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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. And how does Bible prophecy

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apply to your life? It is equipping you to embrace the promises of God. Listen,

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promises are prophetic. When God says, I promise, that means he's going to fulfill

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something in your future, the prophetic nature of our 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 life in Christ,

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then make sure you leave us one of those five star ratings. To us, that's like saying,

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amen or yes, then that rating will encourage others to listen. Now open your hearts to what

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God's word has to say to you. Here is Jack Hibbs. We will see the opposition. Look at verse 31 says,

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if God is for us, who can be against us? The first time I ever read that in the Bible,

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this is how I heard it, church. If God is for us, who can be against us? I can tell you.

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That's exactly how I took it. Today in our Western world, we read it like this in the church.

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If God is for us, I guess nobody can be against me. That's not true. That's what he's saying.

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Well, if God is for us, and I'm a Christian, everyone's going to love me.

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You got that wrong. It's upside down. Flip it around. If God is for us, it means the world is

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against you. You understand that? Well, can there be a Christian, my own business, and just be

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quiet about it and be undercover and then wind up just waking up in heaven someday? I'm not sure.

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I don't know about that. I'd have to speculate because I know this, the spirit of God,

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who's inside the believer, is stirring the believer up. Christian, listen, I need you to be strengthened

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understanding where you and I live out in this world, understanding that I have a biblical

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worldview, that you have a biblical worldview about all things. Joshua chapter 1,

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Joshua chapter 1 verse 5 says, no man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your

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life. Who did, listen, who did God say this to? Excuse me, who? Joshua. So my question to you is this,

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if God said this to Joshua, did he say it to anybody else? Well, as I was with Moses, so I will

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be with you. Okay, now we've got God saying it to who? Moses and Joshua. If God can say it to Moses

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and Joshua, then that means God can say it to me. Do you see that? Can you grab the Bible and

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make it your own when he says, I will not leave you or forsake you? I believe that friends. He will

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never leave me or forsake me. And if I think he's left me and forsake me because I'm in the deep

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dark of despair, he hasn't, you can remind me if that time comes into my life, you can play this

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message over in my ears. But if you ever sunk down so low that you can't even get air into your

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lungs so to speak, your chest is being so crushed by the pressure and drama, the finances, the

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health, issues, the demands that you can't even breathe. And God says, wait a minute, I will never

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leave you or forsake you. But an awesome God, be strong and of good courage. For to this people,

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you shall divide as an inheritance, the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. Verse 7,

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only be strong and very courageous, God says. Look at verse 9, have I not commanded you? Be strong

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of good courage. Do not be afraid nor be dismayed for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

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And all God's people said, absolutely. Do you believe that? I believe that. I live by this. I have to.

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Jeremiah chapter 1 verse 19, the prophetic word of God found right here in the book of Romans,

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chapter 8, Jeremiah 119, they will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you,

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for I am with you. Says the Lord to deliver you. Song of Solomon, beautiful. Song of Solomon,

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Jews are not allowed to read. Song of Solomon till they're 30 years of age because it's too

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sensual. It's about married life. Did you know that? Now all of you are going to go home today and read

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it. Song of Solomon, you have set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm,

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for love is as strong as death. God's love for you is not only as strong as death,

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the word means final. Death is final. God's love for you is final.

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No. Death is final in this world. God's love is final forever. For you. He loves you.

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You know, when you get married, by the way, when you get married, you don't say, okay,

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we're going to get married. So you're going to make me the happiest guy in the world, right?

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Have you ever heard this stuff? You've seen this in movies? Watch out when somebody says,

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I just can't live without you. Really? That's a lot of pressure.

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God brings you together as a couple to make you an incredible, holy instrument in His hands.

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Well, I thought it was about happiness. Where did you get that idea from?

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Listen, you want to hear about happiness? That's not the Bible study right now. We're now

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wearing the dangerous territory. You want to be happy in the marriage in any relationship.

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You want to be happy because God invented relationships. Here's the key to being happy.

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Serve the other one. You were designed. You and I were designed. We get greatest joy

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that I've been doing. That's why God gave you hands. To do stuff. The greatest joy in the world

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comes from serving your husband or your wife. When that happens, God makes you more like Him

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in service. Didn't Jesus say that? But we don't want to hear it. Think of it. You want to be happy?

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Yes, I do. There'd be a super blessing to your wife or to your husband.

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And blessed is the marriage when both of the people are committed to Christ

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where they both embark upon the same pursuit. To obey God and to bless God. I'll be blessing my

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spouse. Oh, pastor, ordain me or send me or pay the way to some place in South America where I

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can preach the gospel where no man has ever been before. Give me a hatchet, machete and a

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Bible and a canteen and I'm going to preach Christ. If you pay for it,

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what's your wife think about this? She doesn't know yet. God's not calling you if she doesn't know.

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Every man knows this and all the women remind us. God didn't tell me that.

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Listen, when you're married, God's going to speak to both of you.

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But what if he's not? You're just going to wait because you can't out-weight God. You're just

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going to wait until you're both on the same page. That's free. The second King's chapter six,

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second King's chapter six, verse 16. So he answered, do not fear. For those who are with us are more

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than those who are with them. God shows in the invisible realm the powers that are at your disposal

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and your defense as a Christian. Don't raise your hand. But are you a follower of Christ? Have you

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been born again by the Spirit of God? If you say yes, then know this. There's an invisible army that

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cannot be numbered that is at the dispatch of God for your protection. No matter who is surrounding

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you, no matter what's going on in your life. Psalm 118, verse 6. Psalm 118, verse 6 tells us,

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the Lord is on my side. I will not fear. What can man do to me? You let that sink in for a moment.

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And then third and final point is this, verse 32. We will know his favor. The prophetic truth

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of God's glorification of our lives is this. We're going to know his favor. Verse 32 says,

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and this is a tough one, by the way. You guys want to follow me with this? This is very,

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very, very important stuff. Watch this. It's broken up in sections. He who did not spare his own son.

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That's one part. But Frilly delivered him up for us all. That's the second part. Third part is,

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how shall he not with him freely give us all things? Let me read it again. Keep your eyes on the screen.

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God the Father who did not spare his son, God the Son, but delivered up God the Son for us all.

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How shall God the Father not with God the Son notice unified? Also, we will freely give us all things.

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So what does that mean? Some people have taken this. There's modern day, quote, theologians who

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are an absolute train wreck, but they write books. Do you know what they use this verse? This is

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what they say about this verse. That verse proves that God abused his son.

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He who spared not his own son. Listen, his son, listen, if his son was to be spared,

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you and I would be lost in hell forever. Jesus and the Father were in full agreement regarding

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his atonement at the cross. It's not a surprise. The Bible says in the book of Ephesians,

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it was an eternal plan of God. Jesus was one hundred percent God and one hundred percent man

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in the flesh. When that baby was born and Bethlehem, he was God and yet his flesh,

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imagine his flesh, everything that he, that you and I experienced, he had to experience,

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to be our mediator. The plan of God, watch this. The Bible announces to us that God delivered

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him up for us all. Did you know that the Bible teaches that Jesus took his flesh and brought it

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under subjection to the will of his Father? You say, wait a minute, I thought he was God. The whole

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act, you're thinking, the whole act, right? The beating, the crucifying, the spitting upon. I mean,

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that's just like, he just, it was like a movie, right? It was, it was makeup because he's the,

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he's the son of God. It was just kind of baked into the cake. It was easy for him because he's God,

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opposite. Because he's God, he's absolutely pure and feels everything. Because he's God,

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he thinks and feels everything that you and I feel and things that you and I are spared from

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feeling. He didn't, he wasn't spared from anything. Watch. Jesus takes the disciples into the

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garden of Gethsemane and he says, stay right here. I'm going to go and pray over here. You guys pray,

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I'll be right back. And he goes to pray. The Bible tells us that he prayed and he sweat as it were

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great drops of blood. He went back. How many times did he go back to see how they were doing?

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Three times. But before that last time came, do you remember in the gospels, Jesus is praying,

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he's praying. And what does he pray? Father, if it's possible, remove this cup from me.

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Who was crying out on that moment? 100%. His humanity was crying out. Father, I see what's ahead.

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How do you see what's ahead? I'm God. I know what's coming. I'm the Word.

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I know what's up next. And my flesh is screaming. I want out of this. Imagine this moment. Father,

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if there's any other way this cup can pass from me, the cup of salvation, the cup of suffering for

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humanity. Listen, my friend, if you think you're going to go to heaven by being some legalistic

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nincompoop or some super saint or some oh, aren't you wonderful? You are a disgrace and an embarrassment

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to the efforts of Jesus Christ himself because he's the one that said, if there's any other way

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for a man to get to heaven, let's see it. And heaven was silent. You know what? You don't know

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my son. You know, father never answered him because the father had already given him the answer

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30 years ago when he came into this world. Jesus knew the scriptures and heaven was silent.

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An angel was dispatched to strengthen him. At this moment, I love, listen, I personally believe

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our salvation was not decided at the cross. I don't believe it. I believe our salvation was

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purchased at the cross. I believe our salvation was decided in the Garden of Cassemony.

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When Jesus then stood up, woke the disciples up and he said, come on, let's go. And he walked

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right in to what humans thought were a trap. Jesus walked right into it. And what did he do? He

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surrendered himself up. And he was in control the entire time, wasn't he? After the Garden,

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nothing but boldness and strength, his spirit was in command of his flesh and he laid down his life

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that you and I might have his favor. He who did not spare his own son but delivered

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and up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all thanks? How much does it

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cost? Freely. And so I leave you with this thought. Romans 8, 28, you remember it. All things

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worked together for good to those who are called. Was Jesus's life called? All things worked

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together for good to those who love God. Did Jesus love God? All things worked together for good

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to those who have purpose. Did Jesus have purpose? Then the eternal truth that was revealed by Paul

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the Apostle in the book of Romans, chapter 8, verse 28 and forward, of course, all of it, but

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28 onward, it's God's eternal truth. You understand that? Don't you think for a moment that that

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eternal truth is exactly what Jesus depended upon when he was in the flesh like you and I are now?

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Don't you think that Jesus concluded what you and I are taught to believe and that is all

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things worked together? Can you imagine the Father saying to Jesus, all things son, all things

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are going to work together for good because you love me. You're called according to my purpose.

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And Jesus goes to the cross. As victorious as Christ was so you will be. It's his work.

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Jesus gives us a warning in Luke 12 and he says, you know, you got to watch out in life. You can,

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as you get older in life and as you experience more of life, you also learn from that. You learn

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what not to do and you learn what to do. And in life, by nature, it's a God, it's a rule of God.

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You'll start to acquire things. You just do. I'm not talking about hoarding. I'm talking about

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you're smarter this time. So you don't make that mistake again. You make sure you do it right.

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Listen, wisdom God blesses and obedience God blesses. So the Bible, Jesus warns that there's a man

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who was blessed by God and he had all of these goods.

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And the man said, you know what? I've got so much stuff. I'm so rich. I got to tear down the

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barn that I've got all my stuff in and I got to build a bigger barn. Maybe a couple of them.

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I'll get some hangers down at the airport to put all my stuff in.

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And Jesus said, you know, that man's a fool. He had no idea that while he was considering

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and carrying out these plans that his soul would be required of him that night.

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And of course, Jesus announces lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, right?

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So I want to ask you this question, how rich are you? What do you mean, Pastor, on paper,

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or what do you mean? Like now or when I die? Stocks are bonds, real estate or commodities.

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What? What? Be more specific. Oh yeah? Well, here's what I'm talking about. How wealthy are you?

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How rich are you? This is what I mean. How rich are you in forgiveness?

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How much grace is in your account today?

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How much mercy have you deposited in the bank lately? How are you building?

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What about love? How rich are you in the area of love? Are you wealthy as a lover of God,

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as a lover of other people? We go to great lengths in this world to make sure that the portfolio

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is well balanced and this and that avoid this, the other thing. And people miss the life of the

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Spirit, not knowing that there's an eternal dividend paid to those who put their treasures in heaven.

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If you have treasures on earth, God bless you. That's from God. Use them to His glory.

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But if you have no physical wealth at all or all the physical wealth you can imagine,

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it's irrelevant compared to where we're going when it comes to this. How rich and wealthy are you

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in the area of mercy and grace and love and forgiveness and patience? Compassion and truth.

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