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Welcome to Healing Scars with Pastor Burton,

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the official podcast of Cross Christian Fellowship,

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Route 66, in the heart of Albuquerque, New Mexico,

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where Burton is the lead pastor. We're glad you're

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here. Okay, so, as you can see, we're going to

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be talking about righteousness today. So, let's

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go ahead and go to prayer. Father, we thank you,

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God, for this time of the giving of your word,

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God. Spirit. Guide my tongue. Help me to speak

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the words you want me to speak. We pray for those

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that have been affected by the tragedy that happened

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on Wednesday. God, there's a lot of hurt in our

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country, God. Help us, God, to come together

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and to be able to forgive each other and to love

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each other again, God, as one nation united under

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you, God. We give these things, we pray these

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things in Jesus' name. Amen. All right. Wrong

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button. All right. So we're going to start with

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a recap on my last message. If we remember, it

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was on forgiveness, right? So we determined that

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forgiveness is when you do not hold the offenses

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of an offender to their charge. So in other words,

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they're no longer guilty in your eyes. Okay,

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so who remembers the three directions that forgiveness

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can be exchanged? Okay, so one, God forgives

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man, man forgives man, and man forgives self.

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Okay, we found that according to John 20, 23,

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The believer has the ability to forgive or retain

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sins done to them. And I didn't discuss this,

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but sometimes this can be taken out of context,

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particularly in two different belief systems.

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You have the Word of Faith movement. The Word

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of Faith believer believes that they have the

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ability to forgive sins to the degree that God

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forgives. That is not true. When you forgive

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someone, You are forgiving. You're clearing the

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path between the two of you. They still have

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to seek God if it was sin. The Catholic Church

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also has a false belief in this. Catholics believe

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that you must enter confession with a priest,

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and then that priest can forgive you. Again,

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man has no power to forgive sins to the point

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of eternal life. So that being said, without

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being forgiven by God, one cannot obtain righteousness.

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So what exactly is righteousness? Righteousness

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is purity of heart and rectitude of life, conformity

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of heart and life to the divine law, faithfulness,

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the active and passive obedience of Christ, justice.

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and the cause of our justification. All right.

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Okay. So, man's righteousness is filthy rags,

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according to Isaiah 64 .6. But we are all as

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an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses...

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or as filthy rags. And we all do fade as a leaf,

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and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken

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us away. So we see that our righteousness equates

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to nothing when God sees it. So if our righteousness

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is nothing, then how can we atone for our sin?

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True godly righteousness can only be obtained

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through Jesus. Jesus' blood and faith in his

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atoning power is what gives us this righteousness.

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Because when we get washed in his blood and have

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faith in his blood for his atoning power, he

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takes our sin and puts his righteousness on us.

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And we can see that in 2 Corinthians 5 .21. For

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he hath made him to be sin for us, him being

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Jesus, who knew no sin, that we might be made

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the righteousness of God in him. So our righteousness

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is actually, when we get born again, our righteousness

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is actually Jesus' righteousness. Okay, so now

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we go into... Actually, getting ahead of myself.

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So, and we need this righteousness. Because without

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righteousness, we cannot be holy as God has commanded

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us to be. And without holiness, no man shall

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see God. So, we need to repent of our sins to

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be brought into communion with the Father. So

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what are the characteristics of the righteous?

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The first characteristic we can find in Proverbs

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28 .1. The wicked flee when no man pursueth,

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but the righteous are bold as a lion. And so

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we see a parallel. A contradiction here in this,

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a comparison, that's what I want, a comparison

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in this verse. We see that the wicked flee, but

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the righteous are bold. So one evidence of this

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is back in Genesis 3, where Adam and Eve tried

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to run. They tried to run by, A, manufacturing

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their own righteousness by sewing fig leaves

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into aprons. To cover their nakedness. They thought

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they could hide their sin. With their own righteousness.

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So B. They weren't running for the bushes. To

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hide from an all seeing God. What they didn't

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realize was God saw them eat the fruit. God saw

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them talk to the serpent. God saw them hide.

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God saw them make the apron. So there was no.

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Way to hide from him. But they tried to anyway.

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See, the wicked go into a sort of paranoia because

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they know deep down that they will be judged

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for their wickedness. They need to look over

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their shoulders for the punishment coming their

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way. And this paranoia comes out of death because

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all fear is rooted in death. Fear didn't enter

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the world until death entered. But we see the...

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Contrast here. The righteous are not so. They

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are bold as lions. Boldness is what allows them

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to be courageous and confident. I'm reminded

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of a time when a preacher told me of the lion's

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roar. It is so loud that the very earth shakes

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around them. And it can be heard long distances

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away. It's a bold creature and there is no mistaking

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that the lion is around when you hear the roar.

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The righteous should also be like this. The world

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sees them and there is no mistaking who their

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master is. We are called to be a light in the

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darkness, a city on the hill. We are not to hide

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and cower before the darkness. We are to expose

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it and to show them that God is the way and that

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they need to repent of their sins and become

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Children of God that serve him is life. To go

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against him is death. Okay, so Proverbs 24, 16

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states that for a just man falleth seven times

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and riseth up again, but the wicked shall fall

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into mischief. Okay, so this is a form of boldness.

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It takes boldness. It takes courage. to get up

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again after you've failed. It takes courage to

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keep fighting, to dust yourself off, to run that

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race. So, why is it that the righteous are bold?

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We can see the answer. In 1 John 1 .9, if we

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confess our sins, He is faithful and just to

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forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all

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unrighteousness. So when we, the reason that

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the righteous are bold is because they're forgiven.

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When we confess our sins, the Son cleanses us

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and makes us righteous again. The Father then

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sees us in the likeness of His Son. So when the

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Father sees us after we've repented, he sees

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Jesus. And he doesn't see us in our imperfect,

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corrupt ways. Okay, so when we are forgiven,

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there is therefore no condemnation, right? So

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there is therefore no now. There is therefore

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now. No condemnation to them which are in Christ

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Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after

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the Spirit. For the laws of the Spirit of life

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in Christ Jesus have made me free from the law

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of sin and death. The result of being forgiven

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is that we no longer live in condemnation. We

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no longer need to carry the burden of shame and

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guilt. For we have been forgiven and that burden

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is taken. Has fallen off of us. This allows us

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to walk in confidence. Of God's righteousness.

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And in the salvation that he promises. We can

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walk confidently knowing. Of our destination.

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As long as we're still walking in the spirit.

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And not in the flesh. So. We now go to. Hold

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on. There we go. So, how is it that the righteous

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do not fear? Joshua 1 .9 says, Again, it states

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in Hebrews 13 .5, and be content with such things

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as ye have. For he hath said, I will never leave

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thee, nor forsake thee. The righteous have no

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fear, because God is with them wherever they

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go. He will never leave nor forsake the righteous.

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God brings confidence because his love casts

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out fear. We can see this in 1 John 4, 17 -18.

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Fear causes torment because it is rooted in death.

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God is life. This is stated by Jesus when he

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calls himself the way the truth and the life.

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Okay, so we know that the righteous are bold.

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They're courageous, they're confident because

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they have a God to be confident in. So what are

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some of the other characteristics? Behold, I

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send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves.

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Be therefore wise as serpents and harmless as

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doves. So the word says, that the righteous are

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wise. The righteous have been given craft and

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wit. Proverbs 8, 12 states that wisdom uses prudence

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to get knowledge of witty inventions. These inventions

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are understood to be well -considered, carefully

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thought -out designs, plans, and new creations

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that bring practical benefit. This knowledge

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that is gained through wisdom and prudence is

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then used to avoid the traps that the enemy leaves

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for us. 2 Timothy 2 .26 says that, and that they

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may recover themselves out of the snare of the

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devil who are taken captive by him at his will.

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And yet Ephesians 6 .11, put on the whole armor

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of God that you may be able to stand against

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the wiles of the devil. So our wisdom helps us

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to avoid the traps of the devil, to see it coming,

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and to avoid it. It also helps us to win others

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to God. Proverbs 11 .30 says that he that wineth

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souls is wise. We have to use wisdom in winning

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people to Christ. We have to know when to plant.

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We have to know when to water. But we always

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realize that God gives increase. Okay, so how

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do we get this wisdom? Where does it come from?

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John 14, 16, or 14, 26 says, But the Comforter,

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which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will

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send in my name, he shall teach you all things

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and bring all things to your remembrance, whosoever

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I have said unto you. Sorry, whatsoever I have

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said unto you. Okay. Also in 1 John. Wait, wrong

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path. Okay, 1 John 2 .27. But the anointing which

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ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye

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need not that any man teach you. But as the same

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anointed teacheth you of all things, and is truth,

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and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you,

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ye shall abide in him. So how do we gain wisdom?

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The Holy Spirit teaches us all things. The Holy

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Spirit has been given a gift to the believer

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to be comforted and to be taught right from wrong

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and how to apply the wisdom that the Holy Spirit

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gives us. He gives us our wisdom, wit, and craft

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to function in this world, but not be of the

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world. We are called to be sanctified from this

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world. We are called to bring others to him.

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He shows us how we can abide in the Son. And

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he brings everything that God has taught us to

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remembrance. The Spirit teaches us how to be

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righteous. how to walk in righteousness. The

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Spirit shows us the way we must go. There's another

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reason we have wisdom. John 1, 14. We're going

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through a roulette here. And the Word was made

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flesh into what among us, and we beheld His glory,

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the glory as of the Holy Begotten of the Father,

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full of grace and truth. Colossians 2, 1 -3,

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and unto all riches of the full assurance of

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understanding, to the acknowledgement of the

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mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ,

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in whom are hid all treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

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1 Corinthians goes right at it. 1 Corinthians

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1 .30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who

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of God is made unto us wisdom and righteousness,

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and sanctification and redemption. When we are

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in God, when we are walking in the Spirit, He

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makes Jesus wisdom unto us. He abides in the

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righteous. Jesus is wisdom. He is the truth and

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will guide us unto all truth. Mention this verse

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before, John 14, 6, Jesus saith unto him, I am

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the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh

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unto the Father but by me. We have to go through

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Jesus. Jesus not only is wisdom, but is a righteousness.

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There is yet another characteristic that... that

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the righteous have. And it is found in the verse

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we used prior. Matthew 10, 16. Behold, I send

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you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be

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ye therefore wise as serpents and harmless as

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doves. We are called to be, though we are wise

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as serpents, we do not cause harm as serpents.

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Hello. We can see everyone's happy to see each

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other. All right. All right. She's all right.

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She's twinkie. Okay. All right. All right. So,

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okay. Okay. Though we are wise as serpents, we

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do not cause harm as serpents. We do not wish

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harm on others, but want all to come to God,

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as this is his will. In 2 Peter 3 .9, God wants...

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all to come to him. God wants all to repent.

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And we are called to preach this to every creature

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in the Great Commission. So, how is it that the

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righteous are harmless? The characteristic that

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makes us harmless is love. Love wants all men

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to embrace it. God is love. So, in John 13, 34,

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35, this is called the greatest commandment.

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A new commandment I give unto you, that you love

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one another as I have loved you, that you also

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love one another. By this shall all men know

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that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one

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to another. So, it states that we love each other

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with brotherly love, right? Because how can we

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love the people in the world if we can't love

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each other, if we can't forgive each other of

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offenses made, if we can't come together in love

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with our Father? Simple answer is that we cannot

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show love to the world if we don't love each

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other. We are also called to love our enemies.

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Matthew 4, sorry, Matthew 5, 43 through 45. Ye

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have heard it that it hath been said, Thou shalt

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love thy neighbor. and hate thine enemy. But

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I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them

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that curse you, do good to them that hate you,

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and pray for them which despitefully use you

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and persecute you, that ye may be the children

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of your Father which is in heaven. For he maketh

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his Son to rise on the evil and on the good,

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and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

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God loves all mankind. And allows good even to

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the evil. He does not separate now because of

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grace. His grace is shed abroad to all mankind.

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We can preach and teach until our faces turn

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red. But without love, it's futile. Because...

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God is love, and if you're not using love, you're

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not using, you're not being, God is not using

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you. God is love, and we must show God to the

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world to win some. This is part of wisdom. See,

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everything comes together, right? So, to be wise,

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we have to... To show love to other people is

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wise. It brings wisdom, is used by wisdom. The

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Holy Spirit guides us to show us what the people

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need, and we are there to supply it through God's

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riches and glory. So. Father, we thank you. Thank

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you for this message that you've given us, God.

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Please let the seed take root and let it grow

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and bear fruit of righteousness unto all that

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believe. God, if any that have heard this don't

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know you, God, let the Holy Spirit convict them.

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Let the Holy Spirit lead them unto you, unto

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your salvation. God, we pray these things in

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Jesus' name. Amen. So, be the church, go into

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the world, make disciples. Until next time, take

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care and God bless.