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Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI A six on demand. Ozzie, Welcome

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Speaker 1: to the Jesus Christ.

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Speaker 2: How are you doing?

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Speaker 1: Good morning, Good morning. How can I help you?

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Speaker 2: So about a week ago, I saw a car accident

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Speaker 2: and I ended up pulling over to see if there

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Speaker 2: was anything I could do to help the guy inside.

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Speaker 2: It was a it was a pretty bad accident. It

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Speaker 2: was on a rainy day. I got out of the car.

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Speaker 2: You know, there was four total for people too cars,

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Speaker 2: two in each car. And the guy that was hit,

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Speaker 2: he was he like he was unconscious. Her his wife

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Speaker 2: was in there, and we managed to get the wife

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Speaker 2: out and we try to help the help the older guy.

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Speaker 2: You know, we were trying to give him CPR. We

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Speaker 2: couldn't get any bottles from him, and then we finally

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Speaker 2: check on other people in the other vehicle. I ended

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Speaker 2: up opening the door and I smelled like just you know,

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Speaker 2: alcohol and you know, marijuana. I did it just smelled

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Speaker 2: of it, and like I just have like just like

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Speaker 2: sometimes I don't know how to control the anger that

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Speaker 2: I have for this guy. You know, you know, I

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Speaker 2: just found out the guy that he ended up hitting

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Speaker 2: actually passed away. And also I have anger towards myself,

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Speaker 2: because what if there was something else I could have

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Speaker 2: done help him out? Like you know, I just I

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Speaker 2: just feel like I didn't do enough to help the

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Speaker 2: feel or how to act or anything.

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Speaker 1: And if you really use the advice, well, well look

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Speaker 1: at this in two different parts. First of all, whether

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Speaker 1: you could have done more and the concept of anger,

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Speaker 1: the productive kind of anger is is the anger that

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Speaker 1: attacks problems, not people. And I know it'd be easy

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Speaker 1: just to want to pull apart somebody and deal with them,

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Speaker 1: someone who would be so cavalier towards humanity, so selfish

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Speaker 1: and uncaring that they would consume so much alcohol or

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Speaker 1: pot or whatever they were consuming to the degree where

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Speaker 1: they couldn't control the vehicle. Yet they got behind that

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Speaker 1: vehicle anyways and caused a massive accident. So it's very

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Speaker 1: normal to want to respond to that physically, but it

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Speaker 1: doesn't help or bring any glory to God in any way,

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Speaker 1: shape or form, And it can put you in a

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Speaker 1: bad situation when it comes to releasing and forgiving. Under

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Speaker 1: circumstances like that, you're not forgiving the person because with

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Speaker 1: that kind of forgiveness comes something called reconciliation, and you're

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Speaker 1: not looking to be friends with them. Yeah, what you're

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Speaker 1: looking to do is release this this ugliness, this garbage

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Speaker 1: that festers in your heart, that weighs you down. And

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Speaker 1: my biggest concern is you finding a way to place

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Speaker 1: that on God's shoulders so that you're not bound by

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Speaker 1: all that garbage as you go through life. Now, as

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Speaker 1: far as the other aspect of things, did you do enough?

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Speaker 1: What makes you think that you didn't do enough?

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Speaker 2: Well, you know, I was there trying to help them out.

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Speaker 2: You know. The only thing I ever knew was just

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Speaker 2: you know, just ucprs, you know, if you're not breathing,

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Speaker 2: you know, just do whatever you can't help out. You

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Speaker 2: know something my mom told me, you know, if you

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Speaker 2: taught me as a little boy, you know, help out.

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Speaker 3: And I just.

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Speaker 2: You know, I tried what I could. And it's just

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Speaker 2: in my mind it's what if there was something else

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Speaker 2: something I could have done you know too, you know,

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Speaker 2: just to give them a better fighting chance to make it,

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Speaker 2: you know, And it's just been on my mind, like

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Speaker 2: could I have done anything else? You know, did I

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Speaker 2: not do something right that he didn't make it.

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Speaker 1: There is so much going on in a situation like that,

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Speaker 1: and the fact that you even run to a situation

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Speaker 1: away from it is more than most. The fact that

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Speaker 1: you assessed the situation and that you assessed that there

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Speaker 1: was somebody who had been under the influence of maybe pot,

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Speaker 1: maybe alcohol, means that you were really present and really

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Speaker 1: there and looking for answers in that horrible accident. I

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Speaker 1: don't think you did anything wrong. I think you need

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Speaker 1: help and you did what you could, and it's very overwhelming.

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Speaker 1: It's different from academically being in the mindset okay, well,

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Speaker 1: or trauma to someone can be overwhelming. And it's sad

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Speaker 1: sad to think that it may have been for no reason,

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Speaker 1: just some selfishness. But just because that that's the truth

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Speaker 1: be anyone who thought it was okay to to drink

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Speaker 1: you did what you what you could under the circumstances,

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Speaker 1: and I think that's great. I think you're very brave,

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Speaker 1: and I think that's a very human and communal thing

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Speaker 1: to do, to be a part of things around you

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Speaker 1: and do your best to make them work out in

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Speaker 1: everybody's favor. But as far as this individual being angry

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Speaker 1: just going to fester inside you and make you a

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Speaker 1: pretty ugly person based on it. Do you have any

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Speaker 2: No, I didn't even know these people, you know. It

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Speaker 2: was just something I found aside something, you know, something

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Speaker 2: I try to do is just help out, and you

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Speaker 2: know it's I don't even know these people.

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Speaker 1: Well you didn't.

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Speaker 2: I really wish I just wish I could keep it,

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Speaker 2: you know, there would be certain ways I could be

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Speaker 2: there for the wife, you know, you know, infinite. It

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Speaker 2: was just saying, you know, like you know, just to

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Speaker 2: send my condolence without her.

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Speaker 1: Well, she's going through a lot, right now, and in

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Speaker 1: a circumstance like this, there's a lot of pain and

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Speaker 1: a lot of confusion, and people are trying to sift

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Speaker 1: through it. If that opportunity arises, I'm sure it will

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Speaker 1: come your way. But right now, you focus the fact

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Speaker 1: that what you did, that your mama raised your right,

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Speaker 1: and that what you did was the right thing to do,

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Speaker 1: to get involved and to make sure everybody's okay, and

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Speaker 1: and then leave it at that. It is sad that

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Speaker 1: it involves alcohol and pot and it's much less an

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Speaker 1: accident than it was negligence. But don't second guess what

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Speaker 1: you did. You did the best you could. And don't

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Speaker 1: harbor anger because that hurts no one but you. So

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Speaker 1: just keep those two things in mind. Rachel, Welcome to

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Speaker 4: Hi Jesus, Hello, Hi, I have a question for you.

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Speaker 4: I was reading this morning numbers twenty two, and in

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Speaker 4: eighteen Baalim flat out says to the Lord, let's see here.

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Speaker 4: Oh he says, I would be powerless to do anything

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Speaker 4: against the will of the Lord. And in twenty God

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Speaker 4: came to Baylim and said, since these men have come

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Speaker 4: for you, get up and go with them, and he

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Speaker 4: tells him to go with them and then drop down

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Speaker 4: a little bit. In twenty two. God was furious that

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Speaker 4: Balem was going and this troubles me. I need to

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Speaker 4: know that. It seems out of.

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Speaker 1: It seems like a contradiction.

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Speaker 4: Yes, and I don't that's not the God that I know.

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Speaker 1: No, it's like a sneaky God going go over here,

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Speaker 1: and now you went over there. There's a lot going

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Speaker 1: on here. And this involves the Angel of the Lord.

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Speaker 1: And if you notice, the Angel of the Lord does

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Speaker 1: not kill.

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Speaker 4: Him, No he doesn't.

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Speaker 1: No, he actually gives him. The concern here is about

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Speaker 1: read numbers, you know, twenty two to twelve. Also verse

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Speaker 1: his original agreement was, because he kept getting tempted and

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Speaker 1: this in numbers thirty one sixteen come up with a

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Speaker 1: way to help Israel's enemies. Will not directly disobeying the

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Speaker 1: give to him, but he found a way to kind

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Speaker 1: even read about that in two Peter two fifteen. I

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Speaker 1: hope that that helps Donna. Welcome to the Jesus Christ Show.

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Speaker 5: Hi, thank you for taking my call. Love your show?

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Speaker 1: Oh well, thank you my pleasure. How can I help you?

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Speaker 5: Well, I do have a question. As an infant, I

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Speaker 5: was baptized and went to religious schools and always had

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Speaker 5: a very close personal relationship with Jesus. He is my savior,

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Speaker 5: and I always believe that throughout life, and now as

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Speaker 5: an adult, I have friends who say that I must

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Speaker 5: be baptized again in order to have salvation, which really,

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Speaker 5: for me doesn't make too much sense because I've always

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Speaker 5: And my question is, must I be baptized again? And

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Speaker 5: if so, where would I even get baptized? Since my

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Speaker 5: I've never heard of it.

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Speaker 1: Now, you still go to the same church, Okay? Is

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Speaker 5: It's a Catholic church.

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Speaker 1: No, there's no need to be baptized again.

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Speaker 5: And can you explain why?

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Speaker 1: Well, because it's not one. It's not a mandate for

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Speaker 1: from the blood on the cross, not from any act

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Speaker 1: that you do. Although that there are things that will manifest.

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Speaker 1: Now Catholics and Protestants believe differently here as well. But

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Speaker 1: they're not the ones telling you to do it. It's

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Speaker 1: why I say, if you're still you know, believing and

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Speaker 1: their belief. If for some reason you became a Protestant

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Speaker 1: or something like that. There's nothing wrong with that. I'm

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Speaker 1: leery of groups that say, hey, we want to baptize

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Speaker 1: signs of something a little screwy. If they know you're

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Speaker 1: Catholic and they're saying, hey, but you know, if you

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Speaker 1: come over here, we'll get you baptized and make things right.

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Speaker 1: If they start saying things like that, I would raise

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Speaker 1: an eyebrow And I'm not sure if that's the path

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Speaker 1: they're going down. It's what it sounds like to me.

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Speaker 1: But ultimately, Donna, if you were baptized in the Catholic

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Speaker 1: why spend the time getting baptized again. You haven't changed

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Speaker 1: there's no reason to do that. You're not being asked

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Speaker 1: Well, hello Jeff, how can I help you?

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Speaker 1: That's what it means. Michael, Welcome to Jesus Christ Show.

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Speaker 3: Right, I guess I understand. This seems kind of interesting

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Speaker 3: That's great. Well, I appreciate taking my phone call.

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Speaker 1: Of course, excellent question.

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Speaker 3: And I appreciate you lifting up Jesus, because it seems like,

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Speaker 1: Question, Thanks Michael. And it's not to say that these

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Speaker 1: way to get your attention on this program in hopes

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Speaker 1: of you maybe hearing some truth and learning some things.

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Speaker 3: Me.

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Speaker 1: I like to focus on the things that are of

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Speaker 1: great importance. And if this allows this venue allows us

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Speaker 1: the opportunity to talk about those in a comfortable manner,

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Speaker 1: then praise God and all glory goes to him. There

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Speaker 1: was an article that came out. I won't get into

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Speaker 1: all the details of it because it's not It's one

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Speaker 1: you've probably heard many times before. Each with each new

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Speaker 1: about how they're rejecting religion. Now I'll tell you that

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Speaker 1: it is the norm. Every younger generation wrestles with the

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Speaker 1: faith of their fathers, and I use that as just

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Speaker 1: a term. It's gonna be the faith of their mothers

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Speaker 1: as well. But in that process of growing and wanting

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Speaker 1: to find themselves, there is a lot of pressure to

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Speaker 1: if it looks to be just a thing for adults,

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Speaker 1: if it looks to be something that doesn't seem to

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Speaker 1: understand modern times, then by definition, the faith and the

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Speaker 1: belief just becomes ancient. It looks ancient, it sounds ancient,

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Speaker 1: It is ancient. I want no part of it because

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Speaker 1: I'm modern, so says the young millennial. Now it is

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Speaker 1: the age old problem of the adults and those that

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Speaker 1: have practiced the faith to not want anything to change,

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Speaker 1: and the youth that need the faith but don't want

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Speaker 1: to practice it in the old ways want to see

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Speaker 1: it modify and grow. And this happens in scripture. There's

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Speaker 1: stories of the new temple being built, and all the

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Speaker 1: old folks didn't like it because they remember the other

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Speaker 1: way the temple used to be and that's what they loved.

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Speaker 1: And then the new the younger generation, loved it because

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Speaker 1: while it's more modern, it has all of these things.

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Speaker 1: I will tell you this. If religion does not grow,

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Speaker 1: if it is not living, breathing, if faith is not

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Speaker 1: something that, like a branch of a tree, continues to

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Speaker 1: grow and change and be pruned and bring forth fruit,

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Speaker 1: it will die. You may not understand the ways of

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Speaker 1: the youth or the desires of the youth. You may

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Speaker 1: not understand they're once. But I will tell you this

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Speaker 1: without it becoming some sort of a liberal belief. And

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Speaker 1: I don't use that in the political sense, but in

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Speaker 1: the sense that you just want to pull apart scripture

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Speaker 1: to the point where it's wishy washy and it means

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Speaker 1: nothing and no one's accountable nobody wants that, and I

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Speaker 1: would never call upon that. Surprisingly enough people that listen

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Speaker 1: to the show think that it's going to be a

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Speaker 1: mockery of faith and that are surprised at the hard

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Speaker 1: line we do take on things that are important, but

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Speaker 1: also hopefully on the flip side, you learn something, and

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Speaker 1: when we talk about things like homosexuality and the laws

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Speaker 1: and marriage, that you see things different as well, and

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Speaker 1: that you learn and that you're capable of grow, growing

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Speaker 1: and understanding that there's something different about being a Christian

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Speaker 1: versus being an American and learning all of the variables

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Speaker 1: in between, so that there's growth. And I tell you

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Speaker 1: these things because you, if you are on the older spectrum,

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Speaker 1: need to understand what the needs of the younger spectrum

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Speaker 1: is and learn to adapt. And you on the younger

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Speaker 1: spectrum need to know that if you water it down

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Speaker 1: to where it has no backbone, it will have zero

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Speaker 1: value to you now or in the future. And in

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Speaker 1: the process of watering something down, it loses the entirety

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Speaker 1: of its value. There's a point where if you put

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Speaker 1: the old joke about going to Las Vegas and them

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Speaker 1: watering down your drinks, that you put enough water in

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Speaker 1: the beverage. It's no longer an alcoholic beverage. It's not

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Speaker 1: just water, and to do that is to remove all

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Speaker 1: of the power of what scripture has. So may the

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Speaker 1: balance be met by both of you Until next week.

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Speaker 1: I am with you Always, KFI AM six forty on

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Speaker 1: demand