WEBVTT - Trading Truth

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and this is our podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to thank you for joining us today. Hope

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<v Speaker 1>this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith.

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<v Speaker 2>Hope it gives your perspective to see God is moving

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<v Speaker 2>in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>Enjoy the message. In Romans chapter one, verse twenty five.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a scripture I've been thinking about for quite a

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<v Speaker 2>while now, and I've been looking forward to the opportunity

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<v Speaker 2>to preach it, and this weekend Live as the appropriate time.

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<v Speaker 2>And God has really been using it this weekend. You're

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<v Speaker 2>not the first group that I've seen this weekend, and

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<v Speaker 2>yet I believe that God has saved the best for

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<v Speaker 2>last and that He desires to minister to you in

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<v Speaker 2>a specific way today. And I'll read this verse and

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<v Speaker 2>this will give you the premise for our message. And

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<v Speaker 2>it's found in Romans chapter one, verse twenty five. It

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<v Speaker 2>says that they exchanged the truth about God for a

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<v Speaker 2>lie and worshiped and served created things rather than the

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<v Speaker 2>Creator who is forever praised Amen. They exchanged the truth

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<v Speaker 2>about God for a lie. And as people say that

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible is not relevant to today's culture. But let

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<v Speaker 2>me read this again. It sounds like it was written

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<v Speaker 2>on Twitter last night. They exchanged the truth about God

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<v Speaker 2>for a lie and worshiped and served created things rather

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<v Speaker 2>than the Creator. Have you ever got your priorities mixed

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<v Speaker 2>up and started serving something that God gave to you

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<v Speaker 2>and forgotten about the God who gave them?

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<v Speaker 1>And that's what happened.

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<v Speaker 2>They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and

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<v Speaker 2>began to serve created things rather than the Creator who

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<v Speaker 2>is forever praised.

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<v Speaker 1>Amen. The subject heading I want to use today is.

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<v Speaker 2>Trading truth, and I want to talk to you on

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<v Speaker 2>this topic Trading truth. Lord, I thank you that your

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<v Speaker 2>word is truth. Illuminate it now and help us to

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<v Speaker 2>receive it with courage to obey it. In Jesus name, Amen,

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<v Speaker 2>you may be seated, God bless you. I lie in

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<v Speaker 2>my cai. Sometimes you have to do it. Sometimes, you

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<v Speaker 2>know what we're all doing in they were taking a nap.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes it's just for their own while it was the

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<v Speaker 2>door locked safety dangerous criminals. You have to do it sometimes.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't look at me judgmentally. You if you never lied

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<v Speaker 2>to your kids, you haven't had them yet. But sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>it's really a matter of survival.

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<v Speaker 3>And even a few days ago, we were at the

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<v Speaker 3>beach for the kid's spring break and they had talked

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<v Speaker 3>me out into the ocean.

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<v Speaker 2>They talked me out of the hot tub into the ocean.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm too old for this crap. It was a fifty

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<v Speaker 2>one degrees outside. But I'm hey, hey, I'm Dad of

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<v Speaker 2>the year. Don't worry about it. I already got the

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Dad of the Year. I went out in that

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<v Speaker 2>cold ocean with all three kids, and Abby was hanging

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<v Speaker 2>onto my arm the whole time, just every time. It

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<v Speaker 2>was really it was a really rough ocean, but it

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<v Speaker 2>made it kind of fun until until it wasn't fun anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>You know how it is when you're kind of playing out,

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<v Speaker 2>you kind of stepping.

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<v Speaker 3>Further and further out, and you don't even know how far,

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<v Speaker 3>how far out you've gotten, and then you kind of

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<v Speaker 3>get carried away, and you don't really realize how far

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<v Speaker 3>you've been carried away until you're looking and kind of

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<v Speaker 3>look at the original point where you were, which would

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<v Speaker 3>be a whole sermon in itself, but that's not what

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<v Speaker 3>I want to preach about.

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<v Speaker 2>What I wanted to tell you is we're kind of

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<v Speaker 2>getting carried away, and then the undercurrent got really strong

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<v Speaker 2>and started just pulling all of us, all four of us.

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<v Speaker 2>The only one who had good enough sense to be

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<v Speaker 2>in the house was Holly. She's not as committed to

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<v Speaker 2>parenting and making memories as I am. She was on

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<v Speaker 2>her phone, and I'm out there realizing in this moment, wait,

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<v Speaker 2>nobody else is in the ocean.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just us.

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<v Speaker 3>Everybody who knows anything about safety in the water is inside.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, this is dangerous. And then it really got scary.

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<v Speaker 2>I couldn't touch the bottom, and Abby's on my arm,

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<v Speaker 2>and her being on my arm and is a problem.

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<v Speaker 1>I can curl her all day long.

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<v Speaker 2>She's just very well below my curling maximum weight ability,

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<v Speaker 2>trust me. But when she's on my arm and I

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<v Speaker 2>can't touch, and then Graham jumps on my back and

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<v Speaker 2>we're all simultaneously being pulled, and I realized, like, well,

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<v Speaker 2>we're way further out than I intended us to be.

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<v Speaker 2>And Abbey's on my arm and Graham's on my back,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm like, Graham, I love you, dude, but you got.

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<v Speaker 1>To swim right now. It's every verdict for himself right now.

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<v Speaker 2>I need to take at least two of us back

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<v Speaker 2>in the house for your mom. We start swimming back in.

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<v Speaker 2>Abby's on my arm and Graham's swimming. Now Elijah's the

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<v Speaker 2>bravest one. He's out way past all of us, and

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<v Speaker 2>he's screaming at me to come get him or something,

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<v Speaker 2>and I can't come get him.

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<v Speaker 1>His sister's on my arm and it's my favorite.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I just kidding, I kidding, but this calmness

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<v Speaker 2>came over me, or at least I pretended that it did.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, Elijah, it's fine, son, And secretly I'm looking

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<v Speaker 2>at him, thinking this is our last time talking together,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, But I knew I had to keep him swimming.

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<v Speaker 1>It was just a leadership instinct that came over me.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, it's fine, just swim, You'll be fine.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not that bad here where we are if you

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<v Speaker 2>can just get here.

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<v Speaker 1>Meanwhile, I'm dying, you know. And so we made it.

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<v Speaker 2>We made it back to the shore, aren't you glad?

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for praying me through.

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<v Speaker 2>And then Elijah said something really funny to me. I

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<v Speaker 2>thought this was really really profound. He's like, you didn't

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<v Speaker 2>even seem scared. Were you not worried about me. Were

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<v Speaker 2>you were you just gonna let me stay out there?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, well, of course I was. Your sisters only

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<v Speaker 2>had eight years to live, you've had thirteen. And it's

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<v Speaker 2>just but but I I think he was.

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<v Speaker 1>I think he was amazed.

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<v Speaker 2>He was like you, you just didn't even seem worried

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<v Speaker 2>about it, And to which I told him, well, son,

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<v Speaker 2>I was lying. I was lying for your own good.

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<v Speaker 2>I knew if you knew how bad it was, you'd

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<v Speaker 2>stop swimming. And so the best thing I could do

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<v Speaker 2>for your survival was to lie to you. It's like

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<v Speaker 2>a rahab lie. It's a lie for the purposes of God.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't judge me. Don't judge me. But sometimes I lie

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<v Speaker 2>to myself. It's a survival instinct. It's just that sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>my feet can't find the bottom, and life it's a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit turbulent, and I find myself drifting and in

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<v Speaker 2>the new reality that I'm trying to embrace according to

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<v Speaker 2>what God says I am. Sometimes what I used to

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<v Speaker 2>be feels more solid, more stable, and more comfortable. And

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes it's easier for me to lie to myself and

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<v Speaker 2>tell myself a story. I got good at it, even

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<v Speaker 2>as a little boy. It wasn't that my childhood was

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<v Speaker 2>bad or anything like that. But all of us experience

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<v Speaker 2>things in life that teach us to lie to ourselves.

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<v Speaker 2>When we read a scripture like Romans chapter one, verse

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five that says they exchange the truth about God

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<v Speaker 2>for a lie, a part of us says, who would

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<v Speaker 2>do that? Who would trade a perfectly good truth for

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<v Speaker 2>a lie? And yet the fact is, there are some

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<v Speaker 2>lies that we have learned so well that they feel

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<v Speaker 2>true even more than the truth does. Can I preach

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<v Speaker 2>like I've been out of the pulpit for three weeks

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<v Speaker 2>and I've got something to say. I want to show

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<v Speaker 2>you today an illustration from the life of Jesus, and

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<v Speaker 2>I want to show you how sometimes the enemy doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>sabotage your life with a lie. He tells you a

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<v Speaker 2>truth and he twists it just enough. And I believe

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<v Speaker 2>that the Lord desires to set us free today. But

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<v Speaker 2>only by the truth can we be set free. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus knew the truth because he was the truth. He

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<v Speaker 2>knew the word of God because he was the word

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<v Speaker 2>of God. And when the enemy came to Jesus and

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<v Speaker 2>Matthew Chapter four in the Wilderness, to Timptim, he made

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<v Speaker 2>the crucial mistake with the son of God of debating

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<v Speaker 2>the word of God. And it's a bad idea to

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<v Speaker 2>debate the word of God with the word of God.

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<v Speaker 2>John chapter one says, in the beginning was the Word,

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<v Speaker 2>and the word was with God, and the Word was God.

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<v Speaker 2>He's not arguing with someone who knows about the Word

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<v Speaker 2>of God. He is arguing with the embodiment of the

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<v Speaker 2>Word of God. And it gives us a pure picture

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<v Speaker 2>of the principle that is illustrated in Romans one twenty five,

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<v Speaker 2>but only in reverse in Matthew chapter four, verse one.

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<v Speaker 2>Our perspective is immediately challenged because it says that Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>was led by the spirit into the wilderness to be

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<v Speaker 2>tempted by the devil. And that is a strange construct,

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<v Speaker 2>that Jesus was led by God to be tempted by

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<v Speaker 2>the devil. If you've been told that God won't lead

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<v Speaker 2>you into difficult situations, you've been lied to. If you've

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<v Speaker 2>ever been told, or it's ever been implied or inferred,

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<v Speaker 2>that the will of God will always lead to the

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<v Speaker 2>path of least resistance, you've been lied to. If you've

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<v Speaker 2>ever been told that the proof of the favor of

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<v Speaker 2>God on your life is that situations become less difficult

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<v Speaker 2>and more agreeable. You've been lied to because Jesus, before

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<v Speaker 2>his ministry was fully announce was let into the wilderness

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<v Speaker 2>to be tempted by the devil. And yet I want

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<v Speaker 2>us to see that this passage is as much about

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<v Speaker 2>trust as it is about temptation. Now let me say

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<v Speaker 2>this real quickly. It's not the truth that you can quote,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not the truth that you know mentally, but it

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<v Speaker 2>is the truth that you do that guides your life

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<v Speaker 2>to its ultimate outcome. I will never forget watching y'all

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<v Speaker 2>when I was a kid with the Jane Fond to

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<v Speaker 2>work Out DVDs, eating a bowl of ice cream watching

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<v Speaker 2>the Jane Fond to work Out DVDs. And when I asked,

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<v Speaker 2>why aren't you doing the DVDs? I'm only like eight

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<v Speaker 2>years old and my mom and dad are eating briars

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<v Speaker 2>watching Fonda. They said, well, we've got to know what

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<v Speaker 2>to do before we can do it. But sometimes if

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<v Speaker 2>you would do what you knew, I might get it

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<v Speaker 2>worth it for me. After fasting forty days and forty nights,

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<v Speaker 2>he was hungry. I nominate this for most obvious verse

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<v Speaker 2>in the Bible. The Tempter came to him at his

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<v Speaker 2>weakest moment. The tempter came to him in the area

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<v Speaker 2>of his appetite. The tempter came to him at a

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<v Speaker 2>place of great vulnerability and said, if you are the

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<v Speaker 2>son of God, tell these stones to become bred. And

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<v Speaker 2>how many times in my life have I been tempted

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<v Speaker 2>in this exact way. It's a good thing Jesus knew

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<v Speaker 2>the truth. It's a good thing Jesus had just been

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<v Speaker 2>baptized by John and the Jordan River. It's it's a

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<v Speaker 2>good thing that Jesus had just heard his father say,

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<v Speaker 2>this is my beloved.

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<v Speaker 1>Son, and whom I'm well pleased.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a good thing he had just been told the truth,

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<v Speaker 2>because when you just encountered truth, when you know who

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<v Speaker 2>you are, when you have a full understanding of who

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<v Speaker 2>you are in God's eyes, you don't have to prove

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<v Speaker 2>it in anybody else's.

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<v Speaker 1>How many times have I been.

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<v Speaker 2>Susceptible to the temptation to prove who I am by

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<v Speaker 2>what I do? But when you know that who you

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<v Speaker 2>are is not dependent on what you do, your value

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<v Speaker 2>is not assessed by others. Then you don't have to

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<v Speaker 2>post stuff to prove stuff. You're going to set somebody

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<v Speaker 2>free today. You don't have to post stuff to prove

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<v Speaker 2>stuff when you know the truth about it. And Jesus answered,

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<v Speaker 2>it is written men shall not live on bread alone,

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<v Speaker 2>but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the hardest years of my life was twenty thirteen.

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<v Speaker 2>My dad was our church was under heavy criticism in

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<v Speaker 2>the media, and I was going through so many things

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<v Speaker 2>at once. I felt like Rocky when he said, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know which one to hit. I see three of

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<v Speaker 2>them out there, and they said hit the one in

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<v Speaker 2>the middle. And there were so many things going on

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<v Speaker 2>around me. I didn't know what to do. But it

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<v Speaker 2>was really comforting to me that the things I had

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<v Speaker 2>preached to you I was able to live off of.

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<v Speaker 2>For me, the proof that something is true in your

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<v Speaker 2>life is not that you can understand it or say

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<v Speaker 2>amen to it, but that you.

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<v Speaker 1>Can live on it. That you can live on it.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes we're too impressed with cliches, and sometimes we think

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<v Speaker 2>something is true just because it rhymes.

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>I found out in preaching sometimes you can make something

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<v Speaker 2>rhyme and.

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<v Speaker 1>It can be totally totally opposite.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, you can make something start with the same letter,

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<v Speaker 2>curiosity killed the cat.

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<v Speaker 1>That's good, meow amen.

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<v Speaker 2>Actually, the original saying wasn't curiosity killed the cat.

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<v Speaker 1>It was care killed the cat.

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<v Speaker 2>And it was used to mean that they fed the

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<v Speaker 2>cat too much and he died because he was too fat.

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<v Speaker 1>They cared too much.

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<v Speaker 2>And then they changed it from care meaning they over

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<v Speaker 2>fed him to care he was too worried. So now

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<v Speaker 2>it means that worry killed the cat. But then one

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<v Speaker 2>day it just became curiosity killed the cat. Now there

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<v Speaker 2>are no statistical evidences of dead felines based on inquisitive natures.

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<v Speaker 1>But it just sounds good. And some stuff sounds good,

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<v Speaker 1>but it ain't true.

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<v Speaker 2>Just because it sounds good doesn't mean it is. Just

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<v Speaker 2>because it rhymes, just because it is aligned with your

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<v Speaker 2>life experience up to this point doesn't make it true.

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<v Speaker 2>Just because it's the way it's always been for you

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<v Speaker 2>and your mom and it doesn't make it true. And

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<v Speaker 2>so then we get really bad advice and we say

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<v Speaker 2>really bad things that that sound good on the surface,

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<v Speaker 2>but beneath them they're really bad belief systems. I thought

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<v Speaker 2>about calling this message what's your BS for belief system?

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<v Speaker 2>What's your belief system? And I wanted to call it

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<v Speaker 2>that because that's what's driving your life. They say, live

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<v Speaker 2>your truth. I heard that before. Live your truth. That's

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<v Speaker 2>the important thing. Just live your truth. And it sounds good.

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<v Speaker 2>But what if my truth is a trap? What if

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<v Speaker 2>your truth isn't the truth? Do you have to stay

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<v Speaker 2>stuck in a story and call it the truth.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me go back to Matthew four.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said it is written men shall not live on

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<v Speaker 2>bread alone, but on every word.

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<v Speaker 1>That comes from the mouth of God.

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<v Speaker 2>So then the devil he does something that I was

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<v Speaker 2>very interested to study this out. And if I've preached

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<v Speaker 2>on this passage ten times before, I apologize to the

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<v Speaker 2>other ten that.

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<v Speaker 1>I never pointed this out because I never saw it.

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<v Speaker 2>We always assume that the enemy comes to us with lies,

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<v Speaker 2>and then we quote the word of God, which is

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<v Speaker 2>the truth, and then the lies go away.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, fine, whatever, But.

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<v Speaker 2>Many of us love God too much to just believe

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<v Speaker 2>a lie if we see it as a lie, and

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<v Speaker 2>so then what the enemy does is he presents you

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<v Speaker 2>not with a lie, but with a truth. The next

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<v Speaker 2>thing the enemy does to Jesus. Remember he's hungry. He's

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<v Speaker 2>in a week in physical state. He's on the verge

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<v Speaker 2>of three years of ministry that will shake the world

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<v Speaker 2>and overturn the Roman Empire. He's in a period of preparation.

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<v Speaker 2>He knows who he is. He not only knows truth,

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<v Speaker 2>but he is truth. And so the enemy knows that

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<v Speaker 2>the only way that he can fight truth is with truth.

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<v Speaker 2>And I promise you I'm not just trying to be confusing.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of times, what the enemy will attack you.

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<v Speaker 1>With is a truth, a truth.

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<v Speaker 2>And in this particular instance, the devil took him to

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<v Speaker 2>the Holy City verse five and had him stand on

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<v Speaker 2>the highest point of the temple. If you are the

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<v Speaker 2>son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written.

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<v Speaker 2>The enemy doesn't attack Jesus with a lie. He attacks

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<v Speaker 2>him with a Bible.

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<v Speaker 1>Verse.

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<v Speaker 2>He quotes to Jesus this Psalm ninety one, verse eleven

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<v Speaker 2>and twelve. He quotes the word of God to the

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<v Speaker 2>Word of God.

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<v Speaker 1>For it is written.

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<v Speaker 2>He will command his angels concerning you, and they will

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<v Speaker 2>lift you up in their hands, so that you will

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<v Speaker 2>not strike your foot against a stone. That's true, That's

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<v Speaker 2>actually true. This is not made up. This is not imaginary,

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<v Speaker 2>it is It is the word of God.

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<v Speaker 1>It is the truth.

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<v Speaker 2>So here's what I'm realizing in my life. A lot

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<v Speaker 2>of times I'm not deciding.

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<v Speaker 1>Between a lie and the truth.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of times I'm stuck between two truths. One

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<v Speaker 2>is the truth of my situation and one is the

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<v Speaker 2>truth of my revelation. I told you, Holly, this was

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<v Speaker 2>going to be the best one. That's the truth of

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<v Speaker 2>what I'm going through, and the other is the truth

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<v Speaker 2>of who's standing with me in the fire as I

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<v Speaker 2>go through it. So I've got two truths. I've got

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<v Speaker 2>two truths. And what Jesus said was so powerful. When

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<v Speaker 2>the enemy tried to get him to turn the stones

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<v Speaker 2>into bread, he said, it is written because he knew

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<v Speaker 2>the temptation to turn something into something that it's not.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of times we try to do this with relationships.

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<v Speaker 1>We try to turn them into something that they're not.

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<v Speaker 2>We turn people into our God, and we need their

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<v Speaker 2>approval more than we need God's approval. And then when

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<v Speaker 2>they disappoint us, we lose our hope because we tried

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<v Speaker 2>to turn stones into bread. You know, some of us

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<v Speaker 2>try to turn money into security, but your trust was

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<v Speaker 2>never supposed to be in resources. Your trust was supposed

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<v Speaker 2>to be in the one. Your help comes from the source,

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<v Speaker 2>you are supposed to lift your eyes to him. Your

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<v Speaker 2>trust was never supposed sposed to be in the stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Your trust was supposed to be in the source.

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<v Speaker 2>But when you don't know the truth of who you are,

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<v Speaker 2>you will try to turn stones into bread, and you

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<v Speaker 2>will try to.

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<v Speaker 1>Live off of people's compliments.

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<v Speaker 2>And then so you die by their criticism because you tried.

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<v Speaker 1>To turn it into what it was not.

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<v Speaker 2>And you trade the truth for a lie, and you

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<v Speaker 2>trade the truth of God's God's assessment of you for

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<v Speaker 2>someone else's opinion of you, serving created things rather than

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<v Speaker 2>the creator who is forever blessed a man Roman's won

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five.

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<v Speaker 1>I love what Jesus said. I never saw it before.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you ever see it this before? I appreciate it

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<v Speaker 1>A nine thirty.

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<v Speaker 2>I never saw it because first time he said it

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<v Speaker 2>is written, But this time he said something different. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>verse seven, it is also written. You just said, is true,

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<v Speaker 2>But I know something truer. It's true I made some

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<v Speaker 2>mistakes in my life. But it's also true that my

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<v Speaker 2>greatest mistake has the potential to become my greatest miracle.

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<v Speaker 1>It's true, but it's also true.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody's shout, it's also true. Come on, shout it from

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<v Speaker 2>river Walk to Roanoke. It's also true, Paul said, I'm pressed.

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<v Speaker 2>It's true, but I'm not crushed. See, I know how

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<v Speaker 2>to stand between two truths. One is what I'm thinking,

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<v Speaker 2>One is what I'm feeling. One is what the doctor said.

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<v Speaker 2>One is what I'm experiencing. But it is also true,

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<v Speaker 2>not crushed. I'm persecuted. It's true, but I'm not abandoned.

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<v Speaker 2>It's also true. I'm struck down for a minute. But

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<v Speaker 2>it's also true. I'm not destroying. I'm lonely, but I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not alone.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm weak but he's strong. I'm poor but he's rich.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm It is also written, I've got a better word

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<v Speaker 2>on the situation. I did it, but I'm not it.

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<v Speaker 2>I got a new truth. I got a new truth.

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<v Speaker 2>I've got a new truth. That means I know the

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<v Speaker 2>difference between my truth and my story. So when Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>was confronted by the Jews, he had a conversation with

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<v Speaker 2>them about truth, and it says that many of the

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<v Speaker 2>Jews had believed in him because of what he did,

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<v Speaker 2>but they didn't fully understand who he was, and they

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<v Speaker 2>were putting their faith in him, but they were still

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<v Speaker 2>attached to.

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<v Speaker 1>The old story. The old story. You know, the old story,

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<v Speaker 1>the one you.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell yourself about why people reject you. And you did

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<v Speaker 2>it as a means of survival, because it is sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>easier for you to reject yourself in advance than to

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<v Speaker 2>put yourself out there and risk rejection again. So when

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<v Speaker 2>you can't touch the bottom, you tell yourself a story

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<v Speaker 2>for survival. It's called prejection. It's when instead of dealing

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<v Speaker 2>with the reality of rejection and healing from it, you

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<v Speaker 2>begin to tell yourself a story about how worthless you are.

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<v Speaker 2>And now you stay alone because to really be loved

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<v Speaker 2>requires vulnerability for the sake of connection. So you would

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<v Speaker 2>rather stay stuck in an old story than embrace a

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<v Speaker 2>new truth. And Jesus said to the Jews who believed

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<v Speaker 2>in him, watch this In John eight thirty two. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>you will know the truth, and the truth will set

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<v Speaker 2>you free. Now see the second part of that does

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<v Speaker 2>not work without the first.

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<v Speaker 1>You will know the truth.

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<v Speaker 2>This is not a propositional statement. This doesn't mean you

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<v Speaker 2>will be able to quote the truth. To know the

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<v Speaker 2>truth is not to quote the truth. It's to trust

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<v Speaker 2>in it. It's to trust in the truth. And what

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<v Speaker 2>you trust in is what is true to you. What

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<v Speaker 2>you trust in is what is true to you. That's

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<v Speaker 2>why he wouldn't turn the stone to bread. It wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>have been a sin for him to do it have

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<v Speaker 2>been a substitute.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't live by that. I don't trust in that.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not my truth.

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<v Speaker 2>And when you know the truth, and a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>times we think we know the truth better than we do.

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<v Speaker 2>We think we know what other people are like because

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<v Speaker 2>we've never traded truth with them.

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<v Speaker 3>We think, we think we know what we would do

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<v Speaker 3>if we were them.

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<v Speaker 2>Sit down with a single mom. You know what you

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<v Speaker 2>would do if you were them. You would have a

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<v Speaker 2>pill addiction. You wouldn't make it out of bed in

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<v Speaker 2>the morning. You wouldn't you wouldn't be strong enough to

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<v Speaker 2>do it.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, if I were them, well, i'll tell you what

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<v Speaker 4>right now, if I was running that elevation church, i'd

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<v Speaker 4>do a few things differently. I'm sure we'll say that

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<v Speaker 4>right now. Jesus trading truth. Oh, it is written.

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<v Speaker 2>It is also written Okay, I'm accepting it, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>not It's not my truth.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just my story.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes you can live in a story so long that

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<v Speaker 2>you become a slave to it. Have you become a

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<v Speaker 2>slave to your own story to the extent that you

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<v Speaker 2>now think it's the truth? The Jews had Jesus said,

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<v Speaker 2>you will know the truth, and the truth will set

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<v Speaker 2>you free. And the next thing they said, the response

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<v Speaker 2>that they had to that shows us just how embedded

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<v Speaker 2>their identity had become.

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<v Speaker 1>In their story.

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<v Speaker 2>Because you gotta remember, these are people who had spent

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<v Speaker 2>four hundred and thirty years in Egypt as slaves making

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<v Speaker 2>bricks without straw under Pharaoh.

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<v Speaker 1>They had been taken captive by the.

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<v Speaker 2>Babylonians the Assyrians multiple times before Jesus came onto the sea,

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<v Speaker 2>and when he said you will know the truth, and

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<v Speaker 2>the truth will set you free, it offended them. So

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<v Speaker 2>they looked back at him in verse thirty three and said,

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<v Speaker 2>we are Abraham's descendants and have never been slaves of anyone.

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<v Speaker 2>The same people who had spent centuries as slaves had

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<v Speaker 2>told themselves a story that had become so true to

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<v Speaker 2>them they.

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<v Speaker 1>No longer knew the difference.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of times in my life, I've lied to

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<v Speaker 2>myself so much that my lies.

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<v Speaker 1>Became truer than my truth. It is pretty good.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't willingly exchange the truth for a lie. It's

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<v Speaker 2>just that certain lives I tell myself. I've learned a love.

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<v Speaker 2>I like self pity. It's comfortable. It's my snuggie for

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<v Speaker 2>my soul to feel sorry for myself.

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<v Speaker 1>No one's checking on me, No one cares about me.

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<v Speaker 2>You know why, because I don't want to check on anybody.

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<v Speaker 2>So rather than face the fact of the truth that

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not checking on anybody, I would rather tell myself

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<v Speaker 2>the story that nobody's checking on me. I've never seen

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<v Speaker 2>every collective head nod in the church like it just

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<v Speaker 2>happened at Valentine. When you become a slave to your story,

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<v Speaker 2>you die a death between two truths. I'm preaching to

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<v Speaker 2>somebody today who's standing between two truths. One is the

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<v Speaker 2>old story, the way you always saw yourself. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>if David had stayed stuck in his old story, he

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<v Speaker 2>never would have thrown that stone at Glide's forehead, because

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<v Speaker 2>the way his brother saw him was, You're just down

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<v Speaker 2>here to make trouble and you didn't even get anybody

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<v Speaker 2>to keep the sheep.

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<v Speaker 1>There comes a.

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<v Speaker 2>Time when you have to challenge your old stories so

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<v Speaker 2>that the truth can set you free. They used to

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<v Speaker 2>train us in evangelism that we would ask people, how

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<v Speaker 2>do you know if you're going to heaven when you die?

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<v Speaker 2>And when they said their answer, you were to ask

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<v Speaker 2>them the follow up question, if you were wrong, would

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<v Speaker 2>you want to know? What? A powerful question if the

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<v Speaker 2>story you've been telling yourself about where you are and

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<v Speaker 2>why you are, and what you can and what you

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<v Speaker 2>can't remember the Israelites stayed stuck in the wilderness, not

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<v Speaker 2>for forty days like Jesus was tempted forty days. They

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<v Speaker 2>were there forty years, all because of the story they

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<v Speaker 2>told themselves. They're bigger than us, they're stronger than us,

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<v Speaker 2>they're greater than us. None of it was true. But

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<v Speaker 2>when it becomes true to you, it will keep you stuck.

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<v Speaker 2>And you are not stuck in your reality, You're stuck

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<v Speaker 2>in your story. But if the sun sets, you free,

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<v Speaker 2>If you get this truth, you will be free.

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<v Speaker 5>Indeed, so I want.

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<v Speaker 2>You to stand up on your feet right now, because

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<v Speaker 2>the spirit of the Lord is in this place and

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<v Speaker 2>where the Spirit is, there is freedom. Where the spirit

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<v Speaker 2>of the Lord is, there is freedom. And the Spirit

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<v Speaker 2>of the Lord is leading you today into the wilderness

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<v Speaker 2>to set you free from the story you've been telling yourself,

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<v Speaker 2>perhaps your whole life long. And I realize sometimes it's

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<v Speaker 2>easier to tell yourself a story of why you fail,

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<v Speaker 2>and tell yourself a story that you're a disappointment, because

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<v Speaker 2>then you don't have to actually step out and try,

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<v Speaker 2>because you've already told yourself a story that I'm a disappointment.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's why Jesus went into the wilderness, not only

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<v Speaker 2>to be tempted by the devil, but to rewrite a story.

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<v Speaker 2>What Moses couldn't do in forty years, Jesus did in

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<v Speaker 2>forty days. He wasn't just fasting, he was directing a

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<v Speaker 2>new story. The Gospel is a new story. The Cross

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<v Speaker 2>is a new ending. And you don't have to turn

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<v Speaker 2>stones into bread, and you don't have to trade truth

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<v Speaker 2>for lies, and you don't have to own the story

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<v Speaker 2>that you were handed if it does not match the

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<v Speaker 2>reality of what.

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<v Speaker 6>God has spoken. Not another day, and.

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<v Speaker 2>We say things that locate us and let us know

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<v Speaker 2>that we've embraced our story and turned it into truth.

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<v Speaker 2>Than bad happens, and we say us the story of

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<v Speaker 2>my life. This is the story of my life. This

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<v Speaker 2>is the story of my life. You need a new editor.

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<v Speaker 2>You've been letting the enemy edit the story of your life.

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<v Speaker 2>But it is also written. It is also written this

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<v Speaker 2>tension between two truths. Well, I feel in what I know,

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<v Speaker 2>what I was, and what I'm becoming. This tension between

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<v Speaker 2>two truths is exactly how faith grows. I've been waiting

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<v Speaker 2>to preach this message for a year and a half,

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<v Speaker 2>and today was the day that God wanted me to

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<v Speaker 2>preach it, perhaps so that you could hear it and

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<v Speaker 2>be set free from your old story. Are you trapped

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<v Speaker 2>in an old truth when God has given you a

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<v Speaker 2>new one, a higher one, a greater one. You know

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<v Speaker 2>the Law was true all of sin and fallen short

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<v Speaker 2>of the glory of God. But in Jesus was given

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<v Speaker 2>grace and truth. Both are true. I don't deserve the

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<v Speaker 2>blessings of God. Nothing I could do could earn it.

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<v Speaker 2>But it is also written that I am the righteousness

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<v Speaker 2>of God in Christ, through faith and helm. God brought

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<v Speaker 2>you here today to give you a new truth and

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<v Speaker 2>to receive your new truth. You're going to have to

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<v Speaker 2>let go of your old story. You let go of

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<v Speaker 2>that old story, you will know the truth, and the

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<v Speaker 2>truth will set you free. With your head bowt and

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<v Speaker 2>your eyes closed at every location, no one moving and

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<v Speaker 2>disturbing this moment. What is the story that God needs

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<v Speaker 2>to set you free from today?

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<v Speaker 1>The key is your belief.

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<v Speaker 2>That it is also written and that the blood of

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus has spoken a better word. There's a new covenant,

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<v Speaker 2>a new baptism, a new reality.

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<v Speaker 1>Father.

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<v Speaker 2>I thank you for each person who you brought here today,

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<v Speaker 2>whether they're physically in a church building or watching on

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<v Speaker 2>their phone, whether tears are streaming down the face because

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<v Speaker 2>they're facing a situation right now that's too great for them,

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<v Speaker 2>or whether they're in a place in their life where

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<v Speaker 2>they've actually accepted the lie and no longer even feels

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<v Speaker 2>like a lie anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>I pray that you would disturb.

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<v Speaker 2>Places of disbelief and dysfunction in our lives so that

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<v Speaker 2>we can know the truth and be set free. We

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<v Speaker 2>choose the unpredictability of freedom over the comfort and the

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<v Speaker 2>certainty of slavery. Today we want to be set free.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for telling us the truth. Thank you for

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<v Speaker 2>speaking over our lives a true identity. I ask now

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<v Speaker 2>Lord that in this moment, that you will speak your

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<v Speaker 2>word in that personal way, whether it's an area of

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<v Speaker 2>bitterness or resentment, or maybe it's something much more subtle

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<v Speaker 2>than that that we've been telling ourselves to keep ourselves

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<v Speaker 2>in a cycle of failure.

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<v Speaker 1>We believe that you have called.

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<v Speaker 2>Us overcomers, and we will only overcome as we embrace

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<v Speaker 2>that truth.

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