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We've all been hurt.

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We all carry scars.

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We can all overcome these things and be healed through a relationship with Jesus Christ.

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Let's build that relationship together right here.

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Welcome to Healing Scars with Pastor Burton.

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Hey everybody, welcome back to the sanctuary.

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So we're going to be talking about something a little different today.

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So let me ask you this before we get started.

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Do you know what a life verse is?

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There are those verses that we all go to in hard times.

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They're the ones that give us comfort.

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They give us strength if we need it.

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That peace of heart, that peace of mind.

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Even Jesus quoted scripture when he was being tempted in the wilderness and when he was

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going through hardship.

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Even people who don't fully understand scripture have favorites.

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Think about it.

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We see things all over the place.

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Like take for example John 3.16.

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It's at every sporting event imaginable.

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Political rallies just everywhere.

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There's a gathering.

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There's somebody that has something that says John 3.16, right?

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Even on the first few pages of many Bibles is Psalm 119 verse 105 which says,

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Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.

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A lot of pastors that are out there will use this Psalm as an opening prayer during the

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opening of their services.

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You may have even found yourself using it if you're familiar with this verse.

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A ring that I often wear is inscribed with Philippians 4.13.

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And Philippians 4.13 says, I can do all things to Christ who strengthens me.

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It's another real popular one.

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Now I'm going to go through another favorite verse of mine.

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And this thing, I'm telling you, that light's going to go on and be like, whoa.

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Hold on tight.

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I mean this is going to blow your mind.

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This is great.

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And I love it.

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And a big part of it is because I love silly things.

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I like to be entertained.

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I don't know about you, but that's part of something that pulls me in.

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I don't want to sit there like, mwah, mwah, mwah, mwah.

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Like I'm sitting in front of Charlie Brown's teacher.

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Just something boring.

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This is something that much like a couple weeks ago when we learned about a certain

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talking donkey.

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Remember that?

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So you can't say that the Bible can't entertain us while teaching us at the same time.

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But I digress.

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I'm going down a rabbit trail here.

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Let's get back on track.

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So we have quite a bit to go through in a little bit of time.

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So let me ask you this.

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Have you ever thought about God's armor?

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Or more specifically, I should be asking, is that all that's being worn?

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No, of course not.

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People aren't naked under there.

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Especially, you think about God's underwear, there's nothing on the backside.

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It's all to the front.

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All I see that's back there on the backside is God.

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Nobody's back there mooning Him.

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No one's showing off their backside for that.

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So did you know that God told someone to buy underwear?

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No, I have not fallen off my rocker.

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I promise you.

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Bear with me.

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We're going into that right now.

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So for those who follow with their Bible, and for those of you who just like to take

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notes and then go back later on, I'll invite you to join me in Jeremiah chapter 13.

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And that is where we're going to be spending the bulk of our time today.

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So just so you know, I will be reading from the CSB translation today.

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So it's going to read a little different from what some of you all say.

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And I'm going to address that here in a moment.

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So let's start off though.

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Jeremiah chapter 13, verses one through two.

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The Bible says, this is what the Lord said to me, go and buy yourself a linen undergarment

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and put it on, but do not put it in water.

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So I bought the underwear as the Lord instructed me and put it on.

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Now depending on what translation you're reading, your Bible most likely says loin cloth, waistband,

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linen girdle, a linen sash or a linen belt.

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But think about it.

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What is that?

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It's underwear.

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And think about underwear back in those days.

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It wasn't the thin, easy to pull up stuff that we wear today.

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It was a much bigger cloth that was wrapped around and affixed to people in a much different

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manner, much like the clothing of that time was much different than what we wear today.

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And even some of the changes in the last 40 years, have our clothing different.

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And it seems silly.

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We can laugh.

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It's like really underwear?

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What in the world is this doing?

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What's going on?

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This has to be the most absurd thing I have ever come across in the Bible.

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But we have to keep in mind that every verse is here to learn from.

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It is.

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So as silly as it is, I said, we can laugh.

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It is funny and we're talking about underwear.

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Second Timothy chapter three, verses 16 through 17, the Bible reminds us, all scripture is

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inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training

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in righteousness so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

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You see, it's God's word.

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It's his truth.

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And he's given it to us to help us.

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And just like this scripture, does it make sense right out the gate?

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Does life always make sense?

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No.

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Does Christianity always make sense?

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The things that we're called to?

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No, absolutely not.

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But it's a reminder that we need to keep our eyes on Jesus and not get caught up in the

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world that's around us because of course we take our eyes off of Jesus and we start looking

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around, that's when we start to sink.

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So this is where we really start to go into it.

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At some point, you will be different from everyone else that's around you and you're

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going to have to take a stand.

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You are going to have to make that choice as to whether you care more about the ways

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of the world and what the world says or God.

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Plain and simple, world or God.

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And when we say the world, really, you know, it's Satan or God.

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It'll be a life or death moment.

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Now, it could be literal, it could be quite literal, but it could be the other way.

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You might be blessed with a long life and that moment was simply a turning point where

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you had that literal come to Jesus talk with the Lord and further your relationship with

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them.

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Look at the chaos that we see in the news today and look at the focal lens that Christians

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are being looked at through.

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Much like in the earliest days of the term Christian, it's increasingly being used kind

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of as like a curse word.

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The term Christian is being used to mock and ridicule professed Christians by many groups

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a day.

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Like, oh, those Christians.

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Oh, you're a Christian, huh?

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You know exactly what I'm talking about.

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More and more so, you know, you look at all these little groups and woke movement and all

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that and it's very much turned or being turned into a bad term.

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It's a flag for many people, which is unfortunate, but the Bible warned us that this was going

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to happen.

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With that said, God is going to make us uncomfortable and once we're uncomfortable, He's going

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to test us.

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I saw, I see this meme and it pops up fairly regularly, you know, at least a couple of

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times a year and it says, when you're going through hard times and you wonder where God

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is, remember the teacher is always quiet during a test.

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Let me see that again.

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When you're going through hard times and you wonder where God is, remember the teacher

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is always quiet during a test and it's true.

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You know, think about it.

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It's like when you're in school or anywhere else, you know, even like, you know, continuing

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education once you hit the professional world, you know, are you really able to ask questions

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during a test?

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No, no.

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It's like you either know it or you don't.

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You know, and that's what the test shows us.

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You know, how much do we know?

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What do we need to work on?

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You know, and so with that said, you know, we're going to be looking at underwear today

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because before we put on, you know, his armor, we need to have our underwear on.

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So that brings me to our first point, you know, new underwear.

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It's vivid.

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It's nice.

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You know, think about it.

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We are all bright.

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We all are.

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And Jesus even talks about this.

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Specifically he talks about the salt and the light.

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In Matthew chapter 5 verses 13 through 16, the Bible says, you are the salt of the earth.

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But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty?

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It's no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.

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You are the light of the world.

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A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden.

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No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, but rather on a lamp stand.

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And it gives light for all who are in the house.

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In the same way, let your light shine before others so that they may see your good works

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and give glory to your Father in heaven.

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We're called to be the light in other people's times of darkness.

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Just like when you're drawn to a candle and the room is dark, or a night light in the

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hall and you're trying to make your way down in the middle of the night and not wake anybody.

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We're all drawn to the Lord's light when we find those dark times in life as well.

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And we should all strive to let His light shine through us for others to see.

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Many of you know I worked at First Response for a long time.

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And that's one of the things that when I was a trainer that I would say, if you're not

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there to help people in their darkest hour, this isn't the job for you.

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But you know what?

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As a Christian, we're all called to be there in people's darkest hours.

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So whether you like it or not, that is part of the job.

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And you think about it.

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Even new black underwear is bright.

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We're talking black, right?

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It's like, what do you mean bright?

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Well think about it.

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It's that nice shiny black.

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It hasn't had that chance to fade or get spots or turn gray or those little thin areas from

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wearing it so much.

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It doesn't look worn yet.

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So it's still very vibrant.

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On the flip side of that, new underwear, just like other types of clothing, it's not always

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the most comfortable.

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It hasn't been broken in yet.

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It's nice.

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It's supportive.

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But it hasn't quite molded to your body yet.

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And as a Christian, we know that being a Christian isn't always the most comfortable.

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Especially when we're being questioned about our faith.

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When people make those anti-Christian comments, they take those things like, Jesus love you,

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and they turn it into a joke like, oh, Jesus loves you.

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We all know the types.

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So that brings me to my next point.

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Our underwear needs to be fresh.

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So let's go back into Jeremiah 13 here.

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Verses 3 through 7, the Bible says, Then the word of the Lord came to me a second time,

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Take the underwear that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to the Euphrates,

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and hide it in a rocky crevice.

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So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me.

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A long time later, the Lord said to me, Go at once to the Euphrates, and get the underwear

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that I commanded you to hide there.

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So I went to the Euphrates and dug up the underwear and got it from the place where

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I had hidden it.

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But it was ruined, of no use at all.

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Once the linen wasn't fresh, it became useless.

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Nobody should be wearing dirty underwear.

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You should be changing it regularly.

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I hope you are, and serving God and growing in our relationship with Him is no different.

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God has a ton of new things to share with us every single day, but we need to look and

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we need to listen.

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Not just hear it, but listen.

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There is a difference between hearing and listening.

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And we have several tools at our disposal to help us with this.

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Just to name a few, we have the Bible, we have different groups, there are camps out

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there.

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You can start a journal, take notes and ask questions, write down prayers.

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It gives you something later to go back and look over.

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And you can take special notes.

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When you see those answered prayers, it's like, Whoa, yeah, that was answered.

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That's awesome.

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Okay, great.

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That's one more thing I can praise and add to my own testimony about how God's helped

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me in my life.

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Your relationship with God really determines whether or not your underwear is fresh, if

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it's dirty, or if it's useless.

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Which brings me to that next point.

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Your underwear is yours, and it's yours alone.

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Nobody should be wearing somebody else's underwear.

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For that matter, do you really want to?

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No, it should be yours.

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Don't play dress up with someone else's drawers.

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As individuals, we don't even like to wear the same kind of underwear.

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Think of all the different types that are out there.

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You have your boxers, your briefs, your panties, etc.

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When you think of all the different decorations, you have your plane, you have your colorful,

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superheroes, polka dots, stripes, etc., etc., all down the line.

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There's so many different kinds.

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There's something out there that fits everyone's taste.

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Your relationship with God is no different.

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You can't have a relationship with God through other people.

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It can't happen.

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You shouldn't want that.

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God wants to have a personal relationship with each of us, individually.

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Everyone's relationship is different, just like your relationships with other people.

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Your relationships with your friends and different family members are all different.

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Your parents, for example.

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Your relationship with your parents is nothing like the relationship that your siblings have.

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As a matter of fact, your parents don't even probably treat you guys quite the same.

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Same can be said for your spouse, for your children, your neighbors, your coworkers,

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and so on.

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You have a unique relationship with all of these people, just like they have a unique

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relationship with you.

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The person that you consider your best friend, somebody else can't stand.

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The same for you.

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Your relationship with God cannot and will not ever be the same as anyone else's for

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the exact same reason.

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Coming together with the Church isn't enough.

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Reading your Bible isn't enough.

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Prayer isn't enough.

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You have to have that relationship with God.

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This comes back to using our tools.

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There are hundreds of Bible apps, devotionals, journals, in addition to the good old fashioned

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paper and ink that we've all grown up with.

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There's still Bible stores out there.

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You go in there and you might even have to ask for help because they have so many different

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types.

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You can participate in Bible studies, read books to gain or improve insight into certain

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things that you might find confusing.

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Having to have a relationship with God through other people is just like wearing someone

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else's underwear.

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It really is.

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There's no excuse for any of us at this point, especially when we have so many options available

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to us.

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Which brings me to my next point.

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God's underwear, it's snug and supporting.

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Join me now in Jeremiah 13.

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We're going to go through verses 8 through 11 here.

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The Bible says, verses 8 through 11, the word of the Lord came to me.

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This is what the Lord says, just like this I will ruin the great pride of both Judah

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and Jerusalem, these evil people who refuse to listen to me, who follow the stubbornness

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of their own hearts and who have followed other gods to serve and bow and worship.

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They will be like this underwear of no use at all, just as underwear clings to one's

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waist.

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So I fasten the whole house of Israel and Judah to me.

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This is the Lord's declaration, so that they might be my people for my fame, praise and

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glory but they would not obey.

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Your underwear should support you and God will support you, but you have to listen and

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you have to obey, even when it doesn't make sense, even when you don't want to.

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Oh, that's a big one there, huh?

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You know, we have to get close and we have to hold on to God.

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You know, I think about Jesus going through the crowd, what were people trying to do?

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They're reaching out, they're trying to grab him, trying to hold onto his clothing.

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When we stray from God, we start to wear out, we get stretched real thin.

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Even the elastic band on your underwear eventually wears out and breaks, that little snap, right?

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Then that underwear, it becomes useless.

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God from your life at that point, it's in the trash, done, gone, bye bye, rubbish.

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See, when we push those boundaries of how we go through life in the world and try to

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see how much we can do on our own without God, our relationship with him, it's getting

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stretched real thin, it's getting pulled to that limit.

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If we keep pushing and pushing and pushing, eventually we get too far away and it breaks

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and we become lost.

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It's because we get caught up on our own pride, which is a very, very ugly sin.

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If you haven't been paying attention, that is the whole point of Jeremiah 13.

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We all know actions speak louder than words.

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What people see versus what they hear, that's going to send up some red flags if they don't

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match up.

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Jeremiah, as you can see, he liked to use things that would get people's attention

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and their curiosity, really suck them in so that he could get the point across.

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The illustration here, who was showing what had happened to Judah, and really, we see

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it happening today all around us.

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You see, Judah, at one point they had been really close to God, really close.

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They're God's people, right?

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But by this point, they were becoming useless because of their pride.

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Things were stretching thin.

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He chose underwear because it was, and still is today, an extremely intimate thing.

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It's a very intimate piece of clothing.

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Because of their pride, they're a walk around in ruined skivvies and soon they would have

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a fallout with God if something didn't change.

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That's the whole point.

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Even today, we have to renew our relationship with God daily.

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Just like chapters in our lives begin and come to a close, our underwear needs to be

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changed as well.

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Sometimes we have to do it a lot more frequently so that we can become closer to Jesus and

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become the people that he wants us to be.

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The people he wants us to be.

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We have the instruction.

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We know what we need to be doing.

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We need to start doing it.

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That's where we get our hope because in his mercy and his grace, we've been given this

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chance to have this relationship.

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We haven't just been cast to the side.

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Jesus took the cross for us so that we could start living for him.

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So the next time you're pulling out a fresh pair of underwear, help you think about this.

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Think about Jeremiah 13 and that it serves as a reminder.

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God's there and he will support you.

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But you have to maintain that relationship.

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Thank you for joining me today here at Healing Scars with Pastor Burton.

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If you'd like to know more about our ministry or how you can support us, you can do so by

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going to our website at BeTheLightSanctuary.org or you can visit us on Facebook at BeTheLightSanctuary.

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We'll catch you next time.

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God bless.