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Welcome to the program.
My name is Rick Renner.
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Thank you for letting me
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Today we are going to be returning to James 4,
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such a marvelous chapter in the New Testament about the Holy
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Spirit's presence in our life.
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If you didn't see yesterday's
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You know, Denise saw yesterday's program.
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She says, when does this teaching have to do with Partnering
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with the Holy Spirit?
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Well, my friend, if you
grieve the Holy Spirit,
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it will affect every part of your life.
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But if you maintain a rich
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and with the spirit of
God, you can partner
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with him and my friends,
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we need to partner with the Holy Spirit
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and he will help us plan for
tomorrow and for the future.
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and I guarantee you, God will do something marvelous in
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response to our praying.
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But I'll be back in just a moment.
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Get ready for a teaching
that feeds your spirit
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and your mind where the
word is the anchor in
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uncertain times,
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and doctrine doesn't bend to culture.
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We keep it simple,
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but dive deep revealing a
truth that strengthens us,
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a love that emboldens
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and a mission that touches the world.
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Let's join Rick Renner,
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Reach for your Bibles,
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and today we're gonna go back to James 4
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and we're going to review verse 5,
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which we covered in yesterday's program.
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But I wanna read to you James 4:5-10.
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Listen to what the Bible says.
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Do you think the scripture saith in vain that the spirit
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that dwells in us lusteth to envy?
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We covered that yesterday.
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I'm gonna review it
again in just a moment.
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But then in verse 6, James says,
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but he giveth more grace.
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Wherefore, he saith - God resists the proud
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but gives grace unto the humble.
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Verse 7: Submit yourselves therefore to God.
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Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
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Verse 8: Draw nigh to God
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and he will draw nigh to you.
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Cleanse your hands you sinners and purify your hearts
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you double-minded. Verse 9: Be afflicted
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and mourn and weep.
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Let your laughter be turned to mourning
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and your joy to heaviness.
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Verse 10: here's God's objective verse 10:
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Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord
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and he will lift you up.
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That is God's objective.
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But today we're going to begin in verse 5
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and review what we covered yesterday.
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And in yesterday's program,
we saw that the believers
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that James was writing
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to had really deteriorated
into a low level carnal mess.
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They were fighting, they
were slugging it out.
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They were trying to
reestablish their lives
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and retake what they had
lost due to persecution,
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but they didn't even pray about it.
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And then when they did pray, they prayed
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with a wrong motivation.
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James says they asked amiss.
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And in fact, their
behavior was so horrible
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that when you come to James 4:4,
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he calls them adulterers
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and adulteresses, which means, in the mind of God
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they had crossed a line.
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And if you continue reading that verse, they had reconnected
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with the world.
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They were obsessed with worldly possessions.
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They were obsessed with regaining their status in society.
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And the red hot love they had
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for Jesus slowly had been misdirected back
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to the world again.
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And James said - Whosoever
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therefore will be a friend
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of the world is the enemy of God.
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That word, will be, the Greek word, boulomai;
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it describes self-talk or self counsel.
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We saw yesterday, no Christian
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who really loves Jesus wakes up
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and says, today, I am gonna backslide
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today, I am gonna drift.
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But the word boulomai,
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translated - will be - means step by step,
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they counseled themselves with one little exception
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and another little exception and another little exception,
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until finally they walk themselves from being in this red
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hot love with Jesus
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and slowly, slowly, slowly, slowly, their temperature begins
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to change, their position changes and they drift
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and the affection they felt for the Lord -
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now it's been misdirected to other things.
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They used to pray in tongues.
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They used to read their
Bible, they used to rejoice
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and release their faith.
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Now, they don't even read their Bible.
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They're still going to church,
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so they think that they're okay.
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But there are a lot of
people who go to church
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that are not okay
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because they've crossed a line
this should never be crossed.
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And James says, when you give
your affection, your fondness
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and devotion that belongs only to him,
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to something else, in the mind of God,
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this is spiritual adultery.
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Now my friends, that is very important.
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Then in verse 5 he says,
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Do you think this scripture saith in vain.
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The word vain, the Greek word kenos.
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Do you think the scripture says to no avail
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or for no purpose that the
spirit that dwelleth in us,
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lustest to envy?
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It's talking about the Holy Spirit.
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The Holy Spirit dwells in us.
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That word dwell, the Greek word, katoikeo,
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it's a compound of two words:
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the word kata means down: the word oikeo, is from oikos
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the Greek word for a house. The word dwell,
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when you compound these two words together,
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it forms the word katoikeo, which pictures one
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who settles down into a house
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and makes it his permanent
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James says - do you not understand who lives in you?
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The Holy Spirit, himself, lives in you?
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And unfortunately - the Holy Spirit is ignored
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by many people in whom he indwells. My friends,
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we don't need to ignore the Holy Spirit, we need to partner
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with the Holy Spirit.
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And James then goes on to say,
the spirit that dwells in us.
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The word, in. The Greek word in, it describes the location
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where the Holy Spirit lives.
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He lives in us.
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And the verse goes on to say, he lusteth
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to envy. The word lust, the Greek word, epipotheo.
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Now that is really important.
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The word epi means over, it is an intensifier.
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The word potheo, means to yearn, to have an aching
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for something, to hanker for something.
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It is a craving or it is an intense hunger,
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but when you compound the 2 words together, epi
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and potheo, they formed a Greek word, epipotheo,
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which portrays a fervent passion
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or somebody who wants something so badly
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that he is obsessed with it.
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The Holy Spirit is yearning.
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He has a hunger, he has a craving - for what? For me.
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The Holy Spirit in me wants to fill me.
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He wants to possess me.
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And it's so wonderful that
the Holy Spirit in you wants
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to fill you.
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He wants to possess you.
He is pining for us.
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And it doesn't matter
how much we surrender
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to him today, guess what?
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By tomorrow he's going to
show us something else
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he wants us to surrender to him so he can fill it
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with his presence.
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He wants us and he wants all of us.
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That is what this word lusteth tell us. But then it goes on
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it says, he lusteth to envy. The word envy,
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the Greek word, phthonos, which depicts jealousy
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or a hostile feeling towards someone else
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because of an advantage, a benefit
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or position that another person has,
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or even better, a deeply felt grudge due
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to someone possessing what one wishes was his own.
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And here's what we find - when we give our affection,
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when we give our fondness
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and our devotion to something
else that belongs only
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to the Lord, the Lord does not appreciate it.
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He senses a resentment toward that.
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But he doesn't just say, well,
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they don't love me like they used to.
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This word phthonos, the Greek word envy means - like a lover
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who feels betrayed.
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He is going to put a plan into action
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to get you to come home.
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He's going to restore you to him.
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He wants your devotion
to come back to him.
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And if you won't come back on your own, phthonos,
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the Greek word envy, God will set into position a plan.
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A plan will be set into motion
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to get you delivered from whatever it is that you're doing
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or you're focusing on, and
to redirect that devotion
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and affection back on him again.
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And if you won't come by yourself,
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God will do whatever is necessary to get you home
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again. That's what this word - envy - means.
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And that's why James continues and he says in verse 6:
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But he giveth more grace.
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And now James is going
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to describe God's divine
rescue plan to get you
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to come back home and for your
devotion to return to him.
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And he begins with the word
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but which in Greek is the word de,
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it is an exclamation mark -
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but, however, emphatically, categorically,
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he giveth more grace: which means - if you won't come home
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by your own, God's grace will swing into action
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and will do whatever
is necessary to get you
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to return your affection to him again.
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And how's he going to do it?
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How is this particular grace going
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to get you to come back home?
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Well, notice what he says; He giveth more grace
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wherefore, he saith, God resisteth the proud.
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The word resisteth, the Greek word antitassomai.
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Listen to this: the word anti means against:
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tassomai from tassa,
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which means to order or to arrange.
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But when you compound the 2 words together,
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this word resisteth,
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the Greek word antitassomai, means
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to arrange oneself against.
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A translation could be - God
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therefore arranges himself against the proud.
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It means to methodically oppose: God will methodically
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oppose the proud.
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It is a strategic plan
of opposition intended
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to bring a situation back under control.
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He's resisting the proud.
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from the word huper, which depicts something that is above
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or something that's snooty or superior.
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it is the attitude of a snooty person, a person
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who is superior, a person that's high and mighty, impudent
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or even insolent.
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He hears the message I've strayed, I need to come back home.
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how serious his spiritual condition is,
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he doesn't take it serious -
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he's impotent, he's insolent, he's stubborn.
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And God loves that believer
so much that God says - Hey,
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if you're not gonna come home by yourself,
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my grace is gonna swing into action
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and do for you what you're
not doing for yourself.
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And what does God do to
the person that is stubborn
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and doesn't willfully come
home on his own accord?
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The verse says, God resists that believer.
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Now that's a teaching you may not hear very often,
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but there are times when God resists believers:
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he sets into plan a strategic
plan to oppose them,
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to stop them, to resist them.
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Why? Not because he is against them, but
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because he's for them.
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He's trying to get them to
wake up to their condition
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so they'll repent and come back home.
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And my friends, I want to tell you,
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when God puts out his hand
to stop you, you're stopped.
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You're not gonna have any
kind of movement in your life.
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And I learned years ago
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that if I'm feeling resistance in my life,
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of course I'm going to deal with the devil,
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but before I deal with the devil - 1st I stop
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and I always ask God: Am I doing anything that's causing you
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to put me on pause to get my attention?
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Because the Bible clearly says
in this verse, God resists,
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he strategically opposes those
that are insolent, impotent,
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and stubborn who will not
come back of their own accord,
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God will do whatever is necessary to get their attention,
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and he will even resist them and foil their plans: not
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because he's against them, but
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because he loves them so much He wants
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to get their attention
and bring them back home.
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That's plainly what this means.
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he giveth grace unto the humble.
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James calls this an act of grace
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and it really is an act of grace
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that if you're not gonna
come home by yourself,
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God will do whatever
is necessary to get you
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to come back home.
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the humble.
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The word humble is a form of the Greek word, tapeinos,
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which means: one that is willing to stoop to any measure
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that is needed.
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It describes a repentant heart,
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which means the moment you wake up
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and realize - you know what I've strayed, I have veered,
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I've given my attention and my devotion
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and my fondness to something else.
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The moment you wake up to that
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and you begin to go through
the act of repentance,
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grace swings into action:
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the resistance stops, the blessing of God begins to flow.
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God just needs our attention
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and our willingness to repent
in that particular case.
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And in James 4:7, it says,
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Submit yourselves therefore to God.
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Resist the devil and he'll flee from you.
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The word submit the Greek word, hupotasso,
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which means get things back in order.
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It describes your submission
to the authority of God.
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You've wandered from it.
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Now realign yourself under God
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and then you can resist the devil.
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And the word resist, a Greek word anthistemi, which means
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to stand against the devil.
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It describes the attitude of
one who is fiercely opposed
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to something and therefore
does everything he can in his
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power to resist it, to
stand against or to defy.
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And the Bible says You
can resist the devil
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and he will do what - he will flee from you,
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flee from you.
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The word flee is the Greek word which means to flee,
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to take flight, to run
away, to run as fast
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as possible, or even to escape.
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He will try to escape from you.
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It pictures, one's feet flying
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as he runs from a situation,
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which means if you get
everything right between you
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and the Lord and you realign
yourself under his authority,
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it then gives you power to resist things
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that have come against you.
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And in fact, you're so aligned
under the authority of God,
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the devil will try to escape from you.
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It is the very word, this
word flee, which was used
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to depict a lawbreaker who
flees in terror from a city
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or nation last he be prosecuted.
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The devil knows I better get outta here
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because this person has gotten his
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relationship with God right,
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and it gives this person authority over me.
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He will flee from you. That's
the promise of scripture.
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But then you come to James 4:8,
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and we find that the particular believers James was writing
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to had so strayed
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that they had calloused
themselves spiritually.
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They had calloused themselves.
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Well, when you've calloused
yourself, you have to go
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through a process to renew
your spiritual sensitivity.
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And now he describes that process beginning in verse 8:
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draw nigh to God and God will draw nigh to you.
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In Greek the words draw nigh means draw as near as possible.
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If you draw near to God, God will draw near to you.
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And you find that God responds to contrition.
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It's like metal and a magnet.
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When a person has contrition in his heart,
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it attracts the presence of God.
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It brings God to you.
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And that's what this verse says; Draw nigh to God
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and God will draw nigh to you.
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And then he says, cleanse your hands
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you sinners and purify your hearts.
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James calls his readers sinners,
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which in Greek really describes those
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who keep missing the mark.
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They're messing up all the time.
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He's not judging them,
he's not condemning them,
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he's saying - Guys, you are really failing
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to hit the bullseye.
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You're missing the mark.
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You keep falling short of what God expects
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and what God approves.
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And he says, you need
to purify your hearts.
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The word purify is a form of the Greek word hagnidzo.
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It describes something purified
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and free from defilement, pure inside and out.
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It represents the process, the process
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of doing whatever is necessary
to be free from defilement
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and to be cleanse.
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And it even describes those
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who ceremonially cleanse
themselves with water.
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And I'm gonna read you from my notes: Though
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the water is the agent that cleanses: the water is the agent
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that cleanses - the worshiper had
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to put his hands into the water to be cleansed.
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If he did not participate,
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the water would do nothing for him.
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And likewise, the blood of Jesus is there,
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but you have to extend yourself to receive
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that: your participation is required for a cleansing
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to take place.
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And he says, purify your hearts.
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The word hearts, being the Greek word kardia:
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it describes the deepest level possible,
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go for the deepest cleansing
possible - Ye double-minded.
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The word double-minded - the Greek word dipsuchos:
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it describes a person with two heads
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or two souls: someone that's pulled in different directions,
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one day they wanna serve the Lord,
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the next day their mind is back on the world.
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They're wishy-washy in
their spiritual commitment.
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He says, Hey guys, you need
to be ceremonially cleansed.
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The cleansing power is
available, it is the blood,
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it is the water of the word,
but you've got to be involved.
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You have to participate
to receive this cleansing.
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And then he says in verse 9: remarkably be afflicted
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and mourn and weep.
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Let your laughter be turned to mourning
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and your joy to heaviness.
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This word joy, here would be lightheartedness.
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They were not taking serious
their spiritual condition.
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He said, let it be turned to heaviness.
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The word heaviness is a Greek
word which describes a deep
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contemplative look.
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You need to really
understand what has happened
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to you spiritually.
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And then he says in verse 10:
humble yourself in the eyes
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of the Lord and he shall lift you up.
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And that is God's objective.
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He wants to lift you up,
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but he needs you - 1st - to come home.
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He needs you to organize
yourself under his authority
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to humble yourself.
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That word humble means to
stoop to any level necessary,
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stoop to any level necessary
that God requires of you
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to get things right, to be cleansed,
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participate in the cleansing.
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Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord
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and he will lift you up.
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We're talking about full restoration.
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And in fact, the words lift
you up in Greek means the
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highest or most eminent place.
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It pictures a place of dignity to elevate
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or to exalt one to a place
of eminence and dignity.
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That's what God wants to do in your life.
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But if you've strayed, you
have to come back home.
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And it begins with the act
of recognition, contrition.
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And if you'll be contrite,
if you'll draw near to God,
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God will draw near to you.
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If you will contemplate
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what really is your spiritual
condition, recognize
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what needs to be changed
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and be willing to do whatever
God requires you to do.
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It will initiate the process for God
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to bring you from a low place
back to a very high place
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of dignity.
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And that is God's objective in your life.
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I'll be back in just a moment
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You have 8 people that work just in editorial
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because these fingers are typing a lot
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of information and revelation.
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God spoke to me years ago
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and said he would speak through
my fingers if I would write,
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and I've been writing ever since.
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And just outside editorial,
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we have several key scriptures. Here
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we have 2 Timothy 3:16-17, All scripture
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is given by inspiration of God in his profitable
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for doctrine, reproof correction,
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instruction in righteousness.
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I really believe that.
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Next to that we have Ecclesiastes 8:4,
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you've heard this before, "Where the word
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of a king is there is power". And next there's a sign -
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the prophetic word which God gave to me in 1978:
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Write write, write, and I'll prosper what you write.
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And I've been writing ever since.
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This is a very important
part of our ministry
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because we send published revelation,
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information, all kinds of material to the ends
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of the Earth.
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And you're a part of it 'cause you're a partner.
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You know, we've recently just finished 70%
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of our Ministry Expansion Project,
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now 30% remains.
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If you're part of the team,
I wanna say thank you.
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If you're not a part of the team
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to help us retire the
debt on this building
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and the whole project,
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would you please become part of the team?
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We wanna release all those
funds so we can redirect them
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to take more teaching of the
Bible to the ends of the earth
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where people are crying out - God,
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please send me teaching that I can trust.
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Please pray about becoming a part of our Giving Team.
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This series, which I'm teaching is just jam packed
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with revelation from James 4 about not grieving
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the Holy Spirit, how to
partner with the Holy Spirit,
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and if you've grieved
him, how to make it right
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so you can be fully restored.
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And in the following programs,
we're going to be seeing how
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to plan for tomorrow and for the future.
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But the whole series is called, Partnering
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with the Holy Spirit and Planning for Tomorrow
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and the Future: please order yours.
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You need to hear it and
hear it and hear it.
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And it comes with a study guide.
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And right now we're also
offering you my book,
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which is called, The Holy Spirit
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And You: Working Together as Heaven's Dynamic Duo.
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That's God's intention for you to partner
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with the Holy Spirit and you
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and Him become the
dynamic duo in this world.
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But Father, we thank in the
name of Jesus that you love us
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so much that if we have
strayed your grace swings into
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action to bring us back
to where we need to be.
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We thank you for that
grace. Lord, we say amen.
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Work in our lives. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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I'll see you tomorrow. But remember Ecclesiastes 8:4,
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"Where the word 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. 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.
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This program was made
possible by the giving
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of the God called partners
of Renner Ministries.