THE LIVING WORD TRANSCRIPT
PROGRAM AIR DATE: 11-14-2021
LESSON TITLE: WALK IN THE SPIRIT
WELCOME
THE APOSTLE PAUL ONCE PROCLAIMED, "GOD DEMONSTRATED HIS OWN LOVE TOWARD US IN THAT WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS CHRIST DIED FOR US." ROMANS CHAPTER FIVE AND VERSE EIGHT. PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR THIS WONDROUS TRUTH THAT JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR US, TO OFFER US SALVATION, ALTHOUGH WE WERE NOT WORTHY OF SUCH. WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS DAY FOR "THE LIVING WORD" PROGRAM, AS WE HAVE GATHERED TOGETHER TO WORSHIP BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD ITSELF. AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL ENJOY OUR OPPORTUNITY AND PRIVILEGE TO WORSHIP HIM IN SONG, PRAYER AND THE STUDY OF HIS PERFECT WORD. BUT ULTIMATELY, MAY WE DO EVERYTHING THAT HE HAS COMMANDED ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURE, AND ALSO THEREFORE PRAISE AND UPLIFT HIS PERFECT NAME. WON'T YOU DO YOUR PART THIS MORNING TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THAT WE DO IS ACCORDING TO HIS WILL? AS WE BEGIN OUR OFFERING TO GOD THIS DAY, WE WANT TO SPEAK TO OUR FATHER IN PRAYER. WILL YOU BOW WITH ME AT THIS TIME?
PRAYER: OUR GOD AND FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE ARE THANKFUL SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY, ANOTHER DAY OF LIFE, ANOTHER BLESSING FROM YOU. AND FATHER, WE KNOW THAT ALL GOOD GIFTS AND ALL PERFECT GIFTS COME FROM ABOVE. AND FATHER, THEREFORE WE ASK THIS DAY THAT YOU MIGHT HELP US TO BE LIGHTS IN THIS WORLD THAT OTHERS MIGHT KNOW YOU AND FIND THEIR WAY INTO OBEDIENCE AND ETERNAL LIFE AS WELL, KNOWING, FATHER, THAT THESE PRIVILEGES AND OPPORTUNITIES ARE ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND FATHER, IN THE END, PLEASE GIVE US THE PROMISED REWARD THAT WE MIGHT LIVE WITH YOU ETERNALLY. AND THESE THINGS WE PRAY IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
WELL, IT'S TIME TO JOIN IN OUR FIRST SONG OF THE MORNING. THIS HYMN ACTUALLY HELPS US TO FOCUS ON THE TRUE LOVE OF GOD, CERTAINLY WHICH HE HAS PROVIDED FOR US IN SO MANY WAYS. SO WON'T YOU DO YOUR PART AND JOIN IN WITH THE CONGREGATION AT THIS TIME AS WE SING TOGETHER, "GOD IS LOVE."
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS
HOW MANY OF US ARE SATISFIED IN THIS LIFE WHERE WE ARE? THE REALITY IS MOST OF US PROBABLY WANT TO GAIN MORE OR GROW MORE OR BECOME MORE PRODUCTIVE IN LIFE RATHER THAN JUST STAYING RIGHT WHERE WE ARE. ALTHOUGH THIS SEEMS TO BE THE NORM, IT IS STRANGE TO ME THAT IN SPIRITUAL MATTERS, THINGS ARE OFTEN JUST THE OPPOSITE. CONSIDER FOR A MOMENT HOW MANY OF US ARE GUILTY OF REALLY NOT GROWING AT ALL, OR EVEN DESIRING TO GROW. HOW MANY OF US ARE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE ARE BETTER CHRISTIANS TODAY THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR OR THAT WE HAVE STUDIED MORE THIS YEAR THAN WE HAVE IN PREVIOUS YEARS? THE REALITY IS, IF WE TAKE A HARD LOOK AND ARE HONEST WITH OURSELVES, MANY OF US MIGHT FIND THAT WE'RE SO CONTENT THAT WE'RE HAPPY TO STAY JUST WHERE WE ARE IN OUR SPIRITUAL LIVES. AND IF THAT IS ENOUGH TO GET US TO HEAVEN, THEN SO BE IT. BRETHREN AND FRIENDS, I MENTION THESE THINGS BECAUSE THE BIBLE DEALS A LOT WITH THOSE WHO NEED TO GROW AND EVEN MOVE ON TO PERFECTION. IN FACT, PETER HELPS US OUT WITH THIS IDEA WHEN HE SAID, "AS NEWBORN BABES, DESIRE THE PURE MILK OF THE WORD, THAT YOU MAY GROW THEREBY." THAT'S FOUND IN 1 PETER 2:2. HOWEVER, THE HEBREW WRITER TALKS ABOUT A NEED TO LEAVE THE STATE OF BABYHOOD IN ORDER THAT WE MIGHT BE ADULTS IN CHRIST. IN FACT, IN HEBREWS 5:13 WE READ, "FOR EVERYONE WHO PARTAKES ONLY OF MILK IS UNSKILLED IN THE WORD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, FOR HE IS A BABE." AND THEN ON DOWN IN CHAPTER SIX AND VERSE ONE, HE PROCLAIMS THIS, "THEREFORE, LEAVE THE DISCUSSION OF THE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF CHRIST AND LET US GO ON TO PERFECTION." HERE WE SEE AGAIN THE GREAT NEED TO GO ON TO MATURITY IF WE ARE TO BE PLEASING TO OUR GOD. FINALLY, LET ME ASK US TO CONSIDER THIS QUESTION. WHAT WOULD WE DO IF WE HAD A BABY OR A CHILD WHO WASN'T REALLY GROWING PROPERLY? YOU KNOW THAT WE WOULD ALL TAKE THAT CHILD TO THE DOCTOR AND TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, WHY? BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IF YOU FEED A CHILD AND IF YOU CARE FOR THE CHILD PROPERLY, IT'S GOING TO GROW IN SIZE AND WEIGHT AND EVEN KNOWLEDGE OR ITS MENTAL CAPABILITIES. NOW, WHY WOULD IT BE DIFFERENT FOR US AS WE THINK ABOUT THE IDEA AS CHRISTIANS OR FOLLOWERS OF GOD? IF WE ARE NOT GROWING IN THE THINGS OF CHRIST, ARE WE ALSO NOT SICK? PERHAPS DO WE NEED A PHYSICIAN? IN FACT, THE BIBLE TALKS OF THE GREAT PHYSICIAN WHO CAN PROVIDE FOR US ALL THAT WE NEED FOR PROPER GROWTH, BOTH SPIRITUALLY AND PHYSICALLY. YOU KNOW WHO THAT PHYSICIAN IS, JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF. SO LET ME ENCOURAGE US ALL TO REALIZE JUST HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE GROW AND MOVE TOWARD MATURITY AS THOSE WHO LOVE GOD, BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN TRULY KNOW HIS WILL AND BE OBEDIENT TO THE PRECEPTS FOUND IN IT IS WHEN WE ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTS. SO THE QUESTION FOR US, ARE WE STUDENTS OF GOD'S WORD? AND THEREFORE, AS STUDENTS OF GOD'S WORD, ARE WE PUTTING INTO PRACTICE THOSE THINGS SO THAT WE ARE GROWING IN THE THINGS OF CHRIST DAILY?
TODAY, WE WILL AGAIN BE CONTINUING OUR SERIES OF STUDY ON THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT. OUR SPECIFIC LESSON THIS MORNING IS ENTITLED, "WALK IN THE SPIRIT," SO PLEASE STAY WITH US, AND AFTER OUR NEXT SONG TOGETHER, I WILL BE LEADING US IN THESE MAIN THOUGHTS OF THE DAY. BUT FOR NOW, LET'S JOIN TOGETHER IN THAT SECOND SONG OF THE MORNING, THE NAME OF THE HYMN, "SING HALLELUJAH TO THE LORD."
LESSON
BY RAY SULLINS
WE'RE SO GLAD YOU'VE CONTINUED WITH US THIS MORNING AS WE NOW GO TO GOD'S WORD, AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT PROBABLY THE FINAL SPECIFIC LESSON IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT THAT WE'VE BEEN CONSIDERING THERE IN GALATIANS CHAPTER FIVE. AND HOPEFULLY, TOGETHER WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT IN ALL OF THOSE POSITIVE CHARACTERISTICS, THAT WE NOT ONLY HAVE FOUND THAT WE NEED TO DEMONSTRATE, BUT ULTIMATELY WE SIMPLY ARE DEMONSTRATING IN RELATIONSHIP TO OUR IMITATING OF CHRIST AND GOD. FOR CERTAINLY ALL OF THESE CHARACTERISTICS ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE FOUND IN AND THROUGH OUR CREATOR. SO WHAT A BLESSING IT IS TO KNOW THAT WE ARE STRIVING TO KNOW HOW GOD, OR SPECIFICALLY JESUS CHRIST, BEHAVED HIMSELF IN LIFE AND HOW THOSE CHARACTERISTICS ALSO CAUSE US TO BE FOUND AS BEARING THE PROPER FRUIT, THAT FRUIT SPECIFICALLY, AGAIN, THAT IS FROM THE SPIRIT OF GOD ITSELF, OR AT LEAST ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD. AND SO I THOUGHT IN SUMMARIZING MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED, AND MOST LIKELY WE'LL BE LOOKING AT A CONCEPT NEXT WEEK IN RELATIONSHIP TO HOW ONE GETS INTO THAT SPIRIT OF GOD OR IS A PART OF A FAITHFUL WALK IN RELATIONSHIP TO BECOMING A CHRISTIAN, BUT WE WANT TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE AGAIN WHAT THESE THINGS WERE ALL FOCUSING ON AND POINTING TO. AND REALLY IT BEGINS THERE IN OUR MAIN TEXT OF GALATIANS FIVE, BUT IN VERSE 16, WHEN PAUL ACTUALLY SAYS, "I SAY THEN, WALK IN THE SPIRIT." WHAT ALL THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN REALLY FOCUSING ON AND LOOKING TOWARD IS THIS IDEA OF A DAILY WALK. AND THAT'S NOT A STRANGE THING IN RELATIONSHIP TO WHAT PAUL OFTEN SPEAKS ABOUT. I, FOR INSTANCE, LOVE OVER IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER FIVE, WHERE WE ACTUALLY READ THERE THAT WE ARE TO WALK IN LOVE, VERSE TWO. WE ALSO READ THERE THAT WE'RE TO BE THOSE WHO WALK IN LIGHT, VERSE EIGHT. AND THEN WE EVEN READ LATER IN THE SAME TEXT IN VERSE 15 THAT WE ARE TO WALK IN A CAREFUL OR CIRCUMSPECT WAY. AND SO WE LEARNED THAT THE WALK OF A CHRISTIAN, THE STEPS THAT WE TAKE ARE VERY MUCH TO BE IN TUNE WITH WHAT GOD DESIRES. AND IN FACT, THERE IN EPHESIANS FIVE, HE ACTUALLY BEGINS BY SAYING WE'RE TO BE IMITATORS OF GOD AS DEAR CHILDREN, AND THEN IT SAYS, "SO WALK IN LOVE," IN LIGHT, CAREFULLY. SO AS WE GO BACK NOW TO GALATIANS AND WE CONSIDER THERE THIS CONCEPT OF WALKING IN THE SPIRIT, WE, AGAIN, FOR INSTANCE, CONSIDER THAT IDEA OF THE SPIRITUAL FOOTPRINTS THAT HAVE BEEN LAID DOWN BY GOD IN AND THROUGH HIS WORD AS WELL AS THE LIFE THAT JESUS LIVED. AND IN THAT RESPECT, WHAT WE THEN LEARN IS THAT GOD'S SPIRIT HAS REVEALED TO US WHAT IT TAKES TO REALLY PUT OUR FEET IN THE FEET AND THE PRINTS THAT JESUS HAS LEFT. I DON'T KNOW, YOU PROBABLY GROWING UP MAY HAVE PLAYED THAT GAME OR MAYBE A CHILD OR GRANDCHILD BEFORE HAS TRIED TO IN THE SNOW PLACE THEIR FOOTPRINTS DIRECTLY WITHIN YOUR FOOTPRINT. THAT'S THAT IDEA OF WALKING IN THE SPIRIT. THAT PATTERN, THAT CONCEPT, THOSE PRINCIPLES AND THAT CHARACTER HAS BEEN LAID DOWN. AND THAT WILL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY GOD OF WHAT A PROPER PATHWAY AND THE RIGHT WAY TO WALK IS. AND WHAT WE STRIVE TO DO IS TO WALK IN IT. BUT THEN SPECIFICALLY AS WE THINK ABOUT WALKING IN IT, HE SPECIFICALLY AGAIN AND CLEARLY STATES THAT IT IS ACCORDING TO WHAT THE SPIRIT HAS GIVEN US.
SO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT IS THE REALITY THAT GOD THE FATHER SENT HIS SON JESUS AS THE WORD TO REVEAL THE MESSAGE AS HE WAS ON THE EARTH. AND THEN BEFORE JESUS LEFT THE EARTH, IN JOHN CHAPTER 14, WE SEE THAT HE TELLS HIS DISCIPLES, "I WILL SEND YOU A HELPER," OR A COMFORTER. AND IN CHAPTER 16 OF JOHN, IT SAYS, "AND HE WILL GUIDE YOU IN ALL TRUTH." HE'LL BRING TO YOUR REMEMBRANCE ALL THINGS. AND SO WALKING IN THE SPIRIT IS WALKING IN THAT WHICH THE SPIRIT HAS REVEALED. ISN'T THAT WHY WE READ THERE, FOR INSTANCE, IN 2 TIMOTHY 3:16 THAT ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD AND THEREFORE IS WHAT? PROFITABLE, IT COMPLETELY AND THOROUGHLY FURNISHES THE FOLLOWER OF GOD, VERSE 17. AND SO WHERE DO WE GET THAT? THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE HOLY SPIRIT INSPIRED MEN OF GOD THAT THEY MIGHT PEN OR WRITE FOR US THE VERY WILL OF GOD AND WORD OF GOD THAT WAS PRESENTED THROUGH JESUS. AND THEREFORE, AS WE HAVE THAT WORD GIVEN TO US AND THOSE FOOTPRINTS LAID DOWN WITHIN THAT WORD, WHAT DO WE DO? WALK IN THE SPIRIT. SO BRETHREN, I HOPE WE ARE STRIVING TO WALK IN THE SPIRIT, THAT WHICH HAS BEEN REVEALED TO US FROM GOD AND GOD ALONE. DOESN'T MATTER TO ME WHAT MEN SAY OR WHAT MEN DESIRE, WHAT MEN THINK OR WHAT MEN WANT. IT MATTERS TO ME WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN US BY AND THROUGH HIS SPIRIT THAT I MIGHT WALK IN IT, BECAUSE WHEN I WALK IN THE SPIRIT, GUESS WHAT? I KNOW CLEARLY THAT I AM PLEASING TO MY GOD. WITHIN THAT CONCEPT, THOUGH, LET'S GO BACK TO OUR MAIN TEXT IN GALATIANS FIVE, AND DROP DOWN WITH ME IF YOU WILL TO VERSE 25. THERE HE ADDS THE IDEA OF REALLY HELPING US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WALKING IN THE SPIRIT IS FROM OR WHAT IS BROUGHT ABOUT IN CONNECTION TO THAT. AND HE FIRST SAYS, "IF WE LIVE IN THE SPIRIT, LET US WALK IN THE SPIRIT." SEE, WALKING IN THE SPIRIT IS ALL ABOUT LIVING IN THE SPIRIT IN ACCORDANCE TO THE WILL. WE HAVE THIS IDEA OFTEN INTO THE SCRIPTURES, "THEREFORE, DO ALL IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS," COLOSSIANS 3:17, "THAT IN THE NAME OF," OR BY THE AUTHORITY OF MEANS BY THAT WHICH HAS BEEN GIVEN ACCORDING TO WHAT? CHRIST, IN THAT SITUATION. IN THIS SITUATION, THE SPIRIT. WHAT HAS THE SPIRIT GIVEN TO US THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THE SPIRIT? HE HAS GIVEN US THE VERY PLAN, THE VERY PATTERN, THE VERY FOOTPRINTS, AGAIN, WE MIGHT SAY, TO WALK IN THAT SPIRIT, TO HAVE A LIFE THAT IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND PARALLEL TO AND ACCEPTABLE TO THE PLAN THAT HE HAS GIVEN. SO WALKING IN THE SPIRIT IS ALL ABOUT LIVING IN THE SPIRIT. IT MAKES ME THINK OF WHAT PAUL SAID IN ROMANS 12, THAT WE PRESENT OUR BODIES A LIVING SACRIFICE. IT IS THAT DAILY SACRIFICE, THAT DAILY WALK IN THE SPIRIT, THAT LIFE IN THE SPIRIT THAT IS OUR SERVICE TO GOD, TO PROVE TO GOD THAT WE LOVE HIM. BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY WE CAN PROVE TO GOD THAT WE LOVE HIM IS BY WHAT? OBEYING HIM, JOHN 14:15. BUT THERE'S ANOTHER IDEA I WANT YOU TO NOTICE HERE WITH ME, IT IS MENTIONED TWICE, AND IT'S FOUND THERE IN VERSE 24, JUST BEFORE HE SAYS, "LIVE IN THE SPIRIT AND WALK IN THE SPIRIT." VERSE 24 SAYS, "AND THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST" HAVE DONE SOMETHING, THEY'VE CRUCIFIED, THEY'VE DESTROYED THE PASSIONS OF THE FLESH. IF YOU BACK UP IN VERSE 16, RIGHT AFTER HE SAYS, "WALK IN THE SPIRIT," HE SAYS, "YOU SHALL NOT FULFILL THE LUST OF THE FLESH," IF YOU WALK IN THE SPIRIT. SO THIS IDEA OF LUSTING OR DESIRING SOMETHING IS REALLY MORE THAN JUST TO WANT OR TO DESIRE. IT IS A PASSION TO HAVE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE DESCRIPTIVE CONCEPT HERE IS AN UNCONTROLLABLE PASSION, AND WE LOOKED AT THAT LAST WEEK, THE ABILITY TO HAVE SELF-CONTROL OR THE LACK THEREOF. BUT THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS IDEA OF LUST AND PASSION IS ALL ABOUT. SO WHAT DOES SIN DO? IT BECOMES A PASSION, IT OVERCOMES, IT OVERTAKES US. AND WE ALLOW THE WORLD AND THE THINGS OF THE WORLD OR THOSE WORLDLY DESIRES TO EVEN KEEP US FROM GOD OR TO DO THINGS THAT ARE AGAINST GOD. THAT'S WHY HE WARNS HERE OF THE WORKS OF THE FLESH, THE WALK THAT IS NOT ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT, THE LIFE THAT IS NOT ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT. THAT INCLUDES ADULTERY AND FORNICATION AND UNCLEANNESS AND LEWDNESS. AND WE REMEMBER ALL OF THOSE THINGS FOUND THERE IN VERSES 19 THROUGH 21. AND SO, AS WE THINK ABOUT THAT, WE CONTROL OURSELVES BY KILLING, BY DESTROYING, BY PUTTING AWAY.
AND ISN'T THAT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE BECOME A CHRISTIAN? WE DIE TO THE OLD MAN, WE BURY THE OLD MAN IN THE GRAVE, THE WATERY GRAVE OF BAPTISM, AND THEN WE RISE, ROMANS CHAPTER SIX, TO BE A NEW CREATION. AS JESUS RESURRECTED, WE RESURRECT IN A NEWNESS OF LIFE. BEAUTIFUL CONCEPT, ISN'T IT? BUT THEN ANOTHER THING WE FIND HERE IN VERSE 18 IS CLEAR, THAT WE ARE TO BE THOSE WHO ARE NOT ONLY LIVING IN THE SPIRIT AND WALKING IN THE SPIRIT AND CONTROLLING THOSE PASSIONS IN SUCH THAT WE MIGHT REMAIN FAITHFUL TO THE SPIRIT AND THE WALK THEREIN, BUT WE ALSO MUST BE THOSE WHO ARE LED BY HIM. I MEAN, LED BY THE SPIRIT IS TO KNOW THE WILL OF THE SPIRIT, WHICH AGAIN, FOR US, IS OBVIOUSLY CONFIRMED IN THE WORD ITSELF. AND THEN OUR WHOLE SERIES HAS BEEN ABOUT THE APPLICATION OF THAT WORD. FOR INSTANCE, SOME OF THOSE THINGS WE FIND IN THE WORD, VERSE 22, ARE WHAT? THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT. THEREFORE, AS GOD HAS LOVED, WE LOVE. AS GOD HAS HAD WHAT WE SEE HERE IS JOY, WE HAVE JOY. AS GOD HAS SHOWN PEACE, WE STRIVE FOR PEACE. WE DO ALL THOSE THINGS WHICH HE SAYS THERE IN VERSE 22, OR RATHER VERSE 23, THAT THERE IS NO LAW AGAINST IT. WHY IS THERE NO LAW AGAINST IT? BECAUSE THAT'S THE LAW THAT GOD GAVE FOR IT. THAT'S HOW WE WALK IN THE SPIRIT AND FIND OURSELVES ACCEPTABLE IN HIS SIGHT. YOU KNOW, MY BRETHREN AND FRIENDS, THE GREAT AND WONDROUS THING IS THAT WE MUST THEREFOR THEN STRIVE TO WALK IN THE SPIRIT SO THAT WE MIGHT BE WHAT? CHRIST'S, CHRIST'S. AND SEVERAL TIMES THAT IS INFERRED IN THIS PASSAGE, BUT AGAIN IN VERSE 24, ALTHOUGH THAT VERSE IN AND OF ITSELF IS A BIG MORE GIVEN IN A NEGATIVE WAY. HE SAYS, "AND THOSE WHO ARE CHRIST'S." AND SO THE QUESTION I'M ASKING YOU TODAY, ARE YOU CHRIST'S? ARE YOU OF CHRIST, ARE YOU IN CHRIST? IF YOU ARE AND YOU'VE OBEYED HIM AND YOU'VE BECOME A CHRISTIAN, THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO WALK, THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO STRIVE FOR THOSE THINGS THAT HE HAS ASKED, AND THAT'S IN THE SPIRIT. BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE LEARN ABOUT CHRIST AND THE WILL OF CHRIST AND THE FOOTPRINTS THAT HE LAID DOWN ACCORDING TO WHAT PETER SAID. AND THEREFORE, IF WE'LL WALK IN THE SPIRIT AND LIVE IN THE SPIRIT, AND IF WE'LL STRIVE TO BE LED BY THE SPIRIT, WHICH IS FOUND IN HIS WORD, AND WE'LL TRY TO EXEMPLIFY THOSE PRINCIPLES THAT ARE ACCORDING TO THAT FRUIT THAT WE BEAR, AND GOD SEES OUR FRUIT AND THE WORLD SEES OUR FRUIT AND THEY KNOW THAT WE ARE CHRIST'S, PRAISE BE TO GOD. BECAUSE THEREFORE WE HAVE CONTROLLED SIN AND THE PASSIONS OF THE WORLD. WE'VE ALLOWED OURSELVES TO BE RULED BY GOD AND THOSE THINGS THAT ARE SPIRITUAL RATHER THAN LIFE. AND YOU AND I KNOW THE RESULTS OF THAT, HEAVEN. WHY NOT LIVE TODAY AND EVERY DAY, WHY NOT SPEAK IN SUCH A WAY, LIVE IN SUCH A WAY THAT HEAVEN WILL BE YOURS AND THAT A MANSION HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR YOU IN THE END?
CLOSING COMMENTS
LET ME THANK TIME TO OUR CREATOR.
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