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Get ready for a teaching
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and your mind, where the word is the anchor in
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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
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and a mission that touches the world.
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Let's join Rick Renner.
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Welcome to today's program, my friend.
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It's the last day of the
week for the broadcast.
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It has gone so fast this
week as we've been looking at
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What Jesus Said About Being Judgmental.
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We've been teaching everything Jesus really said
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touching the subject.
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You know, there's a big
difference between judging
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and being judgmental.
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Judging is just a component of life
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and you have to be able to
judge things, to be able
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to be successful and to
be protected in life.
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But we're never called to be judgmental.
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This series is what Jesus
said about being judgmental.
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It's five parts, comes with
a wonderful study guide,
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and this is the last day this
week I'm mentioning it to you.
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Everything in this series
is also in this study guide.
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We work hard on these study guides
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because I want you to be able
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to see the information
while you are hearing
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or seeing the series.
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Because when you hear and see
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and read at the same time,
it's just a scientific fact
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that it really causes the
revelation to get down deep
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inside you.
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And today is the last day.
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This week I'm mentioning Denise's book,
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which is called, Unstoppable.
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You know, my wife is an unstoppable force,
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but she wasn't always that way.
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Earlier in life, Denise was really affected by the judgments
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and by the opinions of others.
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But she learned how to break free
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and she became Unstoppable.
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And if you wanna be an
unstoppable force, you need
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to read Unstoppable
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and maybe it would be a
great gift for you to give
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to someone else.
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But if you wanna know more
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would you please go online to our website?
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And by the way, there's
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There's so much material which
we have prepared for you.
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Proverbs 10:21 says, The lips of the righteous feed many.
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And we really believe it is our God-given assignment
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to put the meat and potatoes
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and to help you to walk into the fullness
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of the wonderful word of God.
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I believe that. But hey, reach for your Bible. Today,
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we're gonna be going to some very important verses
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and we're dealing with the consequences
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of being judgemental.
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Get a piece of paper, get something to write with.
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But I have to return to the question, What is the difference
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between judging and being judgemental?
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Now, if you say, Rick,
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you've covered this every
day this week, you're right.
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And I'm gonna cover it again today
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because I want it to really sink in.
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Sometimes you gotta hear
something again and again
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before you get it.
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So listen to this.
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What does it mean to judge? The word judge, pictures,
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discernment, perception or evaluation.
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It involves forming a decision
or opinion about something
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or someone, particularly
after careful consideration.
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In other words, this is
not rushing to judgment.
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This is really coming to an
evaluation of a situation
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after pondering it for a long time.
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That's what judging is.
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Judgment is an essential skill for decision making,
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navigating complex decisions, making informed choices,
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and gaining insight into oneself and the world at large.
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Maintaining a healthy
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and balanced sense of judgment is crucial
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for personal development, achieving success, avoiding danger
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and fostering meaningful relationships.
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Without such judgment, life would be fraught
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with tragic events,
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but healthy judgment is vital
for a balanced, fulfilling,
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and secure life.
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Judgment is essential in all of our lives,
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but we're never called to be judgemental.
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So what does it mean to be judgemental?
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Being judgmental involves viewing others in a negative light
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and often using derogatory
language to describe them
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and quickly forming opinions
based on superficial
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observations or limited evidence.
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A judgmental individual tends
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to develop opinions about many people
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and usually those opinions
are harsh and critical
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and is often based on exteriors
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or insufficient knowledge of
the other person or group.
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This attitude usually stems from the belief
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that one's own opinions
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and values are right while others are deemed bad or wrong,
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and it leads to a sense of
superiority over others.
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But individuals with a good sense
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of judgment are typically not
regarded as being judgemental.
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Now I want us to return to Matthew 5:21
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and review what we covered yesterday.
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And the reason we're going to review it is
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because it is so very important.
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Then we're gonna move on.
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So when you come to Matthew 5:21,
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Jesus said, Ye have heard that it was said by them
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of old time, thou shall not kill.
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And as we saw yesterday,
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the word kill in Greek is the word phoneuo.
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It really means to kill or to slaughter.
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It denotes murder
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and it refers to the breaking of the 6th Commandment
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of the 10 Commandments, which is thou shalt not kill,
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which really means thou shalt not murder.
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So Jesus here is talking about murder,
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and Jesus says, thou shalt not kill.
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A better translation would
be thou shalt not murder.
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And whosoever shall kill
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or whosoever shall murder shall be in
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danger of the judgment.
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The word danger means
will be legally liable
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of the judgment.
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And the word judgment in
Greek is the word krisis.
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It's where we get the English word crisis.
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It means they're gonna
be dragged into court
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where they're going to suffer
the verdict of the court
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and the jury and it will be an
unimaginable crisis in their
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life with legal ramifications.
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And we understand that is
what happens to someone
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who commits murder.
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But then in Matthew 5:22,
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Jesus adds something important.
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He says, but I say unto you. And the word
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but, is the little Greek word - de.
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It's a particle and it means however.
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And here Jesus is dramatizing a point -
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However I say unto you. I say, in Greek, is
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ego lego means, I,
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you would use it if
you're really gonna draw
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attention to yourself.
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Me, this is me speaking, I say. The word, lego means,
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I say, but when you use ego
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and lego together, it literally means, now hear me,
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I am speaking to you.
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And Jesus is authoritatively
lifting his voice
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to make a very powerful statement.
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And here it is, verse 22.
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But I saying to you that whosoever is angry with his brother
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and the King James versions says, without a cause,
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those three words do not
appear in the original Greek.
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The Greek simply says
that whosoever is angry
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with his brother shall be
in danger of the judgment.
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And the word whosoever is the Greek word pas, p-a-s.
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It is all inclusive.
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It leaves no one out, which
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what Jesus is saying in this verse.
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Everyone - is what it means.
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Everyone who is angry with his brother.
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This word, angry, is not just a person who's a little
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perturbed, but it's a form of the Greek word, orgidzo.
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And it means the one being angry
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and it pictures angry, exasperation or rage,
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rage. It denotes one that is bent out of shape.
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He's all twisted and actually wrathful.
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And this verse says, with his brother,
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shall be in danger of the judgment.
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And the word danger, again means he will be legally liable
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of the judgment.
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And the word judgment again is the word krisis.
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And here we just find the law of sowing
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and reaping that what you sow to others is
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what you're gonna reap in your own life.
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What you do to others is what's going to be done to you.
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What you dish out
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to others is what's gonna
be dished back to you.
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And Jesus says, you better
be careful with your rage
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because the rage you have
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for others is the rage you're
going to receive from others.
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My friends, you need to really put a pause on yourself when
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you are tempted to be emotionally out of control.
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And then Jesus says in verse 22 -
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And whosoever shall say to his brother, raca,
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shall be in danger of the council.
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And we looked at this yesterday, I want us
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to look at it again. The word raca:
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maybe you've read this in Matthew 5:22, you thought,
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what in the world does that mean?
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Well, it is a Syriac word
which expresses great contempt
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or injurious language. Essentially, this word
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raca, means to call someone brainless, empty headed,
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good for nothing, stupid with no sense
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or worthless,
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or it depicts abusive speech of any kind.
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And by using this word, raca,
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Jesus is illustrating the gravity
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of evil speech, abusive
contemptuous speech.
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And he's saying that when you
use bad speech calling other
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people by names, you're
also murdering them.
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It's not physical murder
which is done on the outside,
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but it's internal murder from
your heart with your words.
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You're committing character
assassination of that person.
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He's really elevating the 6th Commandment.
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Not just from a physical act, but to a verbal act.
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It is character assassination.
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And very quickly yesterday I
covered something which in the
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Hebrew Jewish world is called, lashon hara.
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And this is very important. It
was well known in Jesus' day.
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And really this is what Jesus
is referring to in this verse.
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It describes speaking ill of
someone with the intention
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of negatively affecting
that person's reputation.
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It is making a false
accusation against someone
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that stains his reputation.
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It is publicly humiliating
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another person. That is lashon hara.
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An Orthodox Rabbi Joseph
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Telushkin, wrote about this in his wonderful book
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that I highly recommend called
A Code of Jewish Ethics.
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And here's what he said.
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We often speak, lashon hara when we are angry at someone
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and we want to do damage
to that person's good name.
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Understandable as a desire
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for vengeance may be, Jewish
law counsels those of us
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who have a grievance against someone
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to confront him directly
rather than go about
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speaking ill of him.
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Many of us, however, lack
the courage to do so.
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Instead, we take revenge
by denigrating the person
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and thereby diminishing
the person's reputation.
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Lashon hara, often it us incalculable damage
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to the good name of the
person being discussed.
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Unlike a physical injury
where the full extent
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of the trauma is usually obvious, lashon
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hara is likely to be repeated by those who hear it
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and they in turn tell it to others,
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thereby causing an ever
expanding circle of harm.
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And even if the speaker eventually regrets
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that damage he's done to
his victim's reputation,
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it is usually impossible to
undo it by getting in touch
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with all the people who
heard the negative report.
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That is Rabbi Joseph Telushkin.
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We're talking about character assassination with our words:
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a verbal smear.
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And my friends this evil called
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lashon hara is abusive speech, malicious gossip,
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the spreading of lies, character, assassination.
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And it is devastating
in its effects not only
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to individuals,
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but it also can be devastating
to entire groups of people.
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When you categorize a
whole group of people
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and just judge the whole group with a
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judgmental damnation. My friends,
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we should not be guilty of this.
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And in fact, Matthew 5:22 goes on to say
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that if you do this, you're gonna be in
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danger of the counsel.
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The word danger means legally liable.
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And the word counsel is really the Greek word for the
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Sanhedrin, which was a group of 71 or 72 spiritual leaders.
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And my friends, when they gave a public damnation
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of someone, it was serious.
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But here we find
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that when you issue horrible
words about somebody else in
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the court of public opinion,
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people are gonna develop bad views of you.
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You're gonna be judged by
the court of public opinion.
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That's really what Jesus is saying.
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And then he adds in verse 22 -
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But whosoever shall say,
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thou fool shall be in danger of hell
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fire. The word fools, the Greek word moros.
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the word moros means blockhead, dumb wit,
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fool, idiot, moron.
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Are you guilty of using those words?
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You should not use those words.
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Those should not be
words found in the mouth
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of a sincere believer.
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Jesus says, if you use
those words, you're going
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to be in danger of hell fire.
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You say, wait a minute,
does that mean I'm gonna go
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to hell if I called somebody a moron?
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No, it doesn't mean that. Hell fire in Greek refers
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to the burning flames of Gehenna, which is a reference
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to the Valley of Hinnom, which
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by New Testament times was a
place where garbage was dumped
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and burned and thus what is
judged by men to be garbage.
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Which means when you go
around talking bad about other
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people, people begin to see who you are.
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They say there's the garbage mouth,
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here comes the garbage mouth.
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It will really ruin who
you are in the court
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of public opinion.
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And then Jesus says in Matthew 5:23 -
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Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar
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and there remembrance
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thy brother hath ought against thee.
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The word, remembrance, is a form of the Greek word
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for a grave, something
that has been buried,
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it's covered. But it's also the same Greek word
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for a statue, a monument or a memorial.
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And here we see a picture
of a person who's come
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to the altar, they're bringing a gift: in Greek,
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it is, to duron.
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It's a very significant gift.
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They've come to the altar,
a place of great sacrifice.
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So this is a person doing a good thing,
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they're bringing a big
gift, a sacrificial gift.
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They come to the altar
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and suddenly while they're there, they remember something.
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The Holy Spirit reminds them
of something they buried.
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The word remembers, describes a grave,
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something they shouldn't have buried,
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something they didn't take care of.
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They just let it go.
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But suddenly the Holy
Spirit puts it in front
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of them like something on a pedestal,
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like a statue or a monument.
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Now they're seeing it, they're
reminded of it supernaturally:
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somebody they've done something against,
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a judgmental attitude they've
had against somebody else.
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And now that other person
has a grievance against you.
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If the Holy Spirit reminds you of somebody
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that has ought against you,
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and the word against is the Greek word kata:
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it means they've really
got a strike against you.
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They've got something against you.
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He says, leave there thy gift before the alter,
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go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother
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and then come and offer thy gift.
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And when it says go thy way,
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it is actually the Greek word, hupage.
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It's a very strange word.
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It's a compound of the word hupo,
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which means under: the word ago, which means I lead.
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But when you compound the two words together,
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the word hup ago literally means to go under the impression
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or under the leading that you're receiving at that moment.
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So here's a picture of you.
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You're worshiping God,
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you're bringing your gift to the altar.
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It is a great sacrifice. You're really doing a great thing.
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And suddenly while you're there, the Holy Spirit reminds you
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of someone that you've had a judgmental attitude toward,
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and now they have something against you.
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And according to Jesus, you're
to leave where you are, stop
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what you're doing, follow
the impression which you are
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receiving, the leading you're
receiving at that moment,
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and go to your brethren and be reconciled.
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And the word reconciled, the Greek word,
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diallasso, describes a going back
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and forth, something that's
complete and very thorough.
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The word allasso means a change.
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But when you compound the two words together,
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it is a complete
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and thorough change, a willingness to go back and forth
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and go back and forth
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until finally you have
achieved a reconciliation.
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And then in Matthew 5:24, Jesus says - Then come
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and offer your gift.
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And verse 25 then importantly says - Agree
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with your adversary quickly while you are
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in the way with him.
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Lest at any time the adversary
deliver the to the judge
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and the judge deliver the to the officer
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and thou be cast into prison.
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What in the world is Jesus talking about?
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Well, the word agree in Greek actually means - be agreeing.
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Be agreeing with your adversary.
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And the word adversary is the Greek word antidikos.
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It's one who has evidence against you.
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It's the person that you've judged.
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It's the person that you've heard; they have a
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case against you.
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And in fact, this word adversary, the Greek word antidikos,
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is used for a lawyer who argues in a court of law
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and specifically a prosecuting attorney.
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He has evidence against you.
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And the Bible says, if you
had done something wrong
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to somebody, don't go and
try to defend yourself.
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Just be agreeing, I did wrong.
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Arguing with him is not
gonna make it better.
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Sometimes you just need to say, you're right, I was wrong.
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And Jesus says, be agreeing with the one
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that has something against
you and do it quickly.
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The word quickly means as fast
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as you possibly can while
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It means while you're with him, while you're talking to him,
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when you are together, lest at any time the adversary,
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the one who has something
against you, delivers you
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to the judge and the judge
deliver you to the officer
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and that'll be cast into prison.
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The word judge could
describe a judge or a jury.
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The word officer describes
the one who has the power
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to carry out the verdict.
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The word prison, the Greek word, phulake.
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It describes a holding tank.
And here's what we find out.
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Just like you categorize somebody else
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and put them in your opinionated prison, if you don't go
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to them, and if you do not quickly agree with him
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that you were wrong, you're gonna be the one
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ending up in prison.
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People are then gonna have a
judgmental attitude of you.
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A verdict is gonna be
carried out against you.
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And according to chapter 5:26, Jesus said,
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verily I say to you, thou shalt by no
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means come out thence
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till thou has paid the utmost farthing.
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And the word farthing is a
Greek word which describes the
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smallest Roman bronze coin in circulation
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during the 1st Century.
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It was so tiny it was worth one 64th
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of a denarius. My
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friends, we're talking about just a pittance,
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but we find that when you've done wrong
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and you refuse to make
it right, you're the one
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that ends up paying.
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That is the consequence
of being judgemental.
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And rather than reap that
consequence, it's better
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for you just to go to the
one that you've hurt, the one
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that you've harmed and say, you know
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what I did was really wrong.
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My opinion of you was incorrect. I disagree with you.
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Don't argue and defend yourself.
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Just do whatever you have
to do as quick as possible
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to get it right and then come back
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and offer your gift to the Lord
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and he will receive you with open arms.
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Wow. Do you see how important this is?
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I'll be back in just a moment, and I want to pray
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for you.
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When you carry a judgmental attitude,
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it locks the people you
are judging into a certain
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category in your mind.
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And this can make it difficult
for you to let them change.
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However, a certain level of
healthy judgment is also vital
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What Jesus Said About Being Judgmental
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and the book, Unstoppable.
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Hey, this is Rick Renner
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and I'm standing inside the Partner Care
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Department of our ministry.
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And this is where the action takes place.
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Thousands of phone calls every day
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and every month come into
this place from people
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reaching out to us.
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And this is my precious
mother who is in heaven
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and she established this
part of the ministry.
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But these are the
principles we are dedicated
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to:
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To feed the entire flock God has brought to this ministry -
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To strengthen those who are dis-eased in any area
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of their lives - To bring healing to those in need of
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any type of healing - To bind up those
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who are broken in any area of their lives -
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To bring back those that have been driven away -
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To reach the lost and to take the gospel
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and the trusted teaching of the Bible to the ends
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of the earth - To shepherd the flock that God has caused
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to hear the voice of this ministry
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and to help them grow in their relationship with Christ
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and become powerful Bible-based believers equipped
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for these last days -
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And, To thank and minister
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to partners whose sacrificial gifts have enabled this
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ministry to fulfill its call around the world.
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And we are very committed to these principles.
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And if you're a partner, you know we're very
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serious about that.
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But hey, right now we're trying to pay off this facility.
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So would you please become a part
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of the Ministry Expansion Giving Team
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so we can pay off this facility
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and then keep taking the gospel to the ends of the earth.
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And my friends, together we can do this.
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And I want to say thank you so much.
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Well, I just wrapped up my series,
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which is called What Jesus Said About Being
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Judgemental.
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Wow. This will really make you take a good look at your
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heart and to see if you've been judgmental as someone else.
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And Jesus tells us what to do if we've been judgmental, how
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to make it right.
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And that's what we've
seen in today's program.
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But the whole series is 5-parts
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and it is called What Jesus Said About Being Judgmental
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and it comes with a marvelous study guide.
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And today is the last day this week
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that I'm gonna tell you about Denise's book,
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which is called - Unstoppable.
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And if you feel like you've been stopped dead in your tracks
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by someone's judgment of you,
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you can break free like Denise did.
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And she tells her story in this book,
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Unstoppable - my friends, God wants you
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to be an unstoppable force.
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You need to break free of other people's opinions of you.
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But you can find out about
all of these resources
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by going online or by calling us.
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And please, please remember, we wanna pray for you.
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We're waiting to hear from you right now.
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Just send us an email or
ring the number on the screen
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and when the phone rings
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or when your email shows up,
we're gonna release our faith.
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We are gonna furiously, passionately pray for you in faith,
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and Jesus is really gonna
do what needs to be done.
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And you're gonna be so glad
you reached out for prayer,
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but I wanna pray for you now.
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Father, thank you that
you instruct us about
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what we need to do
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if you remind us that we've been judgmental of someone else.
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Help us to take the proper steps to make things right -
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in Jesus' name - Amen. I'll see you in the next program.
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But remember Ecclesiastes 8:4 says, "Where the word
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of a king is, there is power."
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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,
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I repent of my sin and receive you as my Savior
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and Lord. Wash away my sin
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and make me completely new.
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I thank you that my sin is removed
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and Satan no longer has any
right to lay claim on me.
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I faithfully promise that
I will serve you as my Lord
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for the rest of my life
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Amen. If you just prayed
the prayer of salvation
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with us, would you please let us know by going
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to renner.org/salvation? We would love to connect with you.
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This program was made possible by the giving
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of the God called partners of Renner Ministries.