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We've all been hurt. We all carry scars. We can all overcome these things and be

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healed through a relationship with Jesus Christ. Let's build that relationship

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together right here. Welcome to Healing Scars with Pastor Burton. Hey everybody

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welcome back to the sanctuary. So great to have you with us as always and if

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it's your first time let me just say welcome. Now before we hop in here I have

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to tell you I normally don't look at the metrics for the podcast a whole lot

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because well I just don't get hung up on them. That's not really my thing.

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So you know but periodically I do look at it you know because it is good to see

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what's happening once in a while so you can find out what's working and what's

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not with certain things. And this past weekend just happened to be one of those

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times and it was it was very exciting to see so many new followers and in

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returning people turning in all over the world. You know it is very reassuring to

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see that we're getting the word out there and it's because of all of you. So I

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just wanted to say thank you thank you thank you you know thank you for your

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likes thank you for your shares you thank you for the subscriptions you know

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your kind words you know every time that you post on any of our media or anything

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you know it's it helps us out tremendously. So you know thank you so

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much you know and you know let's let's keep that going so we get the word out

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to more people. But you know thank you so much you know our growth you know it's

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it's it's because of you and it is also a testament of God's glory you know.

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Because it is all to him. I'd like to remind you all that if you do have

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a question or if there's something that you'd like to hear us talk about or

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maybe go a little bit more detail on you know feel free to reach out anytime you

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can find our email and our social media links and all that good stuff at our

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website which is be the light sanctuary dot org. Okay with that said we're going

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to pick back up in Ephesians 4 where we left off and we're going to look at what

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Paul has to say about Christian living. You know in the first part of the

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chapter if you recall we were looking at being united as the church you know we

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as believers are the church we as people are the church you know it's not a

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building you know there's a distinct difference between people who go to

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church and those people who are the church you know even the devil goes to

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church so don't be deceived into thinking that you're saved simply because you go

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somewhere at a certain time and get preached at and leave you know it's

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that's very legalistic it doesn't work that way you know so it's it's it really

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comes down to this either you're part of the church or you're not you're either a

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believer or you're not all right so for those of you with your Bible and those

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of you with your apps or even those who are just taking notes join me now in

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Ephesians 4 and we're going to look at verses 17 through 24 the Bible says so

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I tell you this and insist on it in the Lord that you must no longer live as the

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Gentiles do in the futility of their thinking they are darkened in their

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understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance

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that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts having lost all sensitivity

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they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind

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of impurity and they are full of greed that however is not the way of life you

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learned when you heard about Christ and you were taught in him in accordance

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with the truth that is in Jesus you were taught with regard to your former way of

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life to put off your old self which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires

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to be made new in the attitude of your minds and to put on the new self created

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to be like God in true righteousness and holiness now as we already learned the

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Jews and the Gentiles have been united in Christ right those who believe so why

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are we being told not to live like the Gentiles well the meaning is a bit

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different now now we're looking at believers versus non-believers that's

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what's actually being met here all right is non-believers and the futility of

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their thinking is referring to the fact that as part of the human condition

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we're really good at not just thinking ourselves away from God

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because we do we will we think we know better we will we will come up

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with stuff we will devise things and scheme things and we will pull ourselves

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away from God but in doing that you know it moves us away very quickly as well

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you know it's easy for us to get caught up in the way of the world I had to go

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and do those things because you know let's face it you know that it's it's

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comfortable it's what we know you know it's what we've seen and part of the

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issue with non-believers is the fact that the Bible is really hard to

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understand they can't wrap their heads around it's confusing you know and God

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you know he's done this on purpose you see for non-believers they get caught up

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in their own pride they have it built up in their heads that they can figure out

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anything given time however to fully understand the Bible we have to lean on

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God and faith you know in Matthew 13 13 Jesus says this is why I speak to them

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in parables though seeing they do not see though hearing they do not hear or

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understand even though everything is right in front of the non-believer they

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miss it they can't see the forest for the trees you know it's it's not until

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you come to Jesus and you have a relationship with them that things start

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to get revealed that's the Holy Spirit in you opening your eyes

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all right sorry about that I'm gonna hit my mute button one more time here

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stuff going on there sorry about that don't want to blow out those ears all

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right and we're gonna we're gonna keep on driving through here all right you

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see the other part of what we're seeing here in Ephesians is that when people

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look at you as a Christian they should easily be able to see the difference

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between you and a non-believer remember we are reborn in Christ so we are a new

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creature and if you recall that doesn't take away our individuality the other

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thing is that it does change how we think about everything how we respond to

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everything what types of attitudes we have about things you know and these

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things that it takes time it takes time because we need to learn we don't just

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come to Christ and instantly know everything we are reborn and like a

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small child growing up we have to learn not only that but we have to unlearn see

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we have to unlearn what the world has said is right and what the world has

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said we should do and what the world says is good and instead what we need to

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start to learn is what God says is good and what God says is right and what God

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says to do you know we have to stop doing what the world insists we do and

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start doing the things of God instead and as we grow so does our understanding

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and methods to do things this continues throughout our lives see we lean on God

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we listen to him and we do what he tells us to do and while we do that he molds

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us as he needs now it's not always easy matter of fact even molding is not

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always easy if you've ever done any kind of molding you know sometimes it's

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really tough you really have to get in there and work you know and as a matter

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of fact the Bible warns us that it's not going to be easy that life is not going

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to be easy however in the end when we are called home and into God's glory it

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will be all worth it see it's your actions as an ambassador for Christ that

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will show people in the world what you truly believe and who you truly are you

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can't be two-faced putting on a show for the church and treating people in the

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world differently as we're about to see so let's look back to Ephesians 4

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verses 25 through 28 the Bible says therefore each of you must put off

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falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor for we are all neighbors of one

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body in your anger do not sin do not let the Sun go down while you are still

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angry and do not give the devil a foothold anyone who has been stealing

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must steal no longer but must work doing something useful with their own hands

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that they may have something to share with those in need again you can't lie

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lies are the tools of the devil you know they bring discord and it doesn't matter

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how small it is you see we tend to think of that little you know those those

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little white lies you know all that you know they're not gonna hurt anyone it's

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okay you know however the truth is a lie is a lie if you're not speaking the

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truth then you shouldn't be speaking at all you know and now this next part the

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next part of this I love because when people get angry others like to say

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things like you're not acting very Christian like or aren't you supposed to

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forgive and forget no we can dispel that right now people who say these things

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haven't paid attention to the Bible you can get angry let me say it again you

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can get angry matter of fact it's going to happen

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Jesus got angry it is how you respond in that anger you need to control it the

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Bible is telling us here that you can be you know you can get angry and not sin

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see they're two different things as a matter of fact we could see a clear

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reference to Psalm 4 verse 4 which says tremble in your anger do not sin

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when you are on your beds search your hearts and be silent you see you can be

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angry you can be downright furious that's what it's talking about that

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tremble you know when you're so mad that you're shaking you know however you have

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to maintain control and not sin in the anger you see it's when we give in when

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we lose control that we give the devil a foothold to take control and others end

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up getting hurt in the process when we sin people get hurt in the process now

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the Bible shows us several times where people have gotten angry and not sinned

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Jesus himself was angry over the merchants in the temple and cleared them

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all out and how did he do that well he did in grand fashion didn't he

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overturning tables and chasing them out with the whip you know it sounds

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violently overboard for the image a lot of people have of Jesus however when we

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read the account we see he did enough to clear out the sin and to clear out the

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sinners but he did not actually harm anyone he drove his point home and this

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wasn't the only time you know people like to point at this be like oh yeah

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look Jesus got mad once no he was angry more than once he you know there was a

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time he even became angry with the disciples when they made others you know

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seem and feel like second-class citizens by trying to send them away when Jesus

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was trying to preach to the children in Mark 10 and then you know there are

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other incidents recorded where Jesus was angry as well you know the point is just

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like Jesus we have to exercise self-control we need to deal with things

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in a way that build one another up and resolves the situation see we can't just

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ignore things and wait for them to get better either you know a lot of people

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they like to do it's like oh you know I don't want to I don't want to rock the

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boat I don't want to cost turmoil so you know we're just gonna do that no you

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know just because you're angry doesn't mean you can't act in love now

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sometimes the truth can hurt but it's better to act in truth and in love that

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it is to cause the harm that comes outside of that in sin all right now

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picking back up our reading in Ephesians 4 we're at verse 29 through 32 now the

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Bible says do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths but only

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what is helpful for building others up according to their needs that it may

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benefit those who listen and do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God with whom

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you were sealed for the day of redemption get rid of all bitterness rage

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and anger brawling and slander along with every form of malice be kind and

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compassionate to one another forgiving each other just as Jesus forgave you you

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know sometimes it's easier said than done isn't it but as Christians we need

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to learn how to respond to the world in a way that glorifies God that's the

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problem we see in a couple of areas of society you know these days on the one

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side you had this overant group that wants to exude machismo right and they

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do it to a point that they become arrogant and hateful and on the other

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side well let's just say it cancel culture you know instead of a cheese mo

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they're exercising another type of pride and again out of arrogance and hate and

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both sides well they both become self-absorbed and selfish and it's not

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just in these instances is it we see the same in a lot of areas of life today all

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around the world so it's important that we act in love you know back in the

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late 80s early 90s we had this huge movement and you know many of you have

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no doubt have heard of it you know people would wear bracelets and shirts

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and various things and they simply said WW JD and that stood for what would

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Jesus do for simple yet powerful world words that form a question that pertains

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to really every aspect of Christian life right what would Jesus do it's something

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we would all benefit to stop and ask ourselves from time to time all right

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let's let's move into Ephesians 5 now so Ephesians chapter 5 we'll look at the

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first couple of verses here to get started the Bible says follow God's

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example therefore as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love just

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as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and

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sacrifice to God this is a solid answer for what the question we just heard you

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know is isn't it you know what would Jesus do and as his followers we are

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much like children what you know what the children do as they grow up while

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they follow their parents around watching you know how they walk how they

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talk how they do things learning what they believe and they you know they end

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up becoming you know little carbon copies so don't they you know they start

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mimicking what they see and what they hear and they take on the mannerisms of

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their parents right you know and that's exactly what we should be doing as

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followers of Jesus we should be learning to be servant leaders just like him all

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right Ephesians 5 verses 3 through 7 the Bible says but among you there must not

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even be a hint of sexual immorality or any kind of impurity or of greed because

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these are improper for God's holy people nor should there be obscenity foolish

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talk or coarse joking which are out of place but rather Thanksgiving for of

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this you can be sure no immoral impure or greedy person such as a person is an

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idolater has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God let no one

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deceive you with empty words because of such things God's wrath comes on those

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who are disobedient therefore do not be partners with them you know this in and

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of itself really you know it's a reason we should be careful just turning on the

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TV or the radio anymore isn't it you know just on Christmas Day alone we were

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watching a football game on TV and I can't tell you how many times we saw an

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advertisement for one of the bachelor shows you know and it seems like

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everywhere you look anymore everything is promoting that you know this life

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excess excess money material things you know the other sex sex itself and then

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some you know many of you are wondering why you can't find a loyal partner in

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life but you're looking at immature boys and girls with immature idols while

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you're listening to things that claim to be empowerment that are really the

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reality is they're depreciating you as an object and taking away your value

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when you're worth as a person you know oh I'm a queen bee ladies the guys truly

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value you they don't want to be they want a woman all right oh I'm a knight

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in shining armor you know guys the ladies that truly value you they don't

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want that fairy tale garbage they want the knight in the dirty worn armor that

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only comes with a real man doing real work to provide for his family you know

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I've oversimplified it here but you get my point catch me you know on the side

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and we could talk about it in detail if you don't quite get what I said and

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what I'm saying here you know but the whole you know I'm a queen bee and by

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bee you know of course I you know I'm not I'm not saying the word that's being

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used out there y'all know exactly what I'm talking about and then the whole you

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know the that whole image of you know oh look at me I'm a knight in shining armor

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I'm the guy you've been looking for it's all garbage you know I'm telling you

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guys if you're that person you know on the I'm the queen bee I don't care you

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know oh yeah you know I'm the guy you need to stop you need to make some

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evaluations and you need to make some changes in life very very quickly all

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right the fact is we need to stop giving into the indulgences of the world and

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treating each other like garbage you're a Christian you follow Christ well

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if that's fact then you should be looking to serve others and not yourself

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you should be treating others with the respect that you would like to get in

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return not based on how they treat you the golden rule itself actually comes

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from Luke chapter 6 verse 31 now I will tell you it does not say to do unto

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others as they you know do unto you it does not say do unto others before they

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do unto you it does not say to one up others no Luke 6 31 the Bible says do to

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others as you would have them do to you all right it's pretty clear it's pretty

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clear like I said it doesn't say do unto others as they do unto you or be

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for they do unto you or to one up others it says to do as you would have them do

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to you now let's face it you will not always get the respect you deserve but

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you should always always give it now this doesn't mean we should click up and

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we could you know and shut out sinners even though we see some so-called

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churches do this all right that is not what Jesus taught you know it wasn't oh

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you know we need to keep it on you come and sit right here where we could keep

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an eye on you you know we got it and then you got it you got a you know as

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soon as we're done you got to get back out that door and it no none of that

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instead in Luke 5 verses 33 32 Jesus said to lead them to him to lead these

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people to him all right so what how do we do it well we need to go out into the

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world however we need to be mindful and not allow ourselves to get absorbed into

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the world's practices and idols

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now for time's sake I'm gonna move through the rest of this no fairly

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quickly moving back to Ephesians 5 verses 8 through 14 the Bible says for

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you were once darkness but now you are light in the Lord live as children of

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light for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness righteousness

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and truth and find out what pleases the Lord have nothing to do with the

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fruitless deeds of darkness but rather expose them it is shameful to even

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mention what the disobedient do in secret but everything exposed by the

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light becomes visible and everything that is illuminated becomes a light that

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is why it is said wake up sleeper rise from the dead and Christ will shine on

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you

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this is reminding us that we all come from darkness every one of us we've all

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sinned we've all fallen short yet through the blood of Jesus Christ we've all been

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forgiven well when I say we all we all as believers right have been forgiven we

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have the Holy Spirit within us that is the light of the Lord and it will

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attract people your actions will attract people not only that but we're being

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told to call people out when we see their sin we're being told don't

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tolerate it don't accept it don't condone it and don't bite your tongue

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as a matter of fact just by staying quiet others may interpret that single

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action alone as approval of their sin and others will see it as approval of

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another person sin and they'll view you as being just as guilty of it guilt by

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association is a very real thing so you need to stay on the alert so that false

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beliefs aren't allowed to infiltrate and to pervert the church all right

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continuing on Ephesians 5 verses 15 through 20 the Bible says be very

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careful then how you live not as unwise but as wise making the most of every

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opportunity because the days are evil therefore do not be foolish but

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understand that but understand what the Lord's will is do not get drunk on wine

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which leads to debauchery

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instead be filled with the Spirit speaking to one another with Psalms hymns

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and songs from the Spirit seeing and make music from your heart to the Lord

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always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord

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Jesus Christ so we need to be on the alert and we need to be mindful and how

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we live our lives every single day see you need to be purposeful and what you

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do because evil is everywhere it's permeated every society on this planet

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and it's become an accepted part of the culture which is all the more reason

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that you should do what good you can when you can you know the next part here

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is what's taken out of context a lot you know I'm any interpreted to mean you

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shouldn't drink you know and will spout all sorts of unresearched gibberish

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that's either been handed down to them or written on social media you know but

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what's saying here is to be careful to be mindful of what you're doing and not

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get drunk so this is where the old adage of taking things in moderation comes in

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you know a drink here and there is not going to hurt but people don't truly

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know their limits and that's why it ends up getting twisted into this whole thing

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of you know people saying well it's better just not to drink at all all

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right see we need to be sober minded when we have too much we are we are no

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longer in control of our senses and our faculties and that that's when the

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enemy is given a foothold because we start doing things that we shouldn't we

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start taking risk that we shouldn't we start doing stupid things that we

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shouldn't

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you know every you know you get out there and you know people like oh yeah

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you know I can I can drink X amount or whatever and the fact is you know as you

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get older you don't process things the same and it's actually not the more you

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could drink it's a less you can drink you just don't feel that way and you're

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giving in to what the the the devil is whispering into your ear into those lies

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so you know we need to be very careful we need to be very mindful and it's not

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just of alcohol anymore is it but other things that you know change change your

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mindsets you know certain you know let's just say you know drugs and medications

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and all that you know all the stuff that people turn to that you know affects

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them like a drink you know the adrenaline junkies and all that because

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there is a very real thing there that's been studied and researched all right so

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we need to make sure that we're doing the right thing and that we're

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maintaining control all right don't risk giving the devil a foothold you know

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we instead what we should remember is that we are filled with the Holy Spirit

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we should give him praise everywhere we go and then everything we do we should

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be giving you know thanks for the many blessings that we've been given and

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continue to be given you know and we need to ensure that his light is

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shining for others to see you know through us at all times you know

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sometimes things are going to get rough the lights going to seem a little dimmer

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and it's going to be hard to be thankful however you can rest assured that not

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only is Lord with you but he is building a new strength in you through those tough

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times don't let the storm around you take your eyes off of Jesus keep centered

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on him and keep following him one step at a time all right so that's our time

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for today remember you are loved and you are blessed so go and be the church

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thank you all for joining us here today at healing scars with pastor Burton

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