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Through this changing world below, I would not

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choose my path to go. Tis his hand that leadeth

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me, then oh, how safe his child must be. Sometimes

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we walk in sunshine bright, sometimes... In the

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darkness of the night, in sometimes the way I

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cannot see, but his precious hand still leadeth

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me. Sometimes there seems no way to take, but

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his hand a way doth make. And sometimes I hear

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him gently say, Come, follow me. This is the

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way. So why should I mind the way I go? For his

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way is best for me, I know. And he is my strength,

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my truth, my way. He is my comfort, my rod, my

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stay. And so, beloved, on we travel. Hand in

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hand. Bound for thy glorious heavenly promised

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land. And always, through all eternity, I'll

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praise his name for leading me. And with perfect

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trust and perfect confidence, we place ourselves,

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our lives, into your care and your keeping. Just

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keep leading and we'll keep following. I just

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feel like having a good heart -to -heart talk

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with you. And I hope that you're feeling like

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you'd like to have a good heart -to -heart talk

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with me. If you do, we'll have an awful good

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time together for the next few minutes. And I'm

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going to talk to you about something that's very

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practical. You know, after all is said and done,

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the Bible is very practical. In fact, this thing

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of living a Christian life is the most practical

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life in the world. Jesus himself is a very practical...

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person right down to earth. And there isn't a

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need in our life. I don't care who you are, under

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what circumstances you are living. I don't care

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whether you are rich or poor, learned or unlearned.

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I want you to know, regardless of what your need

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is, there's a promise in the Word that'll meet

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that need. There isn't anything that concerns

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a human life but what the Bible speaks of that

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very thing. Now, here's something that's very

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practical, and I feel that we have disregarded

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it. Turn, if you will, please, to 1 Corinthians,

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the sixth chapter. And everything that I'm going

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to have to say will be in the first 11 verses.

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That's right. You should have known I was going

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to have a heart -to -heart talk with you, and

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you should have gotten your Bible out. Then we

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could have saved a little time. That's right.

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You have it now. All right. Read it, if you will,

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please, with me. The first word is most important.

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And in the entire Word of God, this is the very

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first time any chapter begins with this word,

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dare. Dare any of you. It's a mighty challenging

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word with which the apostle starts. Dare any

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of you. Had you the courage? We see it once.

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It's a question almost of amazement on his part,

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as though the apostle on the human level was

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saying, I don't understand why you are doing

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it. I don't understand how you dare do it. How

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you even had the courage to do it? How dare you?

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How dare you what? Having a matter against a

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neighbor? How dare any of you go to law before

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the unrighteous and not before the saints? It's

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a challenge. The implication is that to do such

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a thing... would be to violate the very principles

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of their life. And he says, dare you do it. Hand

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you the courage. Their action was a violation

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of the very genius and value of their life as

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Christians. To take the matter of disputes within

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the church, outside the church, and ask the opinion.

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Ask the heathen to ask the unregenerated for

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their help, their advice. And the emphasis is

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on that word, you. Dare any of you. Oh, that's

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great. You mean you didn't know it was there?

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Sure. Dare. Any of you. To whom is he speaking?

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Those who have been born again. He is talking

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to those who have been regenerated. He's not

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talking to the unsaved. Having a matter against

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another. He is still speaking to those within

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the body of believers. In the body of Christ.

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He's not talking about the unbeliever. Both are

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Christians. Get this picture. Both have been

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born again. Both are members of the church of

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the Lord Jesus Christ. They are in the body of

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Christ. Dare any of you go to law before the

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unjust and not before the saints? Now, before

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we go a little deeper into this study of the

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word and get the full meaning of it, let's just

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pause and go back to the beginning of Paul's

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letter. He was writing, of course, to the Corinthian

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church. And they were having trouble within the

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church. They were having trouble among themselves.

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Disputes and jealousies. They were just ordinary

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people like the rest of us. Human nature hasn't

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changed one iota. Know that. All through the

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years, human nature has not changed. Man is just

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the same today as he was back there. Go to the

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beginning of Paul's letter. He'd received word

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of the condition that was in the church. And

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instead of approaching them from a negative standpoint,

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he used the positive. Oh, it's great. Do you

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want to know what he did? The very first thing

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that he did, he put them on their own honor.

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He reminded them of their position as Christians.

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He reminded them of the fact that they were more

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than just plain, ordinary men and women. For

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having been born again, he calls them the Church

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of God. Oh. Could he have called them anything

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greater than to remind them that as believers

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they were the church of God? And then he goes

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a little further. He continues and he calls them

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sanctified in Christ Jesus. You're not just the

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ordinary run of... People, since your experience

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of regeneration, remember you're sanctified in

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Jesus Christ. Then he goes a step further and

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he calls them saints. That's really putting them

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on their honor. You're saints. You don't dare

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do the things that you're doing. because of your

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position. You have forgotten to whom you belong.

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You can't act like the unregenerated. You're

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the church of God. You're sanctified in Christ

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Jesus. You're saints. Now then he continues with

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that same thought and it's Still positive. And

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if you can learn this lesson, it's the greatest

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thing in the world that I could teach you. Remember

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to whom you belong. I pray that right now the

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Holy Spirit will take the word and make it a

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very part of your living, your thinking. a very

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part of you, and it will change your life completely.

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Dare any of you, having a matter against another,

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go to law before the unjust and not before the

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saints? Do you not know that the saints shall

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judge the world? These are children of God. And

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he's reminding them that they are sons of the

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Most High. And that in their disputes, in going

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to the heathen, the pagan, the unregenerated,

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they were going outside of their own ranks for

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wisdom when the Christian should have greater

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wisdom than anybody else in the world. Why do

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you go to the unsympathetic person for advice?

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When the Christian brethren are supposed to be

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better equipped for doing the job than anyone

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else. Dare you, it's a challenge. And remember,

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not necessarily neighbor, but... Any of you having

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some dispute with another of you, dare you go

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to the unrighteous for help. Why do you, who

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profess to be Christians, regenerated, sons of

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the Most High, go over to your next door neighbor,

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who is not a Christian, that make no profession

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whatsoever. of Christianity. They have no regard

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for God or the things of God. Why do you go over

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to the next door neighbor when you get into trouble

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and ask their advice? Let's pinpoint this thing.

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You are a Christian woman. You have God as your

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Heavenly Father. You have the Word of God and

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you have perfect confidence in the Word of God.

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You know how to pray. You know how to get hold

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of God in prayer. You find that your husband

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is untrue to you. You're having domestic difficulties.

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And so what do you do? Instead of doing the thing

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that you should do as a born -again woman, as

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a child of God, you go over to your neighbor

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lady and you sit by the hour and tell her all

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of your troubles and try to get advice from her.

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When if you only knew it, She's having the same

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trouble herself, and if she could help you, believe

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me, she'd be holding her own husband and his

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affection. Maybe she's just keeping her mouth

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shut about her troubles, using a little more

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wisdom than you're using. She's not blabbing

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it all over the neighborhood. Maybe she's just

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a little smarter than you are and keeping it

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to herself. Yet you go over to the unregenerated

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and you try to get advice from her. How in the

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world do you expect to win her for God when she

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sees through your example that you have no power

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in prayer, that in a time of distress, in a time

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of trouble, You yourself do not go to the place

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of supply. You do not go to the powerhouse. You

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do not act as though God is your Heavenly Father.

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And it's just like that. This is old -fashioned

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Missouri cornbread that I'm giving you today,

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and I think it's needed. If you are a Christian,

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act like a Christian. If... you believe that

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your Heavenly Father is all -powerful, act like

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it. If you believe that he who has promised will

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keep his promise, if you believe that you are

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a son of the Most High, if you believe that you

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are a joint heir with Christ Jesus, you do not

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have to go outside of the ranks. of born -again

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Christians to seek advice. That's exactly what

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he's talking about. Dare any of you. All this

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is challenging. Uh -huh. Yeah. The church has

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no right to get mixed up with the world in their

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troubles. Their business dealings. Don't take

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it into a pagan atmosphere. Don't take it to

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the unsympathetic. That's when we really get

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into trouble. Then, he reminds them of something.

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Do ye not know? that the saints shall judge the

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world? And if the world shall be judged by you,

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are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

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In other words, how in the world are you going

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to be able to judge the world as a part of Jesus

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himself when you can't take care of your own

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personal matters? You're inconsistent in your

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living. You're inconsistent in your thinking.

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We need a fresh baptism of consistency among

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Christians. Do you remember what Paul said once

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in 1 Timothy regarding elders and deacons in

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the church? I quote his exact words. In other

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words, he's saying, if a man cannot govern his

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own children, if a man has no control over his

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own son, his own daughter, that man is not in

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a position to either be an elder or a... deacon

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in the church. How can he rule over others in

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the church of God when he has no rule over members

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of his own household? The whole thing begins

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at home. It's like that. If you had no control

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over your own life, your own emotions. If there

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is no self -discipline in your own life, how

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in the world can you discipline anyone else?

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Oh, this is wonderful. This is the most practical,

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the most logical thing in the world. And it is

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true when he's talking about ruling and reigning

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with him. Let me just take a half second. I have

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the Bible right here, and let me turn to it,

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and you turn to it too. The fifth chapter of

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the book of Revelation. This is what he's referring

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to. It's there in the tenth verse, all right?

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And has made us... unto our God, kings and priests,

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and we shall reign on earth. That's a part of

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our inheritance. As Christian, as born again

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men and women, he's appealing to the consistent

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life. any of you go outside of the ranks of the

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spiritual to get help to get advice when one

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of these days you are going to help rule and

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reign this earth with him when right now You

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don't have enough power in your own life to go

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to the right source for help. Do ye not know

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that the saints shall rule the world? And if

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the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy

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to judge the smallest matters? Know ye not that

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we shall judge angels? How much more things that

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pertain to this life. In the next broadcast,

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we're going to go a little deeper into this subject

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that's so needed.