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Get ready for a teaching
that feeds your spirit
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where the word is the
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We keep it simple,
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Let's join Rick Renner.
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Welcome to today's program.
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My name is Rick Renner
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and my friends, I wanna say thank you
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that you have made time
to be with me today.
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And let me come right into your space.
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I know that your time is very valuable
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and I want to make sure
we use this time wisely.
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So we're gonna dive right into the word.
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But I want to remind you that
I'm teaching a new series,
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which is called What Jesus Said About Getting a Grip
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on Tour Mouth.
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We all need to know that.
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And this five part series,
which comes in all kinds
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of formats, also comes with a study guide
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so you can read all the
material while you are seeing
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or hearing the series.
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I really want this material
to get down deep inside you so
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that you'll know how to
get a grip on your mouth.
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And I wanna tell you about
Joyce Meyers book called
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Power Words.
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The subtitle says What you
say can change your life.
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And that is what we're
seeing in this series.
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What you say has the
power to change your life.
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And that's why Joyce's
book is called Power Words.
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It is such a great book.
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It'll tell you what you
should say, it'll tell you
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what you should not say.
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It is so practical.
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And by the way, Joyce is
one of our dearest friends.
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But anyway, if you wanna
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And I really sincerely tell you
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that we want to pray for you.
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If you'll call that number, we're waiting to take your call.
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We love to receive your call and to pray for you.
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And we believe praying for you is one
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And so if you'll reach out to us
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And when we hear from you, we're gonna pray
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and Jesus is really gonna do something
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wonderful in your life.
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You know, Proverbs 10:21 says, The lips
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of the righteous feed many.
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That's my verse.
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I know God has called me
to feed the word of God
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to people all over the world.
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But reach for your Bible.
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We always use the Bible in this program.
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We believe in the Bible,
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and we believe the Bible is
the answer for all problems.
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And today we're gonna see about how
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to get a grip on your mouth.
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But today's teaching is called - Think
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Before you Open Your Mouth.
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Well, that will already
save you a world of trouble.
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But I wanna go back to these
verses that I have referred
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to in the two previous
programs from Proverbs.
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Proverbs 18:7 says -
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A fool's mouth is his ruin
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and his lips are snare to his soul.
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When you just spout off
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and say something, my friends,
it's a snare to your soul,
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you get yourself in trouble.
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Proverbs 18:21 says - Death
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and life are in the power of the tongue.
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And they that love is shall
eat the fruit thereof.
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It means you need to be
careful about what you say
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because what you say is
going to become your reality.
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You're gonna end up eating it.
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So rather than speaking a bunch
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of negative death
permeated words, you need
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to think about what you're speaking.
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Are you speaking death filled
words or life filled words?
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Because what comes out of your mouth is
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what you're gonna end
up eating in your life.
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Proverbs 21:23 says, Whoso keeps his mouth
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and his tongue keeps
his soul from troubles?
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And that is the truth.
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If you'll just zip your lips
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and not spout off too fast,
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you can save yourself
from a lot of trouble.
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Most people get in trouble because they speak too quickly.
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Or how about Proverbs 29:20.
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It says - Do you see a man
that is hasty in his word -
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just spouting off, piping off,
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saying whatever comes through his mind?
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He has no filter -
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there's more hope for a fool than for him.
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These are really powerful
verses about getting a grip
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on your mouth.
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And I'm trying to help you,
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I'm trying to help you. Now in James 1:9, we find
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what I believe is great help.
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James says, wherefore my beloved brethren,
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let every man be swift to hear,
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slow to speak, slow to wrath.
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Now, you might say, now, brother Rick,
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you've already covered this
in the two previous programs.
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Well, I'm gonna cover it again today.
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You need to hear it and
hear it and hear it.
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I'm gonna cover it very quickly,
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but I want you to really get it.
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It says, let every man, every
man in Greek means every man.
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It is all inclusive. So you
can put your name right there.
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Let every man - just put your name there,
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whatever your name is; if it's James, if it's John,
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if it's Betty, that's your name -
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let every man be swift to hear.
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The word swift, the Greek word, tachus, as I've told you,
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it describes a runner who's
running as fast as he can.
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He is so committed to reach
the finish line first,
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that he is putting all
distractions out of his mind
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so he can really focus on
what is in front of him.
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And by using this word swiftly, the Greek word tachus,
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it means that when somebody
is communicating to you,
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you're really not going to hear them
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unless you make a commitment to hear.
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You've gotta put
everything outta your mind,
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all the distractions,
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and really focus on what is being said.
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The word, hear, a form of the Greek word akouo, it's
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where we get the word acoustics,
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but it doesn't just mean to
hear, it means comprehending
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what is being communicated to you.
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And as I told you in the
two previous episodes,
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if somebody is speaking to you
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and you don't get what
they are saying, ask
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for clarification.
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Just today I received an email
that made no sense to me,
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but rather than pretend that
I understood it, I said,
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you know what, can you
please restate that I,
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I do not understand what
you just said to me.
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So they re clarified, they restated it,
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and finally I got it.
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Well, you know what it means.
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There's gonna be no confusion
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because I asked for clarification.
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I wanted to really understand
what was being communicated.
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And it's a great mistake just
to act like you understand
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when you don't. You need to be swift to hear. That word,
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swift means put all distractions out of your mind.
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And if you're thinking about somebody,
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what you're gonna say when
that person stops talking,
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or if you're thinking about something else
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and not really listening,
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then you're not gonna hear
what's being communicated.
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You're not gonna comprehend it.
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You've gotta put all distractions aside.
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You've gotta really focus
on what's being said.
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You gotta really hear until
you finally comprehend
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what is being communicated to you.
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And then James says, be slow
to speak, slow to wrath.
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The word slow is used twice in this verse.
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And in both cases it is the Greek word bradus.
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And bradus is a word which refers to somebody
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that is dull, sluggish, slow,
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or somebody who has some kind of a mental
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or speech handicap.
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They just can't seem to think
as fast or to speak as fast.
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They're dull, they're
slow, they're sluggish.
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And James says, when it comes to you speaking -
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and the word speak is the word, lalesai.
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It's a form of the word, laleo, which means to chatter,
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to talk, to communicate - before you quickly respond
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and you just want to chatter and chatter and chatter
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and really speak your mind
about what somebody just said,
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it's better to slow down - slow down.
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You need to be slow when
it comes to responding.
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And in fact, the Book of
Proverbs says that you need
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to study to answer.
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I love that verse
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because I found myself in
so many positions in life
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when I needed to really
think about what I was going
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to say I needed to study to answer,
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how do I want to answer that?
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And it's all right for you to say,
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would you please gimme a
few minutes to think about
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how I want to answer that question?
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Would you please gimme some
time? Let's have a timeout.
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So I really think about
how I should respond to
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what you've just said
rather than spout off
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and get yourself into
trouble, zip your lips
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and think before you speak.
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But he goes on to say, be slow to wrath.
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The word slow again means to be slow, sluggish, dull,
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to have a handicap.
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When it comes to wrath, the word wrath
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or Greek word orge, which really describes somebody
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that's all twisted or bent outta shape.
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If you find you're getting all twisted
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and bent outta shape over something that is not a great time
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for you to speak; that is a time for you to put a lid on it
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because you're probably going
to say something twisted
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and bent outta shape.
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And in fact, the RIV of James 1:19
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could be interpreted like this -
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and this is from the Renner Interpretive Version.
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You can find this very interpretation in my volume
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of the RIV, the Renner Interpretive Version
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of James and Jude.
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But here it is - But understand my dearly beloved brothers
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that every one of you needs
to swiftly run to hear,
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attend to, and comprehend
what's being communicated.
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You need to zip your lips,
put a lid on your mouth
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and learn to slow down in
expressing your opinions.
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You also need to intentionally
put on the brakes
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to stop blowing your cool so easily.
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Now that's a verse for me
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and that's a verse for
you; take it to heart.
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But hey, let's go further in
James, since we're in James,
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let's go over to chapter 5:12.
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And actually when you come to James 5:12,
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James is quoting Jesus who was his half brother,
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his elder brother.
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The reason I call him half brother is
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because James' father was Joseph, but Jesus' father was God.
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They had the same mother, but they
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didn't have the same father.
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But in James 5:12, James quotes Jesus
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and he says - that above all things, my brethren, swear not
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neither by heaven, neither
by the earth, neither
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by any other oath, but that your yay be yay
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and your nay, nay,
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lest you fall into condemnnation.
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The word fall is a form
of the Greek word pipto.
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It means I fall.
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However, in the New Testament,
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it often denotes a tragic falling
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or some type of failure.
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It denotes a downward plummet
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or one who falls into
a terrible predicament
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or one who falls into a worse
state than he was in before.
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It pictures someone who falls
into some kind of failure
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and nearly always denotes a falling
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with tragic consequences.
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That's what this word, fall means.
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The word into is actually
the Greek word hupo.
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It means under it doesn't
mean into a better
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translation would be under.
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He tragically falls under condemnation
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and listen to the word condemnation in Greek; this is it.
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In Greek,
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the word, condemnation, is pronounced krisis.
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It's where we get the English word crisis
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and it denotes a legal decision made by a legal court,
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a court degree, or a legal
procedure at the court,
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or a verdict delivered by the court
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that results in judgment and condemnation.
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This first states that
we are going to be judged
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by the oaths or words we speak.
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And for those who easily make
oaths that they cannot keep,
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it will lead to the
greatest crisis imaginable
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as their personal character
is called into question
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or they're dragged into court
when evidence is presented
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that they failed to keep
their promise or their oath.
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Hmm, this is such a damning moment
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that the word krisis in Greek is
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where we get the English word crisis.
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this word also describes one that is being judged by others.
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That's a crisis.
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It can depict a self-inflicted judgment.
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It pictures one who makes matters worse
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and creates a worse crisis.
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It speaks of self-inflicted troubles
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that could have been avoided
entirely by never swearing
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or rashly making and oath.
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And the RIV of James 5:
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12, interprets it like this - hold on.
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But my dearest and most
cherished brothers, it is
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of paramount importance
that first foremost
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and above all else, you do
not engage in squaring an oath
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of any kind, neither by
heaven nor by the earth,
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and all that's related to it,
nor by any other kind of oath.
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Instead of making all these
kinds of oaths, you need
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to make it your aim to
simply let your yes be yes
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and your no be no
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so that you will not tragically fall
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underneath a weight of
judgment that has the ability
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to produce a serious crisis in your life.
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That's powerful and that is helpful.
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But let's go back to what
Jesus said about making oaths
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and speaking recklessly and rationally.
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But we gotta go back to Leviticus 5:4
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& 5 because this really gives us the foundation for
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what Jesus is going to say.
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And Leviticus 5:4 & 5 says -
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Or if anyone utters with his lips, our rash oath -
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he speaks rashly,
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he speaks recklessly - to do evil or to do good,
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there are oaths to do good.
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You make a promise to do something,
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but you don't really think about it
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before you make the promise
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or you say, I swear I'm
gonna get after that person.
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I'm gonna get that person.
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So you're swearing to do good
or you're swearing to do evil
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or any other sort of rash
oath that people swear
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and it's hidden from him
and he comes to know it
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and realizes his guilt in any of these things
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verse 5: and it shall be when he is guilty
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and one of those things
that he shall confess
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that he has sinned in that thing.
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Which means - if you make a promise impetuously
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before you've really thought about it,
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and then the moment comes
when it's time for you to pay
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to do what you said you'd do,
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and you don't want to do it
now you're going to back up.
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You're gonna have to apologize.
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It would've been better
for you to zip your lips
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and to think before you speak.
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Now you've put yourself into a position
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where you've gotta break your
promise that's embarrassing.
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You need to apologize.
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All of it could have been avoided if you had been thinking
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before you spoke.
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Now we're gonna go back to my Matthew 5:33 to
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'What Jesus Said About Getting A Grip on Your Mouth'.
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And in Matthew 5:33, we're building on
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what we started yesterday,
Jesus said again, you've heard
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that have been said of them of old time - thou shalt not
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forswear but shall perform unto the Lord thy
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and oaths. Again the word, not, the Greek word ouk.
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It is the strongest form of know
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or not in the Greek language,
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which means Jesus is speaking categorically,
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emphatically - you shall not forswear.
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And the word forswear, the Greek word, epiorkeo - a form
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of the word epi
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and orkoscompounded: the word epi is used as an intensifier.
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The word orkos describes offense
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or a limitation, which means when you make an oath
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or you for swear, you're doing something
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that's gonna fence you in, it's going to limit you.
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It's gonna lock you into a position,
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which means when you rashly make an oath
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or make a commitment or a promise,
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you're locking yourself in.
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So you better be sure it's
what you really want to do.
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Because an oath is that serious.
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And that's why Jesus says emphatically,
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categorically, do not do it.
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But he says, if you do it,
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you shall perform unto the Lord thine oath.
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And the word, perform, is the Greek word
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or form of the Greek word,
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apodidomi. The word apo, means back.
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The word didomi, means I give you.
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Compoundes together means you gotta pay,
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you gotta pay back.
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You gotta do what you said you would do,
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your oaths unto the Lord.
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And the word oath is the word horkos,
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which again describes
something that is a boundary.
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It binds you in, it locks
you in it fences you in.
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And thus Jesus says in this verse
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that making such oaths should be completely avoided.
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And in fact, in verse 34, Jesus continues and said
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But I say unto you, swear not at all, neither by heaven,
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for it is God's throne.
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The word swear here is the word omnuo,
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and it's a little different.
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It means there promised with
an oath or to take an oath
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or to swear by an oath, it pictures a rash
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or threatening oath
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or one who is swearing that he is going
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to take matters into his own hands.
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Now, this doesn't mean that you can't make any kind
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of oath at all, but really it's talking about rash oaths,
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reckless oaths,
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and according to Matthew 5:37, when you rashly
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and recklessly make a promise
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or an oath, this comes from the evil one.
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And Jesus says not to do it, not at all.
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The Greek word holos, which means altogether, at all,
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entirely holy.
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Don't do it altogether.
Avoid this neither by heaven.
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And the word neither is a conjunction in the Greek language,
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which in this case means: either, neither, nor, not even.
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It means never, ever.
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And in fact, it should be taken
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to mean this is something
you should not do.
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Don't ever do this neither by heaven.
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And the reason it says by heaven is
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because the Jews in the times of Jesus were known to make
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their promises and their oaths by heaven.
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They would say, I swear by
heaven, I promise by heaven.
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Jesus says, do not do that.
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And they would also say, I swear by God's throne;
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I swear by God's throne.
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Well, you better think before
you swear by God's throne
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because it's God's throne.
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It is his throne. That is his seat alone.
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He is the only one who has a right
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to make a declaration from his throne
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to make a promise from his throne.
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And Jesus says, don't even
swear by the throne of God.
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And then he adds in verse 35, Nor by the earth. And the word
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nor again means never, ever, don't ever do this.
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The word earth, the Greek word, ge,
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describes the physical planet
and everything that is in it,
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nor by the earth for it is his footstool.
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And the word footstool here is the Greek word hupopodion.
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The word hupo means under:
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the word podion is from the word pous,
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which describes feet.
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When when you compound
the two words together,
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it is a footstool where one
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who is seated places his feet to rest.
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A footstool used by a conquering king,
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or the place where a king has
placed his feet on the neck
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of the conquered picturing total dominion.
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You are usurping God's position if you swear by the earth,
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which is his footstool.
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And then in Matthew 5:35, Jesus adds - neither by Jerusalem
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for it is the city of the great King.
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And here the word neither again, the Greek word mete,
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which means don't do this,
avoid this altogether.
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Simply don't ever do this.
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Don't even swear by Jerusalem
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because it is the city of the Great King
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and the word city here is the Greek word polis,
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which describes the city or a municipality
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or the center of activity;
that is God's place to rule.
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It is his center of activity.
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Therefore, you shall not
swear even by Jerusalem.
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It is the city of the great King.
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It is not yours to swear by.
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And here we find that if
you're swearing by heaven
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or swearing by God or
swearing by God's throne
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or by the Earth or by Jerusalem, all
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of these things are
completely out of order.
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And in fact, Jesus has put
a lid on it. Zip your lip.
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Swear no at all - my friends,
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this instruction from Jesus
about getting a grip on your
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mouth is really important.
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But we're out of time, but
I'll be back in just a moment
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and I'm going to pray for you.
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Someone asks the question - Rick, how do you read the Bible?
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Will I read the Bible every morning?
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In fact, I have a rule that if
I don't read the Bible first,
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then I don't eat.
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That is how important it is for me to read the word of God.
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But when I open my Bible,
I'm praying the words
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of Psalm 119:18, which says - Open thou my eyes
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that I may behold wondrous things.
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The Holy Spirit is the revealer,
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and he's the only one that
can open the treasures
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of the Word of God to me.
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So when I open my Bible to begin to read,
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I ask the Holy Spirit to open my eyes
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to show me wondrous things.
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I love to read the Book of Psalms.
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Then I move to Proverbs,
then I move to Ecclesiastes,
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then I move to the Gospels
and read the epistles.
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And by the way, if you need a
Bible reading plan, reach out
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to us and we'll provide one for you.
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But my friends, the Holy
Spirit is a great revealer.
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So when you read your Bible,
you need to pray the words
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of Psalm 119:18, which says - Open my eyes
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that I may behold wondrous things.
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Have you ever said something
that you later regretted?
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We all need to learn how
to control the things
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that come out of our mouths.
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And Jesus has a lot
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to say on the subject. In Rick Renner series,
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What Jesus Said About Getting A Grip on Your Mouth,
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you will learn how to be slow
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and thoughtful with your words,
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really thinking before you speak.
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You will develop a greater understanding
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of biblical practices such as - not having blessings
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and curses come from the same mouth - submitting
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to the Holy Spirit when your tongue is untamable
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and much more.
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Hey friends, this is Rick Renner,
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and today I want to say
thank you to you partner
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for everything you do
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to help us fulfill Heaven's mandate on our ministry.
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In Proverbs 10:21, it says - The lips
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of the righteous feed many.
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And that is our assignment.
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In the past year, we have
traveled all over Russia
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and when we travel to
minister, we don't charge
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for plane tickets or for churches to pay
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for the cost of our team.
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You pay that price, you
do that with your gifts.
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You enable us to go to
people who could never pay
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for all of us to come.
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But we've gone as a team and
lives have been transformed.
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We've had meetings where
we have met thousands
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and thousands of people
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and then come together
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as we impart the life transforming truth
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of the Bible to them.
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And you're a part of that
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You're putting the fuel in the
tank that enables us to go.
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And for this, I say thank you
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and all those people say thank you.
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And if you're not a
partner yet, we need you.
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And today I'm inviting
you to become a part
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of our partner family.
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We're waiting for you to help
us take the trusted teaching
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of the Bible to the ends of the earth.
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Wow, this has been so good today.
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I wish when I had been a younger man,
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I had heard this teaching.
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I'm wanting to help you to know you need to be swift to hear
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slow to speak and slow to wrath.
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But the whole series is called What Jesus Said About getting
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A Grip on Your Mouth.
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It's 5-parts, comes in all kinds of formats
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with a wonderful study guide.
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And I'm also excited
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to tell you about Joyce Meyers
book called Power Words,
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What You Say Can Change Your Life.
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That's the subtitle.
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And in that book, Joyce tells
you what you should say,
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what you ought not to say,
and the power of your words.
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That's why it's called Power Words.
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And that book is so great that
I wanna recommend it to you,
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but you can find out more
about these resources by going
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to our website or by giving us a call.
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They are available for you right now.
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And when you reach out to us,
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please let us know how to pray.
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We're waiting for the phone to ring
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so we can release our faith with you.
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And Jesus can do what needs
to be done in your life
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and he will, we will pray
with you, and Jesus will work.
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If you wish, you could
just send us an email.
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We'll pray in the very same way as soon
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as it shows up in our e inbox.
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But I don't wanna pray for you right now,
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so put your hand on your heart.
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Father, thank you for the
clear instruction that we need
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to think before we make rash
promises or make an oath.
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Help us to zip our lips and
to think before we speak.
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And Holy Spirit, we thank you
that you give us temperance
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and you can help us to do this in name - Amen.
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I'll see you tomorrow,
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but until then, remember Ecclesiastes 8:4 says,
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"Where the word of a king is, there is power."
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If you've never received Jesus as your Savior
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and Lord, now is the time for you to experience a new life
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Jesus has to give you.
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Pray this prayer with me right now - Lord,
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I repent of my sin and
receive you as my Savior
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and Lord. Wash away my sin
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and make me completely new.
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I thank you that my sin is removed
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and Satan no longer has any
right to lay claim on me.
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I faithfully promise that
I will serve you as my Lord
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for the rest of my life.
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Amen.
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Thank you for joining
Rick Renner today.
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For more information
about Renner Ministries
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