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Revelation 18:4-5

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I heard another voice from heaven saying

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come out of her my people

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so that you will not participate

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in her sins and receive of her plagues

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for her sins have piled up

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as high as heaven

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and God has remembered

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her iniquities

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what is he talking about here

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the world system

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which is typified by Babylon

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we're to be in it but not of it

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we're to influence it

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but not allow it to influence us

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what is that Babylon system

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it's a system of conformity

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to values that are contrary

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to the word of God

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and we're called to

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walk amongst people

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love people but not

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embrace the sin that they walk in

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not embrace the iniquity

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that they walk in

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the only way to do that

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is separate identity from behavior

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so that you can love and bless

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people around you

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but not condone and authorize

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the sin they walk in

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not embrace

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the sin they walk in

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not participate

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in the same kind of corruption

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the same kind of sin

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the same kind of idolatry

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and all the different things

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that go along with

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the world system around us

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and as times approach

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the return of the Lord

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we see that the world system

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gets darker and darker

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more and more evil

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what the scriptures says

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is that we're to come out

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of that Babylonian system

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we don't participate in it

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we don't belong to it

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yes we function in it

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we live in it

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there are people all around us

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part of that system

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but we're supposed to be

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peculiar people

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we should be thought of

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as different and peculiar

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you know I found myself

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just awhile back

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because of peer pressure people around me

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wanting to conform

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I found myself just

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making small compromises

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and allowing things into my language

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allowing things into my behavior

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that were not normal to me

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wanting to try to win other people

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or sort of be all things to all people

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and God convicted me

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that I was crossing a line

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and participating in

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that Babylon world system

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and I didn't want to

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I thought for the sake of others

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you know to try to help bring them in

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I will be like that but God said to me no

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you're supposed to be peculiar

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they're supposed to look at you

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and know that you're different

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not weird different

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but they should realize

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no,no,no

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we're not of that system

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we have different values

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we walk to the beat

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of a different drum

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that's ok

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that's normal

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I'm thinking of a friend of mine

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that I know in Guatemala

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owns a fairly large

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construction company

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I asked him

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how do you operate in Central America

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without corruption

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how do you operate without paying bribes

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he said I just made

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a decision long time ago

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I'm not going to be a part

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of that Babylonian system

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I'm not going to be a part

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of the system of corruption and bribes

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and we've turned down

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a lot of business he said

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in the beginning

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but he said you know

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what's happened over a period of time

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our company has become known

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as the company that will not

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accept a bribe

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as a company that

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the price is the price

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the deal is the deal

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they're not going to

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sway us through corruption

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He said our company

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is in high demand

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because people want that

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people don't want

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the corrupt system

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and I believe that's true

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in every area of life

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that if you'll embrace

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the word of God

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meditate on God's word

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walk in His principles

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walk in His truth

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love people, love people

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have genuine compassion and concern

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for the people around you

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the people that are trapped in

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the Babylonian system

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trapped in the corruption

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trapped in sexual perversion

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and immorality

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and greed and addictions

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alcoholism, drugs

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all the things that afflict people

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and consume them

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we're to be with people

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we're to walk with them

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participate with them

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and draw them

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how do we draw them

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not by being like them

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and embracing their values

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but by being peculiar people

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by emanating light

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and when they look at us

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they want what we have

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they want the light

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they want the life

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they want the love

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that's what it really means

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love God with all your heart

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bless people

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if you do that

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people will be drawn to you

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like honey

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and I see that happening

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all over the world

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where people are

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not conforming to the world system

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not being part of

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the Babylonian system

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but coming out of it

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and walking a peculiar path

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people of God

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and that is a powerful thing

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I pray that for your life today

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that today you'd be a peculiar person

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that you would go into

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the Babylonian system

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perhaps you work there

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perhaps you have a business there

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but you would not be

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of the Babylonian system

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I pray today for supernatural

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anointing of God's grace

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for you to walk

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in the word of God

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for you to walk in your calling

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your destiny

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to be in the Babylon system

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but not be of the Babylon system

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to make sure the flow goes

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from you to them

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I pray that for you

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that the life of God

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would flow through you today

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and impact people

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everywhere you go

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in the mighty name of Yeshua

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Amen