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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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My name is Rick Renner,
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and today I'm in the
heart of ancient Ephesus
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on Curetes Street.
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People have been coming to this city for thousands of years.
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It is still the most visited
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archeological site in the whole world.
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Ephesus is just an
important city historically.
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And for us, it's very important
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because this is where the
great church of Ephesus was.
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The Apostle Paul started
the church in this city
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with the help of Priscilla and Aquila.
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The power of God was just
unleashed on these streets.
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And later, when the Apostle
Paul left, he installed Timothy
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to be the pastor of this church.
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But the church began to have problems
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because some of the leaders
began to embrace error.
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And Paul wrote to Timothy
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and said, Timothy, you've got to fix this.
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And here's what he said to Timothy in 1 Timothy 1:3 -
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As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus when I went
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to Macedonia, that thou
mightest charge some
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that they teach no other doctrine.
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Other doctrine in Greek
little means a doctrine
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of a different kind.
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It was teaching, but
it wasn't anything like
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what Paul had taught them.
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It was a doctrine of a different kind.
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We need to make sure we stick
with real biblical truth
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and not a diversion of the truth.
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We're living at the end of the
age when people are packaging
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a lot of things and selling it as truth.
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It's really just a
modification of the truth.
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We need the real deal.
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Paul told Timothy, stick
with the word of God
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and correct those that are in error.
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And the scriptures are still
speaking this to us today.
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You and I really need to
keep our head on straight
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when it comes to what we
believe and what we teach.
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And that is what I'm going
to talk to you about today.
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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
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and I'm so glad you've joined
me for my program today
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and we're going to continue
our brand new series,
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which is called How to
Keep Your Head on Straight:
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In a World Gone Crazy.
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It is a 15-part series which
comes with a study guide.
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And I have a book by the very same name.
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And wow, you need to read that book.
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It is just loaded with material
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to help you make sure you're
really rooted in God's word
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and keep your head on straight
in this world which seems
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to be so confused.
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But you can find out about
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I always tell you that we're
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but when you let us know
how to pray, we're going
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to be more effective in our praying.
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And when we hear from you,
we're going to pray in faith.
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We're going to pray scripturally.
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Jesus is going to hear us
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and he's going to do exactly what needs
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to be done in your life.
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And it might be different
than what you think,
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but he will do what needs to be done.
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But let us know how to pray
and we will pray with you.
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Now I told you in the
introduction to today's program
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that Timothy was the pastor
of the church in Ephesus.
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Wow, what a privilege.
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In the 1st Century,
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it was the biggest church in the world.
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And there was Timothy
pastoring the big, big church
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but Paul spoke to Timothy
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and nearly had to beg him
to take that position.
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But before we get into that, let's go back
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to 1 Timothy 4:1 where Paul prophesies
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about a departure from
the faith that's going
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to occur in the very end of the age.
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This is the foundation
verse for this series.
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1 Timothy 4:1 says,
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Now the spirit speaks
expressly. And we've seen
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that this word expressly
is translated from the
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Greek word rhetos.
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It means emphatically, categorically,
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unmistakably, undeniably.
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So what the Holy Spirit is about
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to forecast in this verse is
something he states in the
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clearest of terms
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and categorically
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that it will take place at
the very end of the age.
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And that's you and me. We're
living in the end of the age,
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so we need to understand this verse.
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But it says, The spirit
speaks expressly, undeniably,
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unmistakably, emphatically,
categorically that
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in the latter times,
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and this word latter, the
Greek word husteros describes
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when there's not much more
left over in the latter times,
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the latter season, some
shall depart from the faith.
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And again, it doesn't
say everybody's going
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to depart from the faith,
but it does say some,
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and the word some that is
used here is the word tenas.
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It really describes a notable some.
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Really it refers to church leaders
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and those who follow them.
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Some of them, not all of them,
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but some of them are going
to depart from the faith
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and the word depart is
translated from a form
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of the Greek word aphistemi, which is a compound
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of the word opo, which means away.
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And it implies intentional distance.
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The word histemi, which means to stand.
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But when you compound
the two words together,
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it forms the word aphistemi,
which means to take a stand
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that is away from where you used to stand.
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And it describes a
departure, not a rejection.
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This is not a rejection of the faith.
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This is a departure of the faith.
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A rejection would be blatant and outright,
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but rather this is a very, very slow, methodical departure
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that is taking step by step over a process of time.
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In fact, it may be happening
so gradually that those
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that are departing may not even realize
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that they are in transition.
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But the Holy Spirit says
some, a notable some
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shall depart from the faith.
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The word thee in Greek
is a definite article.
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It means the faith, the clear
sound teachings of scripture.
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This is not faith for miracles
or faith for finances.
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This is people stepping
away from the sound teaching
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of scripture, what they used
to believe, they've left.
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Now they're embracing something else.
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And that's why Paul goes
on to say, giving heed
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to seducing spirits and
doctrines of demons.
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But not only is this going to
happen at the end of the age,
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it was already happening when Timothy was
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the pastor of the church.
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And that is why when we come to 1 Timothy 1:3
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Paul's writing to Timothy
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and he says, As I besought
thee to abide still
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at Ephesus. The word besought
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is the Greek word parakaleo.
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This word appears all
over the New Testament.
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It's a very, very important word.
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The first word is the
word para in English.
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It is spelled like this.
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It means alongside, alongside.
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The second word is the word kaleo.
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It means to call, to beckon,
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to beseech, to beg.
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But when you compound these
two words together, para
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and kaleo, it forms the word parakaleo
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and as the word parakaleo,
it was a military term.
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And this is important because
Paul has to beg Timothy
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to take this position
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because there's a war taking
place in the church at Ephesus.
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And this word parakaleo means
to urge, to beseech, to beg,
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or even to encourage, but it
was used by military leaders
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and commanding officers
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before they sent their troops into battle.
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And the very fact that
Paul would say, Timothy,
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I besoughte parakaleo.
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It means he really laid
it out for Timothy.
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He said, Timothy, I've
got an assignment for you.
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It's Ephesus. But right now in Ephesus,
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there is a war that is brewing.
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And I'm telling you that
for you to do your job,
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you're going to have
to hold your head high,
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throw your shoulders back if need be.
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You're going to have to look
the enemy eyeball to eyeball
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and charge forward into the
fray to deal with this issue.
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He was laying out
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before Timothy what Timothy
was going to have to deal with
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as the pastor of the church.
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So now he says, as I besougth thee to abide still in Ephesus
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that thou mightiest charge some
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that they teach no other doctrine.
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The word charges some
in Greek means to order,
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to charge or to give a command.
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And again, Paul didn't say
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that everyone had veered from the faith.
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He didn't say that everyone had gone off on a wrong tangent,
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but some notable people had.
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And he stated that it was
going to be Timothy's position
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to bring them back on
target with the teaching
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of the Bible.
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And he goes on to say, charge
some that they teach no
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other doctrine.
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If you have your Bible
open, either underline
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or circle those words other doctrine.
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Now this word is really important in the Greek text
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and it is the word hetero-didaskalos.
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It is spelled like this,
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heterodidaskolas.
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It's a compound of two words.
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The first word is the word
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heteros, heteros.
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It describes another of
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a different kind, a different kind.
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For example, the word heteros is a part
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of the word heterosexual
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to describe two sexes
of two different kinds.
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They're not the same. It is heteros.
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It is of a completely different sort.
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Then you have the 2nd word,
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and the word didaskalos is the word
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for teaching or for doctrine.
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If you want to spell it in
English, it's spelled like this.
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This word is very, very important.
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It really describes
well-packaged teaching,
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a presentation of truth.
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But in this particular case,
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it's not the right presentation of truth.
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It's the presentation
of heteros, a teaching
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of a totally different kind.
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In other words, there were
people teaching things
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that Paul did not teach.
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And in fact, they were enamored
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with all these new concepts and ideas.
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The truth was really under assault.
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And Paul said, Timothy, I'm
putting you in the church.
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I'm begging you to stay there.
Throw your shoulders back.
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Hold your head high. Look
the enemy eyeball to eyeball.
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This is war.
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I beseech you to abide
in the city of Ephesus
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that you might charge some, command some
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that they teach no other doctrine,
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that they stop teaching these
doctrines of a different kind.
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Now remember that we saw
in 2 Timothy 2:1
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that Peter also
addressed this kind of issue.
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And in 2 Peter 2:1, he said,
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But there were false prophets
among the people, even
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as there shall be false teachers among you
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who privilege shall bring in
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damnable heresies. The
Greek actually says heresies
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that are damnable or heresies
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that produce rot and destruction.
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But notice he said, priviley shall bring in. Now we've
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already seen this, but this is very
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important in this context.
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Priviley shall bring in is the Greek word para,
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eis ago.
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It's a compound of 3-words; the word para, that's
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how you would spell it in English.
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The 2nd word in English would be spelled like this - eis.
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These 3 words compounded together are translated in the
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King James version - who priviley shall bring in,
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but para - it means they're going
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to come alongside of others.
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And not only that, they're going
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to lay false doctrine alongside of truth.
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They're going to commingle it.
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The word eis, means into, they're going
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to bring it right into the church.
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and it implies that this
entire operation is going
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to be led by ago, those who
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Now I'm going to read to
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because I really want you to get this.
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This phrase, privilege shall bring in, the word para,
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which means alongside: the word eis, which means into:
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the word ago, which means I lead,
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and the word ago implies these are going
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to be leaders in the church.
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But as a compound - listen to this - it suggests
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that smugglers, spiritual
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to covertly transport illegal contraband
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or false teaching right into
the middle of the church.
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They're going to cross the
border and use disguise
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or stealth to bring it inside the church.
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Wow, that is amazing.
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Now, when Timothy was serving
as the pastor of the church,
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a group began to emerge who later came
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to be called Gnostics.
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It is derived from the Greek word Gnostics,
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which means I know.
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And they claimed they had knowledge
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that was superior than anyone else.
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They had been beyond the veil.
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They'd seen what no
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And they were Gnostics.
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They had superior wisdom
and superior revelation.
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And they began to repackage the truth.
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They began to amend the gospel.
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They began to change it
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and try to make it more inclusive so
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that it would be more comfortable
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to live in a pagan world without opposition.
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And there were primarily 6-doctrines which were being
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taught that were wrong and
they're re-emerging today.
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And I'm going to give
them to you full screen.
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Error No.1: Gnostics claimed
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Old Testament scriptures were inferior
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and were based on old, outdated, and antiquated ideas.
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Therefore, Christians needed
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to disconnect themselves from the teachings
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of the Old Testament.
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It's hard to imagine it,
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but some leaders today are also claiming
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that the Old Testament has no relevance
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for New Testament believers.
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And some leaders state
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that Christians must unhitch from the
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writings of the Old Testament.
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But anyone educated in church history
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or theology understands
this was an early premise
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of Gnosticism in the early
church that is trying
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to reassert itself now
at the end of the age.
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Then we come to error No.2
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which was very popular in the 1st century,
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which church leaders had to combat.
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And here it is. Gnostics
proposed that the idea
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that the wrath of the
Old Testament God wasn't
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to be taken seriously by
New Testament believers.
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They said all forms of present
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or future judgment were dismissed.
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They claimed that the concept
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of God's wrath was an imaginary doctrine based on religious
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thinking that should be discounted
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as unfitting for a loving God.
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And even today, some skillfully allege that the idea
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of God's wrath is antiquated and outdated.
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because God's wrath was poured out on Christ,
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there's no more divine wrath
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to release in a future judgment.
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But anyone educated in theology understands the fallacy
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of this teaching.
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But then we come to error No.3:
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Gnostics also held to a doctrine that flesh,
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indeed all physical matter was evil
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and fading: only the spirit held significance.
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So once a person's spirit was born again,
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it really didn't matter whether he sinned with the flesh.
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to believe sin was inconsequential.
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It gave the impression that there was no need for repentance
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or for any wrong act conducted in the flesh.
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Anyone educated in church history understands this really is
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one of the premises of Gnosticism that is again attempting
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to establish a foothold in the church in these last days.
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Then we come to error No.4: Gnostics were antinomian.
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The word antinomian means - against law -
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and depicts the Gnostic aversion to the moral law of God,
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which they alleged to be an
inferior Old Testament concept
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that had no relevance for Christians.
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This is precisely
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what some are teaching today
when they dismiss the textual
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authority of the Old Testament
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and even declare the 10 Commandments have no relevance
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for a modern day believer.
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This is a Gnostic doctrine trying to gain a foothold again
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in the End-Time hour.
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Then we come to No.5:
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Gnostics believed a new gospel was needed
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that would meld varying religious beliefs.
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They attempted to create a message
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that was more open-minded,
less text-based,
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and more inclusive of
other theological beliefs,
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philosophical ideas, and
alternative lifestyles.
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Gnostics sought to create a faith
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that even unbelievers would
consider unobjectionable
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and to be able to participate in.
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And errant teachers
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of New Testament times
were doing precisely
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what some are doing today as they attempt
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to remove everything objectionable in scripture in order
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to create a newly styled gospel
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and a church environment that
makes everyone feel accepted.
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My friend, this is a Gnostic practice
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that's being resurrected in these last days.
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Then we come to No.6:
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Gnostics believed
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that God expressed himself in various manifestations
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and Jesus was simply one of them.
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This doctrine depreciated Christ, reducing him to a position
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as one among many divine manifestations.
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And although it's difficult to understand
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how early believers who actually sat under the teaching
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of the apostles could have been led astray
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by this Gnostic teaching, it happened.
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And if it could happen then,
it could certainly happen now.
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And today many Gnostic-like
doctrines are re-emerging just
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as the Holy Spirit forecasted
in 1 Timothy 4:1.
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And Paul told Timothy to confront these
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and to tell people to stop
teaching these newfangled
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doctrines of another kind.
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Now today some people really are veering,
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but the fact is there's a lot of really anointed pastors
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and Bible teachers and preachers that are staying on track.
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But we have to ask the question - Why?
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With all the teaching
that people have received,
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why are they veering from the truth?
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And the truth is there
has been so little verse
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by verse teaching of the
Bible in the modern pulpit
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that people have become
biblically illiterate.
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This is why I believe that I'm
to teach the scriptures verse
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by verse, even word by word.
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My friends, we need
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to be literate when it comes to the scripture.
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But many people today are ignorant even about the most basic
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elementary tenants of the faith
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because the Bible is no
longer taught verse by verse.
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We're told in Proverbs 10:21 - the lips
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of the righteous feed many.
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I believe that's my assignment to teach the Bible verse
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by verse, word by word.
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We need to know what the Bible says.
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We need to know what
all of the Bible says.
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And when the Bible is not
taught verse by verse,
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it leaves huge gaps in
people's understanding.
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And the only way to avoid
these doctrinal mistakes is
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to teach the scripture verse by verse
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and to do our best to put
people on a foundation
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of the word of God.
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Otherwise, people will not
have the ability to discern
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what is right and what is wrong.
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And the Holy Spirit warned
us at the end of the age,
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people were going to get off track.
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So we as spiritual leaders
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and you as a serious believer,
we need to do all that we can
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to make sure we put people on
a good doctrinal foundation.
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This is one of our
assignments from heaven.
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I'll be back in just a moment
and I want to pray for you.
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Someone asked the question - Rick, what do you do
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to take care of your health?
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Well, first of all, I understand
that my body is not mine.
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According to 1 Corinthians
6:19, my body belongs
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to the Lord and this is the
temple of the Holy Spirit.
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That's pretty serious
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and we need to be careful how we take care
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of our bodies if they
really belong to the Lord.
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And in 1 Thessalonians
4:4, Paul commands us
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that we learn how to manage our vessels.
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That's talking about our bodies.
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The word vessel in Greek
also describes an instrument,
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like any instrument that you
would have in your garage.
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Well, you know, if you let
an instrument set a long,
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long time and you never use it
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or take care of it, it gets corroded.
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In the same way, if you
don't use your body,
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which is your God-given
instrument, it begins
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to fall to pieces.
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And so I made a decision years ago
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to eat right and to exercise.
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I go to the gym three times a
week, not because I love it,
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but because I need to move my body.
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This is my instrument and
my body belongs to the Lord
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and I want to glorify him with my body
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and run a very long race.
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And my friends, you're commanded
in scripture to know how
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to manage your body.
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The world is changing. In
fact, it's more than changed.
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It's gone crazy. We are living in a world
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where faith is questioned
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and sin is welcome, where people seem
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to have lost their minds
about what is right and wrong.
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It seems truth has been
turned upside down.
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In Rick Renner's book, How
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to Keep Your Head on Straight
in a World Gone Crazy,
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Rick reveals the disastrous
consequences of a society
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and spiritual and moral collapse.
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In this book, you'll
discover what Christians need
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to be doing to stay out of
the chaos and anchor to truth.
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You'll learn how to stay
sensitive to the Holy Spirit,
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discern right and wrong teaching, how
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to be grounded in prayer,
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and how to be spiritually prepared
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for living in victory in these last days.
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Leading ministers from around
the world are calling this
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book essential for every believer.
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How to Keep Your Head on Straight in a World Gone Crazy, can
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You can also get the
15-part teaching series, How
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to Keep Your Head on Straight
in a World Gone Crazy.
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In this series, Rick takes
you deep into New Testament
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prophecies about the end of the age
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and what you need to do to sail successfully
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through turbulent End-Time waters.
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Available in digital or physical formats starting at just
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$24. You can order the series, How
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to Keep Your Head on Straight
in a World Gone Crazy
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and the book of the same name
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by going online or calling our team.
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Call the number on your screen
or scan the QR code to order.
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This is Rick Renner, and I
want to say thank you to you,
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partner, for everything you do
to help us take the teaching
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of the Bible to the ends of the earth.
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Proverbs 10:21 says, The lips of the righteous feed many,
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and that's our task.
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We are to feed many the
wonderful word of God.
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And I want to tell you that
we have given away hundreds
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and thousands of my books
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and other resources when people call us
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or they go online responding to an offer
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that we have made to them.
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My friends, that's a lot of material.
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And I'm going to tell you,
it takes a lot of money
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to give away that many resources, but we're able to do it
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because of our partners, because of what you give.
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We are able to take the life transforming truths
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of God's word to people that are looking for answers
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and what a privilege that people would come sit
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around our table and we would be able
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to feed them the wonderful
truths of God's word,
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and you are a big part of that.
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So I wanted to say thank
you. Thank you, partner.
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And if you're listening
today and you're not a
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partner yet, we need you.
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And we ask you to become a
part of the Partner Family
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so we can take the teaching of God's word
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to people all over the
world and we receive you
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and we welcome you into our Giving Team.
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My friend, this has
really been good today,
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but when we come back
tomorrow, we're going
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to see there's a major
problem in the modern church
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and that is a lack of Bible knowledge
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and we're going to see what
you and I can do about it.
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But I'm teaching a series,
a 15-part series called How
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to Keep Your Head on Straight
in a World Gone Crazy, comes
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with a huge, wonderful study guide.
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And I've got a book by the same name, How
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to Keep Your Head Straight
in a World Gone Crazy.
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My friends, just because the
world's going nuts does not
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mean you have to lose your head.
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You can keep your head
on straight in a world
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that has seemed to have gone crazy.
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My friends, you can do it.
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You just need to know how, and that's
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what the book is all about.
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It would be so good for you
to read it from beginning
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to the end, but if you want to know how
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to get these resources,
just call the number
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that's on the screen or go online.
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And when you reach out to us,
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please let us know how to pray.
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Anything that's touching you, we want to touch the heart
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of God with you for him to work and to move on your behalf.
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And I want to pray with you right now.
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So put your hand on your heart.
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Father, help us to tune
our hearts and our minds
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and our ears to the word of God, not
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to something newfangled, not
to teachings of other kinds,
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but Lord, to really zero in on the truth
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and to be rooted in scripture
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and help us to help others be
rooted in scripture as well.
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I pray this in the wonderful
name of Jesus. Amen.
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Wow, this has really been good today,
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but I'm looking forward
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to coming back tomorrow when we're going to see what we need
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to do about ourselves
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or others who have a
lack of Bible knowledge.
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We need to help them and we can,
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and that's what we're
going to see tomorrow.
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But I want to thank you
for being with me today
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and I want to tell you that Ecclesiastes 8:4
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says - "Where the word of a king is, there's power."
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God's word is powerful.
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So my friend, embrace it
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and let the wonderful word of
God work in your life today.
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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
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to experience a new life
Jesus has to give you.
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Pray this prayer with me right now.
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Lord, I repent of my sin
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and receive you as my Savior and Lord.
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Wash away my sin 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 to
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renner.org/salvation?
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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
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