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This program is made
possible by the giving
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of the God called partners
of Renner Ministries.
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Get ready for a teaching
that feeds your spirit
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and your mind where the
word is the anchor in
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uncertain times
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and doctrine doesn't bend to culture.
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We keep it simple,
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but dive deep revealing a
truth that strengthens us,
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a love that emboldens,
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and a mission that touches the world.
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Let's join Rick Renner.
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Welcome to today's program.
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My name is Rick Renner and friend.
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Today we're gonna return to our series,
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which is called What Jesus Said About Getting A
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Grip On Your Mouth.
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Have you ever said something
and then you were sorry
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that you said it, or you made a rash oath
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or a rash promise without
really thinking about it
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before you made it and then
you got yourself into trouble?
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Well, Jesus has a lot to say about this
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and that's what we're going
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to be exploring in today's program
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and I believe it's going to help you.
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But this is a five part series
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that comes in all kinds of formats.
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Getting A Grip on Your Mouth - comes
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with a wonderful study guide
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so you can read the
material while you're seeing
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or hearing the series.
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And I'm just thrilled to tell
you about Joyce Meyer's book,
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which is called, Power Words.
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The subtitle says What you
say can change your life
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and that is the truth.
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What you say has the power
positively to change your life
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or negatively to change your life.
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And in Joyce's book, she
tells you what you ought
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to be saying and what you
ought not to be saying.
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And it is just a wonderful book
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and that's why I'm telling you about it.
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And if you'd like to know
how to get these resources,
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just go to our website or give us a call.
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We're waiting to hear from you.
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And when you reach out to
us, would you please tell us
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how we can be praying for you?
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The Bible tells us in 1 John 5:14
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and 15, if we pray anything
according to God's will
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and God's will is the Bible.
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So if you pray scripturally
it says, God will hear us
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and we will have the petitions
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that we have requested of him.
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Well, we know how to pray scripturally.
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Maybe you're facing something
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and you just don't know what's
God's will about this issue.
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We'll call us.
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We'll get into agreement
about what the Bible says,
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what God promises.
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We'll pray and we will have the petitions
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that we request of the Lord.
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He will give you the
answer that is needed.
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So please reach out to us.
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And by the way, if you're not a partner,
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would you please consider becoming a
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partner with our ministry?
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A partner is anyone who gives
regularly to this ministry
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to help us take the teaching
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of the Bible to the ends of the earth.
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And our goal really is to
fulfill the great commission
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and to go and teach all nations
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and my friends, we can do it together.
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That's what happens when you become a part
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of our partner family.
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But right now, reach for your Bible.
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And today we're returning
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to the series, Getting A Grip On Your Mouth.
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And I'm calling today, Jesus said
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to simply say yes
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or no. These are powerful, powerful words.
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But I want to go back to our scriptures
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that we've been reviewing every day.
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Proverbs 6:2 says - Thou art snared with the words
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of thy mouth, thou are taken
with the words of thy mouth.
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And many times people get in trouble
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because of what they commit
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to do too quickly while they're snared
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by the words of their mouth.
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And later they're sorry that they spoke.
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Or how about Proverbs 18:7?
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It says, A fool's mouth is his ruin
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and his lips are snared to his soul.
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Don't let your lips be your ruin.
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Or how about Proverbs 21:23, which says - Who
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so keeps his mouth
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and his tongue keeps
his soul from troubles?
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And it is the truth that when
you put a lid on your mouth
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and control what you say,
you can keep yourself out
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of a lot of trouble.
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And Proverbs 29:20 says,
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Do you see a man who's hasty
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in his words? There is more hope
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of a fool than for him.
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That means you don't want to
be hasty in your words - think
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before you speak.
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And today we're gonna see the power
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of simply saying yes or no.
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But I want us to return
to our foundational verse,
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which is James 1:19.
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We're gonna cover it very quickly
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'cause we've got a lot
of ground to cover today.
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But in James 1:19, James who was the half brother
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of Jesus said - Wherefore my beloved brethren,
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let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak
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and slow to wrath.
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And as I've pointed out already 3-times in this verse,
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we are told about 3-things that only 1 of them are
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to be done quickly; we're
to be swift to hear.
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And that word swift is the Greek tachus, which means to run
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as fast as you can.
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It actually pictures a
runner who's running as fast
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as he can so he can reach the finish line
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first. It pictures a runner
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and because he wants to finish 1st, he puts everything out
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of his mind, he focuses on the finish line
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and presses forward to
obtain the first place prize.
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And here we find in this verse, that James says, for you
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to really listen, you gotta
put all distractions out
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of your mind and you have to be focused on
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what is being said to you.
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Now I'll be honest, my mind
is working all the time.
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And very often when I'm in a conversation,
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my mind tends to drift.
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And as a result, I don't really hear
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what's being said to me.
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So over the years I've had to learn how
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to remove all distractions, how
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to really focus on the person
that is speaking to me, which
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by the way, it's rude if you don't: they're speaking to you,
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you ought to be listening to them.
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But I've had to really
learn how to do this
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so I could really hear
what they had to say.
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And the word hear, it's from a form of the Greek word akouo.
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It's where we get the word acoustics.
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But it doesn't just mean to hear.
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It means to fully comprehend.
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If you don't really understand
what's being said to you,
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then you need to ask for clarification.
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Don't just pretend that
you get it when you don't.
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That doesn't help you
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and that doesn't help the
person who is speaking.
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It's all right to say, can
you please restate that
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and say that to me in a different way?
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I wanna make sure I really get it.
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But the Bible says,
when it comes to hearing
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what others have to say,
we need to be swift.
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We need to remove all distractions.
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We need to really focus on what is being communicated to us.
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so we'll really get it.
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And then James says, we need to be slow,
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slow to speak.
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And the word slow is the word bradus. And here it is again.
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This word bradus describes something that is slow, sluggish,
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or mentally dull, or a person
who has either a mental
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or a physical handicap of some kind.
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And just like a person with
a handicap can't move quickly
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or speak quickly or respond quickly.
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James says, when it comes to you quickly responding
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to something - slow down.
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You need to be a little sluggish when it
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comes to responding.
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Think before you speak.
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And then he adds, be slow to wrath.
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And the word slow is again
the Greek word bradus.
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You need to be slow.
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You need to be sluggish when it comes
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to you getting all bent outta shape.
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And that's really what
the word wrath means.
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And if you find yourself
getting bent outta shape,
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maybe you just need to ask for a pause
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and walk away from that conversation for a few moments.
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The following verse says, the wrath
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of God doesn't do anything good.
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Don't go there.
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But this word wrath
really describes somebody
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that just gets all twisted
and all bent outta shape.
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This Greek word orge, depicts silent resentment
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that suddenly gives way to an outburst of emotion.
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Well, that's regretful
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or a deeply felt anger suddenly released,
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or it pictures of swelling,
growing a wrathful emotion
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that explodes in rage.
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Rage never helps. It never helps anybody.
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It's like you spewing
rage on other people.
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It hurts them and it hurts you
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because now you gotta
fix the relationship.
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My friends, you are to
avoid speaking too fast
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and moving into rage or wrath too quickly.
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You're to be slow in
regard to these things,
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and you're only to be swift
when it comes to hearing.
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You need to really hear
what's being said to you.
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And the RIV of James 1:19 says,
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But understand my dearly beloved brothers, that every one
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of you needs to swiftly
run to hear, attend to,
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and comprehend what is 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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That is such a wonderful
interpretation of that verse,
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and it's a good challenge to me
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and it's a great challenge to you.
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So let's take it. But now we're gonna go see what Jesus had
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to say about our words and speaking rashly.
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But we have to begin in Leviticus 5:4
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& 5, because Jesus builds on these words.
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And Leviticus 5:4, it says,
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For if anyone utters with his lips a rash oath -
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so we're talking about a rash oath -
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to do evil or to do good,
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and you can make a rash oath to do good
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or to do evil, you can do
either one of those rashly
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or any other sort of rash
oath that people swear
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and it's hidden from him
when he comes to know it
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and realizes his guilt in any of these -
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verse 5 - And it shall be that when he's guilty in one
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of these things, he shall confess
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that he has sinned in that thing.
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In other words, if you make a rash oath
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and then it comes time
for you to fulfill it
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and you don't want to, you're
gonna have to apologize
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because you already said
you would do this thing.
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Rather than make a commitment
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that you do not intend to make,
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zip your lips. Don't make that commitment.
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what you promised you're gonna do.
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to say about this.
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by them of old time, thou shall not forswear thyself,
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but shall perform unto the Lord thy oath.
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which in Greek is the strongest form of the words, no
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or not.
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forswear thyself.
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It's a compound of the word epi
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as an intensifier.
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but it is where we get
the word for offense
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or a limitation or a boundary.
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or locks you into a position.
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when you swear something,
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when you make an oath
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or you promise to do something, you're locking yourself in.
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And so here, Jesus says
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and emphatically, you must not do this
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but shall perform unto the Lord thy oaths;
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which means - if you make a commitment,
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you're gonna have to do it.
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And the word perform is a form of the Greek word apodidomi.
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The word apo means back. The word didomi, means I give.
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to give back to payback or to
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And here the word oath, at the end
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of the verse is a little different. It's the word emphneul.
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Somebody speaking rashly
recklessly fencing
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themself in putting a
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Now they're bound to do it.
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And Jesus said such oath,
such rash statements are
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to be avoided completely.
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but I say unto you, swear not at all.
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to promise an oath to make
a rash or a threatening oath
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or swearing
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that you're gonna take
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such rash oaths come from the evil one,
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and they always produce bad
things, just don't do it.
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In fact, Jesus says, sware not at all.
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it means altogether, at all, entirely holy.
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And then he says, neither by heaven, for it is God's throne.
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nor, not even, not ever.
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to be entirely avoided.
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Just don't do it neither by heaven, for it is God's throne.
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Have you ever heard somebody
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or I swear by God. People are swearing all the time.
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it was popular among Jews
to swear by heaven, to swear
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by the earth, to swear by Jerusalem.
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People felt that when they added a swear by heaven, a swear
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by God's throne, swear by the
earth, swear by the temple,
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swear by Jerusalem,
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somehow it added seriousness to their statement.
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the Greek word, ouranos; it describes heaven
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or the eternal abode of
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That is God's place.
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You have no business swearing by heaven.
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And then he says, it is God's throne.
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It's God's throne. It's where God sits.
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It's where God makes decisions, not you.
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So do not swear by heaven.
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Then he says, neither by the earth. The word earth,
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the Greek word ge; it describes the earth
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and everything that is in it
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because the earth is his footstool.
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It's the place where he sets
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You have no right to swear by it.
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by Jerusalem. The word neither,
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again, the Greek word mete. It means neither, either, not,
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not even, not ever.
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realm of possibility.
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Don't ever do this. Don't
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For it is the city of the great king.
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The word city is the word polis.
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It describes a city or a municipality
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or a place of activity that
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And Jesus was saying, how
dare you swear by Jerusalem?
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Wow, he's removing all of these.
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He's saying, don't swear by
this, don't swear by that.
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Don't swear by this or that.
Remove all of it completely.
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Remove this from the realm of possibility.
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And then Jesus tells us what we should do.
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Matthew 5:37 -
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but let your communication
be yay, yay, nay, nay
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for whatever is more than
these cometh of evil.
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the Greek says the word of you,
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or literally your word,
your word, your word,
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your response needs to be, yay
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yay or nay, nay. Yay, yay,
in Greek says nai, nai.
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It means yes, indeed. It
is clearly affirmative.
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It's very clear what you're saying.
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So there's no mixed signals.
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If there's mixed signals in your answer,
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you're gonna create a mess
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nay means no, no, literally in the Greek,
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it means no indeed know - clearly negative.
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There's no mixed signals here.
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So when we're speaking to
people, we need to be clear.
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And in fact, if we're
not clear, Jesus says,
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for whatever is more
than these comes of evil.
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More than, in Greek is the word perissos.
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It describes something that is overflowing
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and it pictures a person that
doesn't give a clear answer,
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but he just rambles and rambles
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and rambles just runs loose with his mouth
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and makes things worse: makes things worse.
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In fact, Jesus says, whatever
is more than a clear definite
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yes or definite no comes of evil.
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And the word evil, hmm,
depicts what is dangerous,
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destructive, disastrous or harmful.
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It pictures what is
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It's actions that are damaging
to a person's testimony.
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You see, if you give your word, you're gonna do something
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and later you're sorry it's
gonna damage your reputation.
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If you give an answer that's rash
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and confused, people are
gonna wonder about you.
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Slow it down, slow it down.
Think about your answer.
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Remember the book of Proverbs
says, the righteous study
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to answer. You don't have to
answer everything so fast,
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just slow it down and really think
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and then give your answer.
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rather than just come up with
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say, Hey, I need a break.
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I need to think about how I'm
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There is nothing wrong with that.
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And in fact, the people
that you're talking
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to will appreciate the fact
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that you put thought into your answer.
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They're gonna know you're serious
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and you're not just piping off.
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And then Jesus says in Matthew 5:36 -
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neither shall thou swear by thy head
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because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
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The word neither, again the Greek word mete.
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It's a conjunction, which in
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nor, not even, not ever, never, ever.
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And this is something else you're
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to completely remove from
the realm of possibility.
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It literally means don't ever
do this. Don't even swear.
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And the word swear again, the Greek omnuo,
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which pictures are rash
or threatening oath
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or one who's swearing
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that he is gonna take
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Jesus says, don't ever do this.
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Keep this out of the realm of possibility.
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Don't even swear by your own head. That somebody might say,
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well, if I can't swear by heaven, if I can't swear
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by God's throne, if I can't swear by the earth,
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if I can't square by Jerusalem,
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then I'm just gonna square by myself.
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Well, Jesus says here, don't
even swear by your own head.
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And the word head is the Greek word kaphale.
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The word kale describes the head
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or the center of decision making
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and the intellect. You are not smart enough
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to figure out everything real quick
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and don't even swear by yourself.
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Now, if you're one of
those people who say, well,
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I just swear, I swear, I
swear I'm gonna do this,
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I swear I'm not gonna do that.
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What it's gonna happen
to you when you don't do
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what you swore you're gonna do? you got yourself in trouble.
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It'd be better to get a grip
on your mouth and slow down
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and think before you speak.
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And Jesus says, you
don't even have the power
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or can't not make one
hair, white or black.
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Can't not in Greek literally means you do not have the power
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or you are powerless
to turn one hair white
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or black.
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Now, that just brings an
end into the conversation.
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Jesus is very clear. We
are not to swear at all.
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And he's talking about speaking reckless, hasty, rash words,
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that get us into trouble. My friends, you can avoid trouble
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by just zipping your lips.
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And we read in Proverbs again 29:20 - do you see a man
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that's hasty
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in his words? There's more hope of a fool than for him.
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Don't be hasty in your words.
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Or how about Ecclesiastes 5:6?
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It says, don't let your
mouth lead you into sin.
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Has your mouth ever led you
into sin? Don't do that.
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Stop your mouth. Zip it.
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Or how about Ecclesiastes 10:12 - words from the mouth
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of the wise are gracious,
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but fools are consumed by their own lips
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or their own lips
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get them into trouble.
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Proverbs also tells us that
a fool, when he's silent,
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people think that he is wise.
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And sometimes the smartest thing you can do is just be quiet
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and not respond at all.
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Wow, I hope this is helping you.
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I'll be back in just a moment
and I'm going to pray for you.
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Someone asked me, Rick,
do you believe the news?
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Well, that's not a Bible question,
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but I'll give you a Bible answer.
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When the star appeared that
announced the birth of Jesus,
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people interpreted the star differently.
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For example, if you lived
in the east like the Magi,
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they believed it was the announcement
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that the great king had been born.
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But in the Western world,
they also saw the star
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and they believed it was a divine sign
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that the Emperor Octavian was God.
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So how they interpreted the news depended
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on where they were.
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And likewise, today you can
hear a single news story,
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but it's interpreted
differently according to
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who is giving you the news.
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So when I listen to the
news, I listen to the news,
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but I don't just listen to
it from one source, I listen
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to all sides,
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and I've got my ears open
to hear the Holy Spirit,
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to help me to interpret
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what is the truth about what I'm hearing.
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And if we'll open our ears
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to hear the Holy Spirit will
help us to discern the truth.
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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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This practical series
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and positive words can be used
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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
who listen to us on TV
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and then come together
to hear us in person
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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
because you are a partner.
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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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Hey friends, we just
finished today's teaching,
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which is about saying yes or saying no.
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In fact, Jesus said if you
say any more than that,
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you're gonna get yourself into trouble.
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And you already know by experience that Jesus is right.
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It's better to be clear, say yes or say no.
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But this whole series which is 5-parts: comes
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with a wonderful study guide.
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The series is called,
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What Jesus Said about Getting a Grip on
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Your Mouth.
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And I'm just thrilled about
my friend Joyce Meyers book,
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which is called Power Words;
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What You Say Can Change Your Life.
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And in Joyce's book, she tells you
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what you should be saying positively.
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And she tells you what
you should not be saying
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because what you say has the
power to change your life
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for the good or for the worst.
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That's how powerful words
are. They sculpt our world.
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And so I'm just excited
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to tell you about
Joyce's book Power Words,
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but these resources are
available on our website,
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or you can give us a call
right now and when you call us
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or send us an email, tell
us how we can pray for you.
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We're praying for you anyway,
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but if you tell us how to pray,
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we're gonna really be effective in our praying for you,
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and I want you to put
your hand on your heart.
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I'm gonna pray for you right now.
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Father, I thank you the
wonderful name of Jesus
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that we have the indwelling Holy Spirit,
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and we do not have to let
our mouth just spout off
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and say whatever it wants to
say, we can control ourself
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and teach us, Lord, the value
of learning, simply to say yes
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or no,
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and to not get into conversations
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that are gonna produce
trouble in our life.
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In Jesus' name - Amen. We're coming back tomorrow.
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We're gonna wrap it up,
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but until then, remember Ecclesiastes 8:4 says,
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"Where the word of a king is, there's 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, I repent
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of my sin and receive you as my Savior
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and Lord. Wash away my sin
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and make me completely new.
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I thank you that my sin is removed
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and Satan no longer has any
right to lay claim on me.
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I faithfully promise that
I will serve you as my Lord
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for the rest of my life -
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Amen.
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If you just prayed the prayer of salvation with us,
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would you please let us know by going
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to renner.org/salvation? We would love to connect with you.
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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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and product resources, visit renner.org.
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This program was made possible by the giving
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of the God called Partners of Renner Ministries.