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Welcome to today's program.
My name is Rick Renner.
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I'm so glad you've joined me.
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And today we're continuing the series,
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which is called The Sin of Achan, avoiding Sin,
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You need to know what is repentance.
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You know, my commitment is
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to bring you teaching you can trust,
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and I wanna say thank you for tuning in
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and letting me bring the wonderful life transforming word
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of God right to you.
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But if you're really gonna bring teaching
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that can be trusted, it means
sometimes you have to teach
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what may not be so popular.
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And what I'm teaching this
week may not be popular.
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It may not want to make
you jump over the house,
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but it's something that you need for you
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to really be right with God.
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We're talking about the sin of Achan sin
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that can bring defeat into
your life and how to avoid it.
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And in the previous program
we saw there's a difference
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between sin and a trespass
or a transgression.
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The word sin is the Greek or hamartia.
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A sin can be done innocently.
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A sin can be done knowingly,
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but a sin is not the
same thing as a trespass
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or a transgression.
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A trespass or a transgression
is also a sin, by the way,
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Jesus died for all of it.
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But when you commit a trespass
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or a transgression, it is a violation.
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The Greek word, parapimta, it means you know
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what you're doing is wrong.
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Sometimes people sin ignorantly; they don't know that
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what they're doing is wrong.
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It doesn't change the fact that it's a sin,
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but they really do it ignorantly.
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But a trespass or a
transgression is a violation.
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You understand
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God said, do not do this, but I'm gonna do it anyhow.
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That is a violation and that is very serious.
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The good news is Jesus died for our sin
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and for our trespasses
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and our transgressions,
it's all under the blood
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of the lamb.
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And whatever we've done in the
past, if it's been confessed,
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it is under the blood.
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It is completely expunged from our record.
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But if we've got anything
going on in our life right now
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that we know is wrong,
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but we continue to do it,
then we are opening the door
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for defeat to come into our life.
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And this is very, very serious.
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And today, I'm gonna teach something
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that I never taught before.
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I'm gonna teach what is an abomination?
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What is an abomination?
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We read in Joshua 7, that when Israel took
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of the accursed thing,
it was an abomination.
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So what is an abomination?
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Well, it's so terrible that
whatever it is, you don't want
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to commit an abomination,
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but we need to see what is an abomination,
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but reach for your Bible.
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And today we're going to begin with Romans 3:20,
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which says, by the law is the knowledge of sin.
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God gave the law to
spell out what is sin so
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that if we break one of those
laws, we're not just sinning,
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we are transgressing.
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We know we're doing
what God said not to do.
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This is not just a misstep or a lapse.
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If you do what God said, do not do, it's on the next level.
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It is a trespass, it is a transgression,
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it is a violation.
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Hmm. It's very amazing.
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And God gave us the law
to teach us what's right,
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what's wrong, and by the
law is the knowledge of sin.
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This is one reason why
we need to be preaching
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and teaching the Bible.
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We need to help people understand
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what is right and what is wrong.
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If you don't teach the word of
God, then people don't know.
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God gave the law so that we
would have a knowledge of sin.
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And when you come to Romans 2:14
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and 15, Paul says, for when the Gentiles,
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which have not the law do by nature
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the things contained in the law,
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these having not the law are
a law unto themselves which
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show the work of the law
written in their hearts,
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their conscience, also
bearing them witness,
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which means even though people
may not actually have the
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law, their conscience
tells them when they're
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doing something wrong.
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That is the work of the
law in their hearts.
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And the Apostle Paul teaches
in the book of Romans
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that all men are guilty before God.
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But today I wanna deal
with this word abomination.
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What is an abomination?
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And I'm gonna read to you from my notes,
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and abomination is something
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that is disgusting to God.
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Now, do you wanna do anything
that's disgusting to God?
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And abomination is something
that God finds to be
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repulsive, repulsive.
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An abomination is something so detestable
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that it is morally repugnant.
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It is an offense in the eyes of God. Something
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so detestable that God actually hates it.
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In this word abomination is the idea
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of hatred toward this
object, whatever it is.
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In the Old Testament,
certain actions, behaviors,
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and practices are
described as abominations.
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Now somebody might say, well,
that's in the Old Testament.
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Well, hey, do you think
that what God found to be
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repulsive in the Old
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repulsive to God?
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If it was repulsive, then
it is still repulsive.
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Now, if it was an abomination,
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then it is still an abomination now.
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And in fact, Jesus even
took it to another level.
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Jesus even described attitudes
that are an abomination.
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Listen to what he said in Luke 6:15.
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You are those who justify
yourselves before men,
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but God knows your heart
for what is exalted
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among men is an abomination in the
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sight of God.
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That is amazing. Then when you come to Revelation 2:
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18, we find the seriousness of those
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who commit abomination.
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It says, but the fearful and the unbelieving
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and the abominable and murderers and whore-mongers
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and sorcerers
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and idolaters all liars shall have their part in the lake
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which burneth with fire
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and brimstone, which is the second death.
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There we find the word abomination.
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But let me tell you what the word
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abomination means In Greek.
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It means I abhor, I detest, I loathe:
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to find something to be
disgusting, foul, repulsive,
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and stinking.
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That's what an abomination is.
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It conveys a strong sense
of disgust or revulsion.
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It is used to describe an aversion
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or repulsion towards something
considered to be vile
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or abominable.
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And in New Testament it refers to moral
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or spiritual abhorrence,
particularly in regard
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to practices
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so detestable to God that they are to be abhorred.
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Hmm: this word, abomination, is really strong
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and what was an abomination
in the past is still an
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abomination in the present.
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Now I want to give you
a list of abominations
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that are particularly referred
to in the Old Testament.
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This is not all abominations.
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I just pick and chose abominations
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that I think you will quickly understand.
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Let's begin with Ezekiel 18:6-13,
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where we find: adultery, breaking vows,
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idolatry, oppression, murder,
robbery, and unjust violence.
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All of these are
abominations before the Lord.
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That is Ezekiel 18:6-13.
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It is too long to read,
but please go there
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and see it for yourself.
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How about atheism? Atheism
is an abomination to God.
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We read in Psalm 14:1,
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the fool has said in his heart there is no
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God, they're corrupt,
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they have done abominable works.
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In Psalm 53:1, it says again,
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the fool has said in his heart there is no God: corrupt are
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they and have done abominable iniquity.
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Atheism is repulsive to
God. How about bestiality?
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Bestiality is an abomination.
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Of course we read in Leviticus 18:23,
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neither shall thou lie with any beast to defile thyself,
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therewith, neither shall any woman stand
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before a beast to lie down thereto.
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It is confusion or it is an abomination.
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Unclean things are an abomination.
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We read this in Leviticus 7:21;
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Moreover, the soul that shall touch any unclean thing
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as the uncleanliness of
man or any unclean beast
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or any abominable,
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unclean thing shall be
cut off from the people.
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This is an abomination.
It is repulsive to God.
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Or how about idolatrous practices? That is an abomination.
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Deuteronomy 18:9 says,
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And when you come into the land,
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which the Lord your God has
given you, you shall not learn
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to follow the abominations
of those nations.
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Deuteronomy 20:18, that they teach you not to do
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after all their abominations,
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which they have done unto their gods.
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How about Deuteronomy 29:17.
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And you have seen their abominations and their idols: wood
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and stones, silver and gold, which were among them.
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And at 1 Peter 4:3, Peter says,
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for the time passed of our life may suffice us
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to have wrought the will of the Gentiles
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when we walked in lasciviousness, lust, excessive wine,
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reveling, banqueting,
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and abominable idolatries; idolatry
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is an abomination.
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You don't want to do it.
Alright, look at this one.
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Cheating is an abomination - cheating.
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In Deuteronomy 25:13-16, the Bible says
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that thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights of great
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and small. Thou shalt not have in thy house divers measures.
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And when you come all the way
to verse 16, it says, for all
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that do such things
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and all that do unrighteous are an abomination unto the
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Lord Thy God. Cheating is repulsive in the eyes of God.
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It's an abomination.
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Or in Micah 6:10,
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of the New Living Translation;
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What shall I say about the homes of the wicked filled
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with treasures gained by cheating?
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And it says, it is an abomination.
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Condemning the just is an abomination.
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Proverbs 17:15,
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he condemneth the just is an abomination to the Lord.
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How about those who devise mischief?
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Proverbs 6:16
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and 18 says, These 6 things that the Lord hate, yay,
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7 are an abomination unto him.
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And he says, a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations.
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Or how about a false balance or scale?
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Proverbs 11:1 says,
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A false balance is an
abomination to the Lord.
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Or how about a false
witness that speaks lies.
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Proverbs 6:16
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and 19 says again; These 6 things that the Lord hate,
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ye 7 are an abomination unto him: a false witness
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that speaketh the lies.
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When you give a false witness
that is so repulsive to God
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that he says that is an abomination.
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Or how about feet that are swift in running to mischief?
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Also in Proverbs 6:18 says,
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7 are an abomination unto him.
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And then he states feet
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that be swift in running to mischief.
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That is an abomination to God. Or how about a froward, man?
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You say, what is a froword man?
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A froword man is a perverse individual.
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And the Bible tells us in Proverbs 3:32,
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for the froword man, the perverse man who departs
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or turns aside is an abomination
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to the Lord.
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Proverbs 11:10; they that are of a froward heart: again,
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one that is perverse
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or who departure turns aside is an
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abomination unto the Lord.
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It is repulsive to the Lord.
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Or how about hands that
shed innocent blood?
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Proverbs 6:16-17 again says,
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these six things that the Lord hate - hate -
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ye 7 are and abomination unto him.
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And then he says, hands that shed innocent blood.
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Or how about human sacrifices,
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which by the way may include abortion.
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Jeremiah 32:35 says,
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and they built the high places of Baal
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which are in the valley of the sons of Hinnom
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to cause their sons and daughters to pass through the fire.
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And this verse says, this is an abomination.
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And then when you come to Isaiah 1:13, we find
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that when hypocrites offer incense to God,
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it is an abomination.
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Bring no more vain ablations incense.
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It is an abomination unto me.
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And then in Leviticus 18:6-19, it is too long to read,
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but we find that incestuous
relationships are repulsive.
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It is an aversion to God.
It is an abomination.
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Or how about justifying the wicked?
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Proverbs 17:15,
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He the justifieth the wicked
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is an abomination unto the Lord,
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or how about a lying tongue?
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Proverbs 6:16-17 says again, these 6 things
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that the Lord hate, ye 7 are an abomination unto him.
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Then it says a lying tongue.
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Proverbs 12:22 also says,
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lying lips are an abomination to the Lord.
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And in Deuteronomy 7:1, we find
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that when you bring an imperfect animal
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or a flawed sacrifice to God, it is an abomination;
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that is an abomination to God.
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It says, thou shalt not sacrifice unto the Lord thy God,
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any bullock or sheep wherein is blemish
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or any evil favored for
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that is an abomination unto the Lord:
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that is abominable.
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And then in Deuteronomy 8:4-19, we find that occult,
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activities
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and your participation in
them is an abomination to God.
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God says, when they are com into the land
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which the Lord thy God give thee, thou shalt not learn to do
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after the abomination of those nations.
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There shall not be found among
you anyone to make his son
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or daughter to pass through the fire or that use divination
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or an observer of the times
or an enchanter or a witch
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or a charmer or a consultant
with familiar spirits
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or a wizard or a necromancer.
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These things are an
abomination unto the Lord.
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Or how about pagan behaviors?
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Leviticus 18:30 says,
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Therefore, shall you keep my ordinance
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that you commit not any of
these abominable customs?
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Or how about perverse sexual activities?
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Deuteronomy 23:17-18 says, there shall be no whore
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of the daughters of Israel.
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This also means those that
are sexually lewd or free.
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Nor sodomite of the sons of Israel, for even both
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of these are abominations unto the Lord thy God.
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That answers the question
about what is right
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and wrong in regard to these actions,
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or how about the prayers
of the rebellious?
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Even that is an abomination.
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Proverbs 28:9 says, he that turneth away
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his ear from hearing the law,
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even his prayer shall be an abomination.
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You don't wanna hear the word of God
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and obey the word of God,
but you want to pray.
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God says, your prayer is an abomination. The proud of heart.
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Proverbs 16:5, Everyone that is proud
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of heart is an abomination unto the Lord.
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How about a proud look?
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Oh, Proverbs 6:16-17 says; these 6 things
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that the Lord hate - yea 7 are an abomination unto him.
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And then he says, a proud look.
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Or how about those who
know the word of God
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but refuse to hear it?
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We read in Proverbs 28:9,
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he the turn it away his
ear from hearing the law,
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even his prayer shall be an abomination.
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Or how about the sacrifices of the wicked.
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You know, some people do wrong,
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but they think they're gonna make it right
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by giving a big offering.
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Well listen to what Proverbs 15:8 says.
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The sacrifice of the wicked is
an abomination unto the Lord.
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Proverbs 21:27 says, the sacrifice
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of the wicked is an abomination.
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Or how about same sex acts.
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Leviticus 18:22, Thou shall not lie with mankind as
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with womankind, it is an abomination.
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That's the answer about same sex relationships:
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or Leviticus 20:13: If a man also lie down
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with mankind as he lieth with a woman, both
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of them have committed an abomination.
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That is God's answer about same sex relationships.
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Or how about saving parts of ornaments from idols, which is
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what Israel did,
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it's what Achan did,
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which we've been reading about in Joshua 7.
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In Deuteronomy 7:25-26, God says, the graven images
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of their God shall you burn with fire.
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Thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them,
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nor take it unto thee lest
thou be snared therein,
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for it is an abomination unto the Lord.
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Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thy house
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lest thou be cursed like it, but
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thou shalt utterly detest it, thou shalt utterly abhor it
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for it is an accursed thing.
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Or you need to look upon it
like it is an abomination.
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Or how about a sower of
discord among the brethren.
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Proverbs 6:19 says, He that soweth discord
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among the brethren is an abomination.
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That is how serious strife is.
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Or how about the thoughts of the wicked?
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Proverbs 15:26 says, the thoughts
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of the wicked are an abomination
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to the Lord: or wearing clothes of the opposite sex.
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My friend, the Bible is so clear on all of these issues.
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These are abominations.
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Proverbs 22, 5 says,
the woman shall not wear
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that which pertain if unto a man.
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Neither shall man put on a woman's garments for all that do
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such are an abomination unto the Lord.
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All of these things are abominations.
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Now, why in the world
did I go through these?
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And there's more, for example,
spiritism is an abomination.
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Wickedness is an abomination.
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Vile and violent behaviors
are abominations.
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The reason I go through these is
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because Israel transgressed
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and what they did was an
abomination, which means
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they knew what they were doing.
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God had clearly said, this is wrong.
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Do not cross this line.
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This was no mere lapse.
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It was not accidental, it
was not done in ignorance.
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Achan knew exactly what he
was doing when he crossed
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that line and took what
God said not to take.
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This was not just a mere
sin, this was a trespass.
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This was a transgression. Wow.
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And when we transgress the law of God,
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it is abominable in the sight of God.
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And I know you don't want
that to be your testimony.
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So we want to do what is
right, keep our hearts soft.
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And according to 1 John 1:9,
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if we have done anything that
is wrong, we need to confess
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and to get cleaned up
with the blood of Jesus.
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Oh, just getting started out,
I've got so much more to say
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to you, but we're gonna
pick up here tomorrow,
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but I've got more to say to you
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now and then I'll be right back.
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This is Rick Renner and somebody has asked -
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How do I distinguish between my own voice
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and my own thoughts and the voice of God?
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Well, that is really an important question
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and I have an answer for you from Hebrews 5:
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14, where the Bible says that when you read the word
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of God and really exercise
yourself with the word of God,
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your senses are exercised
to be able to discern
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what is good and evil.
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And I have learned that the more time you spend in the word
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of God, you're able to discern the voice of God.
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I know when I'm just thinking my thoughts
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and I know when God is really speaking to me.
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And usually whatever God says is going
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to come directly from the word of God
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or is gonna come from
the voice of a pastor
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or a message that I'm
listening to, but my friends.
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When you really exercise
yourself spiritually
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by feeding on the word of God,
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it will develop your discernment
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so you can tell the difference
between your own thoughts
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and the voice of God.
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Is there something you
are trying to hide from God?
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Hey friends, this is Rick
Renner and guess where I am.
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I'm seated in the lunchroom
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of our Tulsa headquarters office.
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And you'll notice that all around this room are photographs,
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big photographs of places
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where we have offices. Just behind the camera,
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I'm looking at the Oklahoma State Capitol
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because this office is in Oklahoma
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and there's a lot of team
members who work here.
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But then you'll notice right
here is a beautiful picture
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of Riga where Denise and I
lived in Latvia for years.
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We have an office there and
we have a significant number
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of team members there.
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Behind that, you see a
photograph of London.
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That's because we also
have an office in London.
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Did you know that? We
have team members there.
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Then over here you see a
beautiful picture of Moscow.
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We have many, many,
many team members there.
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And then out in the hallway,
there's a big photograph
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of Mongolia.
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You may not have known it,
but we also have an office in
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Mongolia and we have team members there.
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We are doing work all
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around the planet and we're able to do it.
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Number one, because of the grace of God.
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Number two, because Denise and I
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and our team are willing to do the work.
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And number three, because
of partners who come along
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to put fuel in the tank.
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And the reason I'm speaking
to you right now is
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because I'm very grateful for your part.
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We couldn't do our part
if you don't do your part.
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You know all of us are necessary in the great plan of God,
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God is the one that gives all the growth,
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so he ultimately gives all the glory.
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But I would be wrong if I
didn't stop to say thank you
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to you for being one
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of the most faithful
partners in our ministry.
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And that is who you are. You
are among the most faithful.
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And for this, I just
wanted to say thank you.
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Tomorrow's teaching is gonna
be called Sin in the Camp
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and how to deal with it and
remove it from your life.
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But I want you to order this series called The Sin of Achon.
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It comes with a study guide
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and I want you to be sure to give my book,
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which is called, The Will of God, The key to your success.
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And remember, that today,
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as a gift we're offering you my book, Repentance -
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what it is, what it Isn't,
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and how to Do It One per Household.
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You can order all these
things by giving us a call
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or by going online.
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And please let us know how to pray for you
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because we're waiting to
pray for you right now.
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But put your hand on your
heart so I can pray for you
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before I finish the program.
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Father, I thank in the name of Jesus
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that you have given us the
word of God to teach us
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what is right and what is wrong.
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Lord, help us to walk the
light of your word and not sin
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and not transgress, which
you've told us not to do.
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And Lord, if we have make
a mistake, help us Lord
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to obey 1 John 1:9: confess it
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and get cleaned in Jesus' name,
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Amen. I'll see you tomorrow.
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But remember Ecclesiastes 8:4 says, "Where the word
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of a king is, there is power."
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If you've never received
Jesus as your Savior
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and Lord, now is the time for
you to experience a new life,
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Jesus has to give you.
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Pray this prayer with me right now, Lord.
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I repent of my sin and receive you as my Savior
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and Lord. Wash away my sin
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and make me completely new.
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I thank you that my sin is removed
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and Satan no longer has any right to lay claim on me.
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I faithfully promise that I will serve you as my Lord
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for the rest of my life.
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Amen.
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Renner Ministries is
proclaiming the gospel
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of Jesus Christ through
every available media avenue
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to the uttermost parts of the earth.
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Discover the many ways you can
help us make a difference in
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lives around the world
with the word of God.
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We invite you to partner with
us in teaching, strengthening
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and rescuing lives for the glory of God.
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Together we can make a difference
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that will last throughout eternity.