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real life presents the Jack Kibs podcast with intention and boldness to proclaim

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truth equip the saints and impact our culture now people always look for

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directions at P.F. Changs it's the fortune cookie and it's funny because after

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you're done eating it's like are you gonna eat your cookie everybody what are

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you gonna do your cookie you're gonna throw it out are you oh you like them

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I know they're horrible I want to see what's inside have you noticed that are

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you like that? if I was a hacker I'd like to hack into the machine that makes

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those things and put Bible verses in there do you imagine and then I chip them

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all to China

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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

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life in Christ then make sure you leave us one of those five star ratings to us

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listen now open your hearts to what God's word has to say to you here is Jack

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Kibs when you see these things Jesus challenges us regarding wars and rumors of

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wars wars and rumors of wars isn't it amazing the Bible says you say well

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there's always wars and rumors of wars yes but in the context of Matthew 24

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Jesus is talking about on a global scale think of it now for a moment for those

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of you are skeptics we have an itinerant preacher who was raised as a carpenter by

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his stepdad in a little country town up north called Nazareth a lot of

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scandalous talk about his coming into the world and his mother and all that

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stuff that we've moved on from that it's been some 30 years and now he comes on

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the scene and he says hey you asked me a question about what's it going to be

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like at the end of the world well one of the things will be that there's going

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to be a global conversation taking place it's going to be rumored about

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constantly about wars oh and there will be wars and I want to show you a list

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right now I think we have this list I want you to just look at this these are the

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conversations in news now today China versus Taiwan unless something happens

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ladies and gentlemen which I guess it's not going I who knows China could

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swallow up Taiwan and the world would just keep going America would do

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nothing America I don't think can China versus the United States that's always on

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the table and and increasing believe it or not Venezuela versus United States

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is you kidding me there have been some serious weapon tree that Iran and Russia

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has moved into Venezuela pointed at us right now they're there North Korea versus

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Japan this is so sad for Japan because when Japan tried to take over the world

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and we beat him up we said no no armies and navies for you will be your

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protector sign here and you can't do this anymore because we can't trust you

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guys so we'll be your protector big big brother America we're gonna take

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care of you and so now North Korea wants to beat up Japan and Japan's like

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reaching in its pocket to ain't got nothing to defend itself with look into

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America and North Korea versus United States what's his name has been lunch

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and test ICBMs again

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Iran versus United States this has been going on for a very long time

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Russia versus United States Russia versus Israel that's a constant dynamic

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because Russia is in an interesting way because it uses it uses land that's

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north of Israel like Syria it used it possibly areas of Lebanon via his

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Bala we'll see that in a second but if you know the Ezekiel chapter 38 the

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Bible speaks exactly as to what eventually will happen regarding Russia and

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Israel now when I say Lebanon versus Israel this is not Lebanon the nation that

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you would know this is his Bala who has come and dear Lebanon and they are

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sworn enemies of Israel to wipe it off the face of the earth Iran versus

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Israel Iran versus Saudi Arabia did you know that these two are constantly

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pointing weapons at each other to annihilate each other did you know that they

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can't stand each other they are the two different houses of Islam you say

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Jack what do you point these things out Jesus said there'll be days like this

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Jesus said there'll be days like this there'll be days like this my Jesus said

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it inspired a song I'm kidding no I'm just kidding here's one thing right on the

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news happening now Syrian Kurds suspend anti ISIS operations to brace for

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Turkish invasion this is a big deal it's been announced to Turkey that Turkey is

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about to invade Syria most likely it's going to involve the United States you

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see what we just got done fighting decades of war you say well why why is this

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even being discussed why would we help in this situation now remember all of

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this flies under the banner of wars and rumors of wars do you know when your

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economy is in bad condition do you know what you do when your economy thinks you

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start a war why didn't Hitler stir up Europe and start a war because their

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economy was in the tank whenever your economy thinks start a war it does

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wonders for your economy why would we get involved in this because our

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economy is in the tank pretty weird isn't it pretty strange so as a skeptic

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you've got to be thinking do I believe in the Bible or not Jesus said there

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be wars and rumors of wars before the end number seven regarding a world in

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rebellion to Christ that would be increasing and I'm going to give you three

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passages of scripture that you're going to want to remember and write them

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down in your Bibles especially in your margins of your Bibles first John

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chapter 2 verse 18 first John 218 little children it is the last hour a guy

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loved John he's not even talking about last days John looked at his son

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dial on his wrist and said man we're dance like the last hour I love that it is

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the last hour and as you have heard that the anti Christ is coming even now

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many anti Christ have come by which we know that it is the last hour 2000

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years ago John had his eyes open as it were in his head looking up next

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verse check this out first John 2 22 who was a liar but he who denies that

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Jesus is the Christ he is anti Christ who denies the father and the son listen

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that's a reference to the Trinity if you think about it if you deny the

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deity of Jesus Christ the Bible says that's because you have a spirit of

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anti Christ governing your life well I believe in Jesus but I don't believe

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that he's who he says he was or who the Bible says he was that thinking comes

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from the spirit the atmosphere of anti Christ remarkable isn't it look at

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second John second John seven says but many deceivers have gone out into the

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world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh this is a

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deceiver and an anti Christ friends many of your cults that you encounter with

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friends are at your doorstep hold to this view remarkable I just find it

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fascinating always fascinating that once somebody denies Jesus Christ they

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become a denier of all things God it's remarkable what's next on the world

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saying people want to know that's what your newsstands are saying in the

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grocery stores what's next makes me a I don't think normal I if if I if I were a

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computer hacker this is how I'd spend my time you know people always look for

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directions at P.F. Changs it's the fortune cookie and it's funny because after

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you're done eating it's like are you gonna eat are you gonna eat your cookie

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everybody what are you gonna do your cookie you're gonna throw it out are

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you oh you like him huh no they're horrible I want to see what's inside have

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you noticed that are you like that you by the way have you noticed fortune

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cookies are amazing you're so awesome you open it up you're gonna meet somebody

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really interesting tomorrow it's always just this stuff wouldn't you like if I

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was a hacker I'd like to hack into the machine that makes those things and put

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Bible verses in there you imagine and then I chip them all to China can you

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imagine they open up all these cookies billion cookies everyone you start

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seeing people getting saved all across China because they're reading a fortune

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cookie whoa isn't that cookie for God so love the world that he gave us only

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begotten the sun that who's so ever could be me would believe in him would not

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perish but have everlasting life give me that cookie right amazing everybody

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wants to know what does the new year hold well I don't know we can speculate but

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I have this little list first of all the imminent and sudden appearing of

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Jesus Christ that's what I'm rooting for or a rush toward worldwide economic

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solution because the world is in trouble that's increasingly in debt or an

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aggressive attempt to reinstate some form of global fear tactic like what's

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happening right now in China right now as I speak the poor Chinese people in

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Shanghai in other places the brutality that's taking place right now there's

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they're stirring up the next wave to get you masked up and waxed up in something

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new and they're starting it now because the first pass didn't work or the

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imminent and sudden appearing of Jesus Christ and that doesn't happen then you

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can maybe look forward to an obscure but yet fulfilled destruction of Damascus

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say what and then something right out of the blue listen a lot of biblical

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scholars in Isaiah chapter 17 they have a hard time placing this particular

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prophecy in the Bible because the Bible says that regarding Damascus in

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conjunction with Jeremiah that Damascus it says in the walls of Damascus there's

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going to be a fire that begins and it is going to consume Damascus and it's

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going to be so bad it says that Damascus will never be inhabited again by a

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human being and when that happens it says Israel will suffer from it Israel and

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Damascus so close together that city to the border is that an interesting

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Isaiah 17 and scholars don't know is that possibly the trigger to the Ezekiel

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38 battle but one thing we know for sure right now Damascus is very well

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populated but the Bible says there's coming today when it's going to be

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uninhabitable somebody could in this day and age somebody could trip over

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something and set off a nuke set off something who knows wow or the

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imminent and sudden appearing of Jesus Christ or a Russian led Islamic coalition

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to destroy Israel Ezekiel 38 or the imminent or sudden appearing of Jesus

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Christ or an increased global destabilization of laws and rules in order the

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world's losing control of itself or the imminent and sudden appearance of Jesus

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Christ or an utter collapse of Europe as we know it today you guys Europe is

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hanging on a thread like this Europe is godless

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leaderless and it's in trouble or the imminent and sudden appearing of Jesus

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Christ you see what do you keep saying that for because he could come at any

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moment before any of these things happen so very quickly we end with these

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last two regarding the preparing of his church I believe God's preparing

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his church I believe God's people are going to be doing their jobs getting

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married going to school doing what you're supposed to do occupy till he comes

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live your life but at the exact same time you got your head as it were spiritually

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up you're looking for him all the while you're doing the hardest thing of all

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and that is disciplining your life to stay the course you got to be ready to

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meet him today but plan for the next 100 years you think about that but we need

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to do this for sure Jude chapter 1 verse 20 starts there by saying but you

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beloved this is it but you beloved building yourselves up on your most holy

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faith praying in the Holy Spirit keep yourselves in the love of God that's a

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great marching order keep yourselves in the love of God looking for the mercy of

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our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life what a great statement and then finally

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number 10 when you see these things regarding living out our lives until he comes

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you and I are going to choose how are we going to how we're going to live out

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their rest of our days and I want to give you this verse and then a commissioning

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and who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good

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but even if you should suffer for righteousness say you are blessed and do not be afraid of

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their threats nor be troubled but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts always be

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ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you

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and you do that with meekness and with fear or with honor and respect as you share

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Christ with others so church honestly stand I'm going to give you some marching orders these

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are things that we need to have in our lives active from this moment on I just wrote down to my

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notes to myself I just called them countermeasures whatever the enemy is throwing at you your home

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your life your business your health God in his word gives us countermeasures number one having

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the right attitude have the right attitude about what's going on listen if you're going to follow

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Jesus it's going to be tough can somebody say in end of this it's going to be tough this is so

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tough of a time we have to fight and get our minds and our attitudes right in line with scripture

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because our emotions are so strong and we are so opinionated with our emotions watch out

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measure countermeasure number one having the right attitude number two countermeasure keep

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yourself ready keep yourself ready watch out for things that would cause you to get sloppy about

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your life spiritually speaking I haven't gone to church for six months now I'm going to take next six

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months off don't do that this church stinks then go to a church that doesn't stink but don't stop

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keep yourself ready third countermeasure avoid compromising situations

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well you know no no no I was just curious stop it I just want to see what it'd be like get over here

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countermeasure number four resist complacency and spiritual laziness

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this is dangerous for all of us complacency and spiritual laziness

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again number five exercise extreme judgment regarding information simply put don't believe it

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well what if you're saying it don't believe it you're supposed to do an X 17 11 on people

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test everything you hear against the scripture will you hear this guy said I don't want to hear it

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or if I have to hear it I want to judge it through the Bible

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and then finally this galvanize yourself with the Bible I like the word galvanize I like that

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why do you galvanize something to keep it from rusting galvanize just stuff galvanize it's not pretty

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you notice that it's a little thing it's so shiny over there it's not galvanized

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that's the way I understand it anyway it's so so glittery and shiny that's great but you know what

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for the long haul I'll take the one that's galvanized it means it has been treated in such a way

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that it's impervious to the environment around it it can snow rain hail heat it's just there

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and to me that's the picture of the Christian we've been galvanized the world looks at us and throws

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heat at us it throws cold it throws hail and mud at us and we're like this it's I mean it hits us

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but it doesn't stick and how does that happen we are galvanized with the word of God know the word

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and be saved

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