Book of Romans - Ch. 12, Vs. 1-21 (08/11/2002)

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Bro. Otis Fisher

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First of all, I'd like to apologize to everybody for last week. I just wasn't here.
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I Don't know what happened But it didn't click So we're going to start chapter 12 today in the book of Romans.
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Mm -hmm. I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God That ye present your bodies a living sacrifice
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Holy acceptable unto God which is your reasonable service.
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I Beseech you therefore Russell why is the therefore?
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What is it therefore? All right
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Because you are justified sanctified and glorified therefore
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By the mercies of God Clarence are the mercies of God ever used up No That you present your bodies
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Dennis when you present something What do you do? How many people are involved?
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No, they're yourself and who Russell all right
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You cannot present yourself to yourself You present in this case to God holy a living sacrifice holy
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Bill what does the word of holy mean here? All right, that's good
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Acceptable Acceptable unto God David, what does acceptable mean as it is used here? All right
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He does not accept it because of you now a reasonable service
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Clarence what does it mean? Which is your reasonable service? All right in doing this
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The eye is to not look at evil Russell what is it to look at?
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Yes, the eye cannot look at evil. What does it look at? And all good come from where?
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God So the eye is to look at God instead of evil The tongue shall utter nothing evil
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Bill our tongue, what is it to do? All right we
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I Don't like for us to even put the possibility in there of it not being good
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Greg it says our hand is to work. No evil What's it mean the hand?
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All right the Rational worship
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Springs from where David our rational service springs from where?
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Our reasonable rational whatever Where's it come?
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All right, this new nature comes from where Roger? beg pardon
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We're talking about the first verse of chapter 12. We got down to rational service or reasonable service
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And I want to know where It comes from all right, that's good verse 2 and Be not conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind
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That you may prove. What is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God?
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David what's the word conformed mean? All right
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In this case is made to be like the world Russell what world is he talking about?
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I thought God owned the world. All right
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But be a transformed Greg the word transformed means what?
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All right We have the word methyl methamorti and that's to change from within Now bill
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This is all by the renewing of the of your mind the renewing
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How often does that take place? Where's it come from? Everything you can think about renewing
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That's right All right remember this
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There is something that takes place On the inside between your heart and your mind
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We cannot explain it But you don't think like you used to I'm talking about a
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Christian It is a feeling between the heart and mind that produces the knowledge of Being born again
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Christ appearance was chained. You remember the Mount of Transfiguration? It was brilliant flashing luxurious breathtaking with divine brightness
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On the Mount of Transfiguration David what happened on that Mount?
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That's good Now this change that took place Did that come on him from heaven
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Yes That's right
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It didn't come on him The true Christ was revealed that was he stripped away all of the physical and that's what you saw
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Moses and Elijah were Viewed by Peter and John They were viewed in the physical because they were in the physical to see it but the same
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Brightness did not come on them. This is Jesus alone That's right
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No They they appeared in their natural body the all
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I can say is appeared because Yeah, that's
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No They appeared normal and I always get in trouble when
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I assume something But Jesus alone Was brilliant flashing rays coming from him
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At that Mount as this happens the transforming
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We will stop doing that which we should not do Russell how do you know what you what you should not do?
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How do you know that? Mm -hmm
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All right That's good, that's right
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What I'm getting All right
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We have to go ahead and do something though it is our conscience When you do something that violates your conscience, you know immediately
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Now You may all of a sudden discover that what I was doing was not right.
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But when I did it it was right For I say through the grace given unto me
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Paul was full of grace To every man that is among you
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Not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think But to think soberly according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith
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Roger Are we supposed to think of ourselves?
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All right That's right, but we are supposed to think of ourselves
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Because he tells us to every man that is among you not to think of himself More highly than he ought to that that means you do think of yourself
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But not to think more highly than you should Don't think about being something you're not
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According as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith
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Greg first of all Every man means what?
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All right Does that include Roger and David all right
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David your faith Has been made just for you explain that statement
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All right, but your faith is not the same as my faith in this respect
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It's made just for you It is fitted to you better than any tailor -made suit for For as we have many members in one body and the members have not all the same offices
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You know, I believe That the Lord moves people where they can do the most good
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You believe that Greg you believe that He moves them to where that person needs to be
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You believe that Both for his benefit and the church's benefit.
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This is what I have named the holy position in the Lord so we being many are one body in Christ and every member one of another
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Now within this congregation resides the body of Christ within the
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Two churches there remains the body of Christ Within all of the churches there remains the body of Christ.
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We each one Now this particular church here does not lack anything
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The next church doesn't lack anything but put them both together and you have a combination
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So we being many Every Christian is different No one can take your place great
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So be careful how you treat your body Don't walk out on the highway four miles
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But you belong to us We belong to you and we're all members one of another
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Nobody has work to do That you have Nobody can do just exactly what you can do
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You are exclusive in the Lord You understand that Dennis?
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Having then gifts differing according to the grace that I have that is given to us whether prosophy
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Prophecy let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith every child of God has a gift
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Russell you believe that you'll have to say yes or no.
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I can't see your head you think There's a difference between gifts and talents
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Russell explain the difference. All right
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That's good a gift. You do not learn It's given to you a
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Talent you can learn better how to do it If I am to please
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God, I must work within the boundaries of the gift and the abilities he has given me
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Why Greg Finish your note
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God If I am to please God I must work within the boundaries of the gift and the abilities he has given me
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Why? All right
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David I Look at it like this That's the only effectual work that you can do
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Do not brag about your gift And at the same time don't bury it either
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The gift given makes possible the good works The only good works you do and I do
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Are within the bounds of my gift and your gift Whatever we have
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We have received of God you believe that Bill Not for ourselves
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You believe that But for the good of the church body you believe that The best and most useful man in the world is no better or worse
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Than the Spirit of God makes him each and every day Prophesy It's not for telling
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It is the declaring that which cannot be known By natural means seven
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He goes on and he lists mercy or mercy Let us wait on our ministering or he that teaches on teaching the key word here is wait
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So many and that's something that that we cannot do Normally Russell I Get in a hurry sometimes
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Now the older I get the less hurried or I am I? Don't know if it's because I'm learning to follow the
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Lord or whether I'm just too tired to do it But the key word here is wait
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Or he that exhorteth on Exhortation he that giveth let him do it with simplicity
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What simplicity mean Bill That's right
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He that ruleth with diligence he that showeth mercy with cheerfulness
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Let love be without dissimulation Abhor that which is evil cleave to that which is good
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Russell explained this simulation to us Well while you're thinking
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Roger you explain it All right, is that right
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Russell? It means to disguise under the insincere appearance to conceal one's true feelings or intentions
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Ten be kindly affectioned One to another with brotherly love in honor preferring one another
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Clearance what's the word preferring mean here? All right?
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To choose or be in the habit of choosing as more desirable or as having more value a
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Christian man or company 11
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Not slothful Not slothful in business fervent in spirit serving the
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Lord Slothfulness means what Greg a a
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Slothful person can never be a Christian in 1st
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Corinthians 1031 we have these words Whether therefore you eat or drink or whatsoever you do do all to the glory of God Now Greg, what does that exempt?
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All right So everything you do is supposed to be for God 12
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Rejoicing in hope patient and tribulation continuing instant and prayer
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Everything we have has been given to us by our
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Lord by patience We possess ourselves
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By hope we possess God By prayer
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We are empowered to do both Distributing to The necessity of Saints given to hospitality
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God provides and gives to us the need or the necessity You believe that Russell?
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God provides or gives to us the need or necessity But all right
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God provides the necessity He gives it to us
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He gives us the need is that from God? You can just say yes
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That's right, everything's from God now some things look evil and bad to us but That in the original state is good now
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How do we get? this How do we get this necessity?
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How does? Why does the necessity I'm not talking about from God, but how do
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I? Put on David a need that I have How do you how do we all?
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Receive needs and necessities You're not understanding the question
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All right, what is the agency that's what I want all right
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That's true, but he implement the he
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Implements it by other people who is the other people
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We we is the other people That's how
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God goes about working his will in this life 14 bless them which persecute you bless and curse not
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Now what's the reason to bless somebody that just cussed me out
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Clarence All right
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By their cursing me proves. I belong to the Lord 15 rejoice with them that do rejoice and weep with them that weep did you know joy?
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That nobody can hurt you except yourself You didn't know that Well Yes, it's hard but it's true
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I Cannot give you a nervous breakdown How many of you have heard the expression have a nice day
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It's like saying hi. No no meaning in it at all In order to be able to do this one has to be sensitive to others
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Be of the same mind one toward another Mind not high things, but condom sin to men of low estate
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Be not wise in your own conceits For a person to be at ease with another person takes what
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David All right you are the most alike
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That think alike condom sin
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Here means to descend to the level of one Consecrated one inferior one of lower state
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Lower than you you're to get down on their level and never let them know it
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Recompense to no man evil for evil provide things honest in the sight of all men
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The word recompense $10 word Greg. What's it mean?
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All right payment in return for something Abraham Abraham was called an honest man
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He was just in his dealings 18 if it be possible
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And I'm glad he put that in there as much as lieth in you
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Live peaceably with all men My Own interpretation that is live peaceably with all men as much as they will allow you to 19 dearly beloved
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Avenge Not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath for it is written vengeance is mine
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I will repay saith the Lord now This is the place where I fall down give place to wrath
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David what's that mean? Well, it's really not that hard It means to give place let
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God work Don't jump ahead of it Yes That's right, that's right
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One little word in that verse that we probably overlook a lot He says
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I will repay repay Greg what's that mean?
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Well, what does the word repay mean? All right.
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That's what it means here It shows that he will pay them for that which they bought you see
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Say we don't even know what it's worth We can't set a price on it he can
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Therefore if thine enemy hunger feed him if he thirst
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Give him drink For in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head
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Look at what we're saying when we try to get even We're saying that God meant it for evil or bad
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If we accept all things as good and comes from God we will grow spiritually and Thereby increase in stature of the
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Lord in our thinking When you're a kind to those who are finding fault with you
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Takes all the fun out of it They'll move on someplace else 21 be not overcome of evil
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But overcome evil with good in other words stop being overcome with evil overcome evil
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Overcome evil by means of good sometimes this requires that which we don't like to do
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As the believer walks through this evil world with this Satanic system he cannot fight it
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If you attempt to fight this satanic system You don't whoop up on you
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You cannot fight it You cannot adopt the same worldly tactics of hate and revenge
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If you do You can be assured of defeat Overcome evil with good
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God has given the believer the good Which is the Holy Spirit he is to walk in the spirit
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This I say then in the spirit and ye shall not fulfill lust of the flesh
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This cannot be done by ourself Why Greg? Right Yes, it didn't say not to do that didn't it?
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That's right All of this is done by the
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Holy Spirit which will enable us to accomplish it All right
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Any of you have any questions? That's right
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We may prove we may prove well to whom do we prove it?
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To whom do we reprove it do we prove it? That's right. You don't prove it to God All right anything else
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Hard things Honest as far as Webster's will honor
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Berkeley's Honorable held in respect respectable credible committable
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That will not lie Go in paradise
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Breathe deep in what it seems
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One Well, that's right
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I too looked it up found the same thing anything else
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I Were There is a
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Every day And you know,
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I thought So what