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Greg Laurie - Who Is God?

March 18, 2025 | 27:29

Greg Laurie - Who Is God?
Pastor Greg Laurie sets out to offer sound theology without apology. He delves into the attributes of God, emphasizing his omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotence, sovereignty, truthfulness, holiness, goodness, and love. Greg encourages believers to embrace these truths and live out their faith accordingly, reminding them that God is always present, powerful, and loving, and that they can find hope and guidance in his unchanging nature.
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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - Who Is God? | March 18, 2025
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  • Greg laurie: "well, my god, my god is loving
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  • But he's not wrathful."
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  • Really? your god is you.
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  • "no, no, he's my god."
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  • You made up your own god.
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  • You can't, you can do that if you want to, but that god
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  • Will not be able to save you on the final day.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ this is the day, the day when life begins ♪
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  • ♪ this is the day, the day when life begins ♪♪
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  • Greg: what is god like?
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  • Is he a smiling god, or is he a frowning god?
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  • How does he look at you and how does he look at me?
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  • Does he approve of me?
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  • Does he disapprove?
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  • Because the bible refers to god as a father, that's a point of
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  • Entry for us to sort of try to wrap our mind
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  • Around the infinite.
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  • I'm the finite tryin' to comprehend the infinite.
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  • I'm trying to grasp the almighty god, but yet the bible presents
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  • Him as a father.
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  • And it's interesting because in the lord's prayer, which is a
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  • Template for all prayer, jesus taught us to pray "our father
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  • Who art in heaven, hallowed be your name."
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  • Now, i wonder what kind of father did you have growing up?
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  • Well, i had a lot of 'em.
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  • Seven.
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  • And none of 'em really treated me as a father except one, oscar
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  • Laurie, who adopted me, but my time with him was so short, so
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  • When i thought of the idea of a father, i really had no point of
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  • Reference, but that's not true for many of you.
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  • Many of you had a great dad, still have a great dad.
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  • Your dad was just a perfect representation of what god
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  • Is like.
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  • He was there for you, he cared about you, he was everything a
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  • Good father should be.
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  • Others of you maybe didn't have that experience.
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  • Maybe your father left, maybe your parents divorced.
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  • Even worse, maybe you had a bad dad and he hurt you in some way,
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  • And so you sort of transfer that over to god.
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  • "well my father on earth is this way, therefore my father in
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  • Heaven must be the same way."
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  • No, you have to look at god the father in an entirely new way.
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  • What is he like?
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  • Because what we believe about god will affect how we view
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  • Our life.
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  • It will affect how we view others.
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  • It will affect how we live in this world.
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  • What you think about god has everything to do with how you
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  • Live your life.
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  • This is where your world view is formed.
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  • How you view god will determine how you will view the world.
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  • Two thousand years ago the roman governor, pontius pilate, asked
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  • This question: "what is truth?"
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  • And we're still asking that question today.
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  • Now, past generations always felt that you had to look to a
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  • Source outside of yourself for absolute truth, namely god and
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  • The bible.
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  • That's how we determined what was moral or immoral, what was
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  • Right or what was wrong.
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  • But a new study from the cultural research center at
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  • Arizona christian university shows that 58% of americans that
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  • Were surveyed no longer believe that.
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  • So almost 60% of the american public do not believe there is
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  • Absolute truth anymore that is to be determined by what the
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  • Bible teaches.
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  • Instead, they say it's up to the individual decide, to decide
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  • What is true and moral.
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  • So, your opinion, my opinion, doesn't matter.
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  • Every opinion is valid, and this is even more shocking.
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  • They found that evangelicals are almost as likely to reject
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  • Absolute moral truth as to accept it.
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  • In other words, 46% of evangelicals did not believe
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  • There was absolute truth.
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  • Houston, we have a problem.
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  • Because an evangelical by definition is someone that
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  • Believes what the bible teaches.
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  • And instead, now we trust our heart.
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  • "i trust my heart."
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  • "i follow my gut."
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  • "i let my feelings help me to decide what i should do."
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  • "i think this."
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  • "i feel that."
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  • "i believe."
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  • I believe that for every drop of rain, a flower grows.
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  • I believe that somewhere in the darkest night, a candle glows.
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  • Stop pushing your god around in a stroller
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  • And eating tofu and listen.
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  • Snap out of it.
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  • Walk into this right now.
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  • Listen to me.
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  • Linda, linda, listen!
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  • We have to think biblically, and therefore logically, instead of
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  • Emotionally.
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  • It's time to put our thinking caps on.
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  • God wants us to think, not just feel.
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  • Our feelings should subject themselves to what is true,
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  • Not develop your world view based on how you feel
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  • About a certain thing.
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  • Isaiah 1:18, god says: "'let us reason together,'
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  • Says the lord."
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  • Or another way to translate that is, "come, let us argue
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  • This out.
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  • We need to live biblically."
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  • So, what you believe matters.
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  • What you think matters.
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  • So i wanna take some time in this series that we're calling
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  • "timeless" to offer sound theology without apology.
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  • Let's begin with the attributes of god.
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  • And let's go to psalm 139 and read a few verses together,
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  • Psalm 139.
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  • And i'm gonna be reading from the new living translation.
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  • The psalmist writes, "lord, you have examined my heart.
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  • You know everything about me.
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  • You know when i sit down, you know when i stand up.
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  • You know my thoughts even when i'm far away.
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  • You see me when i travel and when i rest at home.
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  • You know everything i do.
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  • You know what i am going to say even before i say it, lord.
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  • You go before me and you follow me.
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  • You place your hand of blessing on my head.
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  • Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
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  • Too great for me to understand."
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  • I love that, don't you?
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  • So here's point number one, if you're taking notes:
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  • God is omniscient.
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  • God is omniscient, theological word.
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  • It means god is all knowing.
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  • You can see how to spell it on the screen
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  • If you wanna write it down.
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  • God knows everything.
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  • Verse 1, "lord, you've examined my heart and know everything
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  • About me."
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  • Think about this, god knows everything about you.
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  • He knows every thought you think,
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  • He knows every place you go.
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  • He knows every website you visit.
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  • He knows every hope you have inside.
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  • He knows your fears.
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  • He knows everything.
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  • God knows all things.
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  • Now, god always has known these things.
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  • It's hard for us to understand that 'cause we learn things,
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  • Then we forget things, then we relearn 'em again.
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  • But god always has known these things.
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  • He doesn't learn new things.
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  • And god never has lapses in memory.
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  • You ever have a lapse in memory?
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  • God doesn't forget things.
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  • That'd be scary.
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  • What if he forgot about you or me?
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  • Or moved on because he found something more interesting.
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  • No, god knows all things.
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  • He knows the big things, because psalm 147 verse 4, it says, "he
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  • Determines the number of stars and calls each by name.
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  • Are you kidding me?
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  • Every star has a name?
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  • Boy, i'd run outta names quick.
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  • But not only does he know about the stars, he knows about little
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  • Details.
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  • Matthew 10 says, jesus speaking, "the very hairs of your head are
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  • Numbered.
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  • So don't be afraid, you are more valuable to god than a whole
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  • Flock of sparrows."
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  • He knows about every bird that falls to the ground.
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  • He knows about every hair on your head.
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  • Now for some of you, you have a lotta hair.
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  • For me it's like what, greg, you have eight, nine?
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  • I'm not sure how many you have, well actually i am sure
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  • 'cause i'm all knowing, but, it's not a lot
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  • To work with so...
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  • He knows all things.
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  • He knows about your faithfulness to him.
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  • He knows about those sleepless nights when you pleaded with him
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  • For the salvation and protection of your children.
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  • He knows about those thankless moments where you faithfully
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  • Were serving others and were rarely acknowledged.
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  • He knows about the financial sacrifices you've made for your
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  • Family, and even for his kingdom.
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  • When giving, jesus said, "your father who sees you
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  • In secret will one day reward you openly."
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  • And god knows what's gonna happen before it happens.
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  • God remembers all things, he knows all things.
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  • He's omniscient.
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  • And number two, he's omnipresent.
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  • That's just a word that means he's present everywhere.
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  • Look at psalm 139 verse 7: "i can never escape
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  • From your spirit.
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  • I can never get away from your presence.
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  • If i go to heaven, you're there.
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  • If i go down to the grave, you're there."
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  • Wherever you go, god will be there.
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  • Now, these words can be either comforting or frightening
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  • Depending on what side of the fence you're on spiritually.
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  • If you are walking with god, it's comforting to know that
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  • Wherever you go, god will be there with you.
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  • If you're not walking with god, it's frightening to know that
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  • Wherever you go, god will be there, which means you cannot
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  • Escape from god, but when we but when we put our faith in christ,
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  • We're reassured that jesus will never leave us or forsake us.
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  • And i love the fact that that verse can be better translated,
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  • Jesus speaking, "i will never, no, never, no never leave you or
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  • Forsake you."
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  • Jesus said, "lo, i am with you even to the end of the age."
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  • You'll never be alone as a christian.
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  • Now, that's great to know because sometimes we think well,
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  • God's in the church, and it's great when
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  • We gather together in the church, isn't it?
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  • Don't you love to be with god's people worshiping, learning
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  • Together, enjoying together, serving together?
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  • There's nothing like it.
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  • But god doesn't stay here.
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  • "well, let's leave. god, we'll see ya later.
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  • Okay, bye."
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  • And he just hangs out here, right?
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  • He goes where you go.
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  • God is omnipresent, god is omniscient,
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  • And god is omnipotent.
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  • Number three, omnipotent.
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  • This means that he has unlimited power that can never be
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  • Depleted, drained, or exhausted.
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  • And this is why it's so silly when we say, well,
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  • I've tried everything.
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  • I've exhausted all of my resources.
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  • All i can do now is--gulp--pray.
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  • What?
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  • Oh, you mean pray to the all-knowing, all-powerful, ever
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  • Present creator of the universe?
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  • I think he can handle your problem.
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  • Number four, god is sovereign.
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  • We hear that word thrown around.
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  • God is sovereign. what does that even mean?
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  • It means that god is able to do what he pleases with whomever he
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  • Chooses whenever he wishes.
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  • Lemme say that again.
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  • God is able to do what he pleases with whomever he chooses
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  • Whenever he wishes.
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  • So, god doesn't have to check in with you or me to make sure
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  • We're okay with this.
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  • God is sovereign, but that also reminds us that god has a plan.
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  • Nothing is ever haphazard or willy-nilly.
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  • It's always part of a bigger plan for your life.
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  • Number five, god is truth. got is truth.
  • 00:11:59.361 --> 00:12:04.967
  • This comes back to the question of pilate, what is truth?
  • 00:12:04.967 --> 00:12:09.505
  • God is truth.
  • 00:12:09.505 --> 00:12:11.006
  • Jesus said, "i am the way, the truth, and the life."
  • 00:12:11.006 --> 00:12:14.477
  • This means that god and god alone is the
  • 00:12:14.477 --> 00:12:17.313
  • Final standard of truth.
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  • God is the final court of arbitration.
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  • You are not.
  • 00:12:23.719 --> 00:12:25.788
  • Nor are your feelings or your emotions.
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  • "well, i don't know. i see it differently."
  • 00:12:27.556 --> 00:12:30.493
  • What do you do when you come to a passage in the bible
  • 00:12:30.493 --> 00:12:33.262
  • You don't agree with?
  • 00:12:33.262 --> 00:12:35.030
  • You change your opinion. because scripture is truth.
  • 00:12:35.030 --> 00:12:39.502
  • God is true.
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  • "well i, i don't agree."
  • 00:12:40.836 --> 00:12:42.371
  • Who cares? really, who cares?
  • 00:12:42.371 --> 00:12:44.573
  • I guess you care. i don't really care.
  • 00:12:44.573 --> 00:12:47.543
  • But it's god who is that source of truth, 'cause we'll come up
  • 00:12:47.543 --> 00:12:50.679
  • With all these wacky things like, "well, my god, my god
  • 00:12:50.679 --> 00:12:54.383
  • Is loving but he's not wrathful."
  • 00:12:54.383 --> 00:12:57.186
  • Really? your god is you.
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  • "no, no, he's my god."
  • 00:13:00.489 --> 00:13:02.458
  • You made up your own god.
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  • You can't, you can do that if you want to, but that god will
  • 00:13:04.493 --> 00:13:09.799
  • Not be able to save you on the final day.
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  • The only god is the true god found in scripture who describes
  • 00:13:12.802 --> 00:13:17.273
  • Himself clearly.
  • 00:13:17.273 --> 00:13:19.575
  • There is no higher authority than god himself.
  • 00:13:19.575 --> 00:13:23.012
  • He again is the final court of arbitration.
  • 00:13:23.012 --> 00:13:26.715
  • "well i don't know, i have my disagreements."
  • 00:13:26.715 --> 00:13:28.450
  • Well, here's what god says, romans 9:20, "who are you to
  • 00:13:28.450 --> 00:13:30.519
  • Talk back to god?
  • 00:13:30.519 --> 00:13:33.088
  • Shall that which is formed say to him who formed it, 'why did
  • 00:13:33.088 --> 00:13:35.424
  • You make me this way?'" it's just ridiculous.
  • 00:13:35.424 --> 00:13:38.994
  • There has to come a point where i just accept
  • 00:13:38.994 --> 00:13:41.297
  • What he says is true.
  • 00:13:41.297 --> 00:13:42.665
  • You know, when you were a kid, some of you still are kids, and
  • 00:13:42.665 --> 00:13:47.303
  • You had a question for your parents, "mom, come on,
  • 00:13:47.303 --> 00:13:49.004
  • Lemme do this."
  • 00:13:49.004 --> 00:13:50.339
  • "no, you can't do it." "come on, why?"
  • 00:13:50.339 --> 00:13:53.142
  • "i, because i think it's a bad idea."
  • 00:13:53.142 --> 00:13:54.476
  • "come on, why?"
  • 00:13:54.476 --> 00:13:55.811
  • Finally mom gets frustrated and says, "because i said so."
  • 00:13:55.811 --> 00:13:59.381
  • "come on!" "i said so."
  • 00:13:59.381 --> 00:14:01.016
  • And then you as a kid said, "i will never say that as a parent
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  • To my children."
  • 00:14:04.820 --> 00:14:06.889
  • Yes you will. you'll see.
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  • You'll see one day.
  • 00:14:10.292 --> 00:14:12.194
  • And at a certain point, god just says, "because i said so.
  • 00:14:12.194 --> 00:14:15.397
  • I'm the final court of arbitration.
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  • I'm the source of right and wrong.
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  • If i say it's true, it is true.
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  • There is no higher authority, because i said so."
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  • Greg: you know, when jesus hung on the cross, three times
  • 00:14:30.646 --> 00:14:33.816
  • He called out to the father.
  • 00:14:33.816 --> 00:14:36.285
  • In the beginning, middle, and end of the crucifixion.
  • 00:14:36.285 --> 00:14:39.321
  • His first words from calvary were "father, forgive them for
  • 00:14:39.321 --> 00:14:42.424
  • They know not what they do."
  • 00:14:42.424 --> 00:14:44.627
  • Then as all the sin of the world was placed upon him, he said,
  • 00:14:44.627 --> 00:14:47.630
  • "my god, my god, why have you forsaken me?"
  • 00:14:47.630 --> 00:14:51.166
  • And finally, he said to the father, "into your hands i
  • 00:14:51.166 --> 00:14:54.036
  • Commit my spirit."
  • 00:14:54.036 --> 00:14:56.238
  • This is a reminder to us that we should call on god at the
  • 00:14:56.238 --> 00:14:59.441
  • Beginning, middle, and end of our life.
  • 00:14:59.441 --> 00:15:02.211
  • You know, if you're young and you're watching me right now,
  • 00:15:02.211 --> 00:15:05.281
  • Remember the best thing you can do is commit your life to jesus.
  • 00:15:05.281 --> 00:15:07.549
  • I became a christian at the age of 17.
  • 00:15:07.549 --> 00:15:12.021
  • That was about 51 years ago, and i've never regretted
  • 00:15:12.021 --> 00:15:16.325
  • That decision.
  • 00:15:16.325 --> 00:15:18.193
  • The bible says "remember the creator in the days
  • 00:15:18.193 --> 00:15:20.162
  • Of your youth.
  • 00:15:20.162 --> 00:15:21.497
  • But then in middle age, sometimes we're preoccupied,
  • 00:15:21.497 --> 00:15:24.867
  • We're getting our family going, we're pursuing our career, and
  • 00:15:24.867 --> 00:15:28.570
  • We forget about god, but listen, god has not forgotten about you.
  • 00:15:28.570 --> 00:15:32.074
  • Keep god at the forefront of your life, and certainly at the
  • 00:15:32.074 --> 00:15:35.044
  • End when we're at eternity's door and we know we'll see him.
  • 00:15:35.044 --> 00:15:39.114
  • Call out to him.
  • 00:15:39.114 --> 00:15:40.649
  • Call out to the lord at the beginning, and the middle,
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  • And the end of your life.
  • 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:45.988
  • Greg: so god is omniscient, he's omnipresent,
  • 00:15:49.858 --> 00:15:52.895
  • He's omnipotent, he's sovereign, and he's true.
  • 00:15:52.895 --> 00:15:55.464
  • Number six, god is holy. god is holy.
  • 00:15:55.464 --> 00:16:00.035
  • And we see this repeatedly in scripture.
  • 00:16:00.035 --> 00:16:02.004
  • Isaiah in chapter 6 says this: "i saw the lord sitting
  • 00:16:02.004 --> 00:16:06.375
  • On his throne.
  • 00:16:06.375 --> 00:16:07.710
  • He was high, he was lifted up.
  • 00:16:07.710 --> 00:16:09.278
  • His glory filled the temple, and the angels cried 'holy, holy,
  • 00:16:09.278 --> 00:16:13.182
  • Holy is the lord god almighty.'"
  • 00:16:13.182 --> 00:16:15.985
  • The holiness of god.
  • 00:16:15.985 --> 00:16:19.421
  • Habakkuk 1:13 says "your eyes are too pure to look on evil.
  • 00:16:19.421 --> 00:16:23.092
  • You cannot tolerate wrong."
  • 00:16:23.092 --> 00:16:25.961
  • See, we need to understand the holiness of god.
  • 00:16:25.961 --> 00:16:29.198
  • We talk a lot about the love of god.
  • 00:16:29.198 --> 00:16:30.632
  • I'm getting to that in just a moment.
  • 00:16:30.632 --> 00:16:32.735
  • But i think there may have been a day in the church where the
  • 00:16:32.735 --> 00:16:36.405
  • Holiness of god was emphasized at the expense
  • 00:16:36.405 --> 00:16:41.143
  • Of the love of god.
  • 00:16:41.143 --> 00:16:43.145
  • But i think in more recent times, maybe the love of god has
  • 00:16:43.145 --> 00:16:47.549
  • Been emphasized at the expense of the holiness of god.
  • 00:16:47.549 --> 00:16:51.487
  • Does that make sense? we say god loves you.
  • 00:16:51.487 --> 00:16:54.323
  • God loves everything about you.
  • 00:16:54.323 --> 00:16:56.025
  • God loves you no matter what you've done.
  • 00:16:56.025 --> 00:16:58.027
  • Well that's all true, but god wants to change you.
  • 00:16:58.027 --> 00:17:00.129
  • There is the holiness of god too.
  • 00:17:00.129 --> 00:17:02.898
  • We have to keep all these things in mind when we think about god
  • 00:17:02.898 --> 00:17:06.201
  • And not make him some one-dimensional creation
  • 00:17:06.201 --> 00:17:10.472
  • That we come up with.
  • 00:17:10.472 --> 00:17:13.409
  • Number seven, god is good.
  • 00:17:13.409 --> 00:17:15.177
  • And i think it's just really important to be reminded of,
  • 00:17:15.177 --> 00:17:17.312
  • 'cause i think, okay, god's all-knowing, fine.
  • 00:17:17.312 --> 00:17:19.348
  • God's all-powerful, good.
  • 00:17:19.348 --> 00:17:20.983
  • God's present everywhere.
  • 00:17:20.983 --> 00:17:22.818
  • God is sovereign and he can do whatever he wants whenever he
  • 00:17:22.818 --> 00:17:25.454
  • Wants with whoever he wants.
  • 00:17:25.454 --> 00:17:27.956
  • All right, he's holy, i got it.
  • 00:17:27.956 --> 00:17:29.625
  • Ah, but god is good.
  • 00:17:29.625 --> 00:17:31.727
  • God is good.
  • 00:17:31.727 --> 00:17:33.362
  • Don't miss that, 'cause if i miss that, it can be kind of a
  • 00:17:33.362 --> 00:17:36.165
  • Frightening view of the lord.
  • 00:17:36.165 --> 00:17:39.001
  • The word "good" could be understood to mean as god is the
  • 00:17:39.001 --> 00:17:42.638
  • Final standard of good.
  • 00:17:42.638 --> 00:17:46.175
  • In other words, if you wanna know what "good" is,
  • 00:17:46.175 --> 00:17:47.910
  • You go to scripture.
  • 00:17:47.910 --> 00:17:49.511
  • God will tell you what is good, and god will tell you
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  • What is bad.
  • 00:17:52.281 --> 00:17:53.715
  • And if god tells you something is bad, it's bad.
  • 00:17:53.715 --> 00:17:57.086
  • And if he tells you it's good, it's good.
  • 00:17:57.086 --> 00:17:59.388
  • And if he tells you not to do something, he's telling it to
  • 00:17:59.388 --> 00:18:02.991
  • You for your own good, because the bible says "no good thing
  • 00:18:02.991 --> 00:18:07.729
  • Will he withhold from those that walk uprightly.
  • 00:18:07.729 --> 00:18:13.035
  • Psalm 106:1 says, "give thanks unto the lord, for he is good."
  • 00:18:13.035 --> 00:18:16.905
  • David writes in psalm 34:8, "oh taste and see that
  • 00:18:16.905 --> 00:18:20.109
  • The lord is good."
  • 00:18:20.109 --> 00:18:23.312
  • So, god determines what is good.
  • 00:18:23.312 --> 00:18:25.747
  • So he's truthful, he's holy, he's good, but yes,
  • 00:18:25.747 --> 00:18:29.418
  • He is loving.
  • 00:18:29.418 --> 00:18:31.320
  • In fact, the bible even says god is love.
  • 00:18:31.320 --> 00:18:34.990
  • God is love.
  • 00:18:34.990 --> 00:18:37.493
  • "behold what manner of love the father has given unto us,
  • 00:18:37.493 --> 00:18:41.029
  • That we should be called the children of god."
  • 00:18:41.029 --> 00:18:45.434
  • "greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life
  • 00:18:45.434 --> 00:18:49.438
  • For his life for his friends."
  • 00:18:49.438 --> 00:18:51.306
  • "for god so loved the world, he gave his only begotten son.
  • 00:18:51.306 --> 00:18:55.110
  • Whoever who believes in him should not perish, but have
  • 00:18:55.110 --> 00:18:57.613
  • Everlasting life."
  • 00:18:57.613 --> 00:19:00.048
  • "his love for us is unchanging.
  • 00:19:00.048 --> 00:19:02.951
  • It's consistent, and it's inexhaustible."
  • 00:19:02.951 --> 00:19:06.321
  • It's so wonderful.
  • 00:19:06.321 --> 00:19:07.789
  • So listen to this.
  • 00:19:07.789 --> 00:19:09.424
  • Let's put the holiness of god and the love of god together,
  • 00:19:09.424 --> 00:19:12.227
  • And it'll give us a big picture view of our father in heaven.
  • 00:19:12.227 --> 00:19:16.832
  • In his holiness, he is unapproachable.
  • 00:19:16.832 --> 00:19:19.801
  • In his love, he approaches us.
  • 00:19:19.801 --> 00:19:23.038
  • Lemme say that again.
  • 00:19:23.038 --> 00:19:24.373
  • In his holiness, he's unapproachable.
  • 00:19:24.373 --> 00:19:26.909
  • How can i approach a holy god, a perfect, flawless god?
  • 00:19:26.909 --> 00:19:30.612
  • I'm sinful. i fall short.
  • 00:19:30.612 --> 00:19:32.548
  • He's unapproachable, but in his love, he approaches us.
  • 00:19:32.548 --> 00:19:37.319
  • He says, you come now to me.
  • 00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:39.288
  • I want a relationship with you.
  • 00:19:39.288 --> 00:19:42.491
  • Well, let's see how this applies to our life.
  • 00:19:42.491 --> 00:19:45.294
  • Let's wrap this message up.
  • 00:19:45.294 --> 00:19:47.129
  • Because there could be no theology without doxology.
  • 00:19:47.129 --> 00:19:51.500
  • How do we apply these truths in our lives about a god who is
  • 00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:55.304
  • Omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent, and sovereign, a god
  • 00:19:55.304 --> 00:19:59.408
  • Who is true, holy, good, and loving?
  • 00:19:59.408 --> 00:20:03.312
  • Here's point number one: god is truth, therefore we as his
  • 00:20:03.312 --> 00:20:07.249
  • Children must be truthful.
  • 00:20:07.249 --> 00:20:10.052
  • God's true.
  • 00:20:10.052 --> 00:20:12.020
  • So we must be truthful.
  • 00:20:12.020 --> 00:20:14.056
  • We're told in proverbs 12:22, "lying lips are an abomination
  • 00:20:14.056 --> 00:20:18.493
  • To the lord."
  • 00:20:18.493 --> 00:20:19.828
  • It's important to tell the truth.
  • 00:20:19.828 --> 00:20:21.263
  • But the bible tells us speak the truth in love.
  • 00:20:21.263 --> 00:20:24.566
  • Sometimes people use "truth," and i'll put that in quotes, as
  • 00:20:24.566 --> 00:20:29.504
  • A weapon to beat people down.
  • 00:20:29.504 --> 00:20:32.574
  • Like maybe someone is slipping up spiritually or falling short,
  • 00:20:32.574 --> 00:20:36.545
  • And we berate them with bible verses and tell them how far
  • 00:20:36.545 --> 00:20:41.984
  • Short they fall of god, and that may be true in a sense, but
  • 00:20:41.984 --> 00:20:45.954
  • Speak the truth in love.
  • 00:20:45.954 --> 00:20:47.990
  • See, i share the truth, not to destroy you, but to restore you.
  • 00:20:47.990 --> 00:20:52.861
  • That's important, 'cause the bible says if you see a brother
  • 00:20:52.861 --> 00:20:55.430
  • Or a sister overtaken in a fall, you who are spiritual should
  • 00:20:55.430 --> 00:20:59.301
  • Restore such a person in the spirit of meekness, so have some
  • 00:20:59.301 --> 00:21:03.272
  • Humility and speak the truth in love.
  • 00:21:03.272 --> 00:21:06.408
  • And if you really do love someone, you gotta tell 'em the
  • 00:21:06.408 --> 00:21:08.510
  • Truth.
  • 00:21:08.510 --> 00:21:09.845
  • It's not always easy to do, is it?
  • 00:21:09.845 --> 00:21:12.114
  • Proverbs 25:5 says "open rebuke is better than secret love.
  • 00:21:12.114 --> 00:21:16.451
  • Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an
  • 00:21:16.451 --> 00:21:18.620
  • Enemy are deceitful."
  • 00:21:18.620 --> 00:21:20.656
  • If i love someone, i will tell them what is true.
  • 00:21:20.656 --> 00:21:24.593
  • Number two, god is holy, therefore i should be holy.
  • 00:21:24.593 --> 00:21:30.866
  • 1 peter 1:13 says, "just as he's called you to be holy, be holy
  • 00:21:30.866 --> 00:21:35.771
  • In all that you do.
  • 00:21:35.771 --> 00:21:37.572
  • For it written, be holy because i'm holy.
  • 00:21:37.572 --> 00:21:40.609
  • Since you call on a father who judges each man's work
  • 00:21:40.609 --> 00:21:43.779
  • Impartially, live your lives here as strangers
  • 00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:47.516
  • In reverent fear."
  • 00:21:47.516 --> 00:21:49.184
  • Now, i think that we need to understand what this means.
  • 00:21:49.184 --> 00:21:53.188
  • 'cause i think we misunderstand holiness.
  • 00:21:53.188 --> 00:21:56.158
  • In fact, we even use it in a negative way.
  • 00:21:56.158 --> 00:21:59.628
  • When someone is sort of condescending or at least we
  • 00:21:59.628 --> 00:22:02.164
  • Think they are, we'll say, "don't be holier than thou,"
  • 00:22:02.164 --> 00:22:05.200
  • Right?
  • 00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:06.668
  • Actually, we should be holier than thou.
  • 00:22:06.668 --> 00:22:08.737
  • I hope i'm holier than thou.
  • 00:22:08.737 --> 00:22:11.039
  • I hope you're holier than me.
  • 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:13.475
  • So what does it mean to be holy?
  • 00:22:13.475 --> 00:22:15.310
  • Here's what it doesn't mean: to be holy does not mean that you
  • 00:22:15.310 --> 00:22:19.047
  • Are arrogant or condescending or constantly virtue signaling.
  • 00:22:19.047 --> 00:22:24.820
  • You know, why don't you read the bible as much
  • 00:22:24.820 --> 00:22:26.688
  • As i read the bible?
  • 00:22:26.688 --> 00:22:28.724
  • Why aren't you as pious as i am?
  • 00:22:28.724 --> 00:22:30.759
  • Why don't you pray as much as i do?
  • 00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:32.594
  • That's not holiness. that's arrogance.
  • 00:22:32.594 --> 00:22:35.797
  • That's the opposite of holiness.
  • 00:22:35.797 --> 00:22:38.567
  • You wanna know the secret to spiritual longevity?
  • 00:22:38.567 --> 00:22:43.739
  • It's holy following the lord your god.
  • 00:22:43.739 --> 00:22:46.942
  • Every day you get up in the morning,
  • 00:22:46.942 --> 00:22:48.910
  • You recommit yourself to him.
  • 00:22:48.910 --> 00:22:51.580
  • You never rest on your laurels.
  • 00:22:51.580 --> 00:22:53.348
  • You never live in the past.
  • 00:22:53.348 --> 00:22:55.484
  • You peek--you keep progressing and growing as a follower of
  • 00:22:55.484 --> 00:22:58.887
  • Jesus christ.
  • 00:22:58.887 --> 00:23:01.022
  • God is holy and we should be holy.
  • 00:23:01.022 --> 00:23:03.692
  • Thirdly, god is omnipresent, so i should never feel alone.
  • 00:23:03.692 --> 00:23:08.597
  • Maybe i'm talking to somebody right now that's going through a
  • 00:23:08.597 --> 00:23:10.766
  • Scary time.
  • 00:23:10.766 --> 00:23:12.734
  • A storm, a trial, a valley, we use all kinds of metaphors, but
  • 00:23:12.734 --> 00:23:17.506
  • They all fit in some way, shape, or form, but i want you to know
  • 00:23:17.506 --> 00:23:20.976
  • Whatever you're going through, god is with you
  • 00:23:20.976 --> 00:23:24.346
  • In the midst of it.
  • 00:23:24.346 --> 00:23:25.680
  • Remember shadrach meshach, and abednego?
  • 00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:27.516
  • What a great old testament story.
  • 00:23:27.516 --> 00:23:30.318
  • And it would take me a while to go back and retell it,
  • 00:23:30.318 --> 00:23:32.120
  • But if you don't know it, read it in the book of daniel.
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  • But basically, they were thrown into this massive fiery furnace
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  • To die a certain death, and much to the shock of the king, he
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  • Looks and sees not three men that he threw in, but four
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  • Walking around like it's a sunday stroll in the park.
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  • And then king nebuchadnezzar says, "i threw three in, and yet
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  • I see a fourth.
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  • And the fourth is like the son of god."
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  • That's because jesus was walking with his boys down there in the
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  • Fire, and he's walking with you in yours as well, alright.
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  • God is omnipotent, so he can meet whatever your needs are.
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  • Do you have some big, giant need right now?
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  • "oh, i don't know how i'm gonna do this."
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  • You serve an all-powerful god with unlimited resources.
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  • Philippians 4:19 says, "he will supply all of your needs
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  • According to his riches in glory."
  • 00:24:29.744 --> 00:24:33.081
  • So call upon him. but god is sovereign.
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  • He's gonna do what he wants, when he wants,
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  • Whenever he wants.
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  • He'll do what he pleases with whomever he chooses,
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  • Whenever he wishes.
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  • You think, "well i don't know if i like that."
  • 00:24:44.993 --> 00:24:47.028
  • Well no, but he loves you.
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  • He's good, and he has a plan.
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  • See, you're going through somethin' that
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  • Doesn't make sense.
  • 00:24:53.301 --> 00:24:54.769
  • You remind yourself, ah, but god is sovereign.
  • 00:24:54.769 --> 00:24:56.404
  • And that doesn't mean god is disconnected, it means that god
  • 00:24:56.404 --> 00:24:58.406
  • Has a very clear plan for your life that is motivated by his
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  • Goodness and his love for you.
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  • And his ultimate plan is to make you more like jesus, so whatever
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  • You're going through, just be reminded of the fact that, as my
  • 00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:14.756
  • Friend randy alcorn would say, "it's father-filtered."
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  • Father-filtered.
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  • In other words, he will not allow it unless
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  • There's a purpose for it.
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  • He's either doing it or he's allowing it in your life
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  • For some bigger plan.
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  • He has a plan, so don't panic.
  • 00:25:31.773 --> 00:25:35.510
  • And lemme just loop back to that one thought, just god is love.
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  • God loves you so much.
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  • He knows all about you.
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  • He knows your flaws, he knows your shortcomings,
  • 00:25:42.450 --> 00:25:44.085
  • He knows how far short we all fall, but he loves us.
  • 00:25:44.085 --> 00:25:49.090
  • And if you're ever tempted to doubt the love of god,
  • 00:25:49.090 --> 00:25:52.093
  • Take a long look at the cross.
  • 00:25:52.093 --> 00:25:56.231
  • Greg: hi, i'm greg laurie. i've got some good news for you!
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  • God loves you, and god has a plan for your life.
  • 00:26:03.138 --> 00:26:06.841
  • Here's the problem: we're separated from god by our sin
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  • Because we've all broken his commandments.
  • 00:26:10.345 --> 00:26:13.481
  • But the good news is, is 2,000 years ago, god sent his
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  • Son, jesus christ, to die on the cross for your sin, and then
  • 00:26:16.685 --> 00:26:21.156
  • To rise again from the dead.
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  • The same jesus who died and rose is alive and ready to come into
  • 00:26:23.224 --> 00:26:27.128
  • Your life right now.
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  • Would you like your sin forgiven?
  • 00:26:29.297 --> 00:26:31.299
  • Would you like to know that when you die you will go to heaven?
  • 00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:34.235
  • If so, pray this simple prayer with me right now.
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  • Just say, "lord jesus, i know i'm a sinner, but i believe
  • 00:26:37.706 --> 00:26:40.976
  • You're the savior who died on the cross for my sin.
  • 00:26:40.976 --> 00:26:44.579
  • I turn from my sin now, and i choose to follow you from this
  • 00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:48.249
  • Moment forward."
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  • Did you just pray that prayer with me?
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  • If you did, god in heaven
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  • Has heard you, and i wanna send you
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