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 Last week we were going through Jesus healing the leper.

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 We were going through the book of Luke and we were just seeing how the Holy Spirit is working through Jesus to bring healing.

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 And we were going to do two parts.

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 This last week was going to be about healing the leper.

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 And this week was going to be about him healing the paralytic.

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 But actually, we're going to do a little bit of a pause and stop here.

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 And we'll do the paralytic next week.

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 Because I really feel as though we do this gathering statement thing all the time.

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 And really, I don't know whether this helps you.

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 This helps me.

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 Every time I come in and I sit down, I'm like, why am I here?

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 Why am I here?

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 And what am I actually doing here?

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 I want to grow to know Jesus and to know him more and to understand all these things.

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 But I think one of the things that is a danger for us when we gather a lot is that we only just gather.

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 And we actually forget the other reason why we're here as well, which is why I've asked to leave this slide up.

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 Because it's not just about gathering and it's about scattering.

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 And actually, this happened after the service last week.

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 I actually had a great conversation with Josh who came up and shared with me some of his insight from the passage about this.

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 And one of the big things that he said was really on his heart was actually Jesus just goes, reaches out and actually touches the leper.

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 And is willing to sit with him and be with him.

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 How does that apply to us?

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 Well, that applies to us in such a real easy way.

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 Do we go out of our way to reach out to people who are in need of him and actually be willing and not be afraid to sit with them and to allow the Lord to transform their lives and for them to be completely changed?

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 And it really got me thinking this week about, well, we spend so much time focusing on gathering.

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 Do people really know about us scattering?

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 Because actually that's got to be part of it.

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 We have a prison ministry that people on a Saturday morning go out and reach those who are hard to reach.

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 We have lots of different things going on where we actually say actually the only way that we really want to grow is in our heart for mission.

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 Tim Keller once said actually mission should be a part of every department in church.

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 It shouldn't just be, oh, it's that part where you do where the extra keen ones go off and go do something.

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 No, it's actually every part of how we do church should be about mission.

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 Every part of the way we gather should be about scattering.

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 John Mark Comer, I was reading his book this week and he said something which is, if you want more of God, give him away.

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 And I was really touched by that because I was like, I want more of God.

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 I want to be, but sometimes we just want more of God and we just sit in this place where feed me.

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 Look after me, care for me so I can feel the love of God.

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 But he says, if you want more of God, give him away.

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 Because when in the act of giving him away, that's when you're really blessed and that's when you really feel his spirit moving the most.

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 And the reason why I want Johnny to come and teach us and minister to us with the word today is because why we do this gathering.

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 If you go back, if you zoom out to the wider church of Gongfuk Tong, Gongfuk Church,

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 what the leaders even before my time were really praying for is how can we reach the next generation?

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 We see young people leaving the church everywhere.

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 Left, right and center is not even just this church.

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 It's not even the city.

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 It's worldwide.

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 How can we reach them?

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 Because God's goodness is for every generation.

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 And so there was always a prayer.

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 How do we reach this next generation?

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 And if you're a young person sat here, then I want you to know that actually this gathering started with a vision for you.

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 You know, so often when you walk into a church, oh, this is where all the boring old folks sit and come and hang out.

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 But what we're trying to say is actually this is for you.

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 And if you're sat here as an older person, maybe not quite as old as Hank, but just, you know, just a little bit older.

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 I'll tell you this.

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 This gathering is also for Hank.

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 In fact, it was led and started by Hank.

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 Because when we talk about the next generation, we can't just say, hey, youth, we love you and care for you.

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 So you guys, and then the adults are going to go.

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 That's not what it means when we say we care for the next generation.

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 It means old, young, middle-aged, all kind of ages are willing to sit together and willing to see what the Lord has in store for us for the next generation.

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 So that's really the heart of it.

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 And so that has to be one of the things that we're trying to do here.

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 How do we scatter?

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 How do we develop leaders of the next generation?

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 So that's why you keep seeing young people come up and start just even experimenting, exploring what it means to exercise their gifts in terms of serving God.

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 And then how do we scatter to reach these people on the fringe?

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 And so I feel as though this is why this week we're going to have a little bit of a pause.

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 And we're going to go, actually, what does it mean for us as a church to reach the next generation?

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 How do we develop leaders of the next generation?

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 And how do we reach those on the fringe?

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 And I can't think of a more appropriate group to think about when we're thinking about those who actually find it hard to get into church.

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 Find it hard to be accepted into church.

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 Find it hard to be, just even understand why this is even relevant to them.

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 And the next generation has to be on our hearts, whether you are a secondary school teacher, where I know we have a lot of those people here, or primary school, or whether you are actually a pastor who has a serious conviction and calling for the next generation.

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 I want us to be able to think about this a little bit more today.

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 And it really ties in with Jesus has been recruiting.

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 He's been assembling the Avengers.

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 And we're going to pause in Luke, and we're going to go into a parallel account in John, where we see him actually recruiting two of the people.

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 And really, the vision starts to come out of what Jesus is trying to do with the three words, come and see.

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 And I'm going to pass this time over to Johnny, who's going to lead us in the word.

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 Good morning.

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 Thank you, Pastor James.

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 Let's give him a hand.

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 And actually, one of the stats, it shows that in the U.S., 70% of the youth that go to the church leave after their teenage years.

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 And a decade later, only around half start to come back to the church.

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 So can you imagine?

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 Your youth group had 20 people, 70%, after university or after high school, they leave.

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 What's the percentage of that?

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 Let's do 10.

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 So just for simple math.

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 Seven out of the three, out of the 10, leave the church.

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 And only three are left.

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 And actually, that was quite true of my church in Toronto, that we had around 20, 20 plus, and around six of us were left after university.

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 And so there is a growing need.

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 There's a growing concern that we need to reach the younger generation, the next generation.

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 And why is it important that we do so?

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 Because the young people are our future leaders.

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 The young people are our future leaders.

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 And if we do not teach them about the faith of the truth of Jesus Christ, who's going to teach them?

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 The world.

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 The world will teach them.

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 And it's a confusing world out there.

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 There's so many pronouns, I can't even keep up.

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 Right?

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 I mean, it's LGBTQ, and then there's, I don't know, ABCDEFG.

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 I can't even keep up nowadays.

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 Right?

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 If we don't teach them the truth of Jesus Christ, the world will.

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 And Trump is now going back to that.

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 There's only two pronouns.

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 It's male.

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 And there's female.

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 And it is biblical to reach the next generation.

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 It says, teach your child the way he should go.

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 And when he grows old, he will not depart from it.

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 It's interesting.

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 Some countries are not allowed to bring children into church.

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 And what does the church do?

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 The church has started to teach the parents.

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 You need to teach your children at your homes the word of God.

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 We can't, there are some closed countries, I won't name them,

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 that do not allow people over the age of 18 to come and know Jesus.

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 And so their parents are being trained to teach the Bible at home.

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 And that is very biblical, that we should be teaching our children.

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 And it's even better because children only come to church, how many hours?

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 An hour and a half on a Sunday.

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 You can be as a parent with your kids 24-7 almost.

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 Right?

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 24-7.

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 And so we're going to learn about this passage today.

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 I'm going to invite Uriel, one of our students to come up.

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 And he's going to read the word for us.

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 And so let's stand for the word of God.

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 Amen.

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 The next day, Jesus decided to go to Galilee.

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 He found Philip and said to him,

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 Follow me.

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 Now, Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

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 Philip found Nathanael and said to him,

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 We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote,

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 Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

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 Nathanael said to him,

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 Can anything good come out of Nazareth?

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 Philip said to him,

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 Come and see.

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 Jesus saw Nathanael coming towards him and said of him,

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 Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit.

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 Nathanael said to him,

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 How do you know me?

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 Jesus answered him,

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 Before Philip called you when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.

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 Nathanael answered him,

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 Rabbi, you are the son of God.

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 You are the king of Israel.

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 Jesus answered him,

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 Because I said to you,

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 I saw you under the fig tree.

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 Do you believe?

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 You will see greater things than these.

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 And he said to him,

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 You will see heaven opened

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 and the angels of God ascending and descending on the son of man.

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 All right, you may be seated.

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 Let's pray as we enter into the word.

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 Heavenly Father, we thank you for your word preserved for us

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 so that we could rely on the Holy Spirit

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 to teach us how it is relevant to our lives today.

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 Bless us, Lord.

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 Guide us by your spirit.

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 In Christ's name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 All right.

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 So the first thing that we learn from this passage

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 is that Philip and Nathanael are being called to follow Jesus.

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 In the previous paragraph, it was Andrew.

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 Jesus found Andrew and another disciple.

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 And Andrew decided to go and find his brother, Simon,

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 who is later to be named Peter.

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 So Jesus just started his ministry,

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 and Philip was the next disciple that he called.

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 And he very directly said to him,

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 Follow me.

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 Now, Philip was the one possibly with Andrew,

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 and he already had an experience of Jesus.

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 And he receives this personal invitation to follow the Lord.

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 I was 14 when I was in Toronto.

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 And we were in a summer camp.

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 And that was the first time in a summer camp,

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 in a dedication night,

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 that I felt the Lord personally invite me

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 to not just follow him,

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 but to serve him for the rest of my life.

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 And I felt the spirit just descend upon me.

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 And I was very emotional.

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 And I heard this voice that said,

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 Jesus gave up everything for you.

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 What are you willing to do in response?

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 And my response is,

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 I'm willing to follow you,

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 give up everything to follow you

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 for the rest of my life.

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 And that's why I came here.

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 The church invited me to come

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 and help share the good news,

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 especially with the next generation.

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 We see here that Andrew and Peter

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 are from the town of Bethsaida,

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 which is also in the same region.

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 And Philip, in the next verse,

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 finds Nathanael.

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 Philip finds Nathanael.

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 What do we know about Nathanael?

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 Well, his name means God gives

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 or God has given.

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 And he's also known as Bartholomew.

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 Bar means son, son of Tholomew.

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 So he's more commonly known sometimes

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 as Bartholomew.

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 And he was from a neighboring village

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 called Cana, right?

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 Where Jesus turns water into wine,

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 his first miracle.

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 And so we see here

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 that Philip goes and finds Nathanael.

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 He's like, we have found Moses.

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 We have found the one

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 who Moses wrote about in the law.

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 Who is we?

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 Me and Andrew and Simon.

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 We found him, right?

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 We found him.

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 Who Moses talked about in the law

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 and who the prophets wrote about.

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 Jesus of Nazareth,

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 the son of Joseph.

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 Now, there is a parallel, right?

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 Philip immediately follows Jesus.

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 Follow me.

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 And he just goes.

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 No questions asked.

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 No contract.

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 You know, how much am I getting paid?

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 Are there going to be benefits?

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 Is there going to be vacation?

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 No.

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 He totally trusts the Lord, right?

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 No negotiations.

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 But here, Nathaniel is different.

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 He's a skeptic.

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 He's skeptical.

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 And he's like, Nazareth, right?

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 Can anything good come from there?

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 Cana and Nazareth are sort of neighboring towns.

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 And, you know, sometimes people like to be competitive

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 and look down on the other region, right?

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 And so Nathaniel from Cana was sort of looking down on Nazareth.

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 Like, this is like out of, in the middle of nowhere.

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 Can anything good come out of Nazareth?

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 And not only anything good,

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 you're saying that the Messiah,

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 the one that was promised,

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 the one that the prophets has prophesied,

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 this most important person who's going to save Israel

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 is going to come from the middle of nowhere?

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 It would make more sense if Jesus came from Bethlehem,

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 the city of David, where David was born.

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 It would make more sense if the Messiah came from Jerusalem,

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 the holy place.

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 But no, he comes from Nazareth.

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 Can anything good come from Nazareth?

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 And Philip's invitation is simply,

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 come and see.

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 Come and see who this person is.

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 Is he good?

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 Is he real?

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 Is he true?

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 I know it's well documented.

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 I play basketball a lot at Victoria Park or, you know, Southern.

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 And I meet a lot of different people from all over the place.

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 And a lot of the times we get in the conversation.

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 Oh, what do you do?

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 What are you doing in Hong Kong?

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 And obviously they'll ask me what I do.

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 And I say, oh, I work at a church.

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 I don't say, oh, I'm a pastor.

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 I'm a very important pastor.

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 You know, I'm very holy.

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 I don't say that.

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 I'm just saying I'm just,

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 I just work at a church.

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 I could be the janitor at the church.

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 Sometimes I am.

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 I was, you know, vacuuming this morning after some of you.

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 One of my roles.

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 I just say I work at a church.

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 And sometimes that just opens up in a conversation.

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 Oh, you work at a church?

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 What kind of church is it?

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 And sometimes I'm like, yeah, what do you think of church?

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 You can come check it out sometime.

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 Basically, I'm just saying, come and check it out.

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 Come and see.

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 And I've seen so many of some of my basketball friends

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 just come to know Jesus through that way.

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 Through that way.

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 One of our students who usually comes regularly,

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 but he's in the middle of exams before university applications.

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 Brian, I met him at a gym.

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 And we were just working out.

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 And we just bumped into each other.

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 And then slowly, he got to know some of my other friends.

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 Hubon and James, who also happened to work out there sometimes.

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 James needs to work out more.

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 Get back in shape, getting ready for the new basketball season.

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 And once he started to get to know Hubon and James and me,

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 he started to become curious about Jesus.

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 Before, he's an atheist.

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 His parents don't believe in anything.

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 They believe in the world.

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 You know, they just believe in money.

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 They believe in trusting in yourself.

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 You got to earn your stripes.

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 You got to climb the corporate ladder.

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 You got to earn it all.

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 He's like, give me evidence.

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 And I'll believe.

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 Give me evidence.

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 But slowly and surely, God worked in his life.

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 In his time and in his way.

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 And a year ago, he came to know Jesus Christ.

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 And he asked him in his heart.

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 After a year of getting to know him, it takes time.

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 I invited him to come and see our church.

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 Come and meet some of the people that know Jesus.

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 And eventually, he asked Jesus into his heart.

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 So, Philip invites Nathaniel to come and see Jesus.

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 And so, can you imagine Jesus walks into the presence of Nathaniel?

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 And the first thing that he says is that in verse 47,

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 Jesus saw Nathaniel approaching.

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 And he said to him,

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 Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.

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 Now, do you think this is a positive comment?

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 Or is it a negative comment?

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 Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.

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 Okay.

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 Who thinks it is a positive comment?

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 Raise your hand.

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 Positive comment.

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 Okay.

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 Good.

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 Okay.

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 Who thinks it's sort of a negative comment?

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 Anybody think it was a negative?

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 Okay.

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 The rest just have no idea.

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 Or they're just daydreaming on a Sunday morning.

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 Okay.

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 Okay.

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 Who is the father of Israel?

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 Who is the father of Israel?

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 Who is it?

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 Who is the first person that was named Israel?

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 Jacob.

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 All right.

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 So, Jacob.

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 What is his reputation?

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 What is his reputation?

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 Huh?

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 He's a liar.

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 He's a deceiver.

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 He stole his birthright from his older brother Esau.

00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:14.840
 Okay.

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 Back then, the birthright was very important because you get two-thirds, right?

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 Instead of half, it's two-thirds.

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 I don't know.

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 The parents are discussing, right?

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 Like, oh, should we give the older brother two-thirds because it's biblical?

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 Or should we give half?

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 Pastor James is thinking about it for Reuben, right?

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 Right.

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 So, the birthright was important.

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 You got two-thirds instead of the one-third that the second child gets.

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 And so, Jacob deceives his father, puts on sheep clothing.

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 His blind father is like, are you sure you're Esau?

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 You sound a little different.

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 And he deceives his father to get this blessing.

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 He's known as a deceiver, a liar.

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 And so, Jesus is saying here that Nathanael is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.

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 So, Jacob, the first Israelite, Israel, because he wrestled with God and God gave him the new name, Israel.

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 Jesus is saying here he is without deceit.

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 It's a positive thing.

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 He's genuine.

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 He's true.

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 This person is truly good.

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 Truly good.

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 And obviously, being a skeptic, Nathanael says, how do you know me?

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 Jesus is using supernatural, right?

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 His supernatural ability to look into who Nathanael is as a person.

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 And Nathanael is like, how do you know me?

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 How do you know me?

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 And Jesus' response is this.

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 And it's kind of weird, right?

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 Jesus answers, while you were under, still under the fig tree, before Philip, I saw you while you were still under the fig tree, before Philip called you.

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 So, what happened under this fig tree?

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 Jesus saw him.

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 Now, if you watched The Chosen.

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 Who's watched The Chosen?

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 This TV show.

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 They dramatize it, right?

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 Just like F1 or like in F1 Netflix.

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 They dramatize everything.

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 There's real conflict between the teams and real conflict between the players or drivers.

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 Right?

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 In The Chosen, I feel like they dramatize it.

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 Right?

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 Philip has this grand plan to build something magnificent.

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 And these plans come to ruin.

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 And he's sitting at the fig tree.

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 And he's crying.

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 He's like, God, where are you?

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 He hits rock bottom at this fig tree.

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 And he cries out to God.

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 And The Chosen portrays this as this rock bottom moment that Nathanael has.

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 All right?

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 And when Jesus tells Nathanael this in The Chosen, this is one interpretation of what happened.

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 Philip lights up.

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 Because that is where he questioned God, where are you?

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 And when Jesus said, I saw you under the fig tree, that was the moment.

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 Have you had a rock bottom moment?

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 Do you remember where that place was?

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 Was it in a park or in your car?

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 You know, Pastor James talked about earlier.

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 He was crying on the way to work.

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 And he was like, God, you want me to go to Hong Kong?

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 I need to.

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 I'm just crying.

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 And how do I follow you?

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 Where are you?

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 How can I trust you?

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 Right?

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 Before, while you were in that car, I knew you.

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 While you were under that fig tree, I knew you.

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 While you were crying in that park, I knew you.

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 That's one interpretation.

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 The other interpretation is that the fig tree has some sort of prophetic meaning.

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 Prophetic meaning.

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 In Zechariah, Zechariah chapter 3, verse 8.

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 I'm not going to read it because it's a little bit long.

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 But Israel was taken back after the exile.

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 So the exile is the Jews are taken out of the promised land to Babylon.

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 Okay?

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 Because of their sins.

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 And now they've been taken back to Israel and restored.

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 And there's a high priest named Joshua.

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 And he, and the God says this.

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 You and your associates seated before you who are men symbolic of things to come.

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 I'm going to bring my servant, the branch.

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 And on that day, I will remove the sin of the land in a single day.

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 In that day, you will invite your neighbors and call them out from under the vine and under the fig tree.

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 So possibly Nathanael knew of this sort of prophecy.

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 That there would be a branch.

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 And this branch would save Israel on that day.

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 That you invite your family, your friends from under the vine, the fig tree.

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 So another possibility is that Nathanael knows of this prophecy.

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 That this branch will come.

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 This branch that comes from a stump that has been chopped off.

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 It's like Israel has been chopped off.

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 And exiled.

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 But yet out of this dead branch comes alive.

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 A branch.

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 Out of this stump comes alive.

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 This branch.

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 That will save the sins of this land.

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 And in response to knowing this prophecy.

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 Nathanael cries, declares, rabbi, teacher.

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 You are the son of God.

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 You are the king of Israel.

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 This branch is the Messiah.

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 This branch is the one that would save the world.

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 That would redeem Israel.

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 From persecution.

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 From enslavement.

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 Of all those years.

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:54.939
 He declares that this person is the Messiah.

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 The king of Israel.

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 The fulfillment of the laws and prophets.

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:04.660
 And Jesus answers.

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 And says this.

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:09.099
 You believe because I told you.

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:11.859
 I saw you under the fig tree.

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 You will see greater things than that.

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 He then added.

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:18.019
 Very truly I tell you.

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 You will see heaven open.

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:21.980
 And the angels of God ascending.

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 And descending.

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 On the son of man.

00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:27.000
 So firstly.

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 Jesus supernaturally.

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 Knows who Nathaniel is.

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:33.440
 A man without deceit.

00:26:34.099 --> 00:26:34.819
 And then secondly.

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 Jesus knows.

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:38.420
 Where Nathaniel is.

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:42.660
 And.

00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:44.300
 In addition.

00:26:45.100 --> 00:26:45.960
 Jesus knows.

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:48.519
 Who his savior is.

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:50.320
 And that is himself.

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.400
 Jesus knows him.

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:54.880
 Jesus knows where he has been.

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.620
 Where he is.

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.420
 And Jesus knows.

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:59.539
 Who will save him.

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:03.259
 And Jesus declares.

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:05.299
 That you will see greater.

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.319
 Things.

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.200
 Than this.

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:08.839
 Very.

00:27:09.159 --> 00:27:09.740
 Very truly.

00:27:09.899 --> 00:27:11.079
 You will see heaven open.

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:12.259
 And the angels of God.

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:13.420
 Ascending and descending.

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:15.440
 On the son of man.

00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:16.759
 What does this remind you of?

00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:19.039
 Jacob.

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.159
 Again.

00:27:21.379 --> 00:27:21.819
 Jacob.

00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:22.740
 Again.

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.539
 Jacob.

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.579
 What happened to Jacob?

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.500
 The ladder.

00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:33.480
 Exactly.

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:35.279
 The place.

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:35.859
 Where Jesus.

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.619
 Where Jacob.

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.399
 Had the dream.

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:39.059
 Was called Bethel.

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:41.159
 The house of God.

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:42.359
 Or house of praise.

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:45.059
 And this.

00:27:45.879 --> 00:27:46.779
 Is what.

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:48.220
 Jesus is saying.

00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:51.079
 That he.

00:27:51.399 --> 00:27:52.279
 Is the perfect.

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:52.899
 Ladder.

00:27:53.399 --> 00:27:54.240
 He is the one.

00:27:54.379 --> 00:27:55.480
 That bridges us.

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:58.200
 From heaven.

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.240
 To earth.

00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:01.059
 He is fully man.

00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:02.559
 And he is fully God.

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:04.299
 He is the one.

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:06.000
 That was prophesied.

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:07.099
 He is the son of man.

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:08.059
 The son of God.

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:09.319
 The media.

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:10.779
 The perfect mediator.

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:14.039
 He is identifying himself.

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:15.839
 As.

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.720
 The Messiah.

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:17.920
 The fulfillment.

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.440
 Of this.

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.240
 Prophecy.

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.460
 And so.

00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:24.200
 We see this.

00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:25.460
 Incredible story.

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.720
 Short story.

00:28:27.639 --> 00:28:28.460
 But full.

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:29.779
 Of meaning.

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:29.799
 Of meaning.

00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:32.079
 And how does it relate to.

00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:35.180
 Reaching the next generation.

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.440
 How does it.

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:37.579
 How does it relate.

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.400
 To GU.

00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:39.539
 Gathering youth.

00:28:40.340 --> 00:28:40.940
 Well firstly.

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.660
 We see.

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.900
 That there is.

00:28:44.420 --> 00:28:45.140
 A faith.

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:45.920
 Community.

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:48.279
 We need to develop.

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:49.360
 A faith community.

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.299
 A place.

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:51.480
 Where people.

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.600
 Young.

00:28:53.360 --> 00:28:53.840
 Believers.

00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:55.199
 And those.

00:28:55.199 --> 00:28:55.799
 Who are seeking.

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.519
 After God.

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:57.279
 Can come.

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:58.139
 And see.

00:28:58.139 --> 00:28:59.000
 Who Jesus.

00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.939
 Really is.

00:28:59.939 --> 00:29:01.220
 They can open.

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:02.159
 Be openly.

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.799
 Asking questions.

00:29:04.439 --> 00:29:04.899
 And share.

00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:06.039
 The different struggles.

00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:08.939
 That they've gone through.

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:11.679
 We need to develop.

00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:12.779
 A faith community.

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:14.179
 For these young people.

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.799
 For these young people.

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:18.319
 I get.

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.240
 Questions.

00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:20.480
 Nowadays.

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.240
 You know.

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:23.299
 How do I deal.

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:24.319
 With lust.

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:26.119
 How do I deal.

00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:27.639
 With all the temptations.

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.859
 That this world.

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:29.720
 Goes through.

00:29:30.919 --> 00:29:31.859
 How do I.

00:29:32.919 --> 00:29:33.440
 Fully.

00:29:34.399 --> 00:29:34.779
 Walk.

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:35.379
 With Jesus.

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:39.500
 I've gone through pain.

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.859
 From my previous church.

00:29:40.919 --> 00:29:41.859
 Or people have hurt me.

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:43.299
 How do I overcome this.

00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:45.359
 These are some of the questions.

00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:46.200
 That the young people.

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:46.720
 Are asking.

00:29:47.879 --> 00:29:48.159
 You know.

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:49.159
 How does God.

00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:50.700
 Feel.

00:29:51.139 --> 00:29:52.240
 About the LGBTQ.

00:29:53.139 --> 00:29:54.039
 How do we love.

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.379
 Them.

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:56.740
 And show God's love.

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.159
 To them.

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.480
 And yet.

00:29:59.119 --> 00:30:00.099
 Maintain the biblical.

00:30:00.379 --> 00:30:01.079
 Moral standard.

00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:03.180
 These are the questions.

00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:04.059
 That the young people.

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:04.599
 Are asking.

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:05.779
 And we need to develop.

00:30:05.919 --> 00:30:06.740
 A faith community.

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:08.059
 Where they can come and see.

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.480
 Who Jesus.

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:10.659
 Truly is.

00:30:11.919 --> 00:30:12.799
 They can go.

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.379
 From.

00:30:14.899 --> 00:30:15.339
 Philip.

00:30:15.419 --> 00:30:16.460
 Who are like church kids.

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:17.500
 Who've grown up in church.

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:19.379
 Who immediately follow Jesus.

00:30:19.639 --> 00:30:20.559
 Or skeptics.

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:21.180
 Like Ryan.

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:21.879
 And Nathaniel.

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:22.819
 Who were like.

00:30:22.899 --> 00:30:23.899
 Who are these people.

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.799
 Who is Jesus.

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.659
 Give me evidence.

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.299
 And I'll see.

00:30:29.159 --> 00:30:30.460
 From skeptics.

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.680
 To witnesses.

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.200
 From.

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:35.079
 From those.

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.599
 Who are like Philip.

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:38.099
 To those.

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:39.059
 Who are like Nathaniel.

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:39.819
 We need to develop.

00:30:40.139 --> 00:30:41.019
 A faith community.

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:41.700
 Where they can.

00:30:41.919 --> 00:30:42.159
 Come.

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:42.960
 And see.

00:30:43.080 --> 00:30:44.060
 And the next thing is.

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:45.259
 We need to have.

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:47.060
 A training ground.

00:30:47.800 --> 00:30:48.620
 A training ground.

00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:49.820
 Where we can develop.

00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:51.080
 Youth.

00:30:53.080 --> 00:30:54.540
 To seek the lost.

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:56.060
 So that they can be found.

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:58.160
 We need to develop tools.

00:30:59.000 --> 00:31:00.160
 And encourage them.

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:01.220
 To invite their friends.

00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:02.500
 And we've seen.

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:03.360
 Some of these youth.

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.700
 Start inviting their friends.

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.019
 Already.

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.660
 We've had.

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.320
 Outreaches.

00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:08.439
 The Thanksgiving.

00:31:08.439 --> 00:31:08.559
 The Thanksgiving.

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:09.519
 Outreach.

00:31:09.639 --> 00:31:10.419
 Where we were on.

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.579
 Gabe and Jojo's.

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:11.759
 Uh.

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.679
 Roof.

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:13.519
 And we saw.

00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:14.279
 A ton.

00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:15.960
 Of students.

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:17.019
 Come to know Jesus.

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.619
 Through there.

00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:19.019
 And the Christmas outreach.

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:19.859
 Where Braden.

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.919
 Shared his story.

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.599
 And his struggle.

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:23.079
 And how he came to know Jesus.

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:24.279
 And trusted him.

00:31:24.399 --> 00:31:25.259
 Through his own struggles.

00:31:26.399 --> 00:31:27.500
 We need to develop.

00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:28.359
 A place.

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:32.480
 Where we train students.

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:35.120
 To know how to seek.

00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:36.259
 The lost.

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:36.940
 To be found.

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.799
 And lastly.

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:39.960
 We need to develop.

00:31:40.620 --> 00:31:41.880
 A house of worship.

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.799
 A house of praise.

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:46.079
 A place.

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.839
 That the students.

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:48.740
 Love to worship.

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.339
 I mean.

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:50.660
 If you've come to GU before.

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.400
 They love to.

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:52.099
 Just.

00:31:52.860 --> 00:31:53.180
 Uh.

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.279
 Wrap their rounds.

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:54.920
 Around each other.

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:56.079
 And just praise the Lord.

00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:56.579
 Together.

00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:59.019
 It is a fun place.

00:31:59.120 --> 00:31:59.880
 It is a place.

00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:00.539
 Where we.

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:02.120
 Exalt the Lord.

00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:03.099
 For who he is.

00:32:04.199 --> 00:32:04.979
 It's a place.

00:32:04.979 --> 00:32:05.479
 Of joy.

00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:06.079
 And triumph.

00:32:06.179 --> 00:32:06.919
 That the angels.

00:32:06.919 --> 00:32:07.799
 Will ascend.

00:32:07.899 --> 00:32:08.359
 And descend.

00:32:09.459 --> 00:32:10.479
 Where the son of man.

00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:11.199
 Is exalted.

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:13.500
 It's a.

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:14.179
 It's a place.

00:32:14.219 --> 00:32:15.019
 Of celebration.

00:32:15.939 --> 00:32:16.839
 That God.

00:32:16.979 --> 00:32:17.779
 Is proclaimed.

00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:19.559
 And we experience him.

00:32:19.919 --> 00:32:21.139
 We experience his love.

00:32:23.159 --> 00:32:24.039
 And it is.

00:32:24.139 --> 00:32:24.479
 Also.

00:32:25.219 --> 00:32:25.679
 A place.

00:32:25.819 --> 00:32:26.199
 Where we.

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:27.079
 Rehearse.

00:32:27.699 --> 00:32:28.659
 For our eternal.

00:32:30.199 --> 00:32:31.079
 Eternal worship.

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:32.959
 And so.

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.419
 I believe.

00:32:33.419 --> 00:32:34.099
 That this.

00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:35.139
 Passage.

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.939
 Challenges us.

00:32:37.479 --> 00:32:38.039
 To develop.

00:32:38.179 --> 00:32:38.659
 A place.

00:32:40.219 --> 00:32:40.939
 Where.

00:32:41.179 --> 00:32:42.359
 There is a faith community.

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:44.019
 Where students.

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:45.719
 Can come and see.

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.799
 Who Jesus is.

00:32:47.399 --> 00:32:48.519
 A training ground.

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:50.079
 Where we can.

00:32:50.419 --> 00:32:51.059
 Encourage them.

00:32:51.179 --> 00:32:51.939
 And give them tools.

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:53.199
 So that they can seek.

00:32:53.459 --> 00:32:54.179
 The lost.

00:32:54.699 --> 00:32:55.799
 So that they can be found.

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:57.479
 From skeptics.

00:32:57.879 --> 00:32:58.539
 To witnesses.

00:32:58.539 --> 00:33:00.619
 And lastly.

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:02.299
 We need to develop.

00:33:02.399 --> 00:33:02.839
 A place.

00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:03.559
 Where it is.

00:33:03.639 --> 00:33:04.359
 A house of God.

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.899
 Where praise.

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:08.420
 And worship.

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:10.740
 And joy.

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:12.500
 Of knowing who Jesus is.

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:14.980
 Is exalted.

00:33:16.639 --> 00:33:17.399
 Let us.

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:18.480
 Pray.

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.680
 And we will.

00:33:20.139 --> 00:33:20.680
 Pass the time.

00:33:21.059 --> 00:33:21.799
 To pastor James.

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:22.700
 Heavenly father.

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.299
 We thank you.

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:24.019
 For this passage.

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:27.119
 We thank you.

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:27.819
 For the lessons.

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:28.839
 That are taught here.

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:30.220
 Help us.

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:31.180
 To be.

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:31.980
 Like Philip.

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.400
 To encourage.

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:34.700
 Our friends.

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:35.720
 The young people.

00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:36.379
 In our lives.

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:37.720
 To come and see.

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.639
 And that we could.

00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:40.559
 Share Jesus.

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:41.660
 With them.

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:43.019
 And that they.

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:44.519
 Would one day.

00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:45.700
 Come from skeptics.

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:47.339
 To become witnesses.

00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:49.240
 In Jesus name.

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:49.579
 We pray.

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:50.700
 Amen.

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.379
 Thank you.

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:52.599
 Johnny.

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:56.759
 When I think about.

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:58.299
 The next generation.

00:33:58.659 --> 00:33:59.480
 And what it actually means.

00:33:59.599 --> 00:34:00.299
 For us to reach them.

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:03.179
 I guess the first question.

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:03.579
 I ask is.

00:34:03.679 --> 00:34:04.459
 How much do we know them?

00:34:05.419 --> 00:34:06.559
 Do we really know.

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:07.480
 What they're going through?

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:09.539
 Or is it a simple.

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:10.880
 Hey well.

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.900
 This is how I was.

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:12.779
 When I was a kid.

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:14.019
 When I was your age.

00:34:14.839 --> 00:34:16.199
 I was already looking after.

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:17.199
 Four younger children.

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:19.599
 And balancing two jobs.

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:20.099
 And doing this.

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:20.460
 That or the other.

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.440
 Have we heard someone say that.

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:21.940
 From this order.

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:22.800
 And now.

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:23.639
 All you do.

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:24.300
 Is just.

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:25.500
 Play World of Warcraft.

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:27.179
 You have no idea.

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:27.820
 Of responsibility.

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:28.940
 You have no idea.

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.800
 Actually World of Warcraft.

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.780
 Is a really old game already.

00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:31.260
 Isn't it JP?

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:32.820
 JP just gave me that look.

00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:33.340
 He's like dude.

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.800
 You don't know.

00:34:37.780 --> 00:34:38.420
 And I realize.

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:39.260
 Do we actually know them?

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:41.159
 Do we actually.

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:42.300
 Truly want to know them?

00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:43.960
 Or do we actually.

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.619
 Still see them.

00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:45.400
 As a bit of a problem.

00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:46.380
 That we're trying to deal with.

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:47.480
 Is it a problem to fix?

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.380
 Because I think.

00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:49.119
 That's one of the problems.

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:51.779
 I love this.

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:52.239
 He says.

00:34:52.319 --> 00:34:53.159
 Can anything good.

00:34:53.279 --> 00:34:54.339
 Come out of Nazareth?

00:34:54.739 --> 00:34:55.480
 He has this spirit.

00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:56.000
 I mean.

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.980
 Maybe he might be joking.

00:34:57.259 --> 00:34:57.460
 I think.

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.420
 I've got this.

00:34:58.779 --> 00:34:59.480
 For some reason.

00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:00.259
 I just have him.

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:01.279
 In a British accent.

00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:03.299
 And just kind of throwing shade at Nazareth.

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.699
 Because it's just a nearby town.

00:35:04.799 --> 00:35:06.299
 Obviously nothing good could come out of that place.

00:35:07.299 --> 00:35:08.539
 But I think actually.

00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:09.319
 Young people have that.

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:11.119
 And it's not even just Nazareth.

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:11.739
 It's just the world.

00:35:11.819 --> 00:35:11.980
 It's like.

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:12.359
 Well.

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:14.599
 Can anything good come out of this world anymore?

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:15.099
 I mean.

00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:15.860
 We come from.

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:17.599
 We are now in a different time.

00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:18.179
 Compared to.

00:35:18.319 --> 00:35:19.460
 Maybe even a few decades ago.

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:20.239
 Where there was a lot of.

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:22.219
 Opportunity for upward mobility.

00:35:22.779 --> 00:35:23.799
 There are a lot of young people.

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:24.159
 You know.

00:35:24.219 --> 00:35:25.139
 It doesn't really matter.

00:35:26.259 --> 00:35:27.719
 I recently heard a term in Cantonese.

00:35:27.759 --> 00:35:28.259
 Which I've forgotten.

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:29.719
 But I'll tell you just the meaning of it.

00:35:29.759 --> 00:35:30.039
 Is actually.

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:30.699
 A lot of students.

00:35:30.699 --> 00:35:31.279
 Are just simply.

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:32.400
 Just doing the bare minimum.

00:35:33.179 --> 00:35:33.819
 For studies.

00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:34.480
 Because they're like.

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:35.139
 What's the point anymore?

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:36.619
 There's no point in me.

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.900
 Striving to achieve this.

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:39.159
 Let me just do enough.

00:35:39.259 --> 00:35:40.000
 Just to get past.

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:41.319
 And that's enough.

00:35:41.680 --> 00:35:42.019
 Because.

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:42.820
 What can.

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:44.580
 What good can come out of what I'm doing here.

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.680
 It really doesn't matter.

00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:46.600
 As long as I don't get in trouble.

00:35:46.700 --> 00:35:47.820
 That's all that really matters.

00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:48.500
 So.

00:35:48.600 --> 00:35:49.100
 So they're looking.

00:35:49.220 --> 00:35:49.559
 And they're actually.

00:35:49.660 --> 00:35:50.140
 They're testing.

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:51.680
 And they're cynical about everything.

00:35:52.300 --> 00:35:52.880
 They're just like.

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.019
 Well.

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:53.420
 I don't know.

00:35:53.720 --> 00:35:54.180
 Is that true?

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:55.660
 Is that true?

00:35:55.660 --> 00:35:56.400
 Can I believe that?

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:57.460
 Can I rely on that?

00:35:57.640 --> 00:35:58.100
 Is that good?

00:35:58.220 --> 00:35:58.900
 I don't really know.

00:35:59.600 --> 00:36:00.200
 There's something else.

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:01.320
 That I realize about young people.

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:01.480
 Is.

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.740
 You know.

00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:03.840
 This Israelite.

00:36:03.860 --> 00:36:04.580
 Who has no deceit.

00:36:04.680 --> 00:36:04.820
 They.

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:05.360
 They are.

00:36:05.580 --> 00:36:06.240
 They know.

00:36:07.120 --> 00:36:08.120
 They know truth.

00:36:08.660 --> 00:36:09.900
 They can sense truth.

00:36:10.220 --> 00:36:10.840
 And they know.

00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:12.320
 It's not what's surrounding them right now.

00:36:13.220 --> 00:36:14.039
 They look around.

00:36:14.120 --> 00:36:14.440
 And they go.

00:36:15.300 --> 00:36:15.559
 Okay.

00:36:16.120 --> 00:36:16.480
 Whatever.

00:36:16.660 --> 00:36:17.680
 Whatever the answer is.

00:36:17.720 --> 00:36:18.360
 It's not that.

00:36:18.660 --> 00:36:20.140
 Whatever I'm seeing in the world.

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:21.820
 That isn't the real answer.

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:22.039
 Now.

00:36:22.100 --> 00:36:23.600
 I don't know what the answer is myself.

00:36:24.140 --> 00:36:24.940
 It's kind of like my wife.

00:36:24.940 --> 00:36:25.860
 Picking a restaurant to eat.

00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:26.660
 She doesn't know where she.

00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:27.480
 Wants to eat.

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:28.700
 But she knows where she doesn't want to eat.

00:36:29.200 --> 00:36:30.800
 And then we just go on this tour.

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:31.140
 Of just.

00:36:31.340 --> 00:36:31.579
 Imagine.

00:36:31.700 --> 00:36:32.700
 It's just a thought exercise.

00:36:32.700 --> 00:36:34.360
 Of where she might not want to eat.

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:36.140
 I see husbands.

00:36:36.300 --> 00:36:37.059
 Just looking at wives.

00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:40.079
 Amen.

00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:40.440
 Amen.

00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:40.920
 Yes.

00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:42.420
 A lot of amens there.

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:45.460
 But they know truth.

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.139
 I mean.

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:47.139
 They know.

00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:48.920
 Deep down.

00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:49.940
 What is true.

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:50.480
 Christina says.

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:51.039
 Hi Christina.

00:36:52.720 --> 00:36:53.119
 Oh.

00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:58.859
 I thought she was away in the children's teaching.

00:36:58.859 --> 00:36:59.059
 But.

00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:05.779
 But kids know.

00:37:06.420 --> 00:37:07.679
 The next generation knows.

00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:10.440
 They know when something's real.

00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:11.339
 And when something's not.

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:13.960
 They might not have the tools.

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:15.900
 To get to the truth themselves just yet.

00:37:16.259 --> 00:37:17.880
 But they'll know whether you have it or not.

00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:21.780
 And that's something that I think we need to remember.

00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:22.720
 I think about next generation.

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:23.760
 I think about my daughter.

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:24.960
 And she's definitely not here.

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:26.380
 And please don't quote her this story.

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:27.340
 Because it's a wonderful story.

00:37:27.640 --> 00:37:28.619
 But she will get embarrassed.

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:30.940
 She is someone of no deceit.

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:33.559
 She is completely black and white.

00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:34.860
 She just speaks truth.

00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:37.820
 And she's just one of those people.

00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:38.340
 And we were.

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:39.700
 I was telling my staff this the other day.

00:37:39.740 --> 00:37:40.659
 We were walking around.

00:37:41.039 --> 00:37:43.240
 In a place in Shenzhen.

00:37:43.340 --> 00:37:44.599
 And it had this sign saying.

00:37:45.259 --> 00:37:46.480
 I can't remember exactly what it was.

00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:49.199
 It was like the best coffee in town.

00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:52.039
 And we've seen those kinds of things before.

00:37:52.179 --> 00:37:53.480
 This is the best shop in town.

00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:54.299
 And then anyway.

00:37:54.380 --> 00:37:55.119
 She walks past it.

00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:55.420
 She goes.

00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:57.799
 They don't really mean that do they?

00:37:58.500 --> 00:38:00.059
 There's no way that they're actually.

00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:02.039
 The best coffee in town.

00:38:02.239 --> 00:38:03.579
 How is one supposed to know.

00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:05.460
 She didn't say it in that way.

00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:05.900
 She's like.

00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:07.360
 How do they know that they.

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:08.759
 Are the best coffee in town.

00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:09.519
 And I said.

00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:10.139
 Well they don't.

00:38:10.319 --> 00:38:11.299
 It's just a saying.

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:13.039
 It's just to kind of get you to kind of think.

00:38:13.319 --> 00:38:14.400
 You've paid attention.

00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:15.239
 It's pretty cool.

00:38:15.299 --> 00:38:15.960
 They got your attention.

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:16.920
 And she's like.

00:38:17.339 --> 00:38:17.819
 I was like.

00:38:17.839 --> 00:38:18.519
 Well it's kind of like this.

00:38:18.659 --> 00:38:20.179
 It's kind of like if I told you.

00:38:21.259 --> 00:38:21.519
 Hey.

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:24.799
 Daddy is the best basketball player in the world.

00:38:26.880 --> 00:38:28.019
 And then she said.

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:29.400
 So I said.

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:30.559
 It's like me telling you.

00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:32.059
 That I'm the best basketball player in the world.

00:38:32.219 --> 00:38:32.799
 I mean of course.

00:38:33.239 --> 00:38:33.559
 It's.

00:38:33.779 --> 00:38:34.860
 It's not necessarily true.

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:36.139
 It's just what I'm telling you.

00:38:36.579 --> 00:38:36.920
 Right now.

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:37.360
 And she then.

00:38:37.420 --> 00:38:38.099
 She just had a moment.

00:38:38.279 --> 00:38:38.639
 She just said.

00:38:39.839 --> 00:38:40.119
 Yeah.

00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:41.659
 That's not true.

00:38:41.659 --> 00:38:41.719
 No.

00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:45.000
 And it just felt so.

00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:45.839
 She was like.

00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:46.519
 Oh there you go.

00:38:46.739 --> 00:38:47.420
 Great example.

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:48.059
 Great analogy.

00:38:48.199 --> 00:38:48.539
 Pastor James.

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:48.920
 She's like.

00:38:50.420 --> 00:38:51.779
 Because you're not even a basketball player.

00:38:51.780 --> 00:39:01.220
 And she said it as completely matter of fact.

00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:01.600
 With no.

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:01.980
 Like.

00:39:02.100 --> 00:39:02.480
 She was like.

00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:02.700
 No.

00:39:02.820 --> 00:39:04.280
 Because people don't come to watch you play.

00:39:04.540 --> 00:39:04.820
 I was like.

00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:05.120
 Wow.

00:39:05.220 --> 00:39:05.380
 Okay.

00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:05.860
 Let's stop.

00:39:05.860 --> 00:39:06.300
 Let's stop.

00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:07.980
 You need to stop explaining.

00:39:08.580 --> 00:39:09.440
 Your case.

00:39:11.920 --> 00:39:12.700
 But I'll tell you.

00:39:12.740 --> 00:39:13.340
 They know truth.

00:39:14.660 --> 00:39:15.300
 They'll know truth.

00:39:16.120 --> 00:39:16.920
 They'll know.

00:39:17.240 --> 00:39:18.840
 When someone is really.

00:39:18.840 --> 00:39:20.800
 Legitimately.

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:21.620
 Believing.

00:39:21.780 --> 00:39:22.120
 And saying.

00:39:22.220 --> 00:39:22.640
 And doing.

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:24.460
 What you're saying.

00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:24.960
 And you're doing.

00:39:26.280 --> 00:39:26.660
 So.

00:39:27.300 --> 00:39:28.519
 The vision really for.

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:29.860
 GU.

00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:31.059
 For actually any of our ministry.

00:39:31.220 --> 00:39:32.200
 Is come and see.

00:39:33.500 --> 00:39:34.120
 Come and see.

00:39:34.200 --> 00:39:35.079
 But I would say this.

00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:36.980
 The entry requirement.

00:39:37.100 --> 00:39:38.760
 To be able to say something like that.

00:39:38.820 --> 00:39:40.300
 Is that you first have to respond to Jesus.

00:39:40.300 --> 00:39:41.220
 When he says follow me.

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:42.880
 Like we.

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:43.920
 We actually have to go.

00:39:44.039 --> 00:39:44.200
 Well.

00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:46.100
 Philip responds to Jesus.

00:39:46.200 --> 00:39:46.440
 Says.

00:39:46.760 --> 00:39:46.980
 Okay.

00:39:46.980 --> 00:39:47.720
 I will follow you.

00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:49.059
 I don't know what the benefits are.

00:39:49.159 --> 00:39:50.299
 But I'm just going to follow you.

00:39:51.399 --> 00:39:52.219
 And when we.

00:39:52.399 --> 00:39:54.079
 Are a genuine community.

00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:55.099
 A genuine community.

00:39:55.099 --> 00:39:56.599
 That are truly following.

00:39:56.980 --> 00:39:57.059
 In.

00:39:57.559 --> 00:39:58.299
 His footsteps.

00:39:58.579 --> 00:39:59.579
 And trusting in him.

00:39:59.739 --> 00:40:00.539
 Then we say.

00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:01.099
 Come and see.

00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:02.359
 Because I think that's one of the other problems.

00:40:02.439 --> 00:40:03.480
 The next generation looking at.

00:40:03.659 --> 00:40:04.099
 They look.

00:40:04.199 --> 00:40:04.919
 And they say.

00:40:05.219 --> 00:40:06.379
 They hear adults saying.

00:40:06.419 --> 00:40:06.559
 Hey.

00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:07.159
 Come to church.

00:40:07.219 --> 00:40:07.679
 Come and see.

00:40:08.059 --> 00:40:08.779
 And they walk in.

00:40:08.799 --> 00:40:09.439
 And what do they see?

00:40:09.659 --> 00:40:10.739
 They see hypocrisy.

00:40:11.899 --> 00:40:12.139
 Right.

00:40:12.399 --> 00:40:14.139
 They see lives that are not transformed.

00:40:14.139 --> 00:40:15.379
 They see.

00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:17.059
 The previous generation.

00:40:17.279 --> 00:40:17.559
 Still.

00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:19.259
 Strapped by the same fears.

00:40:19.699 --> 00:40:20.400
 That they have.

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:20.699
 And they're like.

00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:21.440
 Well you're no different.

00:40:21.859 --> 00:40:22.179
 And actually.

00:40:22.299 --> 00:40:22.639
 You're telling.

00:40:22.779 --> 00:40:23.960
 This isn't a Jesus thing.

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:25.019
 That you're trying to get me to do.

00:40:25.739 --> 00:40:26.940
 So they see the hypocrisy.

00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:27.980
 And.

00:40:30.619 --> 00:40:30.859
 Whoa.

00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:34.079
 Thank you.

00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:34.299
 Siri.

00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:36.639
 Did you guys hear my.

00:40:36.779 --> 00:40:37.480
 British accent.

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:38.480
 On Siri.

00:40:38.639 --> 00:40:39.400
 It is the best.

00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:40.639
 But anyway.

00:40:40.740 --> 00:40:41.440
 That's completely not.

00:40:41.660 --> 00:40:42.420
 What I was talking about.

00:40:44.780 --> 00:40:46.019
 Are we a community.

00:40:46.180 --> 00:40:46.599
 That have actually.

00:40:46.720 --> 00:40:47.079
 Genuinely.

00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:48.440
 Wholeheartedly.

00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:50.680
 Responds to the call of Jesus.

00:40:50.740 --> 00:40:51.180
 When he says.

00:40:51.260 --> 00:40:51.579
 Follow me.

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:53.619
 And have we then done.

00:40:53.740 --> 00:40:54.160
 A 180.

00:40:54.320 --> 00:40:55.019
 And turned ourselves.

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:56.440
 And once we've done that.

00:40:56.500 --> 00:40:57.000
 Then let's say.

00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:57.599
 Come and see.

00:40:57.780 --> 00:40:58.500
 And one final thing.

00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:59.220
 About the come and see.

00:40:59.220 --> 00:40:59.380
 Is.

00:40:59.720 --> 00:40:59.840
 Hey.

00:40:59.880 --> 00:41:00.900
 There's actually no pressure.

00:41:01.240 --> 00:41:01.360
 On you.

00:41:01.420 --> 00:41:01.960
 I've just said.

00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:03.240
 It's all the pressures on you.

00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:05.039
 To be a devoted follower of Christ.

00:41:05.180 --> 00:41:06.119
 On the flip side.

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:07.420
 There is zero pressure.

00:41:07.559 --> 00:41:07.760
 Why?

00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:08.800
 Because when he says.

00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:09.280
 Come and see.

00:41:09.280 --> 00:41:09.800
 He doesn't say.

00:41:09.860 --> 00:41:09.960
 Hey.

00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:10.540
 Come and see.

00:41:10.800 --> 00:41:12.060
 And I will prove it to you.

00:41:12.880 --> 00:41:13.040
 No.

00:41:13.060 --> 00:41:13.360
 He says.

00:41:13.440 --> 00:41:14.060
 Come and see.

00:41:14.280 --> 00:41:15.360
 You'll find out for yourself.

00:41:16.380 --> 00:41:17.960
 When we bring young people in.

00:41:18.060 --> 00:41:18.500
 It's not say.

00:41:18.540 --> 00:41:18.640
 Hey.

00:41:18.700 --> 00:41:19.640
 Come and see how great we are.

00:41:19.680 --> 00:41:21.000
 Come and see how great this community is.

00:41:21.160 --> 00:41:22.980
 Come and see how fun this youth pastor is.

00:41:23.140 --> 00:41:23.300
 No.

00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:23.480
 It's.

00:41:23.740 --> 00:41:25.060
 Come and see who the Lord is.

00:41:25.760 --> 00:41:27.060
 And I don't know.

00:41:27.160 --> 00:41:28.060
 Where you kind of.

00:41:28.860 --> 00:41:29.580
 Land with.

00:41:30.120 --> 00:41:31.040
 The theories of.

00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:31.980
 What Nathaniel.

00:41:33.080 --> 00:41:33.960
 Was going through.

00:41:34.040 --> 00:41:34.660
 During that time.

00:41:35.620 --> 00:41:37.080
 But I just hear two statements.

00:41:37.300 --> 00:41:38.340
 He starts off by saying.

00:41:38.340 --> 00:41:38.660
 Yeah.

00:41:38.740 --> 00:41:38.880
 Well.

00:41:38.920 --> 00:41:39.360
 Good to come out.

00:41:39.460 --> 00:41:39.860
 I don't know.

00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:40.480
 Is this guy.

00:41:40.579 --> 00:41:41.360
 Is this guy legit?

00:41:42.120 --> 00:41:43.740
 And then after one statement.

00:41:43.940 --> 00:41:45.600
 He completely goes 180.

00:41:45.740 --> 00:41:45.980
 And goes.

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:46.220
 Rabbi.

00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:47.340
 You are the son of God.

00:41:47.380 --> 00:41:48.160
 The king of Israel.

00:41:50.300 --> 00:41:51.880
 Jesus must have said something.

00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:53.600
 Must have shown him something.

00:41:53.780 --> 00:41:53.880
 That.

00:41:54.059 --> 00:41:54.820
 That caused him.

00:41:54.860 --> 00:41:56.519
 That forced him to turn the 180.

00:41:56.860 --> 00:41:58.300
 And could be completely transformed.

00:41:58.300 --> 00:42:01.660
 Maybe it is something.

00:42:01.800 --> 00:42:02.620
 Maybe it is something.

00:42:02.620 --> 00:42:03.740
 That Nathaniel was going through.

00:42:03.820 --> 00:42:04.480
 Under the fig tree.

00:42:04.580 --> 00:42:04.860
 That only.

00:42:04.980 --> 00:42:06.100
 He thought no one else could hear.

00:42:06.980 --> 00:42:07.780
 But Jesus says.

00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:08.220
 I was there.

00:42:09.200 --> 00:42:10.720
 I heard what you were complaining about.

00:42:11.360 --> 00:42:12.700
 I heard what you were worried about.

00:42:13.640 --> 00:42:14.500
 And I was there.

00:42:14.800 --> 00:42:16.240
 And I'm still here right now.

00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:16.980
 Talking to you.

00:42:17.700 --> 00:42:18.760
 Asking you to follow me.

00:42:19.860 --> 00:42:22.019
 So would we be a community.

00:42:22.019 --> 00:42:23.320
 That truly follows him.

00:42:24.100 --> 00:42:26.320
 And then would we have that inviting spirit.

00:42:26.940 --> 00:42:27.920
 And now I know we say.

00:42:28.280 --> 00:42:29.960
 Hey let's keep inviting more people to this.

00:42:30.039 --> 00:42:30.740
 Let's complete.

00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:33.120
 Let's continue to break the fire and health safety.

00:42:33.440 --> 00:42:34.080
 Numbers here.

00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:35.320
 And get more and more dangerous.

00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:37.100
 I know what I'm asking here.

00:42:37.580 --> 00:42:38.059
 But I have.

00:42:38.140 --> 00:42:38.980
 I have very.

00:42:39.260 --> 00:42:39.519
 Very.

00:42:40.220 --> 00:42:41.380
 We have very.

00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:42.080
 Very strong.

00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:43.080
 Devoted leaders.

00:42:43.300 --> 00:42:43.720
 In Hank.

00:42:43.820 --> 00:42:44.360
 And in Agnes.

00:42:44.460 --> 00:42:45.240
 And in Tony.

00:42:45.240 --> 00:42:45.600
 Who are.

00:42:45.700 --> 00:42:46.539
 Who are looking.

00:42:46.680 --> 00:42:47.120
 Looking.

00:42:47.400 --> 00:42:48.800
 For best options for us.

00:42:48.860 --> 00:42:50.100
 When it comes to how do we gather safely.

00:42:50.539 --> 00:42:50.680
 But.

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 That shouldn't stop us.

00:42:52.480 --> 00:42:53.240
 From still inviting people.

00:42:53.320 --> 00:42:53.559
 Protecting.

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 That shouldn't stop us from still.

00:42:56.160 --> 00:42:57.380
 And when we say that.

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 It is from a place of.

00:42:58.700 --> 00:42:58.800
 Hey.

00:42:58.960 --> 00:43:00.120
 Come and see.

00:43:00.700 --> 00:43:01.640
 Along with me.

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 Who he is.

00:43:05.220 --> 00:43:06.360
 We must have that spirit.

00:43:07.200 --> 00:43:08.380
 If you want more of God.

00:43:09.059 --> 00:43:10.460
 You must be willing to give him away.

00:43:11.440 --> 00:43:12.880
 If you want to know him more.

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 You must introduce him to other people.

00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:16.780
 There is no other way about it.

00:43:16.860 --> 00:43:17.420
 You cannot say.

00:43:17.600 --> 00:43:17.940
 Oh yes.

00:43:18.059 --> 00:43:19.960
 Sunday morning is a good time to come and gather for worship.

00:43:20.360 --> 00:43:21.700
 And I'm just going to do my Jesus thing.

00:43:21.740 --> 00:43:23.120
 And I'm going to become more and more like Jesus.

00:43:23.320 --> 00:43:25.120
 If you become more and more like Jesus.

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 You are dangerously close my friend.

00:43:27.059 --> 00:43:27.940
 In touching lepers.

00:43:28.220 --> 00:43:29.900
 In going out to places that are not comfortable.

00:43:30.180 --> 00:43:31.600
 And doing things that you don't want to do.

00:43:31.660 --> 00:43:33.500
 And talking to people that you don't really want to talk to.

00:43:34.180 --> 00:43:35.800
 That's what becoming more like Jesus is.

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 So can I pray that we have that spirit.

00:43:38.400 --> 00:43:38.600
 One.

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 To follow him.

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 And two.

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 And then have that spirit to say.

00:43:41.140 --> 00:43:41.600
 Come and see.

00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:43.660
 I'm going to ask Alex.

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 Is Alex here?

00:43:45.699 --> 00:43:48.879
 She's in there.

00:43:48.879 --> 00:43:49.199
 Alex.

00:43:49.359 --> 00:43:50.299
 I think there's a speaker in there.

00:43:51.779 --> 00:43:52.619
 She's coming out.

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 She's going to lead us in a song just to finish.

00:43:58.259 --> 00:43:59.259
 But can I invite you.

00:43:59.519 --> 00:44:01.079
 If the Holy Spirit is speaking to you.

00:44:01.419 --> 00:44:01.799
 Right now.

00:44:01.859 --> 00:44:02.059
 You're like.

00:44:02.119 --> 00:44:02.259
 Yeah.

00:44:02.279 --> 00:44:03.639
 I must do something with my faith.

00:44:03.699 --> 00:44:04.139
 I get it.

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 And if I'm here.

00:44:05.159 --> 00:44:07.460
 Then I want to be investing into the next generation too.

00:44:07.799 --> 00:44:08.539
 How can I help?

00:44:08.759 --> 00:44:09.239
 If that is you.

00:44:09.399 --> 00:44:09.679
 Well actually.

00:44:09.759 --> 00:44:10.039
 If you're like.

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 I don't even know what I should be helping in.

00:44:11.420 --> 00:44:12.940
 Well it starts off with just going God.

00:44:14.420 --> 00:44:15.280
 I follow you.

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 And if you want me to go there.

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 I will go there.

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 So long as you go with me God.

00:44:23.360 --> 00:44:24.079
 Then I will go.

00:44:24.840 --> 00:44:25.639
 And if you're saying again.

00:44:25.720 --> 00:44:25.860
 Yeah.

00:44:25.940 --> 00:44:28.460
 I've been praying and thinking about what I should be doing.

00:44:28.780 --> 00:44:29.720
 To live out my faith.

00:44:30.619 --> 00:44:32.599
 To invite other people into the faith.

00:44:33.519 --> 00:44:34.700
 That maybe this is an opportunity.

00:44:34.900 --> 00:44:36.340
 Maybe you are good with young people.

00:44:37.340 --> 00:44:38.380
 Maybe you are.

00:44:38.519 --> 00:44:39.900
 You have a heart for the young people.

00:44:39.900 --> 00:44:41.820
 Maybe you have an awareness of what they're going through.

00:44:42.320 --> 00:44:43.480
 Maybe you have a burden for them.

00:44:43.500 --> 00:44:45.680
 Because you have some of them living in your own house.

00:44:47.380 --> 00:44:48.700
 But let's be a community.

00:44:49.220 --> 00:44:50.960
 That really cares about the next generation.

00:44:51.559 --> 00:44:54.000
 Recognizing it is not only certain people.

00:44:54.119 --> 00:44:55.980
 That should be ministering to them.

00:44:56.220 --> 00:44:57.559
 But every generation.

00:44:57.760 --> 00:45:00.019
 That should be pouring into the next one.

00:45:01.139 --> 00:45:02.840
 But it starts with us saying.

00:45:03.059 --> 00:45:03.320
 Jesus.

00:45:05.039 --> 00:45:05.920
 I follow you.

00:45:05.920 --> 00:45:06.559
 You.

00:45:07.340 --> 00:45:07.740
 You.

00:45:08.300 --> 00:45:09.099
 Take me where you.

00:45:09.519 --> 00:45:10.220
 Want me to go.

00:45:11.659 --> 00:45:12.840
 And with that I ask you.

00:45:13.260 --> 00:45:14.260
 Would you come to the altar?

00:45:15.200 --> 00:45:15.900
 Would you.

00:45:16.300 --> 00:45:17.000
 Approach his throne.

00:45:17.760 --> 00:45:18.280
 And go Lord.

00:45:18.940 --> 00:45:19.619
 I want you.

00:45:20.780 --> 00:45:21.559
 Tell me how I.

00:45:22.220 --> 00:45:22.820
 Can get more of you.

00:45:23.180 --> 00:45:24.460
 And who I can give you away to.

00:45:25.000 --> 00:45:26.059
 Can I lead us in the final prayer.

00:45:27.119 --> 00:45:27.480
 Father.

00:45:27.480 --> 00:45:27.539
 Father.

00:45:27.539 --> 00:45:34.840
 Out of your heart and love for us.

00:45:35.559 --> 00:45:37.099
 You being gracious and compassionate.

00:45:40.539 --> 00:45:41.820
 You reached out to us.

00:45:45.820 --> 00:45:47.079
 And God would we be.

00:45:47.559 --> 00:45:49.099
 The generation that seeks your heart.

00:45:50.179 --> 00:45:51.079
 So give us clean hands.

00:45:51.179 --> 00:45:51.900
 Give us pure hearts.

00:45:53.759 --> 00:45:54.519
 Holy Spirit.

00:45:54.619 --> 00:45:56.079
 Teach us to follow you ourselves.

00:45:56.079 --> 00:46:00.779
 And teach us to have the spirit.

00:46:01.480 --> 00:46:02.159
 And the courage.

00:46:02.819 --> 00:46:03.619
 To say come and see.

00:46:05.519 --> 00:46:07.779
 Can you continue to be with us as we gather.

00:46:09.079 --> 00:46:09.980
 But don't let us say that.

00:46:12.940 --> 00:46:14.039
 We commit to scattering.

00:46:15.960 --> 00:46:17.159
 To reaching every.

00:46:18.440 --> 00:46:19.460
 Field of society.

00:46:22.599 --> 00:46:24.840
 And reaching every person in every field.

00:46:26.079 --> 00:46:27.759
 Because you have love for every single one.

00:46:31.299 --> 00:46:32.880
 But now we start with coming to you.

00:46:33.799 --> 00:46:34.719
 We come to the altar.

00:46:34.719 --> 00:46:48.199
 God, you are wonderful.

00:46:50.339 --> 00:46:51.699
 You are also wonderful.

00:46:55.699 --> 00:46:57.119
 So we run to you.

00:46:58.419 --> 00:47:00.019
 We run to your embrace.

00:47:02.799 --> 00:47:04.000
 Experience your love.

00:47:04.719 --> 00:47:10.000
 Your forgiveness and your grace in our lives.

00:47:12.500 --> 00:47:16.199
 Not so that we can keep it all for ourselves, but that we can share it with others.

00:47:18.819 --> 00:47:27.039
 So I pray that as we've been challenged this morning of, as we experience you, how are we sharing you with those around us?

00:47:27.559 --> 00:47:31.719
 I pray that as you've spoken to us, we would be obedient to go.

00:47:31.719 --> 00:47:35.899
 To go where you call us.

00:47:36.399 --> 00:47:44.459
 Whether it is the next generation, whether it's praise the ministry, whether it's our coworkers in the cubicles beside us.

00:47:44.460 --> 00:47:49.980
 Whether it's that person we just really do not get along with.

00:47:49.980 --> 00:47:59.719
 I pray that wherever you are calling us to go and share your love with, that we would be obedient and go.

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 we pray this all in your name

00:48:05.140 --> 00:48:07.640
 Amen

00:48:07.640 --> 00:48:09.000
 Amen