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- We're in the book of Romans the 13th chapter Let every soul
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- Be subject unto the higher powers For there is no power, but of God the powers that be ordained of God verge
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- Where it says let every soul be subject unto the higher powers Who is this higher higher power?
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- All right every soul
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- Tells us what Russell? All right
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- When it says every soul Person in the church It means even the leaders including the preacher
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- This is a problem in some churches the old Far as a occult syndrome is still living
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- Higher powers means those that are above you in government or in church or civil officers
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- Everybody answers to somebody somewhere sometime and we all answer to God There is no office
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- Anywhere unless it is authorized by the Heavenly Father You believe that Russell What?
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- Yes, sir Bill is
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- God disturbed by what's happening here on earth? Is he disturbed?
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- Is God disturbed? He's not disturbed at all
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- Why is that verge? Well, that's true.
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- It can all be summed up in one word joy Is what that's true, but that's still not the word
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- I'm looking for David Sovereign God is sovereign that covers it all
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- He is not disturbed of what's going on down here He controls it all
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- It's true that the world system belongs to Satan, but according to Proverbs 1633
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- God is the one that's worth has ordained all things Somebody turned to Proverbs 1633 for me when you find it read it
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- All right Every decision is from the
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- Lord We must remember that Christianity is not a movement to improve government nor to help society
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- Or to clean up a town The gospel is the power of God unto salvation of the called ones
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- Paul never preached about the deplorable conditions in the Roman jails Now I'm going to make a statement that may shock some of you.
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- I Know it would in other churches. It may not in this one The church's business while getting the word out is also to educate the members
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- It is not to save sinners That's not in our realm
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- If the individual is educated in the word they in turn witness to the world
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- America Is in the hands of those who do not understand the spiritual heritage that we have we've forgotten it so long ago a spiritual truth
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- And that's the only truth Cannot be reasoned out to bring an understanding
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- It must first be believed and obeyed before the Christian can understand it
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- Took me a long time to learn that Romans 2 13 to whosoever therefore
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- Resisteth the power Resisteth the ordinance of God and they shall they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
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- I Think word judgment would be better here to complain about the weather
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- Is to complain about God I wish
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- I could remember that every day Romans 13 3 for rulers are not a terror to good works
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- But to the evil What thou then not be afraid of the power?
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- Do that which is good and thou shalt have praise of the same now
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- The praise comes from whom? What's the same refer to All right
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- The rulers are not a terror to good works. They don't hold court every day for those that Keep the law
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- The rulers do not affect you as long as you are Obeying the law
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- But those that go against the law They are a terror to them
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- For for he is the minister of God to the good For if thou do not
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- For if thou do that which is evil be afraid For he beareth not the sword in vain
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- For he is the minister of God a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil
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- David what does it mean? He does not he does not bear the sword in vain
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- This becomes a very hard saying for me, especially under some presidents that we've had
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- It's even more difficult for me when I realize that the man in the office is doing exactly that which it was ordained to do five wherefore
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- You must needs be subject not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake now
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- We've introduced another element Paul says that You are to obey the law
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- Because of wrath. I don't know the laws here because I can't see
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- Verge what does he mean? Because of wrath All right
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- Then we come to the word conscience, but also for conscience sake
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- David Mm -hmm What does he mean we are to obey
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- Because of our conscience, that's right the conscience of a
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- Christian is the voice of God to violate your conscience is to sin and Sin brings a guilty conscience now
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- John are you back there? How do we correct a guilty conscience, all right
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- Confession is the only thing that will totally remove the guilt
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- Now Debbie If I violated my conscience
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- How is it that God can remove the guilt? All right
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- You can do anything verge How is it that God can remove the guilt
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- All right David how is it that we can how is it that God can remove the guilt?
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- Yes When we confess he removes the guilt how how's that possible
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- That's right All right, you gave the answer in all of that We have guilt because of our conscience
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- God removes the guilt because he's the one who gave it You can't get it removed anyplace else
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- All the psychiatrists you want to they can just move it around they cannot forgive
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- That That's right
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- For for this cause pay the tribute also For they are
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- God's ministers attending continually upon this very thing tribute
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- The annual tax levied upon houses lands persons any payment collected for protection
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- Ministers this is the same word that is used for ministering angels here we find
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- That these ministers hold a divine appointed office Seven render therefore to all their dues to everybody what is do they
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- Tribute to whom tribute is due Custom to whom custom
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- Fear to whom fear honor to whom honor Now we're taking one at a time tribute
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- We're to pay even though we we resent the way that they Use it
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- They'll be held responsible by God Custom toll for bridges and roads fear
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- Now it says we are to render fear to those that How does it put it?
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- To render therefore to all their do so the fear
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- Is not Is not the fear that that I might experience which isn't fear but do not fear on reaching a
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- Decision while on jury duty It is the law that judges
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- This fear is for the one accused Do not fear passing fear on to that one
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- Do as the law demands? Honor when a judge comes to the bench you should stand
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- Why? What?
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- All right To respect the office not the man Oh No, man anything but to love one another
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- Oh No, man, anything except love one for another
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- For he that loveth another hath fulfilled at all Don't live on credit
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- They ought to pass a law that makes it impossible for young married couples to get in debt
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- I've been down that road Love one another the debt of love increases the more it is paid
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- Now is love a cause or effect? John verge
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- Russell Bill it's both cause and effect comes from God.
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- It's the cause And it affects us to him good bill
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- Or this thou shalt not commit adultery thou shalt not kill
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- Thou shalt not steal Thou shalt not bear forth false witness
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- Thou shalt not covet and if there be any other commandment it is briefly
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- Comprehended in this saying namely thou shalt love the in thy neighbor as of thyself
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- Adultery To give the love that belongs to one to another to kill
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- Speaking of murder and there's more ways to kill a person than with a gun
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- Does the gun kill or people kill? the people To steal to steal
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- John what the steel mean so Don't pick up that which you did not lay down False witness we're to obey the laws for the sake of God not to Disobey God for the sake of man
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- We are to obey the law for the sake of God We are not to disobey
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- God for the sake of man Covet to feel desire that Which is another's
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- To feel desire for that which is another's and begin to scheme how to get it
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- David who is the one person that you love absolutely more than anyone else on this earth
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- Well, don't try to remember that Me I love me
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- Now if we are to love our neighbors the same as I do me See how great things would be
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- Who is our neighbor? well neighbor specifies someone
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- And he the next person God puts in front of you is your neighbor And he brings nothing for us to ignore
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- Now Greg read verse is verse 10 Love work is no ill
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- What what is that Greg explain what you read
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- All right
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- Love does not work bad does not work evil. You don't
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- Sit in your house and scheme how you can get even with the guy 11 and that knowing the time that now is
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- It is high time to awake out of sleep For now is our salvation nearer than when we believe
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- Joy, how can he make that statement? Yes No, how can the
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- Lord make the statement that are that our salvation Well, I just want to know what does that mean?
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- our salvation That's right because I'm growing older therefore is nearer to me
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- Our salvation grows closer and closer with every moment Romans 12 the night is far spent the day is at hand
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- Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness and let us put on the armor of light.
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- I Find that time is pregnant With future events my future the best days are yet to come
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- We have times when we're very sorrowful, but that draws us closer to God We're always complaining
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- That our days are but a few have you ever heard that? Our days are but a few
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- But we're living as though there would be no end to them Look at time like this time is that narrow passage between two eternities 13
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- Let us walk honestly as in the day not in rioting and drunkenness not in chambering and wantonness not in strife and envying in other words
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- Let us walk honorable as those in the day not in revelings and drunkenness and Desolate abandoned not in strife and jealousy were not to do that.
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- We hear a great deal about the nightlife The believer is identified with the day life
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- He walks as one who belongs to the day But put you on the
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- Lord Jesus Christ and make not provision for the flesh to fulfill the lusts thereof
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- Bill are we to have Am I to ensure my life?
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- Well, there's companies that are selling They call it life insurance
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- That's right That's right
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- How many believers are making provision for the flesh
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- But are not making provision To go into his presence.
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- Did you realize I know, you know the fact, but do you really realize?
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- That before long we'll all stand before the Lord one at a time All right
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- Yes That's right
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- My life is insured. I beg you to put on to put
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- Christ first in your life and To get out of the word and to get out the
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- Word of God This is so important We come we meet
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- We agree. It's easy to agree with things here But Do we live it?
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- each day Is there a word from anyone?
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- Yes That's right
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- That's a wonderful feeling Anything else anybody well
