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Marcus Mecum - 5 Attitudes In The Last Days (Part 1)

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Marcus Mecum | Marcus Mecum - 5 Attitudes In The Last Days (Part 1) | May 18, 2025

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>> matthew 24,
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>> matthew 24, let's look at verse 1.
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"jesus went out and departed
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"jesus went out and departed from the temple,
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From the temple, and his disciples came up
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And his disciples came up to show him the buildings
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To show him the buildings of the temple.
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Of the temple. and jesus said to them,
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And jesus said to them, 'do you not see these things?
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'do you not see these things? assuredly i say to you,
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Assuredly i say to you, not one stone shall be left
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Not one stone shall be left here upon another that
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Here upon another that shall not be overthrown,'"
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Shall not be overthrown,'" or thrown down.
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Or thrown down. "now as he sat down
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"now as he sat down at the mount of olives,
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At the mount of olives, the disciples came
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The disciples came to him privately saying,
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To him privately saying, 'tell us when will
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'tell us when will these things be?' "
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These things be?' " that's question number one.
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That's question number one. question two,
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Question two, "'and what will be the sign
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"'and what will be the sign of your coming
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Of your coming and the end of the age?'
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And the end of the age?' and jesus answered to them,"
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And jesus answered to them," this is so interesting to me,
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This is so interesting to me, "and said,
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"and said, 'take heed to yourself
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'take heed to yourself that no one deceives you.'"
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That no one deceives you.'" everybody say, "take heed."
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Everybody say, "take heed." >> congregation: take heed.
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>> congregation: take heed. >> "for many will come
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>> "for many will come in my name saying,
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In my name saying, 'i am the christ,'"
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'i am the christ,'" christ means anointed one.
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Christ means anointed one. so -- it may be that they're
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So -- it may be that they're saying that they're the messiah,
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Saying that they're the messiah, but most places where you
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See the same concept,
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See the same concept, it's that people
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It's that people are going to come saying,
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Are going to come saying, "i'm the most anointed one.
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"i'm the most anointed one. i am the one
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I am the one that knows the truth.
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That knows the truth. i have a corner on truth.
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I have a corner on truth. my interpretation of scripture
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My interpretation of scripture is the best interpretation.
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Is the best interpretation. i'm right,
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I'm right, everybody else is wrong.
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Everybody else is wrong. don't listen to them,
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Don't listen to them, listen to me."
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Listen to me." that's primarily where
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That's primarily where deception comes in.
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Deception comes in. i just wanna help
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I just wanna help you out real quick.
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You out real quick. every single interpretation
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Every single interpretation of the scripture at some level
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Of the scripture at some level is flawed because
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Is flawed because the people that interpret
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The people that interpret it are flawed.
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It are flawed. right?
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Right? doesn't mean that we still
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Doesn't mean that we still don't work towards understanding
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Don't work towards understanding the scripture,
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The scripture, it just simply means that
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It just simply means that we have to be cautious thinking
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We have to be cautious thinking that we're right about
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That we're right about everything all the time.
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Everything all the time. you okay with that?
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You okay with that? which by the way,
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Which by the way, you don't have to agree
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You don't have to agree with everybody on every point.
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With everybody on every point. if you need to agree
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If you need to agree with everybody on every point,
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With everybody on every point, can i just help you?
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Can i just help you? you're gonna have no friends.
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You're gonna have no friends. you will have zero friends.
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You will have zero friends. you go live in
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You go live in a cave somewhere and be right.
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A cave somewhere and be right. to get along with people,
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To get along with people, you're gonna have to recognize
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You're gonna have to recognize i may or may not be right
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I may or may not be right about certain things.
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About certain things. so he's like,
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So he's like, "hey, they're gonna come.
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"hey, they're gonna come. i'm this, i'm that,
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I'm this, i'm that, i'm the greatest.
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I'm the greatest. they're not good,
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They're not good, they're --
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They're -- avoid them,
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Avoid them, avoid that.'"
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Avoid that.'" be careful with that,
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Be careful with that, be careful because deception
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Be careful because deception comes through that.
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"and you will hear of wars
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"and you will hear of wars and rumors of wars.
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And rumors of wars. see that you're not troubled,"
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See that you're not troubled," everybody say, "troubled."
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Everybody say, "troubled." >> congregation: troubled.
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>> congregation: troubled. >> "for all these things
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>> "for all these things must come to pass but the end
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Must come to pass but the end is not yet.
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Is not yet. nation will rise
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Nation will rise against nation,"
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Against nation," that word translates ethnicity
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That word translates ethnicity or race against race,
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Or race against race, kingdom against kingdom.
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Kingdom against kingdom. there will be famines,
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There will be famines, pestilence, earthquakes
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Pestilence, earthquakes in various places.
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In various places. all these are
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All these are the beginning of sorrows.
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The beginning of sorrows. then they,"
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Then they," this is good news,
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This is good news, "then they will deliver you up
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"then they will deliver you up for tribulation and kill you."
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Praise god.
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Praise god. who's excited about
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Who's excited about the last days?
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The last days? "and you will be hated by all
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"and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.
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Nations for my name's sake. and then many will be offended."
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And then many will be offended." everybody say, "offended."
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Everybody say, "offended." >> congregation: offended.
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>> congregation: offended. >> "and will betray one another
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>> "and will betray one another and hate one another.
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And hate one another. then many false prophets,"
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Then many false prophets," there it is again,
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There it is again, a similar thing.
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A similar thing. and what will they rise to do?
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And what will they rise to do? to deceive many.
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To deceive many. "because lawlessness will
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"because lawlessness will abound and the love
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Abound and the love of many will grow cold.
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Of many will grow cold. but he who endures to the end,"
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But he who endures to the end," everybody say, "endure.
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Everybody say, "endure. endures to the end shall
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Endures to the end shall be saved.
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Be saved. and this gospel of the kingdom,"
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And this gospel of the kingdom," i love this word,
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I love this word, "will be preached,"
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"will be preached," can't nothing stop it.
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Can't nothing stop it. "in all the world as a witness
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"in all the world as a witness to all nations and then
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To all nations and then the end will come."
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The end will come." i wanna talk to you
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For just a few moments
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For just a few moments on five attitudes,
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On five attitudes, five attitudes that you're
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Five attitudes that you're to have in the last days.
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To have in the last days. five attitudes that you're
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Five attitudes that you're to grab a hold
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To grab a hold of in the last days.
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Of in the last days. now, any time you hear
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Now, any time you hear a message on end times,
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A message on end times, it's very important
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It's very important that you remember
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That you remember that it's always
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That it's always a message of victory.
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A message of victory. it's never a message of defeat.
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It's never a message of defeat. in this particular story
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In this particular story that we read,
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That we read, i like it because
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I like it because of how it begins.
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Of how it begins. it's somewhat humorous because
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It's somewhat humorous because the disciples have jesus
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The disciples have jesus and they're giving him a tour
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And they're giving him a tour of herod's temple,
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Of herod's temple, and they're showing
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And they're showing him this building,
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Him this building, and they're mesmerized by how
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And they're mesmerized by how great this structure is.
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Great this structure is. it's really the restoration
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It's really the restoration of the former great
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Of the former great solomon's temple,
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Solomon's temple, or an effort at that.
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Or an effort at that. and they're so impressed
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And they're so impressed by what has been built
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By what has been built by the hands of men that
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By the hands of men that they're showing jesus
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They're showing jesus all of the characteristics
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All of the characteristics and the architecture
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And the architecture of this great --
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Of this great -- this great temple.
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This great temple. and while they're showing this,
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And while they're showing this, they're -- i'm guessing
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They're -- i'm guessing they're even looking
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They're even looking at the stones of the foundation
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At the stones of the foundation that are about the size
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That are about the size of a semi-truck,
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Of a semi-truck, the average size is that.
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The average size is that. many are much larger than that.
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Many are much larger than that. many would be
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Many would be the size of this stage.
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The size of this stage. and they're so awestruck
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And they're so awestruck by what they're looking at,
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By what they're looking at, and they look at jesus,
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And they look at jesus, and jesus is not
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And jesus is not only not impressed,
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Only not impressed, but he says to them,
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But he says to them, "all the stuff that you see,
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"all the stuff that you see, all these buildings that
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All these buildings that you're impressed with,
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You're impressed with, not one of them will remain.
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Not one of them will remain. they're all be destroyed,
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They're all be destroyed, and every stone that
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And every stone that you see will be destroyed.
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You see will be destroyed. not one of them
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Not one of them will be left unturned."
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Will be left unturned." and the disciples hear this,
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And the disciples hear this, they see that,
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They see that, and they're taken back.
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And they're taken back. they begin some conversations
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They begin some conversations with one another and later that
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With one another and later that day at the mount of olives,
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Day at the mount of olives, they come to jesus
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They come to jesus and they have some
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And they have some questions for him.
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Questions for him. and the questions that
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And the questions that they want to ask him,
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They want to ask him, we mentioned earlier,
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We mentioned earlier, question number one was when
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Question number one was when will the end of the world be?
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Will the end of the world be? this deals with timing.
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This deals with timing. and secondly,
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And secondly, what will be the signs
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What will be the signs of your coming?
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Of your coming? well, jesus is a master
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Well, jesus is a master at answering questions,
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At answering questions, normally by answering
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Normally by answering the question with a question.
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The question with a question. but sometimes,
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But sometimes, he avoids the question
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He avoids the question all together and gets right
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All together and gets right to the heart of the matter.
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To the heart of the matter. and they seem to be taken
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And they seem to be taken back because of his answers.
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Back because of his answers. they wanna know what
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They wanna know what the signs are going to be.
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The signs are going to be. he doesn't give them
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He doesn't give them impressive signs.
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Impressive signs. they're not awestruck
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They're not awestruck by the signs that he gives them.
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By the signs that he gives them. they wanna hear things like,
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They wanna hear things like, "what does the eclipse mean?
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"what does the eclipse mean? tell me about the blood moons.
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Tell me about the blood moons. how many blood moons
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How many blood moons and how do they --
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And how do they -- what does it all mean.
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What does it all mean. who's the antichrist?
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Who's the antichrist? talk to us about the mark
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Talk to us about the mark of the beast."
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Of the beast." and nothing wrong
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And nothing wrong with that stuff.
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With that stuff. we talk about that stuff
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We talk about that stuff at times when we go
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At times when we go through this.
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Through this. but jesus jumps right
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But jesus jumps right over all of those questions
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Over all of those questions and he goes straight
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And he goes straight for five attitudes that you
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For five attitudes that you and i are to have when we
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And i are to have when we see these things come to pass.
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See these things come to pass. five things to focus on,
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Five things to focus on, five things to give
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Five things to give your affection to,
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Your affection to, five things to say,
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Five things to say, "i'm not gonna be distracted
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"i'm not gonna be distracted by all of this.
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By all of this. i'm gonna have this attitude."
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I'm gonna have this attitude." he does give some signs,
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He does give some signs, but they're vague.
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But they're vague. he starts --
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He starts -- talks about race against race,
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Talks about race against race, nation against nation.
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Nation against nation. he talks about earthquakes
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He talks about earthquakes in various places.
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In various places. he talks about wars
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He talks about wars and rumors of wars.
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And rumors of wars. again, very vague type
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Again, very vague type of things that would
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Of things that would almost be --
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Almost be -- almost every generation
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Almost every generation would be affected by,
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Would be affected by, so then he goes
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So then he goes into these five attitudes.
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Into these five attitudes. number one,
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Number one, and we're gonna spend most
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And we're gonna spend most of our time on this one,
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Of our time on this one, and then i'll go really
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And then i'll go really fast with the last four.
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Fast with the last four. not because one's more
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Not because one's more important than the other,
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Important than the other, but it's just how
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But it's just how it came together.
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It came together. number one attitude,
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Number one attitude, he said,
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He said, "take heed to yourselves."
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"take heed to yourselves." you're not to be distracted
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You're not to be distracted by what's going on in the world
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By what's going on in the world to such a degree that
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To such a degree that you lose sight of what's
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You lose sight of what's happening in here.
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Happening in here. so, when you start seeing things
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So, when you start seeing things like an effort towards
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Like an effort towards one world government,
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One world government, a cashless society,
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A cashless society, you start seeing the systems
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You start seeing the systems of this world being set up
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Of this world being set up for the antichrist to rise.
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For the antichrist to rise. when you see all of that stuff,
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When you see all of that stuff, it's possible that you'll be so
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It's possible that you'll be so distracted by all of that that
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Distracted by all of that that you'll miss the most
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You'll miss the most important attitude,
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Important attitude, and that is take
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And that is take heed to yourself.
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Heed to yourself. the most important thing that
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The most important thing that you can grab a hold of is jesus
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You can grab a hold of is jesus is saying it's not what's
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Is saying it's not what's happening out there,
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Happening out there, it's what's happening in here.
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It's what's happening in here. whatever is going on
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Whatever is going on in the world,
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In the world, you can say,
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You can say, "how's my relationship
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"how's my relationship with jesus?
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With jesus? how's my passion for god?
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How's my passion for god? what is it that i'm focused on?
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What is it that i'm focused on? what is it that i'm looking at?
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What is it that i'm looking at? what is it that
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What is it that i'm giving my affection to?
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I'm giving my affection to? how's my heart?
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How's my heart? how's my life?
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How's my life? how am i living?
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How am i living? how's my personal holiness?
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How's my personal holiness? is my mind clean?"
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Is my mind clean?" take heed to yourselves.
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Take heed to yourselves. the word take heed
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The word take heed means take inventory.
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Means take inventory. yes, look around,
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Yes, look around, yes, be alert.
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Yes, be alert. yes, be vigilant.
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Yes, be vigilant. don't bury your head
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Don't bury your head in the sand.
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In the sand. he's not saying that,
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He's not saying that, he's saying,
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He's saying, "but don't get so focused
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"but don't get so focused trying to fix things that
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Trying to fix things that are out of your control that
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Are out of your control that you lose sight of what
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You lose sight of what is in your control.
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Is in your control. you can't control world war iii,
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You can't control world war iii, but you can control the war
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But you can control the war that's going on in your
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That's going on in your own soul or your own home.
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Own soul or your own home. so, take heed to yourself.
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So, take heed to yourself. he says the important reason
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He says the important reason for this is because this
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For this is because this is how deception happens.
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Is how deception happens. and he begins to mention
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And he begins to mention false teachers
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False teachers or false prophets.
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Or false prophets. and this is in the bible
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And this is in the bible so i have to take
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So i have to take some time to talk about it,
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Some time to talk about it, even though i normally
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Even though i normally avoid this thing.
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Avoid this thing. not because i'm afraid,
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Not because i'm afraid, but because it's actually
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But because it's actually surprising to people
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Surprising to people that actually study the bible,
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That actually study the bible, not hear someone call someone
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Not hear someone call someone else a false teacher,
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Else a false teacher, but people that study the bible,
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But people that study the bible, they're often surprised
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They're often surprised by who the false teachers are.
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By who the false teachers are. now, let's go to 2 timothy 2
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Now, let's go to 2 timothy 2 and we'll kinda deal with this
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And we'll kinda deal with this because every time paul deals
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Because every time paul deals with a false teacher,
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With a false teacher, there are doctrinal things
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There are doctrinal things that he deals with,
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That he deals with, but it's mostly surrounding
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But it's mostly surrounding what we would call
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What we would call the nicene creed,
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The nicene creed, or the apostle's creed
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Or the apostle's creed type things.
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Type things. augustine would say
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Augustine would say it like this,
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It like this, "in essentials we have unity,
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"in essentials we have unity, in non-essentials,
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In non-essentials, we have freedom or liberty,
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We have freedom or liberty, in all things we
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In all things we have charity," or love.
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Have charity," or love. right, so, it's important
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Right, so, it's important that you identify
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That you identify that most of the time,
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That most of the time, and we'll see this
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And we'll see this with paul's writing,
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With paul's writing, who the false teachers are,
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Who the false teachers are, are really trying to distract
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Are really trying to distract you by focusing on
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You by focusing on things that do not matter.
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Things that do not matter. they're non essentials, right?
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They're non essentials, right? they're non essentials.
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They're non essentials. they're not -- talking about
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They're not -- talking about do they believe jesus died
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Do they believe jesus died for your sin?
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For your sin? do they believe he
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Do they believe he raised from the dead?
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Raised from the dead? do they believe that
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Do they believe that the bible is god's word,
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The bible is god's word, is inspired, it's truth?
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Is inspired, it's truth? that's normally not
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That's normally not what they're focused on.
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What they're focused on. they're over here
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They're over here on a little quote,
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On a little quote, a little sentence,
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A little sentence, or some other personality
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Or some other personality trait that they don't like.
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Trait that they don't like. and so, let me tell you why
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And so, let me tell you why as a church we should spend
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As a church we should spend a little bit of time looking
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A little bit of time looking at what a false teacher
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At what a false teacher is from paul's perspective,
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Is from paul's perspective, not my perspective,
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Not my perspective, or anybody else's perspective.
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Or anybody else's perspective. this is why it's important.
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This is why it's important. and i'm looking
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And i'm looking for no empathy from this,
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For no empathy from this, i'm looking for --
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I'm looking for -- i know what i've signed up for,
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I know what i've signed up for, i'm a grown man,
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I'm a grown man, i've seen the blood
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I've seen the blood in the carnage of what i do.
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In the carnage of what i do. i've looked demons that you
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I've looked demons that you can't imagine in the eyes
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Can't imagine in the eyes to fight and carve out
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To fight and carve out a place where god's presence
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A place where god's presence could dwell and we could
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Could dwell and we could be a place that wins souls
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Be a place that wins souls for the kingdom.
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For the kingdom. i'm not looking for empathy.
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I'm not looking for empathy. i'm plenty capable of knowing
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I'm plenty capable of knowing what i signed up for.
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What i signed up for. but i want church people
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But i want church people to understand a little
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To understand a little bit more about what's
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Bit more about what's going on in the world.
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Going on in the world. okay, 95% of pastors that begin
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Okay, 95% of pastors that begin in the ministry never make
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In the ministry never make it to the age of retirement.
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It to the age of retirement. only 5% make it.
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Only 5% make it. that means one out
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That means one out of twenty don't make it.
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Of twenty don't make it. eighty-five percent of pastors
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Eighty-five percent of pastors in churches right
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In churches right now, small and large,
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Now, small and large, are actively looking
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Are actively looking for a way to get out
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For a way to get out of doing what they're doing.
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Of doing what they're doing. i'm setting the conditions
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I'm setting the conditions for what we're about to read.
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For what we're about to read. i'm trying to help you
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I'm trying to help you understand that when you
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Understand that when you decide to become a pastor,
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Decide to become a pastor, and again,
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And again, i'm not speaking about me,
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I'm not speaking about me, i'm setting the conditions
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I'm setting the conditions because i have another
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Because i have another generation coming up
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Generation coming up behind me.
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Behind me. we have another generation
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We have another generation that's coming up.
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That's coming up. and what they don't understand
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And what they don't understand many times is that 1,400 pastors
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Many times is that 1,400 pastors every month leave the ministry.
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Every month leave the ministry. and it's not because
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And it's not because they're cowards,
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They're cowards, and it's not because
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And it's not because they're weak,
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They're weak, and it's not because
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And it's not because they're scared.
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They're scared. it's because more than likely,
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It's because more than likely, like when you go to war,
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Like when you go to war, they signed up when
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They signed up when they were fairly young and dumb,
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They were fairly young and dumb, and they didn't realize
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And they didn't realize that they were gonna be
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That they were gonna be shipped off to normandy,
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Shipped off to normandy, and the chance
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And the chance of them surviving,
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Of them surviving, they're going to get shot,
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They're going to get shot, probably going to be fatal.
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Probably going to be fatal. and it's not that they're even
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And it's not that they're even that scared of the enemy
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That scared of the enemy whose beach they're storming
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Whose beach they're storming as much as they are scared
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As much as they are scared about the nervous people
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About the nervous people behind them that are supposed
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Behind them that are supposed to be on their side that
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To be on their side that are shooting them because
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Are shooting them because of friendly fire.
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Of friendly fire. so, pastors are
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So, pastors are getting taken out.
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Getting taken out. i'm not defending it,
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I'm not defending it, i'm helping you realize
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I'm helping you realize the conditions
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The conditions for just a moment.
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For just a moment. right?
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Right? i want you to understand it
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I want you to understand it because we have a generation
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Because we have a generation of people coming up
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Of people coming up that are probably not wanting
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That are probably not wanting to do this because they're
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To do this because they're actually now beginning
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Actually now beginning to see the risk level
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To see the risk level like never before.
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Like never before. and we, at some point,
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And we, at some point, have to say,
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Have to say, "we need people that will jump
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"we need people that will jump on the front lines and storm
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On the front lines and storm hell's territory for us,
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Hell's territory for us, and we should have them
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And we should have them be worried about friendly fire."
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Be worried about friendly fire." i'm not saying they're perfect,
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I'm not saying they're perfect, i'm not saying
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I'm not saying they're not flawed,
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They're not flawed, i'm not saying
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I'm not saying there's not bad ones,
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There's not bad ones, i'm not saying that
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I'm not saying that there's not abuses,
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There's not abuses, i'm just saying.
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I'm just saying. let me show you where this
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Let me show you where this really got in my spirit.
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Really got in my spirit. last sunday night,
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Last sunday night, we had a prayer time.
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We had a prayer time. at the end of the prayer time,
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At the end of the prayer time, i looked over and my grandson
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I looked over and my grandson was over there with luke.
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Was over there with luke. and i could see that he was
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And i could see that he was wanting to get on the table,
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Wanting to get on the table, so i was like --
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So i was like -- on the station.
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On the station. so, i said, "just come on."
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So, i said, "just come on." well, he's we --
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Well, he's we -- he's never done this.
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He's never done this. we didn't --
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We didn't -- there's no training,
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There's no training, there's nothing.
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There's nothing. so, they got a video.
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So, they got a video. i want you to see this.
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I thought he wanted to come
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I thought he wanted to come and hug me, he didn't.
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And hug me, he didn't. he wants to lead
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He wants to lead the church in worship.
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The church in worship. he's a natural.
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He's a natural. i mean, just born to do
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I mean, just born to do it is what you'd think.
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[applause]
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And it was so cute
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And it was so cute but i'm a grandpa.
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[laughter]
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And on the way home,
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And on the way home, i thought to myself,
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I thought to myself, "i have to work hard enough.
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"i have to work hard enough. i have to do something to make
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I have to do something to make sure he doesn't do this."
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Sure he doesn't do this." it's not that i am a victim,
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It's not that i am a victim, it's a privilege
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It's a privilege to do what i do.
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To do what i do. but i begin to worry
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But i begin to worry about, "god,
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About, "god, i don't know if i want you
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I don't know if i want you to call him."
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To call him." and so, i wanna show you
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And so, i wanna show you how you know who a false
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How you know who a false teacher is so you
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Teacher is so you don't shoot people
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Don't shoot people with friendly fire, okay?
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With friendly fire, okay? so, we know whose side we're on.
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So, we know whose side we're on. alright so let's look at it.
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Alright so let's look at it. 2 timothy 2:14,
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2 timothy 2:14, this is dealing
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This is dealing with false teachers.
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With false teachers. "keep reminding god's people
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Of these things,"
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Of these things," paul's telling timothy,
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Paul's telling timothy, his spiritual son.
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His spiritual son. "keep reminding god's people
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"keep reminding god's people of these things,
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Of these things, warn them before god against
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Warn them before god against quarreling about with words."
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Quarreling about with words." isn't that interesting?
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Isn't that interesting? this is what a fal --
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This is what a fal -- i want to debate,
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I want to debate, i wanna fight,
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I wanna fight, i wanna argue,
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I wanna argue, i wanna criticize,
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I wanna criticize, i wanna attack.
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I wanna attack. "it's of no value,
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"it's of no value, and it only ruins
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And it only ruins those who listen."
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Those who listen." you know what he's saying?
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You know what he's saying? he's saying when you have two
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He's saying when you have two parents that fight in front
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Parents that fight in front of the kids,
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Of the kids, you know who loses?
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You know who loses? the kids.
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The kids. so, if you have an unhealthy
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So, if you have an unhealthy parent that's trying
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Parent that's trying to drag the other parent and --
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To drag the other parent and -- the healthy parent should say,
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The healthy parent should say, "the only way we're fighting
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"the only way we're fighting is we get behind that door
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Is we get behind that door and we talk about it.
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And we talk about it. we do not fight in front
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We do not fight in front of the kids."
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Of the kids." it ruins the hearers.
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It ruins the hearers. so, what did he say?
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So, what did he say? "do your best."
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"do your best." not be perfect in presenting
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Not be perfect in presenting yourself as one --
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Yourself as one -- to god as one approved.
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To god as one approved. but just do your best.
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But just do your best. "do your best to present
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"do your best to present yourself to god as one approved,
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Yourself to god as one approved, a worker who does not need
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A worker who does not need to be ashamed,
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To be ashamed, who correctly handles
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Who correctly handles the word of truth."
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The word of truth." watch this,
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Watch this, he's talking about
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He's talking about false teachers.
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False teachers. "avoid godless chatter,
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"avoid godless chatter, because those
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Because those who indulge in it,"
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Who indulge in it," that's what people
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That's what people want you to do.
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Want you to do. they wanna drag you
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They wanna drag you into some fight and some
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Into some fight and some debate on who's right,
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Debate on who's right, who's the anointed one,
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Who's the anointed one, who's the gifted,
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Who's the gifted, who has the right version,
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Who has the right version, who has the right doctrine,
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Who has the right doctrine, who has the right this.
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Who has the right this. it's godless chatter.
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It's godless chatter. and those who indulge in
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And those who indulge in it become more ungodly,
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It become more ungodly, more hateful,
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More hateful, more hateful, more hateful.
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More hateful, more hateful. the crucify him crowd
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The crucify him crowd is not on god's side.
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Is not on god's side. the one that's trying to burn
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The one that's trying to burn everybody at the stake,
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Everybody at the stake, that's not on god's side.
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That's not on god's side. not saying that we
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Not saying that we don't take stands,
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Don't take stands, i'm saying that we
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I'm saying that we take stands with grace,
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Take stands with grace, we take stands with love.
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We take stands with love. now, watch what it says.
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Now, watch what it says. "their teaching was spread
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"their teaching was spread like gangrene,"
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Like gangrene," we'll talk about
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We'll talk about that in a minute.
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That in a minute. "among them are hymenaeus
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"among them are hymenaeus and philetus who have
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And philetus who have departed from the truth,"
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Departed from the truth," again, they have
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Again, they have a misunderstanding
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A misunderstanding of the resurrection that
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Of the resurrection that jesus christ is alive,
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Jesus christ is alive, "they destroy the faith of some.
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"they destroy the faith of some. nevertheless, god's solid
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Nevertheless, god's solid foundation stands firm,
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Foundation stands firm, and we're sealed
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And we're sealed with this inscription:
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With this inscription: 'the lord knows
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'the lord knows those who are his.'"
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Those who are his.'" isn't that beautiful?
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Isn't that beautiful? so, the bottom line
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Of a false teacher,
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Of a false teacher, the first quality that you
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The first quality that you see is they call other
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See is they call other people false teachers.
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People false teachers. that's how you know.
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That's how you know. the moment someone takes
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The moment someone takes somebody's picture
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Somebody's picture and they put it up
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And they put it up here and says,
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Here and says, "this person's bad
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"this person's bad and i'm good,"
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And i'm good," probably your warning.
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Probably your warning. it's a quiet church.
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It's a quiet church. but i wanna show you
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But i wanna show you how paul talked about it,
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How paul talked about it, not how i'm gonna talk about it.
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Not how i'm gonna talk about it. i don't have no picture
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I don't have no picture of anybody up here.
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Of anybody up here. but this is what he said.
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But this is what he said. so, he introduces
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So, he introduces these two people,
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These two people, philetus and alexander.
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Philetus and alexander. and the way that this worked
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And the way that this worked is paul would
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Is paul would go into a community,
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Go into a community, and he would win
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And he would win people to christ.
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People to christ. he would disciple them,
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He would disciple them, he would love them,
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He would love them, he would establish
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He would establish the foundation of a church.
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The foundation of a church. eventually, he would find
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Eventually, he would find a young person,
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A young person, a young man,
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A young man, a leader to come and pastor
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A leader to come and pastor that church.
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That church. and then paul would move
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And then paul would move on to another city,
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On to another city, win some people to christ,
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Win some people to christ, begin to build a church there.
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Begin to build a church there. or he will go check
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Or he will go check on another church,
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On another church, or many times he's in prison.
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Or many times he's in prison. that's when he's writing
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That's when he's writing this letter.
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This letter. so, when he's not in prison,
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So, when he's not in prison, he's planting churches,
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He's planting churches, taking care of churches,
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Taking care of churches, building churches.
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Building churches. when he is in prison,
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When he is in prison, he's sending letters
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He's sending letters like this to young pastors
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Like this to young pastors like timothy talking to them
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Like timothy talking to them about how they're going
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About how they're going to run into different
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To run into different obstacles as leaders.
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Obstacles as leaders. not knowing that this letter
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Not knowing that this letter is going to get into the cannon
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Is going to get into the cannon of scripture and that
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Of scripture and that we're going to read
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We're going to read it at the time.
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It at the time. so, that's what paul
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So, that's what paul is primarily doing.
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Is primarily doing. and he says,
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And he says, "so what happen is i'm here,
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"so what happen is i'm here, i plant this church,
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I plant this church, i win these people to christ,
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I win these people to christ, i teach them,
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I teach them, i give them a basic foundation,
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I give them a basic foundation, i put a pastor over them,
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I put a pastor over them, i move on to this next place,
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I move on to this next place, and then people
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And then people come in behind me,
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Come in behind me, and they start eroding
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And they start eroding away at what i've done,
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Away at what i've done, who i am,
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Who i am, and what i've taught them.
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And what i've taught them. if you read the commentaries,
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If you read the commentaries, this is exactly what it says
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This is exactly what it says these people did and almost
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These people did and almost every letter from paul,
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Every letter from paul, you see him dealing
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You see him dealing with these people.
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With these people. they all felt a need to come
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They all felt a need to come in behind paul's back
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In behind paul's back and correct his teaching.
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And correct his teaching. they were corrective
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They were corrective in saying paul is inadequate
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In saying paul is inadequate or incomplete,
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Or incomplete, and their claim --
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And their claim -- this is --
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This is -- read any commentary.
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Read any commentary. take this, go home and study it.
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Take this, go home and study it. they claim to have a superior
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They claim to have a superior understanding of god,
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Understanding of god, god's word,
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God's word, and god's will than paul.
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And god's will than paul. in other words,
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In other words, paul is inferior,
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Paul is inferior, we're the anointed ones.
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We're the anointed ones. what are the marks
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What are the marks of these people?
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Of these people? they quarrel about with words,
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They quarrel about with words, godless chatter.
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Godless chatter. for what?
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For what? the ruin of the hearer.
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The ruin of the hearer. to cause a lack of confidence
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To cause a lack of confidence in the person that god
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In the person that god has put out front storming
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Has put out front storming the beach.
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The beach. let me put it in a way that
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Let me put it in a way that we live in our day with this.
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We live in our day with this. have you ever heard
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Have you ever heard of the 12th man in football?
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Of the 12th man in football? do you know that there
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Do you know that there are football teams
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Are football teams that are known by
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That are known by their 12th man?
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Their 12th man? if you go to the seattle
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If you go to the seattle seahawks for example,
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Seahawks for example, they're known by the decibel
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They're known by the decibel levels of the fans
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Levels of the fans in the crowd?
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In the crowd? they call it the 12th man.
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They call it the 12th man. there are 11 men on the field
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There are 11 men on the field and there's the 12th man
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And there's the 12th man who is the crowd.
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Who is the crowd. and their noise level
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And their noise level determines how they participate
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Determines how they participate in the game.
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In the game. well, the primary way a 12th man
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Well, the primary way a 12th man comes into play is when
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Comes into play is when their team is on defense.
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Their team is on defense. when their team is on defense,
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When their team is on defense, what happens is you get to third
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What happens is you get to third down or maybe you're at the goal
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Down or maybe you're at the goal line and they don't want
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Line and they don't want the other team to score,
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The other team to score, so they increase
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So they increase the noise level,
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The noise level, they start screaming,
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They start screaming, they start shouting,
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They start shouting, they start doing anything
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They start doing anything they can do
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They can do to cause miscommunication,
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To cause miscommunication, misunderstanding, and confusion
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Misunderstanding, and confusion on the field so the offense
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On the field so the offense does not advance, right?
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Does not advance, right? they're not on the field,
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They're not on the field, they're just making noise about
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They're just making noise about what's happening
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What's happening to cause confusion.
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To cause confusion. if you've ever been
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If you've ever been to a basketball game,
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To a basketball game, you would see this.
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You would see this. the person's at the free
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The person's at the free throw line.
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Throw line. and behind the basketball goal,
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And behind the basketball goal, there's all kinds of people
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There's all kinds of people with their noodles,
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With their noodles, and they got noise things,
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And they got noise things, and they got --
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And they got -- they're doing all kind
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They're doing all kind of things that they can.
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Of things that they can. they've got signs,
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They've got signs, and their goal is to distract
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And their goal is to distract the person at
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The person at the free throw line
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The free throw line from putting the ball
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From putting the ball through the hoop.
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Through the hoop. the person at the free throw
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The person at the free throw line does not get off the court
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Line does not get off the court and go to those in the crowd
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And go to those in the crowd and try to make sure
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And try to make sure that they understand
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That they understand where they're coming from.
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Where they're coming from. "do you like me?
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"do you like me? would you understand me?
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Would you understand me? i don't want you to think
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I don't want you to think of me like i'm that bad."
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Of me like i'm that bad." no, he already knows
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No, he already knows they're on the opposing team.
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They're on the opposing team. he already knows that.
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He already knows that. they're the 12th man.
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They're the 12th man. and he's got a job to do,
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And he's got a job to do, and that job that has --
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And that job that has -- he's been qualified to be
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He's been qualified to be right there at that moment,
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Right there at that moment, and he has to know who's
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And he has to know who's qualified him to be there,
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Qualified him to be there, and that's not the distracters
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And that's not the distracters in the crowd,
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In the crowd, and he stands up
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And he stands up to free throw line.
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To free throw line. and the more he can remove
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And the more he can remove the distractions,
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The distractions, the more he can put
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The more he can put that ball through that net
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That ball through that net and score over and over again.
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And score over and over again. and what paul
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And what paul is telling timothy,
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Is telling timothy, “timothy, do not be distracted.
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“timothy, do not be distracted. i've called you,
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I've called you, i've anointed you,
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I've anointed you, i've placed you in the game,
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I've placed you in the game, i want you to storm
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I want you to storm those beaches,
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Those beaches, i want you to make the play,
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I want you to make the play, i want you to move
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I want you to move the ball down the field,
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The ball down the field, i want you to put the ball
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I want you to put the ball through the hoop,
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Through the hoop, i want you to win souls,
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I want you to win souls, preach the gospel.
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Preach the gospel. that's what i want you to do.”
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[applause]
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>> thank you so much
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>> thank you so much for spending some time
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For spending some time with us today.
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With us today. we're trusting that god's word,
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We're trusting that god's word, as it does,
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As it does, made a difference
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Made a difference in your life today,
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In your life today, and we're just here
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And we're just here to be a blessing to you,
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To be a blessing to you, we're here to serve
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We're here to serve however we can.
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However we can. if we can pray with you,
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If we can pray with you, they'll communicate that.
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They'll communicate that. if you wanna share
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If you wanna share with us your story.
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With us your story. it always means so much
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It always means so much when we get the letters,
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When we get the letters, when we hear about
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When we hear about what god's doing in your life
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What god's doing in your life so we can begin to think about
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So we can begin to think about you and pray with you
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You and pray with you more specifically.
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More specifically. and so, please call us
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And so, please call us if you need prayer today
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If you need prayer today and know that you are
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And know that you are very important to us.
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Very important to us. more importantly,
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More importantly, you matter to god.
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You matter to god. we'll see you next time.
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>> ♪ open the eyes ♪
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♪ of my heart lord ♪
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♪ open the eyes ♪
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♪ of my heart ♪
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♪ i want to see you ♪
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♪ open the eyes ♪
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♪ of my heart lord ♪
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♪ open the eyes ♪
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♪ of my heart ♪
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♪ i want to see you ♪
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♪ to see ♪
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♪ to see you ♪
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♪ high and lifted up ♪
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♪ shining in the light ♪
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♪ of your glory ♪
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♪ pour out your power ♪
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♪ and love ♪
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♪ as we sing ♪
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♪ holy holy holy ♪
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♪ to see you ♪
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♪ high and lifted up ♪
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♪ shining in the light ♪
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♪ of your glory ♪
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♪ pour out your power ♪
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♪ and love ♪
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♪ as we sing ♪
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♪ holy holy holy ♪
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Marcus Mecum - 5 Attitudes In The Last Days (Part 1)

May 18, 2025 | S25:E20

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