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<v Speaker 1>We're going to get started with our worship this morning and let's open with a word of prayer God, thank you for this morning and for this portion of your family that we get to gather with and just worship and learn about you and encourage each other.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for your son and his sacrifice and what he did for us, and it's in his name we pray.

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<v Speaker 1>Amen.

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<v Speaker 2>Open the eyes of my heart, lord.

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<v Speaker 2>Open the eyes of my heart.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to see you.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to see you.

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<v Speaker 2>Open the eyes of my heart, lord.

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<v Speaker 2>Open the eyes of my heart.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to see you.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to see you.

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<v Speaker 2>To see you high and lifted up, shining in the light of your glory.

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<v Speaker 2>Pour out your power and love as we sing as we sing holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy.

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<v Speaker 3>I want to see you.

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<v Speaker 3>Holy, holy, holy.

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<v Speaker 2>Holy, holy, holy, I want to see you.

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<v Speaker 2>Holy, holy, holy, I want to see you.

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<v Speaker 3>Open the eyes of my heart.

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<v Speaker 2>Lord.

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<v Speaker 3>Open the eyes of my heart.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to see you.

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<v Speaker 2>Holy, holy, holy.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to see you, holy, holy, holy.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to see you.

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<v Speaker 2>Over all the earth you reign on high.

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<v Speaker 2>Every mountain stream every sunset sky but my one request.

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<v Speaker 2>Lord, my only aim is that you reign in me again.

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<v Speaker 2>Lord, reign in me, reign in your power over all my dreams.

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<v Speaker 2>In my darkest hour, you are the Lord of all I am, so won't you reign in me?

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<v Speaker 3>again.

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<v Speaker 2>Over every thought, over every word may my life reflect the beauty of my Lord, cause you mean more to me than any earthly thing.

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<v Speaker 2>So won't you reign in me again.

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<v Speaker 2>Lord, reign in me, reign in your power over all my dreams In my darkest hour.

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<v Speaker 2>You are the Lord of all I am, so won't you reign in me again.

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<v Speaker 2>Lord, reign in me, reign in your power over all my dreams In my darkest hour.

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<v Speaker 2>You are the Lord of all I am, so won't you reign in me again.

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<v Speaker 2>You are the Lord of all I am, so won't you reign in me again.

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<v Speaker 2>Once I was straining in Sin's dark valley, no hope within could I see.

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<v Speaker 2>They searched through heaven and found a Savior to oh alleluia.

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<v Speaker 2>His heart was broken on Calvary.

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<v Speaker 2>His hands were nailed, scarred, his side was riven.

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<v Speaker 2>He gave his life blood for even me.

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<v Speaker 2>He left the Father with all his riches, with make the vilest sinner clean Savior, oh Hallelujah.

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<v Speaker 2>His heart was broken on Calvary.

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<v Speaker 2>His hands were nailed, scarred, his side was riven.

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<v Speaker 2>He gave his life blood for even me death's chilly waters I'll soon be crossing.

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<v Speaker 2>His hand will lead me.

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<v Speaker 2>Save, for I'll join that chorus In that great city and sing up there forevermore.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh what a Savior, oh, hallelujah.

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<v Speaker 2>His heart was broken on Calvary.

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<v Speaker 2>His hands were nailed, scarred, his side was riven.

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<v Speaker 2>He gave His life's blood for even me.

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<v Speaker 1>Amen and praise God that he did.

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<v Speaker 4>All right.

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<v Speaker 4>The scripture reading today comes from Deuteronomy, chapter 28, verses 1 and 2.

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<v Speaker 4>It says if you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all of his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.

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<v Speaker 4>All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God.

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<v Speaker 5>Bow with me, please.

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<v Speaker 5>Father, we do.

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<v Speaker 5>Thank you so much for the love of your son, jesus.

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<v Speaker 5>We thank you, god, for your love for us and that, because you love us, you show us how you want us to live.

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<v Speaker 5>Help us understand that obedience will bring blessings.

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<v Speaker 5>As we open your word this morning In Jesus' name and all God's people said amen, amen, all right, I know I've been talking about this.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 5>I must be getting old, because I'm understanding that it's hard.

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<v Speaker 5>The older I get, the harder it is to communicate with young people.

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<v Speaker 5>That can be rough, and it's because they don't remember what I remember.

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<v Speaker 5>It's just they don't, and I may use examples that they don't know, and so we're going to do a little test.

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<v Speaker 5>See how this works.

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<v Speaker 5>Here's the lyrics to a song, no-transcript.

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<v Speaker 5>Take myself dancing.

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<v Speaker 5>I can hold my own hand.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I can love me better than you can.

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<v Speaker 5>How many of you have never heard of that song?

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<v Speaker 5>I've never heard of that song.

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<v Speaker 5>How many of you have heard of that song?

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<v Speaker 5>How many of you have heard of that song?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, you sing it every day.

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<v Speaker 5>What's the name of this song?

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<v Speaker 5>Wait, wait, wait, sam.

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<v Speaker 5>What's the name of this song?

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<v Speaker 5>Chuck, who said flowers over here.

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<v Speaker 5>Look at you.

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<v Speaker 5>Who sings it?

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<v Speaker 5>Miley Cyrus.

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<v Speaker 5>How many of you don't know who Miley Cyrus is?

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<v Speaker 5>How many of you wished you didn't know who Miley Cyrus was?

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, yeah, all right.

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<v Speaker 5>So yeah, but everybody under 30 had heard of that song and a couple of others.

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<v Speaker 5>All right, I'm coming home.

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<v Speaker 5>I've done my time.

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<v Speaker 5>Now I've got to know what is and isn't mine.

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<v Speaker 5>If you receive my letter telling you I'd soon be free, then you'll know just what to do.

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<v Speaker 5>If you still want me, if you still want me.

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<v Speaker 5>How many of you have never heard of that song?

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<v Speaker 5>How many of you can finish this song?

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<v Speaker 5>How many of you know this song?

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<v Speaker 5>You don't know this song.

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<v Speaker 5>What if I said tie a yellow ribbon around the old oak tree?

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<v Speaker 5>You heard of that song, justin, what you failed.

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<v Speaker 5>Who sang this song?

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<v Speaker 5>Tony Orlando and Dawn.

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<v Speaker 5>The 70s was the greatest music ever, right?

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<v Speaker 5>You don't know Tie Yellow Ribbon?

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<v Speaker 5>Oh Well, you're old.

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<v Speaker 5>You know the chorus.

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<v Speaker 5>How many of you know what that is?

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<v Speaker 5>How many of you don't know what that is?

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<v Speaker 5>See Slinky is a classic.

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<v Speaker 5>How many of you don't know what that is?

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<v Speaker 5>See Slinky is a classic.

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<v Speaker 5>How many of you don't know what that is, john.

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<v Speaker 5>Do you know what that is?

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<v Speaker 5>Norma, do you know what that is?

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<v Speaker 5>How many of you know what that is?

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<v Speaker 5>All right, some of us old folks know that.

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<v Speaker 5>What are they called?

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<v Speaker 5>Airpods, yeah, all right.

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<v Speaker 5>How many of you have never heard of Venmo?

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<v Speaker 5>How many of you know what Venmo is?

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<v Speaker 5>How many of you have never used Venmo?

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<v Speaker 5>Look at these old hands.

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<v Speaker 5>How many of you have never written a check?

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<v Speaker 5>Look at these young people.

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<v Speaker 5>Steeler, you never written a check.

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<v Speaker 5>Look at these young people, steeler.

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<v Speaker 5>You've written a check.

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<v Speaker 5>Smith, have you ever written a check?

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<v Speaker 5>You think so.

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<v Speaker 5>Have you ever written a check?

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<v Speaker 5>You know what a check is, okay, but have you ever Venmoed?

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<v Speaker 5>Do you know what Venmo is?

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<v Speaker 5>How old are you?

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<v Speaker 5>Six, ten, okay.

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<v Speaker 5>How many of you know what Zelle is?

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<v Speaker 5>How many of you don't know what Zelle is?

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<v Speaker 5>You never use Zelle.

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<v Speaker 5>Ashman, you still write checks.

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<v Speaker 5>You probably carry cash.

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<v Speaker 5>No, no, lynn has all your money.

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<v Speaker 5>I know the feeling.

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<v Speaker 5>How many of you have ever put money in a Christmas club years ago?

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<v Speaker 5>How many of you don't even know what a Christmas club is?

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<v Speaker 5>See you, young people don't even know what a Christmas club is.

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<v Speaker 5>See you young people don't know Diddley?

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<v Speaker 5>Josh, you don't know Diddley.

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<v Speaker 5>How many of you never heard of Bo Diddley?

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<v Speaker 5>All right, but the whole point is you have all of this.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh, how many of you know who that is?

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<v Speaker 5>How many of you don't know who that is?

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<v Speaker 5>Everybody knows her, right, I guess.

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<v Speaker 5>How many of you don't know who that is?

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<v Speaker 5>Smith?

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<v Speaker 5>Do you know who that is?

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<v Speaker 5>How many of you know who that is?

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<v Speaker 5>Kyle?

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<v Speaker 5>Do you know who that is?

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<v Speaker 5>You don't know who Gomer Powell is.

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<v Speaker 5>That's un-American.

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<v Speaker 5>Kyle do you know who that is?

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<v Speaker 5>You don't know who Gomer Powell is.

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<v Speaker 5>That's un-American.

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<v Speaker 5>See.

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<v Speaker 5>So when I go Shazam, you don't know what I'm talking about here.

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<v Speaker 5>Go holy, you need to YouTube Gomer.

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<v Speaker 5>This is what we do in elders meetings.

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<v Speaker 5>We tell Josh he needs to YouTube Gomer Powell or some of these things he's never heard of, to where his life can be most more fulfilling.

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<v Speaker 5>You've got to watch Gomer Powell.

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<v Speaker 5>It's a classic back in the day.

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<v Speaker 5>But the point I'm making is this I don't know if I got anything else up or not.

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<v Speaker 5>The point I'm making is this is that generations, you know, change and there's things that we do and don't do, and some things pass on to generations and some things don't.

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<v Speaker 5>Now, not knowing who Gomer Pyle is is not that big a deal.

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<v Speaker 5>Your life's just not as fulfilled, you know.

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<v Speaker 5>Not knowing what Venmo is is not that big a deal.

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<v Speaker 5>I do Venmo now, but I have to call Brittany to.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, brittany, what do I do now?

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<v Speaker 5>But you know it's not that big a deal.

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<v Speaker 5>I do Venmo now, but I have to call Brittany to okay, brittany, what do I do now?

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<v Speaker 5>But?

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<v Speaker 5>But?

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<v Speaker 5>But you know it's not that big a deal.

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<v Speaker 5>But when it comes to God's word and we don't pass it from generation to generation, it can become a big deal.

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<v Speaker 5>The, the, the scripture that Josh read comes from the book of Deuteronomy.

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<v Speaker 5>Deuteronomy, genesis number.

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<v Speaker 5>Deuteronomy is the fifth book in the Old Testament.

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<v Speaker 5>It literally means the word Deuteronomy means second law and here's why it's called second law.

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<v Speaker 5>You remember, in the book of Exodus, god delivered his people from Egyptian slavery.

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<v Speaker 5>They left Egypt after hundreds of years in slavery.

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<v Speaker 5>He had taught them.

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<v Speaker 5>When they left, he gave them the law.

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<v Speaker 5>He said I'm making an agreement with you, I'm making a covenant with you.

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<v Speaker 5>Here's how I want to be your God and I want you to have a relationship with me and I want to bless you.

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<v Speaker 5>And so God gave them these commands.

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<v Speaker 5>He said here, here's what I want you to do.

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<v Speaker 5>And he says I'm going to give you this special land that you're going to love.

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<v Speaker 5>I've taken you out of slavery and as long as you and I have this relationship and you love me, it's going to be great.

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<v Speaker 5>And so he takes them out and he says right over, there is the land I'm going to give you.

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<v Speaker 5>They went and looked at the land and came back and said Shazam, we can't take that land.

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<v Speaker 5>We look like grasshoppers compared to those guys.

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<v Speaker 5>And then God said because you didn't trust me, because you didn't believe me when I said I'm going to give you that land, you're going to walk around in a circle for 40 years in the desert, until every last stinking one of you dies, and then I'll give it to the next generation.

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<v Speaker 5>And so for 40 years they walk around and two generations later they're getting ready.

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<v Speaker 5>God says okay, I'm going to give you the land again.

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<v Speaker 5>And those two generations, those people said what land?

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<v Speaker 5>What are you talking about?

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<v Speaker 5>And God said you mean to tell me your parents didn't pass on down to you the relationship, the promises I've made to you.

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<v Speaker 5>I guarantee you, those Israelite parents taught their kids how to pitch a tent.

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<v Speaker 5>I guarantee you that grandma Jewish grandma taught them how to make manna pudding.

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<v Speaker 5>I guarantee you, they taught them how to start a fire.

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<v Speaker 5>But they never taught them about their history and about God's promise to them.

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<v Speaker 5>And so God said I've got to teach you all over again.

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<v Speaker 5>Here's why I'm giving you this promised land.

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<v Speaker 5>I rescued you, people, from slavery.

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<v Speaker 5>I promised that I'm making you a special nation so that through your nation, the whole world is going to be blessed through Jesus.

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<v Speaker 5>And I'm giving you this land, but here's these laws I want you to follow.

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<v Speaker 5>And he says if you obey me, you will be blessed.

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<v Speaker 5>And so Deuteronomy is second law.

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<v Speaker 5>He's teaching another generation.

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<v Speaker 5>Here's what it's about.

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<v Speaker 5>We need to do some of that today.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, while we're in the mess we're in as a country, it's because my generation failed to teach God's law to the next generation.

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<v Speaker 5>So we don't.

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<v Speaker 5>We can blame the kids, but it really starts with us old people, because we failed to pass on God's grace to that next generation.

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<v Speaker 5>And so God tells them.

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<v Speaker 5>He says if you obey me and follow my commands that I'm giving you today, I'm going to set you up and you're going to be blessed.

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<v Speaker 5>The point is this God says obedience brings blessing.

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<v Speaker 5>If you obey me, your life's going to be blessed.

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<v Speaker 5>Doesn't mean it's going to be easy, it'll be easier in the long run, but he says it's going to be blessed Now.

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<v Speaker 5>We don't have time to read verses 15 and following, but I encourage you to go home and read that, because after he says you know what, if you obey me, you'll be blessed, he says now the opposite is also true.

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<v Speaker 5>He says in verse 15, but if you disobey my law, if you decide you want to be God, if you decide you know what's best, you're going to receive cursings.

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<v Speaker 5>You're going to be cursed.

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<v Speaker 5>There's going to be bad things that happen to you.

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<v Speaker 5>Obedience brings blessing, disobedience brings consequences.

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<v Speaker 5>Your choices have consequences.

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<v Speaker 5>Every choice I make either brings with it a blessing or a consequence.

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<v Speaker 5>If I choose to continue to eat like I eat, there's going to be consequences, and I have nobody else to blame but myself.

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<v Speaker 5>My decisions bring consequences.

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<v Speaker 5>And so God tells these people in Deuteronomy obedience brings blessing.

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<v Speaker 5>And if obedience brings blessing, then I need to understand the importance of passing that on to my children, because we have a problem in America with obedience.

00:19:56.191 --> 00:19:59.325
<v Speaker 5>We have a problem in the church with obedience.

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<v Speaker 5>We want to do things our way Because we're Americans.

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<v Speaker 5>So I want us to talk about look at this morning the importance of why we need to obey God and how we need to do that, by looking at a couple of things.

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<v Speaker 5>Here's the point Obeying God brings blessings.

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<v Speaker 5>Disobeying God brings consequences.

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<v Speaker 5>That's not a threat.

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<v Speaker 5>God's not threatening you.

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<v Speaker 5>He's the point.

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<v Speaker 5>Obeying God brings blessings.

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<v Speaker 5>Disobeying God brings consequences.

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<v Speaker 5>That's not a threat.

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<v Speaker 5>God's not threatening you, he's warning you.

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<v Speaker 5>It would be like me telling my grandkids if you play in the road, you're going to get hurt.

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<v Speaker 5>If you go out and play in Interstate 70, you're going to get hurt.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm not threatening them, I'm warning them.

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<v Speaker 5>You're going to get hurt.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm not threatening them, I'm warning them.

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<v Speaker 5>If you choose to live a certain way, you're going to be hurt.

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<v Speaker 5>Now, sometimes God says I'm going to do the hurting because I love you.

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<v Speaker 5>Obedience brings blessing.

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<v Speaker 5>Disobedience brings consequences, disobedience.

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<v Speaker 5>And so I need to understand that.

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<v Speaker 5>Three truths that will bless my life if I learn about obedience.

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<v Speaker 5>Number one is this God's commands are rooted in love.

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<v Speaker 5>Therefore, I can confidently, I can obey them confidently.

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<v Speaker 5>Here's something we need to understand To properly understand the Bible.

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<v Speaker 5>I need to realize this Every command God gives, every verse.

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<v Speaker 5>God writes every miracle.

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<v Speaker 5>God performs everything God does, even when he goes and wipes out whole nations.

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<v Speaker 5>Everything he does, every promise he makes, is rooted in his love for you and me.

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<v Speaker 5>God is love.

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<v Speaker 5>He cannot do one thing unloving because he is love.

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<v Speaker 5>When he says here's how you need to obey me when it comes to sex, he's doing it because he loves you and he knows that sex is a gift from him.

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<v Speaker 5>But the abuse and misuse of sex brings consequences and hurts people.

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<v Speaker 5>When God says you need to love your enemies, he's doing it from a heart of love because he knows that if you hate your enemies, you're going to allow them control your life.

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<v Speaker 5>You're going to be ate up with bitterness and they're going to be.

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<v Speaker 5>Some of you hate people that have been dead for 20 years and they're still controlling you from the grave.

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<v Speaker 5>Because as soon as I said this, you thought of them and you're still controlling you from the grave because as soon as I said this, you thought of them and you're getting angry now.

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<v Speaker 5>Everything God says is rooted in love, one of the first things Satan did when he got Adam and Eve to sin.

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<v Speaker 5>He told Eve in Genesis 3-5,.

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<v Speaker 5>You know what?

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<v Speaker 5>The reason why God doesn't want you to sin and eat of that tree is because he doesn't want you to be like him, knowing good and evil.

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<v Speaker 5>See, the problem is we think God doesn't want what's best for us.

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<v Speaker 5>Some of us Kevin and I were talking about this earlier some of us were raised in a church that was so legalistic.

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<v Speaker 5>We still struggle with the fact that God wants what's best for me.

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<v Speaker 5>We think we know better than God.

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<v Speaker 5>The reason why I don't want to obey God is I want to be God.

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<v Speaker 5>I want to decide what's right or wrong.

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<v Speaker 5>And that's what Satan said.

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<v Speaker 5>Eve, you know what.

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<v Speaker 5>You go ahead and eat.

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<v Speaker 5>God doesn't want you to eat this fruit because he doesn't want you to decide what's right or wrong.

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<v Speaker 5>You know best what's best for you.

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<v Speaker 5>You know what makes you happy.

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<v Speaker 5>You know what you really want.

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<v Speaker 5>Go ahead and eat this fruit, then you'll be God.

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<v Speaker 5>And the problem is I want to be God.

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<v Speaker 5>I want to decide what's right or wrong.

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<v Speaker 5>It's my life, because I don't believe God loves me and want what's best for me.

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<v Speaker 5>Now I want you to understand.

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<v Speaker 5>The loving thing is not always the easy thing.

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<v Speaker 5>My parents may tell me to do something.

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<v Speaker 5>That's not easy, or not do something, and I may not agree with it.

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<v Speaker 5>But as I got older I understand they wanted me to do it out of love.

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<v Speaker 5>I need to understand that God's commands are rooted in love.

00:24:24.826 --> 00:24:29.925
<v Speaker 5>Therefore I can obey them confidently, knowing that he's doing what's best for me.

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<v Speaker 5>Does that make sense?

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<v Speaker 5>And I know that when I see the cross.

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<v Speaker 5>But there's a second thing.

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<v Speaker 5>Second thing that can help me understand that too is this God's commands are not burdensome, therefore I can obey them consistently.

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<v Speaker 5>John tells us in 1 John 5.3, which I am loving this chapter.

00:24:53.565 --> 00:24:55.771
<v Speaker 5>I've been digging in this chapter the past two weeks.

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<v Speaker 5>Sometime this summer, hopefully, we're going to do a couple of sermons on 1 John 5.

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<v Speaker 5>What a fantastic chapter.

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<v Speaker 5>But he says in that chapter my commands are not burdensome.

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<v Speaker 5>One version says my commands are not grievous.

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<v Speaker 5>Another version says my commands are not grievous.

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<v Speaker 5>Another version says my commands are not heavy.

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<v Speaker 5>Let me ask you what happens when you try to carry something by yourself that's heavy.

00:25:21.232 --> 00:25:32.891
<v Speaker 5>The other day I went to Big Lots, had to get a TV stand for my mother-in-law, and that thing had to weigh 200 pounds.

00:25:32.891 --> 00:25:37.126
<v Speaker 5>The lady rolled it out in the cart.

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<v Speaker 5>She told me to open the back and she said you've got to load it yourself.

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<v Speaker 5>I said what?

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<v Speaker 5>I'm a feeble old man.

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<v Speaker 5>She said well, I can't help you load it, you've got to load it yourself.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm not allowed, or whatever I don't know.

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<v Speaker 5>So I'm wrestling with that thing.

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<v Speaker 5>It took forever for me to get that thing up.

00:26:00.021 --> 00:26:02.970
<v Speaker 5>I said, well, can you push the cart just a little bit closer to the car?

00:26:02.970 --> 00:26:04.001
<v Speaker 5>I think I can do that.

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<v Speaker 5>By the time it was done, I'd pulled the muscle in my back.

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<v Speaker 5>It was I'm walking.

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<v Speaker 5>It was terrible.

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<v Speaker 5>It was I'm walking.

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<v Speaker 5>It was terrible.

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<v Speaker 5>It was frustrating.

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<v Speaker 5>I was getting angry, I was getting tired, I was discouraged, I was hurt, I was worn out.

00:26:28.007 --> 00:26:32.104
<v Speaker 5>Have you ever tried to carry something heavy?

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<v Speaker 5>You just get worn out.

00:26:34.689 --> 00:26:37.194
<v Speaker 5>Have you ever tried to carry something heavy?

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<v Speaker 5>You just get worn out.

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<v Speaker 5>And so in 1 John 5, 3, god says listen, my commands won't wear you out.

00:26:48.222 --> 00:26:49.105
<v Speaker 5>You know what wears you out.

00:26:49.105 --> 00:26:50.086
<v Speaker 5>Trying to please everybody else wears you out.

00:26:50.086 --> 00:26:51.328
<v Speaker 5>You know what wears you out.

00:26:51.328 --> 00:26:54.395
<v Speaker 5>Trying to keep up with the world wears you out.

00:26:54.395 --> 00:27:00.008
<v Speaker 5>Trying to hide all your secret lifestyle wears you out.

00:27:00.008 --> 00:27:03.862
<v Speaker 5>Trying to get everybody to like you wears you out.

00:27:03.862 --> 00:27:05.766
<v Speaker 5>Not everybody's going to like you.

00:27:05.766 --> 00:27:10.565
<v Speaker 5>Jesus was perfect and they killed him, so why do you think everybody's going to like you?

00:27:10.565 --> 00:27:14.613
<v Speaker 5>Trying to get everybody to like you wears you out.

00:27:14.613 --> 00:27:19.491
<v Speaker 5>Keeping up with all the lies you have to tell to hide your sin wears you out.

00:27:19.491 --> 00:27:23.490
<v Speaker 5>Being selfish and comparing yourself to other people wears you out.

00:27:23.490 --> 00:27:28.010
<v Speaker 5>Trying to change people that don't want to change wears you out.

00:27:28.010 --> 00:27:31.282
<v Speaker 5>God's commands won't wear you out.

00:27:31.282 --> 00:27:38.632
<v Speaker 5>God's commands won't wear you out.

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<v Speaker 5>If that's true, then why are we so afraid of obedience?

00:27:46.181 --> 00:27:52.794
<v Speaker 5>See, a lot of people think God's commands are just a bunch of rules and thou shalt nots.

00:27:52.794 --> 00:28:00.869
<v Speaker 5>That's keeping you from having fun, and even Christians, we can be overwhelmed by God's commands.

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<v Speaker 5>Now I'm going to give you three things real quickly.

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<v Speaker 5>That makes God's commands burdensome.

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<v Speaker 5>We are good at selective hearing, right?

00:28:13.333 --> 00:28:15.067
<v Speaker 5>I don't know if you can see this or not.

00:28:15.067 --> 00:28:22.874
<v Speaker 5>Here's what the wife is saying Go to the store, lay down the mulch, wash and wax the car, get the kids at school, rent some videos and finish the rest of the dishes.

00:28:22.874 --> 00:28:25.587
<v Speaker 5>This is an old cartoon because it's renting videos.

00:28:25.587 --> 00:28:27.663
<v Speaker 5>How many of you have never rented a video.

00:28:27.663 --> 00:28:30.852
<v Speaker 5>These are some of these kids.

00:28:30.852 --> 00:28:34.645
<v Speaker 5>Here's what the husband heard Go, lay down and get some rest.

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<v Speaker 5>We're good at selective hearing, we're good at doing that, and so, because of that, we really don't understand what God is saying.

00:28:48.444 --> 00:28:51.385
<v Speaker 5>Three things that make God's.

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<v Speaker 5>I really don't want to please God.

00:28:53.244 --> 00:28:55.230
<v Speaker 5>That's what makes God's commands burdensome.

00:28:55.230 --> 00:28:56.222
<v Speaker 5>I really don't want to do it.

00:28:56.222 --> 00:29:00.682
<v Speaker 5>I don't want to love my enemies, I want to get even with them.

00:29:00.682 --> 00:29:09.486
<v Speaker 5>I don't want to make disciples, I don't want to do what God wants.

00:29:09.486 --> 00:29:10.950
<v Speaker 5>So I want to live this lifestyle.

00:29:10.950 --> 00:29:12.845
<v Speaker 5>And so God says I shouldn't do it.

00:29:12.845 --> 00:29:13.708
<v Speaker 5>To live this lifestyle.

00:29:13.708 --> 00:29:20.333
<v Speaker 5>Well, if I don't want to obey God, if I want to be God, then His commands are burdensome.

00:29:20.333 --> 00:29:30.929
<v Speaker 5>But the problem isn't the command.

00:29:30.929 --> 00:29:32.906
<v Speaker 5>The problem's my heart.

00:29:32.906 --> 00:29:36.990
<v Speaker 5>The problem is I want to live the way I want to live.

00:29:36.990 --> 00:29:54.307
<v Speaker 5>The problem is I want to do it my way, and when my way conflicts with God's way, then the command becomes heavy.

00:29:54.307 --> 00:29:56.247
<v Speaker 5>But it's not the command that's the problem.

00:29:56.247 --> 00:30:02.188
<v Speaker 5>The problem is my stinking heart, because I think I know better than God.

00:30:02.188 --> 00:30:11.983
<v Speaker 5>And then I'm full of anger and bitterness and loneliness because you know I'm it's just and I'm unhappy.

00:30:11.983 --> 00:30:13.789
<v Speaker 5>And then I wonder why?

00:30:13.789 --> 00:30:18.430
<v Speaker 5>And then I look at God and say, man, life's such a burden.

00:30:18.430 --> 00:30:28.948
<v Speaker 5>Well, it's because you're God, you think you're God, and so I really don't want to please God.

00:30:28.948 --> 00:30:55.747
<v Speaker 5>The thing when I become a Christian, the Holy Spirit starts working on me and I become one of the things he does is he wants me to become more and more like Jesus, and so he puts me in situations so that I can learn to do that and I gradually change and I get to the point where I realize my sin may often offer immediate, temporary satisfaction, but in the end it's going to destroy me.

00:30:55.747 --> 00:30:59.309
<v Speaker 5>Obedience offers lasting satisfaction.

00:30:59.309 --> 00:31:01.085
<v Speaker 5>Here's the second reason.

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<v Speaker 5>The second reason why sins are a burden to me is because I've been overwhelmed by legalism.

00:31:09.074 --> 00:31:19.192
<v Speaker 5>I think I have to obey God perfectly, and if I mess up in one little spot, then God's done with me and he's going to throw me in hell and I'm lost forever.

00:31:19.192 --> 00:31:25.305
<v Speaker 5>And some of us believe that, oh, it's just God.

00:31:25.305 --> 00:31:31.247
<v Speaker 5>Oh, god told me I've got to do this and oh, if I just mess up, then it's a.

00:31:31.247 --> 00:31:33.673
<v Speaker 5>You know, I just can't do it.

00:31:33.673 --> 00:31:37.082
<v Speaker 5>I can't be the person God wants me to be.

00:31:37.082 --> 00:31:38.443
<v Speaker 5>Of course you can't.

00:31:38.443 --> 00:31:41.830
<v Speaker 5>You're a broken sinner, so am I.

00:31:41.830 --> 00:31:47.481
<v Speaker 5>But the Holy Spirit can help me be the person God wants me to be and help me become more like him.

00:31:47.481 --> 00:32:02.392
<v Speaker 5>And if I just relax and realize I'm saved by grace and now I'm free to love him and obey him not to get to heaven, but because I'm going it changes everything.

00:32:02.392 --> 00:32:04.292
<v Speaker 5>Obeying God isn't a burden.

00:32:04.292 --> 00:32:05.173
<v Speaker 5>Does that make sense?

00:32:05.173 --> 00:32:11.397
<v Speaker 5>Trying to obey God because I have to be good enough, it doesn't work.

00:32:11.397 --> 00:32:16.865
<v Speaker 5>And then I don't believe God loves me.

00:32:16.865 --> 00:32:19.478
<v Speaker 5>I just don't believe God loves me.

00:32:19.478 --> 00:32:21.786
<v Speaker 5>That becomes a burden when I think God's out to get me.

00:32:21.786 --> 00:32:24.362
<v Speaker 5>God don't want me to have any fun.

00:32:24.362 --> 00:32:26.268
<v Speaker 5>That's a big lie.

00:32:26.268 --> 00:32:28.282
<v Speaker 5>God don't want me to have any fun.

00:32:28.282 --> 00:32:32.362
<v Speaker 5>So I'm going down to happy hour at the bar.

00:32:32.362 --> 00:32:33.464
<v Speaker 5>That's really fun.

00:32:33.464 --> 00:32:36.221
<v Speaker 5>Why in the world do they call it happy hour?

00:32:36.221 --> 00:32:39.708
<v Speaker 5>Bunch of old drunks sitting around miserable.

00:32:39.708 --> 00:32:44.702
<v Speaker 5>There's nowhere else in the world.

00:32:44.702 --> 00:32:48.811
<v Speaker 5>We go to try to pick up somebody to make us happy.

00:32:48.811 --> 00:32:50.001
<v Speaker 5>Hey, can I buy you a drink?

00:32:50.001 --> 00:32:55.073
<v Speaker 5>Nobody's ever walked up to you at Walmart and said hey, can I buy you a head of lettuce?

00:32:55.073 --> 00:33:01.307
<v Speaker 5>But we're having fun at happy hour.

00:33:01.307 --> 00:33:06.451
<v Speaker 5>I'm sitting there slobbering in my beer and somebody's going to come up and offer to buy me a drink.

00:33:06.451 --> 00:33:08.969
<v Speaker 5>I'm a complete stranger and now I'm happy.

00:33:08.969 --> 00:33:15.010
<v Speaker 5>Where in the world do we get that idea, except from Satan?

00:33:15.010 --> 00:33:16.705
<v Speaker 5>I know what makes me happy.

00:33:16.705 --> 00:33:19.346
<v Speaker 5>It's just crazy.

00:33:19.346 --> 00:33:21.544
<v Speaker 5>His commands are not burdensome.

00:33:21.544 --> 00:33:32.589
<v Speaker 5>When I understand that his commands is what is best for me, happiness is being in a good, loving marriage.

00:33:32.589 --> 00:33:41.606
<v Speaker 5>Happiness is being in a relationship having friends with people that love you unconditionally and not use you.

00:33:41.606 --> 00:33:46.507
<v Speaker 5>That's what God offers.

00:33:46.507 --> 00:33:54.509
<v Speaker 5>Happiness comes when I learn to forgive people and not allow them to control my life.

00:33:54.509 --> 00:33:57.709
<v Speaker 5>Happiness comes when I discover what my purpose is.

00:33:57.709 --> 00:34:02.230
<v Speaker 5>Happiness comes when I realize you know what I was created for a purpose.

00:34:02.230 --> 00:34:03.482
<v Speaker 5>I wasn't some slug.

00:34:03.482 --> 00:34:05.689
<v Speaker 5>There was some big bang and shazam.

00:34:05.689 --> 00:34:06.330
<v Speaker 5>Here I am.

00:34:06.330 --> 00:34:08.119
<v Speaker 5>I'm just an accident.

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:14.925
<v Speaker 5>It's just an accident when I understand God loves me.

00:34:14.925 --> 00:34:18.909
<v Speaker 5>His commands are not burdensome.

00:34:18.909 --> 00:34:21.911
<v Speaker 5>He wants to do what's best for me.

00:34:21.911 --> 00:34:28.235
<v Speaker 5>Look what the psalmist says the commands of the Lord are right, bringing joy to the heart.

00:34:28.235 --> 00:34:29.356
<v Speaker 5>Do you believe that?

00:34:29.356 --> 00:34:33.445
<v Speaker 5>Do you believe God's commands bring joy to your heart, or are you?

00:34:33.445 --> 00:34:34.909
<v Speaker 5>Well, I better go to church or I'll go to hell.

00:34:34.909 --> 00:34:47.644
<v Speaker 5>The commandments of the Lord are right, bringing joy to the heart.

00:34:47.644 --> 00:34:51.985
<v Speaker 5>I don't know who wrote Psalm 119, but I want you to notice what he's going through.

00:34:51.985 --> 00:35:00.644
<v Speaker 5>He says the wicked bind me with ropes.

00:35:00.644 --> 00:35:02.170
<v Speaker 5>The wicked's trying to entrain me, but I won't forget your law.

00:35:02.170 --> 00:35:04.014
<v Speaker 5>He says I was afflicted and went astray, but now I obey your word.

00:35:04.014 --> 00:35:06.141
<v Speaker 5>So he was bound with ropes.

00:35:06.141 --> 00:35:08.085
<v Speaker 5>He was afflicted and went astray.

00:35:08.085 --> 00:35:12.054
<v Speaker 5>The arrogant have speared me with lies, but I keep your law.

00:35:12.054 --> 00:35:13.358
<v Speaker 5>I'm obeying you.

00:35:13.358 --> 00:35:15.061
<v Speaker 5>Your laws are wonderful.

00:35:15.061 --> 00:35:16.664
<v Speaker 5>No wonder I obey him.

00:35:16.664 --> 00:35:18.969
<v Speaker 5>This guy had been smeared with lies.

00:35:18.969 --> 00:35:20.193
<v Speaker 5>He'd been slandered.

00:35:20.193 --> 00:35:22.623
<v Speaker 5>They posted lies about him on Facebook.

00:35:22.623 --> 00:35:25.610
<v Speaker 5>There were people trying to use him.

00:35:25.610 --> 00:35:27.454
<v Speaker 5>He was being picked on.

00:35:27.454 --> 00:35:30.206
<v Speaker 5>There were people that hated him.

00:35:30.206 --> 00:35:31.389
<v Speaker 5>And he says you know what.

00:35:31.389 --> 00:35:32.510
<v Speaker 5>Your laws are wonderful.

00:35:32.510 --> 00:35:37.262
<v Speaker 5>No wonder I obey them.

00:35:37.262 --> 00:35:38.326
<v Speaker 5>They're wonderful.

00:35:38.326 --> 00:35:42.541
<v Speaker 5>Do you look at God's laws, god's commands, and say this is wonderful?

00:35:42.541 --> 00:35:47.206
<v Speaker 5>If you want to be great, be a servant, be a slave.

00:35:47.206 --> 00:35:48.500
<v Speaker 5>This is wonderful.

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:55.125
<v Speaker 5>If you want to be like Jesus, wash the feet of the Judas in your life, this is great.

00:35:55.125 --> 00:35:57.994
<v Speaker 5>This is great.

00:35:57.994 --> 00:36:02.003
<v Speaker 5>Is that the way we look at God's laws?

00:36:02.003 --> 00:36:07.380
<v Speaker 5>Lastly, god's commands are meant for me.

00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:09.766
<v Speaker 5>Therefore, I should obey them completely.

00:36:09.766 --> 00:36:15.726
<v Speaker 5>Americans are the worst at thinking laws don't apply to me.

00:36:15.726 --> 00:36:28.141
<v Speaker 5>I mean, I'm the guy that will be driving down the interstate and pass somebody that's driving slow because they're texting, and I'll look over there and say you idiot, why are you texting?

00:36:28.141 --> 00:36:33.782
<v Speaker 5>And then I'll pass them and I'll pull out my phone and text Amy, you can't believe what I just did.

00:36:33.782 --> 00:36:39.346
<v Speaker 5>I passed some idiot texting on the interstate but they don't apply to me.

00:36:39.346 --> 00:36:55.085
<v Speaker 5>I remember several years ago Amy and I got to go out to Yellowstone and we went out west and we went and saw Old Faithful and all that stuff and we got in the car to go after Old Faithful and pulled out and we sat in a traffic jam for over two hours.

00:36:55.085 --> 00:37:01.085
<v Speaker 5>We sat in the same spot literally for about 45 or 50 minutes.

00:37:01.085 --> 00:37:07.297
<v Speaker 5>I'm sitting there fussing I know you find that hard to believe Whining, complaining.

00:37:07.297 --> 00:37:08.079
<v Speaker 5>I can't believe this.

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:08.922
<v Speaker 5>What's going on here?

00:37:08.922 --> 00:37:09.824
<v Speaker 5>It's got to be construction.

00:37:09.824 --> 00:37:13.164
<v Speaker 5>Why in the world would they have road construction in the middle of the summer in Yellowstone?

00:37:13.164 --> 00:37:18.364
<v Speaker 5>Amy said would you just enjoy the nature around us?

00:37:18.364 --> 00:37:21.003
<v Speaker 5>I've been looking at the same tree for 45 minutes.

00:37:21.204 --> 00:37:21.724
<v Speaker 3>Wait a minute.

00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:30.829
<v Speaker 5>After two hours we turn the curve and we see what the traffic jam's all about.

00:37:30.829 --> 00:37:42.744
<v Speaker 5>There's this biggest bison I'd ever seen in my life, standing next to a sign that said do not stop in the road and take a picture of the bison.

00:37:42.744 --> 00:37:47.726
<v Speaker 5>But you know what every person in that road was doing?

00:37:47.726 --> 00:37:50.918
<v Speaker 5>They were stopping there in the road and I'm I can't.

00:37:50.918 --> 00:37:51.802
<v Speaker 5>They see that sign.

00:37:51.802 --> 00:37:53.800
<v Speaker 5>People don't obey the laws.

00:37:53.800 --> 00:37:54.643
<v Speaker 5>That sign's there.

00:37:54.643 --> 00:37:56.025
<v Speaker 5>We've been standing there two hours.

00:37:56.025 --> 00:38:01.427
<v Speaker 5>We pull up next to the bison and I look over and see it.

00:38:01.427 --> 00:38:15.342
<v Speaker 5>Amy, get out and take a picture of that bison, because the law don't apply to me and that's the way we are.

00:38:15.342 --> 00:38:18.702
<v Speaker 5>Everybody ought to keep the law, but me.

00:38:26.463 --> 00:38:29.510
<v Speaker 5>That's where the selective hearing comes from.

00:38:29.510 --> 00:38:30.152
<v Speaker 5>I don't want to hear it.

00:38:30.152 --> 00:38:32.836
<v Speaker 5>Students do what they want to do because they don't want to hear their teacher.

00:38:32.836 --> 00:38:34.961
<v Speaker 5>I don't like God's command.

00:38:34.961 --> 00:38:36.826
<v Speaker 5>So I have selective hearing.

00:38:36.826 --> 00:38:40.342
<v Speaker 5>I rationalize yeah, I know God wants to forgive my enemies, but God understands.

00:38:40.342 --> 00:38:41.525
<v Speaker 5>Nobody's been hurt like me.

00:38:41.525 --> 00:38:43.257
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I know God.

00:38:44.179 --> 00:38:44.942
<v Speaker 5>We ignore it.

00:38:44.942 --> 00:38:46.226
<v Speaker 5>We ridicule it.

00:38:46.226 --> 00:38:49.181
<v Speaker 5>Oh, the Bible's just an old book written 2,000 years ago.

00:38:49.181 --> 00:38:50.666
<v Speaker 5>It don't have nothing to do with us today.

00:38:50.666 --> 00:38:56.943
<v Speaker 5>We just ignore it.

00:38:56.943 --> 00:38:58.588
<v Speaker 5>We listen to it if we like it.

00:38:58.588 --> 00:39:05.125
<v Speaker 5>The Bible says don't judge, so we use that one out of context.

00:39:05.125 --> 00:39:10.005
<v Speaker 5>But if there's something we don't like, we ignore it.

00:39:10.005 --> 00:39:17.543
<v Speaker 5>One of the most, oh, I'm getting One of the no, I'm not even going to go there.

00:39:17.543 --> 00:39:18.467
<v Speaker 5>I'm not even going to go there.

00:39:18.467 --> 00:39:21.882
<v Speaker 5>All right, we just rationalize.

00:39:21.882 --> 00:39:23.860
<v Speaker 5>We don't want to hear.

00:39:25.255 --> 00:39:33.244
<v Speaker 5>The other day, a couple of Sundays ago I forget who I'm talking to here and there's, kids come running by with suckers in their mouth.

00:39:33.244 --> 00:39:43.885
<v Speaker 5>We must have a like feeding the 5,000, we've got a tree that never gives it, never gets Sucker running.

00:39:43.885 --> 00:39:45.119
<v Speaker 5>I mean just running.

00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:51.561
<v Speaker 5>I'm thinking Number one we're sugaring up every kid sending them home, which I'm okay with.

00:39:51.561 --> 00:39:59.039
<v Speaker 5>But Calloway God love him comes running around full blast with this sucker halfway down his throat.

00:39:59.039 --> 00:40:17.581
<v Speaker 5>I said Calloway, you need to stop running, you may fall and that sucker get hurt.

00:40:17.581 --> 00:40:20.570
<v Speaker 5>He didn't slow down a bit and that's exactly the way we do God.

00:40:21.615 --> 00:40:24.445
<v Speaker 5>God says hey, listen, you're in that relationship.

00:40:24.445 --> 00:40:30.248
<v Speaker 5>You better watch out, because that relationship is going to ruin the most important relationship in your life.

00:40:30.248 --> 00:40:33.583
<v Speaker 5>I got you, god, I hear you.

00:40:33.583 --> 00:40:40.822
<v Speaker 5>That's who we think we are.

00:40:40.822 --> 00:40:44.284
<v Speaker 5>We think God's commands are meant for everybody.

00:40:44.284 --> 00:41:01.659
<v Speaker 5>But read this with me Love the Lord, your God, and keep his decrees, his laws and his commands when you agree with it, sometimes when you feel like it.

00:41:01.659 --> 00:41:11.360
<v Speaker 5>You know why I do it always Because his commands are meant for me and they're for my own good.

00:41:11.360 --> 00:41:16.360
<v Speaker 5>Where's that AED machine?

00:41:16.360 --> 00:41:17.621
<v Speaker 5>After all that running, I may need it.

00:41:17.621 --> 00:41:23.400
<v Speaker 5>Jesus replied.

00:41:23.974 --> 00:41:27.746
<v Speaker 5>Blessed, rather, are those who hear the word of God and obey it.

00:41:27.746 --> 00:41:28.938
<v Speaker 5>You're not blessed.

00:41:28.938 --> 00:41:32.559
<v Speaker 5>If you come here and you just hear the word of God, you're not blessed.

00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:37.081
<v Speaker 5>You may receive some blessing, but I'm going to be honest with you.

00:41:37.081 --> 00:41:43.018
<v Speaker 5>Many of us walk in here every Sunday and we just hear it and you wonder why God ain't blessing me.

00:41:43.018 --> 00:41:48.686
<v Speaker 5>Woody talks about all these blessings Woody talks about because we're not obeying it.

00:41:48.686 --> 00:41:53.143
<v Speaker 5>The blessing comes from obedience.

00:41:54.536 --> 00:41:56.061
<v Speaker 5>There's an app for everything.

00:41:56.061 --> 00:42:00.862
<v Speaker 5>That's the text a Taco app.

00:42:00.862 --> 00:42:07.266
<v Speaker 5>You can download this app and, if you want to, you can text somebody a taco.

00:42:07.266 --> 00:42:10.382
<v Speaker 5>Do not text me a taco.

00:42:10.382 --> 00:42:16.067
<v Speaker 5>I got a feeling I'm going to get 25 taco texts this week.

00:42:16.067 --> 00:42:17.239
<v Speaker 5>What a dumb app.

00:42:17.239 --> 00:42:19.510
<v Speaker 5>This one is a I nap a dumb app.

00:42:19.510 --> 00:42:34.800
<v Speaker 5>This one is a I nap at work app, so you can close the door of your office or wherever, and you can make these sounds like keyboard clicking and then you can take a nap.

00:42:34.800 --> 00:42:38.996
<v Speaker 5>But if the boss walks by, it's what a dumb app.

00:42:38.996 --> 00:42:41.585
<v Speaker 5>But if the boss walks by, what a dumb app.

00:42:41.585 --> 00:42:45.824
<v Speaker 5>And my favorite one start French kissing app.

00:42:45.824 --> 00:42:49.264
<v Speaker 5>You can bring up this app and practice French kissing on your screen.

00:42:49.264 --> 00:42:53.284
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, that's gross.

00:42:56.275 --> 00:42:58.083
<v Speaker 5>There's an app for everything.

00:42:58.083 --> 00:43:00.182
<v Speaker 5>There is an app for everything.

00:43:00.182 --> 00:43:01.891
<v Speaker 5>There is an app for everything.

00:43:01.891 --> 00:43:04.579
<v Speaker 5>You want to learn to swim?

00:43:04.579 --> 00:43:05.523
<v Speaker 5>There's an app for that.

00:43:05.523 --> 00:43:08.800
<v Speaker 5>There's an app for everything.

00:43:09.882 --> 00:43:15.760
<v Speaker 5>And you say well, woody, I know you're talking about obedience, but I'm telling you right now, I mess up all the time.

00:43:15.760 --> 00:43:18.820
<v Speaker 5>There's an app for that.

00:43:18.820 --> 00:43:23.585
<v Speaker 5>Here's the time.

00:43:23.585 --> 00:43:24.311
<v Speaker 5>There's an app for that.

00:43:24.311 --> 00:43:34.936
<v Speaker 5>Here's the app If we confess our sins and he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and he will wash us from all unrighteousness.

00:43:34.936 --> 00:43:42.768
<v Speaker 5>Woody, I know I'm supposed to obey, but I can't.

00:43:42.768 --> 00:43:55.380
<v Speaker 5>I know you can't, but I can try, and I try to live a life of obedience, not to get to heaven, because I'm going to heaven and when I mess up, guess what?

00:43:55.380 --> 00:43:56.342
<v Speaker 5>There's an app for that.

00:43:56.342 --> 00:43:58.264
<v Speaker 5>And that app is the blood of Jesus.

00:43:58.264 --> 00:44:03.583
<v Speaker 5>And I say God, I confess to you, I was wrong, I messed up, I am sorry.

00:44:03.583 --> 00:44:05.643
<v Speaker 5>He says okay, here's the blood of Jesus.

00:44:05.643 --> 00:44:06.878
<v Speaker 5>You're good, let's go.

00:44:06.878 --> 00:44:09.005
<v Speaker 5>Isn't that good news?

00:44:09.005 --> 00:44:19.266
<v Speaker 5>God calls me to live a life of obedience and he says when I obey, I will be blessed.

00:44:22.235 --> 00:44:23.155
<v Speaker 5>Disobedience will bring pain.

00:44:23.155 --> 00:44:25.199
<v Speaker 5>Obedience doesn't mean life will be easy.

00:44:25.199 --> 00:44:27.041
<v Speaker 5>It will be easier in the long run.

00:44:27.041 --> 00:44:37.003
<v Speaker 5>Disobedience, a life of disobedience, will destroy you.

00:44:37.003 --> 00:44:39.202
<v Speaker 5>In the end it will kill you.

00:44:39.202 --> 00:44:41.987
<v Speaker 5>So this morning I encourage you A life of disobedience will destroy you.

00:44:41.987 --> 00:44:43.054
<v Speaker 5>In the end it will kill you.

00:44:43.054 --> 00:44:50.668
<v Speaker 5>So this morning I encourage you to understand God's commands aren't burdensome.

00:44:51.414 --> 00:45:15.715
<v Speaker 5>He commands you to do certain things and not do certain things, because he loves you and they're meant for us and they're meant for our good, loves you and they're meant for us and they're meant for our good, and he wants us to live a good life so much he sent Jesus to die and he's provided us an app that when we mess up, he washes that away.

00:45:16.235 --> 00:45:17.601
<v Speaker 5>If you've never been baptized into Christ, we can do that.

00:45:17.601 --> 00:45:22.498
<v Speaker 5>And you come out of that water washed not by the water but because of the faith of blood of Jesus.

00:45:22.498 --> 00:45:26.496
<v Speaker 5>If you believe he's God's son, you're ready to make him king of your life.

00:45:26.496 --> 00:45:28.902
<v Speaker 5>You're ready to change and say you know what?

00:45:28.902 --> 00:45:31.768
<v Speaker 5>I've tried it my way and it's a mess.

00:45:31.768 --> 00:45:34.280
<v Speaker 5>I'm going to try it God's way and try to obey him.

00:45:34.280 --> 00:45:41.226
<v Speaker 5>And then, when you come out of that water, you are washed clean, and continually washed clean as you just try to please him.

00:45:41.226 --> 00:45:43.659
<v Speaker 5>Say, god, I'm going to obey you.

00:45:43.659 --> 00:45:46.579
<v Speaker 5>I don't understand this love your enemy thing, but I'm going to do it.

00:45:46.579 --> 00:45:51.170
<v Speaker 5>Obedience brings blessings.

00:45:51.170 --> 00:45:53.391
<v Speaker 5>If you'd like to be baptized, you can mark it on your card.

00:45:53.391 --> 00:45:54.369
<v Speaker 5>We can do it right now.

00:45:54.369 --> 00:46:01.094
<v Speaker 5>Or if you need the prayers of the church family in any way, we invite you to come and join us as we stand and sing.

00:46:08.148 --> 00:46:11.838
<v Speaker 2>Be with me, Lord.

00:46:11.838 --> 00:46:16.096
<v Speaker 2>I cannot live without Thee.

00:46:16.096 --> 00:46:25.219
<v Speaker 2>I dare not try to take one step alone.

00:46:25.219 --> 00:46:34.400
<v Speaker 2>I cannot bear the loads of life unaided.

00:46:34.400 --> 00:46:50.155
<v Speaker 2>Where the loads of life unaided, I need Thy strength to lean myself upon.

00:46:50.155 --> 00:47:12.983
<v Speaker 2>No other gift or blessing Thou couldst bestow Could with this one compare A constant sense Of Thy abiding presence.

00:47:14.327 --> 00:47:15.952
<v Speaker 3>Where'er.

00:47:16.675 --> 00:47:24.016
<v Speaker 2>I am To feel that Thou art near.

00:47:24.016 --> 00:47:44.380
<v Speaker 2>Be with me, lord, when loneliness o'ertakes me, when I must weep amid the fires of pain.

00:47:44.380 --> 00:47:58.960
<v Speaker 2>And when shall come the hour of my departure for worlds unknown?

00:48:00.106 --> 00:48:04.773
<v Speaker 3>Oh Lord, be with me then.

00:48:09.659 --> 00:48:09.940
<v Speaker 1>Amen.

00:48:09.940 --> 00:48:12.474
<v Speaker 1>Let's have a word of prayer before we sing our last song.

00:48:12.474 --> 00:48:33.271
<v Speaker 1>Lord, thank you for this morning, thank you for the message that we've heard this morning, and help us take that to heart, about what true obedience means and just about what our lives can mean to ourselves and to each other as we obey you here on earth, and help us keep eternity in mind, not this earth in mind, and it's in your son's name we pray.

00:48:33.271 --> 00:48:34.106
<v Speaker 1>Amen.

00:48:34.126 --> 00:48:40.039
<v Speaker 2>Amen.

00:48:41.144 --> 00:48:43.887
<v Speaker 3>You were despised, you were rejected.

00:48:43.947 --> 00:48:50.952
<v Speaker 2>Lord, those who passed by even averted their gaze from the sight.

00:48:50.952 --> 00:49:17.268
<v Speaker 2>Such was the suffering you bore for us, Led like a lamb a lamb to the slaughter you spoke not a word, but chose to be silent though.

00:49:17.268 --> 00:49:19.195
<v Speaker 2>You did no wrong, nor was deceitfulness found in you.

00:49:19.317 --> 00:49:21.244
<v Speaker 3>Yet by your wounds our salvation has come.

00:49:21.686 --> 00:49:35.300
<v Speaker 2>Yet by your suffering, our freedom is won, for God has highly exalted your name.

00:49:35.300 --> 00:49:54.137
<v Speaker 2>He has enthroned you on high, jesus, the name above all names God has highly exalted your name.

00:49:54.137 --> 00:49:57.413
<v Speaker 2>He has enthroned you on high.

00:49:57.413 --> 00:50:03.875
<v Speaker 2>Jesus, the name above all names.

00:50:03.875 --> 00:50:11.088
<v Speaker 2>You were despised, you were rejected, lord.

00:50:11.088 --> 00:50:17.798
<v Speaker 2>Those who passed by Even averted their gaze from the sight.

00:50:17.798 --> 00:50:36.382
<v Speaker 2>Such was the suffering you bore for us, led like a lamb a lamb to the slaughter you spoke not a word, but chose to be silent, though you did no wrong.

00:50:36.945 --> 00:50:42.257
<v Speaker 2>Nor was deceitfulness found in you.

00:50:42.257 --> 00:51:06.661
<v Speaker 2>Yet by your wounds, our salvation has come, yet by your suffering our freedom is won, for God has highly exalted your name.

00:51:06.661 --> 00:51:12.273
<v Speaker 2>He has enthroned you on high, jesus, the name above all names.

00:51:12.273 --> 00:51:21.257
<v Speaker 2>God has highly exalted your name.

00:51:21.257 --> 00:51:33.199
<v Speaker 2>He has enthroned you on high, jesus, the name above all names.

00:51:33.746 --> 00:51:34.655
<v Speaker 3>You were despised.

00:51:34.715 --> 00:51:45.110
<v Speaker 2>You were despised, you were rejected, lord those who passed by even averted their gaze from the sight.

00:51:45.110 --> 00:51:55.889
<v Speaker 2>Such was the suffering you bore for us Amen.

00:51:56.090 --> 00:51:56.851
<v Speaker 1>God bless you all.

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<v Speaker 1>Have a great week.