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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - Things Jesus Never Said | January 7, 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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- 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 un-break 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 un-break 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 who's god is the lord.
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- Greg: i have a boxing glove here signed by manny pacquiao.
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- Now, because i own this glove--by the way,
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- Manny's a christian--but because i own this glove,
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- This does not make me a boxer.
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- It makes me someone that owns a glove that belongs
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- To a famous boxer.
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- I have a football here.
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- Owning a football does not make me a quarterback, right?
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- And in the same way, owning a bible doesn't make you a
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- Christian, it's who you are.
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- The bible says, "by their fruit you shall know them."
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- My question for you is: if you were arrested for being a
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- Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?
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- By evidence, i don't mean how many bibles you have.
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- I have quite a collection of bibles at home,
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- Pretty much one for every decade that i've known the lord,
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- And i don't throw them away, sometimes i give them away,
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- But the point is it's not how many bibles i have,
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- It's if the bible has made its way into my heart.
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- It's not how you mark your bible,
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- It's how your bible marks you.
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- It's not even enough to go through the word of god,
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- The word of god must go through you.
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- The bible says by their fruit you shall know them.
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- If people look at your life, your lifestyle,
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- Your choices, even your language,
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- Can they tell you're a follower of jesus?
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- Be someone who's known by their spiritual fruit.
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- And don't be someone that pretends to be something you are
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- Not, like me pretending i'm a boxer,
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- That's called being a poser.
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- Don't be a poser.
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- Be a follower of jesus christ.
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- Greg: we get these cues from culture that tell us
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- How to think.
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- But the bible is in direct contrast to what
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- This world says.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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;
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- But if you're bitterly jealous and there's selfish ambition in
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- Your heart, don't cover up the truth with boasting and lying.
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- 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.
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- So james is contrasting the wisdom of this culture and the
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- Wisdom that comes from god.
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- When young solomon ascended to the throne, after his father
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- 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."
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- 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."
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- 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,
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- "if anyone lacks wisdom, let him ask of god,
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- Who gives it generally, and does not hold it back."
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- Did you know that god wants to reveal his will to you?
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- But you need to pray about it, say lord, "i need wisdom here.
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- I need to make the right decision."
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- And god cares about all those things you deal with in life.
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- 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
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- And not necessarily wise.
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- There are smart people that do really stupid things.
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- I've met people, they have great accomplishments, they have
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- The degrees on their wall.
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- We would call them intelligent, but they do
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- 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.
- 00:16:57.382 --> 00:16:59.784
- But the ultimate source of wisdom is from god and his word
- 00:16:59.784 --> 00:17:03.988
- Where we learn how to think biblically.
- 00:17:03.988 --> 00:17:07.025
- So a lot of times the way i make decisions is not because
- 00:17:07.025 --> 00:17:10.261
- I hear an audible voice from god.
- 00:17:10.261 --> 00:17:12.764
- But i think of a biblical principle, what should we do
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- In this situation?
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- And then you think of a verse that applies to that,
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- And you apply it, and then you make your decision.
- 00:17:18.336 --> 00:17:21.072
- 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."
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- And then he says, "and the storms came and beat upon the
- 00:17:32.083 --> 00:17:34.886
- House, and the house that was built upon the sand crumbled.
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- 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."
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- 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
- 00:17:52.870 --> 00:17:55.339
- Wise man--" or woman--"building his house on the rock."
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- 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?
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- Because wisdom is known by its actions.
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- Look at verse 13 of james 3, "if you're wise in understanding
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- God's ways, prove it by living an honorable life, good works,
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- And the humility that comes from wisdom."
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- If you're really a godly person, if you're really a wise person,
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- You will live a godly life.
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- Otherwise, i'm gonna doubt your wisdom.
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- And, also, you use it with humility.
- 00:18:28.873 --> 00:18:32.710
- You know, one of the problems of getting older is you just think
- 00:18:32.710 --> 00:18:35.346
- You know everything, right?
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- And you become the know it all.
- 00:18:37.982 --> 00:18:40.151
- So you're sitting maybe at a table with some young people,
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- And they say something.
- 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:44.288
- You cut them off, "that's wrong.
- 00:18:44.288 --> 00:18:45.823
- Let me set you straight."
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- No one wants to hang out with you.
- 00:18:47.325 --> 00:18:50.128
- I mean, you might even be technically correct,
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- But it's the way you do it.
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- You should have humility.
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- You might even learn something from some young people
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- If you pay attention.
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- Learn to be a good listener.
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- And then, when people want to hear your wisdom, you can
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- Dispense it from your little pedestal you carry around
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- With you.
- 00:19:07.812 --> 00:19:10.615
- But true wisdom is humble.
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- Here's another thing: true wisdom is known
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- By its good fruit.
- 00:19:16.220 --> 00:19:17.722
- 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.
- 00:19:25.663 --> 00:19:28.299
- It shows no favoritism and is always sincere.
- 00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:31.502
- And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace
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- And reap a harvest of righteousness."
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- God's wisdom is pure.
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- This speaks of moral purity.
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- If you're a wise person, you'll be a pure person in every way.
- 00:19:42.380 --> 00:19:48.452
- But also, notice it says, verse 17,
- 00:19:48.452 --> 00:19:52.423
- "willing to yield to others."
- 00:19:52.423 --> 00:19:54.492
- You don't have to win every argument.
- 00:19:54.492 --> 00:19:57.128
- You don't have to dominate every conversation.
- 00:19:57.128 --> 00:20:00.731
- And this is true wisdom that's willing to yield to others.
- 00:20:00.731 --> 00:20:04.835
- You know, sometimes you just say, "i'll just concede
- 00:20:04.835 --> 00:20:08.272
- That to you right now.
- 00:20:08.272 --> 00:20:09.607
- We don't need to have a big conflict."
- 00:20:09.607 --> 00:20:10.942
- You know, sometimes people take knowledge, and even wisdom,
- 00:20:10.942 --> 00:20:14.946
- And they weaponize it.
- 00:20:14.946 --> 00:20:16.414
- And by that i mean, they take something that they know
- 00:20:16.414 --> 00:20:19.350
- That may or may not be right, and they use it to beat others,
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- To knock others down, to tear others down.
- 00:20:23.721 --> 00:20:26.991
- And then it comes to a point where i don't even care
- 00:20:26.991 --> 00:20:29.126
- If you're right; i just don't like the way you do it,
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- The way that you hurt other people with what you know.
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- A wise person is not so arrogant to think
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- They can't learn something.
- 00:20:39.070 --> 00:20:40.838
- 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.
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- 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.
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- Don't be that person that walks in the room, and everyone goes,
- 00:20:56.754 --> 00:20:59.090
- "oh, boy, here we go," you know.
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- Don't be that person.
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- Be the one who's full of compassion, the one who will
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- Give their wisdom when the moment is right, the one
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- Who learns to listen, the one who builds the bridges.
- 00:21:08.933 --> 00:21:12.169
- Okay, one last thought, things jesus never said.
- 00:21:12.169 --> 00:21:17.174
- Jesus never said, if you live a good life,
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- You will go to heaven.
- 00:21:19.543 --> 00:21:21.846
- It's amazing to me how even some christians believe this.
- 00:21:21.846 --> 00:21:24.882
- They believe that, if their good deeds outweigh their bad deeds,
- 00:21:24.882 --> 00:21:28.452
- God will let them into heaven.
- 00:21:28.452 --> 00:21:30.388
- That's wrong because the bible says, "it's not by works
- 00:21:30.388 --> 00:21:33.824
- Of righteousness, which we have done, but according
- 00:21:33.824 --> 00:21:35.993
- To his mercy, he saved us."
- 00:21:35.993 --> 00:21:38.095
- And ephesians said, "for by grace, you've been saved
- 00:21:38.095 --> 00:21:40.431
- Through faith, not of works lest any man should boast."
- 00:21:40.431 --> 00:21:43.067
- Let's just play that out.
- 00:21:43.067 --> 00:21:44.402
- 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
- 00:21:48.806 --> 00:21:52.143
- Into heaven, okay?
- 00:21:52.143 --> 00:21:53.978
- Have your good deeds outweighed your bad deeds?
- 00:21:53.978 --> 00:21:56.947
- I don't think so.
- 00:21:56.947 --> 00:21:58.683
- So, even your own argument is failing, and that's not to even
- 00:21:58.683 --> 00:22:02.053
- Mention it's not true to begin with.
- 00:22:02.053 --> 00:22:04.955
- Because we've all fallen short of god's glory.
- 00:22:04.955 --> 00:22:07.224
- Let's, let me say something that may surprise you.
- 00:22:07.224 --> 00:22:09.694
- There's gonna be some, quote, bad people in heaven,
- 00:22:09.694 --> 00:22:14.632
- And there's gonna be some, quote, good people in hell.
- 00:22:14.632 --> 00:22:19.136
- Does that make sense?
- 00:22:19.136 --> 00:22:20.705
- There'll be bad people in heaven.
- 00:22:20.705 --> 00:22:22.406
- What do you mean?
- 00:22:22.406 --> 00:22:23.741
- I thought heaven was for good people.
- 00:22:23.741 --> 00:22:25.109
- No, heaven is for forgiven people.
- 00:22:25.109 --> 00:22:27.878
- How about that guy, right?
- 00:22:27.878 --> 00:22:33.884
- How about that guy who was crucified next to jesus?
- 00:22:33.884 --> 00:22:36.620
- We call him the thief on the cross.
- 00:22:36.620 --> 00:22:38.889
- I think he was guilty of a far worse crime than theft.
- 00:22:38.889 --> 00:22:42.059
- The romans didn't crucify thieves, but they did
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- Crucify murderers.
- 00:22:45.296 --> 00:22:47.365
- He probably had murdered people.
- 00:22:47.365 --> 00:22:49.934
- But, whatever his sin or crime was, he was crucified
- 00:22:49.934 --> 00:22:54.238
- Next to jesus.
- 00:22:54.238 --> 00:22:55.573
- And he said, "lord, remember me when you come
- 00:22:55.573 --> 00:22:57.875
- Into your kingdom."
- 00:22:57.875 --> 00:22:59.243
- And jesus turned to him and said, "you're gonna have to do
- 00:22:59.243 --> 00:23:01.579
- A lot of good works really quickly," right?
- 00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:05.349
- No, don't read that in the bible.
- 00:23:05.349 --> 00:23:08.319
- Jesus said, "truly, truly, i say to you, today you will be
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- With me in paradise."
- 00:23:12.723 --> 00:23:14.358
- I mean, how amazing is that?
- 00:23:14.358 --> 00:23:15.826
- And i tell you, that was what you call a deathbed conversion.
- 00:23:15.826 --> 00:23:19.497
- And i have prayed with people on their death beds and seen them
- 00:23:19.497 --> 00:23:23.434
- Come to christ, people that had their heart hardened against god
- 00:23:23.434 --> 00:23:28.239
- For all of their life, but, literally, on their deathbed,
- 00:23:28.239 --> 00:23:32.343
- They realize their need for jesus.
- 00:23:32.343 --> 00:23:34.111
- And what a joy it is to pray with someone and lead them
- 00:23:34.111 --> 00:23:37.581
- To christ and then say, in the authority of scripture,
- 00:23:37.581 --> 00:23:40.618
- "you're going to heaven."
- 00:23:40.618 --> 00:23:42.253
- How gracious god is.
- 00:23:42.253 --> 00:23:44.355
- Yeah, so there'll be bad people in heaven, so to speak, and
- 00:23:44.355 --> 00:23:47.892
- There'll be good people in hell.
- 00:23:47.892 --> 00:23:49.727
- Now, what does that even mean?
- 00:23:49.727 --> 00:23:51.662
- Well, look, if you are good in the sense that you think,
- 00:23:51.662 --> 00:23:55.132
- Because of your good works, you're gonna get to heaven,
- 00:23:55.132 --> 00:23:57.835
- You're really missing the point because "all have sinned and
- 00:23:57.835 --> 00:24:01.272
- Fallen short of god's glory," and one sin is enough
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- To keep you out of heaven.
- 00:24:04.341 --> 00:24:06.043
- The bible says, "if we offend in one point of the law,
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- We're guilty of all of it."
- 00:24:08.846 --> 00:24:10.781
- And the fact is we've sinned a lot more than one time.
- 00:24:10.781 --> 00:24:14.752
- Jesus said, "in that final day, many will come to me, saying,
- 00:24:14.752 --> 00:24:18.489
- 'lord, lord, did we not prophesy in your name?
- 00:24:18.489 --> 00:24:21.926
- Did we not cast out demons in your name?
- 00:24:21.926 --> 00:24:24.495
- Did we not do wonderful works in your name?'"
- 00:24:24.495 --> 00:24:26.864
- I would update and say, "'did we not receive communion
- 00:24:26.864 --> 00:24:30.534
- In your name?
- 00:24:30.534 --> 00:24:31.869
- Did we not get baptized in your name?
- 00:24:31.869 --> 00:24:33.637
- Did we not attend church in your name?'"
- 00:24:33.637 --> 00:24:36.173
- 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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- ♪♪♪
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- Greg: have you watched the news lately?
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- It seems like the world is coming apart.
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- War in the middle east, instability all around us.
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- And, i'm telling you right now, the bible predicted these things
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- Would happen in the last days.
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- But here's what you need to remember.
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- Jesus said, "when you see these things begin to happen, look up,
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- For your redemption is drawing near."
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- He didn't say, "freak out."
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- He said, "look up."
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- I want you to know that i've read the last page of the bible,
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- And we win in the end.
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- We need hope in this crazy, hopeless world, in this world
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- Of chaos and confusion.
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- Jesus christ has everything you're looking for
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- In a relationship with him.
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- I encourage you to call out to the lord and ask him
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- To come into your life.
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- Let me send you, at no charge, a bible to help you get started
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- In your new relationship with christ.
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- ♪♪♪
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- Greg: you know, the bible says: "a good person
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- Leaves an inheritance for their children's children."
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- God encourages all of us as christians to manage
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- Our money well so we can be a blessing to our families
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- And to others.
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- Harvest has a special gift for you today, an opportunity
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- To set up a will or a living trust completely free of charge.
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- Here's how you can learn more.
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- Greg: i'm excited to announce that here at harvest
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- We partnered with our friends at freewill.
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- Freewill is an easy to use estate planning tool
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- That allows you to make planned gifts to organizations
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- Of your choice.
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- It's a creative opportunity to support the work we're doing
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- Here at harvest ministries.
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- So as you make your plans, i hope you'll consider
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- Investing in this ministry so we can continue
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- To preach the gospel and teach the word of god
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- For years to come.
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- You can learn more at freewill.com/harvest.
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