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our first speaker this morning

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is brother charles stivers

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of san luis obispo california

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the theme for brother stivers classes

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this week is exhortations from the

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epistle of james

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today's class is entitled

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your savings account of mercy

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brother stivers

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merciful

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quality

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it has so much pride in it

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for prejudice by the very fact that it

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is used infers that one is better than

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another

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prejudice wants to elevate itself

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at the expense of the other person

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and it's all for vanity

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there's nothing to it

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none is better than another

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only god is good

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god expressed his mind on prejudice

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when he revealed the perfect balance

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between

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mercy and judgment in james 2 and 12

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so speaky and so do as they that shall

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be judged by the law of liberty

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you know it's possible to have a lot of

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knowledge brothers and sisters we can

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read all the crystaldelphian works know

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the bible

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and live inconsistent with its precepts

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we need ever to be reminded that we are

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to teach act and speak in accordance

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with the divine judgment the mind of god

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and that is what manifesting

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god is all about

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it is making him apparent in our life

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would we want god to be prejudicial

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against us

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or we'd like him to be kind of

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prejudicial for us wouldn't we in fact

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often we as christadelphians

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can get caught up in the fact that

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why we are called

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we are

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different

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we are more favored

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when actually we should be thinking of

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the incredible mercy that's been

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extended to us

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in that calling

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he didn't have to do that but he's

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extended that mercy to us

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that law of liberty brothers and sisters

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is the whole

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law of god

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that which is able to free us from sin

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the law of moses couldn't do that

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but the law of liberty that which was

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fully explained that which was fully

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brought to light in our lord jesus

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christ frees us from sin

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and it's the basis of the law of liberty

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that basis is the abrahamic covenant

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that of faith

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believing that god will do what he says

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and can do it

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it doesn't destroy the law of moses it

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just amplifies it

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and gives it life wherein it gave death

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before it fulfilled it

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brought it to its head

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the law of liberty allows one to fulfill

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god's desire of being lawful

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without coming under the curse of the

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law the law taught that all were guilty

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of sin

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and subject to death

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and this

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judgment brothers and sisters

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that we now are

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under comes into and brings us into a

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new relationship with god based on a

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newness of life

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in that we have obtained forgiveness

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we

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have obtained forgiveness

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in god's eyes we have no sin

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he has covered us with grace

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when he looks at us he sees us

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through

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this undeserved kindness this grace as

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sinless he sees us that way

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what a merciful god to have

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that point of view towards us

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however he does expect a reaction on our

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part you know for every action there is

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a reaction brothers and sisters and he

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expects us then to walk in the light of

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the knowledge of this experience

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it is supposed to produce in us a

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understanding of god

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that he's a moral god

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that he has expressed himself in terms

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of right and wrong and we are supposed

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to then emulate that

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and that mercy that has been shown to us

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is now expected to be shown to others

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every day

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now god's not going to judge us on the

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basis of our outward appearance at all

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brothers and sisters

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how would you like to be judged by the

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clothes you wear

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well i mean what if you didn't have

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money to buy real nice clothes and you

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were going to be judged by what you wore

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now that wouldn't seem very fair would

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how would you like to be judged by the

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job you have

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well i wouldn't want to be judged by

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that or the education that you have

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and god doesn't judge us on that basis

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but on the basis of how

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we have responded

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to that law of liberty

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and the law of liberty expresses liberty

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brothers and sisters from condemnation

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and it's not a license to please oneself

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verse 13 in james chapter 2

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for he shall have judgment without mercy

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that hath showed

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no mercy

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and mercy rejoiceth against judgment

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he shall have judgment he is talking

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about the judgment the articles there

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for he shall have the judgment at the

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judgment seat brothers and sisters

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without mercy

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for those that have shown no mercy

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one day god is going to decide what

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reward

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we are to receive and it's going to be

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based on how

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we use the time and knowledge that we

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have and how we

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dealt with one another

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he has made his decisions in the past

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based on what he said and how people

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responded to that and that was the basis

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that he expected people to respond to

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in leviticus the 18th chapter

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it's very clear

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his point of mind

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god is making it very clean clear

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exactly what he has in mind when he has

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the children of israel

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household in his relationship

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ye shall do my judgments and keep mine

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ordinances to walk therein i am the lord

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ye shall therefore keep my statutes and

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my judgments which if and a man

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he shall live in them i am the lord

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he wants us brothers and sisters to

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pronounce judgments

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based on his formal decrees

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that's his divine law he expects us to

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understand it and do it and he's going

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to examine us in the light

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of all that he has said and that is the

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law of liberty because it is no longer a

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shadow brothers and sisters it has been

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revealed it has been explained fully

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in jesus christ and that is the standard

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whereby we are going to be judged the

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moral precepts of the law under moses

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were plain to those that wanted to see

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there were those that sought for the

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of the law

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and they did them there were the others

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that lived by the letter

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and only did what they had to

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and his son came and revealed plainly

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that higher precept and that is the

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precept that we're supposed to see

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and allow to work in our life in no way

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expressing god's mind in the terms of

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you can't do that

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it's expressed in

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and that we want to do it

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we want to do it because of what god

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god expresses his point of view in

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wanting to reconcile us

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through grace and mercy

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not through the letter of the law

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but grace and mercy and so our conduct

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towards others and should be based on

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we should show the same mercy

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to others

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as god has shown to us

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matthew 6 and 12 he says forgive us our

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debts says we forgive our

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this could be a death sentence brothers

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and sisters to us if we don't respond to

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it in exactly those terms forgiving

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can we forgive debts that are not

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against us

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well no you can't and he expects us to

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learn the difference he wants us to

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understand the precepts and the laws and

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now if somebody commits a sin against

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such as a sin of fornication now that

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wasn't against us

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we can't forgive that

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god forgives that

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we have to deal with it as the

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but if somebody has slandered us

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do we forgive them

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do we forget that sin

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do we forgive it

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do we extend mercy to them in a sense

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that god has extended mercy to us

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the other thing is do we judge the

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motives of others

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you know we we have a problem with that

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kind of thing we go well

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you know brother so-and-so is not really

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going to all of these things that he

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should be going to so he doesn't really

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love the lord

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well see now we're judging their motives

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we really don't know

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how well they're doing in fact we were

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talking about this the other day at

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lunch in that

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god does not judge each one of us

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against the standard of another

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some of us have things that come so easy

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and then they are so difficult for other

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people and god does not judge us on the

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equal standard of how each one's doing

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it's against what we are capable of

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doing brothers and sisters and what we

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do with what we have

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the only basis that we're supposed to

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stack ourselves up against is the lord

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jesus christ and we all fall short

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and we never judge each other by what

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the other one is doing because we don't

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know what their heart is

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and if we do that that is most

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it is not kind

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and so we need to remember god's point

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that he was merciful towards us

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unconditionally

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and we're supposed to reflect that kind

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of thinking towards others remember he

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is going to deal with us in regards to

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mercy

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at the judgment seat

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as we have reflected that view to others

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well back in james

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in that second chapter

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he makes a point about mercy

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and the fact that it rejoices

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against judgment

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verse 13 for he shall have judgment

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without mercy that hath showed no mercy

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and mercy

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rejoiceth against

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judgment

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well how does mercy rejoice against

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judgment

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well the word rejoice means to speak

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aloud

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against as to drown something out

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by all the noise that it makes

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to drown something out by all the noise

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that it makes

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mercy is very loud is the idea

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there

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against judgment

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the idea seems to be is is that the

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judgment seat our merciful acts brothers

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and sisters will be advanced in a very

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loud way to protest to drown out the

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judgments

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that are advanced against us

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oh and there are going to be so many

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things that could be advanced against us

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mercy mercy mercy because he showed

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mercy

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that's how it's going to be

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well where is the mercy going to come

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from to be advanced

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what's going to come from your savings

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account of mercy

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it's going to come from an account that

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actually has been building up

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in that sense

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because if we don't have it built up

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it can't come forth to shout down

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judgment

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and that is a lifelong savings account

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that's been built up

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the incessant cries for mercy

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will drown out the condemnation brothers

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and sisters and it's based on the

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grounds that we showed mercy to others

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it's on that basis that it is going to

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be

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filed away for that most important day

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and david's life is a beautiful example

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of this

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his sin of uriah and bathsheba was

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worthy of stoning there was absolutely

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no way under the law

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that he could be forgiven of that

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a just judgment for what he had done

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would have been death

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but what happened brothers and sisters

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he was forgiven he was forgiven outside

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of the law

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by grace and mercy and on what grounds

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could god do that

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on what basis

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did he do that

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he did it on the grounds of the many

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acts

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of mercy that david

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showed

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the mercy he showed to saul when he had

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him in his power to kill him

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and he could have killed him what

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appeared a just basis this man was after

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him he was trying to kill him and god

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had anointed him

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to be the king

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but david didn't kill him he extended

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mercy because he was god's anointed

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he was one of god's

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do we

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think of our brothers and sisters always

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as

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one of god's sheep

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one of god's anointed

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or do we shove them aside sometimes

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when they're little troublemakers in

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neoclassia do we s

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stamp them out kind of and move them

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aside for the piece of the ecclesia

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or do we deal with them mercifully

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as david dealt with saul

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and it was on that basis that david had

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mercy extended to him

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in 1st samuel 26 and 24 david asked

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as thy life was much set by this day in

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mine eyes so let my

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life be much set by in the eyes of

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yahweh

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and let him deliver me out of all

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tribulation

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he didn't rely on the arm of flesh

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he relied on god

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when we're faced with problems brothers

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and sisters

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and we could get rid of them by a harsh

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possible act

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is that the best way

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does not god know what's going on in our

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life

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isn't he aware of all the sheep

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and the problems they have

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a merciful way is always a better way

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and so god heard him

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and was stored away in a savings account

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for david

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mercy

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and upon that he was able to draw in his

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time of desperate need

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desperate need brothers and sisters

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there was no way that he could have been

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forgiven

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under the law and yet

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he was able to draw on his savings

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account of mercy

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the law cried out to destroy him

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death

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there was no way he should have lived

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but mercy rejoiced loudly against

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judgment

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and he was able to draw on that savings

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account

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and he was forgiven

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it drowned out the judgments that were

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against him and that's how mercy

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drowns out judgments

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and a practical example of what happens

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when this kind of thing

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takes place in our life is exactly what

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happened to david

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saul's reaction to david was

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merciful acts

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and thoughts towards him and then saul

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said to david blessed be thou my son

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david

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thou shalt both do great things

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and also shall still prevail

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all because of

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mercy

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extended on the part of david to his

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enemy

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and so consequently

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when we extend mercy in the name of

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jesus christ we do likewise for

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ourselves

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we are building up a savings account of

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mercy brothers and sisters in which we

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are going to have to call on

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there is no way we are going to be in

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the kingdom of god

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on the acts and the works that we do

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it is going to be on the mercy of god

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that is extended to us

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now we can't presume upon this and sin

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willfully

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all of our motives have to be god

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orientated

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how does this

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work out then in a very practical sort

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of way because we said the book of james

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was a practical book

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it's not got some high

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difficult spiritual

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aspects to understand he is

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very straightforward

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down to earth and practical

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it's almost like he says abc

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and this is the way you walk and your

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life will be in good hands

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and in verses 15 and 16 we have

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faith and mercy shown in a practical

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way

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if a brother or sister be naked and

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destitute of daily food and one of you

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say unto them

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depart in peace

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be ye warmed and filled

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notwithstanding ye give them not those

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things which are needful to the body

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what does it profit

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faith brothers and sisters produces

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works of mercy

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based on verse 14.

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what doth it profit

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my brethren though a man say he have

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faith and have not works can faith save

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him

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in galatians 3 and 6

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it has this statement for in jesus

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christ neither circumcision availeth

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anything nor uncircumcision but faith

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which worketh by love

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but faith

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which worketh

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by love

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so mercy brothers and sisters then is

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one of the great works of faith

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it is the example that james brings

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forth to make his point of what faith is

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all about

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do you have faith

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then it's to be shown in works

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and he brings forth this example of

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mercy

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as the one he wants to bring home

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when it's done for christ's sake

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brothers and sisters it is a beautiful

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work

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example of this faith then is in verse

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15.

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the works of mercy if a brother or

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sister be naked and destitute of daily

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food

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destitute means wanting

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the rv i believe says lacking a real

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need

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a real need

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we don't really have conditions quite

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like that today they don't exist

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we don't really see it in the light i

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think they saw it in james day he may

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have been writing

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possibly during that time of the drought

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mentioned in acts

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chapter 11. you remember paul was in

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charge

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of an appeal for assistance for those

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poor saints

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in jerusalem

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and they may have been in dire straits

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very difficult times

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and we don't really see

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that kind of thing in our western

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culture it is provided for by the

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welfare system

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pretty well

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sometimes we see

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need for clothing

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and food but not very often

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and yet

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we have brothers and sisters who are

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destitute

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of spiritual things

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destitute of spiritual things and

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sometimes in those material things

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they need the milk of the word

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they need the meat of the word

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you need to be interested brothers and

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sisters

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in the needs

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of those around us

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if we plan on meeting them

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i really had this brought out to me in a

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situation that

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not long ago existed

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when we had

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somebody

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who was in desperate need brothers and

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sisters i mean they were

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destitute

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of the word of god

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their marriage was falling apart

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and i didn't know about it

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and it came to light through somebody

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and my partner was aware of it and we

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talked about he says you know

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we've got to do something now

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because we can't come in after the fact

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and say

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oh this is a way

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walking in it

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he says we won't have any credibility at

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that point

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because we didn't show concern

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beforehand

573
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so in a very practical way he went down

574
00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:41.190
and rented a truck and went and helped

575
00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:43.110
them move

576
00:23:43.120 --> 00:23:45.110
they were getting ready to divide up the

577
00:23:45.120 --> 00:23:46.710
things and he helped them move and he

578
00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:48.230
was able to use

579
00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:51.110
that time to talk to them

580
00:23:51.120 --> 00:23:53.430
about their problems

581
00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:55.830
and he is still assisting them and they

582
00:23:55.840 --> 00:23:57.110
are

583
00:23:57.120 --> 00:23:58.470
now

584
00:23:58.480 --> 00:24:01.190
back together

585
00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:03.750
now that was a work of mercy

586
00:24:03.760 --> 00:24:06.070
because he took to them something that

587
00:24:06.080 --> 00:24:09.190
they were in desperate need

588
00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:11.590
his faith

589
00:24:11.600 --> 00:24:13.990
caused him to do something brothers and

590
00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:19.110
sisters he extended of himself

591
00:24:19.120 --> 00:24:22.789
he gave

592
00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:25.029
do we look after the sheep

593
00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:28.230
are we our brothers and sisters keepers

594
00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:31.029
each and every one of us are

595
00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:33.750
if we are just baptized we are an

596
00:24:33.760 --> 00:24:37.350
example to those who are younger than us

597
00:24:37.360 --> 00:24:39.669
and we need to be developing this

598
00:24:39.679 --> 00:24:41.190
quality

599
00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:46.070
of mercy

600
00:24:46.080 --> 00:24:47.190
one of you

601
00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:49.669
say to them depart in peace be warmed

602
00:24:49.679 --> 00:24:51.590
and filled

603
00:24:51.600 --> 00:24:53.990
to somebody who is destitute of daily

604
00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:56.230
food

605
00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:58.230
daily food means

606
00:24:58.240 --> 00:25:00.870
they had nothing for that day

607
00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:03.269
i mean they were really

608
00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:05.430
in need

609
00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:07.990
now we are not supposed to

610
00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:10.149
try to keep our brothers and sisters in

611
00:25:10.159 --> 00:25:12.549
the

612
00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:14.470
in the way that they may be accustomed

613
00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:16.149
to

614
00:25:16.159 --> 00:25:18.390
but it's when somebody is really down

615
00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:19.350
and out

616
00:25:19.360 --> 00:25:22.230
and in desperate need

617
00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:24.549
we should be sensitive enough to see it

618
00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:26.070
coming

619
00:25:26.080 --> 00:25:29.830
that we might do something to help them

620
00:25:29.840 --> 00:25:33.190
but yet we could be found offensive as

621
00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:35.430
in verse 16

622
00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:37.430
and one of you say unto them depart and

623
00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:40.470
peace be warmed and filled that was a

624
00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:43.590
common jewish greeting or benediction

625
00:25:43.600 --> 00:25:45.990
it was kind of like shalom

626
00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:48.630
is the way it comes across

627
00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:50.549
it means to

628
00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:54.710
to be it one it implies a sharer

629
00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:56.070
it's kind of something that would have

630
00:25:56.080 --> 00:25:57.350
been said

631
00:25:57.360 --> 00:26:01.350
after meeting one's needs

632
00:26:01.360 --> 00:26:03.750
could we be guilty

633
00:26:03.760 --> 00:26:05.909
of saying that

634
00:26:05.919 --> 00:26:08.470
depart go in peace

635
00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:10.549
your life is a shambles but i haven't

636
00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:12.710
got time

637
00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:15.750
a kind word here there

638
00:26:15.760 --> 00:26:18.310
extending that mercy to those that need

639
00:26:18.320 --> 00:26:20.549
it

640
00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:23.430
we're not to indulge in those high

641
00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:27.510
and lofty empty phrases

642
00:26:27.520 --> 00:26:28.789
but we're supposed to be practical

643
00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:30.630
brothers and sisters we are supposed to

644
00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:34.390
be doing something that has meaning

645
00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:36.470
and so

646
00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:39.029
if we do this and we don't give them

647
00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:41.590
those things that are needful

648
00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:44.870
what have we done

649
00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:46.950
you ever try to cover a naked body with

650
00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:49.510
words

651
00:26:49.520 --> 00:26:53.110
it just doesn't work

652
00:26:53.120 --> 00:26:57.590
you ever had to try to eat your words

653
00:26:57.600 --> 00:26:59.269
it's not very filling brothers and

654
00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:03.110
sisters and they don't taste very good

655
00:27:03.120 --> 00:27:05.510
and that's exactly what he's saying

656
00:27:05.520 --> 00:27:07.510
high and beautiful

657
00:27:07.520 --> 00:27:08.950
saints

658
00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:11.110
do not meet the needs of those who are

659
00:27:11.120 --> 00:27:14.149
in need

660
00:27:14.159 --> 00:27:16.390
and it does not extend that mercy that

661
00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:18.830
god wants us to

662
00:27:18.840 --> 00:27:21.510
extend verse 16 and one of you saying to

663
00:27:21.520 --> 00:27:23.430
them the part and peace be warmed and

664
00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:26.870
filled notwithstanding you give them not

665
00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:28.630
those things which are needful to the

666
00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:29.830
body

667
00:27:29.840 --> 00:27:31.830
what does it profit

668
00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:33.590
and that word prophet brothers and

669
00:27:33.600 --> 00:27:36.630
sisters is the bottom line

670
00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:39.590
in business

671
00:27:39.600 --> 00:27:41.909
you hear it referred to all the time

672
00:27:41.919 --> 00:27:44.630
it's the bottom line whether there was a

673
00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:46.149
prophet made

674
00:27:46.159 --> 00:27:51.269
or it was a loss

675
00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:54.630
it means to increase

676
00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:58.950
it means to create an advantage a profit

677
00:27:58.960 --> 00:28:00.789
a gain

678
00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:02.950
where is the gain

679
00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:04.070
for you

680
00:28:04.080 --> 00:28:06.070
in your savings account of mercy if we

681
00:28:06.080 --> 00:28:10.870
don't do something that is practical

682
00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:13.029
you're going to have a loss

683
00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:14.789
that you can't live with

684
00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:17.029
and when you have a loss continually

685
00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:18.549
brothers and sisters

686
00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:21.269
it only ends up in one place

687
00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:24.710
and that's the bankruptcy court

688
00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:26.389
and that's what will happen to us at the

689
00:28:26.399 --> 00:28:28.630
judgment seat of god is we are going to

690
00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:31.029
approach him

691
00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:32.950
bankrupt

692
00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:35.430
if we have not extended mercy

693
00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:37.350
to those who needed it when we had the

694
00:28:37.360 --> 00:28:40.149
opportunity

695
00:28:40.159 --> 00:28:41.830
cast your bread upon the water and it

696
00:28:41.840 --> 00:28:43.430
will come back to you

697
00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:45.269
tenfold

698
00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:47.110
that is an absolute truism brothers and

699
00:28:47.120 --> 00:28:48.549
sisters

700
00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:50.630
give of yourself and it'll come back to

701
00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:52.470
you many times

702
00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:54.950
and when we give properly

703
00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:57.990
the god of heaven will open the windows

704
00:28:58.000 --> 00:29:01.029
of heaven and shower abundantly there is

705
00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:03.750
no limit to the blessings that god can

706
00:29:03.760 --> 00:29:05.909
shower on us

707
00:29:05.919 --> 00:29:09.909
he is a willing giver

708
00:29:09.919 --> 00:29:13.350
to those who willingly give

709
00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:15.350
and so we need to spiritually brothers

710
00:29:15.360 --> 00:29:17.350
and sisters build up our savings account

711
00:29:17.360 --> 00:29:19.029
of mercy

712
00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:22.070
that we have a prophet

713
00:29:22.080 --> 00:29:24.630
we need a prophet we need a bottom line

714
00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:27.190
that shows a prophet so that it might be

715
00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:29.430
put there in reserve for us

716
00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:31.590
now you may ask yourself now why should

717
00:29:31.600 --> 00:29:34.149
i show mercy to those who

718
00:29:34.159 --> 00:29:35.990
are those people who get themselves into

719
00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:38.710
those messes on their own

720
00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:41.430
there

721
00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:43.110
there are some people who have an

722
00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:45.510
ability to get themselves into messes

723
00:29:45.520 --> 00:29:48.149
all the time

724
00:29:48.159 --> 00:29:50.230
and you get tired of having to help

725
00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:51.909
those people

726
00:29:51.919 --> 00:29:54.149
and you may ask yourself why do i have

727
00:29:54.159 --> 00:29:59.110
to do it

728
00:29:59.120 --> 00:30:01.269
brothers and sisters is we need to see

729
00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:03.909
ourselves through god's eyes

730
00:30:03.919 --> 00:30:09.029
see he has extended mercy to you and i

731
00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:13.029
when we got ourselves into trouble

732
00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:15.269
we were gentiles

733
00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:17.269
outside of the commonwealth of israel

734
00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:19.909
and he provided for us

735
00:30:19.919 --> 00:30:22.470
he set up the whole banking system that

736
00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:24.470
we could have a savings account before

737
00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:27.350
we even knew about it

738
00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:30.389
he did everything for us that we might

739
00:30:30.399 --> 00:30:34.710
start building up that account

740
00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:36.710
and he did that

741
00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:39.830
before we were born

742
00:30:39.840 --> 00:30:42.070
because of the unbelief of the jews he

743
00:30:42.080 --> 00:30:44.789
allowed us to be grafted in

744
00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:46.710
and he talks about that in romans the

745
00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:49.190
12th chapter

746
00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:52.789
where he talks about this olive tree

747
00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:55.269
and the grafting in of the gentiles

748
00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:59.990
and the mercy that he extended to us

749
00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:03.590
freely

750
00:31:03.600 --> 00:31:06.149
in verse 30

751
00:31:06.159 --> 00:31:09.590
of chapter 11 for as ye in times past

752
00:31:09.600 --> 00:31:11.509
have not believed god

753
00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:14.230
ye have now obtained mercy through their

754
00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:16.230
unbelief

755
00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:17.909
because of their unbelief brothers and

756
00:31:17.919 --> 00:31:20.310
sisters god has extended mercy to us the

757
00:31:20.320 --> 00:31:23.190
gentiles that we might have part and

758
00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:26.070
parcel with him

759
00:31:26.080 --> 00:31:27.590
and that we can start that little

760
00:31:27.600 --> 00:31:31.269
savings account

761
00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:34.870
chapter 12 i beseech you paul says

762
00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:37.269
i beseech you therefore

763
00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:40.070
brethren by the mercies of god that ye

764
00:31:40.080 --> 00:31:43.830
present your bodies a living sacrifice

765
00:31:43.840 --> 00:31:44.870
holy

766
00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:47.669
acceptable unto god which is your

767
00:31:47.679 --> 00:31:49.269
reasonable

768
00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:51.350
service

769
00:31:51.360 --> 00:31:53.430
now that's god's view brothers and

770
00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:55.750
sisters is he extended

771
00:31:55.760 --> 00:31:57.990
mercy to you and i and it is

772
00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:59.830
reasonable

773
00:31:59.840 --> 00:32:02.549
that we do what he is

774
00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:05.509
redemption based on grace

775
00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:07.830
and he says to do that your bodies must

776
00:32:07.840 --> 00:32:11.110
become a living sacrifice

777
00:32:11.120 --> 00:32:12.830
now he doesn't mean you have to have a

778
00:32:12.840 --> 00:32:15.590
rigorous ecstatic

779
00:32:15.600 --> 00:32:17.830
life chaining your body down to control

780
00:32:17.840 --> 00:32:18.549
it

781
00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:21.509
he's not talking about that at all

782
00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:24.310
the living symbol of sacrifice under the

783
00:32:24.320 --> 00:32:27.509
law was very clear

784
00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:30.070
one animal was killed

785
00:32:30.080 --> 00:32:32.710
that you might see the reality of what

786
00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:34.389
you deserve

787
00:32:34.399 --> 00:32:36.630
for the sin that you committed

788
00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:38.389
and the other was set free that you

789
00:32:38.399 --> 00:32:40.630
might realize there was freedom to be

790
00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:44.789
had with the forgiveness of sins

791
00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:46.630
we're baptized into that symbol brothers

792
00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:48.630
and sisters we died

793
00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:51.909
that we might be lifted up to a new life

794
00:32:51.919 --> 00:32:53.750
that we might live

795
00:32:53.760 --> 00:32:56.470
for god and for christ

796
00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:58.710
and that is what is meant in that symbol

797
00:32:58.720 --> 00:33:02.310
of take up your cross

798
00:33:02.320 --> 00:33:03.269
die

799
00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:05.350
daily

800
00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:07.029
that is the idea

801
00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:08.950
ignoring self

802
00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:10.549
bringing all your thoughts into

803
00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:13.509
subjection to the will of christ

804
00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:17.750
and our conduct then must reflect

805
00:33:17.760 --> 00:33:20.549
the freedom from sin

806
00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:22.389
the righteousness that's been expended

807
00:33:22.399 --> 00:33:26.549
to us peter says but as he

808
00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:28.870
which hath called you is holy

809
00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:31.430
so be ye holy in all manner of

810
00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:32.870
conversation

811
00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:34.789
or behavior

812
00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:36.549
see it comes back to how we act it's a

813
00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:38.630
very practical thing

814
00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:43.269
of what we do

815
00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:45.430
it's what we do

816
00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:47.110
it's our actions

817
00:33:47.120 --> 00:33:50.070
he also said he also has living stones

818
00:33:50.080 --> 00:33:52.389
or build up a spiritual house a holy

819
00:33:52.399 --> 00:33:53.509
priesthood

820
00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:55.110
to offer

821
00:33:55.120 --> 00:33:58.070
spiritual sacrifices acceptable to god

822
00:33:58.080 --> 00:34:01.110
by jesus christ

823
00:34:01.120 --> 00:34:04.710
in chapter 12 at verse 2 he says

824
00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:06.950
and be not conformed to this world but

825
00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:09.430
be transformed by the renewing of your

826
00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:11.990
mind that you may prove what is good and

827
00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:13.589
acceptable

828
00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:16.950
and perfect will of god

829
00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:20.629
be not conformed to this world to the to

830
00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:23.589
the fashion or shape

831
00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:25.589
of things

832
00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:28.629
to the fashion or shape of this world

833
00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:30.629
the verb has a reference to that which

834
00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:32.790
is transitory

835
00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:34.950
changing and that is the world around us

836
00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:36.710
brothers and sisters it is

837
00:34:36.720 --> 00:34:39.270
changing all the time

838
00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:40.790
it means like

839
00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:44.230
not be conformed to the

840
00:34:44.240 --> 00:34:47.829
social standards of this world

841
00:34:47.839 --> 00:34:50.710
not be conformed to the clothing and the

842
00:34:50.720 --> 00:34:52.790
way the world dress don't be conformed

843
00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:57.670
to the politics of this world

844
00:34:57.680 --> 00:35:00.069
you see it's transitory it changes all

845
00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:01.910
the time all you have to do is watch the

846
00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:04.630
young people in the clothing

847
00:35:04.640 --> 00:35:06.470
i mean every time i turn around the

848
00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:08.310
dresses either gone up or it's gone down

849
00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:10.710
or it's sloppy or it's tight

850
00:35:10.720 --> 00:35:13.109
i mean it changes all the time it's

851
00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:15.030
transitory and that is not what we are

852
00:35:15.040 --> 00:35:17.910
supposed to be conformed to

853
00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:19.670
but he says

854
00:35:19.680 --> 00:35:22.870
be transformed by the renewing of your

855
00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:26.150
mind

856
00:35:26.160 --> 00:35:28.790
transformed

857
00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:31.270
you see that light

858
00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:34.470
it works because it has acceptable

859
00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:36.390
electricity

860
00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:38.390
but the electricity coming in here

861
00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:40.150
before it got to those lights was

862
00:35:40.160 --> 00:35:42.470
unacceptable

863
00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:44.790
it was too high and if it would have

864
00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:46.870
come in here it would have pow blown the

865
00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:48.790
lights to smithereens

866
00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:50.550
burned up the toasters and everything

867
00:35:50.560 --> 00:35:51.589
inside

868
00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:53.270
and so somebody

869
00:35:53.280 --> 00:35:54.870
transformed

870
00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:58.390
that electricity to make it acceptable

871
00:35:58.400 --> 00:36:00.069
it made it

872
00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:04.069
smaller or less volatile

873
00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:07.990
it was transformed through a transformer

874
00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:10.230
and it doesn't do it in little bursts

875
00:36:10.240 --> 00:36:13.270
now and then it does it all the time

876
00:36:13.280 --> 00:36:16.390
it is transforming all the time

877
00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:19.430
and that is exactly what the word means

878
00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:21.910
it's an ongoing process that doesn't

879
00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:24.069
just happen in little births it's

880
00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:27.910
transforming it's in the continual tense

881
00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:29.910
of going on

882
00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:31.349
and what it means is

883
00:36:31.359 --> 00:36:34.950
is a complete change from one thing

884
00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:36.870
to another

885
00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:39.190
now he didn't say transform your

886
00:36:39.200 --> 00:36:40.870
clothing

887
00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:44.470
and he didn't say transform your body

888
00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:49.829
he said transform your mind

889
00:36:49.839 --> 00:36:51.829
change your mind that's exactly what

890
00:36:51.839 --> 00:36:53.190
he's saying

891
00:36:53.200 --> 00:36:56.230
change your mind

892
00:36:56.240 --> 00:36:58.390
by the renewing of your mind that ye may

893
00:36:58.400 --> 00:37:00.310
prove what is good and acceptable and

894
00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:03.270
perfect will of god

895
00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:08.470
the stress presence is an inward change

896
00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:11.270
it's the exact opposite of the outward

897
00:37:11.280 --> 00:37:15.190
confirmation to this world

898
00:37:15.200 --> 00:37:18.710
it's an inward changing of our mind

899
00:37:18.720 --> 00:37:20.829
you see when we

900
00:37:20.839 --> 00:37:24.230
repent it is a mental thing

901
00:37:24.240 --> 00:37:27.270
we have decided to change our mind from

902
00:37:27.280 --> 00:37:28.790
going that way

903
00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:31.750
to go that way

904
00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:34.550
see we changed our mind to take a new

905
00:37:34.560 --> 00:37:37.190
direction in life we were transforming

906
00:37:37.200 --> 00:37:39.510
our mind and it stresses

907
00:37:39.520 --> 00:37:43.349
the inward change in the man

908
00:37:43.359 --> 00:37:44.870
it's an interesting thing about the

909
00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:47.990
inward change if we change the inside of

910
00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:49.430
us

911
00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:50.870
it comes out

912
00:37:50.880 --> 00:37:52.310
on the outside

913
00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:55.670
and it shows in everything that we do

914
00:37:55.680 --> 00:37:58.069
have you ever watched somebody who

915
00:37:58.079 --> 00:38:00.950
started to study the truth

916
00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:03.430
who kind of was running in the fast lane

917
00:38:03.440 --> 00:38:06.069
of life

918
00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:07.829
and they keep studying it and have you

919
00:38:07.839 --> 00:38:13.109
noticed how they change outwardly

920
00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:15.270
year when long hair was in quite a few

921
00:38:15.280 --> 00:38:16.870
have you ever noticed how the hair got a

922
00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:19.109
little shorter on men as they continued

923
00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:20.390
to study

924
00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:22.310
and shorter

925
00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:25.829
and sometimes the outlandish dress

926
00:38:25.839 --> 00:38:28.390
became a little bit more conservative

927
00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:30.310
and change

928
00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:32.550
but it wasn't because he or she decided

929
00:38:32.560 --> 00:38:34.630
to change their clothes

930
00:38:34.640 --> 00:38:36.790
or their hair it's because they were

931
00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:39.910
changing inside brothers and sisters

932
00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:42.069
they were changing their mind it was

933
00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:44.390
being renewed continually by the word of

934
00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:45.670
god

935
00:38:45.680 --> 00:38:47.589
they were being transformed into

936
00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:49.510
something else

937
00:38:49.520 --> 00:38:51.750
into an acceptable vessel of god and

938
00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:54.710
that means that it shows on the outside

939
00:38:54.720 --> 00:38:56.550
by what they were doing

940
00:38:56.560 --> 00:38:58.829
and if our mind is being

941
00:38:58.839 --> 00:39:00.950
transformed from the old man of the

942
00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:04.230
flesh to the man of god

943
00:39:04.240 --> 00:39:07.750
and it has real active faith

944
00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:11.190
it is expressed in works

945
00:39:11.200 --> 00:39:13.510
and the works that james chose was the

946
00:39:13.520 --> 00:39:15.750
works of mercy

947
00:39:15.760 --> 00:39:17.829
but there are all kinds of works that we

948
00:39:17.839 --> 00:39:19.270
do and so

949
00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:22.069
as our mind is changed

950
00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:24.790
so does our dress our language our

951
00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:27.430
family our friends

952
00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:29.510
what we read

953
00:39:29.520 --> 00:39:31.349
where we go

954
00:39:31.359 --> 00:39:33.910
all of those things

955
00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:36.710
and why is that because god had mercy

956
00:39:36.720 --> 00:39:39.270
towards us brothers and sisters

957
00:39:39.280 --> 00:39:41.349
when we didn't deserve it

958
00:39:41.359 --> 00:39:43.270
and so if we see it in this point of

959
00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:44.310
view

960
00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:46.470
we are going to show the same mercy to

961
00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:47.670
others

962
00:39:47.680 --> 00:39:52.630
that god has shown to us

963
00:39:52.640 --> 00:39:53.910
verse 2

964
00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:56.390
that ye may prove what is good and

965
00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:57.670
acceptable

966
00:39:57.680 --> 00:40:00.230
and the perfect will of god that word

967
00:40:00.240 --> 00:40:02.310
prove simply means to

968
00:40:02.320 --> 00:40:04.069
test

969
00:40:04.079 --> 00:40:06.390
or find out by practical

970
00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:08.309
experiment

971
00:40:08.319 --> 00:40:11.349
it means to experiment and find out

972
00:40:11.359 --> 00:40:15.190
prove what we're talking about

973
00:40:15.200 --> 00:40:16.870
you have to prove all things brothers

974
00:40:16.880 --> 00:40:18.230
and sisters

975
00:40:18.240 --> 00:40:21.670
and so we find out what god's will is

976
00:40:21.680 --> 00:40:23.030
for us

977
00:40:23.040 --> 00:40:25.910
by applying the word to our mind

978
00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:29.510
and when we do that we change

979
00:40:29.520 --> 00:40:31.829
and we find what is acceptable and the

980
00:40:31.839 --> 00:40:32.950
perfect

981
00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:35.910
will of god and that causes a attitude

982
00:40:35.920 --> 00:40:38.390
within us that is remarkable

983
00:40:38.400 --> 00:40:40.790
for in verse 3

984
00:40:40.800 --> 00:40:42.790
for i say through the grace given unto

985
00:40:42.800 --> 00:40:45.430
me to every man that is among you

986
00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:47.670
not to think of himself more highly than

987
00:40:47.680 --> 00:40:49.829
he ought to think

988
00:40:49.839 --> 00:40:51.430
and that is

989
00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:52.870
the new mind

990
00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:54.870
the renewed mind brothers and sisters is

991
00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:56.790
that we do not think of ourself more

992
00:40:56.800 --> 00:40:59.990
highly than we ought to think

993
00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:02.470
and that is exactly what prejudice is is

994
00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:05.510
thinking of ourself better than others

995
00:41:05.520 --> 00:41:07.190
we won't think that way if we have had

996
00:41:07.200 --> 00:41:10.309
our mind renewed

997
00:41:10.319 --> 00:41:12.870
and that person

998
00:41:12.880 --> 00:41:15.349
thinks soberly

999
00:41:15.359 --> 00:41:17.589
according as god hath dealt every man

1000
00:41:17.599 --> 00:41:20.630
the measure of faith

1001
00:41:20.640 --> 00:41:25.190
a sober mind is a renewed mind

1002
00:41:25.200 --> 00:41:27.510
an unenlightened mind brothers and

1003
00:41:27.520 --> 00:41:30.069
sisters a unenlightened mind cannot

1004
00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:32.550
think soberly because it's intoxicated

1005
00:41:32.560 --> 00:41:34.470
with the things of this world it's

1006
00:41:34.480 --> 00:41:36.470
intoxicated with the cares of this world

1007
00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:38.309
with the worries of this world with the

1008
00:41:38.319 --> 00:41:41.670
desires of this world

1009
00:41:41.680 --> 00:41:44.069
and if we have been transformed and

1010
00:41:44.079 --> 00:41:45.750
changed we become

1011
00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:47.109
sober

1012
00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:48.790
we're not worried about those things we

1013
00:41:48.800 --> 00:41:50.790
are not intoxicated

1014
00:41:50.800 --> 00:41:52.950
with the things of this world

1015
00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:57.190
we are filled with the mind of christ

1016
00:41:57.200 --> 00:41:59.670
and so it is renewed

1017
00:41:59.680 --> 00:42:02.870
it is made new and with this renewed

1018
00:42:02.880 --> 00:42:04.390
mind brothers and sisters we become a

1019
00:42:04.400 --> 00:42:07.190
part of the body in verse 4.

1020
00:42:07.200 --> 00:42:11.109
we become a part of the family of god

1021
00:42:11.119 --> 00:42:14.150
humble in our own sight so that we can

1022
00:42:14.160 --> 00:42:15.589
serve the

1023
00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:18.790
family of god

1024
00:42:18.800 --> 00:42:23.030
esteeming others better than ourselves

1025
00:42:23.040 --> 00:42:25.349
now those are high

1026
00:42:25.359 --> 00:42:28.150
and falluting words brothers but in a

1027
00:42:28.160 --> 00:42:30.790
practical way they will produce a

1028
00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:32.950
renewing within the ecclesia of god that

1029
00:42:32.960 --> 00:42:33.829
we

1030
00:42:33.839 --> 00:42:35.190
cannot

1031
00:42:35.200 --> 00:42:37.430
fathom

1032
00:42:37.440 --> 00:42:39.829
it will be an alive body

1033
00:42:39.839 --> 00:42:41.750
working for god

1034
00:42:41.760 --> 00:42:45.510
if we can subject our mind and renew it

1035
00:42:45.520 --> 00:42:47.030
daily

1036
00:42:47.040 --> 00:42:48.950
and you know how that works

1037
00:42:48.960 --> 00:42:51.670
it works by example

1038
00:42:51.680 --> 00:42:53.990
because people are watching us we are an

1039
00:42:54.000 --> 00:42:57.270
example to each one around us

1040
00:42:57.280 --> 00:42:59.109
from the oldest brothers and sisters to

1041
00:42:59.119 --> 00:43:00.950
the youngest we are an example to

1042
00:43:00.960 --> 00:43:02.150
somebody

1043
00:43:02.160 --> 00:43:04.950
and they are looking to see if that mind

1044
00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:07.750
is being renewed

1045
00:43:07.760 --> 00:43:09.270
and the ecclesia

1046
00:43:09.280 --> 00:43:11.349
will get on the program as well as we

1047
00:43:11.359 --> 00:43:13.750
get on the program

1048
00:43:13.760 --> 00:43:17.030
as much mercy as we show to others

1049
00:43:17.040 --> 00:43:19.430
they'll follow in our footsteps

1050
00:43:19.440 --> 00:43:21.910
because we're an example to others just

1051
00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:23.829
as the lord jesus christ was an example

1052
00:43:23.839 --> 00:43:26.150
to us

1053
00:43:26.160 --> 00:43:28.230
and so

1054
00:43:28.240 --> 00:43:31.030
if you really want

1055
00:43:31.040 --> 00:43:33.750
to be in the kingdom of god

1056
00:43:33.760 --> 00:43:35.589
then you really want to make a profit at

1057
00:43:35.599 --> 00:43:37.990
what you're doing

1058
00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:39.510
and if you really want to make a profit

1059
00:43:39.520 --> 00:43:40.950
at what you're doing brothers and

1060
00:43:40.960 --> 00:43:43.589
sisters you are going to worry about the

1061
00:43:43.599 --> 00:43:45.910
bottom line

1062
00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:48.790
and the bottom line is

1063
00:43:48.800 --> 00:43:50.550
what goes into that savings account of

1064
00:43:50.560 --> 00:43:53.270
mercy

1065
00:43:53.280 --> 00:43:54.710
let that mercy

1066
00:43:54.720 --> 00:43:55.910
shout

1067
00:43:55.920 --> 00:43:57.589
against the judgment that we're going to

1068
00:43:57.599 --> 00:44:00.309
come to

1069
00:44:00.319 --> 00:44:02.550
let it shout down the judgments that are

1070
00:44:02.560 --> 00:44:03.990
going to be held against us because each

1071
00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:06.150
and every one of us brothers and sisters

1072
00:44:06.160 --> 00:44:07.589
fail

1073
00:44:07.599 --> 00:44:10.470
but we can succeed and make a profit

1074
00:44:10.480 --> 00:44:12.790
if we are merciful

1075
00:44:12.800 --> 00:44:15.430
as our heavenly father

1076
00:44:15.440 --> 00:44:36.230
was towards us

1077
00:44:36.240 --> 00:44:38.319
you