:20:28.315
- God's wisdom is pure.
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- This speaks of moral purity.
- 00:20:30.917 --> 00:20:32.952
- If you're a wise person, you'll be a pure person in every way.
- 00:20:32.952 --> 00:20:39.025
- But also, notice it says, verse 17,
- 00:20:39.025 --> 00:20:42.996
- "willing to yield to others."
- 00:20:42.996 --> 00:20:45.065
- You don't have to win every argument.
- 00:20:45.065 --> 00:20:47.701
- You don't have to dominate every conversation.
- 00:20:47.701 --> 00:20:51.304
- And this is true wisdom that's willing to yield to others.
- 00:20:51.304 --> 00:20:55.408
- You know, sometimes you just say, "i'll just concede
- 00:20:55.408 --> 00:20:58.845
- That to you right now.
- 00:20:58.845 --> 00:21:00.180
- We don't need to have a big conflict."
- 00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:01.514
- You know, sometimes people take knowledge, and even wisdom,
- 00:21:01.514 --> 00:21:05.518
- And they weaponize it.
- 00:21:05.518 --> 00:21:06.986
- And by that i mean, they take something that they know
- 00:21:06.986 --> 00:21:09.923
- That may or may not be right, and they use it to beat others,
- 00:21:09.923 --> 00:21:14.294
- To knock others down, to tear others down.
- 00:21:14.294 --> 00:21:17.564
- And then it comes to a point where i don't even care
- 00:21:17.564 --> 00:21:19.699
- If you're right; i just don't like the way you do it,
- 00:21:19.699 --> 00:21:23.136
- The way that you hurt other people with what you know.
- 00:21:23.136 --> 00:21:26.673
- A wise person is not so arrogant to think
- 00:21:26.673 --> 00:21:29.642
- They can't learn something.
- 00:21:29.642 --> 00:21:31.411
- So what does it say?
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- It says you should be a peacemaker.
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- Learn to be a peacemaker, not a troublemaker.
- 00:21:35.048 --> 00:21:38.718
- Learn how to be a bridge builder instead of a bridge burner.
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- Be a stumbling--a stepping stone instead of a stumbling block.
- 00:21:43.123 --> 00:21:47.327
- Don't be that person that walks in the room, and everyone goes,
- 00:21:47.327 --> 00:21:49.662
- "oh, boy, here we go," you know.
- 00:21:49.662 --> 00:21:51.064
- Don't be that person.
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- Be the one who's full of compassion, the one who will
- 00:21:52.899 --> 00:21:56.069
- Give their wisdom when the moment is right, the one
- 00:21:56.069 --> 00:21:59.506
- Who learns to listen, the one who builds the bridges.
- 00:21:59.506 --> 00:22:02.742
- Okay, one last thought, things jesus never said.
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- Jesus never said, if you live a good life,
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- You will go to heaven.
- 00:22:10.116 --> 00:22:12.419
- It's amazing to me how even some christians believe this.
- 00:22:12.419 --> 00:22:15.455
- They believe that, if their good deeds outweigh their bad deeds,
- 00:22:15.455 --> 00:22:19.025
- God will let them into heaven.
- 00:22:19.025 --> 00:22:20.960
- That's wrong because the bible says, "it's not by works
- 00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:24.397
- Of righteousness, which we have done, but according
- 00:22:24.397 --> 00:22:26.566
- To his mercy, he saved us."
- 00:22:26.566 --> 00:22:28.668
- And ephesians said, "for by grace, you've been saved
- 00:22:28.668 --> 00:22:31.004
- Through faith, not of works lest any man should boast."
- 00:22:31.004 --> 00:22:33.640
- Let's just play that out.
- 00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:34.974
- Let's just, for the sake of a point, say, it's true;
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- If your good deeds outweigh your bad deeds, god will let you
- 00:22:39.379 --> 00:22:42.715
- Into heaven, okay?
- 00:22:42.715 --> 00:22:44.551
- Have your good deeds outweighed your bad deeds?
- 00:22:44.551 --> 00:22:47.520
- I don't think so.
- 00:22:47.520 --> 00:22:49.255
- So, even your own argument is failing, and that's not to even
- 00:22:49.255 --> 00:22:52.625
- Mention it's not true to begin with.
- 00:22:52.625 --> 00:22:55.528
- Because we've all fallen short of god's glory.
- 00:22:55.528 --> 00:22:57.797
- Let's, let me say something that may surprise you.
- 00:22:57.797 --> 00:23:00.266
- There's gonna be some, quote, bad people in heaven,
- 00:23:00.266 --> 00:23:05.205
- And there's gonna be some, quote, good people in hell.
- 00:23:05.205 --> 00:23:09.709
- Does that make sense?
- 00:23:09.709 --> 00:23:11.277
- There'll be bad people in heaven.
- 00:23:11.277 --> 00:23:12.979
- What do you mean?
- 00:23:12.979 --> 00:23:14.314
- I thought heaven was for good people.
- 00:23:14.314 --> 00:23:15.682
- No, heaven is for forgiven people.
- 00:23:15.682 --> 00:23:18.451
- How about that guy, right?
- 00:23:18.451 --> 00:23:24.457
- How about that guy who was crucified next to jesus?
- 00:23:24.457 --> 00:23:27.193
- We call him the thief on the cross.
- 00:23:27.193 --> 00:23:29.462
- I think he was guilty of a far worse crime than theft.
- 00:23:29.462 --> 00:23:32.632
- The romans didn't crucify thieves, but they did
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- Crucify murderers.
- 00:23:35.869 --> 00:23:37.937
- He probably had murdered people.
- 00:23:37.937 --> 00:23:40.507
- But, whatever his sin or crime was, he was crucified
- 00:23:40.507 --> 00:23:44.811
- Next to jesus.
- 00:23:44.811 --> 00:23:46.145
- And he said, "lord, remember me when you come
- 00:23:46.145 --> 00:23:48.448
- Into your kingdom."
- 00:23:48.448 --> 00:23:49.816
- And jesus turned to him and said, "you're gonna have to do
- 00:23:49.816 --> 00:23:52.151
- A lot of good works really quickly," right?
- 00:23:52.151 --> 00:23:55.922
- No, don't read that in the bible.
- 00:23:55.922 --> 00:23:58.892
- Jesus said, "truly, truly, i say to you, today you will be
- 00:23:58.892 --> 00:24:03.296
- With me in paradise."
- 00:24:03.296 --> 00:24:04.931
- I mean, how amazing is that?
- 00:24:04.931 --> 00:24:06.399
- And i tell you, that was what you call a deathbed conversion.
- 00:24:06.399 --> 00:24:10.069
- And i have prayed with people on their death beds and seen them
- 00:24:10.069 --> 00:24:14.007
- Come to christ, people that had their heart hardened against god
- 00:24:14.007 --> 00:24:18.811
- For all of their life, but, literally, on their deathbed,
- 00:24:18.811 --> 00:24:22.916
- They realize their need for jesus.
- 00:24:22.916 --> 00:24:24.684
- And what a joy it is to pray with someone and lead them
- 00:24:24.684 --> 00:24:28.154
- To christ and then say, in the authority of scripture,
- 00:24:28.154 --> 00:24:31.190
- "you're going to heaven."
- 00:24:31.190 --> 00:24:32.825
- How gracious god is.
- 00:24:32.825 --> 00:24:34.928
- Yeah, so there'll be bad people in heaven, so to speak, and
- 00:24:34.928 --> 00:24:38.464
- There'll be good people in hell.
- 00:24:38.464 --> 00:24:40.300
- Now, what does that even mean?
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- Well, look, if you are good in the sense that you think,
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- Because of your good works, you're gonna get to heaven,
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- You're really missing the point because "all have sinned and
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- Fallen short of god's glory," and one sin is enough
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- To keep you out of heaven.
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- The bible says, "if we offend in one point of the law,
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- We're guilty of all of it."
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- And the fact is we've sinned a lot more than one time.
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- Jesus said, "in that final day, many will come to me, saying,
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- 'lord, lord, did we not prophesy in your name?
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- Did we not cast out demons in your name?
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- Did we not do wonderful works in your name?'"
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- I would update and say, "'did we not receive communion
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- In your name?
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- Did we not get baptized in your name?
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- Did we not attend church in your name?'"
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- And jesus will say to them, "depart from me; i never knew
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- You, you workers of iniquity."
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- See, they knew about him, but they didn't know him.
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- So, good works will not get you to heaven.
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- Now, let me close with something jesus did say.
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- Jesus said, "come unto to me, all of you who are exhausted
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- With life and are bending beneath its weight.
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- Come to me, and i will refresh you with rest."
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- Let's pull some of these elements together.
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- God does love you.
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- God will accept you as you are, but he doesn't want to leave you
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- That way.
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- God does have a plan for you that's better than your dreams
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- For yourself.
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- No, don't follow your heart; follow the lord.
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- Discover what he has in store for you--in this life
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- And in the life to come.
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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 that 2,000 years ago, god sent
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- His son, jesus christ, to die on the cross for your sin,
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- And then to rise again from the dead.
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- The same jesus who died and rose is alive and ready
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- 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 follow you
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- 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 has heard you.
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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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