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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - Which Side Are You On? | May 20, 2025
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- Greg laurie: by the way, this is the worst
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- Place to live: in the middle.
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- If you're gonna be a christian, be a christian, go for it.
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- If you're not gonna be a christian, don't be a christian.
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- If you go for that, it'll lead to a horrible end,
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- But at least you're committed.
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- Greg: welcome to "harvest with greg laurie."
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- This tv show is all about helping you get to know god
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- Better, because god loves you, and god has a plan for you, and
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- God wants to transform your life, and he's told us
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- Everything you need to know about him and life in general in
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- This book, the bible, the user's manual of life.
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- So, we're going to be talking about what the bible says and
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- What god wants to do in your life.
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- Again, welcome and god bless you.
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- ♪ the day when life begins. ♪
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- ♪ the day when life begins. ♪♪
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- Greg: see, it's hard for us to wait on the lord, because
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- We're a culture of instant gratification.
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- Whatever you want, you can get it right now.
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- You want your music, you download your music.
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- You want to watch a movie, you stream it.
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- How many of you remember blockbuster video?
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- And you would go down there, and you would
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- Rent this thing called a videotape.
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- And remember it had this little sign, "be kind, rewind," right?
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- And then dvds came out.
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- That was so revolutionary, and they came to us from netflix in
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- Little packages, and we'd watch them, and we'd send them back.
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- But now we stream everything.
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- You want food, you shoot out a text,
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- They'll bring it to your door.
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- You want to order something, you can
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- Get it at amazon, same day delivery.
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- And so we expect god to work quickly, and sometimes he does.
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- Sometimes he works faster than we can even imagine, and other
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- Times, he just takes his sweet time, but it is sweet time.
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- 'cause i love what isaiah tells us over in chapter 40, verse 31.
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- "those that wait upon the lord will renew their strength.
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- They'll mount up with wings as eagles.
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- They'll run and not be weary, and they'll walk and not faint."
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- I think one of the reasons we're so depleted and exhausted and
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- Worn out is we're not waiting on the lord.
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- We just live in a constant flurry
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- Of activity, and we don't slow down.
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- That's what elijah did as the lord was getting him ready.
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- Because when you see a work of god happen, it's the right
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- Person, in the right place, at the right time.
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- The bible says god makes all things perfect in his time.
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- Well, now the wait is over.
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- So, elijah is headed to see ahab.
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- Remember, elijah's been gone for over three years.
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- Everyone's looking for him.
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- There's posters of "wanted dead or alive,
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- Preferably dead: elijah the prophet."
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- He's on the side of milk cartons.
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- Everyone's looking for him. no one's seen him.
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- All of a sudden, here he is.
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- Hard guy to miss.
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- And he encounters obadiah, who's
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- Introduced to us in 1 kings 18, verse 2.
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- "meanwhile the famine had become very severe in samaria.
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- So ahab summoned obadiah, who was in charge of the palace.
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- Obadiah was a devoted follower of the lord.
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- Once when jezebel had tried to kill all the lord's prophets,
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- Obadiah had hidden a hundred of them in two caves."
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- Now, a critic might say, "well, obadiah, he was a compromiser.
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- He should've spoken up more like elijah."
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- No, not everyone is called to be an elijah.
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- Some people are called to be an obadiah.
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- God always has his people in strategic places.
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- Joseph was placed there second only to pharaoh to counsel him.
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- Daniel was very influential in the
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- Babylonian and persian empires.
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- Nehemiah was in a place of authority
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- Next to king artaxerxes
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- And used his influence to rebuild the walls of jerusalem.
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- But in each case god enabled people
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- To occupy important positions.
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- God always puts his people in the most amazing places.
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- You just never know.
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- So, our job is to be an influence where we are.
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- You know, look at queen esther.
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- Some of you could say, "well, what's
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- She doing entering a beauty contest?
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- That's not very spiritual."
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- Well, she won the beauty contest and was brought into the court
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- Of the king, and she did not reveal at first she was jewish.
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- But when the time is right, and when it needed to be done, she
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- Put it all on the line and spoke up for her fellow jewish people
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- And literally saved all of them because of what she did.
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- As scripture says, she was placed
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- There for such a time as this.
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- I find it interesting, elijah does
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- Not criticize or condemn obadiah.
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- He just says, "go do your job.
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- Tell the king elijah's back."
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- And so now the king is going to encounter elijah.
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- You know, sometimes we look at someone else, and we say,
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- "well, why are they doing that, that way?
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- I don't agree with it.
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- They should do it the way i think they should do it."
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- And it reminds me of the statement of peter
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- To jesus, when jesus implied that john
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- Would live longer and peter would die.
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- And so peter points at john and
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- Says, "well, what about this man?"
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- Jesus says, "what is that to you?
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- Follow me."
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- So, instead of looking at others and critiquing them, and
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- Thinking they're not doing as good of a job as
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- You think they should do, just make sure you're doing
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- The job god has called you to do.
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- So, obadiah tells ahab that elijah's back.
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- 1 kings chapter 18, verse 16, "so obadiah went to tell ahab
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- That elijah had come, and ahab went out to meet elijah.
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- And when he saw him, he exclaimed, 'is
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- That really you, the troublemaker of israel?'
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- 'i didn't make any trouble for israel,' elijah replies.
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- 'you and your family are the troublemakers, and you've
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- Refused to obey the commands of the lord, and you've worshiped
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- The images of baal instead.'"
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- Stop there.
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- So, he calls him the troublemaker of israel.
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- The word troublemaker means one who wreaks havoc, who is a
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- Pestilence, or is a plague.
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- The hebrew word is snake.
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- So, effectively, ahab said, "oh, there you are, you snake in
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- The grass, the one who troubles israel."
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- Elijah says, "it's not me, it's you and your
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- Family because of your idol worship."
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- We need more troublemakers like elijah today
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- That make a stand for what is true.
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- And now elijah says, "okay, let's do this now.
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- How about if you get all the prophets of baal,
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- And we meet up on mount carmel.
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- In fact, while you're at it, why don't you
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- Get the prophets of ashteroth, too."
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- So, totally--or totaling, that would be 850 prophets of baal
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- And ashteroth versus one prophet of the lord.
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- "let's do this, and we'll see which god is really real."
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- Here's what amazes me is ahab agrees to this.
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- Why would he agree?
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- What good had baal done for him?
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- Baal was the weather god.
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- Baal was the god over the elements, the sun, and the
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- Clouds, and the rain, and they've had a drought for over
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- Three years, and baal wasn't able to help them.
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- Baal was a dud.
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- And so elijah says, "let's do this."
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- And ahab says, "yeah, sounds good to me."
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- Why would ahab agree to this?
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- Simple answer, sin makes you stupid.
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- So, he agrees for this big contest up on mount carmel.
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- 1 kings 18:20, "so ahab summoned all the people of
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- Israel and the prophets to mount carmel.
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- Elijah stood in front of them and said, 'how much longer will
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- You waver, hobbling between two opinions?
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- If the lord is god, follow him.
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- If baal is god, then follow him.'"
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- But look at this verse.
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- "but the people were completely silent."
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- Why were they silent? the silence was deafening.
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- The reason they were silent is because
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- They believed in many gods.
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- They did not want to stop, you see.
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- They wanted to have it both ways.
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- They wanted the lord god, but they wanted the other gods, too,
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- Because there were some fringe benefits.
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- So, elijah says, "go, you guys, go first."
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- Elijah turned to them and said, "say when."
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- Now that was doc holliday with johnny ringo in tombstone.
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- Never mind. how many of you got that joke?
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- Just men, only men.
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- Anyway, "say when.
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- Let's do it."
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- 1 kings 18:26, "so they prepared one of the bulls, placed it on
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- The altar, called on the name of baal from morning until
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- Noontime, shouting, 'o baal, answer us.'
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- But there was no reply of any kind, and they
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- Danced, hobbling around the altar."
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- I mean, this is pathetic.
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- So, we may laugh at this, but let me ask this.
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- Can you still worship an idol today?
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- I think idolatry is alive and well.
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- An idol, a false god is not merely an image that we would
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- Bow before, though it would include that.
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- An idol, listen, is anyone or anything that takes the place of
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- God in our lives, anyone or anything that
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- Takes the place of god in our lives.
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- This is why the apostle john, toward the end of his life,
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- Gave these words of wisdom when he said,
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- "little children, keep yourselves from idols."
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- Greg: hey, everybody.
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- Greg laurie with a few words about hypocrisy.
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- You know, maybe you've had someone say to you as a
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- Christian when you said or did something inconsistent with what
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- You profess to believe, "you're a hypocrite."
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- Well, maybe.
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- What is a hypocrite?
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- First of all, if you say you believe something
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- And don't always live up to it, that doesn't
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- Necessarily mean you're a hypocrite.
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- It means you're a, well, human.
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- 'cause we all sin. we all fall short.
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- We all have moments of inconsistency in our life.
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- A hypocrite is different.
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- In the strictest sense of what it
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- Is in the bible, it is an actor.
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- That is the root word of hypocrite, an actor.
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- It's someone who pretends to be something they're not, not
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- Somebody that believes something and doesn't always live up to
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- It, but someone who's putting on a show, a performance.
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- Example, judas iscariot was the hypocrite extraordinaire.
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- He wanted to come off as such a spiritual guy.
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- There's an occasion where a woman took some ointment, some
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- Perfume, and anointed the feet of jesus with it.
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- It was a very extravagant gift she gave to our lord.
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- And judas spoke up and said, "this is a waste of money.
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- This could've been sold and the money given to the poor."
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- But the bible says he didn't say that because he cared about the
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- Poor, but because he was stealing the money.
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- Here's my point.
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- Don't be an actor.
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- Don't be a performer.
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- Don't be a phony. we all mess up.
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- And let me close with a response to people who would
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- Say, "well, the reason i'm not a christian is there's
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- Too many hypocrites in the church."
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- Here's my response. ready for it?
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- Hey, there's always room for one more.
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- I'm not excusing hypocrisy.
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- I'm just saying don't use that as an
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- Excuse to keep you away from the lord.
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- Listen, jesus will always be who he claims to be in your life.
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- You follow him.
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- Greg: so, here's the question to answer.
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- If you want to know what your god is or who your god is,
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- What do you get excited about in the morning?
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- Some would say breakfast.
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- That would be me, actually.
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- But, no, what fires you up? what are you passionate about?
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- You know, you can be talking to somebody, and there's not much
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- Of a conversation, and suddenly you get to
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- Their favorite subject, and they become
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- Animated, and they light up, and off they go.
- 00:12:19.938 --> 00:12:23.708
- That could be potentially your god.
- 00:12:23.708 --> 00:12:27.178
- An idol is not usually a bad thing.
- 00:12:27.178 --> 00:12:30.381
- The most dangerous idols are good things that are twisted.
- 00:12:30.381 --> 00:12:33.651
- Listen, it's a good thing you made into a god thing.
- 00:12:33.651 --> 00:12:38.089
- Does that make sense?
- 00:12:38.089 --> 00:12:39.424
- For instance, there's nothing wrong with pursuing a career.
- 00:12:39.424 --> 00:12:42.360
- There's nothing wrong with wanting to make money.
- 00:12:42.360 --> 00:12:45.563
- There's nothing wrong with certain sports we engage in, but
- 00:12:45.563 --> 00:12:49.467
- Don't let a good thing become a god thing.
- 00:12:49.467 --> 00:12:54.405
- How do you know what a person is passionate about?
- 00:12:54.405 --> 00:12:56.441
- Hey, start with their social media.
- 00:12:56.441 --> 00:13:00.145
- You know, a lot of employers nowadays, they check a person's
- 00:13:00.145 --> 00:13:03.281
- Social media before they hire them.
- 00:13:03.281 --> 00:13:06.217
- So, what have they tweeted?
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- What have they posted on instagram?
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- What have they said on facebook?
- 00:13:10.255 --> 00:13:12.690
- And, you know, you look at the way some people are, and they're
- 00:13:12.690 --> 00:13:16.427
- All worked up on their social media.
- 00:13:16.427 --> 00:13:19.264
- You know, actually, jesus said, where your
- 00:13:19.264 --> 00:13:21.766
- Posts are there will your heart be also.
- 00:13:21.766 --> 00:13:25.436
- Not really.
- 00:13:25.436 --> 00:13:27.272
- He actually said, "where your treasure is,
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- There will your heart be also."
- 00:13:29.541 --> 00:13:30.875
- But the bible does say, out of the
- 00:13:30.875 --> 00:13:32.577
- Abundance of a heart, a man will tweet.
- 00:13:32.577 --> 00:13:34.846
- No, not really. but there's truth to that.
- 00:13:34.846 --> 00:13:37.482
- He'll speak, but so what are you really into?
- 00:13:37.482 --> 00:13:41.286
- You know, i know certain people that used to do
- 00:13:41.286 --> 00:13:44.322
- Posts about their faith, and would put
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- Scriptures up, and words of encouragement.
- 00:13:46.624 --> 00:13:49.260
- And i don't know what happened to these people, but then one
- 00:13:49.260 --> 00:13:52.063
- Day they turned into ranters, right?
- 00:13:52.063 --> 00:13:55.300
- And they'd speak bold type.
- 00:13:55.300 --> 00:13:56.668
- Everything's in caps.
- 00:13:56.668 --> 00:13:58.069
- Sometimes, white letters reversed out of black.
- 00:13:58.069 --> 00:14:01.105
- Even better, red letters reversed out of black, ranting
- 00:14:01.105 --> 00:14:04.976
- About whatever it is, and it's conspiracy
- 00:14:04.976 --> 00:14:07.679
- Theories, or this thing, or that thing.
- 00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:09.681
- Hey, what happened?
- 00:14:09.681 --> 00:14:11.015
- Has that possibly taken the place of the lord in your life?
- 00:14:11.015 --> 00:14:16.120
- You can make yourself a god.
- 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:18.723
- You can worship yourself.
- 00:14:18.723 --> 00:14:20.625
- You don't pray to yourself.
- 00:14:20.625 --> 00:14:22.594
- "our greg who art in heaven."
- 00:14:22.594 --> 00:14:23.995
- No, you don't do that, but you're so focused
- 00:14:23.995 --> 00:14:26.397
- On yourself, that has become your god.
- 00:14:26.397 --> 00:14:29.534
- Romans 1:25 says, "they traded the truth about god for a lie,
- 00:14:29.534 --> 00:14:33.504
- And worshiped and served the things god created instead of
- 00:14:33.504 --> 00:14:37.542
- The creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise."
- 00:14:37.542 --> 00:14:42.180
- Some people worship their bodies.
- 00:14:42.180 --> 00:14:44.482
- They worship at the first church of the perfect physique, right?
- 00:14:44.482 --> 00:14:49.454
- They have hundreds of photos of themselves
- 00:14:49.454 --> 00:14:51.723
- On social media doing the trout pout.
- 00:14:51.723 --> 00:14:55.159
- You know what the trout pout is?
- 00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:56.995
- Girls, i'm talking to you now.
- 00:14:56.995 --> 00:14:59.163
- It's that look where you kind of look at the camera, hold it up
- 00:14:59.163 --> 00:15:01.766
- Like this, so selfie, and you do the little pucker thing,
- 00:15:01.766 --> 00:15:04.802
- And you--it's called the trout pout.
- 00:15:04.802 --> 00:15:07.205
- Yeah, listen, you can do whatever you want.
- 00:15:07.205 --> 00:15:09.240
- You can nip it, tuck it, lift it, tighten it, tat it, color
- 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:14.779
- It, but you can make a god out of your own body, right?
- 00:15:14.779 --> 00:15:19.784
- Others bow at the altar of pleasure.
- 00:15:19.784 --> 00:15:22.520
- Even others bow at the altar of fame or possessions.
- 00:15:22.520 --> 00:15:26.724
- Or for somebody else, their god could be money.
- 00:15:26.724 --> 00:15:30.395
- The bible tells us in colossians 3:5, covetousness is idolatry.
- 00:15:30.395 --> 00:15:34.599
- Now, we think, yes, anyone who has
- 00:15:34.599 --> 00:15:36.701
- A lot of money, that's their god.
- 00:15:36.701 --> 00:15:38.603
- Hold on.
- 00:15:38.603 --> 00:15:39.938
- Your god could be money if you don't even have that much of it,
- 00:15:39.938 --> 00:15:43.541
- Because here's what the bible says.
- 00:15:43.541 --> 00:15:46.577
- "the love of money is the root of all evil, which while some
- 00:15:46.577 --> 00:15:50.248
- Have coveted after, they've erred from the faith and pierced
- 00:15:50.248 --> 00:15:53.351
- Themselves through with many sorrows."
- 00:15:53.351 --> 00:15:55.987
- The bible does not say money is the root of all evil.
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- Money is not evil.
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- Money is not good.
- 00:16:00.758 --> 00:16:02.327
- Money is neutral.
- 00:16:02.327 --> 00:16:03.828
- You determine if it will be good, used for good or evil,
- 00:16:03.828 --> 00:16:07.198
- But the love of money is the source
- 00:16:07.198 --> 00:16:11.302
- Or the root of all kinds of evil.
- 00:16:11.302 --> 00:16:14.272
- You trust in these things.
- 00:16:14.272 --> 00:16:15.673
- Here's the bottom line.
- 00:16:15.673 --> 00:16:17.342
- God in the ten commandments is saying,
- 00:16:17.342 --> 00:16:19.377
- "i want you to know what matters to me."
- 00:16:19.377 --> 00:16:22.113
- Now, if we were to write the ten commandments
- 00:16:22.113 --> 00:16:23.848
- Today, we might reorder them a little.
- 00:16:23.848 --> 00:16:26.918
- We might say commandment number one is thou shall not murder.
- 00:16:26.918 --> 00:16:31.189
- Is that commandment number one? no.
- 00:16:31.189 --> 00:16:33.758
- Or we might say, oh, thou shall not steal, or thou shall not
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- Lie, or thou shall not commit adultery.
- 00:16:36.761 --> 00:16:38.830
- Those matter a lot.
- 00:16:38.830 --> 00:16:40.431
- But commandment number one is the lord speaking.
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- "i am the lord god, and i don't want you
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- To have any other gods before me."
- 00:16:45.036 --> 00:16:47.939
- See, if you have that area right, everything
- 00:16:47.939 --> 00:16:51.242
- Else will find its proper balance.
- 00:16:51.242 --> 00:16:53.244
- If god is not number one in your life,
- 00:16:53.244 --> 00:16:55.713
- Everything will collapse into chaos.
- 00:16:55.713 --> 00:16:58.983
- Why does god want to be number one?
- 00:16:58.983 --> 00:17:01.486
- 'cause he wants a relationship with you, and he tells
- 00:17:01.486 --> 00:17:05.023
- Us his motive in exodus 20, verse 4.
- 00:17:05.023 --> 00:17:08.226
- He says, "i the lord your god am a jealous god."
- 00:17:08.226 --> 00:17:12.897
- I've heard people say, "oh, god's jealous.
- 00:17:12.897 --> 00:17:14.866
- He's paranoid. he's insecure."
- 00:17:14.866 --> 00:17:17.268
- No, no, no, that's not what that means.
- 00:17:17.268 --> 00:17:19.303
- When god says, "i'm a jealous god," that
- 00:17:19.303 --> 00:17:21.506
- Speaks of a mark of relationship.
- 00:17:21.506 --> 00:17:25.076
- Think about this, wives, if your husband
- 00:17:25.076 --> 00:17:26.444
- Came out and said, "honey, i love you.
- 00:17:26.444 --> 00:17:27.979
- We've been married 20 years, but
- 00:17:27.979 --> 00:17:30.048
- I now have five other girlfriends.
- 00:17:30.048 --> 00:17:31.582
- Are you cool with that?"
- 00:17:31.582 --> 00:17:33.217
- And she'll pick up a frying pan and say, "are you cool with the
- 00:17:33.217 --> 00:17:36.754
- Omelet i'm gonna make you right now?"
- 00:17:36.754 --> 00:17:38.356
- Hey, no, psyche. no way.
- 00:17:38.356 --> 00:17:40.591
- No self-respecting wife would go along with that game plan.
- 00:17:40.591 --> 00:17:43.795
- You want an exclusive relationship
- 00:17:43.795 --> 00:17:45.496
- With your husband or with your wife.
- 00:17:45.496 --> 00:17:47.365
- The same is true of the lord.
- 00:17:47.365 --> 00:17:48.699
- He's saying, "look, these people are worshiping false gods, baal
- 00:17:48.699 --> 00:17:52.070
- And ashteroth, and i want them to worship me."
- 00:17:52.070 --> 00:17:54.906
- It's not that they stopped worshiping the lord.
- 00:17:54.906 --> 00:17:58.276
- It's that they were worshiping the
- 00:17:58.276 --> 00:17:59.777
- "lord," in quotes, and these false gods, why?
- 00:17:59.777 --> 00:18:04.182
- Because there were fringe benefits to worshiping
- 00:18:04.182 --> 00:18:08.252
- Ashteroth, the goddess of fertility.
- 00:18:08.252 --> 00:18:12.023
- You could go down to her little temple, and there were all kinds
- 00:18:12.023 --> 00:18:14.559
- Of sexual things one could engage in, so that they could--i
- 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:18.229
- Kind of, i want to have it all, you know, kind of
- 00:18:18.229 --> 00:18:20.331
- The best of both worlds, or it doesn't work.
- 00:18:20.331 --> 00:18:23.801
- So, that's why elijah is saying, "stop going
- 00:18:23.801 --> 00:18:26.504
- Back and forth between two opinions.
- 00:18:26.504 --> 00:18:29.006
- If the lord is god, then follow him."
- 00:18:29.006 --> 00:18:32.043
- Don't we have it today?
- 00:18:32.043 --> 00:18:33.611
- You know, people say, "i'm a christian, but you know we're
- 00:18:33.611 --> 00:18:36.214
- Having sex before marriage, but it's okay.
- 00:18:36.214 --> 00:18:38.816
- The lord said, 'it's cool, my child.'"
- 00:18:38.816 --> 00:18:43.421
- No, he didn't, 'cause god would never contradict his word.
- 00:18:43.421 --> 00:18:47.792
- And the bible says, "this is the will of god,
- 00:18:47.792 --> 00:18:49.427
- That you abstain from immorality."
- 00:18:49.427 --> 00:18:52.196
- Or you might say, "oh, well, you know, we're living together.
- 00:18:52.196 --> 00:18:54.132
- We're not married, but it's all right.
- 00:18:54.132 --> 00:18:56.501
- We love the lord." now hold on.
- 00:18:56.501 --> 00:18:58.236
- That's outside of god's will, as well.
- 00:18:58.236 --> 00:19:01.706
- And by the way, living together is the best way
- 00:19:01.706 --> 00:19:03.674
- To sabotage a potential marriage.
- 00:19:03.674 --> 00:19:07.411
- Studies have actually shown that couples who live together have a
- 00:19:07.411 --> 00:19:10.314
- Far higher divorce rate than those who don't.
- 00:19:10.314 --> 00:19:13.551
- If you want to set your marriage up
- 00:19:13.551 --> 00:19:15.052
- For failure, then live together.
- 00:19:15.052 --> 00:19:17.922
- Now, but they're trying to live in two worlds.
- 00:19:17.922 --> 00:19:19.257
- "oh, yes, i love the lord.
- 00:19:19.257 --> 00:19:20.591
- I'm at church on sunday, and it's great.
- 00:19:20.591 --> 00:19:22.693
- I'm even in a small group.
- 00:19:22.693 --> 00:19:24.028
- But, yeah, we're still gonna go out and party.
- 00:19:24.028 --> 00:19:25.963
- We're gonna get drunk, we're gonna get high, whatever."
- 00:19:25.963 --> 00:19:27.665
- Hold on.
- 00:19:27.665 --> 00:19:29.000
- How long are you gonna jump back and forth between two opinions?
- 00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:33.237
- The bible says go big or go home.
- 00:19:33.237 --> 00:19:36.707
- The bible doesn't say that, but the thought is there.
- 00:19:36.707 --> 00:19:39.911
- "choose this day whom you're going to serve."
- 00:19:39.911 --> 00:19:42.713
- See, these people were trying to live in two worlds.
- 00:19:42.713 --> 00:19:46.651
- They have enough of the world to be miserable in god and enough
- 00:19:46.651 --> 00:19:50.922
- Of god to be miserable in the world.
- 00:19:50.922 --> 00:19:54.192
- By the way, this is the worst place to live: in the middle.
- 00:19:54.192 --> 00:19:58.095
- Like, if you're going to be a christian, be a christian.
- 00:19:58.095 --> 00:19:59.997
- Go for it.
- 00:19:59.997 --> 00:20:01.332
- If you're not gonna be a christian, don't be a christian.
- 00:20:01.332 --> 00:20:04.135
- And go for that, it'll lead to a horrible
- 00:20:04.135 --> 00:20:06.337
- End, but at least you're committed.
- 00:20:06.337 --> 00:20:09.640
- But this middle spot, where you're going back and forth,
- 00:20:09.640 --> 00:20:12.543
- This is the most miserable of all places to live,
- 00:20:12.543 --> 00:20:15.746
- And that's what he's calling them out on.
- 00:20:15.746 --> 00:20:17.715
- He's saying, "come on now, guys, make your choice."
- 00:20:17.715 --> 00:20:21.385
- Now elijah is gonna have a little fun at their expense.
- 00:20:21.385 --> 00:20:25.656
- Look at 1 kings 18:27.
- 00:20:25.656 --> 00:20:28.292
- "about noontime, elijah began mocking them."
- 00:20:28.292 --> 00:20:31.829
- I love that verse, because i am a mocker.
- 00:20:31.829 --> 00:20:36.467
- I enjoy mocking, and elijah apparently did as well.
- 00:20:36.467 --> 00:20:40.438
- He started mocking them.
- 00:20:40.438 --> 00:20:41.772
- "hey, you guys, you have to shout louder, for he's a god--"
- 00:20:41.772 --> 00:20:46.244
- They're calling out to baal.
- 00:20:46.244 --> 00:20:47.778
- "maybe he's daydreaming or is relieving himself."
- 00:20:47.778 --> 00:20:52.683
- By the way, this is accurate.
- 00:20:52.683 --> 00:20:54.785
- I'm reading from the new living translation,
- 00:20:54.785 --> 00:20:57.521
- But that is exactly what he said.
- 00:20:57.521 --> 00:21:01.058
- "maybe your god's in the celestial outhouse, guys."
- 00:21:01.058 --> 00:21:04.729
- So, he's obviously making fun of them.
- 00:21:04.729 --> 00:21:08.065
- "and, or maybe he's away on a trip, or
- 00:21:08.065 --> 00:21:10.635
- He's asleep, or needs to be wakened."
- 00:21:10.635 --> 00:21:14.105
- Verse 28, "they shouted louder.
- 00:21:14.105 --> 00:21:15.840
- And following their normal custom, they cut themselves with
- 00:21:15.840 --> 00:21:18.509
- Knives and swords until the blood gushed out.
- 00:21:18.509 --> 00:21:22.413
- They raved all afternoon until the time of the evening
- 00:21:22.413 --> 00:21:25.116
- Sacrifice," i love this verse, "but still there
- 00:21:25.116 --> 00:21:28.519
- Was no sound, no reply, no response," why?
- 00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:35.092
- Because these false gods are not real.
- 00:21:35.092 --> 00:21:38.929
- These people are slashing themselves to death.
- 00:21:38.929 --> 00:21:43.100
- You know, i think sometimes even as christians we kind of bring
- 00:21:43.100 --> 00:21:45.436
- This kind of thinking into our faith and think we
- 00:21:45.436 --> 00:21:48.105
- Have to do a lot of things to get god's
- 00:21:48.105 --> 00:21:50.608
- Approval so he'll listen to our prayers.
- 00:21:50.608 --> 00:21:54.011
- "i need to slash myself.
- 00:21:54.011 --> 00:21:55.746
- I need to hurt myself.
- 00:21:55.746 --> 00:21:57.415
- I need to do this other thing so god will love me."
- 00:21:57.415 --> 00:22:00.284
- Listen to this. god loves you no matter what.
- 00:22:00.284 --> 00:22:03.521
- That's an established fact in the universe.
- 00:22:03.521 --> 00:22:05.990
- He loves you.
- 00:22:05.990 --> 00:22:10.995
- And the only reason you can approach god is not because of
- 00:22:10.995 --> 00:22:13.297
- What you do for him, but because of what he's done for you.
- 00:22:13.297 --> 00:22:17.802
- And he proved this love to you by sending his son,
- 00:22:17.802 --> 00:22:20.938
- Jesus christ, to die on the cross.
- 00:22:20.938 --> 00:22:23.274
- See, god took his wrath and anger and judgment and put it
- 00:22:23.274 --> 00:22:27.378
- Upon his own beloved son, who died in your place.
- 00:22:27.378 --> 00:22:31.782
- Let me wrap this up by just saying that
- 00:22:31.782 --> 00:22:34.919
- There may be an idol in your life.
- 00:22:34.919 --> 00:22:36.987
- "oh, i don't have an idol.
- 00:22:36.987 --> 00:22:38.322
- I worship the lord." do you?
- 00:22:38.322 --> 00:22:39.657
- Well, what are you passionate about?
- 00:22:39.657 --> 00:22:42.126
- What are you the most excited about?
- 00:22:42.126 --> 00:22:44.495
- What makes your, you know, blood really
- 00:22:44.495 --> 00:22:47.231
- Begin to start running and excite you?
- 00:22:47.231 --> 00:22:50.768
- And that really can become your god.
- 00:22:50.768 --> 00:22:53.938
- Listen, the lord wants to be your god.
- 00:22:53.938 --> 00:22:55.806
- Don't settle for a cheap substitute.
- 00:22:55.806 --> 00:22:59.110
- All these empty pursuits in our
- 00:22:59.110 --> 00:23:01.078
- Culture today will leave you empty.
- 00:23:01.078 --> 00:23:04.415
- What you're longing for deep down inside
- 00:23:04.415 --> 00:23:06.784
- Is a relationship with the lord, and he longs
- 00:23:06.784 --> 00:23:09.420
- For an exclusive relationship with you.
- 00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:13.724
- And no matter who you are, god can forgive you of your sin, and
- 00:23:13.724 --> 00:23:17.027
- You can enter into a relationship with him.
- 00:23:17.027 --> 00:23:19.430
- Stop hopping back and forth between two opinions.
- 00:23:19.430 --> 00:23:22.933
- Get out of that spiritual no-man's land.
- 00:23:22.933 --> 00:23:26.771
- Don't be a mugwump.
- 00:23:26.771 --> 00:23:28.906
- How many of you know what a mugwump is?
- 00:23:28.906 --> 00:23:31.142
- I'm gonna tell you.
- 00:23:31.142 --> 00:23:32.510
- A mugwump, it's someone who sits on the fence.
- 00:23:32.510 --> 00:23:36.147
- Their mug is on one end, and their wump is on the other.
- 00:23:36.147 --> 00:23:40.751
- Get off the fence.
- 00:23:40.751 --> 00:23:43.020
- If the lord is god--and he is--serve him.
- 00:23:43.020 --> 00:23:46.090
- If baal is god, serve him. well, baal's false.
- 00:23:46.090 --> 00:23:49.293
- Whatever that other god is, it won't save you
- 00:23:49.293 --> 00:23:51.262
- In that last day, but jesus will.
- 00:23:51.262 --> 00:23:55.032
- Greg: maybe god has spoken to your heart,
- 00:23:58.969 --> 00:24:02.039
- And you have seen your need for jesus christ.
- 00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:05.609
- Jesus christ is the son of god, who
- 00:24:05.609 --> 00:24:08.646
- Came from heaven to this earth.
- 00:24:08.646 --> 00:24:10.848
- He was born in a manger.
- 00:24:10.848 --> 00:24:12.983
- He died on a cross.
- 00:24:12.983 --> 00:24:14.585
- He rose again from the dead. why?
- 00:24:14.585 --> 00:24:16.687
- Because he loves you, and he wants a relationship with you.
- 00:24:16.687 --> 00:24:20.157
- Listen, i'm not talking about religion.
- 00:24:20.157 --> 00:24:22.393
- I don't want to be a religious person.
- 00:24:22.393 --> 00:24:24.195
- I don't think you want to be one either.
- 00:24:24.195 --> 00:24:26.197
- I'm talking about relationship with god.
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- Jesus, who died and rose again, stands at the door of your life,
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- And he knocks, and he says if you'll hear his voice
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- And open the door, he will come in.
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- Question, have you asked jesus christ
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- To come and live inside of you?
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- You might say, "well, i think so, i'm not sure."
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- Hey, if someone moved into your house in the middle of the
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- Night, do you think you would be aware of it?
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- I'm sure you would.
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- And in the same way, if christ has come
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- To live inside of you, you will know.
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- And if you don't know, maybe he has
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- Not come in, yet, he's just a prayer away.
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- All you need to do is say, "jesus,
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- I want this relationship with you.
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- I want you to forgive me of my sin.
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- I want to go to heaven when i die."
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- Would you like to do that?
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- Would you like christ to come into your life?
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- If so, why don't you just pray this simple prayer with me?
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- You can pray it out loud, or you can pray
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- It in the quietness of your heart.
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- But this is a prayer where you're asking
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- Jesus christ to be your savior and lord.
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- Pray this with me now.
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- "lord jesus, i know that i'm a sinner, but i know
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- That you're the savior, who died on the cross for
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- My sin and rose again from the dead.
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- Now come into my life.
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- I choose to follow you from this moment forward.
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- Thank you for hearing this prayer
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- And answering this prayer.
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- In jesus's name, amen."
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- Did you just pray that prayer with me?
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- If so, i want you to know on the authority of scripture that
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- Christ himself has come to live inside of you.
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- And i would love to send to you at no charge
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- Something called the new believer's bible.
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- It's a very friendly translation of the new testament you'll
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- Find very understandable, and it's full with hundreds of notes
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- That i wrote that will encourage you in this commitment
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- You've just made to follow jesus.
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- Let me send that to you at no charge.
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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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- Greg: greg laurie here.
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- You know, at harvest ministries we're committing to reaching
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- Unexpected people in unexpected places with an
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- Unexpected message.
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- And thanks to your financial support, we've been able to
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- Touch people all over the world with the hope of jesus christ.
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- Your gifts today not only help us reach millions across the
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- Country through this television program, they also help us to
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- Bring hope to people in their biggest need, whether through
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- Our evangelistic events or our relief efforts, together we've
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- Been able to minister to so many people devastated by the fires
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- In lahaina on the island of maui.
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- And also, your support has helped us partner to bring
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- Medical help in the ongoing conflict in israel.
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- So i'm asking you today to continue to support this
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- Ministry so we can do everything possible to fulfill the
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- Great commission.
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- Let's do this together, and let me say in advance,
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- Thank you and god bless you.
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