Disconnect From Discord

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Thanks for listening to our podcast and 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:06.280 thanks for supporting the ministry. 0:01:06.400 --> 0:01:08.760 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:10.319 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:01:10.640 --> 0:01:13.360 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:20.679 your life. 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:26.320 Will God bless you? 0:01:26.840 --> 0:01:29.440 It's a joy to come into your homes, and if 0:01:29.480 --> 0:01:32.160 you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:34.720 a part of one of our services. I promise you 0:01:34.920 --> 0:01:37.680 we'll make you feel right at home. I like to 0:01:37.720 --> 0:01:40.520 start with something funny, and I heard about this pastor 0:01:40.959 --> 0:01:43.920 he decided to skip church one Sunday morning and go 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:44.600 play golf. 0:01:45.120 --> 0:01:46.440 He told his assistant that. 0:01:46.440 --> 0:01:49.480 He wasn't feeling well and drove to a golf course 0:01:49.520 --> 0:01:52.760 in another city where nobody would know him. He teed 0:01:52.760 --> 0:01:56.120 off on the first hole, a huge gust of wind 0:01:56.520 --> 0:01:59.800 caught his ball, carried it an extra one hundred yards, 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:02.520 and dropped it right in the hole for a four 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:03.920 hundred and fifty yard. 0:02:03.800 --> 0:02:04.440 Hold in one. 0:02:05.080 --> 0:02:07.360 An angel looked at God and said, what did you 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:10.560 do that for? God smiled and said, who's he going 0:02:10.600 --> 0:02:13.960 to tell? Say it like you mean it. 0:02:14.360 --> 0:02:16.919 This is my Bible. I am what it says. 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:19.840 I am, I have what it says I have, I 0:02:19.880 --> 0:02:22.400 can do what it says I can do today. 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:24.480 I will be taught the word of God. 0:02:24.880 --> 0:02:29.480 I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:33.680 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:36.760 bless you. I want to talk to you today about 0:02:37.120 --> 0:02:42.040 disconnect from discord. We all have people that are trying 0:02:42.040 --> 0:02:45.440 to get us riled up. They complain about the company, 0:02:45.960 --> 0:02:52.040 exaggerate problems, spread the latest gossip. They are professional troublemakers. 0:02:52.520 --> 0:02:55.960 If you allow them to draw you in, before long 0:02:56.160 --> 0:02:59.640 you'll be upset, focused on the wrong, bitter over what 0:02:59.639 --> 0:03:03.320 you're getting. But one of the things the scripture says 0:03:03.600 --> 0:03:08.120 that God hates is when a person sows discord. That's 0:03:08.160 --> 0:03:11.960 someone that's always stirring up trouble, trying to incite you 0:03:12.160 --> 0:03:12.959 to unrest. 0:03:13.480 --> 0:03:17.160 You can be perfectly happy, you have a great job, but. 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:21.480 They start planning these seeds of discontentment, things like, hey, 0:03:21.800 --> 0:03:23.720 you know you're not really treated right there. 0:03:24.200 --> 0:03:25.840 You should be making more money. 0:03:26.360 --> 0:03:30.120 Have you noticed how everyone gets promoted accept you. They're 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:33.480 not interested in your well being, They're just trying to 0:03:33.520 --> 0:03:38.000 get you stirred up. Paul said in Romans, I urge 0:03:38.000 --> 0:03:42.680 you watch out for those that cause division, stay away 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:47.080 from them. They're not serving Christ, they're only serving themselves. 0:03:48.000 --> 0:03:49.760 Don't let them poison you. 0:03:50.280 --> 0:03:53.520 Don't let that discord get in you. You have to 0:03:53.560 --> 0:03:58.040 be careful who you take advice from. Be careful who 0:03:58.080 --> 0:04:02.880 you let influence you. Are they healthy, productive, Do they 0:04:02.920 --> 0:04:08.360 have good judgment, clear vision? Or are they discontent bitter 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:12.480 living from a place of offense. Most of the people 0:04:12.840 --> 0:04:16.120 that are so in discord have issues. 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:17.000 That they're not dealing with. 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:21.360 They're jealous of others, that's why they talk bad behind 0:04:21.360 --> 0:04:25.039 their backs. Or they've been hurt, they've gone through things 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:29.039 that are not fair. They haven't forgiven, they haven't moved on. 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:33.479 That's why they see everything from a bitter perspective. Or 0:04:33.520 --> 0:04:37.880 they have regrets, they've made mistakes. They're mad at themselves. 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:40.560 They don't want you to be happy. That's why they're 0:04:40.600 --> 0:04:44.680 always stirring up the negative. Before you get riled up, 0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:46.440 consider the source. 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:48.880 Healthy people don't go. 0:04:48.920 --> 0:04:53.839 Around stirring up trouble. Secure people don't talk bad behind 0:04:53.880 --> 0:04:54.840 other people's back. 0:04:55.200 --> 0:04:56.720 They celebrate their success. 0:04:57.440 --> 0:05:01.720 Grateful people don't focus on what's wrong. They don't find faults. 0:05:02.000 --> 0:05:09.000 They're grateful to be alive. If someone is constantly disgruntled, bitter, jealous, 0:05:09.160 --> 0:05:13.960 bringing division. That's a sure sign they're not for you. 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:18.159 Your time is too valuable to let them poison your spirit. 0:05:19.040 --> 0:05:22.359 Don't sit there and listen to them gossip about the 0:05:22.400 --> 0:05:23.520 friends they're jealous of. 0:05:24.160 --> 0:05:26.599 Tell you how you're not being treated right. 0:05:27.120 --> 0:05:29.520 This other person would be a much better spouse than 0:05:29.560 --> 0:05:32.880 the one you have now. They are not healthy enough 0:05:33.040 --> 0:05:34.440 to give you good advice. 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:39.599 Be kind, be respectful, but be gone. Don't hang around them. 0:05:40.520 --> 0:05:45.080 If God hates when someone sows discord, then I'm going 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:49.520 to distance myself from what God hates because I need 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:52.840 God's blessings. We need his favor. We need him to 0:05:52.880 --> 0:05:57.320 open doors that we can't open. Someone says in the Amplified, 0:05:57.720 --> 0:06:01.080 don't sit inactive in the path. 0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:01.960 Of the ungodly. 0:06:02.680 --> 0:06:05.719 That means don't go to lunch every day with people 0:06:05.720 --> 0:06:09.039 that bad mouth the boss, especially if you work here. 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:13.800 Don't spend an hour on the phone with that friend 0:06:14.160 --> 0:06:16.400 that gossips about all your other friends. 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:19.839 Don't hang out with that colleague that brings. 0:06:19.560 --> 0:06:22.640 Out the worst in you, convinces you how bad your 0:06:22.680 --> 0:06:25.880 life is. And it's one thing when someone wants to 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:29.200 correct a problem. There are times we need to talk 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:31.520 about a situation at home at work. 0:06:32.000 --> 0:06:34.200 I'm not saying to not address issues. 0:06:34.560 --> 0:06:37.400 If someone brings something up that they're just a troublemaker, 0:06:38.080 --> 0:06:40.880 they can do it with right motives and it's helpful. 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:45.600 But that's very different from someone that's just stirring up trouble, 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:51.520 exaggerating the wrong, bringing strife and division. The enemy loves 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:55.640 when we're divided. He loves when we're fighting in our homes, 0:06:56.200 --> 0:07:00.880 intermoil at the office. This coworker's mad at the we're 0:07:01.000 --> 0:07:04.400 jealous of this friend, bitter over how we were treated. 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:09.040 We're playing right into his hand. There's no power when 0:07:09.080 --> 0:07:13.440 we're divided. The power comes when we're in unity. 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:15.800 Stay away from troublemakers. 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:19.360 Keep your distance from people that are stirring you up. 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:23.520 You cannot sit inactive with people that are so in 0:07:23.640 --> 0:07:28.480 discontentment and stay in peace and have healthy relationships at 0:07:28.520 --> 0:07:33.080 the same time. Proverb says, if you walk with wise men, 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:37.160 you will become wise, but if you associate with fools, 0:07:37.440 --> 0:07:38.600 you'll be foolish. 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:42.960 You're going to become like the people you're around. If 0:07:43.000 --> 0:07:44.640 you're spending time. 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:49.200 With sowers of discord, disgruntle people, fault finders bitter. 0:07:49.680 --> 0:07:52.560 Those same qualities are going to rub off on you. 0:07:53.320 --> 0:07:56.720 And sometimes the reason we're having difficulties, the reason we 0:07:56.800 --> 0:08:00.720 have dysfunction, it's not the enemy, it's the people. 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:04.840 We're choosing to be around. We're listening to the wrong voices. 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:08.200 I've made up my mind. I'm not going to listen 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:11.080 to gossip. I'm not going to let that poison in 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:14.119 my spirit. Well, can I tell you what I heard 0:08:14.240 --> 0:08:17.840 about so and so. It's really juicy. You won't believe 0:08:17.880 --> 0:08:20.520 what they did. No thanks, I'm not going to be 0:08:20.560 --> 0:08:25.840 a participator with the sower of discord. Your ears are 0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:30.160 not garbage cans to fill with a bunch of trash. Well, Joel, 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:33.200 what they're saying is true. You can't hide your head 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:36.360 in the sand. Yes, but ask yourself, what is it 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:39.880 going to benefit you? What purpose is it going to 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:43.400 serve for you to know that? If it's only to 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:45.480 have a bad opinion of them, then. 0:08:45.360 --> 0:08:46.439 You don't need to hear it. 0:08:47.040 --> 0:08:52.079 The scripture says love covers a fault, love covers a weakness. 0:08:52.600 --> 0:08:56.400 Is it covering or is it exposing? If it's just 0:08:56.559 --> 0:08:58.480 exposing showing. 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:01.160 Their faults, then it's not from me I'm gonna keep 0:09:01.160 --> 0:09:03.520 my heart pure. I'm not going to be a part 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:07.000 of sowing discord, of making somebody else look bad. 0:09:07.960 --> 0:09:09.559 Proverb sixteen says. 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:15.120 A person that constantly stirs up trouble will suddenly be destroyed. 0:09:15.920 --> 0:09:18.640 Doesn't mean you'll lose your life, but your dreams won't 0:09:18.679 --> 0:09:22.120 come to pass, you won't have good relationships, you'll miss 0:09:22.160 --> 0:09:26.480 your destiny. That's why Paul you such strong language. I 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:30.560 urge you stay away from those that cause division, he 0:09:30.720 --> 0:09:33.440 was saying, I implore you, I challenge you. 0:09:33.760 --> 0:09:36.839 He knew it would keep us from becoming what we 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:37.720 were created to be. 0:09:38.640 --> 0:09:42.640 And sometimes it's just subtle things that can plant these 0:09:42.720 --> 0:09:46.920 seeds of discontentment. A friend comes up says, my husband 0:09:46.920 --> 0:09:49.559 bought me this beautiful bracelet for my birthday. 0:09:50.080 --> 0:09:52.240 What did your husband get you? 0:09:52.240 --> 0:09:54.200 You don't tell them, but all you got was a 0:09:54.240 --> 0:09:56.480 small box of chocolates. 0:09:56.200 --> 0:09:57.920 On seal from Walmart. 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:01.280 She goes on to say, he brings me breakfast in 0:10:01.320 --> 0:10:02.320 bed every morning. 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:05.000 He sends me fresh flowers every week. 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:08.760 He writes poetry and takes me on picnics by the lake. 0:10:09.160 --> 0:10:10.680 If you keep dwelling on that. 0:10:11.000 --> 0:10:14.520 Thoughts, you're gonna tell you you're at a disadvantage. It's 0:10:14.559 --> 0:10:16.760 time to trade that old goat. I mean that husband 0:10:16.800 --> 0:10:19.800 in he's not treating you right. You don't have to 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:23.560 put up with all of this. Don't compare your life 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:24.959 to anyone. 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:26.199 Else's run your race. 0:10:27.520 --> 0:10:31.680 I'll admit I'm not the most romantic person in the world, 0:10:31.960 --> 0:10:35.840 but I remind Victoria, you didn't marry Romeo, you marry Jolio. 0:10:37.720 --> 0:10:39.040 That's corny. 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:44.120 If you make the mistake of comparing your situation, you're 0:10:44.160 --> 0:10:48.400 going to be disgruntled because there will always be somebody 0:10:48.440 --> 0:10:52.040 that's ahead of you, somebody that has it better, somebody 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:55.000 that makes it look like you're at a disadvantage. But 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:59.040 can I tell you somebody has it worse. Somebody would 0:10:59.080 --> 0:11:02.520 gladly take that husband. Somebody would love to have the 0:11:02.559 --> 0:11:05.400 wife that you've gotten sour with. They'd love to have 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:10.520 your job. Don't let people talk you into being disgruntled sour. 0:11:10.920 --> 0:11:13.040 You got to put your foot down and say I 0:11:13.080 --> 0:11:16.920 will not let these seeds of discontentment take root in 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:20.120 my life. I will not let this poison my spirit. 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:23.360 I am grateful for what I have. I'm blessed to 0:11:23.400 --> 0:11:26.280 have a job. I'm blessed to have a spouse. I'm 0:11:26.320 --> 0:11:29.760 blessed to be alive. If you don't stay on the offensive, 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:31.320 subtle things. 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:32.559 Can sour you. 0:11:32.559 --> 0:11:36.520 You can be coming to Lakewood, happy, enjoying the services, 0:11:36.760 --> 0:11:40.160 and a friend says, do you really like parking that 0:11:40.280 --> 0:11:44.280 far away? Don't you think the service is a little 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:48.080 too long? That music was a little too loud? I 0:11:48.160 --> 0:11:50.880 mean I came last week. I didn't get anything out 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:56.600 of the message when Dr polspo You've been volunteering there 0:11:56.679 --> 0:12:00.000 for years. When was the last time they told you 0:12:00.120 --> 0:12:03.920 thank you? It's been that long. Do you really think 0:12:03.960 --> 0:12:07.400 they appreciate you and you're still there? You know what 0:12:07.440 --> 0:12:11.640 that is a sower of discord, someone trying to get 0:12:11.679 --> 0:12:13.960 you stirred up so you see your. 0:12:13.880 --> 0:12:17.120 Situation in a negative light. Don't take that bait. 0:12:18.200 --> 0:12:20.840 In junior high I played on the basketball team and 0:12:21.360 --> 0:12:23.760 one game I was on the bench and a good 0:12:23.760 --> 0:12:26.240 friend of mine was sitting next to me. I'd known 0:12:26.280 --> 0:12:28.559 him my whole life, and I knew I could get 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:31.520 him riled up. I didn't mean anything wrong. I just 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:33.880 kind of bored and wanted to have fun. So when 0:12:33.960 --> 0:12:37.079 the referee called a foul on our team, I turned 0:12:37.080 --> 0:12:39.880 to him and said that was a terrible call. I 0:12:39.920 --> 0:12:42.600 can't believe that was a foul. You need to say something, 0:12:42.960 --> 0:12:44.120 he shouted, Come. 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:45.760 On, ref, open your eyes. 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:48.800 I couldn't believe he shouted that loud, and I thought, 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:52.280 if he's this gullible, I'll try something more. The next foul, 0:12:52.840 --> 0:12:53.719 I nudged him and. 0:12:53.720 --> 0:12:58.320 Said that was ridiculous. He shouted, all my goodness, ref, 0:12:58.559 --> 0:12:59.560 this is terrible. 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:02.200 I kept hagging him on. Tell him I've never seen 0:13:02.240 --> 0:13:03.280 anything so unfair. 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:05.559 This is not right. Got him all worked up. 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:08.920 The next foul, he jumped up off the bench, took 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:12.480 a couple of steps onto the court and started shouting 0:13:12.559 --> 0:13:15.280 at the reft Our coach looked at him like he 0:13:15.320 --> 0:13:16.320 had lost his mind. 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:19.760 He said, son, what in the world are you doing. 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:22.720 Go to the locker room. My friend looked at me. 0:13:22.960 --> 0:13:25.640 I kept looking straight ahead, as in this and as 0:13:25.679 --> 0:13:28.200 can be in a few minutes. 0:13:28.640 --> 0:13:32.400 I was in the game, playing having fun while he 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:33.920 was stuck in the locker room. 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:36.480 That's what happens in life. 0:13:36.720 --> 0:13:40.719 We let people get us riled up, talked into being discontent, 0:13:41.520 --> 0:13:46.080 arguing with someone having a bad attitude. Because we're sour, 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:51.040 our relationships suffer. We don't get the promotion. Nobody wants 0:13:51.040 --> 0:13:54.320 to be around us. The people that provoked us, they're 0:13:54.360 --> 0:13:57.959 still enjoying the game. Are you letting someone get you 0:13:58.000 --> 0:14:04.000 stirred up, causing you to be jealous, offended, disgruntled. Recognize 0:14:04.040 --> 0:14:08.280 what's happening. They're so in discord into your life. Don't 0:14:08.320 --> 0:14:12.439 sit inactive with people that bring out the worst. Stay 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:16.200 away from those that are causing division, convincing you of 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:20.320 everything wrong with your spouse, with your job, with your life. 0:14:20.880 --> 0:14:24.840 Don't let their poison cause you to make decisions where 0:14:24.880 --> 0:14:26.880 you get sent to the locker room. 0:14:27.480 --> 0:14:28.720 Numbers, Chapter sixteen. 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:33.240 A man named Cora was disgruntled with Moses. He didn't 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:35.920 like that Moses was the leader, that he was getting 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:39.680 all the credit. He conspired with two other men to 0:14:39.760 --> 0:14:43.640 start a rebellion against Moses. They rounded up two hundred 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:47.760 and fifty people. He said in verse three, Moses, you've 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:51.840 gone too far. Everyone in Israel has been set apart 0:14:51.840 --> 0:14:55.040 for the Lord. What right do you have to act 0:14:55.160 --> 0:14:56.720 like you're better than all of us? 0:14:57.440 --> 0:14:59.000 He was questioning. 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:02.600 Moses' leadership, whether God had called him. The truth is 0:15:03.080 --> 0:15:06.680 Cora was jealous of Moses. He had seen the favor 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:10.160 on his life. He went to these other leaders and 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:14.240 started so in discord. Hey, Moses is not that hot. 0:15:14.600 --> 0:15:17.280 He's just trying to take all the credit. You should 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:18.880 be up there, I should be up there. 0:15:19.000 --> 0:15:19.880 This is not right. 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:25.680 There's nothing God dislikes anymore than people that bring division. 0:15:26.440 --> 0:15:29.880 If there's something you don't like about your job, your boss, 0:15:30.000 --> 0:15:33.240 your friends, your church, the right thing to do is 0:15:33.280 --> 0:15:36.880 to go to the people in charge and express your concerns. 0:15:37.480 --> 0:15:40.440 The wrong thing to do is to talk bad behind 0:15:40.440 --> 0:15:44.360 their backs, stir up trouble, try to exaggerate things that 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:47.280 you don't like, try to get other people on board. 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:51.000 At some point, a coral will come to you. 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:56.120 Bad mouth the boss, complain about the company, talk about a. 0:15:56.080 --> 0:15:57.160 Friend they're jealous of. 0:15:58.040 --> 0:16:03.160 A sower of discord is not happy unless they contaminate others. 0:16:03.920 --> 0:16:05.960 Don't sit there inactive. 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:08.680 You have to be bold and say no, thanks, this 0:16:08.880 --> 0:16:09.600 is not for me. 0:16:10.680 --> 0:16:14.680 Cora ended up talking two hundred and fifty men into 0:16:14.760 --> 0:16:22.080 being discontent. I could understand if Moses was arrogant, domineering, rude. 0:16:22.200 --> 0:16:23.600 But he was just the opposite. 0:16:23.960 --> 0:16:26.600 The scripture says he was the most humble man in 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:29.200 all the earth. He wasn't trying to take the credit. 0:16:29.840 --> 0:16:33.320 He said to Kora, you're not revolting against me, You're 0:16:33.360 --> 0:16:38.280 revolting against God. When people are jealous of you, they 0:16:38.280 --> 0:16:40.720 try to discredit you, make you look bad. 0:16:41.200 --> 0:16:42.840 You don't have to fight that battle. 0:16:43.440 --> 0:16:46.840 They may think they're coming against you, they don't realize 0:16:46.880 --> 0:16:49.200 they're coming against the God who put the. 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:50.680 Blessing in favor on you. 0:16:52.440 --> 0:16:56.320 Moses told Kora that the next day God would show 0:16:56.360 --> 0:16:57.440 them who was in charge. 0:16:57.880 --> 0:16:59.200 He instructed Cora to. 0:16:59.200 --> 0:17:01.480 Bring the two one hundred and fifty liters and they 0:17:01.480 --> 0:17:02.000 would meet. 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:05.960 Verse nineteen says that Corus stirred. 0:17:05.680 --> 0:17:11.040 Up the entire community against Moses. It's amazing how quickly 0:17:11.520 --> 0:17:15.040 disunity can spread. If you're not going to let that 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:18.480 discord get in you, you have to go against the grain. 0:17:19.200 --> 0:17:21.840 The whole city turned against Moses. 0:17:22.240 --> 0:17:23.879 It all started. 0:17:23.600 --> 0:17:28.000 Because one man was disgruntled. The next morning, Moses went 0:17:28.080 --> 0:17:31.320 to Coorra's tenth. The two men that conspired with them 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:35.480 lived next door. They were all standing outside with their families. 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:39.399 Moses said in verse twenty eight, by this you will 0:17:39.440 --> 0:17:42.119 know that the Lord has sent me to do the 0:17:42.160 --> 0:17:46.200 things I've done. While he was still speaking, the ground 0:17:46.359 --> 0:17:51.440 opened up. An earthquake swallowed those three men, all their families, 0:17:51.480 --> 0:17:55.160 their tents, their belongings, then closed back up. The two 0:17:55.240 --> 0:17:57.880 hundred and fifty men that had joined the revolt. 0:17:58.200 --> 0:18:01.000 They took off running. I don't blame them. 0:18:01.320 --> 0:18:05.760 Suddenly a bolt of lightning wipe them all out. God 0:18:05.840 --> 0:18:09.359 doesn't play around when it comes to stirring up trouble. 0:18:09.920 --> 0:18:15.080 Make sure you're not letting poison get in. You disconnect 0:18:15.119 --> 0:18:20.200 from any discord. You have a destiny to fulfill. There's 0:18:20.280 --> 0:18:23.359 nothing the enemy would love anymore than for you to 0:18:23.400 --> 0:18:28.960 go around discontent, distracted, mad at people, feeling short changed. 0:18:29.640 --> 0:18:33.560 And some of that may be valid. Maybe people hurt you, 0:18:33.600 --> 0:18:34.119 they did. 0:18:34.000 --> 0:18:37.000 You wrong, So you have to let God be your vindicator. 0:18:37.520 --> 0:18:39.240 Let God bite your battles. 0:18:39.760 --> 0:18:43.240 If you're hanging around people that are so in division, 0:18:43.800 --> 0:18:47.200 there's a good chance you're going to start bringing division. 0:18:47.920 --> 0:18:52.159 The problem is when you go to chorusicide, you step 0:18:52.200 --> 0:18:57.520 out of God's protection. God is against a troublemaker, he's 0:18:57.600 --> 0:19:02.080 against a soler of discord, hell bearer. And even if 0:19:02.119 --> 0:19:04.760 what you know is true, the right thing to do 0:19:05.240 --> 0:19:09.120 is to cover it, not going around stirring up more trouble. 0:19:09.840 --> 0:19:12.800 The Book of Genesis talks about how when Noah got 0:19:12.800 --> 0:19:14.560 off the ark, he went to his. 0:19:14.600 --> 0:19:16.080 Tent and got drunk. 0:19:16.720 --> 0:19:19.800 He'd been on the arc forty days while it rained, 0:19:20.200 --> 0:19:23.159 plus an additional one hundred and fifty days while the 0:19:23.200 --> 0:19:27.040 water receded. Somebody said, if you had been cramped up 0:19:27.080 --> 0:19:29.719 with all of your relatives for one hundred and ninety days, 0:19:29.960 --> 0:19:34.720 you'd get drunk too. Noah was lying on the ground 0:19:34.880 --> 0:19:39.760 outside his tent, totally naked, passed out from being drunk. 0:19:40.240 --> 0:19:43.439 His youngest son, Ham went to the tent, saw his 0:19:43.520 --> 0:19:48.119 father with no clothes. Instead of covering him, instead of 0:19:48.200 --> 0:19:51.560 keeping it to himself, he went out and started telling people. 0:19:51.920 --> 0:19:55.000 I can imagine him saying to his brothers, You'll never 0:19:55.080 --> 0:19:58.639 believe what I saw. Dad's making a fool of himself. 0:19:58.880 --> 0:20:03.199 He's drunk, he's naked. He could have downplayed it, but 0:20:03.280 --> 0:20:06.840 he tried to get others stirred up. His two brothers 0:20:07.280 --> 0:20:10.879 didn't take the bait. Their attitude was, we're not going 0:20:10.960 --> 0:20:14.760 to be drawn into discord, to gossiping. 0:20:14.600 --> 0:20:16.040 To making people look bad. 0:20:16.600 --> 0:20:19.840 Even though it was true, they didn't get on board 0:20:19.880 --> 0:20:22.360 with bringing division, spreading the negative. 0:20:23.000 --> 0:20:24.160 They went to Noah's tent. 0:20:24.560 --> 0:20:27.280 When they saw their father lying there with no clothes on, 0:20:27.960 --> 0:20:30.680 they turned around and walked in backwards. 0:20:31.080 --> 0:20:32.640 They refused to look at him. 0:20:33.080 --> 0:20:36.560 They got a blanket and covered him up. What if 0:20:36.600 --> 0:20:40.520 we had that kind of attitude When we hear something juicy, 0:20:41.040 --> 0:20:44.320 it's true, we have every right to say it, but 0:20:44.480 --> 0:20:47.760 instead of exposing it, we cover it up. 0:20:48.520 --> 0:20:51.920 We don't tell anyone. We don't go around announcing what 0:20:52.000 --> 0:20:52.440 we saw. 0:20:53.400 --> 0:20:57.200 When you cover a person's faults, you're on God's side. 0:20:58.000 --> 0:21:01.280 When you expose their faults use what you know to 0:21:01.320 --> 0:21:04.560 discredit them, you're on the wrong side. 0:21:04.600 --> 0:21:10.320 God said, touch not my anointed. Noah was drunk, but 0:21:10.400 --> 0:21:11.520 he was still anointed. 0:21:12.359 --> 0:21:16.480 People can make mistakes, have weaknesses, but they're still anointed. 0:21:17.240 --> 0:21:19.040 I'm not going to touch God's anointed. 0:21:19.480 --> 0:21:23.480 Well, Joel, they're off course, they're not honoring God, maybe not, 0:21:24.040 --> 0:21:26.520 but they're still made in the image of God. 0:21:27.160 --> 0:21:29.639 When you come against them, you're come in against the 0:21:29.720 --> 0:21:31.680 God who created them. 0:21:32.080 --> 0:21:35.480 When Noah woke up and found out what happened how 0:21:35.520 --> 0:21:39.960 his youngest son exposed him, his two other sons covered him. 0:21:40.480 --> 0:21:45.280 He said to him, the youngest your children and grandchildren 0:21:45.400 --> 0:21:46.800 will always struggle. 0:21:47.280 --> 0:21:49.040 There will be hardships on. 0:21:49.000 --> 0:21:52.840 Your descendants because you dishonored me, he said to the 0:21:52.880 --> 0:21:56.919 other two sons. Because you covered me, because you didn't 0:21:56.960 --> 0:21:57.960 spread the negative. 0:21:58.359 --> 0:22:00.800 Your descendants will always be blessed. 0:22:01.240 --> 0:22:04.959 They will rule over cities, their land will increase, They 0:22:05.000 --> 0:22:09.080 will always have favor. God does not take it lightly 0:22:09.440 --> 0:22:12.920 when people stir up trouble. If you're tempted to gossip 0:22:13.359 --> 0:22:15.600 talk about somebody, keep the negative going. 0:22:16.040 --> 0:22:17.440 Don't fall into that trap. 0:22:17.920 --> 0:22:21.359 If you'll cover it like these two sons, you and 0:22:21.400 --> 0:22:26.280 your family will see blessings in favor. This is where Moses' 0:22:26.400 --> 0:22:31.720 sister Miriam got into trouble. Moses married a Cushite woman, 0:22:32.119 --> 0:22:32.919 a foreigner. 0:22:33.320 --> 0:22:35.199 Miriam didn't like this new wife. 0:22:35.880 --> 0:22:40.920 She started talking behind Moses' back, criticizing him. I can 0:22:40.960 --> 0:22:44.760 hear her telling their brother Aaron, this foreigner. Yeah, she's nice, 0:22:44.800 --> 0:22:47.560 but she's not one of us. I think she's just 0:22:47.640 --> 0:22:51.520 after Moses' money. She's just waiting for the movie royalties. 0:22:51.560 --> 0:22:56.480 From the Ten Commandments, it's easy to have an opinion 0:22:56.560 --> 0:22:57.400 about everything. 0:22:58.119 --> 0:23:00.560 Tell people what we think we would do. 0:23:01.480 --> 0:23:04.800 Here's a key that will make your life much more peaceful. 0:23:05.280 --> 0:23:06.880 Mind your own business. 0:23:07.840 --> 0:23:12.840 Who they marry, what they drive, how they spend their money, 0:23:13.480 --> 0:23:19.160 none of our business. While Miriam was criticizing Moses, suddenly 0:23:19.520 --> 0:23:24.040 her skin became full of leprosy. That seems kind of extreme, 0:23:24.840 --> 0:23:28.080 just for talking about her family. That's how much God 0:23:28.160 --> 0:23:31.760 doesn't like when we so discord. He knows how harmful 0:23:31.880 --> 0:23:35.920 strife and division is. Moses prayed for Miriam, and her 0:23:35.960 --> 0:23:39.800 skin went back to normal. Paul said, in first Thessalonians, 0:23:40.160 --> 0:23:43.760 make it your ambition to live a quiet life and 0:23:43.840 --> 0:23:47.480 to mind your own affairs. He was saying, don't be 0:23:47.520 --> 0:23:50.760 a busybody where you have to try to know everything. 0:23:51.160 --> 0:23:52.400 Mind your own business. 0:23:53.119 --> 0:23:56.800 Really, some things we shouldn't have an opinion, and if 0:23:56.800 --> 0:23:58.240 we do, we should keep it. 0:23:58.200 --> 0:24:00.480 To ourselves unless they ask. 0:24:01.000 --> 0:24:03.720 It's hard enough to run our own life, don't try 0:24:03.760 --> 0:24:08.800 to run somebody else's. Second Samuel, chapter twenty, David had 0:24:08.800 --> 0:24:11.720 a man criticizing him, trying to make him look bad. 0:24:11.840 --> 0:24:16.359 So in Discord, verse one says a trouble maker named 0:24:16.400 --> 0:24:20.040 Sheba said, David, we will have nothing to do with you. 0:24:20.440 --> 0:24:22.760 Come on, men of Israel, let's go home. 0:24:23.600 --> 0:24:27.840 That day, everyone left David, except the tribe of Judah. 0:24:28.320 --> 0:24:32.600 The truth is we all have some troublemakers. You can't 0:24:32.640 --> 0:24:36.840 live very long without either having people try to stir 0:24:37.000 --> 0:24:41.600 you into discontentment or people try to stir others against you. 0:24:42.520 --> 0:24:46.040 It's easy to try to straighten out. The troublemakers get 0:24:46.080 --> 0:24:51.000 baited into conflict. That's their goal, to get you distracted 0:24:51.400 --> 0:24:54.800 where you're fighting battles that you're not supposed to fight. 0:24:55.680 --> 0:24:57.000 You can't stop. 0:24:56.640 --> 0:25:00.640 People from so in discord, but you can stop from 0:25:00.680 --> 0:25:04.480 getting in you. You don't have to get upset. They 0:25:04.520 --> 0:25:09.040 can't stop your destiny. People can't overrule the plan God 0:25:09.119 --> 0:25:11.480 laid out for your life. If you'll stay on the 0:25:11.560 --> 0:25:15.439 high road, God will take care of your troublemakers. He 0:25:15.480 --> 0:25:18.800 will silence the people that are trying to discredit you. 0:25:19.320 --> 0:25:22.520 It says in Psalms, the trap the enemy set for you, 0:25:22.960 --> 0:25:27.080 they will fall in themselves. But David got all riled up. 0:25:27.520 --> 0:25:30.240 He didn't like this man Sheba. He was going to 0:25:30.280 --> 0:25:34.000 do something about it. He told his men in verse six, 0:25:34.480 --> 0:25:38.320 this trouble maker Sheba is going to harm us. Quick 0:25:38.400 --> 0:25:42.440 take the troops and chase after him. Here David had 0:25:42.480 --> 0:25:47.880 defeated powerful armies. He had brought down experienced military leaders. 0:25:48.320 --> 0:25:51.960 Now he's chasing after this one man, Sheba, thinking that 0:25:52.040 --> 0:25:55.320 he's going to stop him. When you get riled up, 0:25:55.960 --> 0:25:59.320 let what somebody says, get on the inside. It's easy 0:25:59.480 --> 0:26:03.520 to lose perspective and start fighting battles that don't matter. 0:26:04.520 --> 0:26:08.080 David's men chased after Sheba. He ran to this city 0:26:08.400 --> 0:26:12.480 and barricaded himself behind the walls. David's men started tearing 0:26:12.480 --> 0:26:16.000 the wall down. Lady came out and said, why are 0:26:16.040 --> 0:26:17.320 you destroying our city? 0:26:17.520 --> 0:26:18.280 What do you want? 0:26:18.880 --> 0:26:21.240 They said, all we want is a man named Sheba. 0:26:21.880 --> 0:26:25.840 She said fine. In a little while, Sheba's lifeless body 0:26:26.040 --> 0:26:30.119 was thrown over the wall. God was showing us he 0:26:30.160 --> 0:26:33.760 will deal with your troublemakers. He will take care of 0:26:33.800 --> 0:26:37.600 the people that are spreading negative things. Now, don't do 0:26:37.760 --> 0:26:41.320 like David, get all worked up, think you have to 0:26:41.320 --> 0:26:42.119 pay them back. 0:26:42.560 --> 0:26:45.600 Stay in peace. God sees what's happening. 0:26:46.160 --> 0:26:49.080 He is not going to let a sower of discord 0:26:49.560 --> 0:26:51.040 continue to succeed. 0:26:51.760 --> 0:26:54.840 The good news is you don't have to fight. That's 0:26:54.880 --> 0:26:55.720 not your battle. 0:26:56.640 --> 0:27:02.320 I'm asking you to disconnect from any discord, Stay away. 0:27:02.080 --> 0:27:03.960 From people that are bringing division. 0:27:04.560 --> 0:27:07.600 Don't sit inactive with those that are keeping you stirred. 0:27:07.680 --> 0:27:07.840 Up. 0:27:08.560 --> 0:27:12.520 You can't let those seeds of discontentment take root. You 0:27:12.640 --> 0:27:16.720 have a destiny to fulfill. Now pay attention to who 0:27:16.760 --> 0:27:20.480 you're letting speak into your life. Don't go on chorus side, 0:27:21.040 --> 0:27:24.520 stay on God's side. If you'll do this, I believe 0:27:24.680 --> 0:27:29.720 and declare, Like with David, God is about to defeat. 0:27:29.160 --> 0:27:30.640 Some troublemakers for you. 0:27:31.080 --> 0:27:35.320 He's about to turn some negative situations around, vindicate you, 0:27:35.680 --> 0:27:38.600 promote you, and take you to new levels of. 0:27:38.560 --> 0:27:42.440 Your destiny in Jesus' name, And if you receive it, 0:27:42.800 --> 0:27:44.000 can you say amen? Today? 0:27:45.760 --> 0:27:48.440 But I'd like to give you an opportunity to make 0:27:48.560 --> 0:27:49.360 Jesus the. 0:27:49.320 --> 0:27:51.679 Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 0:27:52.480 --> 0:27:56.520 Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. 0:27:57.920 --> 0:28:02.000 Come into my heart. I'll make you my lord and savior. 0:28:03.560 --> 0:28:06.080 Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 0:28:06.160 --> 0:28:09.440 got born again. 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