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I'm reading today from Lamentations 2 .14. It

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says, Your prophets, those were their leaders,

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their godly leaders supposedly, your prophets

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have seen for you worthless, that means it's

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worth nothing, and deceptive, that means it was

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a lie, visions, and they have not exposed your

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wrongdoing so as to restore you from captivity.

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But they have seen for you worthless, there it

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is again, and misleading pronouncements. So two

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things I want you to see here. The first is,

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it's not worthless if... It restores you from

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captivity and exposes your wrongdoing. You need

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those two things. So if you have a man of God

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in your life who is preaching the gospel the

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way it's written, preaching what the Bible tells

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you, that you need Jesus Christ as Lord and you

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need to follow him for your whole life, denying

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yourself, taking up your cross daily and following

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after him, then that's a message from God. And

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if they're telling you anything else or any other

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way, self -help talk or that what you're doing

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is okay and that you don't really have to be

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committed or full -fledged following the Lord,

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That's worthless prophecy, worthless visions,

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worthless speaking. Be restored by Jesus Christ

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who lived, died, was buried, and rose again and

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overcame death. Believe in your heart and confess

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with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord and

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that God raised him from the dead and you will

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be saved. Turn from your wicked ways, if you

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have any, and I'm sure you probably do. Turn

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from your wicked ways and follow him and follow

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him alone. Be encouraged. You can deliver the

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same message to anyone who will listen.