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Jeremiah 23, A Warning Against The Wolves In Sheep Clothing, False Teachers, Prophets
Feb 19, 2025
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hey good morning guys uh this is calm
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this is not the third time i'm trying to
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upload this particular video so
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i don't know why this is taking me uh so
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long to do
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i tried it yesterday today earlier and
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now i'm doing it again for the third
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time i don't know why this is happening
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it's almost like odd i'm i'm like why
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is this giving me such a hard time and
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he's giving me a hard time not because
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i haven't gotten the content done but
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i'm trying to like
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encode it and upload it and it just
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freezes
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so i don't know what the problem is but
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uh uh two days ago i was praying
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and as i was praying how um jeremiah 23
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was impressed
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on my mind and i it came to my mind so i
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kind of was like
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okay i need to read on jeremiah 23.
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so as i read it i became very convicted
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because i mean the prophet basically
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issues a warning to his contemporaries
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and this warning is good for the man of
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god today
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is so relevant to our times so i wanted
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to share that with you
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because i believe it's important as
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people of god to be
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warned and to be um called to account
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and to be held
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accountable especially if you have a
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sphere and influence where people listen
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to you
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then you need to to pay attention
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because when we handle the word of god
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we have to handle it with extreme care
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we have to be careful how we read it we
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have to be careful how we interpret it
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because people that are listening if
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you're influencing them and you do it
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the wrong way god is going to hold you
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accountable so
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a lot of people say god told me to god
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told me to do this god told me when you
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use god's name
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so loosely and we have to be very
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careful when we say things like this so
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these passages uh is gonna address that
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okay so it's a warning uh so what i'm
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gonna do is usually
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i read uh the the the passage and i do
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i have like my google slides and i have
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like all these points that i want to
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make
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i'm not going to do it like yesterday
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i'm just going to let the word of god
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i'm being read by somebody else because
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my addiction is not
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it's not where it needs to be so i'm
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having i'm gonna have like a
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professional
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to do it so i have it on bible gateway
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so i'm just gonna play it
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and if i need to make a comment i will
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stop make a comment and we're gonna move
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on okay
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so let's get that done now let's go to
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jeremiah 23
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and i'm going to start playing this 833
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woe to the shepherds who are destroying
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and scattering the sheep of my pasture
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declares the lord therefore this is what
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the lord the god of israel says to the
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shepherds
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who tend my people because you have
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scattered my flock
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and driven them away and have not
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bestowed care on them
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i will bestow punishment on you for the
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evil you have done
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declares the lord i myself will gather
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the remnant of my flock out of all the
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countries where i have driven them
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and will bring them back to their
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pasture where they will be fruitful
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and increase in number i will place
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shepherds over them who will tend them
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and they will no longer be afraid or
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terrified
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nor will anyone be missing i believe i
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need to stop here and make a comment
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real quick
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and i'm going to do that now so the
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flock is like
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usually fragile okay and the shepherd is
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supposed to be the one
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to be to protect god and tend the sheep
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so a shepherd of death cares nothing
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about the welfare
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and the well-being of the sheep and he
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he let it go
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he let it go go astray and in the
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process the sheep is attacked by wolves
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so jesus somewhere asks peter peter do
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you love me
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and peter said yes and and jesus doesn't
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then feed my sheep turn my sheep
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jesus cares very much for his sheep
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so those whose cause those who cause his
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sheep to go astray will be judged
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and this is what the prophet is talking
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about in this case is saying
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be warned be careful because you are
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attending to the ship of god
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and in our day and age there are a lot
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of people that claim to be
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um from pastors and preachers and they
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need to be very careful because
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if you tend the ship of god and you lead
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the sheep of god astray
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you make it vulnerable to wolves and
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when that happens
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god himself will make sure he brings his
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sheep back because he cares that much
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for his sheep
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but you my friend would be severely
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judged by the lord
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so we need to really pay attention to
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that and i'm going to continue to play
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this
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let's keep going let's keep going coming
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declares the lord when i will raise up
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for david
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a righteous branch a king who will reign
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wisely and do what is just and right in
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the land
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in his days judah will be saved
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and israel will live in safety this is
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the name by which he will be called
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the lord our righteous savior
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i think i need to stop here again and
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talk about verse five and six
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uh pretty quick um basically jeremiah
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was prophesying
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about the coming of jesus christ
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and the second coming of jesus christ as
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well i believe
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if i interpret this passage um correctly
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the lord came and offered on the true
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kingdom of god
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to those who have been chosen by by him
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and he also promised that one day he
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will come back again
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and all things in heaven and earth will
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be subjected under his feet
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so verse 5 and 6 kind of talks about
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that because one day jesus will come
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back again but he already came
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at this time when jeremiah was
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prophesying he hadn't come yet
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so he came and he offered the kingdom of
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god
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but then he's going to come again and
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when he comes the second time he's going
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to he's going to reign
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as true king because he all things
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will be subjected under his feet so
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someday that's going to happen but the
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first coming
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he already came and he died on the cross
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and he was our redemption he made
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atonement for our sins
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so um jeremiah was talking about that
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and it happened
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now he's also i think mentioning the
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second coming here because
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jesus is going to come and then when he
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comes back the second time
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everyone will bow down and lord will
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praise his name
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so let's keep going
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so then the days are coming declares the
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lord when people will no longer say
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as surely as the lord lives who brought
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the israelites up out of
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egypt but they will say as surely as the
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lord lives
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who brought the descendants of israel up
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out of the land of the north
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and out of all the countries where he
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had banished them
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then they will live in their own land
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concerning the prophets my heart is
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broken
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within me all my bones tremble i am like
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a drunken man
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like a strong man overcome by wine
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because of the lord
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and his holy words eve i need to stop
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you again
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verse 9 verse 9 is very powerful
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jeremiah is saying here concerning the
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prophet my heart is broken within me
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all my bones tremble i'm like a drunken
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man
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like a strong man overcome by one
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because of the lord
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and his holy words basically the words
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of the lord
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uh are alive and anyone who truly hears
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the word of god will be shaken
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to score just like jeremiah was
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his word is sharper than a double-edged
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sword so when jeremiah heard the word he
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was trembling because he said
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my heart is broken within me because
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when god speaks
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his word causes people to tremble and
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shake because he
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is god remember scripture says the fear
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of the lord is the beginning of wisdom
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and when jeremiah
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listens to the word it causes him to
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really tremble because he knows these
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are
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living words and the word of god is
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sharper than a double-edged sword
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so when he heard it he cut him to the
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heart and this is what's happening here
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because god is about to bring his
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judgment he's about to bring his warning
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so let's keep going
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the land is full of adulterers because
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of the curse
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the land lies parched and the pastors in
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the wilderness are withered
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the prophets follow an evil course
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and use their power unjustly
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both prophet and priest are godless
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even in my temple i find their
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wickedness declares the lord
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therefore their path will become
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slippery they will be banished to
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darkness
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and there they will fall i will bring
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disaster on them
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in the year
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among the prophets of samaria i saw this
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repulsive thing
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they prophesied by baal and led my
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people israel astray
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and among the prophets of jerusalem i
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have seen something horrible
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they commit adultery and live a lie
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they strengthen the hands of evildoers
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so that not one of them
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turns from their wickedness they are all
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like seldom to me
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the people of jerusalem are like
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gomorrah
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therefore this is what the lord almighty
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says concerning the prophets
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i will make them eat better food and
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drink poisoned water
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because from the prophets of jerusalem
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ungodliness has spread throughout the
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land
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and i need to stop here again and this
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is crazy
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he's talking about the godlessness of
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the prophets of the man of god
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okay there are tombs that look pretty on
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the outside
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but full of dead men bones like jesus
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said somewhere
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and these are teachers preachers who
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call themselves men of god
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who profane the church okay they
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prophesied through demons
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and they entice people to continue to
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live the wrong way
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this is what jeremiah is talking about
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from these like um five verses that we
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just read
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and god is about to bring his warning
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against those false prophets because
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they are
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the people in the pulpit speaking lies
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as prophesying from demons because what
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they preach
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and teach lead people astray and away
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from god
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they entice people to do wrong and god
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is about to bring his judgment so we're
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going to continue from verse 16.
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this is what the lord almighty says do
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not listen to what the prophets are
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prophesying to you
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they fill you with false hopes they
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speak visions from their own
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minds not from the mouth of the lord
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they keep saying to those who despise me
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the lord says you will have peace
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and to all who follow the stubbornness
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of their hearts they say
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no harm will come to you
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but which of them has stood in the
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counsel of the lord
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to see or to hear his word who has
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listened
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and heard his word see the storm of the
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lord will burst out in wrath
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a whirlwind swirling down on the heads
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of the wicked
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the anger of the lord will not turn back
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until he fully accomplishes the purposes
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of his heart
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in days to come you will understand it
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clearly
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i did not send these prophets yet they
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have wronged with their message
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i did not speak to them yet they have
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prophesied
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but if they had stood in my counsel they
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would have proclaimed
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my words to my people and it would have
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turned them from their evil ways
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and from their evil deeds am i
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only a god nearby declares the lord
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and not a god far away i need to stop
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you again
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this is again very uh straightforward
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and jeremiah was talking about this
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prophet and his teachers
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and this false prophet will give false
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assurance to those who are living in sin
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they love to preach about the grace of
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god and the love of god and they seldom
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talk about the holiness of god and the
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wrath of god
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and everything they preach is from their
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own
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mind and filters they are deluded
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and so eventually jeremiah is saying
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through
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through his words that they will be made
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known that they will be exposed for who
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they truly are
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because they were not sent by god and
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their folly will be made manifest
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because if they truly were from god
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their preaching would turn people away
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from their sin
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and it because when a true prophet
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speaks the word of god
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those are convicting words and they lead
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the sinner to repentance let's go back
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to the verse again
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and see verse 22 but if they had stood
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in my counsel
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they would have proclaimed my words to
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my people and would have
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and would have turned them from their
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evil ways and from their evil deeds so
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when it's
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a prophet a true man of god speaks the
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word of god
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that would cause the heroes to turn away
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from their sins they will either resist
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it and reject it
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and and and completely turn away from it
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or they will say this is the word of god
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and they will receive it with
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joy and say lord we have sinned against
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you repent in dust and ashes
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because when the true prophet speaks he
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does not entice you to continue to live
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in sin he does not tell you god loves
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you no matter what
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yes god loves you and he saves you so
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that you will turn from your sin he
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doesn't love you to keep you in your sin
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you see that so a true prophet will not
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give you things that you want to hear
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to tingle your ears because your life
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remains unchanged
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you go to school to to to to to church
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sunday after sunday
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and same thing you keep doing the same
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thing
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the words are not even causing any
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changes in you
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you are being deceived and these men are
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preaching lies to you
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because they give you false assurance
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it happened in jeremiah's time it
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happens today
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the pulpits are filled with preachers
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like that that preach this kind of
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cheap uh grace and cotton candy
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gospel that does nothing to the one who
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hears it
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but entice him to continue to live in
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sin so let's keep going
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who can hide in secret places so that i
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cannot see them
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declares the lord do not i fill
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heaven and earth declares the lord
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i have heard what the prophets say who
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prophesy lies in my name
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they say i had a dream i had a dream
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how long will this continue in the
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hearts of these lying prophets
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who prophesy the delusions of their own
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minds
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they think the dreams they tell one
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another will make my people forget my
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name
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just as their ancestors forgot my name
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through baal worship
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let the prophet who has a dream recount
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the dream
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but let the one who has my word speak it
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faithfully
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for what has straw to do with grain
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declares the
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lord is not my word like fire
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declares the lord and like a hammer that
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it breaks a rock
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in pieces i think i need to stop here
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again
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so basically a true man of god will not
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put up with false doctrines
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okay and these men that are talking all
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this false doctrine they delight
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and rely on everything else but the word
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of god
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they love mysticism and their
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they spend time in and talking about
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dreams and visions
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and you see you will see that they
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seldom talk about the word of god
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they don't delight in the word of god
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but they rely on their own deluded minds
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because
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everything they get is from their own
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imagination fantasy
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so they rely so much on dreams and
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visions and then they have the audacity
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to say god told me because i had a dream
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god told me because i have this thought
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that came to my mind and they seldom
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preach the word of god it's all about
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dreams and visions
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i am not saying please understand me i'm
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not saying that god does not speak
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through dreams and visions
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but guess what even if you have a dream
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or a vision
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it will never go against the word of god
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you gotta go back and confirm it with
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the word of god
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or you have to go back and confirm with
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somebody else say i had this dream
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what do you think it means and go back
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to the word of god
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but these people seldom delight in the
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word of god
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so a true man of god will recognize that
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and will stay away as far as they can
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from these kind of people
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because all they focus on is their own
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deluded minds and their own delusions
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okay so let's keep going
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therefore declares the lord i am against
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the prophets who steal from one another
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words supposedly from me
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yes declares the lord i am against the
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prophets who wag their own times
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and yet declare the lord declares
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indeed i am against those who prophesy
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false dreams declares
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when these people or i need to stop here
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for a second
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and i want to i want you to look at
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verse 29 scripture says is not my word
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like fire declares the lord and like a
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hammer
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that breaks a rock in pieces basically
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god's word is like a fire that breaks a
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rock into pieces
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the word of god will undo you and it
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will undo me and reduces
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us to repenting dust and ashes see these
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false prophets
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they say things that god did not even
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speak to them they come and lie
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to you and it's a warning against them
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and those that are following them
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listen to the word of god jeremiah is
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speaking to his people but this is so
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relevant to our day and age
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today okay keep listening
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what is the message from the lord say to
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them
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what message i will forsake you declares
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the lord
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if a prophet or a priest or anyone else
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claims this is a message from the lord
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i will punish them in their household
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this is what each of you keep saying to
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your friends
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and other israelites what is the lord's
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answer or
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what has the lord spoken but you must
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not mention
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a message from the lord again because
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each one's word becomes their own
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message
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so you distort the words of the living
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god the lord almighty our god
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this is what you keep saying to a
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prophet what is the lord's answer to you
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or what is the lord spoken although you
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claim this is a message from the lord
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this is what the lord says you use the
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words
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this is a message from the lord even
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though i told you that you must not
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claim this is a message from the lord
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therefore i will surely forget you and
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cast you out of my presence
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along with the city i gave to you and
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your ancestors
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i will bring on you everlasting disgrace
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everlasting shame that will not be
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forgotten
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and so we stop now this is it guys
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you know people get caught up into this
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god told me and they begin to
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feed off of that like you have your own
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imagination and you have these
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dreams that supposedly are from god and
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your your own spiritual mind puffs you
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up with notions
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and things that you've actually
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concocted yourself and eventually the
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enemy
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loves that so therefore he drives you
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away by giving you false visions and
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dreams so you have to guard yourself
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against this kind of thing imagination
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so i will encourage you if you are a man
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of god true men of god to focus more on
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living and reading the word of god
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because god says
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whoever has his word let him focus on
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that okay so
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let's not so much depend on dreams and
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visions
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i'm not saying that they don't happen
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they do happen but the word of god
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the word of god is where we need to
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spend our time because scripture says
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delight in the lord and he'll give you
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the desires of your heart let's go to
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psalm one and i want
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i want us to read psalm one because this
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is important so let me go to someone
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and you'll see why i'm saying all this
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here this is so important
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let's go to song number one
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the book of psalms book one song
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actually i want a different uh this one
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listen psalms
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psalm 1. blessed is the one who does not
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walk in step with the wicked
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or stand in the way that sinners take or
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sit
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in the company of mockers but whose
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delight
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is in the law of the lord and who
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meditates on his law
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day and night that person is like a tree
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planted by streams of
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water which yields its fruit in season
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and whose leaf
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does not wither whatever they do
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prospers not so wicked
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they are like that the wind blows away
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therefore the wicked will not stand in
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the judgment nor
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sinners in the assembly of the righteous
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for the lord
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watches over the way of the righteous
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but the way of the wicked
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leads to destruction you heard the word
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the ways of the wicked leads to
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destruction
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basically the psalmist is speaking about
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what is our primary goal in life is to
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spend time in the word of god
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you know do you love the word of god do
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you love the things of god
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do you love spending time meditating on
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the word of god because the spirit of
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god in you
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loves the word of god the spirit of
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truth loves the truth jesus says
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jesus said in in john somewhere he said
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the spirit of truth will guide you into
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all the truth because he will take what
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what is mine and make it known to you
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and he will bring glory to the name of
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jesus
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so the spirit of god loves the things of
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god
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the spirit of god in you loves the word
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of god so do you have a desire for the
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word of god i'm not saying that every
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day you get up and you
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you get what i'm trying to say is is
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there a desire for the things of god is
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there a desire for holiness because
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that's what the spirit of god does
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what what are the fruit of the spirit
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love joy peace
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self-control against such things there
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is no law
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is that you are those fruits of the
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spirit being developed in you or do you
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keep on holding onto your sin
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and somehow you think god loves you and
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therefore he doesn't care
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because god god loves so this is why he
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hates
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evil scripture says the fear of the lord
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is the beginning of
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wisdom and the scripture also says to
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fear god is to hate
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what is evil so do you hate your sin do
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you hate to the point where you
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you come to the lord and in dust and
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ashes and you repent say lord please
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help me because i need to overcome this
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sin
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or i do you find pleasure in your sin to
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the point where
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even when you go on sunday and you sing
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those songs and you get so emotional
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because the song is
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is tingling in your ear you think god
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loves you because on that day when you
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sing those songs
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you felt so spiritual you see you can
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deceive yourself
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but if you spend time in the word of god
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if you are listening to some
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doctrine if you are listening to the
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word of god and not listening to false
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prophets and false teachers
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you will know the truth and he will set
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you free
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because the seed of god remain in you
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and you cannot go on sinning
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do not listen to those false teachers
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all they want
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is a following they just want you in
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their churches they just want you to
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come and give them your money
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because they have a huge congregation
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sometimes i'm not saying all big
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churches are bad i'm not saying all
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small churches are good
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what i'm saying is this usually people
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like to surround themselves with people
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that are going to tell them what they
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want to hear
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and those teachers know that so they
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pray on that they pick and choose
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passages
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and they pretty much just distort the
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living word of god
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and and misquote scripture time and time
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and again
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and therefore they give you false hope
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you may not be saved do you love the
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word of god
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do you hate your sin those are the
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things that you need to examine yourself
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we are called to examine ourselves to
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see if you are in the faith
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and you have to do that don't worry
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those teachers they are following you
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made known and they will be judged for
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what they have done
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because god is able to save those who
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belong to him remember lot he saved lot
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okay so i'm just telling you be careful
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who you listen to
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be careful what you play in your ears
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because
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if you truly are walking in the light
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you will be hated by the world
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the world around you um you'll be you
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will be hated because guess what
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when you truly live out the truth of the
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gospel
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people resist it is that you
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i'm not saying go out and look for
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persecution but if you truly
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are consistent with the truth of god you
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will be persecuted
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one way or another that's going to
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happen
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so i'm just exhorting you today go back
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and read jeremiah 23
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and let the holy spirit himself illumine
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those words to you
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okay have a wonderful day and i'll see
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you next time thank you
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