WEBVTT - Billy Lambert - Oct 21 - 10:00 am

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<v Speaker 1>This is Getting to Know Your Bible, a program dedicated

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<v Speaker 1>to the proclaiming of the good news of Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's Billy Lambert. In 1976, I had the privilege of

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<v Speaker 2>of taking a trip to the Bible land, and that

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<v Speaker 2>was a trip of a lifetime. It may be that

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<v Speaker 2>some of you that are watching now have been there

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<v Speaker 2>several times, but I've not had that opportunity, only one trip.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think about it often as I'm studying the Bible,

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<v Speaker 2>and I study about different places in the Bible. But

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<v Speaker 2>I believe the highlight of the entire trip was the

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<v Speaker 2>day that after we had seen the ruins of where

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<v Speaker 2>the city of Capernaum used to be, that God took

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<v Speaker 2>us to the site over to the Sea of Galilee

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<v Speaker 2>on a little slope there, and we were sitting there,

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<v Speaker 2>and he began to explain that it was somewhere in

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<v Speaker 2>that region that Jesus sat down and taught the greatest

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<v Speaker 2>sermon that has ever been delivered, and we refer to

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<v Speaker 2>it as the Sermon on the Mount. We're going to

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<v Speaker 2>be discussing a series of lessons entitled Moments on the Mount.

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<v Speaker 2>And in that series, we're going to be talking about

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<v Speaker 2>the attitudes of the Lord Jesus Christ. I'm Billy Lambert,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm the speaker on Getting to Know Your Bible,

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<v Speaker 2>and I want to welcome you today. And please stay

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<v Speaker 2>tuned as we discuss Moments on the Mount. Now, getting

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<v Speaker 2>And in order that you might know more about the course,

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to pause for just a moment.

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<v Speaker 3>No storm can hide that radiant, peaceful feeling since Jesus

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<v Speaker 3>came to seek and save the lost. Give me the Bible,

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<v Speaker 3>holy message shining. My life shall guide.

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<v Speaker 2>Me in the narrow way.

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<v Speaker 3>Precept and promise, law and love combining.

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<v Speaker 2>Till I shall vanish in eternal day. As we continue

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<v Speaker 2>our study of the Beatitudes of our Lord, I'd like

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<v Speaker 2>to read today from Matthew chapter 5 and verse number 4.

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<v Speaker 2>Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>what does it really mean? What did Jesus really mean?

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<v Speaker 2>when he said, blessed are the meek. Well, first of all,

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<v Speaker 2>let me tell you what he's obviously not talking about.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus is not talking about some natural ability that you have.

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<v Speaker 2>He's not talking about your just being easygoing. When Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>talks about being meek, he's not talking about a person

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<v Speaker 2>who's willing to compromise. When Jesus talked about meekness, he's

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<v Speaker 2>not talking about a person who is weak. Actually, the

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<v Speaker 2>word meek is used in the original language to try

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<v Speaker 2>to describe a horse when that horse is broken. If

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<v Speaker 2>you wanted to buy your child a horse to ride,

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<v Speaker 2>doubtless one of the first questions you might ask the

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<v Speaker 2>owner of that animal would be something like this, is

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<v Speaker 2>that horse broken to ride? Or you might ask, is

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<v Speaker 2>this animal gentle? I need a gentle animal for my

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<v Speaker 2>for my son to ride or my daughter to ride.

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<v Speaker 2>And so when we talk about a person being meek,

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<v Speaker 2>that's how it was used originally. Now think about a horse.

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<v Speaker 2>A horse doesn't lose its power and its strength when

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<v Speaker 2>it's been broken to ride. It's power under control. And

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<v Speaker 2>really that's what meekness is all about. It's when power

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<v Speaker 2>is under control. Jesus said, blessed are the meek. Blessed

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<v Speaker 2>are the meek for they shall inherit the earth. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>think about the scriptures and meekness. Think about what Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>said in Matthew 11 and 29. Jesus said, I am

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<v Speaker 2>meek and lowly in heart. And then in Galatians chapter

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<v Speaker 2>5 and verse 22, where Paul is writing about the

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<v Speaker 2>fruit of the Holy Spirit, he said, but the fruit

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<v Speaker 2>of the Spirit is. And one of those things that

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<v Speaker 2>he mentions as being fruit of the Holy Spirit is meekness.

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<v Speaker 2>In Ephesians, the fourth chapter, Paul is writing about unity

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<v Speaker 2>and how Christians can be promoters of unity. And he

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<v Speaker 2>opens the chapter by saying, I therefore, the prisoner of

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the

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<v Speaker 2>vocation wherewith you were called, with all lowliness, with meekness.

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<v Speaker 2>Christians are to walk with meekness. And then in the

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<v Speaker 2>book of Colossians, the third chapter, verse 12, he said,

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<v Speaker 2>as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on kindness. Humility. Meekness.

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<v Speaker 2>When we put off the old man, we put on

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<v Speaker 2>that new man. Part of that clothing with which we

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<v Speaker 2>are to be clothed is meekness. Put on meekness. Then

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<v Speaker 2>Paul is writing to a young evangelist by the name

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<v Speaker 2>of Timothy. In 2 Timothy chapter 2. And in verse

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<v Speaker 2>24 he says the servant of God must not strive.

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<v Speaker 2>The King James Version, New King James reads should not quarrel.

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<v Speaker 2>And so a preacher should not be one who strives.

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<v Speaker 2>A preacher should not be one who quarrels. Actually no

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<v Speaker 2>Christian should be that way. But Timothy goes on to

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<v Speaker 2>say that You must not quarrel but be meek and

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<v Speaker 2>that is to be gentle. We ought to be gentle preachers.

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<v Speaker 2>And the word gentleman has as its root word the

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<v Speaker 2>word gentle. And ministers of the gospel, preachers of the

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<v Speaker 2>gospel of all people ought to conduct themselves as gentlemen.

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<v Speaker 2>When I think about people in the Bible who were gentle,

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<v Speaker 2>I think about Moses. Now let me tell you, Moses

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't a compromiser. And Moses was not a man who

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<v Speaker 2>was a weak person. You think about Moses leading the

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<v Speaker 2>children of Israel out of Egypt to the land of promise.

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<v Speaker 2>But it is said of Moses in the book of

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<v Speaker 2>Numbers chapter 12 and verse 3 that Moses is the

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<v Speaker 2>meekest man in all the earth. And then we have

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<v Speaker 2>the example of Jesus that we've already mentioned in Matthew 11,

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<v Speaker 2>29 where Jesus said, I am meek and lowly in heart.

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<v Speaker 2>And Jesus was not. Jesus was not a compromising person,

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<v Speaker 2>but Jesus was me. Well, what is the characteristics of

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<v Speaker 2>a person who is meek? Well, first of all, a

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<v Speaker 2>person who is meek realizes how weak they are without God.

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<v Speaker 2>You'll never be strong. You'll never be a strong person.

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<v Speaker 2>Until you realize how weak you are without God. I've

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<v Speaker 2>seen people who were physically weak. I've seen people who

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<v Speaker 2>were so weak they could hardly stand. And I'm telling

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<v Speaker 2>you that's weakness that's not to be ended. I've been there.

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<v Speaker 2>So weak because you've been sick. You could hardly stand up.

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<v Speaker 2>But there's a weakness sometimes of the soul that people have.

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<v Speaker 2>But a person that is meek has their power under control.

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<v Speaker 2>They might have certain abilities that they could use, but

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<v Speaker 2>they don't use those abilities. They don't say those things.

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<v Speaker 2>They don't do those things because they have it under control.

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<v Speaker 2>It's when we are weak, really weak, in our spiritual man,

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<v Speaker 2>that we realize that we are nothing without God. Preachers

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<v Speaker 2>are nothing without the Lord, let me tell you. I

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<v Speaker 2>relate quite often what Paul said about preachers over in

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<v Speaker 2>the book of 1 Corinthians. And what he said, the

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<v Speaker 2>man that plants and the man that waters is nothing.

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<v Speaker 2>But it is God who gives the increase. So I

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<v Speaker 2>think of myself as a big zero. That is, without God,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm nothing more than just a great big zero. Because

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<v Speaker 2>God is the one who has the power. God is

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<v Speaker 2>the one who gives the increase. I plant God's seed

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<v Speaker 2>and the powers in the seed. That is the word

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<v Speaker 2>of God. And God is the one who has the

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<v Speaker 2>power to make that seed come up. You'll never be

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<v Speaker 2>meek till you realize that you're nothing without God. But

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<v Speaker 2>then you have to be a controlled person. Paul was

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<v Speaker 2>a controlled man in 1 Corinthians 9, 27. Paul said,

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<v Speaker 2>I buffet my body and I bring it into subjection

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<v Speaker 2>after having preached to others that I myself should be

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<v Speaker 2>a castaway. Now, what did Paul mean? Paul meant I

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<v Speaker 2>have to buffet my body. I have to control my body.

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<v Speaker 2>I have to bring my body under control. Lest after

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<v Speaker 2>I get out here and I preach to other people

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<v Speaker 2>that I myself should be lost. Because I fail to

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<v Speaker 2>bring myself under control. My passions under control. My emotions

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<v Speaker 2>under control. My temper under control. You see, we need

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<v Speaker 2>to be controlled people. And to be meek means that

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<v Speaker 2>you are gentler. And it means that you are a

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<v Speaker 2>spirit-filled person. Someone says, Brother Lambert, do you believe that

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<v Speaker 2>people have the Holy Spirit today? I absolutely do. And

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<v Speaker 2>we receive the gift of the Holy Spirit when we

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<v Speaker 2>obey the gospel. By believing on Jesus, repenting of our sins,

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<v Speaker 2>confessing our faith by being baptized into Christ. Because Peter

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<v Speaker 2>said on the day of Pentecost, repent. Be baptized, every

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<v Speaker 2>one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for

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<v Speaker 2>the remission of sins and you shall receive the gift

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<v Speaker 2>of the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit there is

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<v Speaker 2>not the donor but the donation. And we have the

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<v Speaker 2>Holy Spirit in us, in our bodies. 1 Corinthians 6,

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<v Speaker 2>verse 19 and 20. But the evidence that we are

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<v Speaker 2>spirit-filled people is called the fruit of the Spirit In

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<v Speaker 2>Galatians chapter 5. But the fruit of the spirit is.

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<v Speaker 2>And he mentions love. And peace. Long suffering. Gentleness. Goodness. Meekness.

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<v Speaker 2>And so forth. All of those things. Constitute the fruit

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<v Speaker 2>of the spirit. And we'll be gentle people. When we

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<v Speaker 2>become spirit filled people. You see a person that. They

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<v Speaker 2>can't control themselves. They just go into fits. There's nothing

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<v Speaker 2>spirit-controlled about a person like that, is there? But when

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<v Speaker 2>we're meek in our spirit, we become forgiving people. It

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<v Speaker 2>means that we are humble enough, we're controlled enough, that

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<v Speaker 2>we see the need that I ought to forgive people.

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<v Speaker 2>First of all, it's sin against me. that have sinned

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<v Speaker 2>against God ought to be willing to forgive. Paul in

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<v Speaker 2>Ephesians 4.32 wrote, Be kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving

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<v Speaker 2>one another, even as God, for Christ's sake, hath forgiven you.

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<v Speaker 2>We ought to be willing to forgive one another. And

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes forgiveness is not easy. It is not easy. A

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<v Speaker 2>woman calls me one day, Her husband hasn't come home

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<v Speaker 2>all night long. He's never done this before. But he's

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<v Speaker 2>been drinking for a number of years, but he always

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<v Speaker 2>would come home, but this time he didn't. And I said, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>let me see if I can find him. And I

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<v Speaker 2>was preaching in a county that's referred to as a

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<v Speaker 2>dry county. You couldn't buy alcohol in that county. The

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<v Speaker 2>next county just south of us was a wet county.

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<v Speaker 2>You could buy alcohol. So I thought, well, the first

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<v Speaker 2>place I'll go looking for him is where they sell alcohol.

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<v Speaker 2>And sure enough, I found him in a bar. And

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<v Speaker 2>I called his wife. I tell her where he is.

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<v Speaker 2>And she said, I'll be right there. So she and

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<v Speaker 2>I went in and found him at that bar, sitting there,

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<v Speaker 2>crying in his beer with another woman. And his wife

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<v Speaker 2>over and over said, I'll never forgive him. I'll never

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<v Speaker 2>forgive him. I'll never forgive him. But bless your heart,

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<v Speaker 2>she did. She did. She forgave her husband. And we

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<v Speaker 2>need to be people that forgive. Sometimes it is hard

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<v Speaker 2>to forgive. But folks, our soul salvation depends upon it

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<v Speaker 2>because the Bible says if you forgive not men their trespasses...

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<v Speaker 2>Neither will your Father in heaven forgive you what? Your trespasses.

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<v Speaker 2>It's forgive to be forgiven. And so to be meek

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<v Speaker 2>means that we're forgiving. It also means that we learn

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<v Speaker 2>how to be quiet sometimes. Paul wrote about that in

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<v Speaker 2>1 Thessalonians 4 and 11. And wouldn't it be a

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<v Speaker 2>wonderful thing if we could get so many people to

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<v Speaker 2>abide by this? Paul there says aspire to lead a

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<v Speaker 2>quiet life. Aspire, that's the New King James translation, aspire

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<v Speaker 2>to lead a quiet life, to be quiet. Have you

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<v Speaker 2>ever wanted to do that? If you watch certain things

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<v Speaker 2>that you see on your computer, maybe on one of

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<v Speaker 2>the social media, they'll put a picture of a cabin

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<v Speaker 2>out in the woods somewhere, and they might ask the question,

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<v Speaker 2>would you live in this cabin for a year? For

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<v Speaker 2>a certain amount of money, I'd live in there for

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<v Speaker 2>a year for the cabin, wouldn't you? It'd be out

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<v Speaker 2>in the woods where it's quiet. There's not the humdrum

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<v Speaker 2>of all that's going on in society. I was preaching

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<v Speaker 2>one time in the mountains, in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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<v Speaker 2>And I was carried out to a cabin that was

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<v Speaker 2>way off in the woods, up on top of a mountain.

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<v Speaker 2>And And I was told that there used to be

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<v Speaker 2>a community of people living there and they worshiped in

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<v Speaker 2>that building. There was a church building there and a

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<v Speaker 2>log cabin is likely still there. And I could not

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<v Speaker 2>hear a single automobile. No one blowing a horn. I

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't hear an 18-wheeler coming by anywhere. All I could

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<v Speaker 2>hear were the birds singing. And it was so quiet.

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<v Speaker 2>And sometimes we just need to learn to be quiet.

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<v Speaker 2>I've often said that people need just some quiet time.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Bible says that we have to learn to

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<v Speaker 2>be quiet.

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<v Speaker 3>Quiet.

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<v Speaker 2>We need to learn to be quiet. And sometimes in

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<v Speaker 2>our relationship with other people, folks, we just sometimes need

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<v Speaker 2>to be quiet. Don't always be talking. Do some listening.

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<v Speaker 2>And listen to the other person. I mean really listen.

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<v Speaker 2>But learn to be meek. To be quiet. And there

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<v Speaker 2>are rewards when we learn to be quiet. Now remember

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said blessed are the meek. For they shall inherit

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<v Speaker 2>the earth. What are some of the rewards? Well, when

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<v Speaker 2>we're meek people, we're going to receive the best God

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<v Speaker 2>has to offer. And we're going to receive the best

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<v Speaker 2>that God has to offer now. For example, in Philippians,

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<v Speaker 2>the fourth chapter, Paul was... reminding these people how wonderful

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<v Speaker 2>it had been to him for them to help him.

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<v Speaker 2>And Paul was in prison. He wrote the book of Philippians.

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<v Speaker 2>And the church at Philippi had assisted the apostle Paul,

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<v Speaker 2>and they had helped him, physically helped him with the

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<v Speaker 2>needs that he had. And in verse 19, he said,

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<v Speaker 2>My God. shall supply all your need. Well, how will

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<v Speaker 2>he do it? According to his riches. God is rich,

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<v Speaker 2>and God can supply all our needs now. If you're

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<v Speaker 2>trying to live a spirit-filled life, if you're trying to

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<v Speaker 2>live for Jesus, If you're trying to live a life

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<v Speaker 2>that's centered around God and his word. If you're trying

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<v Speaker 2>to live a life that would make you as a

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<v Speaker 2>child of his. Attractive to other people. I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to know that Lord is going to supply your needs.

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<v Speaker 2>He's going to give you what you need in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus even said ask. And you shall receive. Seek, and

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<v Speaker 2>you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

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<v Speaker 2>And one of the reasons some of us are lacking

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<v Speaker 2>is because we need to be humble enough to bow

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<v Speaker 2>our heads and ask God for help But that's characteristic

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<v Speaker 2>of the meek man. And God is willing and God

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<v Speaker 2>is able to give us the very best that he

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<v Speaker 2>has now in this life. You say, well, Paul was

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<v Speaker 2>in prison. Did the Lord bless him? Let me tell

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<v Speaker 2>you how much the Lord blessed Paul. In verse 11

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<v Speaker 2>of Philippians chapter 4, Paul said, I've learned in whatsoever

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<v Speaker 2>state I'm in to be content. Well, where are you, Paul? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm in jail. I've had to have other people to

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<v Speaker 2>help me with my necessities while I'm in prison. And

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<v Speaker 2>you're content? I am content with whatever state I'm in

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm in jail. How can you do that, Paul?

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<v Speaker 2>Where do you get the strength to do that, Paul?

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<v Speaker 2>I want what Paul had. Listen to verse 13. I

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<v Speaker 2>can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. He'll

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<v Speaker 2>give me the strength to do it. That's not human strength.

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<v Speaker 2>That's strength that he gives us. Before I came to

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<v Speaker 2>preach this sermon today, I had to ask God to

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<v Speaker 2>give me the strength to do it. I don't have

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<v Speaker 2>all the physical strength that I need to do this.

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<v Speaker 2>God gives us the strength. God gives us the help

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<v Speaker 2>to do things in life. Can he do it? My God,

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<v Speaker 2>Paul continued in verse 19 in Philippians 4, shall supply

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<v Speaker 2>all your need. So I ask you, what do you need?

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<v Speaker 2>What do you need? Yes, we can. He can help

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<v Speaker 2>us now. I think of a passage in the 37th

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<v Speaker 2>Psalm where the psalmist said, I've been young and now

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<v Speaker 2>I'm old, but I've not ever seen the righteous forsaken

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<v Speaker 2>or his seed-begging bread. He'll never forsake you. He'll never

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<v Speaker 2>leave you. That's a promise. We've got to live that

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<v Speaker 2>meek life. And then the rewards of being meek that

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<v Speaker 2>God can give us the best that he has to

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<v Speaker 2>offer so far as the life to come is concerned.

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<v Speaker 2>Not only now but in the life to come. The

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<v Speaker 2>life after life. Paul wrote about that in Romans chapter

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<v Speaker 2>8 verse 18. I reckon that the sufferings of this

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<v Speaker 2>present world are not to be compared with the glory

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<v Speaker 2>of That shall be revealed. All that we put up

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<v Speaker 2>in this old life is zero, is nothing compared to

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<v Speaker 2>the glories and the riches and the blessings that we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to receive on life's other side. So I would

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<v Speaker 2>encourage you to be a Christian, to live the Christian life.

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<v Speaker 2>If you've never become a Christian by obeying Christ in baptism,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said, he that believeth one and is baptized two

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<v Speaker 2>shall be saved number three. That's as simple as one, two, three.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you'll do that, you'll be saved. And you

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<v Speaker 2>live for him and you die for him and you

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<v Speaker 2>die in Jesus. You'll receive blessings that are out of

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<v Speaker 2>this world, absolutely out of this world. Oh, it pays

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<v Speaker 2>to live for Jesus. Jesus said, blessed are the meek,

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<v Speaker 2>for they shall inherit the earth. I want to thank

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