Sermon
The Spirit of Jezebel AUGUST 30, 2026 Pastor Matthew Stucky
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Transcript
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All right, good morning everybody.
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Great to be here at Faith Ward Baptist Church.
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It's about to say soul winning Baptist church.
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That's not where I am right now.
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So adjusting to the time change of coming from the Philippines.
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And so I want to just first thank Pastor Anderson for the hospitality
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and the opportunity to come here and preach.
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And we got to fellowship for a while last night.
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And also Brother Sagar I got to spend some time with yesterday as well.
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It's great to see some people that are still here 15 years later,
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because it's been more than 15 years since I've been a member here.
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And I did visit the church once I think 10 years ago.
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When my wife and I got married we went to our honeymoon in Sedona.
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So we came down here to visit.
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And it's great to see some of the same faces.
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And you know considering churches like this have a big turnover
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because of the hard preaching.
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It's great to see people that are still here more than a decade later.
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But also just a lot of new faces.
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You know people that I haven't met or I met briefly
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or I've seen you online or whatever.
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It's great to have you here.
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It's just great to have this opportunity.
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And you might think that I'm preaching on missions or soul winning
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since I'm a missionary.
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But honestly that just doesn't relate to the sermons at all today really.
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And I do want to quickly try to encourage you though with your soul winning.
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Because I know what it's like to be at a church
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where obviously in the Philippines it is very receptive.
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We actually have a few people here that were members of our church in the Philippines.
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And obviously the soul winning here is not as receptive.
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And sometimes you're kind of just going about your daily grind or weekly grind.
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You go soul winning, you get one person saved.
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And you get one the next week.
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And you might look online and see like crazy numbers
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and kind of lose your zeal for soul winning.
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But one thing to remember is you're rewarded for the work you do.
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Obviously if you're in an area and obviously Phoenix is a receptive area
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but if you're in an area that is not as receptive
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you're still rewarded for the work you do.
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And you can't do anything if people don't get saved.
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But the other thing I want you to understand
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is just the impact this church is having
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not just in Arizona, not just in this nation
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but honestly in the entire world.
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You know we have probably 20 people at our churches in the Philippines
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that got saved from the preaching at this church.
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You know the first day we had church service
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we had regularly in the 20s, mid 20s for a normal church service
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from day one and not just people that were at church
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people that go soul winning.
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And obviously when somebody new comes to church that's awesome
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but getting them to take the next step to being a soul winner
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that's kind of hard sometimes.
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And from day one we had people.
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The church in Poland that Pastor Anderson mentioned
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there's a lot of people from that church
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that got saved from the ministry here.
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You know that Pastor Plevniac's wife got saved
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from the preaching at this church.
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You know our church in Melbourne you're actually going to meet
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several of the men here in a few weeks
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you know during the men's preaching training conference
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they got saved from the preaching at this church.
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So I want you to realize when you're going soul winning
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for a local church here in Phoenix
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it's like you're actually having a huge impact
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not just here but impacting people worldwide.
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So support your pastor, love your pastor
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through the ups, through the downs.
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Obviously you've been through it if you've been here for a while
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support him and you're helping a great work be done.
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Now we're here in Revelation chapter 2
Revelation 2 chapter mention
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and notice what it says here in verse number 18
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and under the angel of the church in Thyatira write
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these things say at the Son of God
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who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire
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and his feet are like fine brass.
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I know thy works in charity and service
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and faith in thy patience and thy works
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and the last to be more than the first.
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Now in Revelation chapters 2 and 3
Revelation 2 chapter mention
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you're going to have seven different churches listed
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and of those seven churches
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five of them have at least one thing negative mentioned.
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And even if you are a great church
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you have ups, you have downs
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you have problems that you have to deal with
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and of these seven churches
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five of them have at least one issue
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but it's important to understand
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that all of these seven churches
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are bona fide and real churches
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that God has a stamp of approval on.
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So realize if we were to bring this to the modern day
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the church in Thyatira would not be
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the Pentecostal church down the street.
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It would not be the Mormons.
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It would not be the Catholics.
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You'd be looking at a fundamental Baptist
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soul winning church.
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You know a church like faithful word Baptist church
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or a like minded church
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that is what you would be looking at.
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Now it's important to understand this
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because when you read verse 20
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it's kind of crazy.
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It says not withstanding I have a few things against thee
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because thou sufferest or allowest
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that woman Jezebel
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which calleth herself a prophetess
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to teach and to seduce my servants
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to commit fornication
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and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
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Now when you're reading that
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are those small sins or big sins?
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They're pretty big sins.
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And see a lot of people have this mindset
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well you know what if you're right with God
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you're never going to have any problems.
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No, what churches do
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many churches will cover their problems
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and just not reveal them
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rather than being open and try to pretend
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they don't exist.
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All churches are going to go through problems
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if they last through the years.
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This is a major problem
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but I want you to understand
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this woman isn't really like Joyce Meyer
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because there's no way
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you would let Joyce Meyer preach this church.
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This isn't a Pentecostal church.
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It's not like Pastor Anderson said
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hey you know what it's a special service
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we got Pastor Matthew Stuckey in the morning
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and then we got Mrs. Chris Stan Stuckey
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in the evening service.
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Doesn't work that way.
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You're not going to let a woman get up
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and preach behind the pulpit at this church.
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And so look I don't believe this woman
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Jezebel is like the Sunday morning
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preacher or the Sunday night preacher
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but obviously she is teaching people
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in a very subtle way
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and just teaching these wicked and horrible things.
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But this is not a Pentecostal church.
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It's not the Mormons.
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This is a legitimate, real, what we would say
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is fundamental Baptist type church
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here with the church in Thyatira.
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Another thing to take note of here
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is the Bible says her name is Jezebel.
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Now of course you see the name Jezebel
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and the first thing that comes to your mind
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is Jezebel from the Old Testament.
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I would say the most evil and wicked woman
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in the entire Bible is Jezebel.
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And so when it comes to this person named Jezebel
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there's kind of two ways to look at this.
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Either the parents didn't really care
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that this Jezebel is this wicked person
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from the Old Testament
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or the Bible is just kind of using it
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to describe her.
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Kind of like he's a Judas
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or she's a Jezebel.
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Either way I want you to realize
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the Bible is connecting the Old Testament Jezebel
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with the New Testament Jezebel.
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And I want to prove that to you further.
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Notice what it says here in verse 20.
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It says,
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Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee
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because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel
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which calleth herself a prophetess
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to teach and to seduce my servants
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to commit fornication
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and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
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The Bible mentions two things here.
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Number one, to commit fornication.
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Number two, eating things sacrificed unto idols.
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Now turn your Bible to 2 Kings chapter 9.
2 Kings 9 chapter mention
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2 Kings chapter 9.
2 Kings 9 chapter mention
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And I think on Wednesday nights
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you just went through 2 Kings chapter 9
2 Kings 9 chapter mention
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the destruction and demise of Jezebel.
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And here's what it says about Jezebel here
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in 2 Kings chapter 9 verse number 22.
2 Kings 9 chapter mention
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And it came to pass when Joram saw Jehu
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that he said,
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Is it peace, Jehu?
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And answered,
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What peace so long as the hordoms of thy mother Jezebel
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and her witchcrafts are so many?
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Now what it said in the New Testament was
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fornication and eating things sacrificed unto idols.
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Here in the Old Testament,
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different woman, different Jezebel
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and it says,
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Hordoms and Witchcrafts.
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Now obviously you know there's a literal sense
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of being a whore
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and there's a symbolic sense
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of just basically cheating on the true God
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but when you're thinking of hordoms
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you're thinking of sexual sin, right?
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Now remember it said in the New Testament
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fornication.
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Fornication and hordoms line up pretty well, don't they?
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The other thing mentioned is
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eating things sacrificed unto idols.
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So think of idolatry
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and it says witchcraft.
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Now at first glance you might say
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well what's the connection
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between idolatry and witchcraft?
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And what I would say to you is
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you're only saying that
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because in America there's not a lot of idolatry.
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Because I'm telling you there are people here
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that are from the Philippines.
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There are people here from India
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and there is certainly sorcery
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involved in idolatry but not only that
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the Bible makes the connection
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between witchcraft and idolatry.
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The word witchcraft or witchcrafts
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appears in six different verses
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in our King James Bible.
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Now go in your Bible to 1 Samuel 15.
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1 Samuel 15.
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What I'm trying to do to you right now
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is just to show you there is a connection
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the Bible is making
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between the Old Testament Jezebel
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and the New Testament Jezebel.
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Of these six references
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one of these references as they're
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turning to 1 Samuel 15
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is in Galatians as there's a comparison
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between the works of the flesh
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and the fruit of the Spirit.
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When the Bible gives a long list
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of characteristics or sins
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it will usually link things together
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that are similar.
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And what the Bible says in verse number 20 is
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idolatry, witchcraft.
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Witchcraft follows directly
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after idolatry.
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The Bible says in 2 Chronicles 33
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verse 6 it says witchcraft
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the next verse says idol.
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In Micah 5.12
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the Bible says witchcrafts.
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Micah 5.13 it says
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image or
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idol.
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There's only six references.
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Those are three right there where they're
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directly connected and probably the strongest
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link is here in 1 Samuel 15 verse 23
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where the Bible says
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for rebellion is as a sin
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of witchcraft and stubbornness
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is as iniquity
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and idolatry.
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So in the same verse you're seeing a connection
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between witchcraft and idolatry.
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You say pastor what is
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the connection between idolatry
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and sorcery?
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You know in the Philippines
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the largest Catholic
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idolatrous festival happens
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every year in January
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in Metro Manila.
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You will have millions of people that hit the streets
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and there is this morbid
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and weird looking
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idol of Jesus.
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Now people here from the Philippines they know exactly
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what I'm saying. Maybe you've seen pictures
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I've posted. It's like the most
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grotesque and weird
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idol you've ever seen in your life.
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And there will be millions of people
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that crowd the streets
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and they believe that if they touch this idol
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it will forgive their sins.
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They believe if they touch this idol
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it will heal their cancer.
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They believe if they touch this idol
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they're going to be prosperous.
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They believe there's something supernatural
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about touching this idol.
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And look if you've ever seen videos of people
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that go to Mecca and touch the Kaaba
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they go crazy don't they?
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And they will say
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there's a supernatural feeling
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that comes over when you touch this
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that you cannot understand.
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You watch documentaries where people go to
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pilgrimages of
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Hinduism and they will say
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there is a feeling that comes over
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you that you don't understand.
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You say what is actually
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taking place with these idols? Well what I
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believe is that as they
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touch these idols even though
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it is a piece of stone or metal
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that idol acts as a mediator
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to pass devils from one
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person to another.
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And so basically
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as you're worshiping these idols
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all of a sudden all these spirits
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are being attracted and then
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as you touch this idol a supernatural
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feeling comes over you that you
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would not believe.
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There is sorcery involved
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with idolatry and the Bible is making
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this connection.
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The Bible is making a connection between
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the Old Testament Jezebel
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and the New Testament Jezebel.
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Go to 1 Kings chapter 18.
1 Kings 18 chapter mention
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1 Kings 18.
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Look even if you're not in church
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the name Jezebel has a very negative connotation
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doesn't it?
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I mean I kind of grew up
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in a Christian home but I didn't really regularly
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go to church. I didn't get saved
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at a young age but I knew
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the name Jezebel.
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I knew the name Judas. I knew
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the name Jezebel and of course
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if you were to call someone a Jezebel
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it was sort of like calling them
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a whore or something just really awful.
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It's like the worst insult
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calling a woman a Jezebel.
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And you know when you think of Jezebel
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what immediately would pop to my head
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because I grew up in a conservative home
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so I'm thinking
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Hillary Clinton.
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Right?
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I'm thinking
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Michelle Obama.
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I'm thinking Kamala Harris.
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I mean these wicked
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hardcore feminists it's like man
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they're Jezebels.
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But there's one major difference between
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those Jezebels
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and the Jezebel of the Old Testament.
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And the major difference is
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the Jezebel of the Old Testament was
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incredibly religious.
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I don't think any one of us would say
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that Hillary Clinton is a very religious woman
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or Kamala Harris.
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But see the Jezebel of the Old Testament
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was incredibly religious.
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And notice what it says here in
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1 Kings 18
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verse 17
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and it came to pass when Ahab saw
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Elijah that Ahab said unto him
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are thou he that troubled with Israel
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and answered I have not troubled
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Israel but thou and thy father's house
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and that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord
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and thou hast followed Balaam.
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Now therefore send and gather to me
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all Israel on to Mount Carmel
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and the prophets of Baal 450
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and the prophets of the groves 400
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Notice this
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which eat at Jezebel's
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table.
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I mean isn't it true when you read 1 Kings
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Jezebel is very closely connected
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to the false prophets.
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Why should he want to kill Elijah?
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Because he gets the false prophets put to death.
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So yeah I mean Hillary Clinton is a form
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of Jezebel.
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But honestly the Jezebel of the Old Testament
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was actually a very religious woman.
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And of course the Jezebel of the New Testament
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the Jezebel of the New Testament's
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doing this inside of a local
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New Testament church.
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So here's the thing about this
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when we're looking at what we would call
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the spirit of Jezebel
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it's more closely associated
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with something that's religious than non-religious.
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And the thing is
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obviously people like Hillary Clinton are awful
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and wicked and look 99%
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if not 100% of people here
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agree with what I said.
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And it's not controversial at a church like this.
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But see I think we can get the mindset
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okay Jezebel is so awful and
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wicked but this would never happen
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in a church would it?
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And yet the Jezebel
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of the Old Testament is very religious
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and the Jezebel of the New Testament
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she's doing this inside of
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a local church.
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Go in your Bible to 1 Kings chapter 16
1 Kings 16 chapter mention
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1 Kings 16
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And the name of the sermon
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is the spirit of Jezebel
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the spirit of Jezebel.
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Another way you could look at this is the spirit of feminism
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especially as it comes
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into a local church.
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Just a couple weeks ago
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my wife's parents
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they actually live in Washington DC
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and they were visiting the Philippines
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and so you know they took us out
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to the beach which was great
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and you know I like to relax
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you know when you're in the ministry
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because the ministry is stressful
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and tough and so I'm not just
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soul winning every single day you know I have times
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where I take breaks go on vacation
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relax like to do things with the kids
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so you know we're at the beach I just want to relax
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right I just want
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no stress no problems
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I want to just turn off
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my phone not think about anything
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and
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you know I got to give credit where credit's due
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to where I got this sermon idea
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and as I'm at the beach you know I get
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informed I hear that I've been
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called out in a video by
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Tommy McMurtry
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I wasn't watching the video
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I didn't care
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and it's like okay whatever
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and then all of a sudden I see in the comments
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that not even just Tommy called me out
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but Cassandra McMurtry
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challenged me
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and I'm just thinking like
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what in the world it's just like
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don't you have enough problems
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and so she's the inspiration
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for the sermon
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I had a different sermon planned
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just a couple weeks ago
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and then she called me out and it's just like
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okay whatever and I got this idea
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I was reading Revelation I was like
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you know the spirit of Jezebel sounds like
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a pretty good sermon idea
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and so let me just read you a little bit
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of what she said and you know what
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I had never seen a single video
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of hers until a few weeks ago
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my life was so much better
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until a couple weeks ago
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I had never seen a single video
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of hers I had seen comments about things
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that she had said or a 30 second clip
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I had never watched a video
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but in preparation of the sermon
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I watched you know several different videos
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that she had and honestly
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I got done writing the sermon
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and I didn't add anything over the last week and a half
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where she went crazy for those that pay attention
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online I was like I'm done
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I got to get ready for the trip to the US
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it's like I already got my sermon content
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there's enough on the Baptist bias
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and other things that talk about this
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but here's what she said on YouTube
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this is a video where Tommy McMurtry
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is interviewing Joe Jones
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and apparently Joe Jones is better than us
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even though in
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Jude 1 he's preaching the false heresy
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with lasciviousness
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that the Bible is saying makes you a false prophet
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but
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here's what she said
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Matthew Stuckey
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this is my challenge to you
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please post time stamps and links
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to any video backing up your claim
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this is your claim in your exact words
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imagine being a pastor's wife
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and condoning fornication
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slash statutory rape
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while also condemning sex between a married couple
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now I made this comment
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because brother Ben Nam
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brother Ben the Baptist put up a video
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and I made a comment on it
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and you know he showed in the video exactly what I'm saying
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and then I commented on it
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and she says I have never done either
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okay well we'll see later on in the sermon
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okay
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I will be waiting for you to back up
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your claims with my exact quotes
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from when I said those two things
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edit if you do not provide
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your proof of exact quotes
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or take back your statement
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with an apology for bold face lying
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let it be noted
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that you are a liar
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railer and a slanderer
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okay so I kind of look at it like this
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it's kind of like on the playground
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it's like you say something mean
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it's like no that's not me I'm rubber
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you know bounces off of me
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because I said Tommy McMurtry is the biggest
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railer but one thing I liked
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about the statement notice she said at the end of that
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liar, railer
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and a slanderer
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it sounds like she knows what railing is
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it's like good job
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maybe your husband
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can preach on it because that's clearly
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about lying, slandering
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that's the context it's like well she got that right
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and so she made this statement
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and I was just like you know what whatever
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you know I'll write a sermon about it
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the spirit of Jezebel and we'll look at it later on
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you have to understand if you're a pastor
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and you put sermons online
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a lot of people challenge you
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and want to debate you and waste your time
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so me not responding wouldn't
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have proven anything it would just say I didn't respond
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okay but
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I am going to show you in the sermon because
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I have a lot of quotes from her
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that she said in various videos
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one of the main videos I got quotes from
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was a video called Am I a feminist
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and this is a video that came out about
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10 months ago where you know
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a lot of churches have said you know she's promoting
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feminist agenda
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and she's trying to defend the fact
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she's not a feminist
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okay keep that in mind
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she's defending she's not a feminist
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here are her exact
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words
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I have a lot of quotes
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in America if we had
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good men that were leaders
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and men were doing their role
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and men were doing their part
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and men were cherishing their wives
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and loving their wives as Christ
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did then there would be
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no need
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for feminism
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no need
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now she starts off this video
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talking about how feminism started
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is such a wonderful thing
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and it went wrong
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and I get a quick look
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on AI
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you know it would be a cool future sermon
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the history of feminism there's supposedly
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four waves of feminism
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the first wave of feminism what it did
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is it was like opening Pandora's box
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it wasn't like it is today
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but it set everything
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in motion
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and one of the things she mentioned is a good thing
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she's like the women were tired of their husbands
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getting drunk so they protested to make drinking
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illegal
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well show me we're drinking as illegal in the Bible
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it's a sin
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I'm against all drinking
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but
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are you just going to make every sin illegal
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I mean if God doesn't make it illegal
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it shouldn't be illegal
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and that was used to help the women
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get political power and get their voice out
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and then of course it's gotten worse
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and worse and worse but in our own words
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if men were doing their part
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and men were cherishing their lives
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and men did this
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then there would be no need for feminism
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she says later
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on in the video
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I think there is no need for feminism
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in a world where men do their part
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it's like half of that's a wonderful statement
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I think there's no need for feminism
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stop
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period
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end of story don't keep going
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but in a world where
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men do their part
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now here's the thing feminism exists
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because men didn't put a stop to it
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but don't tell me it's a good thing
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or there's a need for it
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later on in the video
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she talks about the wife
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following the husband
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and submitting to the husband
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and him being the leader
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and she says I don't mind
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being completely dependent on my man
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and 20 seconds later
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in the same context
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he pretty much gives me
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whatever I want
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this is in a video
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where she's defending, she's not a feminist
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you know what she's saying there
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when you put those quotes together
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her interpretation of Ephesians chapter 5
Ephesians 5 chapter mention
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men laying down their lives
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and loving their wives
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do everything your wives want
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that's what she's saying
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I mean is that your interpretation of Ephesians 5?
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husbands love your wives
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as Christ loved the church
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therefore do everything they want
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give them everything they want
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never say no
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never say no to your kids
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never say no to your wife
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just give them everything they want
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no matter what
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sadly because a lot of men are doing that
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that's why churches like this have less people
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why? it's not that the men have a problem
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with this church
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it's the wives
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I'm amazed
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as I saw these videos
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all of these people
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that are ex-new IFB
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and people I know where it's like the wives
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are just throwing out all these statements
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husbands saying nothing
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here's the thing
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every single one of those men is embarrassed
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by their wives
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and they don't want to tell their wives this
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but inside their head they're thinking
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can you shut up
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it's like why are you embarrassing me
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that's what they're thinking
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man I'm trying to help these men out
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play this sermon
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and then maybe they'll get the preaching
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and figure it out
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because every single one of those men
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is going to be embarrassed by his wife
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acting brawling and loud
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and acting like a man
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and they're not going to say it
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you say why aren't they going to say it then
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if it's true
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because of the fact the bible says
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the married caret for the things
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of the world
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how we may please his wife
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and that's not necessarily a bad thing
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because if you're married you should want to make your spouse happy
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absolutely
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we do need to be better husbands
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we do need to spend time with our wives
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we do need to be loving
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but it's like all the emphasis
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it's men
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it's men
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and it's like the problem people have
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is this idea of submitting
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to your husband
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and then of course there's the pretty interpretation
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where it's like well you know what
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in those verses it's like you both submit
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to each other
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submitting one to another in the fear of God
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it's like when the bible just
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contradicts itself in the next verse
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where it says wives submit to husbands
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and so no the bible
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clearly teaches that wives are
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to be in submission you say well pastor
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I'm submitting to my husband right now
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because I'm at church
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well do you want to be at church today
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yes I do well that's not submitting
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you already want to do it
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what submission is
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is when there's something you don't want to do
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and you willingly submit
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or put yourself underneath
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like a submarine in the water
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underneath the wishes
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of your husband
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even if you disagree why
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because thus saith the Lord
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that's what the bible says
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you say but she said she's not a feminist
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yeah you know what
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I hear a lot of Pentecostals say
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they don't believe in a work salvation
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right
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Mormons all the time
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say we're saved by grace
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and then they redefine it
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in 2nd Nephi 25
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just because somebody says something
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doesn't mean it's actually true
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so it's like you're saying all these
-
feminist things and then you're like
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you know I'm not a feminist I believe
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that women should follow their husbands
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but then you're saying all these other things
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that are against
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what the bible is saying
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right so you'd be the judge today
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I'm going to preach this sermon we have a lot of quotes
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we're going to see what the bible says about this Old Testament woman Jezbo
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you can decide for yourself
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whether or not she's a feminist
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in my opinion yeah it's pretty obvious
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she considers herself a prophetess
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she's so important wants to teach everybody
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it's like okay
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what the bible says just sit down
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shut up be meek and quiet
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point number one
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we're in 1st King 16 is this
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one of the problems with the Old Testament Jezebel
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is she causes her husband to sin
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she causes her husband not to
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serve God notice what it says here in 1st King 16
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in verse 29
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in the 30th and 8th year of Asa
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King of Judah began Ahab the son of Amri
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to reign over Israel
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and Ahab the son of Amri reigned over Israel
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in Samaria 22 years
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and Ahab the son of Amri did evil
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on the side of the Lord above all that were before him
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and it came to pass as if it had been
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a light thing for him to walk in the sins
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of Jeroboam the son of Nebat
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that he took to wife Jezebel
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the daughter of Rathbaal King of the Zidonians
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and went and served Baal and worshipped him
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so notice
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Ahab's not a good guy
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right he's already going down a road of sin
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he's already doing wrong
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but above that he married Jezebel
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and then he's
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worshipping all of these
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you know false gods
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right you're seeing the impact
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Jezebel has on him to do wrong
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and then the Bible says
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in verse 32 and he reared up an altar for Baal
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in the house of Baal which he had built in Samaria
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and Ahab made a grove and Ahab did more
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to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger
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than all the kings of Israel
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that were before him
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got a 1st Kings 21
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1st Kings 21
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look the reason why I'm showing you the Old Testament
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Jezebel is honestly
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there's not a lot of verses
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on the New Testament Jezebel
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obviously it tells us a little bit of information
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but the Old Testament Jezebel
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has a lot of information
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we can see the things that she didn't
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you know obviously
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you know when it comes to Jezebel the Old Testament
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this is the king's wife
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that's why we get the Hillary Clinton examples
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right the president's wife
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but
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in a local church
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how can this spirit of Jezebel manifest
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no she doesn't have the same power
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as Hillary Clinton or the Jezebel the Old Testament
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but inside of a local church
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a woman like this can do a lot of damage
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and honestly in today's world
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with social media
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you can do a lot of damage even outside your local church
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so you don't have to go from door to door
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to gossip I mean you can just pull out
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your phone and gossip to like thousands of people
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just instantly
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right I mean have you ever seen somebody on Facebook
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will post like they're having fights
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or something with their spouse
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and then they call out their spouse publicly
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online and everybody's thinking
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dude just take that down man
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why are you posting that publicly
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everybody is going to see it
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and you can't walk it back at that point
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what are you doing
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but yet in today's world with social media
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you can do a lot of great things with it
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I mean sermons go out
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to a lot of people
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but you can also do a lot of damage
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in a short amount of time as well
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here's what it says in 1 Kings 21 verse 25
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but there is none like
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on Ahab which did sell himself
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to work wickedness in the side of the Lord
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whom Jezebel
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his wife stirred
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up
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it's not that Ahab was a good guy
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it's not that he was going to be a good guy
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but look
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if you marry somebody really wicked
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they're going to cause you to do worse
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and Jezebel
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was an evil and a wicked woman
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and she stirred Ahab
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to actually do worse
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than he would have done
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go in your Bible to 1 Peter 3
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1 Peter 3
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but you can look at a great character
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like Solomon
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I mean the Bible says that Solomon
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married a lot of wives which is wrong
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but the Bible makes it clear
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that the wives turned away his heart
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because he's marrying ungodly women
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now the thing is
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if you marry somebody godly
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they can motivate you to do more for God
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they can motivate you to love God more
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I'm sure this room
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is filled full of people that say
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hey man my spouse is such a blessing
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and when I don't feel like going soul winning
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they encourage me to go soul winning
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when I don't feel like reading the Bible
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or when I'm getting a little bit weak
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I'm getting a little bit lazy
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they encourage me to do more
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because let's face it the Christian life is hard
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it's hard to last
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year after year after year
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after year
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and look you've seen it yourself
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if you've been at this church
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a lot of great people end up falling by the wayside
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a lot of great church members
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a lot of great pastors
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they go down the wrong road
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I mean it's a shame but the Christian life is hard
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it's hard to last
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it's hard to serve God
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but how much harder if your spouse is just really wicked
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and fighting you all the time
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1 Peter 3 verse 5
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for after this manner in the old time
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the holy women also who trusted in God
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adorned themselves
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being in subjection onto their own husbands
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even as Sarah obeyed Abraham
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calling him Lord
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whose daughters he are as long as he do well
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and are not afraid with any amazement
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likewise he husbands
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dwell with them according to knowledge
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giving honor onto the wife as onto the weaker vessel
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and notice this as being
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heirs together
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of the grace of life
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I believe that if God has blessed you
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with a spouse
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God intends that you can accomplish more
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with them than you could without them
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now the thing is
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that might look a little bit different on the surface
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I mean quite honestly I went soul winning
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more I would say before I was married
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than I do now
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I have four kids I mean life is busy
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and you know
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preaching a lot of sermons and things like that
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you know but I still believe
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I'm accomplishing more now
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than I was before I was married
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and I know that
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my wife helps me do more for God
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and motivates me
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and my wife loves soul winning and the thing is
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with my wife loving soul winning
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on days I don't feel like going you just go
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because that's what you do
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if you marry someone who loves God
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they can motivate you to do more
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and you can be heirs together of the grace of life
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but
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if your spouse is ungodly
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and wicked
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it's like you're the husband
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and you're trying to set lines in your family
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like hey you know what I want to start going soul winning
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you know midweek I want to do an extra time
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of soul winning and then your wife is
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just fighting you saying wow we need to spend
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more time with the family you shouldn't do this
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blah blah blah it's like that is not going to
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cause you to do more for God
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you try to set lines in your family
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hey here's my line of worldliness
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because obviously with worldliness it's a very
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gray area people draw the lines
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at different points but you're the husband
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you make the decision you say hey
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we're not watching this we're not doing this
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it's wrong
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and then your wife is always trying to fight against it
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you set guidelines in your families
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of things you're doing and your wife is just
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intentionally disobeying it
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what's pretty hard to do great things
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for God if your wife is fighting you
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every single step of the way
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go to your Bible in Genesis chapter 2
Genesis 2 chapter mention
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Genesis 2
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and one thing I find amazing about this
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because you know the Bible says that
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women are to have a meek and a quiet spirit
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and
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you know there's kind of a phrase I thought of
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because I think of some of the ladies
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at our church in the Philippines
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and other soul winners I know
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like ladies that love soul winning
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and it's like what you see is women
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that are meek and quiet
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but they're soul winning assassins
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and what I mean by that is
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they will stop
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anybody to give the gospel
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somebody's got a knife and they're just trying to
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give them an invitation and talk to them
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and it's like they're so filled with boldness
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and it's funny because
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you might know these ladies
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and it's like they're very meek
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and quiet and shy
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and when they get filled with the spirit it's like
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man they're a soul winning
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assassin
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look ladies you have your opportunity to preach
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go out and preach the gospel
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it's not just for men and quite honestly
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there's a lot of people ladies can reach
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that men can't
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I'm amazed how many times
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I try to talk to someone
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they're not interested a couple of minutes later
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my wife's giving them the gospel and gets them saved
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and it wasn't
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it's not just like that in the Philippines
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because I'll preach the gospel in Tagalog
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and they're just shy to talk to an American
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and they'll talk to my wife
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but even in the US I would see that
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you say why because
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some people might not be comfortable talking to a man
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they might feel more comfortable
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talking to a lady
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and so look if we're meant to reach everybody
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in the world and there's a certain segment
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that is only going to listen to a woman
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you know what that means we need the ladies
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we need the spirit of God upon also the
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handmaidens to go out and preach the gospel
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or like Phillip's daughters
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which were prophesying
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not prophesying behind the pulpit
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but out there preaching the gospel
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and getting people saved
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Genesis chapter 2 verse 18
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and the Lord God said
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it is not good that the man should be alone
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I will make him help
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meet for him
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I mean the Bible is just super clear
-
and it reiterates this in the New Testament
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that the woman is created
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for the man
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she's meant to be the help meet for the man
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and that means the guy
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is the leader
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and the wife is meant to compliment him
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be the help meet
-
but does that mean it automatically
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happens even with Christians
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does the wife automatically
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help the husband
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look obviously we realize that we're all
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sinners so no matter how godly of a lady
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you are you're not always
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going to be a blessing 24-7
-
just like as guys
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we're not perfect husbands 24-7
-
just like every marriage
-
has fights
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every marriage has problems
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I remember when we went
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to Verity Baptist a long time ago
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before we were in the Philippines
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and somebody came up to me
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and they were kind of getting marriage advice
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and they were talking to me
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and they said
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I bet you and your wife never fight
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and they were being honest
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and the people I'm thinking of
-
they're great
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some of the people that left Verity
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but he sincerely thought that
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and I'm just thinking
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my wife and I fight
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like everybody fights
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cause you got two sinners
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that are around each other 24-7
-
what do you expect to happen
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I mean you're going to have times
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you got to fight through stuff
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but you are meant to be heirs together
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of the grace of life
-
and do more for God together than you would separately
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but notice the next chapter
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Genesis chapter 3
Genesis 3 chapter mention
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the woman is made to help meet for the man
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but notice Genesis 3 verse 6
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and when the woman saw that the tree was good for food
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that it was pleasant to the eyes
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and a tree to be desired to make one wise
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she took of the fruit thereof
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and did eat
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and gave also under a husband with her
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and he did eat
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I mean is she really helping the guy out
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she helping the husband out in that situation
-
it's like the previous chapter
-
the woman is to help meet
-
and then the next chapter
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she's giving him the apple to sin
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I guess the defense for her
-
at least she was deceived
-
he's just like well you know
-
just my wife said it
-
this is the first wave of feminism
-
you know this is the good part right
-
so I'll just eat the fruit
-
it's like once again
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sometimes you got to tell your spouse no
-
as the leader
-
they go to your Bible to 1 Kings 18
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1 Kings 18
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look I don't think it's a big secret
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that Tommy McMurtry
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is filled full of gossip
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and being a busy body
-
and it's like why don't you just care
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about your own church
-
and your own ministry
-
his ministry
-
is attacking this church
-
and attacking new IFB churches
-
that's what it's all about I mean that's his ministry
-
and you know
-
here's the thing about it it doesn't matter
-
what you're doing
-
you can get vain followers
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to come after you
-
see this church
-
is filled full of people that love soul winning
-
you know no matter what you say
-
you can get vain followers to come after you
-
no matter what you're saying
-
it amazes me it's like some churches in the Philippines
-
like some Baptist churches
-
that are false prophets
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or bad people or whatever
-
it's like I listen to them preach
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and they're like the worst preachers ever
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and they've got a lot of people
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to listen to them
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and I'm like you know what in the world
-
like why would you follow but it's just like
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you know no matter what you say
-
you can get vain followers to come after you
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so I'm not saying
-
that he doesn't have a problem with gossip
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I'm saying being married to Cassandra
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makes it times 10
-
makes it a lot worse
-
she eggs him on as you would say
-
to make it worse and worse
-
and worse
-
but number one
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this Jezebel spirit causing your husband
-
not to serve God that's one of the things we see
-
from Jezebel in the Old Testament
-
number two fighting against God's people
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fighting against God's people
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1 Kings 18 verse 12
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actually 1 Kings 18 verse 3
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verse 3
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and Ahab called Obadiah which was the governor of his house
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now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly
-
for it was so when Jezebel cut
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off the prophets of the Lord
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she killed the prophets of the Lord
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that Obadiah took in 100 prophets
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and hid them by 15 a cave
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and fed them with bread
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and water
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Jezebel here
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is fighting against God's people
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she's killing the prophets of God
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she's trying to destroy God's people
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go to Nehemiah chapter 6
Nehemiah 6 chapter mention
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Nehemiah chapter 6
Nehemiah 6 chapter mention
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it wasn't good enough for Jezebel to just have her own religion
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she's attacking God's people
-
she's attacking God's prophets
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here's what it says in Nehemiah 6 verse 14
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Nehemiah chapter 6 verse 14
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my God
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think thou upon Tobiah and Sandballad
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according to these their works
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and on the prophetess
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Nehemiah and the rest of the prophets
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that would have put me
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in fear
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trying to stop the work
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of God being done this woman
-
Nehemiah
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now go in your Bible to Esther chapter 1
Esther 1 chapter mention
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Esther 1
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Esther chapter 1
Esther 1 chapter mention
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and look here's what I want you to understand
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when you're married
-
you're meant to be heirs together
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of the grace of life
-
and what that means is the husband and the wife
-
have to be on the same page
-
and part of that is the husband
-
being the leader
-
the other part is the wife
-
submitting to the husband
-
and when people are trying to influence women
-
not to submit to their husbands
-
you know what you're doing
-
you're trying to fight against God's people
-
doing something great
-
right
-
because regardless of what you think
-
it's not your marriage
-
the husband makes the rules in that home
-
so why are you trying to influence
-
the women in other homes
-
not even at your church
-
to rebel against their husbands
-
here's what she said in one of her videos
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the only reason
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they are so mad is because
-
I have an influence on the women in their church
-
here's my question
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why do you want to have an influence
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on the women in other people's churches
-
it has nothing to do with you
-
it's not your church
-
it's not your marriage
-
you don't make the rules for it
-
so why are you trying to influence
-
other women in other churches
-
and how is she influencing
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is she influencing to love your husbands
-
no matter what
-
no she's influencing will separate
-
if they're too harsh
-
and too mean
-
look I would say that if a husband
-
is drunkard
-
and is a derelict
-
and committing adultery
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he's kind of at his most unlovable stage
-
you know what she should be encouraging
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wives to do in those situations
-
love your husbands
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I mean if you want to have a teaching ministry
-
why wouldn't you
-
but no you say well separating those situations
-
cause it's dangerous
-
it's like what are you doing
-
you're influencing women to rebel
-
against their husbands
-
I mean look
-
forgive me for this example
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I grew up in West Virginia
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but I think of the old country song
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stand by your man
-
look I'm not saying
-
it's okay for husbands to be losers
-
and be drunkards and do these things
-
but it's like
-
that was the old opinion
-
it's like hey you stand by your man
-
no matter what cause there is no option
-
of divorce in the bible
-
you stay married
-
and you don't open up his doors box
-
well in this situation
-
say no no no I didn't tell him to get divorced
-
I was just stating to separate
-
separating
-
is one step to divorce
-
honestly it's more like
-
five or six cause honestly once you separate
-
the divorce is common
-
so the question is why do you want to influence
-
people in other churches
-
to leave their husbands
-
and rebel against their husbands
-
Esther chapter 1 verse 15
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what shall we do under the queen Vastai according to law
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because she hath not performed the commandment
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of the king of Hazelweres by the chamberlains
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in Mamooka in answer before the king and the princes
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Vastai the queen hath not done wrong
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to the king only but also to all the princes
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and all the people that are in all the provinces
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of the king of Hazelweres
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for this deed of the queen shall come abroad
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unto all women so that they shall despise their husbands
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and their eyes when it shall be reported
-
the king of Hazelweres commanded Vastai
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the queen to be brought in before him
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but she came not
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likewise shall the ladies of Persia and media
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say this day unto all the king's princes
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which have heard of the deed of the queen
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thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath
-
you know this is exactly what takes place
-
you'll see people where
-
a wife will rebel
-
a woman will be a loudmouth
-
and rebel and all of a sudden
-
it just kind of leads to just a bunch of women
-
doing the same thing
-
and you know
-
that's what I said you know you see people in these videos
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and it's like people I know it's like I know they're husbands
-
and they're not saying anything
-
and it's just like you know
-
yes we can I'm a woman hear me roar
-
and then all these women it's like man you used to be
-
a soul winner what happened to you
-
because they're buying into the lie
-
we're being held back
-
by these oppressive men
-
look you don't have to get very far
-
into the Bible to see that
-
the wife is the compliment to the husband
-
I mean the first chapter
-
man is made in the image of God
-
and chapter 2
-
the wife is the help meet
-
I didn't write the Bible
-
I didn't make the rules
-
and the shame and the thing that's sad is
-
wives will be happier
-
when they follow their husbands
-
you buy into this lie of feminism
-
well you know what I'm being held back
-
I could be a CEO
-
I could be a president
-
okay go down that road
-
you're going to be miserable
-
that's reality
-
go in your Bible to Titus chapter 2
Titus 2 chapter mention
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Titus 2
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I find it sad when
-
I will see ladies
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that bought into this lie
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and they don't audibly say this
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but you can tell it and then
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they reach a certain age and obviously you know
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when it comes to getting married you know marriage is a blessing
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when you meet the right person and there's no guarantee
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there's a lot of great people that are zealous
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that love God and they don't get married
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both men and women
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we've got a lot of godly ladies that are church in the Philippines
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that haven't met the right person yet
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but you'll see people that bought
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into this lie of feminism and they wanted to work
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their way up the corporate ladder
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to show how strong they are
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how smart they are or whatever
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and then all of a sudden those women will see
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families with children
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and you can just see in their eyes
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that they're not happy
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they thought they would be
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and they're not
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and here's the thing you know when it comes to
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our type of churches
-
there's a lot of very intelligent and educated people
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that like this type of preaching
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and honestly there's a lot of
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very intelligent and educated women
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that like this type of preaching
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and so part of you might say well wait a minute
-
it's like man I could have been so successful
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I was in the working world and being so successful
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and then you think back
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and think oh it's going to make you so much happier
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no you're just buying into the lie of feminism
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and this spirit of Jezebel
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that the Bible is speaking about
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Titus chapter 2
Titus 2 chapter mention
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Bible says here in verse 1
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but speaks out of the things which become sound doctrine
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that the aged men be sober, grave
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temperate, sound in faith
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and charity and patience
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the aged women likewise
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that they be in behavior has become with holiness
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not false accusers, not giving them much wine
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teachers of good things
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that they may teach the young women to be sober
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to love their husbands, to love their children
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to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home
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good, obedient to their own husbands
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that the word of God be not blasphemed
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the Bible says here in Titus 2
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the aged women teach the young women
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to love their husbands
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to love their children
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basically to be a housewife
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to take care of the kids, to love them
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I believe the primary thing the Bible is saying is
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by your actions
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because here's the thing about this
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if you're trying to convince a woman
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to be meek and quiet
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and you're doing the opposite
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by challenging pastors
-
it's like how are you convincing people
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to be meek and quiet
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I mean it's not that complicated
-
folks
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but the thing is
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if you're going to teach anything
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then you would teach wives
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to love their husbands
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to love their children
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not to leave their husbands
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but to love them
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and so how can you say
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well you know
-
man I'm really helping ladies love their husbands
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you're telling them to leave
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like what in the world
-
and here's what I'm saying
-
that if you are going to be successful
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I mean if you're married you know this is true
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when you're married
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if you're having problems with your spouse
-
it is hard to read the Bible
-
it is hard to go soul winning
-
it is hard to serve God zealously
-
it's difficult
-
but yet when you're on the same page together
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I mean isn't it a beautiful thing
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it's a wonderful thing
-
and you're doing great things for God
-
but when you're not on the same page
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it's a disaster
-
that's the way that it is
-
and so look if you're trying to get people
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to go against their husbands
-
you're causing a disaster for them
-
how are they going to serve God zealously
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when they're just fighting with their spouse all the time
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go in your Bible to 1 Timothy chapter 5
1 Timothy 5 chapter mention
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1 Timothy chapter 5
1 Timothy 5 chapter mention
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look sometimes people get the wrong idea
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about pastors because you know
-
we get up behind the pulpit
-
and we preach the entire word of God
-
we preach what the Bible says
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and we show the word of God
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and people might get this idea
-
that in our personal lives
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we go around and tell people what to do
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I don't do that
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with people at our churches
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I don't tell them what to do in their personal life
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I mean we've got members
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people here they used to be members of our church
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I didn't go around bossing people
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telling them what to do
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I mean look I will see men at our church
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make decisions in their home that I don't agree with
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I never say anything
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you say why it's not my home
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and if he's the leader of that home
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even if I am right about something
-
he makes the rules I don't make the rules
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that's the way it works
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is why when people ask
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what do you think about this situation
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what do you think about this I'm thinking
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I'm not the authority in that home
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so what difference does it make
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it's like mind your own business in your own home
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rather than worrying about other people
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but I will always side with
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authority
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because God gave the authority
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to husbands
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God gave the authority to fathers
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God gave the authority to mothers over their kids
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when my wife says something to my kids
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it's like I will back up my kids
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I mean my wife
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I should say
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my bad
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this is going to be one of those snippets
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that gets in the preaching
-
what's really bad though
-
is when you preach sermons and you don't notice
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your gaffe
-
and then all of a sudden
-
I've had sermons I'm preaching against
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repentance of sins for salvation
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and then I say the opposite for 5 seconds in the sermon
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and it's like oh what did I do
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I preached a sermon last year
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and I think people either I misspoke
-
or they got confused and people thought
-
I used to take antidepressants
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I was like I've never been
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a depressed person
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I've never taken antidepressants
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before but I misspoke
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or people misunderstood
-
and it's like sometimes that happens
-
but it's like no my wife will
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spank our kids when they do wrong or whatever
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I support my wife in her decision
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in doing that
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because wives do have the authority over their kids
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and sometimes
-
the kids will try to pit the parents against each other
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and you've got to realize
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as husband and wife you've got to be together
-
notice what it says here in 1 Timothy chapter 5
1 Timothy 5 chapter mention
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actually here's another quote from Cassandra
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if you are the leader
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then you don't have to beat your chest
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about it
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if you do beat your chest then you probably aren't the leader
-
this is not unique to her
-
because there's a lot of people that have said something
-
pretty similar
-
but the thing is if you're the leader
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are your followers always
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100% doing
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what you want perfectly
-
so when they're not
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doing what's correct
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what do you do
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just ignore it
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and not say anything
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I mean it sounds like what Tommy does
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because he pretty much gives his wife whatever she wants
-
according to her
-
he can set the record straight if that's not true
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so what do I do
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if my kids are not doing what I say
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I punish them
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I rebuke them, I either spank them
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or rebuke them, give them a warning or whatever
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you correct it
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and even if you're doing a good job leading
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you do have to do that sometimes
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but you know what I find
-
people that say like they never fight
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with their spouse usually
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what that means is the husband
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does everything the wife wants
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because he doesn't want to fight
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he's not willing to fight and he's thinking
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if I just give her what she wants
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I don't really want this
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but you know it will get rid of this problem
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and you know what happens it just gets worse
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and worse
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and worse
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and worse
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first time in chapter 5 verse 13
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and with all they learn to be idle
-
wandering about from house to house
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and not only idle but tattlers also in busy bodies
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speaking things which they ought not
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I will therefore the younger women
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marry, bear children
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guide the house, give none occasion in the
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adversary to speak reproachfully
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for some are already turned aside after Satan
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I mean folks the Bible is not confusing here
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it says the roles
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of men and women
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men are the leaders, men are the providers
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and then the women
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are to guide the house
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marry, bear children
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guide the house
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and what I just said is like the most sexist thing
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you're ever going to hear in 2026
-
the role of women is to have
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kids, well
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correct me if I'm wrong but it doesn't just basic
-
biology kind of show you that
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the women are made to have kids
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not the men
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go in your Bible to 1 Kings 19
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1 Kings 19
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and look in the context where she's
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advising women to separate
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in situations
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here's what Cassandra says
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I'm all for reconciliation
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but there has to be repentance
-
you know what she's saying
-
let's I mean look
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this is already a long sermon
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forgive me I do back to back sermons
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in the Philippines I got to squeeze them in
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so the sermons are a little bit shorter
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it's going to be a pastor
-
Shelley linked sermon here today
-
alright
-
but I mean
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but think of judges 19
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right where she leaves the husband
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and it's just like well he should have
-
just come back on his knees
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begging forgive me for everything I did wrong
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I mean is that the way you interpret
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judges 19
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because that's pretty much what she's saying
-
she's saying husbands and wives
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getting to fight and the wife leaves
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it's like hey you know what I want them to reconcile
-
if there's repentance
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if he says I'm sorry honey
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I'll do whatever you want
-
now she'd say I'm railing
-
but that is exactly what she's saying
-
that it's always the husband's fault
-
husbands and wives getting to fight
-
they go several it's always the husband's fault
-
and then the husband
-
has to have repentance
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and say I messed up
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I'm sorry forgive me
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look I'm not advocating husbands
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being losers and derelicts
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we preach hard against sin
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let me tell you something there is no
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valid separation in the Bible
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that is just a step to getting divorced
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so why would you advise
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that
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and see you can walk it back and say well wait a minute
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I never told anybody
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to get divorced
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I said I'm against divorce yet
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when you led them down the
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road by getting them to separate
-
that is exactly what she did
-
look
-
when you're in moments of things
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being difficult in marriage
-
you need to stick strong together
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and work through it
-
look marriage is a beautiful
-
and a wonderful thing
-
and I am much happier being married
-
and God has blessed me
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with our family and my wife
-
but that does not mean that our marriage
-
is always perfect
-
and I don't want to mislead people
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that are single in this room that you get married
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and all your problems because people think
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I get married I will always be happy
-
and never have any problems
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well I mean if that's
-
what you think I mean it's like
-
good luck when you actually get married
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you need to go into it with the right
-
mindset and realize hey you know what
-
it's a beautiful thing it's a wonderful thing
-
but you got to work at it
-
and it will get better over time
-
but you will have difficult times
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and in those difficult times
-
you don't separate
-
look there are people
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that come up to me from church
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and they're having problems
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they're going through a tough time
-
and they're just wondering you know maybe
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you know for a couple months I need to focus on work
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you know she can live with her parents
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for a few months
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and it's just like and it's in the context
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of they're going through problems and I'm just like
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I don't think that's a good idea
-
it's like you can do whatever you want
-
but I don't think that's a good idea
-
because you know
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so
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it's not going to remove the problem
-
you know
-
it's going to be there when you get back
-
it's like I think you got to work through it
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and I'm never going to advise people
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to separate now here's the thing I mean
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I can't force people to make their decisions
-
they do what they want
-
but I will not advise people to separate from their spouse
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it's one step leading to divorce
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I'm all for reconciliation
-
but there has to be repentance
-
I'm all for reconciliation
-
husbands and wives are having problems
-
I'm all for them getting back together
-
I'm all for reconciliation
-
but according to her now the husbands
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got asked for forgiveness
-
and say I'm sorry in the fight
-
but number one
-
the Jezebel from the Old Testament
-
she caused her husband not to serve God
-
she causes him to sin
-
number two she fights against God's people
-
number three
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she fights against spiritual leadership
-
first Kings chapter 19 verse 1
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and Ahab told Jezebel
-
all that Elijah had done
-
and with Ohio he had slain all the prophets
-
with the sword
-
then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah saying
-
so let the gods do to me and more also
-
if I make not thy life is the life of one of them
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by tomorrow about this time
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when he saw that he arose and went for his life
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and came to be her sheba which belonged to Judah
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and left his servant there
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so you know Elijah
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great man of God
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first Kings 18
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one of the best chapters in the Bible
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and he looks like nothing's going to get him down
-
but he's human
-
he gets afraid
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Jezebel threatens his life
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and he kind of just backslides a little bit
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kind of runs for his life and out of it
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and he wishes for himself to die
-
the Bible says
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number 12
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because once again
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Jezebel was a religious woman
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she loved the false prophets
-
they ate at her table
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she was close to them
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she's very angry at the end of first Kings 18
-
when they lose and they're killed
-
she's mad about it
-
but once you realize
-
this doesn't just only exist
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with ungodly people
-
like the Jezebel the Old Testament
-
even saved Christian women can be like this
-
because notice what it says in Numbers 12 where we have Miriam
-
now I would say that Miriam in the Bible
-
is an awesome character
-
she's a great woman
-
a great character but notice what it says here in Numbers 12
-
verse 1
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and Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses
-
because the Ethiopian woman whom he had married
-
for he had married an Ethiopian woman
-
and they said
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hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses
-
hath he not spoken also by us
-
and the Lord heard it
-
now the man Moses was very meek
-
above all the men which are upon the face of the earth
-
look you know when you go forward on the story
-
God completely supports Moses
-
Moses is meek
-
he's a humble guy
-
he doesn't want to get into fight with them
-
and he lets God fight his battles
-
and then God comes through for him
-
right but in the story
-
Miriam is like well didn't God also speak by us
-
and the Bible says
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Miriam is a prophetess
-
I believe that she preached the gospel
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told people how to get to heaven
-
but does that mean she should be getting up and preaching sermons though
-
it's like didn't God speak by me
-
and it's like no
-
in fact it's kind of interesting with Aaron
-
because like Aaron you had your chance
-
you had your chance to be the leader
-
you failed
-
you messed up
-
it's like you know there you are
-
and then it's like there's a golden calf
-
it's like you did not deal with the problem
-
now here's the thing about this
-
I mean if Aaron had beat his chest
-
and dealt with it and destroyed the calf
-
said no
-
well there you go that's being a good leader
-
even though the earlier quote said
-
if you got to beat your chest you're being a bad leader
-
well I think in
-
Exodus 32 it would have made sense for Aaron
-
to just give his authority
-
and say no
-
but here you have Miriam
-
who is a godly person
-
and yet this spirit of Jezebel
-
passes upon her
-
look I'm not saying these people are getting possessed
-
with an evil spirit but I'm just saying in a symbolic sense
-
it's like
-
I'm also someone that God can speak through
-
I've also done great things
-
and she wants to have her voice too
-
well I'm sorry
-
but God did not give that authority to women
-
God shows Moses
-
and look the Bible says it's not just
-
with preaching sermons the Bible says it is a curse
-
when women roll over you
-
it is a curse
-
when women are the leaders
-
of the country and running for president
-
look I don't know who told you that
-
the Philippines is an ultra-conservative
-
old-fashioned country
-
we've had multiple female presidents
-
the current vice presidents
-
a woman it's like that's not really
-
the Philippines
-
it's like no there's a real problem
-
with feminism in the Philippines too
-
in fact I think a lot of people would say that
-
in most homes in the Philippines
-
it's the wife that's wearing the pants
-
it's not the husband
-
now the thing is we expect this from the world
-
but you know what happens in Baptist churches
-
every Baptist church
-
will say
-
we believe husbands
-
are the head of the home
-
because the Bible is really clear on it
-
it's kind of like a running joke though
-
because it's not really true
-
it's like they say that
-
but then it's not really true
-
in practice
-
it's like well then how are you saying
-
that husbands are the leader
-
when you're not actually practicing
-
what you're claiming
-
go in your Bible
-
to 1 Kings 21
-
look
-
it's bad enough
-
to try to get in marriages
-
and get women
-
to separate from their husbands
-
but
-
when you're trying to call out
-
pastors of churches that are doing great
-
works for God
-
it's like why don't you just keep your mouth shut
-
it's just like don't you have enough enemies
-
it's just like
-
I'm not exactly the most confrontational person
-
although I guess I'm kind of heading that direction
-
but it's just like
-
why are you calling out like pastors
-
you know I thought
-
that being a pastor is for men
-
could we all agree on that
-
well I'm sorry but if you're not a man
-
you don't get to have an opinion
-
I mean isn't that her logic
-
it's like
-
men can't have an opinion on
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women's issues well why do you have an opinion
-
on what it means to be a pastor
-
because you're not a man
-
you don't know what it's like
-
to be a pastor
-
now I can't say she doesn't know
-
what it's like to be a leader because she's leading her home
-
what can I say
-
but
-
why are you calling out other pastors
-
like why don't you worry about your own life
-
it's like you're going outside the realm of just trying to teach women
-
now you're trying to just rebuke pastors
-
right
-
first king 21
-
number one
-
the Jezebel the Old Testament she causes her husband
-
not to serve God she causes her husband to sin
-
number two she fights against God's people
-
number three she fights against spiritual leadership
-
number four
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she promotes sin
-
now notice what it says here in 1 Kings 21 verse 4
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and Ahab came into his house
-
heavy in displease because of the word
-
which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him
-
he had said
-
I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers
-
and he laid him down upon his bed and turned away his face
-
and would eat no bread
-
but Jezebel's wife came to him and said unto him
-
why is thy spirit so sad that thou eatest no bread
-
he said unto her
-
because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite
-
and said unto him give me thy vineyard for money
-
or else if it pleased thee
-
I will give thee another vineyard for it and he answered
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I will not give thee my vineyard
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now doesn't this just sound like a little kid
-
that just didn't get the toy
-
he wanted
-
it's like I wanted the green toy not the blue toy
-
I mean this is what happens
-
when you have everything that you want in life
-
it's always given to you he's complaining
-
I didn't get this vineyard
-
and Jezebel's wife said unto him
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does thou now govern the kingdom of Israel
-
it's like well not really
-
I mean you kind of do honey right
-
does thou now govern the kingdom of Israel
-
arise and eat bread
-
and let thine heart be merry
-
I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite
-
now look she doesn't say
-
what she's going to do
-
but obviously Ahab realizes
-
okay something wicked is going to be done
-
he's aware of that
-
burst in
-
and set two men sons of Belia
-
which is a term for children of the devil
-
reprobates before him to bear witness against them
-
saying thou didst blaspheme God
-
and the king and then carry him out
-
and stone him that he may die
-
and the men of the city even the elders
-
and the nobles who were the inhabitants in the city
-
did as Jezebel had sent onto them
-
and as it was written in the letters which she had sent onto them
-
they proclaimed to fast
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and set Naboth on high among the people
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and there came in two men children of Belia
-
and sat before him and the men of Belia
-
witnessed against him even against Naboth
-
and the presence of the people saying
-
Naboth did blaspheme God and the king
-
then they carried him forth out of the city
-
and stoneed him with stones that he died
-
now look the average person
-
is not going to give a false witness
-
to get somebody put to death
-
but it's not true
-
it'd be a pretty extreme thing
-
for an average person to do
-
but of course if you're a child of the devil
-
you don't have a conscience
-
you don't feel bad about it
-
and so she gets two reprobates to do this
-
and so there's not just
-
her that's responsible
-
he's responsible because he knew something wicked is going to happen
-
what you're seeing is this woman Jezebel
-
what is she doing she's promoting sin
-
she's doing wicked things herself
-
she's not even just causing her husband to do wrong
-
she's doing wrong
-
she's doing wicked
-
okay now go on your bow to 1 Corinthians 7
-
1 Corinthians 7
-
now in the context
-
of her talking about separating from your husband
-
it's like how can we call this
-
godly advice when you're making videos
-
talking on and on about separating
-
from your husband
-
here's what she says
-
there is no shame
-
in seeking help
-
Mary and Joseph and other examples
-
because you think your life is in danger
-
I mean just think of the stories that they're giving
-
actual examples
-
where people are being killed versus you're married
-
you get into a fight
-
and it's like well you're afraid for your life so just leave
-
there's no shame in that
-
it's not wrong don't feel bad about it
-
forget about the preaching forget about what it says in the Bible
-
about staying married
-
just you know don't feel bad
-
your life's threatened just leave
-
I mean is this not the same feminist garbage you hear
-
from any ungodly and wicked person
-
just justifying leaving
-
your spouse
-
she says
-
no shame in getting help from cops
-
the Bible talks
-
about protecting yourself
-
well certainly not why is getting help from cops
-
pretty stupid but it's like
-
no why are you bringing them into that situation
-
it's like you work it out yourself
-
she says
-
it's so hard
-
for women in abusive relationships
-
to see there is a way out
-
and you know
-
there's kind of statements in between
-
she says you can find a good pastor
-
maybe the man wants to stop but that is the pattern
-
that he has grown up seeing you know what she's trying to do
-
with that statement you can tell in context
-
she's subtly trying to get people
-
leave new IFB churches
-
that's what she's saying
-
she's saying just leave churches like faithful word
-
leave churches where there are two
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over the top with men being
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in the authority just leave those places
-
right
-
and then in the context here
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it says
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another quote
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you should obey the law of the land
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because the land determines it
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to be rape okay this in the context
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talk about marital rape
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and look you know she's condemning
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husbands and wives being physically together
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which goes back to the original thing
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but I want you to just think about this logically
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for a second because the Bible is very clear
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notice what it says 1 Corinthians 7 verse 3
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let the husband
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render unto the wife due benevolence
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and likewise also the wife unto the husband
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the wife hath not power of her own body
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but the husband and likewise also the husband
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hath not power of his own body but the wife
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defraud you not one the other
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except if you have consent for a time
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that you may give yourselves a fasting and prayer
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and come together again that Satan tempts you not
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for your incontinence so what the Bible is saying here in context
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is that husbands and wives should have a normal
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relationship and that does include
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the physical part of marriage
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say the catholic church says
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well you know Mary was perpetually a virgin
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man talk about a miserable marriage
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that Joseph married into
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I literally
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heard this in the Philippines it's like
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because they're more serious about their idolatry
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over there and you know
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it's like if you're having problems
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with intimacy in your marriage
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then you should pray to the saint Joseph
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because he knows what you're going through
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and it's like
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bizarre I mean the Bible is super clear
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obviously they had a normal relationship
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okay
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but here's the thing about this the Bible says
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men and women should render dubent evidence
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look I actually know of situations where it's actually the opposite
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where the men refuse
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and the wife wants to have a normal relationship
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she loves God wants to have a normal relationship
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and then the husband is the one that's refusing
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that's wicked it's wrong
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and it's wicked the other way as well
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if the wife is refusing
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now look obviously there's
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a little bit of common sense here
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obviously if one of the spouses
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is really sick
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and really feeling bad
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it's like obviously you're going to comfort them
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and try to take care of them
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okay but when
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a wife is just refusing week after week
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after week after week
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who is the person the Bible is saying
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is in sin
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who's clearly
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directly not gray
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area in sin
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that would be the wife
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because the Bible says she is
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to render dubent evidence
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and yet in that video
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she gives a passing comment
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I think
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I think she said like
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six months or something like that I could be wrong
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but she just kind of says it in passing
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if the wife is refusing for a long time
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yeah I don't think that's right I don't think she should do that
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but it's just like you spent like
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a long time condemning like marital rape
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well here's the thing about this
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would a guy do that
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if the wife is just giving a normal relationship
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just think about this logically
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the wife sins
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by refusing the relationship
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with her husband
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she's the one at fault
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if she gave him
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a normal relationship
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then there wouldn't be an issue at all
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but you know it is an issue
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because in marriages
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people try to weaponize the physical relationship
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against their spouse
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and so look when you're siding
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with the side that is sinful
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and wrong on many things
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on separation
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on women refusing to be intimate
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with their husband
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it's just like you are promoting sin
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you are promoting sin
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and you're justifying wicked people
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you're justifying wicked people
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that are in rebellion and sin
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in fornication right now
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yes you are promoting sin
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and accepting people committing sin
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outside of marriage
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and giving a pass on that
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and saying nothing negative
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and being friends with all of them online
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and yet you're condemning people
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that are just in a normal relationship
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that's exactly what you're doing
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now turn your Bible to 2 Kings chapter 9
2 Kings 9 chapter mention
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2 Kings chapter 9
2 Kings 9 chapter mention
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and here's the problem with this
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when people just blow off
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their mouth all the time
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you know what happens
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even if you're against it
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it can still affect you
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think about someone who's in a bad church
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hearing a false gospel over and over again
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it can start to affect them
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they can start making some weird statements
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now there's obviously a line
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where you're not going to cross there
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but I'm just saying
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they're going to start to get confused on stuff
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you can't just allow it
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well I was like eat the meat and spit out the bones
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yeah well that's good advice
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if like 99% of the meat
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is meat and not bones
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I hate eating meat
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where it's like it takes 30 minutes
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because it's filled full of bones
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it doesn't matter how good it is
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I'm too lazy to just spend all that time
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and it's like yeah you know what
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with preaching it's like you search the scriptures
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to see whether the things are so
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because no matter who it is preaching
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we're going to make mistakes
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you figure it out for yourself
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you read the Bible but it's just like
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most of it is actually good information
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you know you listen to this garbage
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over and over again it will start to affect you
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it becomes so common
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that it will start to feel normal
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the process of normalization
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it's kind of like in India
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people bow down to a cow
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is that normal? no it's not
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but it will start to feel normal
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I mean when I first moved to the Philippines
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I mean Idolatry was pretty crazy to me
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now I'm just kind of used to it
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sad to say in the Philippines
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when I first moved there
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I mean seeing a man wearing a dress
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I mean I was like what in the world
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but you see it everywhere
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there's a lot of cross-dressers in the Philippines
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it's very high up in the LGBT culture
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and you see it all the time
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you kind of just get used to it
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and the thing is
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when you hear somebody saying
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so many stupid things
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and all this feminist garbage
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you know what takes place?
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eventually it slowly starts to affect women
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it's crazy
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I don't really follow honestly
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issues in America as much
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with politics and stuff
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I talked to my mom several times a week
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so she'll fill me in
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and it's just like this Lindsay Clancy case
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it's like what in the world
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when people are defending a woman
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who murdered her children
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so pastor how should they deal with it
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she should already be dead
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the death penalty
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end of story
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as far as I know she didn't deny doing it
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so why are we even having a debate about it
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and yet there's all these women
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just trying to defend her
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and look
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when this garbage comes into a local church
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you know what takes place
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it will start to affect the people at church
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I'll be honest with you
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I'm a little bit late to the party
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when it comes to preaching against feminism
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because honestly a year and a half ago
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I was like you know why is there so much preaching
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on feminism is it really that big of an issue
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maybe it wasn't as big in the Philippines but now I'm like
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okay my eyes are awake
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okay I was wrong
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I get it
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and here's the thing when you're a pastor
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one of your jobs is to really just be
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I mean you're vigilant you're ready for anything
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it's kind of like this
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you know I remember just you know going back
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over a decade ago you know a lot of my family
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thought I was really extreme against the LGBT
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but they kind of changed their mind
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it's like you know every time I talk to the mom
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she just tells me how much she hates the LGBT
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I'm thinking mom it's
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amen
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it's like because
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it's gone so far
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that it's obvious
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and the thing is
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when it starts at the beginning it's like
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oh it seems small doesn't seem like
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is that really that big of a deal
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but then it gets worse and worse
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and worse and worse
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and then it's just like front and center
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before your face like man feminism is just
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like all around us
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and in fundamental Baptist churches
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fighting against male leadership in the homes
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what's the end of Jezebel in the Old Testament
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2 Kings 9 verse 30
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and when Jehu was
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coming to Jezebel
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heard of it and she painted her face
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and tired her head and looked out of the window
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and as Jehu entered into the gate she said
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had Zimri peace
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who slew his master
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and so basically she's wicked
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and evil she's like well you know what if you kill me
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you're not going to have any peace
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just trying to say whatever to just
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get out of the situation so she's not killed
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and Jezebel is destroyed
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and you know for
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for all of time
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the name Jezebel
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is going to be known as the most evil woman
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that has ever existed
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the number one name
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that is evil and known as wicked
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is Jezebel
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we got a Revelation chapter 2 we're going to close up
Revelation 2 chapter mention
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Revelation 2
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and you know what this really comes down to is just a matter of
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authority
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there's God
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given authority in the Bible
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look
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I am not a perfect husband
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I am not a perfect father
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but I am the one
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who makes the rules in my home
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because I am the leader
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I make the decisions
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I make the rules and here's the thing
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I might disagree with things
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that you do in your home
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but you have the authority
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as the husband
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and let me tell you something men
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if your wives are being
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rebellious and just starting to promote
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this feminist sort of garbage
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you have to put a stop to it
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it's going to get worse and worse
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and here's the thing about it she's not going to be happy
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being this rebellious Jezebel
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she's not
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the way that God designed
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is women to have a meek and quiet spirit
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in the sight of God it's a great price
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let me tell you something in the sight of your husband
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it's a great price
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not fighting against your husband
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not fighting it's all
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but no having a meek and quiet spirit
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and here's the thing ladies
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you are going to be happier doing that
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than just being like I am woman
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hear me roar
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that's not going to make you happy
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it's going to make you miserable
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look I would say a lot of us that are in this room
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like my wife is a very smart woman
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and I'm sure that a lot of guys here
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say man my wife is very smart
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and look you know sometimes my wife is right about things
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like she has the right opinion
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but the thing is I do make the decisions in my home
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it's not a matter of
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who's right in the situation
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it is a matter of authority
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and God given authority
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I've had jobs before where my boss
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asked me to do something and inside my head
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I'm thinking you know what
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I don't think that's a good idea
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you say what do you do
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I just do what he says
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because I don't make the rules
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I'm not the boss
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it doesn't matter if I'm right
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it's like I don't make the rules
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and when it comes to God given authority
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the God given authority
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is the one that makes the rules
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Revelation chapter 2 verse 20
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notwithstanding
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I have a few things against thee
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because I'll suffer that woman Jezebel
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which called herself a prophetess
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to teach and seduce my servants to commit fornication
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to eat things sacrifice and idols
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and I gave her space to repent of her fornication
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and she repented not
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you know sometimes you think man you know
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pastors are like too long suffering
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they give people a lot of chances
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but you know God's long suffering
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and honestly you know one of the things
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is when you kick somebody out of church
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you kind of want it to be super obvious
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where everybody's in agreement with you
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rather than it being in the gray area
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but she's given a space
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to repent of her fornication
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and she repented not
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and says behold I will cast her
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into a bed and them that commit adultery
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with her into great tribulation
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except they repent of their deeds
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and I'll kill her children with death
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and all the churches shall know that I am he
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which searcheth the reins and hearts
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and I'll give them to every one of you according to your works
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look we're seeing a bona fide church
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this is not a Pentecostal church
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this is not a Catholic church
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you're looking at a fundamental
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Baptist type of church
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you're looking at a church that is a legitimate church
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a real church
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and yet in a real church
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even going back 2,000 years ago
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this spirit of feminism
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can actually come in
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how much more in 2,026
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wives be meek
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be quiet
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follow your husbands
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love your husbands
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stand by your pastor in these fights
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and stand by authority
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stand by God
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given authority
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thank you for allowing us to be here today
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and I ask you to help all of the couples
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that are in this room
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for the wives to be submissive
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and to love their husbands
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to be a meek and quiet woman
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ask you to help all the men be the proper leaders
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and take authority in their homes
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and to also love their wives God
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and ask you to continue to bless this church
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and help us apply this sermon to our lives
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in Jesus' name we pray amen