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Speaker 1: Life Audio.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to the Crosswalk devotional. You're so glad to have

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Speaker 2: you listening. I'm Michelle Zurich. Today's topic is be an

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Speaker 2: example Unbelievers. We'll be back after work from our sponsor.

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Speaker 2: Being Example to Unbelievers, written read by Michelle s. Leazurk

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Speaker 2: for the message of the cross as foolishness to those

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Speaker 2: who are perishing, but us who are being saved. It

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Speaker 2: is the power of God. Firse Corinthians, one, verse eighteen.

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Speaker 2: Eric Deane, an actor best known for his role as

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Speaker 2: doctor Mkstemy in Grey's Anatomy, in especial for Netflix called

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Speaker 2: Famous Last Words, said this when asked to expand on

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Speaker 2: his controversial relationship with the universe. Right now, I think

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Speaker 2: when the lights go out, it's over. I don't believe

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Speaker 2: that there is another place for our souls to go.

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Speaker 2: I think people believe that stuff because it provides him

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Speaker 2: a lot of comfort. But I've really come to grips

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Speaker 2: with it, and I think, whence the lights go out

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Speaker 2: out with the old, in with the new. He continued,

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Speaker 2: I do believe when we go to sleep or wherever

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Speaker 2: we go, we are just gone, and we live on

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Speaker 2: in the memories of the people that will miss us.

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Speaker 2: For many, the concept of God is foreign. Some people

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Speaker 2: who have been through extensive church hurt have difficulty believing

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Speaker 2: in God. Not only do they have difficulty believing in

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Speaker 2: God because his existence is hard to prove, but also

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Speaker 2: because God doesn't always meet our expectations. When God doesn't

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Speaker 2: act like the genie in the bottle we want him

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Speaker 2: to be, it's easy to push him aside and pretend

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Speaker 2: he doesn't exist. As above verse tells us, the moment

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Speaker 2: we believe in God is when we are regenerated. Sow

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Speaker 2: Corinthians five p. Seventeen says. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,

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Speaker 2: the new creation has come. The old is gone, the

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Speaker 2: new is here. It's exciting news to know that, no

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Speaker 2: matter what we have done in the past, Christ, death

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Speaker 2: and the Cross can make us new if only we

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Speaker 2: choose to believe in him. However, for those who are

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Speaker 2: perishing and for whose wages of sin is truly death,

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Speaker 2: the Bible in God's existence are nothing more than the

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Speaker 2: foolishness as Christians, we could expect to be mocked by unbelievers.

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Speaker 2: For those who are frustrated by God and his own predictability,

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Speaker 2: they will choose to mock and ridicule us for believing

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Speaker 2: in something that cannot be proven tangibly here on earth. However,

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Speaker 2: for those of us who have experienced intimate encounters with God,

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Speaker 2: we know that science alone is not the only way

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Speaker 2: to prove God's existence. God calls us to share our

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Speaker 2: testimony with the world. The more people we can share

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Speaker 2: a story with, the more we can help the unbeliever

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Speaker 2: become a believer. Even as joys of people leave the

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Speaker 2: church each year for a myriad of reasons, those who

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Speaker 2: withstand the ridicule and mockery and stay true to His

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Speaker 2: word know there is a heavenly reward them. Although Eric

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Speaker 2: Dane had the world, he did not have the one

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Speaker 2: thing he sought, unconditional love. Eric Dane, who was formerly

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Speaker 2: married to Rebecca Gayheart, had two daughters with her. At

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Speaker 2: the end of the special, he looked into the camera

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Speaker 2: and tells his daughters a few things he wants them

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Speaker 2: to remember as he passes. He never remarried after their divorce,

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Speaker 2: and states that his children are the main reason why

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Speaker 2: he is alive today. While children can be a reason

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Speaker 2: to live, Christians understand that there is more to life

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Speaker 2: than simply living for family. For us, God's presence is

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Speaker 2: not foolishness. In fact, it is a way of life that,

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Speaker 2: when neglected, can cause huge deprivations emotionally, spiritually, and mentally.

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Speaker 2: We will not know how to cope without him. Father,

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Speaker 2: Let us be people know not only for believing, but

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Speaker 2: also for trusting in the power of God. Let us

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Speaker 2: be in example to the un believers, of which God's

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Speaker 2: presence is foolishness to them. Let us convince them not

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Speaker 2: with our knowledge of the Bible, but with our actions.

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Speaker 2: Most importantly, let us be known for our love. Let

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Speaker 2: us get to know people so intimately the we can

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Speaker 2: help appoint them to God at every opportunity. Amen intersecting

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Speaker 2: faith in life, are you someone who loves others unconditionally,

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Speaker 2: especially unbelievers? Who might God be calling you to be

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Speaker 2: as a witness to you today? For the reading Psalm fourteen,

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Speaker 2: verse one.

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