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because you opted in to be encouraged. I'm thinking

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today of a verse from 2 Chronicles. We're going

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way back. 2 Chronicles, and it's in chapter 20,

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and it's verse 23. It's a unique situation. You

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should read probably the whole story if you really

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want to dig into it in 2 Chronicles chapter 20.

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But I'm just going to read verse 23 for today

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for the principle that the Lord has laid on my

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heart. And it says, The men of Ammon and Moab

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rose up against the men from Mount Phaer. to

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destroy and annihilate them. After they finished

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slaughtering the men from Zair, they helped to

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destroy one another. The bottom line is these

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were men who were willing to take others' lives

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with their swords. It was probably pretty easy

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to turn them against each other because they

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had had past rivalries. They could take with

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their sword what they couldn't take by any other

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means. It's like that in the world. People want

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what they want, and they're going to do what

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they have to do to get it. not like that in the

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kingdom. We submit to God the Father through

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his Son, Jesus Christ. Our fellowship is with

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God the Father and his Son, Jesus Christ. We

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can't just go around attacking anyone we want.

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We can't just go around beating people up with

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words or holding anger in our heart against people,

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feeling vengeful, gossip, slander, all these

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things the kingdom just does not allow. Let it

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be said, then, that if you live by the sword,

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you die by the sword. That's what Jesus said

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to Peter, and it's absolutely true. The way you

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live, live for Christ, is the way you will live.

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And the way you live your whole life is the way

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you will die, honoring God and transitioning

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to heaven for eternity through his son Jesus.

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Praise God for your desire to live right. The

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race day coming up, April 5th at New Heights,

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1 o 'clock, April 5th.