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Welcome to today's program.
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My name is Rick Renner,
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and today we're gonna continue
looking at our series called
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The Tragic Mistake of Moral Surrender.
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We all know people that have
tragically morally surrendered
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to things they once did not believe.
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What do we do?
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Well, the subtitle says,
God's Promise to people
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who Help Wandering
Saints get back on track.
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This is such an important series
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and we're going to continue it today,
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but you can order yours by going online
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and it comes with a great study guide.
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And because of what I'm
teaching this week, I decided
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to offer you my book Last
Day's Survival Guide.
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The Forward is by Perry Stone.
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The subtitle says, A scriptural Handbook to prepare you
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for these perilous times.
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And on the cover there's
a Bible in boots. Why?
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Because we've gotta grab hold of our Bible
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and determine we're gonna stomp
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through this age in the
power of the Holy Spirit.
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If you need prayer, we
want to pray for you.
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Just reach out to us by
calling us or by going online.
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We believe Jeremiah 33:3, it says,
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Call unto me and I will answer you and show you great
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and mighty things. With you,
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we'll cry out in faith and God will hear us.
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That's his promise. Any promises he'll show us, great
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and mighty things,
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which means when we get into prayerful agreement, God moves.
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And if you'll let us
know how to pray for you,
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God will move in your life.
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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 -
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where the word is the
anchor in 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 Bible, and
I want you to open your Bible
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to Revelation 2.
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And today we're gonna
see the tragic mistake
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of moral surrender for
society's acceptance.
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And my friends, that's what we're dealing
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with in our time today.
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We saw in yesterday's program
that if you don't agree
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with society, society will
do its best to cancel you.
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They even call it the new
cancel culture. While they're
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calling for us to be
tolerant and inclusive,
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the fact is, those who don't like what we believe,
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they are not very tolerant of us,
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and they certainly are
not inclusive of us.
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They want to cancel us.
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But regardless of what
the world does around us,
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we are called to stay on track
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and to be uncompromising
in what we believe about
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what the Bible teaches.
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And today we're gonna talk
about Christ's message
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to the church in Thyatira.
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And Thyatira was a church in compromise.
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They had morally surrendered
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and there was one Christian
leader in the church promoting
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this moral compromise.
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Her name was Jezebel.
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But to understand the whole situation in Thyatira, you have
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to know something about Thyatira.
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Thyatira was established east of the city of Pergamum.
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Pergamum was a treasure city filled with gold
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and statues and art.
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What a marvelous city. And they wanted it to be protected.
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So east of Pergamum,
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they established another city called Thyatira,
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which was on the front.
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And it was a military base intended
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to stop people from the east attacking the city of Pergamum.
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And in fact, it was a huge military base.
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And because it was such
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there were all kinds of industries
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that had developed in
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It had a thriving commercial center which catered
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to sustaining the needs of the military
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that was based there.
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It had clothing businesses,
it had animal caretakers,
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eating establishments
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and other defense related industries
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that were all a strong
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And with all of this commerce in the city of Thyatira,
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the city became known for
its many famous trade guilds:
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trade guilds, which today we
would call workers unions.
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the had the most sophisticated system
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of trade guilds anywhere
in the entire Roman Empire.
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And they were like the
trade unions of today.
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And if a person was, listen,
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this is very important to this teaching.
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If a person was a member of a trade guild
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or a union, he was virtually guaranteed a job.
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But if he was not a member of a trade guild
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or a union, he couldn't even get a job.
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This dominating influence in Thyatira became a challenge
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for Christians.
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You say why? Because the trade guilds
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and the unions were filled
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with pagan dark occultist practices.
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For example, at the opening
of each trade guild meeting
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or union meeting members were required
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to get on their knees
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and worship the patron God of
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that particular guild or union.
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Not only that, there were drunken orgies,
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there were debauchery of all kinds
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that were integral functions
of a trade guild or a union.
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And every member was
expected to participate.
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And Christians in Thyatira
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were faced with a very,
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very difficult decision: remain in the trade guilds in order
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to keep their jobs and to
earn a living or honor God
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and Christ with their lives by opting out
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of the trade guilds
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because they simply could not do
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what the trade guilds were going
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to morally require them to do.
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For them to remain a
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they would have to make the tragic mistake
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of moral surrender.
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Wow. Those
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who didn't participate in these activities either had their
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memberships revoked
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or they were blacklisted
from getting a job
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in any other trade guild in
any other part of the city,
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they were just blacklisted
or they were canceled.
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They were canceled. Wow.
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And when you come to Revelation 2:18,
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we begin with Jesus words
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and it says; These things saith the son of God
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who hath eyes like unto a flame of fire and his feet
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are like fine brass.
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A flame of fire in Greek
describes a flaming fire
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or a brightly burning fire
with flames that are swirling,
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swirling, bending, twisting,
turning, arching upward.
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But you need to understand
that in in scripture,
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fire was used either to
purify or to destroy.
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And this is very, very important.
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The fact that Jesus was
coming to this church
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with fire in his eyes
indicates, first of all,
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he's coming to purify.
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Jesus always comes to purify us of all
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of our imperfections.
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But if they refuse to cooperate
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with the purification process,
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the same fire would bring
judgment to the church.
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But it goes on to say, His feet were like unto fine brass.
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Well, when you read this in
Greek, it is just perplexing
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because it is a Greek word, chalkolibanon. That is just
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so strange because of
what this word means.
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The word chalkolibanon is the word for brass or for bronze.
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The word libanos is the word for frankincense.
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How in the world do these two words go together?
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The word chalkos, bronze or brass.
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And lebanos the word for frankincense.
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And in this particular word
we find that bronze or brass
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and frankincense are used as alloys.
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But we know that in the natural world,
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these things could never be alloys.
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But yet Jesus' feet are like
in defined brass, a mixture
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of brass, bronze, and frankincense.
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What in the world does that mean?
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Well, first of all, brass
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or bronze in scripture
always represents judgment -
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judgment. So the 1st thing this tells us is Jesus is
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coming with feet of judgment.
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But the word libanos is the word for frankincense.
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The very kind of frankincense
which was used in the temple
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and it represented high
priestly intercessory
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prayer: high priestly intercessory, prayer libanos.
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So on one hand, Jesus' feet had chalkos/bronze,
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brass/judgment.
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On the other hand, his feet were drenched,
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drenched in lebanos,
which was frankincense,
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or his feet were drenched in high priestly
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intercessory prayer.
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That is amazing. And here's what it means.
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While Christ's feet were prepared
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to move toward judgment if required,
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they were also drenched
in intercessory prayer.
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That repentance would
occur before he got there.
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So judgment would never
need to take place.
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His eyes were deeply
examining the situation.
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He was coming with eyes of fire to purify what was going on
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inside the church, but the same fire
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that could purify could
also bring judgment.
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And now we find that his feet were prepared
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to come in judgment, but he was not in a rush to judgment.
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His feet were drenched in intercessory prayer that
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before he ever got there to apply the judgment,
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they would hear his message and they would self-correct.
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So judgment would not be needed. Say amen.
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You know, sometimes Christians
are in a rush to judge,
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but even Jesus is not in a rush to judge.
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In fact, the Bible says his
feet were made of brass.
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And every time I teach on
this, I bring something
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to illustrate the point.
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This is a statue that I keep
on the table in our TV room.
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And I'm gonna tell you it is
very, very heavy to pick up
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because it's made of brass.
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It is solid brass. It is a
picture of a big Russian bear.
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And the reason that I
have it on my table is
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because many believe
that the Russian bear is
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the symbol of Russia.
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I love Russia. It's where we live.
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It's where we're called to minister.
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We have an entire satellite
network which broadcast
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to Russian speaking
people all over the world.
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So I keep this on our
coffee table in our TV room,
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and often when Denise and I
are sitting watching something
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on television, she'll say, Rick,
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would you please move that bear
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so it doesn't obstruct my view?
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Well, that's quite a request
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because this is very, very heavy.
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Bronze is heavy,
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and every time Denise asks me to move it,
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I always think you don't even
understand what you're asking.
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This is really, really heavy.
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Well, just imagine what it would be like if you were walking
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with feet made out of brass.
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You wouldn't move very fast, would you?
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In fact, you would lift
each foot very slowly,
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one step at a time - you couldn't run
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because your feet were too heavy.
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And here we find that Jesus
is not running to judgment.
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He's not rushing to judgment,
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but Jesus very deliberately
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is lifting one foot at a
time very slowly as he comes
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to the church of Thyatira that
he is commanded to repent.
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He's giving them space to
repent before he gets there
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and because his feet are drenched in lebanos,
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frankincense, intercessory, high priest prayerly
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perfume, it tells us that Jesus is praying
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that they will respond and self-correct
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before he ever gets there.
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And my friends, aren't you
glad that Jesus doesn't rush
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to judgment for you,
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but he always gives you space to repent.
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But let's go on. The Bible tells us next in Revelation
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2:19,
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that in some respects it
was a wonderful church.
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He says, I know thy works and
charity and service and faith
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and patience and thy works
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and the last to be more than the first.
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text, it says it differently.
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It says, I know the works of you. I know the charity of you.
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I know the service of you,
the faith of you, the patience
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of you and the works of you: very unique to this church,
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which means this church was
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to walking in love.
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Jesus says, I know
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I know uniquely the service of you.
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They were a serving church.
I know the faith of you.
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I know the patience of you.
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He applauded the believers
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He commended the believers
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He praised the believers
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All of these were good things,
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but when you come to verse 20,
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I have a few things against thee.
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or even in spite of all of these things,
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and you could paraphrase it to mean this.
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and transition to something
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In spite of all the
amazing things you've done
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and are doing, I have a few things
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that are a strike against you
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that I will forcibly take
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I have. The words I have, are translation of the word echo,
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which means to have or to hold,
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and it means whatever
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he feels it very personally.
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He feels this very personally.
He says, I have this.
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I hold this. I really feel this.
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which carries the idea of something down.
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It is a strike against,
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and it also carries
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domination, subjugation.
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this is a strike against you
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that is personally disturbing me,
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and if you don't deal with it correctly,
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I will take matters under my own hand
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and I will bring it under control.
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Wow! What was the strike against the church?
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Verse 20: Because thou sufferest that woman,
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Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess to teach
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and to seduce my servants
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and to eat things committed unto idols.
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to a specific reason.
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I'm going to tell you
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That's the Greek word, hoti.
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I'm going to expressly be clear about it.
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That's the word hoti.
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I'm going to tell you why I
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That's the word hoti. And then he adds
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because thou sufferest that woman, Jezebel.
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which in this case means to
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No one was controlling this woman.
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or controlled this woman named Jezebel.
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She's given free reign
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and to do whatsoever she pleases.
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What is she saying?
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Jesus tells us: first of all,
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she calls herself a prophetess, the Greek word legousa,
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which means she's asserting,
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what she's saying about herself.
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She's claiming to be a revelator with insight from God
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and in the name of God, she is teaching
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and seducing my servants to commit fornication
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and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
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Well, people who don't
like women preachers use
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this verse to say, what?
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Here's an example. Jezebel
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The problem was not that she was teaching.
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Women can teach, women can preach.
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The problem was she was seducing
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or she was abusing the position
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that had been entrusted to her.
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into what she was teaching.
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It pictures a person
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or even a nation
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that is veered from a solid
path they once walked upon.
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morally, that person
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or nation is now adrift.
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They're adrift. It is the
same word that was used
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to depict an animal that lost its way
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and could not find its way back home,
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which means this woman had lowered the bar
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morally and was teaching that
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so strict morally.
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Well remember, for you to keep your job in a trade guild,
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you had to participate in trade guild activities,
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which included: worshiping a false God, drunkenness, orgies,
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and all kinds of debauchery.
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and be accepted by society,
they had to participate.
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If they withdrew, they were
going to lose their jobs,
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lose their income.
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And so basically what Jezebel is teaching is this:
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it's okay to lower your standards.
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You don't have to live
such a restrictive separate
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lifestyle, relax and
learn to be more inclusive
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and accommodating of
other people's practices.
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You'll blend in and gain more acceptance
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by people in the world.
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But by compromising
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and lowering our standards,
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we pull the plug on the power of God.
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And Jezebel was grieving the spirit of God
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because she was teaching people to make the tragic mistake
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of moral surrender for the sake
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of society's acceptance.
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And God gave her time to
repent. That is amazing.
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When the Bible says I
gave, it is the past form
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of the word give, which
means I've been giving.
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Jesus had been trying to deal with her,
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but she's not responding
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and it says, I gave her space: the word space,
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the Greek word chronos, can describe time,
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it can describe a season or a duration of period.
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It is the equivalent of saying - I have been giving her time
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to get this right.
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I've been giving her space
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Was she herself committing fornication?
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The Bible doesn't tell us,
but she was certainly telling
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believers to lower the standard,
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to lower the bar, to blend in.
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She was teaching compromise
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and the Bible says - she repented
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not. Do you know what the Greek literally says?
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The Greek literally says - she did not will to repent
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of her fornication.
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She knew exactly that Christ was calling upon her to repent,
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but she did not will to repent.
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And Jesus says in verse 22: Behold,
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I will cast her into a bed and them that commit adultery
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with her into great tribulation - which is quite a warning
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to Christian leaders who teach
compromise or accommodation.
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But then he adds - accept they repent of their deeds.
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The word accept, it's amazing.
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Jesus says, Hey, I'm not done.
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I'm even gonna give her one more chance.
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The word accept, in Greek, the word ean: it shows
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that the warning being issued is conditional.
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In other words, the consequences may
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or may not happen depending on
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how the hearer responds.
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Remember, Jesus is not in a rush to judge.
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His feet are drenched in lebanos,
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high priestly intercessory prayer.
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Jesus is praying that people repent
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before he ever has to get
there to deal with them,
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and he gives us space to repent.
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But what we find in
these amazing verses is
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that Christ has no room
for people who accommodate,
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for people who are just inclusive of everything wrong, just
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so they can find society's acceptance.
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My friends, we need to remain
uncompromising to the truth
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and God will take care of us.
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I'll be back in just a moment
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and I'm going to pray for you.
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Are you ready for what's coming next?
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The Bible warns of a
moment coming soon suddenly
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and without warning,
when Jesus will return
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to rapture his church right
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after that, the antichrist
will rise, deceive the nations
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and unleash unprecedented deception
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and destruction on the earth.
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Hey friends, this is Rick Renner
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and I'm standing just outside
the editorial department
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in the Tulsa Headquarters Building.
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You have 8 people that work just in editorial
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because these fingers are typing a lot of information
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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, we
have several key scriptures.
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Here we have 2 Timothy 3:16 & 17, All scripture
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is given by inspiration of God
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and is profitable 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",
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and next there's a sign,
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the prophetic word, which God gave to me
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in 1978: Write, write, write and
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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, and you're a part of it
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because 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
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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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My friend,
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today we have covered so much material.
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In fact, the whole week we
have really covered a lot
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of material about The Tragic Mistake of Moral Surrender.
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And I know this has touched many of you,
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but the subtitle says, God's promise to People -
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I'm talking about you - Who help wandering saints get
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back on track.
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If you know anyone that has wandered,
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there's something you can do
to get them back on track.
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And that's what we're
gonna talk about tomorrow.
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But order your entire series
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with this study guide by going online.
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And remember
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that right now we're offering you my book called, Last Days
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Survival Guide.
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But Father, we thank you that
we would make it our goal
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to accommodate you
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and your word more than society around us.
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In Jesus' name - Amen.
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Remember Ecclesiastes 8:4, "Where the word
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of a king is there's power"
and I'll see you tomorrow.
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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, I repent
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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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If you just prayed the
prayer of salvation with us,
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would you please let us know by going
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to renner.org/salvation?
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We would love to connect with you.
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Renner Ministries is proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ
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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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