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Real life presents the Jack Hibbs podcast with intention and boldness to proclaim

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truth, equip the saints and impact our culture.

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I understand how disgusting politics is. It's horrible, but you and I live in a

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world where God has implemented governments among the nations. And if you and I

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know the word of God, we are to hold elected people in power accountable to God's

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law to God's truth. Not man's. This is what everyone is supposed to do, because

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we are not to violate the word of God.

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You can get the outlines of this podcast by going to jackhibbs.com slash podcast.

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Today, if this podcast lifts you up and encourages you to live a more fulfilled

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Now, open your hearts to what God's word has to say to you. Here is Jack Hibbs.

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Luke chapter 1 verse 26. Luke chapter 1 verse 26 tells us there now in the sixth

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month of the angel Gabriel was sent to sent by God to a city of Galilee named

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Nazareth to a virgin betroth to a man whose name was Joseph. They're engaged of the house

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of David. That's interesting. That's a legal statement. Joseph was a descendant legally

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of King David. The virgin's name was Mary. And having come in, the angel said to her,

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rejoice, highly favored one. The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women. But when

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she saw him, she was troubled at his saying and considered what manner of greeting this

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was, then the angel said to her, do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with

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God. Watch this and behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a son and shall

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call his name Jesus. He will be great. Separate there. What does that mean? He will be great.

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Well, you might say, Jack, what kind of question is that? Great in every way. Don't you think?

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I agree. But do you know what every way is? How about every way is always or all of the ways,

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including what's this? And he will be called the son of the highest. That's a declaration

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of royalty. Is royalty dealing with government? And the Lord God will give him the throne

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of his father, David, is a throne government, folks? Absolutely. And he will reign, is

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reigning an issue of government over the house of Jacob forever and of his kingdom. That's

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his politics. The politics of the king is implemented within his kingdom. There will be no end.

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Wow. Mark these down. These are good verses to know and to understand. And we have more

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Matthew chapter 2, verse 1, Matthew 2, 1 says, now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea

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and the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem saying,

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where is he who was born? What? King of the Jews. That's a political statement, folks. That's

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a governmental statement. For we have seen his star in the east and have come to worship him.

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Isn't it remarkable? You ever think about that? Think about that. Coming together. Psalm 110, verse

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1, Psalm 110, verse 1, the Lord says to my Lord, this is David speaking. This is 3,000 years

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old as of now. The Lord said to my Lord, say, wait, what? David is saying, I pray and I talk and

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I have a relationship with the Lord. And the Lord said to my Lord, the one I am speaking to,

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God, through and with. The Lord said to my Lord, this is a profound statement. Sit at my right

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hand until I make your enemies a foot still for your feet. This is not only an issue of governance

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and of politics. It is also of the kingdom that is to come. When Jesus returns, then and only then

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will the enemies be placed at his feet as he reigns for 1,000 years in the millennium. The Lord

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will extend your mighty scepter from Zion saying, rule in the midst of your enemies. That's the

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millennium. Politics, folks. God's government. Revelation chapter 17, verse 14, for he is Lord of

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lords and king of kings and those who are with him are called chosen and faithful. Wow. What about

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this? Revelation 19, verse 16. You all know this. And he has on his robe and on his thigh a name

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written king of kings and Lord of lords. Did you know that? Every time you hear that and say that,

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that is a kingdom declaration of the politics of the Christ. But we don't want to talk about politics.

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I understand how disgusting politics is. It's horrible. But you and I live in a world where God

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has implemented governments among the nations. And if you and I know the word of God, we are

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to hold elected people in power accountable to God's law, to God's truth. Not man's. This is

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what everyone is supposed to do because we are not to violate the word of God. Number one,

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jot it down if you would. The government of God reveals the sovereignty of God. The government

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of God reveals the sovereignty of God. Very, very important. And we learned this way. That in

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verse 1, it says Romans 13 verse 1, let every soul be subject to the governing authorities for

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there is no authority except from God. Will you write this down? The reality of divine government.

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God is the author of government coming from him. This is the reality. What is it? That every soul

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should be subject to the governing authorities for there is no authority except from God. Meaning

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wherever you live, whatever country you live in, that government is under God's watchful eye.

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And for whatever reasons, God has allowed that government to exist or survive or flourish.

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In other words, God's in control. The sovereign God over all the nations belongs to Christ,

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belongs to God. And so this is very, very insightful. I want to show you a few more pictures,

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images, etchings where Israel, for example, received their constitution, so to speak, right?

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Their laws. And they were the first to receive. And they were, of course, the first to export

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that to the world, from the Hebrew God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. So number one,

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first of all, you guys know he's holding the Ten Commandments. You got to know that.

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You shall have Northern Gods before me, Exodus 20 verse 3. This is the government of God. You

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should have Northern Gods before me. Is this true or false? It's true. Number two, you shall not

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make for yourselves a carved image. True or false? What, you say, what's the big deal? I make statues.

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I make totem poles. I mean, what's the problem? It's to bow down to worship. It's to say that you

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carved something out or in our day, we don't really carve stuff out, but we go down to the store,

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we buy one, and then we set it up and say, this is my reason for living right here.

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Whatever it is, could be a gold brick or could be a house on a hill? Could be a boat?

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You know what I'm saying? Could be whatever your affection is. You say, that's it for me.

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I've arrived. Oh, that's it. And listen, when you get your first car, you can leave this up.

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When you get your first car, does it like possess you? Like it possessed me as a kid. I got my first

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car. I washed it twice a week. And when I wasn't washing it, I was waxing it. And then I knew

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it was an idol because God began to speak into my heart because when I went and parked at the store,

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I parked this far away from the store as you possibly could. And I had to walk miles,

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so to speak, right, to get to the store. Why? Because nothing could get near my God.

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It's not near God. Yes, it was because I eat. Listen, I transferred my identity to that thing.

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If it got scratched, proof. Listen, proof. Hang on a second. Usher's lucked the doors.

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If your idol gets scratched or broken, how do you respond?

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If you respond like that, if you get all flustered about it, then it is a carved image that

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holds a place in your heart. Yeah, but, Pastor Jack, you don't realize the thing that I own it.

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Yes, that's part of the self-justification of your idol. But if it gets scratched or dented,

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does it affect your mood? If it does, it's an idol.

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Number three, you shall not take the name of the Lord God in vain. That does not only mean

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cursing. You shouldn't curse. You shouldn't implore His name, but it mostly means this,

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believe or not. It means you're not to live in such a way that when you claim His name,

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your lifestyle does not back up who is. It's bad to say JC or the other thing. That's bad

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enough, but what it means is you're not to say that you know God and you live like you don't know

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God. That's what it means by taking the Lord's name in vain. Wow. Number four, remember the

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Sabbath day to keep it holy. The believer is supposed to be on cruise control. Resting,

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holy. What's beautiful about this is God told the Jewish people to have a Sabbath day and then

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the book of Colossians tells us that Jesus Christ is our Sabbath where we can rest every day. We're

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no longer having to keep the law because the law now is inside of us and God works the law out

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through us and He is the Bible says our Sabbath. But listen, let's make it personal and as of now,

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remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. It means you need to take a day and shut down and focus

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on God. Think about that for a moment. Well somebody might say, well, it's from Friday sunset to

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Saturday sunset. Well, maybe for you, but not for me, I'm called to work really hard on that day.

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Paul the Apostle said, I understand that. That's why I don't esteem one day above the other.

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I esteem all days exact of the same regarding Sabbath. The Christian should be in a perpetual

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state of Sabbath. I hope you are. I hope you are. Next, honor your father and your mother.

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Honor them. You had to read the fine print on this one. I'll paraphrase it. honor your father

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and mother so that you don't get killed by your father and mother. No, the Bible says if you honor

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your mom and dad, you'll live a long life. That's a tough one because a lot of moms and

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lot of dads are hard to honor because they're so godless. There's a way to show respect.

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Next, you shall not murder. Murder. Sorry, Marine, picking on you right now, but man, you're sitting

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duck right up front and you're in your dress blues, man, so you can't hide. You know what I want

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him to know and what I want. Every soldier, every Marine, every guardsman, every pilot to know,

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whatever law enforcement, you need to know this. You shall not murder. That's not your problem.

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If you go into war and you're in battle, nowhere in the Bible, if you kill a thousand guys or one

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guy, that's not murder. Did you know that? It doesn't say they'll shout not kill. If you read anywhere

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on anybody's made up 10 commandments and it says kill, it doesn't say kill in the Hebrew language.

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It's murder. You are not allowed to murder, but if you are a law enforcement officer and you

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are in a gun battle and you take the bad guy out, the Bible says you exercised righteousness

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and you were God's instrument for good. Same is true for our United States Armed Forces. Think

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about that. A lot of people don't know that. If I had anything to say to a group of Marines or

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U.S. Army, anybody else, I'd tell them. Before you're deployed, you need to understand something.

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You are an instrument of God's righteousness and if you take somebody out, it will not be murder,

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it's killing and God sanctions killing in war. God says to David, go out there and kill the

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giants. You think God was conflicted? Was God confused? No. This gets me going. I'm sorry. I got

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to move on. I got to move on. Number seven, number seven, you shall not commit adultery.

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I saw in Time magazine that said that adultery may be in our DNA. Well, you think about that.

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Actually, I have the same reaction you did, by the way, and then I thought about it. Wait a minute.

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It isn't our DNA. S-I-N, positive. S-I-N. If we don't have guardrails and laws,

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if we don't have a government that tells us such things, as God told the children of Israel,

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then we will do what's right on our own eyes. And listen, we will want to do whatever we want to do.

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And sometimes body parts yell at us louder than any other part. And you need to save that body

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part. You need to get the back of the line. This body of mine belongs to God and we're not going to do

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that. Okay? So listen, when the Bible tells us you shall not commit adultery, no kidding. I had a,

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this is this is a tough day. When you're doing marriage counseling and they come in and the

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you can always tell it. You always look at the woman. You can always tell a lot by looking at her.

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And then listen, this is just between us. When you ask the, when you ask the guy a question,

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don't take your eyes off her her if you want to get the answer. Because if you look at him and say,

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did you commit adultery? Come on! I'm so offended by that! You just ask me straight up like that.

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I mean, what do you think I am? And then I look at her, look, I'll look at her and say,

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now I'm going to ask you again, sir, did you commit adultery? And she's, she's got the answer on

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her face. And then you'll say to him, I know you have. Who told you? It's like hands up!

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And then I've had people say, listen, I'm a good husband. I've never committed adultery.

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You don't get any points for that, you know that. You weren't supposed to do that.

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God says don't do it. Why, destroys a family, destroys people and it just tears up both.

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The perpetrator and the victim and all involved, it tears them up, it ruins them, destroys them,

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but for the grace of God. Next, you shall not steal. Do I need to talk about that?

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How about this? You're not supposed to take home the company's pencils, pens and erasers.

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See, you thought I was going to say, you can't steal a horse. You can't steal a car. Shucks,

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can't steal a car. Listen, when we take home company property, our justifiable thought is,

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well, they've got 10,000 pens and pencils at this place. They sure do. They paid for every one

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of them too. And it's not yours. Think about that. How about this? You can't steal from company time.

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But I'm a Christian and I was witnessing to that guy on the job. You need to repent,

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get back to your job and ask the guy to meet you at break time because you're stealing from the company.

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I can tell by your response, there'll be no parking problem next week. Next, you shall not bare false

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witness against your neighbor. Don't lie and destroy your neighbor. Line with the intent to

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undermine, destroy, to, in any way, harm your neighbor. That'll shout not lie. Number 10,

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you shall not covet, covet, wow, covet, for covetous sake, people will murder and do everything else

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down that list. Wow, those are structured because they are given to us by God and it's

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vitally important that we understand that. The Bible tells us, let every soul be subject to the

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governing authorities for there's no authority except from God. And it's God's announcement to us

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that in Proverbs 29 verse 2, it is His will. Listen everybody, it is His will that not to deny

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leadership and to deny government. Nope. God says you need to get involved in leadership.

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Here it is, Proverbs 29 verse 2 tells us this, when the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice,

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but when a wicked man rules the people grow. God didn't say, stay out of leadership or politics,

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He said, for good people to get involved. See, what's dirty? Yeah, it's dirty. It's cutthroat,

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brutal, just where Christians ought to be.

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