WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.080 A series here out of John 15. 00:00:03.480 --> 00:00:08.220 You know, it's a little different to be sitting in the pew for a few weeks. 00:00:08.900 --> 00:00:15.780 ! But you know, it's one of those things that God gives you time to thank and to process with some things. 00:00:16.440 --> 00:00:23.100 You know, because really the question is, is that oftentimes people begin to think they are what they do. 00:00:24.660 --> 00:00:26.780 But you know what? We are not what we do. 00:00:26.780 --> 00:00:30.100 We are who we are in Christ. 00:00:31.500 --> 00:00:40.859 Because when we understand that difference, because you know, oftentimes today you find that people have problems of dealing with life 00:00:40.859 --> 00:00:46.560 because they don't know the reason for life. 00:00:47.680 --> 00:00:50.540 What's attached to it? You know, what's your purpose? 00:00:51.740 --> 00:00:55.420 You know, people are seeking much in life of purpose and direction. 00:00:55.420 --> 00:01:02.539 They're trying to find things to answer the questions of life, of who they are. 00:01:02.679 --> 00:01:03.960 You know, why are you here? 00:01:05.299 --> 00:01:09.500 You know, these are not questions that just require a generic answer. 00:01:10.480 --> 00:01:17.599 They're questions that need to be truly thought through and considered of where and what it means. 00:01:17.599 --> 00:01:24.199 And what God has given to us because they drive the very substance of your life. 00:01:24.839 --> 00:01:28.599 Now I want you, I understand that, you know, I've never asked myself those questions. 00:01:28.679 --> 00:01:31.819 You might not have used those words, but you've asked yourself those questions. 00:01:32.819 --> 00:01:42.139 Might be in a little different form or thought process, but it's that idea of who am I and why am I here that makes a difference. 00:01:42.140 --> 00:01:50.359 You know, every decision we make each day is guided by the answer that is settled in our mind on those questions. 00:01:51.219 --> 00:01:53.379 We're driven by those things. 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:58.140 It becomes a lens through which we see life. 00:01:58.900 --> 00:02:04.500 A lens in which things are brought in what we think is clarity to us. 00:02:04.500 --> 00:02:09.080 You know, when we find answers, this world gives a lot of answers. 00:02:10.419 --> 00:02:18.960 The problem is a lot of their answers might bring what people think is joy and fulfillment, but in the end is emptiness. 00:02:20.539 --> 00:02:27.020 They miss the very reality of who and why they were created in the first place. 00:02:27.020 --> 00:02:32.920 Because a wrong answer here will ultimately lead to frustration and despair. 00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:42.679 You know, when you realize the importance of what Christ has done for us, but also the importance of who he is. 00:02:43.619 --> 00:02:47.159 And this morning we're going to start into a series talking about the vine. 00:02:47.919 --> 00:02:55.759 And we're going to look at who the vine is because we can find many things to occupy our time and our energy. 00:02:56.539 --> 00:03:01.439 When we understand at the end of life we're left with the same doubts and the same questions. 00:03:01.439 --> 00:03:10.219 We lay hold of something useful, something genuinely beneficial, only to discover that it will not do anything that is needed. 00:03:11.560 --> 00:03:17.879 You know, I was thinking about that, you know, because a lot of times, especially for guys, you get a tool that guys like. 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:19.680 You know, they'll find their favorite tool. 00:03:20.979 --> 00:03:21.280 You know? 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:27.300 And the problem is, is that they get attached to a tool and then suddenly they try to use it for everything. 00:03:27.300 --> 00:03:30.480 You know, an adjustable wrench, a monkey wrench is a great tool. 00:03:32.180 --> 00:03:35.860 But you know, when you try to use it on a round object, it's very useless. 00:03:38.160 --> 00:03:39.840 That's usually when it turns into a hammer. 00:03:40.320 --> 00:03:41.100 But you know what? 00:03:41.180 --> 00:03:46.360 The harder you try to make it fit, all it does is make life more frustrating. 00:03:46.920 --> 00:03:52.540 You know, I want you to understand as we begin looking at this, because the same is true for you and me. 00:03:52.539 --> 00:04:00.879 Because we can look for things that give us a temporary answer, but under the weight of life it slips. 00:04:02.099 --> 00:04:04.219 It does not meet what's needed. 00:04:05.259 --> 00:04:14.739 The weight of life, the frustration and the failure, the objects of life, the sorrow, the guilt, the death, the ideas of eternity. 00:04:14.740 --> 00:04:18.780 See, we struggle to get a grip on it. 00:04:19.900 --> 00:04:27.740 And that's the reason Jesus here in John 15 is giving some encouragement and some direction to his disciples to say, 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:33.680 Guys, this is where you need to focus. 00:04:34.960 --> 00:04:37.360 This is what's going to answer those questions. 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:47.620 This is what's going to give life purpose and meaning and direction, even in the midst of the trials and the struggles and the things that you don't understand. 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:52.840 Because I want you to see here this morning as we get ready to get into John 15, 00:04:53.340 --> 00:04:56.300 Jesus didn't just give them a pat answer. 00:04:58.360 --> 00:05:02.600 He didn't just give them an answer to a question. 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:08.220 He gave them a who that we need to abide in. 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:15.280 Because Jesus is the one the Father planted and tends and that we need to be attached to. 00:05:16.360 --> 00:05:17.920 They've been given an answer. 00:05:18.060 --> 00:05:20.280 They only need stay connected to it. 00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:23.960 As we look here this morning, I want you to think on this thought. 00:05:25.360 --> 00:05:28.300 That where a branch stays, a branch bears. 00:05:28.820 --> 00:05:31.240 Where a branch stays, a branch bears. 00:05:31.240 --> 00:05:37.699 That's going to be a thought process for us as we walk through the next few weeks, Lord willing. 00:05:39.620 --> 00:05:46.759 And I want you to think and contemplate on that because John 15 is at a very difficult moment in time. 00:05:48.319 --> 00:05:51.980 You know, sometimes we read John 13 and John 14, you know. 00:05:52.240 --> 00:05:53.740 Oh, God's prepared for me. 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:54.639 He's coming again. 00:05:54.699 --> 00:05:56.180 He's prepared a place for me. 00:05:56.939 --> 00:05:57.980 That's great news. 00:05:58.079 --> 00:05:58.740 I mean, that's exciting. 00:05:58.800 --> 00:05:59.340 I'm glad. 00:05:59.339 --> 00:06:02.419 But then John 15 kind of makes a transition. 00:06:03.959 --> 00:06:06.119 Because he gets their attention. 00:06:07.179 --> 00:06:10.319 You know, the supper is over and Judas has gone out. 00:06:10.539 --> 00:06:15.139 And Jesus says at the end of chapter 14, arise, let us go hence. 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:19.819 So in other words, Jesus has the 11 and he's walking and they're going to the garden. 00:06:19.899 --> 00:06:21.679 And we all know what's going to happen in the garden. 00:06:21.680 --> 00:06:30.920 Judas is going to bring the men and they're going to arrest Jesus and they're going to take him and crucify him. 00:06:32.860 --> 00:06:35.400 You know, Jesus knew exactly what was going to happen. 00:06:36.740 --> 00:06:40.740 He knew exactly the struggle these men were going to face. 00:06:40.740 --> 00:06:47.240 Because everything they had invested in was going to get turned upside down in their mind. 00:06:47.699 --> 00:06:55.100 You know, sometimes when we get caught up and get our eyes off the right object, on the right person, 00:06:56.100 --> 00:06:59.960 life gets upside down and doesn't make sense. 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:03.960 Have you ever thought about how the 11 disciples' life went upside down? 00:07:03.959 --> 00:07:09.979 They had invested three and a half years of their life. 00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:13.199 You are the one. 00:07:13.399 --> 00:07:18.000 They were confident that Jesus was the one that they were looking for. 00:07:18.579 --> 00:07:21.859 That had been prophesied, that they had been told from a youth, 00:07:22.259 --> 00:07:23.319 this is the one. 00:07:23.659 --> 00:07:26.120 And he's soon to go to a cross and die. 00:07:26.419 --> 00:07:27.819 Their world went upside down. 00:07:30.039 --> 00:07:33.699 As we look at John 15, I want you to pay attention closely. 00:07:33.699 --> 00:07:40.000 Because what Jesus is doing is preparing his disciples for when life goes upside down. 00:07:41.920 --> 00:07:43.139 You know what he's doing? 00:07:43.259 --> 00:07:48.740 He's also recording for us what we need to do when life goes upside down. 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:55.819 When life goes what seems out of control to us, that God is still there. 00:07:55.899 --> 00:07:58.599 He needs to keep our eyes focused on the right one. 00:07:58.600 --> 00:08:03.560 Because I want you to understand that as he's walking towards the Mount of Olives, 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:05.439 he points to the vine. 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:07.320 He's not lecturing them. 00:08:07.379 --> 00:08:13.360 He's giving them what they need to be steady as they watch what's going to unfold. 00:08:14.820 --> 00:08:17.760 To understand the picture of that. 00:08:17.860 --> 00:08:21.640 So if you found John 15 this morning, let's go ahead and stand for a moment here 00:08:21.639 --> 00:08:23.899 in honor of the reading of the Word of God. 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:26.620 And I want you to look here and think here this morning. 00:08:26.719 --> 00:08:30.199 Notice here in verse 1 of John 15, it says this, 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:51.379 Let's pray. 00:08:51.379 --> 00:08:53.299 Heavenly Fathers, we come before you this morning. 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:56.039 Lord, we just thank you for who you are. 00:08:56.360 --> 00:08:59.179 Lord, that no matter what, we can hold to you. 00:08:59.700 --> 00:09:02.899 Lord, matter of fact, it's our responsibility to hold to you. 00:09:03.179 --> 00:09:05.899 Lord, to grab a hold of you even though you have us. 00:09:06.939 --> 00:09:09.299 Lord, at the moment of salvation, we are in you. 00:09:09.379 --> 00:09:14.700 But Lord, oftentimes, we ignore the reality of the power that is within you. 00:09:15.379 --> 00:09:16.860 That you give to us. 00:09:16.899 --> 00:09:17.919 That you channel to us. 00:09:17.960 --> 00:09:19.740 That you guide us and you direct us. 00:09:19.740 --> 00:09:23.560 Lord, I pray that you save your hand upon each one here this morning. 00:09:24.180 --> 00:09:25.340 Lord, you know each heart. 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:26.299 You know each life. 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:27.879 You know the struggles, the trials. 00:09:29.220 --> 00:09:35.539 But Lord, help us to understand the importance of abiding in you. 00:09:37.019 --> 00:09:39.120 The true vine. 00:09:39.799 --> 00:09:46.220 And the vine that is pruned and cleaned by the husband and the father. 00:09:46.680 --> 00:09:49.500 And Lord, we just love you and thank you in Jesus' name. 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:50.379 Amen. 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:51.379 May be seated. 00:09:52.259 --> 00:09:57.700 You know, as we see here, Jesus reminds them that no matter what, they need to stay connected 00:09:57.700 --> 00:09:59.200 to the vine. 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:02.299 Connection to the vine is important. 00:10:03.100 --> 00:10:09.879 You know, the vine allows the husband to prune and to clean our lives that we might be fruitful. 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:13.299 Because Jesus here is not telling them, hey, just stay connected. 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:15.000 You'll grab a hold for life. 00:10:15.059 --> 00:10:22.320 He says, no, when you grab a hold, when you understand that in the vine is where you're fruitful. 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:29.220 And we're going to look in a few weeks because Jesus here isn't just talking about winning souls. 00:10:29.220 --> 00:10:36.060 He's talking also about Galatians 5 where you have the fruit of the spirit in your life. 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:38.740 If the fruit of the spirit is missing, you know what? 00:10:38.779 --> 00:10:40.660 There's a connection problem. 00:10:40.659 --> 00:10:44.659 There's a problem with connection. 00:10:44.819 --> 00:10:46.059 And we're going to look here this morning. 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:50.559 Notice first here, Jesus tells them the true vine and the husband. 00:10:50.659 --> 00:10:53.159 He gives this picture that they understand. 00:10:53.519 --> 00:10:54.399 A clear picture. 00:10:54.519 --> 00:10:56.299 Because there's only one way. 00:10:56.719 --> 00:10:58.240 As he looks here, notice what he says. 00:10:58.240 --> 00:11:00.899 Because I am the true vine. 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:03.879 The vine is a person, not a program. 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:08.279 You know, he tells them, I am the great I am. 00:11:08.720 --> 00:11:12.659 Jesus has claimed and declared himself to be equal with God. 00:11:12.980 --> 00:11:14.080 To be God. 00:11:15.919 --> 00:11:19.700 He says, I am the vine and the father is the husbandman. 00:11:20.620 --> 00:11:23.279 Now, I want you to understand what's taking place here. 00:11:23.279 --> 00:11:25.779 Because we need to clarify something. 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:27.620 Because who's he speaking to here? 00:11:27.620 --> 00:11:29.460 Context in the scripture is important. 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:35.379 Because you can never abide in the vine of Jesus Christ 00:11:35.379 --> 00:11:37.360 if there's never been a moment in your life 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:39.480 when you understood you're a sinner 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:42.220 and called upon him to be a savior. 00:11:43.440 --> 00:11:47.139 That his saving power is effectual in your life. 00:11:47.960 --> 00:11:50.580 The Bible says that you're placed in Christ. 00:11:51.960 --> 00:11:55.080 You are in Christ at the moment of salvation. 00:11:55.080 --> 00:12:00.720 You're from one family and born again into another family. 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:04.060 There's a distinction of where you're placed. 00:12:04.520 --> 00:12:07.759 And there's only one way and that's through Jesus Christ. 00:12:08.080 --> 00:12:10.360 But we need to stay connected to the vine. 00:12:10.600 --> 00:12:13.020 Now, I want you to understand, he's not talking to his disciples 00:12:13.020 --> 00:12:17.020 about losing their place with him. 00:12:17.379 --> 00:12:18.940 He's talking here directly. 00:12:18.940 --> 00:12:21.560 This whole passage has to do with fruitfulness. 00:12:22.140 --> 00:12:24.420 It has to do with dealing with life. 00:12:24.800 --> 00:12:27.020 Because we have one of two ways to go through life. 00:12:27.040 --> 00:12:28.360 You can go through life miserable. 00:12:28.940 --> 00:12:31.640 You know, we walk around in a world, there's a lot of miserable people. 00:12:32.500 --> 00:12:33.620 Discouraged, despaired. 00:12:34.060 --> 00:12:36.880 And when life happens, we need to abide in the vine. 00:12:37.460 --> 00:12:38.560 Hang on to him. 00:12:38.559 --> 00:12:43.879 You know, it's not in who you are, but it's who you're in. 00:12:44.379 --> 00:12:47.359 Because he is the one that matters. 00:12:47.959 --> 00:12:51.759 To have life fulfilled, we must be in the vine. 00:12:52.779 --> 00:12:54.639 But notice what Jesus says. 00:12:54.699 --> 00:12:56.839 He makes a statement, a very bold statement. 00:12:57.699 --> 00:13:00.619 He says, I am the true vine. 00:13:01.379 --> 00:13:04.099 The vine is a person, not a program. 00:13:04.339 --> 00:13:05.979 It's the great I am. 00:13:05.980 --> 00:13:12.420 I want you to understand that Jesus is not just something that you participate in. 00:13:13.680 --> 00:13:15.700 Jesus is the vine. 00:13:15.779 --> 00:13:17.920 He is the one, the giver of life. 00:13:19.220 --> 00:13:22.659 The Bible says that in him you have eternal life. 00:13:24.340 --> 00:13:27.220 You're here because he gave life. 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:32.039 Life is essential to understand. 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:35.719 And Jesus tells and declares unto them this reality. 00:13:35.899 --> 00:13:37.740 He says, I am the true vine. 00:13:38.019 --> 00:13:39.079 I am the one. 00:13:39.419 --> 00:13:41.379 You know, John 8, he says this. 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:45.480 Verily, verily, I say unto you, before Abraham was, I am. 00:13:45.899 --> 00:13:52.139 This before this in John 14, he says, I am the way, the truth, and the life. 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:54.779 And no man cometh unto the Father but by me. 00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:57.539 And now he says, I am the true vine. 00:13:57.539 --> 00:14:04.579 I want you to know and understand something because if you're not in the vine of Jesus Christ, 00:14:04.719 --> 00:14:06.559 you might be planted someplace else. 00:14:06.819 --> 00:14:10.279 Because the reality is, is people will put themselves someplace. 00:14:11.659 --> 00:14:14.199 They'll be attached to a wrong vine. 00:14:14.279 --> 00:14:16.099 If there's a true vine, you know what it tells me? 00:14:16.139 --> 00:14:17.019 There's a false vine. 00:14:17.019 --> 00:14:21.179 The world offers a lot of things to get attached to. 00:14:22.779 --> 00:14:25.319 That hold our attention, hold our focus. 00:14:27.079 --> 00:14:28.679 Grab a hold of us. 00:14:29.179 --> 00:14:37.919 When we see these things, that this branch is important because it is from the vine that our life brings forth. 00:14:38.319 --> 00:14:39.059 It's a life. 00:14:39.199 --> 00:14:40.460 It's a standing. 00:14:40.460 --> 00:14:45.060 It's a vine is what brings forth sap and it's fruitful. 00:14:46.460 --> 00:14:47.320 But you know what? 00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:51.639 When you trim a vine and that branch is trimmed off, you know what? 00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:53.820 It cannot produce fruit. 00:14:55.960 --> 00:15:01.440 Now, I want you to understand this morning that what he's talking about here, he's talking to his disciples. 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:02.740 He's not telling them. 00:15:02.800 --> 00:15:05.280 We'll talk about this in a few weeks. 00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:14.319 But I want you to understand that when he's talking about cutting off from the vine, it isn't about losing your relationship with him, but losing your fruitfulness with him. 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:19.720 Because I believe there's a lot of Christians who aren't very fruitful. 00:15:20.319 --> 00:15:24.019 The fruit that God wants to produce in your life is absent. 00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:26.819 That fruit is what brings us through. 00:15:27.159 --> 00:15:30.220 You know, 1 Corinthians 1 verse 30 says this. 00:15:30.220 --> 00:15:39.560 It says, but of him are ye in Christ Jesus, of whom God has made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption. 00:15:41.379 --> 00:15:47.940 You know, those are the things that we require because Christ is not one help amongst many. 00:15:48.019 --> 00:15:50.040 He is the life of the branch. 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:52.800 You know, people look today for a lot of answers. 00:15:54.899 --> 00:15:58.379 You know, it's amazing how many people look all sorts of places for answers. 00:15:58.379 --> 00:16:01.939 You know, it used to be you go down to the self-help section of the bookstore. 00:16:03.439 --> 00:16:12.179 Nowadays, people turn to YouTube and podcasts and, you know, some guru that specializes in something gives you a good speech. 00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:15.679 And people guide their life from it and they miss the very thing. 00:16:16.019 --> 00:16:17.139 This is not going to be. 00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:18.419 It's a false branch. 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:20.120 Because I want to tell you something. 00:16:20.240 --> 00:16:24.080 You know, a branch can look fruitful or look full. 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:26.600 It can be full of leaves and have no fruit. 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:29.180 A branch can look good and be empty. 00:16:29.700 --> 00:16:32.920 What it looks like on the outside doesn't mean what it's producing. 00:16:33.540 --> 00:16:41.060 Because when we understand that Jesus is contrasting this, because when Jesus says, I am the true vine, 00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:47.240 I want you to understand in the disciples' mind, they already had a vine imagery in their mind. 00:16:49.139 --> 00:16:51.540 You know, the Old Testament tells us this. 00:16:51.660 --> 00:16:55.340 Jeremiah chapter 2 talks about Israel this way. 00:16:55.340 --> 00:16:55.759 He says, 00:16:55.840 --> 00:16:59.860 Yet have I planted thee a noble vine, holy or right seed? 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:05.120 How then art thou turned into a degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me? 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:08.640 You know, Israel was a picture of a vine in the Old Testament. 00:17:08.640 --> 00:17:13.600 And they needed to be in what God wanted them to be. 00:17:14.120 --> 00:17:16.180 And you know, Psalm 80 tells us this. 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:18.100 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt. 00:17:18.259 --> 00:17:20.960 Thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it. 00:17:21.020 --> 00:17:24.400 Thou preparest room before it and discaused it to take deep root. 00:17:24.740 --> 00:17:26.300 And it filled the land. 00:17:26.380 --> 00:17:27.460 And down in verse 12 it says, 00:17:27.460 --> 00:17:29.559 Why hast thou broken down her hedges? 00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:34.120 That all they that pass by the way do pluck her. 00:17:36.120 --> 00:17:37.380 Verse 14 goes, 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:39.700 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts. 00:17:39.819 --> 00:17:43.299 Look down from heaven and behold and visit this vine. 00:17:43.620 --> 00:17:46.380 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted. 00:17:46.680 --> 00:17:49.480 And the branch that thou made is strong for thyself. 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:51.279 It is burned with fire. 00:17:51.360 --> 00:17:52.120 It is cut down. 00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:54.959 They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 00:17:55.759 --> 00:18:03.239 So I want you to understand what Jesus is giving to them is a fulfillment and a picture of even the Old Testament prophecy here. 00:18:05.199 --> 00:18:07.139 This isn't new information. 00:18:07.459 --> 00:18:09.359 It's fulfilled information. 00:18:10.459 --> 00:18:12.239 Because Jesus says, 00:18:12.879 --> 00:18:16.179 The vine, the true vine, is not the ritual. 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:19.419 It's not the process. 00:18:19.420 --> 00:18:23.320 It's the faith in being in him. 00:18:24.600 --> 00:18:26.200 He is the vine. 00:18:27.080 --> 00:18:28.420 Always has been. 00:18:28.500 --> 00:18:31.440 And he's the one that we need to stick close to. 00:18:31.900 --> 00:18:35.039 Because Christ is the true vine who doesn't fail. 00:18:35.380 --> 00:18:36.680 But I want you to notice something here. 00:18:36.700 --> 00:18:38.400 Because this is a lot of times where people struggle. 00:18:40.420 --> 00:18:42.100 This is the point of struggle. 00:18:42.220 --> 00:18:44.140 Because when you get saved, it says, 00:18:44.259 --> 00:18:46.140 I'm easy to hang on to Jesus. 00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:49.300 But notice the next phrase in that verse 1. 00:18:49.420 --> 00:18:52.320 It says, 00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:54.320 And my father is the husbandman. 00:18:54.600 --> 00:18:56.279 Now you might have read that many times. 00:18:56.640 --> 00:19:00.440 I've spent the last five, six weeks thinking on this. 00:19:00.800 --> 00:19:01.220 You know what? 00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:03.240 The husbandman is really the problem we have. 00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:04.820 I know you're getting a strange look. 00:19:05.380 --> 00:19:11.259 The husbandman is the rub because the husband is the one that guides and directs the care of the vine. 00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:14.480 You know what the husbandman's job is? 00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:20.579 Is to do what's needed through the vine and the branches to make the plant fruitful. 00:19:20.579 --> 00:19:22.679 We like Jesus. 00:19:22.679 --> 00:19:24.559 We just don't like the husbandman. 00:19:24.879 --> 00:19:27.419 And Jesus is telling his disciples, he says, 00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:30.639 Hey, the father is going to prune you. 00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:33.699 He's going to clean you up to make you fruitful. 00:19:33.700 --> 00:19:36.259 You know what the problem is? 00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:37.180 We like Jesus. 00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:38.080 We like redemption. 00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:39.920 But the cleanup process is rough. 00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:42.799 The cleanup process is what makes us uncomfortable. 00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:45.019 Because you know what the problem is with that? 00:19:45.100 --> 00:19:51.680 We have to be obedient and willing to be pruned. 00:19:52.100 --> 00:19:53.759 Because take a look here at verse 2. 00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:59.480 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh away. 00:19:59.900 --> 00:20:00.319 Wow. 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:01.579 Think about it for a moment. 00:20:02.140 --> 00:20:03.700 Look over to Luke chapter 13. 00:20:04.099 --> 00:20:05.359 Luke chapter 13. 00:20:06.879 --> 00:20:08.359 Look down in verse 7. 00:20:08.879 --> 00:20:10.579 Jesus is giving a parable here. 00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:11.539 Notice what he says. 00:20:11.619 --> 00:20:13.900 Then said he unto the dresser of the vineyard. 00:20:14.420 --> 00:20:15.960 Who's the dresser of the vineyard? 00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:18.539 The husbandman. 00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:24.279 Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit of this fig tree. 00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:26.079 And find none. 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:26.920 Cut it down. 00:20:27.019 --> 00:20:28.619 Thy cumberth it to the ground. 00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:30.700 And he answered and said unto him, 00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:32.920 Lord, let it alone this year also. 00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:35.559 Till I shall dig about it and dung it. 00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:38.000 And if it bear fruit well, and if not, 00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:39.940 then after that thou shalt cut it down. 00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:40.720 You know what? 00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:43.000 The problem wasn't the fluffy leaves. 00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:45.200 The problem was there was no fruit. 00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:47.039 You know, when you plant something, 00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:50.940 I don't care how leafy it gets. 00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:55.099 You know, we attempt at planting some tomatoes every year. 00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:56.240 But you know what? 00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:59.519 You never get excited about a bunch of leaves on a tomato plant. 00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:02.059 It can be as fluffy. 00:21:02.139 --> 00:21:03.139 I mean, we got some this year. 00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:05.259 I mean, it's probably standing this tall out of the bed. 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.720 It's all well and good. 00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:07.519 But you know what? 00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:10.019 If it didn't produce tomatoes, it's what? 00:21:12.139 --> 00:21:12.539 Worthless. 00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:16.839 You know, this summer we had some dry spells. 00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:20.420 You know, you try to get out there and water it, 00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:21.680 but it's kind of tough sometimes. 00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:22.279 But you know what? 00:21:22.859 --> 00:21:24.680 The plant still produced fruit. 00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:25.299 You know what it did? 00:21:25.339 --> 00:21:26.339 It got rid of the leaves. 00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:29.619 You saw the leaves wilt to produce the fruit. 00:21:32.159 --> 00:21:33.700 Sometimes our problem is, 00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:35.740 is we're so hanging on to the leafies, 00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:36.940 what everybody else thinks, 00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:39.480 to think, Lord, I can't be pruned of this 00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:41.099 because of what somebody else thinks. 00:21:41.099 --> 00:21:43.980 And God says you need to let go of your pride 00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:45.859 and the sin that holds you 00:21:45.859 --> 00:21:47.619 that you might be made clean 00:21:47.619 --> 00:21:48.619 and you might be fruitful. 00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:51.299 You think about the cause of fruitfulness 00:21:51.299 --> 00:21:52.819 or fruitlessness. 00:21:53.159 --> 00:21:55.000 So the cause of fruitlessness 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:57.559 isn't the lack of leaves. 00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:59.719 I think we have a lot of people in church 00:21:59.719 --> 00:22:01.439 that have a good job of looking fluffy. 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:03.279 Know the right religious language. 00:22:03.439 --> 00:22:04.639 They know the right things to say. 00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:06.699 They know the right things to make everybody happy. 00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:08.880 The problem is they're a bunch of leaves 00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:11.819 with no fruit 00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:15.080 because their lives are miserable because of sin. 00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:20.680 The Bible tells us that there are sins that beset us, 00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:22.180 grab a hold of us, 00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:23.799 that cause us to be unfruitful. 00:22:24.420 --> 00:22:26.340 I want you to understand when it comes to sin, 00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:29.120 but there's another direct area, 00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:30.000 and that's rebellion. 00:22:31.840 --> 00:22:33.819 You know, we're all going to struggle with sin, 00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:37.960 but rebellion, rebellion's another level. 00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:41.399 You say, preacher, how's that another level? 00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:42.859 Rebellious attitudes of sin. 00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:44.379 Yes, it is, but it's a different level 00:22:44.379 --> 00:22:46.439 because it says, I know what I'm doing 00:22:46.439 --> 00:22:47.899 and I'm choosing to do it anyways. 00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:49.879 Sin magnified. 00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:53.000 Rebellion takes form in many ways. 00:22:53.859 --> 00:22:57.439 Rebellion can take place with disobedience. 00:22:58.059 --> 00:22:59.200 I think there's a lot of people 00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:02.460 not willing to submit to the truth of God's word 00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:05.079 because of their pride of what they think, 00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:07.519 of how they have processed life to say, 00:23:07.840 --> 00:23:09.660 I'm not willing to put myself 00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:11.519 under the authority of the word of God 00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.660 to do what I ought to do. 00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:14.539 They don't do that 00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:16.319 because it makes me feel uncomfortable. 00:23:17.140 --> 00:23:18.740 This life isn't about how comfortable 00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.920 and bushy we can look. 00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:24.000 Because at the end of life, 00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:25.279 fluff gets you no place. 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:27.140 He wants us to be fruitful. 00:23:29.100 --> 00:23:30.500 You know, let me throw one more up there. 00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.720 How about complacency? 00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:34.100 We live in a generation of comfort. 00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.860 We measure everything about 00:23:35.860 --> 00:23:38.019 how comfortable am I going to be doing it. 00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:39.940 It makes me uncomfortable. 00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:41.059 I'm not going to do it. 00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:43.500 But when you prune a plant, 00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:45.440 I guarantee you the process 00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:46.839 doesn't always look good. 00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:48.120 You know what? 00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:50.279 Ultimately, it produces the fruit 00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:51.779 that it's designed to produce. 00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:54.059 Notice what it tells us here 00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:56.620 as we go on in this passage here. 00:23:56.619 --> 00:23:58.959 It tells us it's very clearly 00:23:58.959 --> 00:24:00.399 this reality 00:24:00.399 --> 00:24:05.019 of understanding what's happening 00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:08.219 because God takes away those things. 00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:09.759 Notice what he tells us here 00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.899 in the passage. 00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:11.179 It says, 00:24:11.399 --> 00:24:13.239 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, 00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:14.299 he taketh away. 00:24:14.959 --> 00:24:16.139 Now, taketh away, 00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:17.839 I want you to understand, 00:24:18.399 --> 00:24:20.739 is concerning your usefulness 00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:22.380 and the Father's chastening 00:24:22.380 --> 00:24:24.700 his correction of his own. 00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:26.240 It's not means that God's going to 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:27.120 lose your salvation 00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:27.940 or kick you out. 00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:30.079 It's God's doing what's needed 00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:31.720 to help you to be fruitful. 00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.259 You go through this. 00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:34.720 There's people who use this passage 00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:34.980 and say, 00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:36.420 See, you can lose your salvation. 00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:37.980 That's not what it's talking about. 00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:41.799 Context is important. 00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:43.659 I believe that this passage 00:24:43.659 --> 00:24:45.159 teaches you can lose salvation. 00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:46.419 That means that apostles 00:24:46.419 --> 00:24:47.680 could lose their salvation. 00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:49.419 And everybody that I know 00:24:49.419 --> 00:24:50.480 would think that's nuts. 00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:52.480 As you're secure in him, 00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.639 what he's talking about here 00:24:53.639 --> 00:24:54.839 is fruitfulness. 00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:58.819 To abide in him. 00:24:59.259 --> 00:25:00.659 Holding on to him 00:25:00.659 --> 00:25:02.819 because notice what he tells us here. 00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:04.500 Look at the second part of verse 2. 00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.399 It says, 00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:07.500 In every branch that beareth fruit, 00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.819 he purges it 00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:11.079 that it may bring forth more fruit. 00:25:12.399 --> 00:25:14.019 Boy, that's against us, isn't it? 00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:16.019 Because sometimes we'll be saying, 00:25:16.119 --> 00:25:17.940 Lord, look what's happening 00:25:17.940 --> 00:25:19.079 and how you're using me 00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:19.839 and what we're doing. 00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:20.919 And God says, 00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.539 Hold on. 00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:23.180 You need to shave some more things 00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:23.899 out of the way 00:25:23.899 --> 00:25:25.599 that you can produce more. 00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:27.519 A lot of times in life 00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:29.180 when God is blessing 00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:30.339 and things are happening, 00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:30.680 we say, 00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:32.720 Well, God, why did you allow that? 00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:35.159 Jesus is answering that question. 00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:36.819 He says that you might bring forth 00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:38.899 more fruit. 00:25:39.659 --> 00:25:40.940 Fruit in your life 00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:42.700 might be something of substance. 00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:44.360 It says he purges it. 00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:45.320 That word purges 00:25:45.320 --> 00:25:46.519 means pruning, 00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:47.860 cutting away growth 00:25:47.860 --> 00:25:48.700 that's alive 00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.980 but unproductive 00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:51.279 so the vine 00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:53.360 concentrates on new growth. 00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:56.459 understand that God doesn't prune you 00:25:56.459 --> 00:25:57.599 out of his anger. 00:25:57.599 --> 00:25:59.939 He prunes you because he cares. 00:26:00.399 --> 00:26:03.719 Prunes you because he has something greater for you. 00:26:04.159 --> 00:26:05.199 Comfortable thought. 00:26:07.139 --> 00:26:08.819 Because we live in a generation 00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:10.240 that thinks that God is, 00:26:10.439 --> 00:26:12.959 he's always going to do what I think is good. 00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:15.399 Have their eyes on the fluff 00:26:15.399 --> 00:26:17.399 instead of the fruit. 00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:17.480 fruit. 00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:22.360 God allows things into our lives 00:26:22.360 --> 00:26:25.259 that we might become more fruitful. 00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:27.820 Some of it's enjoyable. 00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:29.820 Some of it is painful. 00:26:30.560 --> 00:26:31.700 It makes you uncomfortable. 00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:36.440 not in his anger 00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:37.799 that he does these things. 00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:39.539 We don't have time this morning 00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:40.420 but you can write down 00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:41.600 Hebrews chapter 12 00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:42.799 verses 5 through 11 00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.420 talks about 00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:45.259 his pruning of us, 00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:46.700 his chastening of us. 00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:49.000 God's chastening, 00:26:49.120 --> 00:26:49.740 his correction, 00:26:49.900 --> 00:26:51.100 his pruning is important 00:26:51.100 --> 00:26:53.400 because it does something for us. 00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:55.000 Look at Psalm 119. 00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:57.640 Psalm 119 in verse 67 00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:58.539 says this. 00:26:58.840 --> 00:26:59.160 It says, 00:26:59.160 --> 00:27:00.740 Before I was afflicted, 00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.580 I went astray 00:27:01.580 --> 00:27:03.080 but now have I kept 00:27:03.080 --> 00:27:04.480 thy word. 00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:06.680 A few verses down 00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.560 in verse 71 00:27:07.560 --> 00:27:08.440 tells us this. 00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.580 It is good for me 00:27:09.580 --> 00:27:10.820 that I had been afflicted 00:27:10.820 --> 00:27:12.400 that I might learn 00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:13.960 thy statutes. 00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.480 I'll ask you a question. 00:27:15.600 --> 00:27:17.140 Can you truly say that this morning? 00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:19.500 The psalmist is saying here 00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:20.580 is something very simple. 00:27:21.560 --> 00:27:25.220 Thank you for pruning my life. 00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:26.900 Understand those things. 00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.779 Think about Job. 00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:30.180 Job 23 verse 10 00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:30.579 says, 00:27:30.660 --> 00:27:30.920 He says, 00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:32.119 But he knoweth the way 00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:32.920 that I take 00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:34.879 and when he hath tried me 00:27:34.879 --> 00:27:36.059 I shall come forth 00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:37.420 as gold. 00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:39.319 Like those verses, 00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:42.220 the problem is 00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.859 we struggle 00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:43.879 with the husbandman 00:27:43.879 --> 00:27:45.200 that produces those 00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:47.240 things in our life. 00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:49.819 By pruning us, 00:27:49.899 --> 00:27:50.819 by cleaning us up, 00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.899 by doing what needs 00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:53.019 to be done in our life 00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:54.720 to make us fruitful. 00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:57.120 Because be fruitfulness 00:27:57.120 --> 00:27:58.680 means being allowing 00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.620 the husbandman 00:27:59.620 --> 00:28:00.839 to guide and direct 00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:02.200 what takes place 00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.980 in our life. 00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.480 You know, 00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:04.539 think about the word 00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:05.460 does the cleansing. 00:28:05.620 --> 00:28:06.559 Look at verse 3. 00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:08.039 Now you are clean 00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.700 through the word 00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:09.819 which I have spoken 00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.640 unto you. 00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:11.420 In other words, 00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:12.720 that word clean here 00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.440 is the same one 00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:14.259 used earlier 00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:16.140 to prune 00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:17.360 or to purge. 00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.980 You're purged 00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:20.380 by the word of God. 00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.420 You're pruned 00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:22.380 by the word of God. 00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:23.420 You're clean 00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:24.580 by the word of God. 00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:27.060 Jesus is the living word. 00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:28.420 It tells us in John 00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:28.900 in the beginning 00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:29.580 was the word 00:28:29.580 --> 00:28:30.000 and the word 00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.720 was with God 00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.120 and the word 00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:31.880 was God. 00:28:32.340 --> 00:28:34.080 John 1.14 says 00:28:34.080 --> 00:28:35.360 the word was made flesh 00:28:35.360 --> 00:28:36.360 and dwelt among us 00:28:36.360 --> 00:28:37.460 and we beheld 00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:38.160 his glory 00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:38.720 and the glory 00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.720 of the only begotten 00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.200 of the Father 00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:41.100 full of grace 00:28:41.100 --> 00:28:41.820 and truth. 00:28:43.320 --> 00:28:44.140 The problem 00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:45.040 we often have 00:28:45.040 --> 00:28:45.660 is we don't like 00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:46.740 the cleaning process. 00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:48.660 The cleaning process 00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:49.880 and the pruning process 00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:51.040 isn't very enjoyable. 00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:52.599 I had 00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:54.799 an accident 00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.440 on a bike. 00:28:56.899 --> 00:28:57.139 You know 00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:57.639 when you're young 00:28:57.639 --> 00:28:59.440 you do foolish things. 00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:02.259 I was over in Japan 00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:04.039 and we were all 00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.659 trying to keep 00:29:04.659 --> 00:29:05.279 ourselves busy 00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:06.279 so me and some other guys 00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:07.319 bought some mountain bikes 00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:07.779 and we went out 00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.399 mountain biking. 00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:11.720 And so one of the guys 00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.480 was pretty good 00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:13.420 and he jumps over 00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:13.799 this 00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:15.960 wide trench. 00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:16.240 You know 00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.980 we're scooting down 00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.740 this steep hill 00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.720 and you get enough speed 00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:20.360 and you jump the bike 00:29:20.360 --> 00:29:21.360 and you go over the trench. 00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:21.700 Well 00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.380 I'm like 00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:23.259 I can do that. 00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:25.000 Sarah went in the trench. 00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.799 We're Marines 00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:27.600 we don't wear helmets 00:29:27.600 --> 00:29:28.120 we don't do that 00:29:28.120 --> 00:29:28.740 I mean we're men 00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:31.759 we bike like men. 00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:33.720 The side of my face 00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:35.360 scraped up. 00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:36.039 April remembers 00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:37.079 getting pictures of this. 00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:39.640 It's one of the reasons 00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.039 of many 00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.620 that she tells me 00:29:40.620 --> 00:29:41.299 not to grow a beard 00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.819 because she says 00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:42.680 it'll look spatchy. 00:29:43.640 --> 00:29:43.880 I did 00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:44.700 down where we went 00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:45.740 there was coral rock. 00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:47.220 It's alive. 00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:49.120 I have a coral in my face. 00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.799 Sponges they use 00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:52.740 at the doctor's office 00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.920 with little plastic bristles. 00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.940 I got the privilege 00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:58.819 of getting my face scrubbed 00:29:58.819 --> 00:30:00.839 one of those bristles 00:30:00.839 --> 00:30:01.759 until they got 00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:03.019 all the coral out. 00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:05.120 The story is this 00:30:05.120 --> 00:30:06.259 it was not comfortable 00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:07.559 the cleansing 00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:08.319 was beneficial 00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:11.120 because if the cleansing 00:30:11.120 --> 00:30:12.120 didn't happen 00:30:12.120 --> 00:30:13.620 the coral would stay alive 00:30:13.620 --> 00:30:14.440 and begin growing 00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:15.079 within you. 00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:18.579 the same reality 00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:19.679 is for us 00:30:19.679 --> 00:30:20.220 when it comes 00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.960 to our life 00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:22.819 Jesus is the vine 00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.899 and God is the husband 00:30:23.899 --> 00:30:25.139 that cleanses us 00:30:25.139 --> 00:30:26.279 through the word of God 00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:29.460 and sometimes 00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:30.379 that cleansing 00:30:30.379 --> 00:30:31.319 is painful 00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:32.159 sometimes 00:30:32.159 --> 00:30:33.899 it's very difficult 00:30:33.899 --> 00:30:34.879 to deal with 00:30:34.879 --> 00:30:36.179 needed 00:30:36.179 --> 00:30:37.539 that we might be fruitful 00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:41.059 to get rid of those things 00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:42.119 that hinder us. 00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:44.500 you know 00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:44.899 Jesus 00:30:44.899 --> 00:30:45.899 just a little later 00:30:45.899 --> 00:30:46.219 here 00:30:46.219 --> 00:30:47.239 tells him this 00:30:47.239 --> 00:30:48.179 sanctify them 00:30:48.179 --> 00:30:49.000 through thy truth 00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.739 thy word 00:30:49.739 --> 00:30:50.759 is truth 00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:52.299 Psalm 119 00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:52.839 says 00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:53.419 wherewithal 00:30:53.419 --> 00:30:54.219 shall a young man 00:30:54.219 --> 00:30:55.099 cleanse his ways 00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:56.479 by taking heed 00:30:56.479 --> 00:30:56.939 thereunto 00:30:56.939 --> 00:30:58.139 according to thy word 00:30:58.139 --> 00:30:59.099 with my whole heart 00:30:59.099 --> 00:31:00.000 have I sought thee 00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:01.479 let me not wander 00:31:01.479 --> 00:31:02.579 from thy commandments 00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:03.559 thy word 00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.599 have I hid in my heart 00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:05.279 that I might not 00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:06.539 sin against thee 00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:08.000 James tells us 00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:09.059 wherefore lay apart 00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:09.920 all filthiness 00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:10.920 and superfluity 00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:12.019 of naughtiness 00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:13.579 and receive with meekness 00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:14.799 the engrafted word 00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:15.720 which is able 00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:17.139 to save our souls 00:31:17.139 --> 00:31:18.379 need 00:31:18.379 --> 00:31:20.119 to abide 00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:21.099 in the true vine 00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:25.079 but allow the husbandman 00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:28.079 to prune 00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:29.339 and to clean our lives 00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:31.079 be fruitful 00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:33.119 need fluffy 00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:33.980 leafy 00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.579 Christians 00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:36.579 that are comfortable 00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:37.720 God wants 00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:38.440 fruitful 00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:39.720 Christians 00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:41.680 talk about that here 00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.660 in the weeks to come 00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:44.259 because as we understand 00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:46.339 first being the vine 00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:48.779 and then the branch 00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:50.620 understand there's today 00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:51.140 there's many 00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:51.900 who are false 00:31:51.900 --> 00:31:52.860 fluffy branches 00:31:52.860 --> 00:31:54.920 see a lot of people 00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.819 who follow after 00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:57.120 false fluffy branches 00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:58.140 they think there's fruit 00:31:58.140 --> 00:31:58.799 so they follow 00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.539 when the vine 00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:00.120 is the devil 00:32:00.120 --> 00:32:01.000 that's attached to 00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:03.339 attached to the vine 00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:03.899 and we have done 00:32:03.899 --> 00:32:04.720 that happens 00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.799 when we're in Christ 00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.679 at salvation 00:32:06.679 --> 00:32:09.259 because this morning 00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:10.399 there's three branches 00:32:10.399 --> 00:32:11.319 in this room 00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:14.240 everybody falls 00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:15.319 under this category 00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:17.679 first the branch 00:32:17.679 --> 00:32:18.379 that was never 00:32:18.379 --> 00:32:19.459 in the true vine 00:32:19.459 --> 00:32:20.579 a false branch 00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:21.859 you're still 00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:22.639 in a vine 00:32:22.639 --> 00:32:23.799 because every man 00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:24.639 I want you to understand 00:32:24.639 --> 00:32:25.899 is attached to something 00:32:25.899 --> 00:32:28.359 Jesus gives 00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:29.339 another example 00:32:29.339 --> 00:32:29.959 of this 00:32:29.959 --> 00:32:30.339 of what 00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:31.959 is going on 00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:32.420 he says 00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:33.299 you have your father 00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:33.940 the devil 00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:36.500 you know 00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:37.680 God talks about 00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:39.019 in Deuteronomy 00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:39.340 he says 00:32:39.340 --> 00:32:40.039 their vine 00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:40.819 is the vine 00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:41.500 of Sodom 00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:44.500 you can be 00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:45.660 in a false vine 00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:47.740 vine can grow 00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.620 and look fluffy 00:32:48.620 --> 00:32:49.940 and have leaves 00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.799 for a lifetime 00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.920 but never once 00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.720 bore fruit 00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:55.680 that God 00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:56.680 would want to see 00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:58.799 and there's only 00:32:58.799 --> 00:32:59.440 one way 00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:00.519 to change that 00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:00.820 and that 00:33:00.820 --> 00:33:01.779 to come 00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.820 to the true vine 00:33:02.820 --> 00:33:03.759 that is to trust 00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.700 Jesus Christ 00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:05.519 as your savior 00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:06.840 when he says 00:33:06.840 --> 00:33:07.580 for whosoever 00:33:07.580 --> 00:33:08.340 shall call upon 00:33:08.340 --> 00:33:09.160 the name of the Lord 00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:10.420 shall be saved 00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:12.799 because you need 00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:13.259 to move 00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:14.100 from a vine 00:33:14.100 --> 00:33:15.600 that's false 00:33:15.600 --> 00:33:16.960 and leads astray 00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:18.019 and leads to hell 00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.980 to a vine 00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:20.080 that gives life 00:33:20.080 --> 00:33:21.100 and fruitfulness 00:33:21.100 --> 00:33:23.580 a vine 00:33:23.580 --> 00:33:24.500 that gives purpose 00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:27.500 and direction 00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:30.559 security 00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:32.220 different 00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:36.759 you know 00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.079 second 00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:37.980 we find 00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.220 that 00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:39.079 I think 00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:39.799 there's branches 00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:40.519 with leaves 00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:41.339 with no fruit 00:33:41.339 --> 00:33:43.339 there's a fruitless 00:33:43.339 --> 00:33:43.799 branch 00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:46.240 you know 00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:46.779 this morning 00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:48.079 there's going 00:33:48.079 --> 00:33:48.579 to be those 00:33:48.579 --> 00:33:49.119 that are attached 00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:49.579 themselves 00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:50.599 to a false branch 00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:52.240 there's going 00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:52.740 to be those 00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:53.380 who have attached 00:33:53.380 --> 00:33:53.859 themselves 00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:54.559 to the vine 00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:55.400 at salvation 00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:57.119 but they're fruitless 00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:59.559 because they're 00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:00.299 holding on 00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:00.839 to things 00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:01.339 that cause 00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:02.299 a stumbling block 00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:03.019 in their life 00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.659 and God says 00:34:03.659 --> 00:34:04.699 it needs to be dealt 00:34:04.699 --> 00:34:05.319 with to move 00:34:05.319 --> 00:34:05.679 forward 00:34:05.679 --> 00:34:06.379 to be fruitful 00:34:06.379 --> 00:34:09.819 you know 00:34:09.819 --> 00:34:10.599 if your spiritual 00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:11.679 life is stuck 00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:14.639 you need to start 00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:15.619 asking why 00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:17.339 you're rebelling 00:34:17.339 --> 00:34:18.559 against the one 00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:19.839 who wants to prune 00:34:19.839 --> 00:34:20.659 and clean you 00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:21.179 that you might 00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:22.000 be more fruitful 00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:24.420 that might mean 00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:25.359 giving something up 00:34:25.359 --> 00:34:26.119 it might just be 00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:27.259 a matter of obedience 00:34:27.259 --> 00:34:27.859 to know what 00:34:27.859 --> 00:34:28.619 I ought to do 00:34:28.619 --> 00:34:29.539 to do it 00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:31.239 you know 00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:32.059 James tells us 00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.559 he hath knoweth 00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:33.000 to do good 00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.599 and doeth it not 00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:33.960 to him 00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:34.359 it is 00:34:34.359 --> 00:34:35.380 sin 00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:38.980 it's direct 00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:40.039 disobedience 00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:41.480 tells us 00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:42.259 he that covereth 00:34:42.259 --> 00:34:42.699 his sin 00:34:42.699 --> 00:34:43.759 shall not prosper 00:34:43.759 --> 00:34:44.799 for whosoever 00:34:44.799 --> 00:34:45.460 confesses 00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:46.159 and forsaketh 00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:46.339 them 00:34:46.339 --> 00:34:47.579 shall have mercy 00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:50.059 you know 00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:50.500 this morning 00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.000 I hope 00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.539 you don't leave 00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:52.279 this building 00:34:52.279 --> 00:34:53.739 without it settled 00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:54.799 to put away 00:34:54.799 --> 00:34:55.439 those things 00:34:55.439 --> 00:34:56.159 to let the same 00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:57.299 word that convicted 00:34:57.299 --> 00:34:57.779 you 00:34:57.779 --> 00:34:58.839 of what God 00:34:58.839 --> 00:34:59.459 wants to do 00:34:59.459 --> 00:35:00.239 in your life 00:35:00.239 --> 00:35:01.500 to that the word 00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.599 has put through you 00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:03.299 that the word 00:35:03.299 --> 00:35:04.179 might cleanse you 00:35:04.179 --> 00:35:04.699 that you might 00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:05.339 come to him 00:35:05.339 --> 00:35:06.299 and call upon him 00:35:06.300 --> 00:35:10.780 but there's a third 00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:11.880 branch here 00:35:11.880 --> 00:35:12.460 this morning 00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:12.820 that's 00:35:12.820 --> 00:35:13.480 it's bearing 00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:14.500 and being 00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:15.420 cut 00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:16.380 it's being 00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:17.160 pruned 00:35:17.160 --> 00:35:18.420 a pruned 00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:19.180 branch 00:35:19.180 --> 00:35:20.240 have you ever 00:35:20.240 --> 00:35:20.960 wondered why 00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.680 the pruners 00:35:21.680 --> 00:35:22.120 have been 00:35:22.120 --> 00:35:22.900 in your life 00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.720 remember 00:35:23.720 --> 00:35:24.800 pruning is not 00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:25.480 in God's 00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:25.880 anger 00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.539 towards you 00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:27.000 but because 00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.760 of his care 00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:29.000 for me 00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.300 that I 00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:29.600 had been 00:35:29.600 --> 00:35:30.240 afflicted 00:35:30.240 --> 00:35:30.580 that I 00:35:30.580 --> 00:35:31.300 might learn 00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:32.480 thy statutes 00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:34.040 faith 00:35:34.040 --> 00:35:35.120 comes 00:35:35.120 --> 00:35:35.560 and is 00:35:35.560 --> 00:35:36.140 active 00:35:36.140 --> 00:35:37.120 when things 00:35:37.120 --> 00:35:38.280 are trying 00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:39.960 have a hold 00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:40.280 of 00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:41.500 you know 00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:41.760 we need 00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:42.340 to stop 00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:43.000 resisting 00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.700 the hand 00:35:43.700 --> 00:35:44.300 that's making 00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:45.140 you fruitful 00:35:45.140 --> 00:35:46.160 and yield 00:35:46.160 --> 00:35:46.740 your life 00:35:46.740 --> 00:35:47.340 to him 00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:48.660 if you 00:35:48.660 --> 00:35:50.100 contemplate 00:35:50.100 --> 00:35:50.780 on this 00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:52.140 I want 00:35:52.140 --> 00:35:52.360 to take 00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:52.800 a moment 00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:53.140 here 00:35:53.140 --> 00:35:54.920 you know 00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.160 I want 00:35:55.160 --> 00:35:55.780 you to stop 00:35:55.780 --> 00:35:56.960 and think 00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.620 about yourself 00:35:57.619 --> 00:36:00.519 preacher don't 00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:00.960 tell you that 00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:01.259 much 00:36:01.259 --> 00:36:02.440 think about 00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:02.819 yourself 00:36:02.819 --> 00:36:05.619 but there 00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:05.980 are times 00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:06.219 we need 00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:06.539 to think 00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:06.779 about 00:36:06.779 --> 00:36:07.239 ourselves 00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:11.199 what kind 00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:11.839 of branch 00:36:11.839 --> 00:36:13.900 are you 00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:19.659 if there's 00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:20.279 a need 00:36:20.279 --> 00:36:21.019 that God 00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.420 is speaking 00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:21.739 to you 00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:22.259 I encourage 00:36:22.259 --> 00:36:22.659 you to get 00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:23.259 that taken 00:36:23.259 --> 00:36:23.679 care of 00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:24.179 this morning 00:36:24.179 --> 00:36:26.259 as heads 00:36:26.259 --> 00:36:26.699 are bowed 00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:27.000 and eyes 00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.539 are closed 00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:29.199 today 00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:33.219 I want 00:36:33.219 --> 00:36:33.619 you to think 00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:34.000 here just 00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.460 for a moment 00:36:34.460 --> 00:36:34.920 what kind 00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:35.579 of branch 00:36:35.579 --> 00:36:37.800 are you 00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:41.719 don't settle 00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:42.360 just for the 00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:42.840 foliage 00:36:42.840 --> 00:36:45.539 if God 00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:46.079 has spoken 00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:46.619 to you 00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:47.019 won't you 00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:47.500 come 00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:49.079 as the 00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:49.440 piano 00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:49.980 plays 00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:50.579 and just 00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:51.860 call out 00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:52.259 to him 00:36:52.259 --> 00:36:52.860 whether that's 00:36:52.860 --> 00:36:53.199 a need 00:36:53.199 --> 00:36:53.739 of trusting 00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.199 him for 00:36:54.199 --> 00:36:54.820 salvation 00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:54.920 confession 00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:56.220 confessing 00:36:56.220 --> 00:36:56.600 something 00:36:56.600 --> 00:36:56.960 that says 00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.340 Lord I 00:36:57.340 --> 00:36:57.640 need to 00:36:57.640 --> 00:36:58.019 let go 00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.500 of my 00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:58.960 pride 00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.600 and say 00:36:59.600 --> 00:37:00.220 Lord I 00:37:00.220 --> 00:37:00.780 need to 00:37:00.780 --> 00:37:01.200 take that 00:37:01.200 --> 00:37:01.680 step 00:37:01.680 --> 00:37:02.740 of obedience 00:37:02.740 --> 00:37:03.460 that step 00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:04.100 of faith 00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:08.480 and yield 00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:09.079 to him 00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:10.759 you don't 00:37:10.759 --> 00:37:11.259 walk out 00:37:11.259 --> 00:37:11.659 the same 00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:12.000 way you 00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.559 came in 00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:17.059 because you 00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.299 can be 00:37:17.299 --> 00:37:17.679 connected 00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:18.039 to the 00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:18.380 vine 00:37:18.380 --> 00:37:20.059 you can 00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:20.619 allow him 00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:21.019 to begin 00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.420 pruning 00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:22.179 your life 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.339 00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:52.320 Thank you.