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Real life presents the Jack Kibs podcast with intention and boldness to proclaim truth,

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equip the saints and impact our culture.

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You could never judge what is evil unless you know what's good.

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When you say that's wrong, how do you know it's wrong because you know what's right?

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That's evil over there.

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That's terrible.

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How do you know that?

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Did you know what's good and what is just?

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And that is a witness of God in your own life, is it not?

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

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

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then make sure you leave us one of those five star ratings.

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To us, that's like saying, amen or yes, then that rating will encourage others to listen.

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Now open your hearts to what God's word has to say to you.

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Here is Jack Kibs.

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Second Corinthians 517, begins right there.

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It says, therefore, if anyone is in Christ, on the count of three, can you say in Christ,

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want?

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No, on the count of three.

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On the count of three, say in Christ, one, two, three.

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You want to know why that's important?

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Because a lot of people today say, I believe in God, that doesn't mean anything anymore.

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A lot of people today can say, I believe in Jesus, it means zero.

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Look, people today will say, I'm a Christian, we don't know that.

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But at least for now, in fact, a lot of people will say they're born again.

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They don't even know what they're talking about.

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At least for now, there's a little bit of a code word still left.

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And that is right here in second Corinthians 517, are you in Christ?

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Are you in Christ?

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And I've discovered this, that only those who are, no, think about that.

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To be in Christ is to understand that Christ is in you, that he's actually living his life

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out through you.

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And that is our, listen, that is our day to day joy, battle.

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It's our happiness and it's our terror.

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You and I are living out Christ in this life right now, but we're living in a world that

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is hostile toward Christ, isn't it?

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And how many times, and please, listen, how many times are people angry at you or upset

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with you all because you've taken the position of Christ?

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You're saying what Jesus says and somebody doesn't like you.

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Listen, how do you handle that?

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Recognize you're in Christ and that you're going to speak truth, in love, and that their

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reaction is not personal.

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They're coming against you, yes, they'll persecute you, but you are standing and being

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a light and you're being salt.

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Why?

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Because second Corinthians goes on to tell us, this is what's happened, old things have passed

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away, behold, all things have become new, verse 18.

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Now all things are God who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ.

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Now it's awesome.

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And has given us the ministry of reconciliation, did you hear that?

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The Holy Spirit's giving you the ability to get people to make up with God by talking

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to them, having coffee with them, sharing with them.

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That's on us, all of us, verse 19, that is, that God was, there it is, in Christ on the

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count of three.

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Can you say in Christ, one, two, three, in Christ, that God was in Christ, watch this,

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reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing or no longer stacking up or treasuring up,

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their trust passes against them and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

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Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, that word in the Greek, ambassador, there's two

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words.

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You can be an ambassador as one that is sent to an ally nation or there's a Greek word

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that you can be an ambassador that is sent to a hostile nation.

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So if we were to send an ambassador to Afghanistan today, that would be an ambassador to a hostile

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nation or to China or to Russia, nations that want us to be gone.

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And this is the word that is used in the Bible for the Christian.

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You should cheer up.

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God's word is so awesome and so accurate that you are an ambassador to the Lord Jesus

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Christ to a world that is hostile toward God.

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And yet He's given you and I the Holy Spirit's ability to speak reconciliation to those

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that we come in contact with.

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I know you're not much appreciated in this world, but you are an absolute treasure to

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the mind and to the heart of God and to the ministry of God on earth.

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This is the church you and others that hold to the word of God.

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This is the greatest thing happening on earth right now is the church of the living

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God in love and ministry and reaching other people, helping healing, reaching out, caring.

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The church of Jesus Christ is the off scouring as Paul put it of the world.

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But listen, once this church, once the church, once the witness of Christ is removed from

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this earth by virtue of the church, that void will be filled by evil.

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And I'm very aware that your kids, college students, a lot of young people today, people

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that are woke, people that are progressive, they don't even know what they're talking

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about.

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The church is evil.

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The church is the problem.

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Look, I'm not disagreeing with you.

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Some churches are the problem.

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They grow up, not all of the churches are the problem.

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We need to remember that.

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But God has given us that amazing ministry.

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Corinthians also goes on to tell us right there about us being ambassadors for Christ,

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that as though God were pleading through us, we implore you on Christ, we have to be reconciled

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to God.

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Here's the verse 21, amazing.

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For he, that is God the Father made him, that is God the Son, who knew no sin, to be sin

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for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

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The theological ramifications of what you just read are shocking.

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And God, who is just, takes that which is condemned.

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And in any other arena, it's an impossible situation, but a holy, righteous God can take

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that which is condemned and ungodly and by him paying the price at the cross and by him

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being resurrected from the dead, purchases righteousness, not for himself.

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He is righteous.

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He is just, he turns and places that upon any man or woman boy or girl who will trust Christ,

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and he imparts to them his righteousness.

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Christ became sin for us, it's a powerful statement.

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He didn't become a sinner, that's who we are.

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At the cross, God the Father laid on him all the sins of mankind, and he became sin.

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He is the atonement because he was righteous, because he was pure, because he was innocent,

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because he was the sacrifice, he had to be the perfect human, but there are no perfect

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humans.

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So God came into the world to be that perfect human.

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And he communicated his righteousness to us.

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It says in verse 5 here that without walking with God and without forgiveness that we're

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treasuring up for ourselves wrath and the day of wrath, that's amazing thing to think

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about, and I won't belabor it, just that the nonbeliever today, if you're sitting here

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right now and you're not a follower of Christ, the meter is running.

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The meter that has your name on it is running, and it's recording sin.

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Think of that.

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See, that's not true.

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It is true.

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Bible says it's true.

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In fact, it says in Scripture that the sins are being recorded, that when Christ went

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to the cross, the sins of mankind were nailed to that cross, the accusation, but unless

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you receive his forgiveness, that benefit doesn't apply to you.

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You think of that for a moment?

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Well, if Jesus died for the whole world then, aren't I going to heaven automatically?

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No.

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You've got to accept.

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You've got to repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.

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And here's the awesome thing.

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Don't raise your hand, don't say anything, ask yourself this.

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Have you repented of your sin and have you accepted Christ?

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Meaning, did you realize and recognize that what you had done in life and how you had lived

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in life had come to a point where you said, that's it, I cannot do this anymore.

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It is wrong.

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I've offended the Holy Living God and he is righteous and he is good and he is just.

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And I'm wanting to live my life for him for the rest of my life.

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If that's happened to you, you are in Christ and you're new.

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You've been created new and that's a joyous and awesome fact that here the Bible warns

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us that without Christ you can be treasuring up for yourselves wrath in the day of wrath.

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And that's scary.

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So watch this everybody.

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Every day that you live without Jesus, the meter is running and you're stacking up.

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The word treasure is to lay upon layer upon layer upon layer, wrath or judgment when Christ

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judges the unbelieving world.

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And that's a terrifying thought.

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For the believer, that's not true for the believer.

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That's all gone now for the believer.

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In fact, the other becomes true.

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Matthew 6, verse 19, do not lay up for yourselves treasures, layer upon layer on earth where

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moth and rust and where thieves break in and steal.

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You don't need to lay up stuff that's of this world for purpose, identity, meaning,

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verse 20 says, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust

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destroys nor thieves break in and steal.

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Verse 21, for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

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What an awesome thing.

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In other words, what do we do as believers?

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The context demands this.

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We're going to read about it at the sin of moment.

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Is that we want to live a life now for Jesus because we are brand new because we have been

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given a new life?

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Lord, what are we going to do today?

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Lord, what do you want me to do with my life?

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Show me.

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Is that the cry of the Christian?

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God, show me what to do.

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Just before service, I think Gia had walked into the room and we're standing there and she

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said something.

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It doesn't matter what it was.

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And I said, you know what?

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I said, I just don't want to get old.

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Oh, that's what I'm talking about.

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How crazy things are on the world.

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And I said, my big concern is I just don't want to be old.

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And she, because she's been a daughter in our lives.

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She's been with us forever.

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She just said, but you are old.

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And so that's, and I said, that's not what I mean.

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What I mean is I don't want to get old in here because there's so much to do.

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I'm terrified that my body, my physical body cannot keep up with what Jesus is wanting

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to do.

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And I hope that you're starting or that you do sense that in your own life.

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We're not afraid of getting old as believers.

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That means we're closer to heaven, hallelujah.

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But listen, as long as we're here, oh God, use us by being instruments of love and of

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grace to execute your will in the world.

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Listen, God, keep us going, keep us usable.

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We need to be usable, oh God.

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Why?

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Because our treasure is no longer here.

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Are the things in this world owning you or do you own them?

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And as a believer, if you own the things that you have in this world, you know that God

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is really the owner.

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You're just a manager.

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But do those things own you?

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That's a big difference.

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What drives you?

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What are you laying upon layer?

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And the believer, the Christian, is saying something to this effect.

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Evangelism, I'm helping to support missions and praying about doing this, looking at that

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stuff, went with those people to do that thing, went, and are you with me?

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You're looking, you're looking, why listen everybody?

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Because spiritually speaking, we are investors now.

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And we're looking to put our efforts and our energy in things that will last forever.

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I met with a man this week who asked to meet with me, and a very super successful man.

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He said, listen, I've been listening to the messages.

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I've been following what's going on in the church, just want some advice.

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I have this amount of blessings in my hand, and I'm asking you, where do you think those

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things should go?

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What ministries out there affect this and that and that and that and the nation?

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You know that's a smart man.

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Because you could store it and hoard it up, and then in three months it could all be gone.

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And so we want to make sure that we're laying up, treasures that serve God.

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And this leads us to this, look at verses six through nine, crowns or eternal crowns.

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You read a lot about crowns in the Bible.

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And so we should, verse six and seven teaches us this, who will render to each one according

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to his deeds, eternal life to those by patient continuance and doing good, seek for glory,

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honor and immortality.

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You can just write down in your margins of your Bible crowns.

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This is always a funny topic, I get it, I understand this, but the Bible is very clear

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about this issue about rewards.

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We're to live our lives here and now so that in the day of judgment for the believer us,

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that the life that we have lived here now turns out to be a glory and honor to God.

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It's how you and I live now will turn out to be a gift giving to Jesus.

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I want that, I want that to settle in for a moment.

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I don't think for a moment, well the way I live my life right now, right, if I do it right,

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I can have this in heaven and that in heaven.

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Oh come on.

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First of all, you're going to be so happy just to be there, we're going to walk around.

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But in this time of our lives, God has called you and I to take of our lives and follow

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him as Lord and to serve him the Bible refers to as our master.

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The Bible says that we should be busy about our father's business, does it not?

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Jesus speaks to us over and over again, take what you have and use it for the glory of

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God and more will be given to you.

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Jesus said to be faithful and little, I'll make you faithful and more.

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This is all exhortations that will apply to us in the end and this is exactly what Paul

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is speaking about here in verses 6 and 7.

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In fact, write this down if you would Galatians chapter 6, verse 7 and 8, says, do not be deceived,

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God is not mocked, whatever man sows, that he will also reap for he who sows to his flesh

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will of the flesh reap corruption.

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But he who sows to the spirit will love the spirit reap everlasting life.

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Imagine that, that there's a day of reckoning and it can be very positive and I pray, listen

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and I do trust for you here, this church, we've worked hard to give you the truth.

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This is what this ministry is about to give you the truth so you know what to do, okay?

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And I believe it s going to be positive for this body of believers.

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Why?

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How can you be so confident?

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Because God s word never returns void.

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He will accomplish his work.

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Once he has started a good work, he says he will complete it until the day of Christ.

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I'm trusting him for that, that gets me out of bed.

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And I know one of the big trip ups, right everybody?

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Do we have this problem together?

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I have this problem together and that is this, the opportunity to do this good thing, right,

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comes before you.

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You hear about it.

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Well, I want to, you know, it s a good thing, but I don't know if my motive s right, because

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that s not Bible warns about having wrong motives.

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Do you understand that you can have that, but I've already done it for you by the way,

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for years.

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I miss so many opportunities because I debated with myself.

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Well, that s a really great thing to do, but if I do it for the wrong motive, then that s

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a horrible thing.

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And then I d be sinned against God, because I do the right thing with the wrong motive.

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And then that s terrible.

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And so you know what?

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I would talk myself to death.

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I would think myself to death.

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I would think and wait and talk and argue about my motive until the opportunity passed.

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You know what I do now?

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Did you know my heart?

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By the way, Jeremiah clears it up for us perfectly.

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Jeremiah, he says, your heart s desperately wicked.

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Who could know it?

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See, I really would like to do this for the kingdom of God.

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Then do it.

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What if my motive s not right?

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Do it.

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What if my motive s right?

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And I don't know it.

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Do it.

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But what if my motive.

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Do it.

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Do it.

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If God shows you something, do it.

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Just make sure it s God shown it to you.

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But do it.

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If it honors him, do it.

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