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Get ready for a teaching
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and your mind - where the
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We keep it simple,
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but dive deep revealing a
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and a mission that touches the world.
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Let's join Rick Renner.
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Welcome to today's program.
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My name is Rick Renner
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and I've been sitting
right here waiting for you.
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And today you and I are gonna
begin a brand new series.
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And I'm gonna be honest,
this is a challenging series.
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It's what Jesus said about revenge
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and retribution.
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You know, somebody wrote to me
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and said, now Rick, I know
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that the Bible says vengeance
is the Lord and he will repay.
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But is it okay if I ask
the Lord to do a fast work?
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I found that so funny.
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And somebody else say, is
it possible that God wants
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to use me as the instrument of revenge and retribution?
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I don't think you should be
having that kind of thought.
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If you're thinking that,
then you really need to hear
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what I'm gonna be teaching today.
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And today we're gonna be looking at
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what does the Bible mean when
it says an eye for an eye
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and a tooth for a tooth?
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Because that really was the rule
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during the 1st century when Jesus was walking the earth.
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The Jews said, it's an eye for an eye,
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it's a tooth for a tooth. You
get me, I'm gonna get you.
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And so we're gonna see what
did Jesus really teach about
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an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth or about revenge
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and retribution?
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And there are times when all
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of us are put in a hard situation: somebody's doing wrong
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to us and we just wish they would stop it.
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And we pray for judgment to come on them - our friends -
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we need to take a different approach.
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And that's what we're gonna
see in the scripture today.
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But this series is called What Jesus Said About Revenge
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And Retribution.
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It is a 5-part series: comes in all kinds of formats
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with a study guide.
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And I want to tell you about my book,
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which is called, You Can Get Over It.
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And I'm gonna tell you the truth, that is one
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of my best books.
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And do you know it's one of
the least purchased books
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because when people see
it, they think get over it.
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I don't know if I'm ready to get over it,
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but the truth is, if
you've been in any kind
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of a difficult situation with others
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and you feel like you've
been harmed in your heart
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or in your mind or in your
emotions, you can get over it.
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And this book will help you
walk back into wholeness
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so you can be free.
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It is such a wonderful book.
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But if you'd like to know
more about this series
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or about this book, please
go online or give us a call.
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And by the way, when you reach out to us,
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we also are waiting to pray for you.
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So please let us know how
to pray for you as soon
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as we hear from you about whatever it is
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that you're dealing with in your life,
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we will pray scripturally.
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And we're promised in 1 John 5:14
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& 15, that if we pray anything according to God's will,
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he hears us.
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And if he hears us, then
we're gonna have the petitions
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that we request of him.
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So if you'll reach out to us
and you can call that number
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or you can send us an email; when we hear from you,
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we're gonna pray scripturally with you
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and we're gonna really pray
and Jesus is gonna hear us
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and God is gonna do exactly
what needs to be done.
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So please let us know how to pray for you,
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but please reach for your Bible.
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You're really gonna need your Bible today
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because we're gonna be looking
at some important verses.
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So open your Bible to Matthew 5:38,
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and we're gonna see what
Jesus said about revenge
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and retribution.
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And in Matthew 5:38, Jesus said - You have heard
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that it hath been said.
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So Jesus is quoting the Old Testament.
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You've heard that it hath
been said an I for an eye
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and a tooth for a tooth.
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That word, for, appears twice in this verse. In both places,
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it is the Greek word, anti.
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A better translation would be -
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an eye in the place of an eye
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and a tooth in the place of a tooth.
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Or the rule was, if you do this to me,
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I'm gonna do the same thing to you.
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But we find this rule first in the Book
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of Exodus 21:24 to 25
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where the Bible says - An eye for an eye, a tooth
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for a tooth, hand for a hand, foot for a foot, burning
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for a burning wound for a wound,
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and stripe for stripe.
That's pretty severe.
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And then in Leviticus 24:17-20 we read -
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And he the killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
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And he the killeth a beast shall make it good: beast
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for beast.
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And if a man caused a
blemish in his neighbor
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as he have done so shall
it be done to him: breach
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for a breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth:
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as he has caused a blemish in a man,
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so shall it be done to him again.
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So now in Exodus 21
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and in Leviticus 24, we find
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that whatever you do is what's
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And then we come to Deuteronomy 19
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and we get more insight into these verses
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and into this principle.
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And in Deuteronomy 19 beginning in verse 15,
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the Bible says - One witness shall not rise up against a man
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for any iniquity or for any sin
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in any sin that he sinneth. At the mouth of two witnesses
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or at the mouth of three witnesses shall the matter
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be established.
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So if you have a charge against someone, then there need
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to be witnesses to verify
that your charge is true.
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Verse 16: if a false witness rises up against any man
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to testify against him that which is wrong,
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then both the men
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between whom the controversy is shall stand before the Lord,
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before the priest and
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before the judges, which shall be in those days.
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Now this is really critical to this text: before the priests
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and before the judges - judges. Then verse 18 says -
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And the judges shall make diligent inquisition
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and behold, if the witnesses
be found a false witness
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and have testified falsely
against his brother,
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then you shall do unto him as he had thought
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to have done unto his brother.
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So shall thou put the evil away from among you
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and those which remain shall hear and fear
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and shall henceforth commit no
more any such evil among you.
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And thy I shall not pity -
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but here it is - life shall go for life, eye for eye,
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tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
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So now we find this rule repeated in Exodus 21,
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Leviticus 24, and Deuteronomy 19.
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But in Deuteronomy 19,
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we find a very important insight.
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This was not a rule
that was given to people
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to carry out just between themselves in
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their personal lives.
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This was the rule given to the
courts - it was for the priest
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and it was for the judges.
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These were the instructions
of God only to judges.
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This law directed judges
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to inflict penalties precisely
equivalent to the offenses.
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That's why it says an eye for an eye
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and a tooth for a tooth.
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And the law said
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that the injured should obtain
from the court the right
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to do wrong to those who did to them
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and give back to them the
very same compensation.
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Now, this was intended only
to be the rule for judges
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and how they were to deal
with people who stood
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before them in court.
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However, it was personalized.
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And by the 1st Century when Jesus was walking the earth
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and Jesus was teaching, this became a personal rule of
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retaliation.
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And people generally believed - I'm gonna do to you exactly
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what you did to me.
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You touch my eye, I am touching yours.
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You touch my tooth, I'm touching yours. You take my hand,
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I'm taking yours.
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It was the law of retaliation
or revenge and retribution.
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But it was not intended to be a law to be carried out
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by private individuals.
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This was the rule for the courts. Wow!
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And that's why when you come to Matthew 5:39,
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Jesus says - But I say unto you.
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And when it says, but I say - in Greek - it says,
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ego de lego. Ego means me - I,
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it's really drawing attention to himself.
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The word, de, makes it emphatic.
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The word, lego, means I say. When you put it all together,
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Jesus says, but I am emphatically say unto you.
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He's raising his voice.
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He says, now hear me.
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This is what I have to
say about the matter
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that you resist not evil,
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but whosoever shall smite
the on thy right cheek turn
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to him the other also.
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Now that is a very hard scripture to obey,
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but that is precisely what Jesus said.
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And we're gonna look at the first of it,
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then we're gonna cover the rest of it in tomorrow's program.
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But notice Jesus said, but I say unto you,
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and again the Greek says, ego de lego:
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but I emphatically say unto you - he's raising his voice.
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He really wants people to hear him.
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And the first thing Jesus then says is
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that you resist not evil. In Greek,
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this is the word, me antistenai.
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It is the word, me, which is a -
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which is a negative particle.
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And the word, stenai, which means
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to stand. When you put the two words together, it means
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to stand against.
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And here Jesus says, you're
not to stand against evil,
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but the word evil is the word, poneros.
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It doesn't mean evil in general,
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but it's describing the evil
person that is doing wrong
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to you.
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You say what? I'm not supposed
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to resist the evil
that's being done to me.
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I said to you at the very
beginning of this program,
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these were challenging verses.
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And as you hear me teach
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and as we look at the words of Jesus,
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you've gotta ask the Holy Spirit what this means for you.
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You know my friend Andrew Womack says,
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the Christian life is impossible.
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That's why you can only do it in the
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power of the Holy Spirit.
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And as we look at these
verses, some of it just seems
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so difficult and so impossible,
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and that's why you need to let
the Holy Spirit speak to you
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through these verses.
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But now I want us to go to 1st Peter 2:
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21, where we find the example of Jesus.
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Now, Peter was writing to believers
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that were suffering at the
hands of the government,
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at the hands of pagans.
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They were really suffering.
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For even hereunto were you called
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because Christ also suffered for us,
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leaving us an example that you
should follow in his steps.
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The word suffered is a form of the Greek word pascho.
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The word, pascho, describes a very deep suffering.
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It could be mental suffering,
emotional suffering
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or physical suffering.
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for us an example.
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The word, leaving, is a compound
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of the word, hupo and the word, leipo.
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The word hupo means by,
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and the word, leipo means to leave or to leave behind.
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it literally indicates someone
leaving something behind
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so it can be observed and modeled.
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So now we find from Peter that
if you're in a rough place,
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you're suffering abuse,
maybe a friend is abusing you
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or you feel you're not
being treated right at work.
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I don't know what situation you're in.
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These believers were really
in a very tough situation
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and he wrote it to all
believers regardless of
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what situation they were in.
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behind an example that we are
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to study and we are to model.
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And the word, example, is the word, hupogrammos.
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The word hupo means by,
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and the word grapho means - I write.
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It's where you get the term
for something that is graphic.
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The graphics comes from this word, grammas.
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But when you compound the two
words together, it tells us
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that Peter is reaching
into the world of education
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and he borrows this Greek word
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to depict - are you ready for this -
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a school child
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who carefully studies his
teacher write the letters
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of the alphabet,
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and then that school child painstakingly, copies
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each letter: matching it as closely as possible
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to the original letters which
were written by his teacher.
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The student takes pencil
in hand to exactly copy
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what the teacher has
written, giving his attention
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to duplicate every letter
as written until he is able
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to write exactly what his
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Every time I see this, I think
about this finger right here.
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I've got a callous right here.
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And when I was in the first
grade, I pressed so hard
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with my pencil as I wrote the letters
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of the alphabet on my big chief tablet
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that I formed a callous
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and that callous is
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As a young boy in the 1st Grade, I wanted
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to perfectly match the way that my teacher spelled: A,
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B, C, D and I would press with my pencil
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and work so hard, I wanted
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what my teacher had done.
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That's the word that is used here.
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And because Peter was
writing to Christians
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who were enduring very difficult times,
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rather than tell them to figure everything out by themself,
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how they should respond
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and what they should do, he urged them to study the example
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of Jesus: study the example of Jesus
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and to exactly duplicate in their lives
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how he faced
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and overcame the challenges that confronted him.
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So Peter really is declaring - the Christ is the
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supreme example
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and we are to replicate
him when we are faced
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with difficult moments. We're to fix our eyes on his example
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and our task is to study how he responded
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and to duplicate his actions
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and responses in our own experiences.
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So what did Jesus do when he was abused by religious leaders
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who were railing against him everywhere he went?
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How did Jesus respond when Jesus stood in front
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of Pontius Pilate and Herod Antipas
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and the religious leaders
and they spat in his face
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and they beat him and slapped him and abused him -
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how did Jesus respond: When Jesus was hanging on the cross
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and people walked by him
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and railed him even as he was
dying on the cross for them?
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How did Jesus respond - when a thief on one
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of the crosses near him mocked him,
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how did Jesus respond?
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This verse says, Jesus is our example.
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And rather than try to figure
out what we're supposed
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to do in every unique situation,
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Peter uses this word, example, to tell us we need to go
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to the scriptures, study the scriptures, look at the example
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of Jesus, and then follow in his steps.
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Well, what does the word, follow, mean?
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Well, the word follow, is a compound of the word, epi
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and the word akoloutheo. The word, epi, is an intensifier,
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it means after. And the word, akoloutheo, means to follow.
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But when compounded into one word
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as they are right here in this verse translated, follow: the
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new word means to carefully follow
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after someone with the
goal of replicating what he
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or she does.
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And this word depicts
a person so committed
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to imitating another
person that he's willing
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to follow him closely and consistently
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so he does exactly what the other person does.
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That's what we're supposed to do.
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So when we find ourself in a fix
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and we're tempted to take revenge
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or to retaliate;
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rather than take matters into
our own hands, we need to run
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to the scriptures and we need
to first of all see Jesus
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as our example.
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We are to study him, we're
to be dedicated to replicate
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what he did in our own
lives we're to follow,
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to closely follow imitating
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and replicating all of his actions
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and his responses in our own life.
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In fact, Peter goes on to say,
we're to follow in his steps.
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What does that mean? Well,
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the word steps is the Greek word enos,
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and it's a word that
really means footprints.
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You could translate it: you're to follow in his footprints.
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Now I like this
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because it means I don't have
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All I have to do is look
at Jesus' footprints
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and I have to step in his footprints.
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This word steps, really describes footprints,
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exactly like the footprints
one would leave in the sand
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as he walked in the beach.
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And this word tells us that we
need to put our feet exactly
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where Jesus placed his feet first:
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stepping in his very footprints,
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following his actions in
every circumstance we face.
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and it means we must follow Jesus
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and be committed to
step in his very steps.
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We must learn to walk in
Jesus' steps even if it
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means it's awkward or uncomfortable.
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We are to carefully step by step,
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walk in the very steps of Jesus.
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Now, you know, when our kids were young,
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we were traveling across
the United States preaching
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and driving from state to
state and church to church.
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And when we were in the
state of Oregon, we loved
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to go to Cannon Beach.
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It's a beautiful place on the coast of Oregon.
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And we would go down to the beach
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and I would walk in front of the boys and I would step.
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sometimes I would make my steps really big from one
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step to the next.
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you've gotta follow me,
you've gotta put your feet in
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my footprints.
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So they would put one
foot in one footprint,
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then another foot in another footprint,
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and sometimes it was quite a leap to get
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to the next footprint.
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They had to really work
to stay in my steps.
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And because that really is
the concept that is used here,
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it means sometimes it's a
leap of faith for us to do
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what Jesus did.
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I understand; I've been
in difficult situations
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where naturally speaking I would've liked
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to have taken revenge or retribution,
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but that's not what Jesus did.
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And God calls me to
step in his footprints.
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God calls me to follow his example: not
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to do it the way that I want to do it, not
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to take matters into my own hands.
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Now you may say, Rick, what does that mean for my situation?
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Well, you've gotta figure that out.
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I can't tell you, but I'm laying the scriptures
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before you today because I want you to see
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what the Bible says about
revenge and retribution.
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And actually the RIV of 1 Peter 2:
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21, is like this -
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For unto this very thing you've been called -
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because Christ also went through great struggles
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and suffering on our behalf.
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And in doing so, left behind
an example for us to study
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and replicate in order
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that you should exactly follow in his footprints step
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by step, putting your feet in his steps
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so you can follow his example -
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exactly.
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I like that because it means I don't
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have to figure things out.
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I just need to go to the scriptures
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and look at the life of Jesus and praise God,
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we have the 4-Gospels
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so we really can study the example of Jesus.
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But you know in Deuteronomy 32:35, it says - To me
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belongs vengeance and recompense.
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That's what the Lord says; vengeance
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and recompense belongs to the Lord.
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Then when we come to Romans 12:19, it actually quotes that.
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It says dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves,
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but rather give place under wrath.
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For it is written, vengeance is mine, I will repay,
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says the Lord.
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And the Lord will be faithful.
He will settle the score.
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And God is always faithful,
which means you don't have
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to settle the score, you
don't have to take revenge
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and you don't have to take retribution.
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Again, Romans 12:19 - Avenge not yourself,
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but rather give place unto wrath.
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Give it to the Lord
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because it is written, vengeance is mine,
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I will repay sayeth the Lord.
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And at the beginning of today's program, I said
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that someone asked - Rick, I know
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that vengeance belongs to the Lord.
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Is it okay to ask the
Lord to do a quick work?
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And somebody else actually
said, is it possible
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that God wants to use me as the instrument to bring revenge
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and retribution?
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Well, if you're thinking that way,
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you're probably on the wrong track.
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Rather than thinking
about you being a revenge
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of an instrument of revenge
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and retribution, you need to
be looking at the scriptures
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to find out how you can
walk in the footsteps
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of Jesus - my friend -
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let Jesus be your example.
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Now, I know this has probably
raised a lot of questions,
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but we're not done.
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We're gonna come back tomorrow.
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But for sure now you have something
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to think about and to pray about.
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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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Have you ever wanted to
take revenge on somebody?
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When you're under assault, you
naturally want to fight back.
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But Jesus shows us another way.
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In his series, What Jesus Said About Revenge And Retribution
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Rick Renner explores Jesus example of trusting God
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as the righteous judge to show you -
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How Christ handled conflict resolution: Why it's important
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to submit to God when you want justice: What it means
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Hey, this is Rick Renner
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and I'm standing inside the Partner Care
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Department of our ministry.
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And this is where the takes place.
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Thousands of phone calls every day
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and every month come into
this place from people
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reaching out to us.
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And this is my precious
mother who is in heaven
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and she established this
part of the ministry.
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But these are the principles we are dedicated to:
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To feed the entire flock God has brought to this ministry -
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To strengthen those who are diseased in any area
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of their lives - To bring healing to those in need
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of any type of healing - To bind up those
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who are broken in any area of their lives -
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To bring back those that have been driven away -
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To reach the lost and to take the Gospel
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and the trusted teaching of the Bible to the ends
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of the earth - To shepherd the flock that God has caused
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to hear the voice of this ministry -
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and To help them grow in their relationship with Christ
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and become powerful Bible-based believers equipped
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for these last days. -
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and - To thank and minister
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to partners whose sacrificial gifts have enabled this
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ministry to fulfill his call around the world.
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And we are very committed
to these principles.
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And if you're a partner,
you know we're very
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serious about that.
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But hey, right now we're trying to pay off this facility.
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So would you please become a part
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of the Ministry Expansion Giving Team
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so we can pay off this facility
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and then keep taking the Gospel to the ends of the earth,
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and my friends, together we can do this.
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And I want to say thank you so much.
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Well, I just finished the 1st teaching in this series
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called - What Jesus Said About Revenge And Retribution.
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This is a really tough subject,
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but we need to see what the
scripture says about revenge
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and retribution
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and particularly we're focusing on the words of Jesus.
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But this is a 5-part series: comes
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with a study guide in all kinds of formats.
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And I'm also very thrilled
to tell you about my book,
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which is called, You Can Get Over It.
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And the reason I call it, You Can Get Over It, is
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because you can get over it.
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It doesn't matter what's been
done to you, that is your past
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and you can get over it, you can be healed
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and you can move on and
your future can be great.
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You do not have to be held
as a captive to your past
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or to past hurts.
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You can get over it.
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And if you wanna know more
about how to get this book
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or this series, just go
online or give us a call.
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And when you reach out to
us, please let us know how
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to pray for you.
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And I wanna pray for you right now.
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So put your hand on your heart. Lord, we need insight.
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We need to really know how
to apply these scriptures
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to our lives and thank you
that you are in front of us.
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You are our example in the gospels,
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and we can study you to see what you did
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and help us then to replicate
it in our own lives.
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In Jesus' wonderful name - Amen.
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Now I'll be back tomorrow; we're gonna pick up right here
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and we're going to continue.
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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 repented my sin and receive you as my Savior
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and Lord. Wash away my sin
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and make me completely new.
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I thank you that my sin is removed
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and Satan no longer has any
right to lay claim on me.
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I faithfully promise that
I will serve you as my Lord
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for the rest of my life
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Amen. If you just prayed the prayer of salvation
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with us, would you please let us know by going
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to renner.org/salvation?
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We would love to connect with you.
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Renner Ministries is proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ
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Discover the many ways you can
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We invite you to partner with
us in teaching, strengthening
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and rescuing lives for the glory of God.
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Together we can make a difference
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that will last throughout eternity.
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This program was made possible by the giving
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of the God called partners of Renner Ministries.