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All right , hello everyone and welcome to

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Christian Warrior Mission , the

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Christian Fellowship Show , where we fight

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three battles , monday

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through Thursday . We

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won . We fight to get a humble and grateful

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heart aligned onto the Lord . Why

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do we do that ? Because what you aim for is

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what you hit , okay . So

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when you are , when

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you are shooting a pistol , you

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or a rifle , if you're

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not using a red dot or an optic and

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you're using iron sights , the most

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important part is at the front side of what you're

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aiming for . So , by coming

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humbly and with

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a grateful heart , we are aligning

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our heart , our ourselves

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, onto God in the proper orientation

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. All right . Two we

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deliberately pursue a relationship

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with our creator and our Lord and Savior

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, jesus Christ , by reading

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his word , him , prayer , and

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then three , the third battle we fight is

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to spend time in the body . We're

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all so busy , we're also spun

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up and all over the place , the

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world is trying to constantly distract

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us and entertain us , while

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we come together as a body to

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spend time with one another here

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four

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nights a week and on Sunday , to

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honor

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God , pursue God and to

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invest in one another , and that's

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what's most important , okay

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. So again , I

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appreciate you all . I appreciate

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everyone over on Twitter , I appreciate

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everyone over on Rumble , as

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well as everyone else who is

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watching from whatever

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social media platform you might be watching on

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. I

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greatly , greatly , greatly appreciate it

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. I see Lauren over on X , I

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see Adrian over

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on X . I appreciate that and

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appreciate you . So

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, again , thank you so

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much for tuning in tonight and caring enough

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and investing

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in your relationship with

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us as a body , as

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well as for pursuing

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our Lord and Savior , jesus

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Christ . So thank you , thank you , thank you , thank you

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. So

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let's get our first battle , one for

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the day , all right . Well , for a second . This is also the home of the Crucible

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Challenge . The

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Crucible Challenge is hosted in

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our communities on X . So you

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go and you join Christian Warrior Mission

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Community . You answer some questions , you

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get approved by one of the admin and off

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we go , right . So there we

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within the Crucible

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we . It's an accountability board

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and it's a place for us to learn from one

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another . It's

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where we submit all five aspects of our life

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to Christ . We surrender it and lay it

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down to him . Faith , we give our best

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time to him . We

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set aside out of everything we do

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throughout the day . We

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make sure that we get time with God . Okay , to

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family Family is

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something where you pour into your in service to someone . It can be your kids

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, it can be your wife , it can be your husband

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, it can be your mom , it can be your dad

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, it can be your uncle , it can be your neighbor , it

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can be the checkout girl at Walmart , it

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doesn't really matter , as long as you're

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serving your family , you're serving

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and pouring love into someone . Okay

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. Three , fitness we

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have to become better vessels for the Holy

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Spirit . We have to get activated

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, we have to get capable . Right

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, it's being crippled on a couch . You

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can't really do much from there , all right

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. Four , your , your

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your fundamentals . This is your foundation

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, okay . Oh , now you found your skill set

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. This is what makes you valuable to yourself

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, your family and your community

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. Okay , we always want to be adding to

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our skill set or sharpening

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our skill set . Okay . And

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the last is finances . It's so hard

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to focus on anything else when you're crippled by

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debt or you're constantly

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a slave to stuff . Okay . So

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make sure you're using your war chest for

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Jesus , okay , and

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you will not go wrong . I

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promise you that . So , again

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, I appreciate

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everyone watching . Like I

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said over on rumble on X

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if you're watching on another platform

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, and you would be

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really helpful if you go to X . We

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want as many people on X . Slash Twitter

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, and make sure you

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give us a heart on Twitter . You

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share it Right . Share

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it out , okay , and

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we will see this community grow , as

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I know you want to . All

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right , so let's get our first

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battle one . Let's get a humble and grateful

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heart aligned onto the Lord . Dear

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Emily , father , we come to you now Grateful

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, grateful

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for all of our blessings , the

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ones known and unknown . Lord

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, we'll never know how many close calls or

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how many times you protected us throughout our

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day or week or life . But

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as many , for the

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mere fact that we are here is a miracle

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. 30 trillion cells

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had to work just right

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for us to be here . You

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multiply that by everyone who's watching it and

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all your loved ones who are still here today . It's

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impossible math work . Let

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me thank you for your

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common grace . The

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feel of an ocean

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breeze , the

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sunrise , the sunset , the

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smell of flowers , the

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touch of a loved one , the

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taste of a good food or

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drink . We

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thank you for it all , lord . We thank you for the beauty

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of your creation . We

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thank you for our loved ones in our lives , for

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our children , for

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everyone who matters to us . Lord

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, we thank you most of all . We

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thank you for

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you , jesus , and we pray that this time

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that we spend together will glorify

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you and only you , and that it would

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please you In . Jesus' name we pray

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Amen . Alright , so

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again , battle one done , awesome

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. Now let's go to battle number

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two , which is getting into

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Scripture . Now , james two

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is a

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pretty controversial chapter

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, particularly

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in the Reformed world . It's

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pretty much . It's very celebrated in

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the Catholic world , but

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in the Reformed world Martin Luther

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, I believe , if I'm remembering correctly , wanted

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James out of the Bible , which

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is a tragedy , because

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I think the

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book of James is so powerful . You

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know , james , like I said yesterday , was a doer

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, he wasn't a talker . So

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let's get into James two . And

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then I've got some

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notes from two different study Bibles

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that I have here that we

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can talk about and see

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if there is you know what you guys think

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the

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sin of partiality . Sin

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of partiality . My

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brothers show no partiality as

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you hold faith in our Lord Jesus Christ

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, the Lord of glory , for

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a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing

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comes into your assembly and

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a poor man in shabby clothing also

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comes in , and if you pay attention

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to the one who wears the fine clothing and say

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you sit here in a good place

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, while you say to the poor man you

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stand over there or sit down at

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my feet , you

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have you not then made

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distinctions among yourselves and

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become judges with evil thoughts . Listen

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, my beloved brothers , has

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not God chosen those who are poor in this world

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to be rich in faith in the ears of

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the kingdom which

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he has promised to those who love him ? But

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you have dishonored the poor man . Are

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not the rich the ones who oppose , oppress

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you and

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the ones who drag you out into court

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? Are they not the ones

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who blaspheme the honorable name

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by which you are called ? If

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you really fulfill the royal

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law according to the description , you

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shall love your neighbor as yourself . You

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are doing well . But

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if you show partiality , you

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are committing sin and

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are convicted by the law as

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transgressors . For

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whoever keeps the whole law but fails

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in one point has become accountable

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for all of it . For

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he who said do not commit

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adultery also said do not murder . If

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you do not commit adultery but

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do murder , you have become a transgressor

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of the law . So speak

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and so act , as

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those who are to be judged under the law of

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liberty , for judgment is

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without mercy . To the one who has

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shown no mercy , mercy

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triumphs over judgment . That's

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all pretty self-explanatory . But let's

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go ahead and dive into

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faith . Without works is dead . Now

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this is where a lot of

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struggles happen , okay , where

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some people have some pitfalls on this . All

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right . So we , I believe , by faith

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alone you were saved . That is basically

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the Reformation and Protestantism

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Catholicism

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and the Jews believe otherwise . James

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, here we're going to talk about this

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and then we'll unpack it and we'll see what the

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two commentaries in my study by was able to say

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. Hey

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, good to see you . Christ brings a sword . Welcome

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, steve Rowley , welcome Bob

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Jeronkel , welcome . Faith

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without works is dead . Boom

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, that's the uninspired words above it . What

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good is it , my brothers , if someone says

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he has faith but does not

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have works , can

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that faith save him ? If

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a brother or sister is poorly clothed

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and lacking in daily food and one

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of you says to them go in peace , be

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warm and filled , without giving

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them the things needed for the body , what

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good is that ? So

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, also , faith by itself , if

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it does not have works , is dead

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. I'm

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going to finish and then we'll talk on this at length . But

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someone will say you have

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faith and I have works . Show me

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your faith apart from your works , and

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I will show you my faith by my works

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. You believe that God

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is one you do well . Even

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the demons believe in shutter Right

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. So you believe in God Great , so do the demons

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. Do

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you want to be shown , you

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foolish person , that faith apart from works

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is useless ? Was

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not Abraham , our father , justified

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by works when he offered

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up his son Isaac on the altar ? You

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see that faith was active along

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with his works , and

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faith was completed by

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his works and

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the scripture was fulfilled . That says

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Abraham believed God

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and it was counted to him

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as righteousness and

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he was called a friend of God . You

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see that a person is justified by

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works and not by faith

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alone . And in the same

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way , was not

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Rehab the prostitute

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justified by works when

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she received the messengers and

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sent them out by another way ? For

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as the body apart from the spirit

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is dead , so also

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faith apart from works is dead

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. That

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is some pretty hard stuff , so

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I'm going to read this and then we'll talk about it . What some

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the two

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different study Bibles I have ? One

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is the ESV study Bible , which I found

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to be so reliable . The

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other is RC Sprouls , which has been

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mainly reliable . So

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faith without

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works is dead . James continues the theme that

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hearing faith must lead to doing

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works , although it may seem as

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if James is contradicting Paul . By

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grace . You have been saved through faith , not

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as a result of works . In reality

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, there is no dichotomy between faith and works

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, for Paul and James would agree that the

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basis of salvation is grace

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alone , through faith with works

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, not the basis , but the necessary

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result thereof . Faith

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that is not accompanied by action is

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useless and dead , unable

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to save . I'm going to say

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that again . I'm going to say that twice

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more . Faith that is

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not accompanied by action is

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useless and dead , unable

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to save . Faith

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that is not accompanied by action

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is useless and dead , unable

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to save . Think

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about that . That's what I call fire

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insurance . When someone has fire insurance

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, faith , the form

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of the question indicates the negative answer . What

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good is expected

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? The Greek particle me at the beginning of the

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next question can faith save him ? Shows

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that James again expects a negative answer . If someone

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says he has faith but lacks

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the resulting evidence who works one

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must doubt that he has been saved . All

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right , so that's that . Now let's get

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to RC Sprouls , which he's

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got a pretty good paragraph here on it that

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I found pretty compelling

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. So

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first I'll read his thing

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here and then I'll read his little side

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paragraph . That is pretty important . Can

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the faith save ? The end . This introduces

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the crucial issue of the relationship

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between faith and works . The question under scrutiny

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is what kind of faith is saving faith ? James

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question is rhetorical . The obvious

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answer is that faith without works cannot

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save Faith . That shield

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that we yields no deeds is

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not saving faith . The

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New Testament does not teach justification by

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works , but it does teach

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justification by profession of faith

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or the claim to faith . It

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teaches justification by the possession

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of true faith , and true faith

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always bears

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the fruit of love of God

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and neighbor . James

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in his mind . James

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in mind a genuine living faith that

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produces fruitful works , which

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is evidence that will vindicate

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or prove the validity of

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one's authentic justifying

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faith at the last judgment

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. Ok , so I'm going to go over here and

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read faith and works . Many

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people assume that by trying to live a good

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life , they have done all that is necessary

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to get to heaven . They rest their

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confidence on the good works they have performed

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to satisfy the demands of God's justice

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. This is a futile

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hope . God's law requires perfection

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. Since we are not perfect , we

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lack the necessary goodness to enter

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heaven . Thus , goodness

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can never be achieved by living a

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good life . We

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can only receive it by trusting in the

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righteousness of Christ . His merit

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is perfect and is made available

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to us through faith . To

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believe that we are justified by our good

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works apart from faith , is to embrace

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the heresy of legalism . To

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believe that we are justified by a kind

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of faith that produces no works

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is to embrace the heresy of

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anti-nominism . The

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relationship of faith and good works is one

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that may

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be distinguished but never separated . Through

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. Our good works add no merit to

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our faith before God , and

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though the sole condition of our justification

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is our faith in Christ , if

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good works do not follow from our

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profession of faith , it is

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a clear indication that

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we do not possess justifying

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faith , the Reformed formula

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. We are justified by faith alone

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, but not by faith that

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is alone . True justification

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always results in the process of sanctification

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. If there is justification

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, sanctification will inevitably

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follow . If

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sanctification does not follow

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, it is certain that justification

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is not really present . This

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does not mean that justification depends arrest

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upon sanctification . Justification

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depends on true faith , which , in turn

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, will inevitably lead to works

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of obedience . Justification

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depends on true faith . True

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faith which , in turn , will inevitably

19:23

lead to works of obedience . When

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James declares that faith without

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works is dead , he asserts

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that such faith cannot justify

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anyone because it is not alive

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. Living faith produces

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good works , but these good

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works are not the basis for justification

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. Only the merit achieved by Jesus

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Christ can justify the sinner . There

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is a grievous error , indeed a modern form

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of antinomy and heresy , to suggest

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that a person can be justified by embracing

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Jesus as Savior but

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not as Lord . True

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faith accepts Christ as both Savior and

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Lord . To rely on Christ

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alone for salvation is

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to acknowledge one's total

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dependency on Him and to repent

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for one's sin . To repent

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of sin is to submit to Christ's

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authority over us . To deny

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His Lordship is to seek justification

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with an impenetent faith

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, which is no faith . Though

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our good works do not merit salvation

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, they are the basis upon which God

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promises to distribute rewards

20:32

in heaven . Our entrance into the

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kingdom of God is by faith alone

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. Reward is the kingdom . Our

20:39

reward in the kingdom will be according

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to our good works , which is

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, as Augustine noted , a case

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of God's gracious crowning of

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his own gifts . So

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let's talk about this . There

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is hardly anyone in America

21:03

, outside of very bitter atheists . I

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would say a vast majority of Christianity

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wants a Savior . This

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is the Jesus gets us

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crew . This is Christian

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light . This

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is a vast majority of the rainbow

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churches out there and people

21:24

who call themselves Christian but

21:26

don't have a biblical worldview . These

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people love

21:32

Jesus' buddy , jesus'

21:34

bro , jesus' bro is their

21:37

favorite person . He's high

21:39

five and I'm after every

21:41

point in volleyball or every

21:43

touchdown . He's their bro , jesus'

21:45

buddy . Very

21:49

few people want Jesus

21:51

as their Lord . We

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need to accept Him as both . He needs

21:57

to be our Savior and our Lord

21:59

, which means our boss . Now

22:02

there are people out

22:04

there who say they love Jesus , who haven't read the Bible

22:06

. They are liars . They

22:09

are liars . They love the idea of a Savior

22:11

. But how do you know

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? If you love somebody , don't you

22:15

want to know everything about them ? Don't

22:18

you want to know what they love , what they care

22:20

about , what's important to them ? And

22:22

if they're your boss , don't you want to know what

22:24

they want you to do ? Okay

22:27

, hey , terrence , great to see

22:29

you , brother , thank

22:31

you so much

22:34

. So it's

22:38

so important to understand

22:40

that in order to

22:42

love Jesus , you must know

22:44

Him right , or else you

22:46

make up your own fake Jesus

22:49

in your head . You

22:51

know , I have family members who say they

22:53

love Jesus , who've never read the Bible , and

22:55

I got to tell them no , I'm

23:03

sorry if there's some streaming issues on X . I

23:05

don't know if everyone's having that problem

23:07

or not , so let

23:10

me know , if

23:13

you don't read the Bible , you're going to

23:15

create a Jesus that is

23:17

an image of what you

23:19

want Him to be . The

23:23

Bible tells us who Jesus is , what

23:25

he wants us to do , and that

23:27

is the

23:30

crux of it all , because what he wants us to do

23:32

is not what we want to do . You

23:37

know , I was talking to a Christian the

23:39

other day . I'm

23:43

sorry that X is crashing on

23:46

the live stream . We might have to move

23:48

it over to YouTube permanently and

23:51

then I'll just stream it over there

23:53

and whatnot , and the people can just watch

23:55

the remake . Again , we're trying

23:57

. I appreciate you guys trying . I'm sorry that X

23:59

is crashing . It might be something

24:01

with my streaming software . I'll check it out

24:03

. But the complete

24:06

danger of not reading the Bible , like I said

24:08

, is that you run

24:12

the risk of

24:15

almost 100% certainty of creating

24:17

a false Jesus . You're going to take

24:19

parts of what

24:22

you heard that Jesus is , you

24:24

know , and you're going to make Jesus buddy and you're

24:26

going to create your own false religion

24:29

. You're

24:31

going to create a

24:34

heretical Christianity

24:37

. Now

24:39

, it doesn't take very much

24:42

to say I believe in Jesus . You

24:44

can even say that you want

24:46

to believe in Jesus , right

24:48

, but if you don't

24:50

have fruit , if you're

24:52

not bearing fruit , if you're not

24:55

a different person , if you're not

24:57

changing , you're

25:00

probably not even saved . How

25:07

many Christians that we know out

25:11

there who profess to be Christians

25:13

? Who are ? Just as wicked as the world

25:15

. How

25:18

many Christians do you know that are Christians who

25:21

sit on their couch and don't share

25:23

Jesus with anyone ? They got

25:25

their salvation right

25:27

. Is Jesus their Lord ? If

25:30

the Bible is work for

25:32

you to get into , you have a heart

25:34

problem . You

25:37

have a heart problem . That

25:39

is a love letter to you . It

25:42

should be like you know when

25:44

you're on an island and you

25:46

get that a bottle correspondence

25:49

of somebody sent back , or your unemployment

25:51

and you want to hear from your loved

25:53

ones , and you get that , that letter

25:55

, back in the day and before

25:58

email and it was everything . That

26:01

is what you should be looking at the Bible like

26:03

. If

26:05

it's work , you

26:08

have a heart problem . There are days

26:10

it will seem like work , but if

26:12

that is where

26:14

you're at instead

26:16

of every time you crack that

26:18

book , I

26:21

am going to get a chance to

26:23

know my Lord and

26:25

Savior through

26:27

this book . That

26:34

is the

26:36

beginning of it . Then

26:40

, as you read the Bible and

26:43

you see what Jesus commanded us

26:45

to do with the great commission

26:47

to love your neighbor

26:49

as yourself and to love God

26:51

with all your heart , all your mind , all your will , all your

26:53

soul Well

26:57

, how can you love God with all your heart Like I had

26:59

someone the other day tell me that

27:01

they love God and they do

27:03

it in their own way , and it's when they're doing

27:06

stuff they like to do not

27:08

in the Bible not

27:11

in the . Bible not

27:13

doing things that God told you what to

27:15

do . You can go out and enjoy him in a tree

27:17

stand and fish in and

27:19

all those other things , and you should

27:22

be praying to him out there , and that is legit

27:24

. If

27:28

you don't know what God says

27:31

or has said or done , you're

27:35

in trouble . In fact

27:37

, if you know anything

27:39

more than you know , god

27:42

or the Bible

27:44

, you've

27:48

found your false idol . Now

27:50

, work may be your exception in this

27:52

, because you're doing it eight hours , 12

27:54

hours , 10 hours a day . You're a subject

27:56

matter expert , but the thing you should know second

27:59

most about should

28:01

be the word , should

28:04

be God . Our

28:06

biblical IQ as a nation has

28:09

become pitiful . Our

28:13

forefathers would be ashamed of us . Don't

28:23

let your faith be

28:26

fire insurance . Make

28:31

it a saving faith

28:34

. And

28:39

how will you know you have a saving faith ? Because

28:43

everything you do , then you do for Jesus . Nothing

28:49

that matters , nothing's

28:51

the same ever again . You

28:54

don't have that right now . That

29:01

is a bad sign . You

29:05

need to start working towards that Now

29:08

. Here's the good news . As

29:11

Bob Jeronco , whose real

29:13

name is Troy , sorry

29:16

to blow your cover there Troy said

29:20

it right the more you read the Bible

29:23

, the more you want to read the Bible , the

29:26

more it unlocks . There are things that I can't

29:28

explain , that I have read countless

29:30

times , and then one

29:32

time I'm sitting there and I'm reading it and

29:35

all of a sudden the

29:37

matrix opens up and

29:39

boom , I've gotten some massive

29:41

, huge revelation of

29:44

something that I've read a bunch of times

29:46

before . And all of a sudden , life

29:49

experience , a compounding

29:52

knowledge of the Bible , a compounding

29:54

knowledge of things around the Bible . Life

29:57

experience . The Holy Spirit will

29:59

reveal a

30:01

profound revelation and

30:04

then you're never the same again and

30:06

that verse takes on a whole new meaning

30:08

. I

30:12

want that for you . I

30:15

want that for all of you . It

30:18

doesn't come easy , but

30:23

if your heart's in the right place and

30:25

your mind and your priorities

30:28

and your intentions and your motivation and

30:30

you dive into your Bible , it'll

30:35

be there waiting for you . It'll

30:39

be there waiting for you and

30:42

then make sure you have a

30:44

resource , someone

30:47

who you can ask questions . Every

30:51

one of you should be that for somebody else , somebody

30:55

who has less knowledge than you do in the Bible

30:57

. Every one of us should have someone

30:59

who we go to and should have somebody

31:02

who we answer questions for . That's

31:05

, if you're doing this right , All

31:09

right . So that's all I have to say about the message

31:11

. We're going to come back for a fellowship portion

31:13

here and talk about the Crucifixal . All

31:15

right , quick break

31:17

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All right , we are back to

32:08

the third battle , all right . So

32:11

any questions on

32:13

second

32:15

or James , verse two or

32:18

chapter two , any

32:21

questions , by all means , don't

32:24

be afraid to ask them . I'm

32:26

also going to open up the phone lines

32:29

. If anybody wants to call in , feel

32:32

free to call in . I'll

32:35

put that up here right now . Let

32:40

me sign in and connect before I do that , so

32:42

someone doesn't . But if you're going to call

32:44

in , let me know , and

32:47

I would

32:49

appreciate it , because we

32:51

do get spam and we do get trolls

32:53

and I only want to interview or

32:57

talk to real people

32:59

on here . Okay , so that

33:04

is the number to call in . You can call

33:06

in and

33:09

I'll be happy to speak with

33:11

you if you have any questions , any comments

33:13

, anything else , but until

33:15

then , let's

33:18

go to the Crucible

33:21

Challenge . So I

33:23

am starting to see more people starting

33:26

to post up in the Crucible Challenge

33:28

. That is great , that is awesome

33:31

. Thank you for doing that over on Twitter

33:33

. Thank you for fighting

33:35

through over there the challenges

33:38

with the character

33:40

limits for free accounts and

33:42

all that stuff . Again

33:45

, I challenge you to be honest . You're

33:48

struggling with a portion of

33:50

the Crucible , which is faith

33:52

, family , fitness , fundamentals

33:55

and finances . Put

33:58

it on there . Be

34:01

honest , the

34:08

only way we're going to grow is

34:10

that way . You

34:13

know me personally . I

34:15

am still challenged to find time to

34:18

go to the gym . Every time

34:20

I

34:22

try to do it , life

34:27

keeps getting

34:29

in the way , and

34:31

whether it's somebody not

34:33

showing up , who's supposed to show up for babysitting

34:36

, who shows up an hour late

34:38

, or something

34:41

that the family normally does at one time , gets

34:43

bumped two hours late , or

34:46

kid drama , work

34:49

trauma , life trauma , it's

34:55

been very discouraging . It's

34:57

been very discouraging and

34:59

you

35:02

know , and it's something I need to do , it's something that we all

35:04

need to do , and what I'm finding

35:06

out is , no matter how bad I don't want it to be

35:08

true if I don't do it first

35:10

thing in the morning , which then leaves Lauren

35:13

to deal with the kids all by herself all morning

35:15

, so I throw her under the bus unless

35:22

I get up at like four , which

35:24

I don't go to bed often , you

35:26

know well after midnight , after doing the

35:28

show late at night again . So

35:31

something's got to give and

35:36

I got to figure that out . So

35:38

there that's some honesty for you guys , something

35:41

to model for you guys on

35:44

something that's a very big challenge to me

35:46

. Love working out . I

35:48

love hitting the heavy bag , I love doing all that stuff

35:50

, but unfortunately I've

35:52

got so many different things screaming for my attention

35:55

. It's

35:58

always the first to go because I'm not going

36:00

to . I'm not going to put God aside

36:02

, right ? So

36:05

pray for me for

36:07

that . You know , fundamentals

36:09

is pretty easy for me . I've got plenty of guns

36:12

. I live on a homestead

36:15

. There's always something I can be doing researching

36:17

all that stuff . You know I love non-preparation

36:20

, so you know

36:22

there's all kinds of stuff for me to learn all the time

36:24

. You know I'm also

36:27

, you know , on a good news front . Tomorrow

36:29

we

36:31

got a 35 horsepower

36:34

Kubota tractor with

36:36

a front bucket and a I

36:38

can never a

36:40

backhoe being

36:43

dropped off at 10 am . So

36:45

we're so pumped and thankful

36:47

to the Hayes family for donating

36:49

that tractor to us . Just

36:54

wow , just

36:56

wow . It's going to make a really big difference here

36:58

on the farm . So we're really excited

37:00

about that . We're going to be able to move lots

37:03

of heavy stuff here and dig

37:06

like crazy . So

37:08

you know , there's that Also

37:11

got a call from somebody who watched

37:13

us on Twitter today who's interested

37:15

in what we do , who's

37:17

from not too far away . So again

37:19

, the word is getting out there on Twitter

37:22

and people are finding us and they are

37:24

making their way to this ministry . You

37:26

know all

37:30

good stuff . You

37:33

know faith

37:36

side I'm doing well right now . You

37:38

know this thanks to this show . It

37:41

forces me to get into my Bible . It

37:43

forces me to be on my best

37:45

behavior so I can speak upon

37:47

these things , and that's

37:49

part of the reason why I have to do this

37:51

show To

37:54

lead from the front and by example . I'm

37:56

not leading from the front and by example , then

37:59

I'm not leading . I'm pretending family

38:04

pretty good

38:06

right now . There are some

38:09

struggles , some

38:11

big ones , but not

38:14

anything that's a lack of love . Right

38:17

, and you know , and we'll

38:20

get through everything we got to get through . You

38:22

know it's just cycles that happen

38:24

in life . Finances

38:29

is a tough one for us right

38:31

now . You know , losing my

38:33

job with Michael and Dell which paid

38:35

the bills on , you know , no

38:38

notice was a tough one

38:40

to recover from , but we have fought back

38:42

and done great

38:44

. Trident Shield is really gaining

38:47

traction and I think it's going to be able to provide

38:49

an amazing life for a lot of people

38:51

and

38:53

save a lot of lives . Very

39:01

optimistic and hopeful about our

39:04

online ministry . We've

39:07

been in between these two worlds of an in-person

39:09

ministry and an online ministry , and

39:12

they're not . If you're focusing on the online ministry

39:15

, the in-person ministry fails

39:17

, and if you're focusing on the in-person , the online

39:20

fails well .

39:21

I think we're pretty much set up optimally

39:23

.

39:25

On the online ministry here , I

39:27

mean , we do have in-person

39:30

, obviously , and we want to grow the in-person

39:32

, but I'm leaning in to

39:35

the people who are giving me the most

39:37

of themselves . Absolutely

39:45

, bob , absolutely

39:51

. That's why putting prayer

39:53

requests are so important in there , and

39:57

if you say you're going to pray for someone , pray

40:00

for them . This is a challenge for

40:02

pastors . We've got people

40:04

always telling us to pray for them , always

40:07

, always , always , always right

40:11

, and sometimes you

40:14

remember them all , and other times you're going

40:16

to be like Lord , I can't remember everyone

40:18

who I was supposed to pray for . But

40:21

you know , lord

40:23

, I pray and

40:25

I intercede on behalf of everyone , whether

40:27

I remember them or not , and

40:30

I ask for you to bless them and that you will

40:32

be done for them . Your perfect will , and

40:35

if you've told a bunch of people you're going to pray for them , that

40:38

might be a prayer you can pray to make

40:40

sure that you cover your bases

40:42

and that you're not a liar and a hypocrite . So

40:52

, again , crucible

40:57

is going to be . It is a

40:59

way of life . It started

41:02

as a 90-day challenge and

41:05

90 days wasn't enough . It

41:07

is a way of life . The

41:10

more you do it , it's

41:13

all things you need to be doing anyways . It's

41:15

just , instead of accidentally trying to get things

41:17

done , that come up , you're deliberately setting

41:20

time aside with a plan

41:22

. You may not get them all done , and it's

41:24

okay if you don't get them done Right

41:27

, as long as you get your faith in . But

41:32

the more you get done

41:34

you're going to find , the

41:37

more at peace you're going to be . And

41:43

you know a lot of people

41:45

are

41:52

saying that you know it's hard . Well

41:55

, yeah , it's hard . Everything worth doing

41:57

is hard , but

42:06

when you submit all aspects of your

42:08

life to him

42:10

, you're

42:12

just getting yourself

42:14

straight to live biblically . The

42:19

only reason why I know this is that if I don't

42:21

deliberately go after those

42:23

things , I fail in every area . I'm not deliberately

42:25

pursuing . Let's

42:31

go , in

42:33

other words , charge . So

42:37

again , I'm excited to see you guys posting

42:39

stuff . I'm excited to see

42:41

where this is going . Make

42:44

sure you share this on

42:47

Twitter , even if you don't have

42:49

any followers , even if no one sees

42:51

you . Blah , blah , blah , share it

42:53

, it matters , hard it , it

42:55

matters , comment on

42:57

it , it matters . It

43:01

is a form of service to this church

43:03

. Oh

43:12

, brandy , yes and no , right , they're

43:16

all really important , right , but

43:19

the most important one is faith , and then

43:21

family , and then kind of everything else

43:23

is just recognizing sin patterns

43:26

that might be pulling you off , right

43:28

. And so

43:30

you know , don't

43:32

be so hard on yourself with fundamentals

43:35

and finances , because it's hard to document

43:37

stuff every day . But writing

43:39

down hey , I didn't spend anything I didn't have

43:41

to . Today I ate at home instead

43:43

of eating out . You know

43:45

, I went to the store today and I

43:47

kept it to a minimum and didn't buy anything that

43:49

I shouldn't have . I trimmed this out of

43:51

my budget , et cetera , et cetera . Right

43:55

Now , fundamentals , growing in

43:58

knowledge all the time . That's hard . That's

44:00

why I gave you guys a couple easy examples

44:03

. Nonprepar fiction

44:05

or , sorry , pre-pre-fiction

44:07

, is a great way to learn skills and

44:10

to understand and

44:12

be able to overcome normalcy bias

44:14

. As you're getting stress inoculation

44:17

, which is the technical term

44:20

. You know , nonprepar fiction or pre-pre-fiction

44:23

stories are stress

44:26

inoculation of a possible future , in the event

44:29

, which

44:31

will help you overcome your normalcy bias

44:33

and denying it , which may save

44:36

you and everyone who loves life . So

44:42

great

44:44

place to start . If you haven't heard it already

44:47

, start with the book one

44:50

second after . It's unaudible

44:52

. It's a great , audible book and

44:56

that is going to be your wake-up call to the prepping

44:58

world . Right

45:01

now , where we are in society

45:04

, we are in the time

45:06

of Noah , we are in the time of Joseph

45:08

, we are in the time of Nehemiah

45:10

and

45:14

we are building the ark , we are

45:16

storing away the food supplies

45:19

for the famine and we are rebuilding

45:21

the wall from the ruins . So

45:30

keep pushing

45:32

, keep putting

45:34

doing the . What do we say to do ? Just

45:38

focus on doing the next right thing . If

45:43

all you do is focus on doing the next right

45:45

thing and then

45:47

the next right thing , and then the next

45:50

right thing , you're going to be in a good

45:52

spot . That's

45:56

the next right thing , the next right thing according to

45:59

you , no , the next right

46:01

thing according to God , which

46:03

means that you have to read and know His Word

46:05

to be able to do it . So

46:08

that's all I got

46:10

for you guys tonight . There was

46:12

no questions , so I'm going

46:15

to go ahead and close this out in prayer . I've

46:22

got a call here . Hold on , hello

46:30

, this

46:32

is Jason . Hold on

46:34

, I've got to put on my headset . I think it's Adrian

46:36

calling him . Are

46:39

you there , brother ? All

46:42

right , I got you Finally . I got you . All right

46:44

, hey , how you doing . It's good to hear your voice .

46:47

Good to hear you too how you doing .

46:48

I'm doing great . Hey , what can I do for you ? What's your

46:50

question , comment , how's things ?

46:52

going All right . So I

46:55

mentioned it in the group that I'm mentoring

46:57

these two younger men . Yeah

47:00

, one's a Christian , one's saved , the other one's

47:02

not . And

47:04

he comes from a Catholic background and

47:07

I believe he's on the show today listening . I

47:10

invited him to listen in . He said he was I

47:12

don't want

47:14

to put his name out there , but good kid , sure

47:17

, good heart . What's

47:19

the best advice that you could give these young

47:21

men regarding being

47:25

raised in the Catholic family and

47:27

that type of upbringing ? Because I think he's

47:29

getting some like recourse

47:32

from his family because he's seeking Christianity

47:34

. Yeah well , that sounds

47:36

crazy , yeah .

47:38

Yeah , well , I get that right

47:40

. You know any family cultural

47:43

thing can be tough . So

47:45

I would read the New Testament and

47:48

you know I would really focus on Romans , romans

47:52

, 1 Corinthians

47:54

. You know Paul , which

47:56

the Catholic faith built so

47:58

much around him . Right , I mean

48:00

, how many popes are named after Paul

48:03

? But you know

48:05

, getting in there and

48:07

reading , you know particularly Romans , where it's

48:09

basically faith alone . The other thing

48:11

I would go to is I would

48:13

go to a trusted resource

48:15

like Ligonier Ministries and watch

48:18

a lot on YouTube . They're unlimited . They're

48:20

out there . Watch RC Sprouls handle

48:23

tough questions . You

48:26

know somebody else who handles some

48:28

tough questions , particularly as it

48:30

pertains to the Catholic Church , is James White

48:32

has had some really good debates

48:34

with Catholics . He just

48:36

went oh , I mean , he just he's in the middle of a series

48:39

of that right now , doing a tour around

48:41

the country and debating famous

48:43

Catholics . That's

48:45

where you really see the rubbery meet the road , because

48:48

you have people articulating things

48:50

. You

48:53

know , the thing that I think is blaring

48:56

and hit you right in the face

48:58

is when you go to the

49:00

Catholic faith and

49:02

you see these barriers

49:04

that are put between you and God . Right

49:07

, you got to go through a priest , you got to do all

49:09

these things , you

49:11

know , for , you know , forever

49:14

we couldn't even get access to a

49:16

Bible . We had to trust them . Not

49:18

even they would get up there and read it in Latin and we wouldn't even

49:20

know what it said , right

49:22

? They would just get up there and say we were counting on a man

49:25

to tell us what God was saying

49:27

, right ? So again

49:29

, getting into that , getting

49:31

a good study Bible . I really

49:34

, really , really recommend the English

49:36

Standard Version Study Bible

49:38

. I got . I got two of them here . I got a nice

49:40

letter bound one , but here

49:42

is the cheaper version . One Looks

49:47

just like this and you know I

49:49

tapped it , but it's absolutely

49:51

phenomenal . It has been the most trustworthy

49:54

. I've got , no doubt , 10

49:56

, 10 plus study Bibles

49:59

on the bookcase behind me and

50:01

whenever I come across something challenging

50:03

, this is the only one that gets it right . The

50:06

other ones either don't talk about

50:08

it or you know foul

50:10

tip , you know so you know

50:12

doing that to go into Ligonier Ministries reading

50:15

it for yourself , right

50:17

, and you know what

50:20

you're going to see is

50:22

you're going to . You know God is going to reveal

50:24

himself to you and pray for that . God

50:26

reveal yourself to me

50:28

, you know , and him being around you as

50:31

a solid mentor is a great way

50:33

forward , right

50:35

, so that's what . That's

50:37

where I would go with this . And

50:39

you know , you

50:42

know , you know , I grew up in

50:44

the Catholic , very heavily Catholic northeast

50:47

and Catholic

50:49

priests always creep me out , man . They're

50:52

always really , really weird

50:54

and creepy to me . And I'm not saying that to be disrespectful

50:56

to there . Might be some great ones where

50:58

, where your friend is at , but

51:00

they're always really creepy to me . They did not

51:02

seem real , they seem phony as the day is

51:05

long and and

51:07

God really would take my peace anytime

51:09

I was in a Catholic church . That's

51:11

not how I feel when I walk into

51:14

other churches

51:16

, right , you know , particularly

51:18

you know strong , good

51:20

churches , but

51:22

without exception , I've never not

51:24

got the heebie-jeebies from

51:26

a Catholic priest . It

51:29

just always creeps me out , man . It's

51:32

funny , you know so . So again , I

51:34

hope that helps . I'm

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always available for questions , if you know

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. You've got my number and

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I'm willing to help them in any way . Again , Awesome

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.

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Thank you , jason , appreciate it .

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Hey , no problem brother . Thank you All right .

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God bless , god bless .

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All right , if there are no other questions , I'm going to go

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ahead and and pray

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us out . So , dear

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heavenly Father , lord , we thank you . We thank you for this

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time together . Lord , I thank you

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for each and every person that spends

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the time that was either here tonight

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listening this live or watching

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this live , or listening or watching

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it later . I thank

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you for them that they made it a priority

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in their lives , with everything screaming

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for attention , that they spent

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almost an hour pursuing

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you and listening to us talk about you

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. Lord

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, I pray that everyone out there who was hearing

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this , who might have fire insurance and not

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true saving faith , that

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they would be convicted that they'd be driven to their

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knees , that

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their heart would break at

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their treason against you and

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that they would turn from their sin , repent

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and have

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fine , true faith in you , lord . Lord

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, we want to be a community that is

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a living body for you , vibrant

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, serving one another as

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the hand serves the form and the form

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serves the bicep and the tricep

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and the shoulder , and the heart

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and lungs and everything else . We

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want to serve each other . Lord , show

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us ways that we can contribute , show

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us ways that we can help out , show

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us ways or how we can share

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either this ministry

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or others to someone else . Help

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us to surrender to you to be our

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Lord and not

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just our Savior . Lord

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, I pray a prayer of protection over this fellowship

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, over the persecuted

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church , over our troops

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overseas , our first responders at home

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and our veterans of yesteryear . Lord

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, I pray that World

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War III would not break out . I

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pray , lastly , for my beloved America

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. I pray that

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she would turn from her sin , hit

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her knees , repent and seek

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your face . I

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pray that you would take pity

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on her and heal her and

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that we would once again become

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one nation under God , indivisible

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, with liberty and justice for all . Lord

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, I also now call this fellowship

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to put on the full armor of God , strap

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on the shield of faith , pick

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up the sword of the spirit and the boldly step

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forward into the shield wall , locking

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shields to our left and right as

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we boldly march forward to

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take ground for your kingdom

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, for your glory forever

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. In Jesus'

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name we pray Amen . All

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right , everyone . Thank you so much . I

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appreciate you all being here . Make

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sure you post your days . I'm getting ready to post mine

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now , all right . God bless you

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and I'll see you there and see you

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tomorrow . All right , bye

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.