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When we are talking about the fruit of the spirit,

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I feel like can easily become abstract. We can

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easily get caught skimming over the list almost

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to where it can lose its meaning. We've already

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talked about love being the sugar that runs through

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all the other fruit. Without love, the others

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lack the thing that makes them sweet and so desirable.

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We also talked about joy as something deeper

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and more sustainable than happiness. And now

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we're talking about peace. There are several

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different ways we can think about peace. There

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is the cessation of conflict. There is the state

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of tranquility. There is the accomplishment of

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unity. So wrestling with how to approach it today,

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I've decided to look at the practical guidance

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Paul gave to the Romans church. I think of the

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proverb, a word fitly spoken is like apples of

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gold in pictures of silver. What do we bring

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to a situation? For me as a mother, are my words

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bringing peace? What am I bringing to my family?

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Is my family worked up when I enter a conversation

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or leave the room? How about as a member of a

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church? If I enter a conversation, do I leave

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smiles or do I leave angst, frustration, and

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questions? What is said when I leave the room?

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I just love her or can you believe what she just

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said? So let's start in Romans 12, one. Brethren,

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or actually, I beseech you therefore, brethren,

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by the mercies of God, that you present your

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bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto

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God, which is your reasonable service. So Paul

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is begging them, because they are members of

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one family, by the mercy of God. That we present

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our bodies a living sacrifice There's nothing

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that is left out when we present our whole selves

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to the Lord There's nothing that we can hang

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on to it is a whole we need to be holy We need

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to be acceptable. We need to be without blemish.

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We need to be pure We need to be completely given

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to God and this is not unreasonable. This is

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a practical thing This is a real thing that God

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is asking of us Because he gave so much it's

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not unreasonable to ask for our whole life And

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he starts out with and be not Conformed it's

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like the second thing if we're gonna move forward

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in this conversation You must not be conformed

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to this world But you must be transformed by

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the renewing or the rebirth of your mind that

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you may prove What is that good and acceptable

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and perfect will of God? so There's no denying

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it you must You must be transformed You must

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be brought to that perfect and acceptable will

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of God For I say through the grace given unto

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me To every man that is among you not to think

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of himself more highly than he ought to think

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So here's the third thing After we're not conformed

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to the world after we're not looking for how

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the world is framing issues The world is framing

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our role the world is framing our society Then

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we need to be given to humility we need to be

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thinking of ourselves less Verse 3 again, for

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I say through the grace given unto me to every

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man that is among you not to think of himself

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more highly than he ought to think but to think

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soberly that's strategically that is clearly

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According as God hath dealt to every man the

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measure of faith For as we have many members

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in one body and all members have not the same

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office So we being many are one body in Christ

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and every one member one of another. There's

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not one part of our body that is more important

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than the other parts of the body. When my foot

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hurts, my eyes cry. When my knee itches, my hand

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goes out and it itches my knee. There is no one

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that is part of my body that is more important

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than the other. That we're all working together

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to like get where we need to go and do what we

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need to do. We have a common goal. Having then

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gifts differing according to the grace that is

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given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy

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according to the proportion of faith. Or ministry,

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let us wait on our ministry. Or he that teacheth

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on teaching, or he that exhorteth on exhortation.

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He that giveth, let him do it with simplicity.

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He that ruleth with diligence. He that showeth

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mercy with cheerfulness. All of these are important,

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but we shouldn't think that our position, what

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we are doing for the body is the most important.

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No, our ministry is to work in unity with all

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the other ministries and with all the other parts

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of God's body. Let love be without dissimulation.

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What does dissimulation mean? Hypocrisy. your

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things be done with true affection, not with

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a fake, not with a ulterior motive, not with

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hoping to get something in return, but let it

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be an honest love. Let it be a sincere love.

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Abhor that which is evil. Hate all evil things.

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cleave to that which is good that right there

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will get you so far just loving good things and

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hating evil be kindly affectionated one to another

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with brotherly love in honor preferring one another

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okay you go first oh no that's fine oh I'm sure

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you didn't mean anything by that giving the benefit

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of the doubt being Warm, answering sweetly, answering

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kindly. Verse 11, not slothful in business, fervent

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in spirit, serving the Lord. So, whatever you

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find yourself, whether you're making your home

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for your family or even for yourself, whether

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you are in your yard, whether you are at your

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job, whether you're at the church doing a specific

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job, that is, we consider actual ministry, All

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of that, we need to not be lazy. We need to be

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very fervent. We need to be moving quickly and

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all of it serving the Lord. Rejoicing in hope.

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Patient in tribulation. Man, patient in tribulation.

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Now, we're not facing prison like this church.

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We're not facing persecution in that way. But,

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you know, there's opposition and we need to be

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patient. We need not be frustrated. We need to

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continue, instant in prayer, always our go -to,

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talking to the Lord, turning to him, distributing

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to the necessity of the saints, giving to hospitality.

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We're talking about keeping the peace. So if

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I see the need of someone else in my... in the

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body of Christ, I need to minister that need.

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I need to make sure that everybody's kids have

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winter clothes. I need to make sure that people

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have a ride to where they need to go. We need

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to make right we're looking around at the body

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of Christ and we're saying what's the need. Well

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how does that bring peace? Well first They are

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going to be blessed and they're not going to

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be envying because of what you have that they

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don't have. But also it's not going to create

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an offense. How many times have we heard, I was

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going through this and nobody cared. I was going

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through this and nobody was paying attention.

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Right? We are living at peace. We're looking

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for practical ways that we can live in peace.

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We need to be given to hospitality. You know...

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Bringing somebody in who you don't necessarily

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get along with or is different than you, you're

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not best buddies with, you'd be amazed what you

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can build with being hospitable. Now, this is

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something we don't do a lot of in this society,

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in this timeframe. We don't bring people into

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our homes, but we need to be given to it. Bless

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them which persecute you. Bless and curse not.

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Boy is that difficult. I'm just saying for this

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girl is not easy for me to be a blessing. To

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pray a blessing on somebody who is mad at me

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or is cursing at me or talking behind my back.

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I'm working on it. But we're talking about bringing

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peace. We're talking about having the fruit of

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peace Rejoice with them that do rejoice and weep

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with them that weep right not raining on somebody's

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parade not jumping over somebody who is facing

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a hard thing We need to Rejoice if people are

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having a celebration not being envious not be

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eye -rolling we need not being envious, and weep

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with people who have sorrow. We're talking about

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bearing peace. Be of the same mind one toward

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another. Mind not high things, but condescend

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to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own

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conceit. So you got to be equal to everyone.

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Whether they have a lot of money, or no money,

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whether they have connections that will help

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you or they can't even hold a job. We need to

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treat them equally. Now that doesn't mean we

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can give them equal responsibility, but we can

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give them equal respect. We can give them equal

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eye contact. We can give them an equal hello.

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We can make sure that the person that we're not

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naturally drawn to, that we purposefully minister

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to them. Be not wise in our own conceit. Boy,

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that's pretty straightforward. Recompense to

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no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in

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the sight of all men. He keeps revisiting this

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person in our life who we are wronged by. He

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keeps revisiting them. Because we need to live

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peaceably with people that we're offended with,

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that we're offended by. If it be possible, as

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much as life in you, live peaceably with all

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men. Now there's some people who don't want peace.

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There's some people that are itching for a fight.

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There's some people that have no self -control

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and don't want any self -control. So in that

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case, you might have to build a fence, a physical

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fence. a boundary in your life so that you can

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live peaceably. Because you can't allow someone

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else's chaos, can't allow someone else's aggression

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to rule your life. So there are some things that

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you're gonna have to do that for those people

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that are unwilling to live peaceably. Dearly

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beloved, avenge not yourself. I don't think the

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order is an accident right he's saying as much

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as you can leave peaceably and Don't avenge yourself,

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but rather give place under wrath put it away

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for it is written Vengeance is mine. I will repay

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saith the Lord Therefore if thine enemy hunger

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feed him if he thirst give him drink For in so

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doing thou shalt keep coals of fire in his head

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so we're gonna live as peaceably as we can we're

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not gonna pay those Terrible people with evil

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we're going to bless them and we are going to

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allow the Lord to have His way and he's gonna

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bring justice in the end in the meantime we're

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gonna feed them if they're hungry if they're

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thirsty we're gonna give them water and We are

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going to do our part in this because we are bearing

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the fruit of peace Be not overcome with evil,

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but overcome evil with good. Don't, don't, right?

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Don't get sucked in. Don't allow it to rule your

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life. Overcome with good. He continues in chapter

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three. Let every soul be subject unto the higher

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powers, for there is no power but of God. The

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powers that be are ordained of God." He's talking

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about government. He's saying we all have to

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bring ourself in subjection to the government.

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We need to honor the government. We need to obey

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the government because God has allowed this government.

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Whosoever therefore resisteth the power or resisteth

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the government Resisteth the ordinance of God

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and they that resist shall receive to themselves

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damnation He is writing a persecuted church he

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is writing people as They are in prison as their

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families are being prison. They've been displaced

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because of persecution by the government And

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yet he's saying the proper role of government

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is to bring law and order, basically. It's to

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keep the thieves from thieving, the robbers from

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robbering, the murders from murdering. That's

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the role of government. It's to bring about a

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peaceful existence to all. He's talking about

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how it should be. and how our response is even

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when it isn't what it should be. For rulers are

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not a terror to good works. The government's

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role is not to bring any punishment on a law

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-abiding citizen. It's to bring punishment on

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people who don't abide by the law. We're talking

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about living in peace. We're talking about bearing

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the fruit of peace. And it is not easy to live

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in a government under government that is persecuting

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you and stopping you from doing what is right,

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hindering you from doing what's right. But in

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response to that we are still going to bear the

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right fruit. In Galatians 5 he says, against

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such there is no law. He's writing to people

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who are preaching the gospel, sharing their faith,

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they are turning the world upside down, in the

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midst, right? In the midst of persecution. He's

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saying we still need to honor it. Their role

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is ordained of God. Wherefore, verse five, you

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must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but

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also for conscious sake, not just to avoid punishment,

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but because you are in relationship with God.

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For for this cause pay you tribute also pay your

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taxes for they are God's ministers attending

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continually upon this very thing So even though

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they're doing wrong things and even though they're

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gonna take your tax money To pay the soldier

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who is going to come and persecute you pay your

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taxes Render therefore to all their dues tribute

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to whom tribute is due custom to who custom fear

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to whom fear honor to whom honor So means we're

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not gonna be disrespectful We're not gonna be

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rude even when they're not being peaceable, right?

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He's saying they're supposed to be, they're supposed

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to do what's right and good, but even though

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they're not, we're still gonna do what's right.

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Verse eight, owe no man anything, but to love

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one another, for he that loveth another hath

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fulfilled the law. So don't have debt, that will

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help you to live peaceably with people. Have

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you ever? Seen or heard people who had their

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house repossessed how they take everything of

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value out of the house Maybe even down to the

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pipes and the light fixtures or maybe they Destroy

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the house because they're so angry that they

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couldn't pay their debt They're so mad at the

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mortgage company If you don't have debt is a

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lot easier to live peaceably. If you want to

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know, if you want some resources, ask me how.

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For this, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou

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shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt

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not bear false witness, thou shalt not covet,

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and if there be any other commandment, it is

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briefly comprehended in the saying, namely, thou

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shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Love worketh

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no ill to his neighbor, therefore love is the

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fulfilling of the law. There is that love peace

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again. It's the thing that makes living peaceably

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palatable, that makes all these hard things that

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Paul is writing us to do to bring about peace

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and show peace in our life, it makes it all palatable,

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it makes it all doable. Because we have to have

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this love. that knowing the time that now is

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high time to awake out of sleep for now is our

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salvation nearer than when we believed the night

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is far spent the day is at hand let us therefore

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cast off the works of darkness and let us put

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on the armor of light let us walk on asleep as

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in the day, not in rioting and drunkenness, not

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in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and

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in envying. So rioting and drunkenness, right?

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That is partying and being inebriated. That is

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with, you know, in our day and age, with either

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drugs or alcohol, legal or illegal, right? That

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is not how we walk in the day. So, this chambering,

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it is cohabitation. It's to conceive. It's sexual

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and not with wantonness. It's not a food at the

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Chinese restaurant, right? It is licentiousness

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or filthiness or vices, right? is very much our

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society and very much Roman society. But that's

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not how we're going to walk in the day. We're

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gonna turn away from those things. Verse 14,

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but put you on the Lord Jesus Christ. Make no

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provision for the flesh to fulfill the lust thereof.

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And now we're back, same place as Galatians 5,

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where Paul tells the Galatian church, these are

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the works of the flesh, don't do them. When he

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says the lust of the flesh he's saying the desires

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of our natural minds and bodies He's like put

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those away and put on Christ Why are we doing

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this so we can bear fruit specifically today

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the fruit of peace We're gonna talk about this

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more next time have a great day