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Get ready for a teaching
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Let's join Rick Renner.
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Welcome to today's program.
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It's Friday, it is the end of the week,
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and it seems like this week
has just gone by like that.
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We've been talking about what Jesus said about The Final Say
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So Of God's Word.
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And I have really enjoyed this series
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and I pray that you've enjoyed it too.
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And I pray that you've made a
decision to give God's word,
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the final say so in your life.
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And if you'll do that,
it will release a torrent
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of divine power that will deliver your soul:
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that's your mind, your will, your emotions.
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And when you get everything up here fixed
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and cleaned up, it affects
everything else in your life.
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So my friends, please give God's word the final say
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so in your life.
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But today I want to remind
you about this series.
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The whole series is 5-parts.
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It comes in multiple formats
with a wonderful study guide.
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Everything in this series
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because it's a fact that when
you read all the material,
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while you're seeing or hearing
it, it really causes it
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to take root down deep inside you.
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And today's the last day I'm
mentioning to you the book
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by Kenneth Hagin that changed my life.
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It's called - The Authority of the Believer.
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And if you don't have a copy of that book,
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if you've never read
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It will establish you in
your Christ given authority
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and what happens when you
give God's word, the final say
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so in your life.
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And today is the last day that
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the final say so in your life.
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That's us. We're always here.
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And we will pray scripturally
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and we will pray confidentially.
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And Jesus will hear,
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and Jesus really will do
what needs to be done.
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But hey, today I want you to reach for your Bible.
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This series is called -
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What Jesus Said About the Final Say-So
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of God's Word.
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And my friend, I've been
living my life to the best
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of my ability to give
God's word, the final say
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so in my life.
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And as I've told you,
when I was growing up,
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every summer I went to
a vacation Bible school.
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And every day at vacation Bible school,
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we quoted our Bible pledge, which said,
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I pledge allegiance to the
Bible, God's holy word.
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I will make it a lamp into my
feet and a light into my path.
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I will hide its words in my heart
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that I may not sin against God.
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I guess I begin to declare
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that Bible pledge when I was about 5-years old.
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And from that time until the
present, I've lived my life
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to fulfill that pledge: to really give God's word
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the final say-
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so in my life. I've not done it perfectly.
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I don't think anybody has,
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but I've certainly made it my aim
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to really fulfill my
commitment to the word of God
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and to align my life
according to what Jesus says
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and according to the word of God.
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But today we're gonna go to Matthew 5:
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18 one more time.
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And in this verse, Jesus is
talking about the word of God.
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And he says - For verily I say to you, Till heaven
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and earth passed, one jot
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or one tittle shall no wise pass from the law
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till all be fulfilled.
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The words, one jot, are from the Greek word, iota
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and it describes iota,
which is the smallest letter
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of the Greek alphabet.
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It is little tiny. Then it says, or one tittle.
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This describes one stroke of the brush
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or one stroke of a letter.
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And here Jesus is telling us that the word
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of God is so anointed,
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it is so divinely inspired,
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even the smallest letter, the most minuscule brush
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of the pen, all of it is anointed,
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all of it is powerful and sacred.
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And he says, it shall in
no wise pass from the law
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to law be fulfilled.
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And in Greek here you
have a double negative.
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It says, it shall no not pass.
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No, it shall not pass from the law.
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And the word law here
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which is the word for a
law that is to be obeyed
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and not to be broken.
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And here we have Jesus' view of the scriptures
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and Jesus, in typical fashion of his age,
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called the scriptures the law.
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And it refers to the
scriptures as being the law
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or being the scriptures.
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It is holy text and it
is a law to be obeyed.
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And my friends, it will not release its power in your life
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until it becomes a law for you.
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This is not so you're legalistic, but my friends,
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it's aligning your life under the final say so
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of God's word.
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And when you do that,
that's when you begin
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to really experience
the power of God's word.
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But then we come to Matthew 5:19,
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where Jesus continues and says - Whosoever
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therefore shall break one of the least
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of these commandments.
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And the word break, as
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It doesn't mean to break,
like to break a vase
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or to break something,
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but really the word luo
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It means to relax.
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It means to let go of your grip: it pictures a
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non-serious attitude.
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So here is a person
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who does not align his
life under the final
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say so of God's word.
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He takes the word of God
as another optional voice.
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Maybe he'll take it, maybe he won't.
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Maybe he'll listen to it, maybe he won't.
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Maybe he'll obey it. Maybe he won't.
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He has kind of a non-compliant,
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non-serious attitude
toward the commandments.
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And the Bible says, this
person will be called least
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in the kingdom of heaven.
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And the word least in Greek - are you ready for this -
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it describes that which is least, the smallest,
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the tiniest or the most insignificant.
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Well, most of us would
like to be significant,
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but if you ignore the word of God
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and you have a non-serious
attitude toward the word,
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if it's not a law for you,
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then you've placed yourself in a category
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of the insignificant.
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But Matthew 5:19 also tells us how to be significant.
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And it says, but whosoever shall do
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and teach these,
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the same shall be called great
in the kingdom of heaven.
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And we've seen and seen
that the word do is a form
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of the Greek word poieo, which means I do.
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But it carries a creative flare.
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And here we find that when we
hear the word of God, we are
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to find a way to do it.
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And if we can't conveniently
find a way to do it,
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then we're gonna find a way to do it.
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We're gonna be creative. We
are going to align our lives
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under the final say so of the Word of God.
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And if we hear something we
don't quite know how to apply,
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we're gonna ask the Holy Spirit to help us
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until we find a way to do
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what Jesus has commanded - the final say so
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of God's word.
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And this verse says, if you'll
give yourself to the doing
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of the word of God,
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you'll be called great
in the kingdom of heaven.
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And the word great on the contrary
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of the word least describes
that which is great,
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that which is magnificent
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or depicts one who is significant.
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So if you wanna be significant, then you need
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to find yourself among them
that are aligning their lives
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to obey the final say so of God's word.
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But then we come to Matthew 5:20 where Jesus adds
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For I say unto you that except
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your righteousness shall
exceed the righteousness
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of the scribes and the Pharisees,
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you shall in no case enter
into the kingdom of heaven.
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Well, who are we talking
about when we discuss scribes
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and Pharisees?
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Well, the word scribes is from
a Greek word which describes
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scribes or one who copied scripture
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and safeguarded documents which were related to the teaching
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of the Torah and to the
advising of the Sanhedrin.
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And these really were scribes.
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They dealt with the written part of the law.
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And the word Pharisees describes a religious sect in
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Israel - was the biggest
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and the most pronounced that
demanded strict obedience
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to the written law of Moses.
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It was a sect whose influence
reached into every village
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and every synagogue
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and was one of the most visible molders
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of the Jewish faith in the 1st Century.
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But Jesus said,
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If your righteousness doesn't exceed the behavior
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of the scribes and the Pharisees,
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you're not even gonna make it into heaven.
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Well, when we come to Matthew 23:3, we find
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that the Pharisees were really
great at telling others what
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to do, but they didn't do it themself.
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They didn't do it themselves.
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They pretended that they had
an adherence to the scripture,
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but in real life they didn't
do what they told other people
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to do and that made them hypocrites.
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But in Matthew 23:3, Jesus said - All
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therefore whatsoever they bid you observe,
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and that observe and do, but do not ye
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after their works for they say and do not.
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They say and do not. So they love external things.
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They love telling other people what to do,
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but they themselves don't
obey the scriptures.
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And in fact, Matthew 23:4-
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5 says, verse 4: For they bind heavy burdens
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and grievous to be borne and
lay them on men's shoulders,
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but they themself will
not move them with one
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of their fingers.
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And then Jesus explains in verse 5 -
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But all their works they do to be seen
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of men - to be seen of men.
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And this leads us to hypocrisy - hypocrisy.
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What does the word, hypocrisy, mean?
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Well, I'm going to tell you. The word, hypocrisy,
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or the word hypocrites, describes a stage
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actor: one who presents an insincere image
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for the approval or the applause of those who are watching.
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It denotes those that are bogus, fake, a pretender,
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a phony, one who is insincere
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or inauthentic, one who performs according
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to the expectations of
those that are watching, one
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who readily changes his
outward appearance as needed
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for the sake of spectators.
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And in the ancient world,
actors like these were viewed
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to be the lowest scum in society
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because of their insincerity
and readiness to change faces
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or to change outward
behavior simply for applause.
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That is what the word
hypocrite or hypocrisy means.
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Now, Jesus grew up in Nazareth,
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but nearby was the city of Sepphoris.
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And Jesus grandparents lived in Sepphoris
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and that's where Joseph
worked in his industry.
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So Jesus was often in
the city of Sepphoris,
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and it was very unique that in the city
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of Sepphoris there was a theater.
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there was a very small one in Jerusalem,
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but in Sepphoris there was a large theater
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that seated 5,000 people.
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his Jesus was growing up
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and he visited his father
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or came to see his grandparents,
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he may have found himself in the theater
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and he saw the actors on the stage.
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And that word actor is the word hypocrite;
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that really is the word.
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It describes a stage actor.
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And back in those days, actors wore masks
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and they changed their
masks depending on the role
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that they were playing.
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were to play another role,
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they would remove that mask
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and they would put on another mask
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and they would actually don
any mask to get the approval
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and the applause of the crowd.
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And in the ancient world,
actors really were viewed
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as the lowest scum of society
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because they would do anything, say anything, play anything
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for the people that were watching. They were considered
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to be bogus, fake, phonies,
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completely insincere and inauthentic.
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that when they died, they weren't even allowed
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to be buried in a common
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They were buried in an actor's cemetery
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because that's where all those low level actors were buried.
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All of that is in this word hypocrisy or the word hypocrite.
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Now keep that in your mind
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and we're gonna go to Matthew 23:13,
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where Jesus says - But woe to you, scribes
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and Pharisees, hypocrites,
for you shut up the kingdom
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of heaven against men:
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for you neither go in yourselves, neither suffer them
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that are entering to go in,
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but Jesus called them hypocrites.
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Why would Jesus call scribes
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Because they were insincere.
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They really did not take God's word as the final say-
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so in their life. They just performed
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as if they were taking it serious
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because people were watching them.
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They were just actors.
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of saying - Oh, I know who you guys are.
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You're just actors on the
stage putting on a religious
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mask because people are
watching you outwardly.
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where Jesus said - Woe
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unto you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
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There uses the word, hypocrites,
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again. It's the equivalent of saying -
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I know you guys; you're just a bunch of stage actors.
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You're only performing religiously
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because people are watching
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and Jesus continues to say
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and for a pretense make long prayers.
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In other words, their prayers
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They were just carrying on and carrying on
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and long, long prayers
because people were watching
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and people were listening.
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It was all an act. That's what
the word hypocrites means.
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Then we come to Matthew 23:15,
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and it says - Woe unto you, scribes
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and pharisees - hypocrites.
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There it is again. It's the equivalent to saying,
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I know who you guys are.
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You're just a bunch of actors. You're insincere.
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You're a bogus. You're just performing religiously
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because people are watching
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and Jesus continues to say - For you compass, sea
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and land to make one proselyte.
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And when he is made, you make
him twofold, more the child
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of hell than you are yourself: ay.yi.yi.
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Then you come to Matthew 23:23:
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and Jesus says - Woe into you, scribes
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and pharisees, hypocrites - there it is again.
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You're just a bunch of phony actors.
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You don't mean a word of
what you're doing or saying.
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And then he says, for you pay tithe the mint and anise
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and cummin, but have omitted the weightier matters
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of the law - judgment, mercy and faith.
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These ought ye to have done
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and not to have left the other undone.
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Or they were really
involved in giving offerings
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that people could see and
people would talk about,
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but the weightier matters
of the law having to do
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with judgment and mercy
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and faith, those were
invisible things of the heart.
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They were just involved
in doing those things
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that would cause people to
watch and to applaud them.
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And that's why Jesus called them actors.
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You're just performing for
those that are watching.
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Then you come to Matthew 23:25-26,
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and Jesus says - Wow unto you scribes
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and Pharisees, hypocrites!
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Boy, I'm quite sure that Jesus
was not winning any points
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with the scribes and Pharisees,
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but it was the equivalent of saying, Hey,
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I've been to the theater.
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I've seen guys like you. You
guys are completely bogus.
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This is just pretend. You are phony as can be.
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You're just a bunch of
stage actors carrying on
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because people are watching.
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And then Jesus says, for
you may clean the outside
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of the cup and of the platter,
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but within they're full
of extortion and excess.
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Or Jesus says, you're
just doing outward things.
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You're not dealing with the
deeper issues of the heart.
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You're just doing outward things
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because people are watching.
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And then he says in verse 26 -
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Thou blind Pharisees, cleanse first
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that which is within the cup and platter
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and the outside of them may be clean
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also. Deal with the heart.
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You guys are just dealing
with the externals.
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They weren't real in aligning their
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lives to the word of God.
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Then you come to Matthew 23:27-28,
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and again, Jesus says - Woe unto you, scribes
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and Pharisees, hypocrites!
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There it is again - For ye are like unto whited sepulchers
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which indeed appear beautiful outwardly.
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Again, it's all outward. It's not inward.
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You're not sincere. You've
not really given God's word
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the final say so in your life; you're just carrying on
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because people are watching.
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and Jesus say - Woe unto you, scribes
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and Pharisees, hypocrites - stage actors -
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Because you build the tombs of the prophets
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and garnish the sepulchers of the righteous.
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The word garnish has to do with outward activity.
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Again, it's all outward activity.
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And because they weren't sincere
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and they hadn't really given
God's word, the final says
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to win their life, but
they were just performing
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because people were watching.
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Jesus said 7-times, hypocrites, hypocrites, hypocrites,
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hypocrites, hypocrites,
hypocrites, hypocrites.
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You're just a bunch of phony actors.
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But my friends, when we do the
word of God from our heart,
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when we obey it
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because we've given it the
final say so in our life,
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there's nothing hypocritical about that.
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That's the real deal.
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And this is what Paul said to Timothy:
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in 2 Timothy 1:5, Paul said -
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When I call to remembrance,
it's the unfeigned faith
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that is in you.
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Unfeigned faith, unfeigned faith.
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Unfeigned, is the Greek word, 'a'
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with the word hupokrinomai: the 'a' has a canceling force,
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and the word, hupokrinomai, is the word for a stage actor.
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But when you put these 2-words together, describes those
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who perform sincerely, sincerely -
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or those that are the real deal.
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There's no play acting,
there's no pretense.
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They are sincere or they
are without hypocrisy.
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And Paul says to Timothy -
I know one thing about you.
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I know one thing about your
mother and your grandmother.
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All of you had an unfeigned faith.
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There was nothing fake or phony about you.
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You did it all from the heart.
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You were doing your best to
give God's word, the final say
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so in your life.
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And friend, we don't want to be insignificant in the kingdom
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of heaven, and we don't want to be called hypocrites.
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So my friends, we need to
have an unfeigned faith.
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We need to really give
God's word, the final say
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so in our life and align our will under it,
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and determine we're going to obey it,
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and that will make us the real deal.
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I'll be back in just a moment
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You're helping us
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to do our part in fulfilling the Great Commission,
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to take the gospel
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and the teaching of God's
word to the ends of the earth.
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And one major focus of
mine has been the RIV,
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which is the Renner Interpretive Version
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of the New Testament.
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To do a new interpretation of
the New Testament takes reams
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of hours: literally thousands of hours of studying
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and studying and studying
the original language
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of the New Testament, and
then figuring out a way
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to express it in words which
people understand today,
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and to bring all the flavor
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and all the nuances
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of those Greek words into an up-to-date interpretation.
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That's the RIV.
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And I wanna say thank you for your gifts.
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Because of what you give,
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it allows us to focus on
the teaching of the Bible
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and to take the teaching of the Bible
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to the ends of the earth.
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And what you are doing is
really making a difference.
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And if you're listening to me today
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and you're not a partner yet,
I invite you to become a part
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of our Partner Family.
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Our partners really are a family to us,
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and together we are making a
difference in people's lives.
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So if you're a partner, I say thank you,
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and if you're not a partner yet, I invite you today
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to join us as we take the wonderful teaching of the Bible
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to the ends of the earth.
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Well, I just wrapped up my series called - What Jesus Said
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About The Final Say-So Of God's Word.
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I've been doing my best to give God's word the final say.
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So in my life since the time I was a child,
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I haven't done it perfectly.
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I doubt that you have either,
but we're all trying our best
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and my friends, we have
to know what God says.
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We've gotta give God's word,
the final say so in our life
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and align ourself in obedience to it.
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That is what releases power to change us.
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And when we're doing it sincerely
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and giving it our best, it
removes us from the realm
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of the insignificant,
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and it removes us from
the realm of hypocrisy.
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This is really important
for us to understand.
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But this series comes with a study guide,
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and today is the last day that I'm mentioning
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to you the book by Kenneth E. Hagin,
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which is called - The Authority of the Believer.
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It is such a powerful book, and today is the last day
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we're offering to you a beautifully designed sheet of paper
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with confessions
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and declarations about the power of God's word in your life.
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And I want you to have it,
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and you can get yours by going
online and downloading it,
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or you can reach out to
us by calling us about all
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of these various resources.
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And when you do, let us
know how to pray for you,
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and I'm gonna pray for you right now.
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Father, we do not wanna
be called insignificant,
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nor do we ever want you
to call us hypocrites.
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So Lord, help us to give
your word the final say
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so in our life, to
align ourselves under it
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and to find a way to do it.
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And Lord, we pray that as
we do, it will release power
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to change our lives.
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We make the decision to do it in Jesus name -
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Amen. Well, I have really enjoyed this week with you,
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and I want to say thank
you for being with me
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and I'll see you in the next program.
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But remember, Ecclesiastes 8:4 says,
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"Where the word of a king is, there is power."
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Hey friends, this is Rick Renner, and Denise
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and I are coming to the United
States for a brief trip,
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and we want to invite you to come to some
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of our meetings. On Sunday, April 19th,
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we'll be ministering at Vertical Church in West Haven,
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Connecticut with Pastors Ken and Kathy Vance.
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Then on Wednesday - Sunday, April 22nd-26th,
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I'll be speaking at Perry Stone's -
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Wonderful 2026 Prophetic Summit - in
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Cleveland, Tennessee.
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Then on Sunday, May 3rd,
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I'll be speaking at Resurrection Life in Grandville,
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Michigan with Pastors Duane and Jeanie Vander Klok.
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Friend, if you can come to any of these meetings, Denise
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and I would just be so thrilled to see you,
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but please go online
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or give us a call to make
sure none of the dates
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or times have changed.
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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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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.