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Doers of God's Word - Pastor Don Guldin
Jul 10, 2025
Lesson 59 Bible Study Series Pastor Don Guldin 150 Guldin Rd Jacksonville, NC www.calvaryministry.org
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Good morning, folks. This is Pastor Don
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Golden from Calvary Ministry. As always,
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I just want to take the time to thank
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you for being with us today. And
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normally I I rely on our prayer at the
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end, but I'm going to ask you to give
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special prayer today. All of you that
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are listening in, our producer, Alton
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Watkins, is going in for kurateed
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surgery on the 14th. And I would ask for
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all of you to keep him in your prayers.
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He is a key to making these broadcasts
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possible. And he's such a good Christian
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man. I know that if we lift him up in
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prayer that God will have a special
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healing for him. His name is Alton
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Watkins. Pray for him and pray for him
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the morning he goes in for his surgery
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on the 14th. God bless you. God will
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bless you for it.
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Our message today is going to be one to
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encourage everyone to more active
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service in the kingdom of God. If you
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are a co child of God, and I know that
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most of you who are listening are, then
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God has something for you to do on this
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earth. God saved you for a reason. God's
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salvation is upon you for a reason.
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God's mercy is upon you for a reason.
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God's grace
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and bring forth the glory of God with
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the very lives and the way the things
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that you do are done in your life.
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Praise God with the life you have. I
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want you to turn with me to the book of
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Colossians
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and we're going to be in chapter 3 and
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verse 23.
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Now, Paul the Apostle wrote this
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epistle,
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wrote this epistle to the church at
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Colossians. But I want to go ahead and
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take out just a small piece of his
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writings this morning for us to look at
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and what it means to our lives of
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service to Almighty God. If you go to
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the book of Colossians chapter 3 and
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verse 23,
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Paul says there, "And whatever you do,
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do it hardily as to the Lord and not to
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men."
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I've got another verse that I want us to
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look at today and we'll pull these two
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together
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and that's in the book of James. Now
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James was the halfb brotherther of Jesus
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and at the time that he wrote this he
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was also the first bishop of the church
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at Jerusalem.
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He was a great influence on the early
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first century church. James, the brother
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of Jesus. I wonder how many times as he
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was pastoring the church there at
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Jerusalem,
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as he was giving words of encouragement
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to the others that were serving the
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kingdom of God, as he was looking
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forward to the promises of Almighty God
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as they had been fulfilled in his
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brother Jesus, the son of the living
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God. I wonder how many times he thought
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about those things that he had received
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from his elder brother Jesus. Can you
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imagine them? Now, Jesus was probably
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about two and a half to three years
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older than he was. James in all
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likelihood was born while Mary and
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Joseph and Jesus were in Egypt
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when they had left to avoid the decree
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by Herod to kill all the children male
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children two years and under.
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James was in all likelihood born there
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in Egypt but being the younger brother
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by two to three years. Can you imagine
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growing up having a big brother like
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Jesus? Put that in your mind for just a
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moment.
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Put that in your mind for just a moment.
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those of you who have had siblings older
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than yourself
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and the things that he must have
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learned, the things that he must have
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watched his elder brother Jesus do.
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James in the book of James the epistle
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writes these words in the first chapter
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and the 22nd verse. He says, "But be
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doers of the word and not hearers only."
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Be doers of the word and not hearers
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only. Remember what we just read from
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the writings of Paul in the Epistle of
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Colossians where he says, "And whatever
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you do, do it hardily as to the Lord and
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not to men."
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I looked at these two verses and I
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thought about what it could mean for us
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today. What we could learn from these
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two verses. Last broadcast we talked
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about the need to pray for America.
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Christian people need to do do for the
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kingdom of God. And in doing for the
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kingdom of God, in obeying the will of
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Jesus the Christ for your life, you are
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going to do things that not only move
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the message of Christ forward, but make
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this great nation that we live in will
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make it stronger. Yes, many things are
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important and give unto things that are
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Caesars that belong unto Caesars, but
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give unto God those things that belong
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to God. God wants you. God wants you.
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God wants you to faithfully serve God,
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to walk humbly with your Lord. God wants
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you to love your families. God wants you
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to love your neighbor. God wants you to
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be doers of the word and not hearers
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only. And whatsoever you do, do it
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heartily as unto the Lord. The message
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is clear. I can remember many years ago,
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the year was 1960,
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a young man was being elected president,
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a young man,
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and everybody had their
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divisive, conflictive statements about,
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you know, him coming into office from
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his religion to, you know, his
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experience to his wealth, etc. There
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were many reasons why people were ready
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to complain about this young man who had
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just been elected president.
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His name was John Kennedy.
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John Kennedy. And in his inaugural
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address, he said to all of America as he
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concluded his remarks, "Ask not what
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your country can do for you, but for you
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can do for your country." The challenge
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hasn't changed except that as a
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Christian people. It is the very spirit
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within us that moves us moves us to
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serve the will of almighty God. And in
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serving the will of almighty God, we
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prosper
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this nation. We prosper our families. We
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prosper the future. those generations to
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come.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy, he said, "Ask
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not what your country can do for you,
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but what you can do for your country."
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Last week's message, I said, "Pray for
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your country.
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Pray for America. Pray for your
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neighbor. Pray for your families." The
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greatest acts of love that you do,
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the greatest acts of love that you do
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are going to be those love acts that you
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do for your home and for your family.
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Sometimes the greatest acts are the
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small acts.
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There was a woman who we're going to
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talk a little bit about
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Her name was Mary Bojacloo.
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Mary Bojac Slooh. She was born in
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Albania in the year 1910.
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She lived a good long life of 87 years.
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66 of those years she spent in service
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as a missionary to the poorest of the
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world.
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She's better known today
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because of her life of living as a nun
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in the Catholic church. She's better
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known today by her saint name as Mother
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Teresa. Mother Teresa
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in 1931
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at the height of an economic depression
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across all of America and much of Europe
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as well.
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She decided to become a nun and so she
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did. She made her commitment to live a
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life to serve almighty God.
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21 and she she was 21 at the time. She
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was dedicated in 1931.
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When she was asked where she wanted to
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go for her service, she said to those
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that were there,
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she said, "Send me to the poorest and
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the most needy in the world."
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And so they sent her to Kolkata, India,
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an extremely poor
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part of the world. There was a multitude
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of homeless.
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Leprosy was rampant. Tuberculosis was
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rampant. There were those that were
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dying and they could she would they were
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not dying with the dignity that we are
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afforded today. There were those there
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in that community that were on one
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because they had the cash system in
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place at that time in India.
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Five different casts within society. The
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fifth one at the bottom
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was called the untouchables.
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those who were sick and dying, those who
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were unwanted,
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those who were literally unloved,
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and those who were uncared for.
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In fact, at that time, 1931,
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they were not even identified as being
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human. They were called nonhumans.
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She went to Kolkata
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and she looked at the need that was
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there. Now remember, she asked to be
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sent where there was the greatest need,
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where there was the most suffering,
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where there was the most opportunity for
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her to give of herself and her love and
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the message of Jesus Christ the Savior.
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It was said of Mother Teresa one time by
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one of her critics. And anytime you're
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doing something good, somebody is going
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to find fault with it. There are always
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out those out there who are willing to
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point the finger.
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There are always those out there that
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are willing to point the finger. And
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those who were there there were those
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who said of Mother Teresa at that time
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she was simply called Sister Teresa.
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There were those that said her ambition
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was to make all those who were needing
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Christians.
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Christians. Well, gracious. I wish
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somebody would say that about me. that
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these ministries that we spend our time
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in and that we spend our resources with
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God, that they would be for the purpose
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of bringing people who are lost into the
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fold of almighty God. That they would
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become Christians.
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Christians by their own decision that
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they would fall to their knees and they
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would say, "God, I am a sinner. God, I
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am a sinner. Have mercy on my soul and
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make me whole. Feed me, God, and make me
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a child of yours.
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Oh boy. For that type of criticism, it
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was an absolute badge of honor that they
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put upon her.
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Let's go back to this Mother Teresa as
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we came to know her.
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She went to Kolkata, India and she saw
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these who were called untouchables.
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They took the name years later as the
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elites and the means those who are
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oppressed and broken.
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Those who are oppressed and broken. When
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I hear that, I think of Jesus. I think
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of Jesus. And if you turn to the book of
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Luke, chapter 4, and go with me down
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there to verse 18,
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Jesus said of himself at the start of
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his ministry when he declared his
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ministry in that little synagogue there
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in Nazareth on that Saturday morning,
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he said from the book of Isaiah where he
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was reading, he said of himself, because
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he He being God the Father because he
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has anointed me to preach the gospel to
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the poor. The poor.
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He has sent me to heal the
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brokenhearted.
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Yes. H sent me to heal the
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brokenhearted. Jesus said to proclaim
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liberty to the captives. Liberty. those
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who are outcasts, those who are
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unwanted, those who are homeless, those
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who are sick and in need. Proclaim
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liberty to the captives, recovery of
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sight to the blind, those who have not
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heard the truth of the word of God.
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Jesus said he was going to give them
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those words of truth so that they could
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see. So that they could see. So that the
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scales of sin would fall from their eyes
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and the burden of sin would fall from
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their mind and they would be able to see
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Jesus the Christ, the son of the living
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God, as their savior.
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Yes. Recovery of sight to the blind to
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set at liberty those who are oppressed.
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What's that word that the
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untouchables gave themselves del? What
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does it means? It means oppressed.
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To set at liberty those who are
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oppressed. He said just up above there
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to heal the brokenhearted, the oppressed
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and the brokenhearted.
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Mother Teresa saw the need in these
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downtrodden people called the
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untouchables,
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the tits
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of India. And she saw them as the one
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that God had sent her to minister to.
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And in doing that, she was accused of
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wanting to make everyone a Christian.
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Well, what did Jesus say? Jesus said
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that his ministry was going to be to
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proclaim the acceptable year of the
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Lord. Let me take time right now for all
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of you who are listening. I pray that if
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there is sin that you have not confessed
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to God, that you will take the time to
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do it. I pray that if you have not given
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your soul to God in salvation called
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upon him to forgive you of your sins to
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put salvation upon you for you to become
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a child of God. I claim for you this
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time now that you have the opportunity
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to do that.
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This is the acceptable time of the Lord
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for all who are listening and have not
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yet given their lives to Christ.
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Back to this Mother Teresa. She was an
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amazing lady. An amazing lady. At the
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time that she went into India, it's
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estimated
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that there were 160
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million
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of these untouchables in India.
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160 million. And because of the cash
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system and they being on the very bottom
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of the structure, they were not even
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considered human. They were unwanted.
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They could only do those things that
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were so meaningless
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that nobody else would do them. Cleaning
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out the sewers, cleaning up the trash
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heaps, cleaning up the human waste.
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They were not allowed to
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cohabitate. They were not allowed to be
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in the marketplaces with those of the
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other four casts.
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They were to remain separate
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and they were to be cast aside,
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unwanted.
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They were to be downtrodden.
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They were to be those that had no worth
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in Indian society.
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Thank God that there was a movement in
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1947. It began with Maad Mandi to
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eliminate the persecution of these that
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were called unwanted untouchables.
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Mother Teresa went to them
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and she started recruiting others who
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could see the worth of her mission.
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And by 1995,
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when she was 75 when she was 75 years
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old, I'm sorry, when she was 85 years
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old,
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she had put together a coalition of
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missionaries
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that numbered about 4,000.
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These 4,000 were serving in 128
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different countries.
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And her message, her message was that
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love cannot remain by itself. These are
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her words.
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Love has no meaning if it remains by
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itself. It's something that has got to
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be given out.
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What did Jesus say about love? A new
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commandment I give to you, that you love
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one another as I have loved you. By this
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that they will know you are my disciples
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that you love one another. The sermon on
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the mount. Love one another. Love one
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another. Mother Teresa she said love
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cannot remain by itself. It has no
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meaning if it is not shared.
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It has to be put into action and that
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act action is service to almighty God.
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What did we read at the start? Be ye
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doers of the word and not hearers only.
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Be ye doers of the word and not hearers
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only.
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Whatsoever you do, do it heartily as
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unto the Lord and not unto men.
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She was asked on another time about
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love.
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And she said
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that we don't have to do great things to
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show our love for God and our fellow
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man.
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It is how much love we put into the
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doing of those things that God puts
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before us.
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That makes our offering, the giving of
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our lives something beautiful for God.
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I'm thinking about that verse there in
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Ecclesiastes that Solomon wrote 3,000
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years and he says everything is
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beautiful
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in its own way.
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Mother Teresa was a beautiful, beautiful
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servant of God for her work. She
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received many rewards toward the end of
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her life.
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Beginning with awards that she received
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right there in the country where she was
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serving in India.
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The highest award she received in 1997
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was a Nobel Pri peace prize for
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humanitarian service.
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when she told when she was told that she
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would receive the money and back at that
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time there was a cash given with it of
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$168,000.
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She said she wanted that money to be
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given to the poor of India right there
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in Kolkata.
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Further, they were going to have a big
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dinner for presentation of the award in
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her honor. And she said, "No, don't do
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that." But the money that you plan to
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spend for this big dinner, she said,
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"You give that money as well to the
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poor, the needy, the homeless, the
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downtrodden that live right there in
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Kolkata, India.
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I would like to leave you with this
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thought.
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I would like to leave you with this
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thought. Everything that we have talked
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about being ye doers,
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doing all things unto God and not unto
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men, those things have to have a
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starting port point in your life. And
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that starting point is when you say to
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Almighty God, "God, have mercy on a
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sinner such as me.
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Take me, God,
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remake me into what you would have me to
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be. Cleanse me of my sin. Cleanse me
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from all wrongdoing.
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God, take these burdens from me that
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have kept me from serving you
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in faith. Almighty God, I call upon your
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mercy. I call upon your salvation.
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God, cleanse me. Whereas once I may have
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been red as blood crimson on the snow,
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now God make me clean and whole.
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Save me, God, from those things that I
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cannot save myself from.
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Give me thy divine will, your holiness,
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your salvation, that I might be a child
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of yours. I pray I pray that you have
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taken that into you and that you have
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made that commitment to almighty God. I
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pray that you have made that commitment
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to Almighty God in the name of Jesus our
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Lord and Savior. Receive that blessing
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from God. Amen.