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 Thank you, Ron. Appreciate that this morning. Go ahead and take your Bible, turn to John 15 this morning. John 15 as we continue with our series here going through John 15. Here the first part anyways is we look at abiding. You know, abiding in the Lord and as John reveals that the true vine and the husbandman are key in abiding.

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 And we need to remember that the husbandman is the one responsible for the care of the branches. He's the one that prunes. He's the one that cleans. That they might do what? Bring forth much fruit. You know, to bring forth the fruit that God has designed for every believer to produce.

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 You know, the day that you called upon the Savior to save you, it changed everything. It changed who you are fundamentally. It says we're a new creature in Christ and we've been put in the vine and we're attached to it.

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 And yet we understand the importance of abiding in the vine because that fruit is what is the result of abiding. You know, I believe there's a lot of Christians today that don't have very good fruit in their life because they're not abiding in the vine.

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 They talk about the vine. They talk about the vine. They talk about the vine. They talk about the vine and we're going to talk about that today.

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 They might know about the vine, but they're not abiding in the vine because there's a difference and Jesus is going to bring that forth here today as he is encouraging his men to understand this principle because Jesus moves from the focus upon himself, the vine, to the vineyard, to the others standing in it.

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 He commands them to abide. He now tells them what abiding looks like among people who can sometimes be difficult to love.

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 You know, one of the problems is, is that sometimes we can talk about loving the Savior, but when he commands us to love others, to love other believers, that gets a lot tougher.

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 That becomes a difficulty for us because, you know, we know that some people are easier to love than others.

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 You know, some people are just prickly, you know, and some people are just mushy, you know.

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 You got both ends of the spectrum that might cause difficulty to love, you know, and to do what you ought to do because love is not an emotion.

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 We need to understand when Jesus tells him to love one another, he's not talking about emotion the way we address love today.

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 When we hear the word love today, almost every time it attracts with an emotion.

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 Love, biblically, that Jesus is talking about here, has emotion attached to it, but emotion is secondary to the responsibility.

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 Because love is a course and choice of action towards another.

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 Love is a dynamic that's different.

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 And I want you to understand this morning as we look at this, this was, Jesus was worried about his disciples, his apostles, the 11 that were there with them.

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 If you know anything and have studied your Bible, you find out that they were quite a different group of people.

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 I imagine that some of their conversations got a bit prickly sometimes.

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 Because they came from a lot of different backgrounds.

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 Jesus drew them in, everything from fishermen to tax collectors.

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 Ends of the political spectrum.

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 But yet they were no longer what they were, they're now a new creature in Christ.

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 And we need to keep that in focus even here today.

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 Because when we understand who we are in Christ, unites us more than the things of this world divides us.

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 To understand the importance of this and the great uniter is the message of redemption and service to the Savior.

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 You know, we've been looking through here of this series, talking about this thought where the branch stays, the branch bears.

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 You know, if you stay abiding in Christ, it makes a difference on what the fruit that's produced.

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 When we understand that concept that Jesus is driving home to his disciples,

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 and the result of this fruit is love for others, love for the branches beside you.

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 So before we read the text this morning, I want you to settle one question with you.

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 Which are you in Christ?

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 Are you an acquaintance of Christ or a friend of Christ?

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 I want you to think about that for a moment.

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 Because we're going to talk about the difference between an acquaintance and a friend a little later on.

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 And when we understand that, but an acquaintance knows about him, a friend is known by him.

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 So think for a moment as we read these verses.

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 If you found John chapter 15, if you would stand and honor the reading of the Word of God,

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 we'll pick up here in verse 12.

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 And then we'll read through verse 15.

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 And then we will pray.

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 But I want you to think about what Jesus is saying and how it applies to you.

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 Think about this.

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 In verse 12 it says,

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 This is my commandment, that ye love one another as I have loved you.

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 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

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 Henceforth I call you not servants, for the servant knoweth not what his Lord doeth.

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 But I have called you friends for all things that I have heard of my Father,

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 I have made known unto you.

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 Let's pray.

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 Heavenly Fathers, we just come before you this morning, Lord.

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 We just thank you that you are a friend to us.

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 But Lord, help us to understand the importance that it's more than us just knowing about you,

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 but it's been known by you that makes a difference.

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 To really be a friend, to know and to understand those things that you would want for us,

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 the things you've revealed to us.

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 Lord, I pray just encourage us today.

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 Each one, Lord, you know the need.

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 Lord, we know that oftentimes it's hard to really love the brethren the way you commanded us,

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 instruct us, Lord.

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 Oftentimes we treat it as secondary.

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 But Lord, help us to see today that it's not a secondary choice that we make,

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 but a primary dynamic of obeying you.

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 And Lord, we just ask these things here in your precious name.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 You know, I want you to see here.

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 Notice the commandment.

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 You know, a commandment is not an option.

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 You know, today we look at some of the things God commands us to do,

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 and we say, well, if that's convenient, I'll do it.

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 But a commandment is not an optional thing.

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 When you understand that the moment you were saved,

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 if you love the Savior, you're going to keep his commandments.

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 That's an underlying theme Jesus is driving to his disciples here,

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 to understand that the apostles needed to hear

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 and to understand the need to love one another.

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 Because you say, preacher, why was that such an important?

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 You know what?

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 Jesus knew they were going to go under a lot of stress here very shortly.

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 They were going to be put under a lot of pressure.

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 When he died and was buried, there was a lot of pressure.

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 Look who you believed in.

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 Look at what you thought.

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 Look at where the one you thought was the Savior ended up.

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 And the third day he rose again.

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 Then it changes everything else again.

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 But it doesn't change the commandment to love one another

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 because, you know, it's easy to do something short-term.

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 You know what's hard to do?

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 Something long-term.

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 Faithfulness is more difficult than just being fickle in the moment.

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 Because we can feign excitement for a while.

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 But faithfulness is something that endures even when it's not comfortable.

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 That's the hard part, I think, for all of us, isn't it?

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 We like to be comfortable.

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 Don't push me outside my envelope.

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 But if we're going to follow Jesus' commands,

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 you know what's going to happen?

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 You're going to be outside your comfort zone.

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 It's going to take you places that you never understood that God would take you.

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 And notice what he says here.

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 That you love one another as I have loved you.

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 You know, think about that moment.

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 Consider what that pictures.

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 Consider the picture that is there.

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 The picture that Jesus is saying,

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 I want you to love others as I have loved you.

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 We've heard it many times.

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 But have you really thought about it?

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 Have you really taken time to process what does that look like?

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 What did he do for us?

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 Because when Jesus says to love others as I have loved you,

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 he's talking about a sacrificial, committed love.

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 You know, look over to 1 John.

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 1 John chapter 3, it says this,

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 Hereby perceive we the love of God,

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 because he laid down his life for us.

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 We ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

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 We perceive the love of Christ.

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 Why?

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 Because of what he was willing to give for us.

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 Think about Ephesians chapter 5.

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 It says,

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 To walk in love as Christ also loved us,

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 and hath given himself for us,

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 an offering and sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor.

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 You know why it's a sweet-smelling savor?

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 Because we're being obedient to God.

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 We're showing that we love him.

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 You know, Romans, Paul commands the church at Rome to do this.

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 He says,

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 Be kindly, affectionate one to another,

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 with brotherly love,

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 in honor, preferring one another.

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 To love one another is shown

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 when you love those that can be hard to love.

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 This instruction is not towards the lost,

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 but towards other believers.

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 I want you to understand,

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 when you read the Bible,

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 it has to be in context.

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 A lot of times people will take this verse,

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 Oh, you're supposed to love everybody.

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 That's not who Jesus,

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 the group Jesus is talking about specifically here.

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 When you are supposed to love those in the world,

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 that the primary responsibility of love

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 is to tell them who Jesus is

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 and the responsibility

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 that they're going to stand in judgment before him.

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 That's loving somebody

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 when you tell them how to get out of danger.

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 But what he's talking about here is different.

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 He's talking about a love one for another,

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 a bond that binds together.

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 You say,

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 Well, preacher, what are you talking about?

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 Even the little things.

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 Have you ever considered

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 what the room must have been like

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 when Thomas came back after Jesus resurrected?

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 You know,

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 when Thomas comes back into the room

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 after Jesus had visited,

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 and Thomas looks at everybody and says,

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 I think you're lying.

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 That's really the summation

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 of what Thomas told all the other apostles.

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 I don't believe you.

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 Think that'd be a tense moment?

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 To understand,

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 Hey,

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 love one another.

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 Even when things aren't the way

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 you perceive they ought to be.

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 When he questioned their report,

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 how about later

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 when Peter was corrected by Paul?

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 That functioning throughout.

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 You think about when John Mark

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 was taken along by Barnabas

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 because Paul wouldn't let him go.

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 And later on,

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 you find that Paul,

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 I think God got a hold of Paul's heart

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 and he said,

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 Love one another.

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 And he said,

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 Bring Mark.

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 Because Mark had made some changes

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 in his life.

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 And he said,

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 Forget those things.

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 You've got to forgive.

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 You've got to forbear.

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 You've got to do the things

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 you are supposed to do

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 when somebody,

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 even they might mess up,

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 to be able to repent

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 and to turn back to him

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 and to get things right.

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 To understand the importance.

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 And this love wears many faces

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 amongst believers

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 because it bears the burden

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 of one in trouble.

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 You know,

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 Galatians tells us,

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 Bear you one another's burdens

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 and so fulfill the law of Christ.

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 It opens the hands

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 to those in real need.

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 Whosoever had this world's goods

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 and sees his brother have need

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 and shutteth up his bowels

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 of compassion from him.

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 Now dwelleth the,

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 how dwelleth the love of God

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 in him?

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 That's what 1 John 3 tells us.

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 It bears patiently

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 with difficulty.

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 You know,

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 Ephesians 4, 2 tells us

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 of forbearing one another

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 in love.

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 Have you ever thought

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 the word forbearing

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 involves somebody else

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 being prickly to you?

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 It doesn't mean

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 that your buddy

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 that's just all,

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 yeah, we love hanging out

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 is somebody that might be

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 even a little prickly

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 that's a believer

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 to understand

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 how do you love them?

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 Because I want you to understand

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 God's working on them

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 as much as he's working on you.

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 Now maybe you say,

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 well, I don't know anybody prickly.

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 Well, maybe you're prickly.

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 When we understand

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 that it takes a lot

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 to love and serve

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 one another

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 as Galatians tells us,

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 every one of these

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 is what the commandment

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 looks like

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 on an ordinary

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 daily and weekly

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 and monthly

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 and yearly level.

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 To understand this picture,

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 he's given us the commandment.

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 He shows us

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 its measure.

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 If we are to love

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 as I have loved you,

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 we need to ask

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 how far that love

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 was willing to go.

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 Think about the measure

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 of his love.

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 The measure of his love.

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 He says,

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 greater love

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 hath no man than this,

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 than lay down his life

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 for his friends.

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 Think about it.

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 That's a measurement of love.

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 You know,

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 I want you to understand

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 a friend

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 is willing to put

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 another's need

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 above his own.

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 Go ahead and turn

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 over to 1 Samuel chapter 18.

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 1 Samuel chapter 18

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 quick this morning

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 as we get there.

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 But I want you to understand,

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 I want you to see

00:14:49.179 --> 00:14:50.639
 in Philippians,

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 I'm going to set the stage here.

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 In Philippians chapter 2,

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 it talks about Christ

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 and his humility

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 and how he came

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 and he was willingly

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 went to the cross

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 for us.

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 How he humbled himself

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 and put on a form

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 of a servant.

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 Now you find here

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 in 1 Samuel chapter 18,

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 we're going to find

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 two men here,

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 Jonathan and David.

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 I want you to understand,

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 David was a shepherd,

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 the boy who had just

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 killed Goliath,

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 a nobody from Bethlehem

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 with no throne

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 and no claim to it

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 and Jonathan

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 was the king's son.

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 He was heir

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 to the throne of Israel.

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 Their friendship,

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 Jonathan,

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 had everything to lose

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 and David

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 had everything to gain.

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 But yet,

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 they were still friends.

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 Notice what it tells us here

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 in verse 1.

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 It came to pass

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 when he made an end

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 of speaking unto Saul

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 that the soul of Jonathan

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 was knit with the soul of David

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 and Jonathan loved him

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 as his own soul.

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 In other words,

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 I want you to understand,

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 he says,

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 hey,

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 he is my friend.

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 It took a lot

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 when we look at

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 what happens next

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 for what Jonathan did.

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 He displayed

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 what loving my friend

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 looks like.

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 But I want you to understand

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 the disparity.

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 David was from

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 the lowest of society.

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 Jonathan was from

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 the highest of society.

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 You know what bound

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 these two guys together?

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 You ever ask that question,

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 what bound Jonathan to David?

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 He never actually comes out

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 and just tells us,

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 but the implication is,

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 is they both loved God

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 above all else.

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 They saw that in one another

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 and said,

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 hey,

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 that's somebody

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 I want to be a friend with.

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 Notice what happens here.

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 It says,

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 and Saul took him that day

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 and would let him

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 go no more home

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 to his father's house

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 and Jonathan

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 and David made a covenant

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 because he loved him

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 as his own soul.

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 I want you to see here,

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 notice what happens

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 in verse four.

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 And Jonathan stripped himself

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 of the robe

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 that was upon him

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 and gave it to David

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 and his garments

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 even to his sword

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 and to his bow

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 and to his girdle.

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 I want you to understand,

00:17:08.360 --> 00:17:08.960
 Jonathan,

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 the crown prince

00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:12.660
 said,

00:17:12.779 --> 00:17:13.980
 David loves God

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 as I,

00:17:14.299 --> 00:17:15.079
 we're friends,

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 I'm going to honor him

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 by giving him

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 exactly the highest thing

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 he could give him.

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 To represent that picture,

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 he was willing to give

00:17:23.840 --> 00:17:24.900
 of himself

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 for his friend.

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 He was willing to give

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 for his friend.

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 Sword,

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 the bow,

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 were the marks

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 of a prince

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 and a warrior.

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 He strips off

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 everything

00:17:39.420 --> 00:17:40.180
 that said,

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 I am the heir

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 and hands him

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 to the one man alive

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 that would one day

00:17:44.619 --> 00:17:45.640
 sit on the throne

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 that by birth

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 belonged to him.

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 He knew it too.

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 It tells us later

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 in 1 Samuel 23,

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 he tells David this,

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 he says,

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 thou shalt be king

00:17:55.359 --> 00:17:56.099
 over Israel

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 and I shall be next

00:17:57.259 --> 00:17:57.839
 unto thee.

00:17:58.339 --> 00:17:59.759
 Jonathan is a picture

00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:00.980
 of what Jesus Christ

00:18:00.980 --> 00:18:01.960
 does for us.

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 He humbled himself

00:18:05.579 --> 00:18:08.460
 for the benefit

00:18:08.460 --> 00:18:08.920
 of another.

00:18:09.559 --> 00:18:10.579
 He did not have to,

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 it did not require him to,

00:18:12.680 --> 00:18:13.860
 what motivated him

00:18:13.860 --> 00:18:14.720
 was love

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 for his friend.

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 When you go on

00:18:17.180 --> 00:18:17.600
 and read,

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 you'll find that

00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:18.920
 Jonathan

00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:21.120
 chose his friend

00:18:21.120 --> 00:18:22.319
 over his position.

00:18:23.120 --> 00:18:24.700
 He risked his life

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 to save David's life.

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 That's what Jesus

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 is describing.

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 A friend puts

00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:30.160
 another's need

00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:31.019
 above his own.

00:18:31.019 --> 00:18:31.940
 You know,

00:18:31.980 --> 00:18:32.779
 Philippians 2,

00:18:32.879 --> 00:18:33.660
 3 says this,

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 let nothing be done

00:18:34.619 --> 00:18:35.359
 through strife

00:18:35.359 --> 00:18:36.160
 or vainglory,

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 but in lowliness

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 of mind

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 let each esteem

00:18:39.139 --> 00:18:40.539
 other better

00:18:40.539 --> 00:18:41.920
 than themselves.

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 You don't think

00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:44.799
 anybody can argue

00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:45.440
 that Jonathan

00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:46.319
 esteemed David

00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:47.279
 better than himself.

00:18:48.299 --> 00:18:49.759
 He lifted up David,

00:18:49.879 --> 00:18:50.480
 his friend,

00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:51.619
 better than himself.

00:18:52.299 --> 00:18:53.099
 Jonathan handed

00:18:53.099 --> 00:18:54.079
 over the very thing

00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:54.779
 that marked him

00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:56.379
 as the king's son

00:18:56.379 --> 00:18:57.139
 and the heir

00:18:57.139 --> 00:18:57.900
 to the throne.

00:18:58.440 --> 00:18:59.500
 That is a life

00:18:59.500 --> 00:19:00.240
 laid down

00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:00.920
 while a man

00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:01.740
 is yet living.

00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:03.500
 God does not ask

00:19:03.500 --> 00:19:04.220
 you to die

00:19:04.220 --> 00:19:04.960
 for the one

00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:05.759
 beside you.

00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:06.900
 How often would

00:19:06.900 --> 00:19:07.420
 you lay down

00:19:07.420 --> 00:19:08.160
 your time

00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:09.059
 to give him

00:19:09.059 --> 00:19:10.160
 what is your right?

00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:11.380
 Today I think

00:19:11.380 --> 00:19:11.880
 as Americans

00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:12.359
 we struggle.

00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:13.319
 Well, I have a right.

00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:13.920
 Well,

00:19:15.299 --> 00:19:16.599
 just because you can

00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:17.059
 doesn't mean

00:19:17.059 --> 00:19:17.579
 you should.

00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.880
 Just because you can

00:19:20.880 --> 00:19:21.460
 doesn't mean

00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:22.279
 it's the best.

00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:23.720
 To understand

00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:24.940
 the biblical picture

00:19:24.940 --> 00:19:26.740
 that is involved here,

00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:27.579
 to understand

00:19:27.579 --> 00:19:28.859
 what's happening.

00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:30.179
 You surrender

00:19:30.179 --> 00:19:30.879
 your right,

00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:31.599
 your place,

00:19:31.659 --> 00:19:32.599
 and your advantage

00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:33.539
 to put

00:19:33.539 --> 00:19:34.399
 your good

00:19:34.399 --> 00:19:35.500
 to somebody else.

00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:36.859
 It's laying down

00:19:36.859 --> 00:19:37.639
 that love

00:19:37.639 --> 00:19:38.439
 for another.

00:19:39.379 --> 00:19:40.159
 Christ went

00:19:40.159 --> 00:19:40.960
 further still.

00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:41.639
 He died

00:19:41.639 --> 00:19:42.419
 for his enemies.

00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:43.480
 How many would do that?

00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:45.259
 You know,

00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:46.099
 Romans 5

00:19:46.099 --> 00:19:46.980
 tells us this.

00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:47.299
 He says,

00:19:47.379 --> 00:19:48.139
 for when we were yet

00:19:48.139 --> 00:19:48.939
 without strength

00:19:48.939 --> 00:19:49.599
 in due time,

00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:50.939
 Christ died

00:19:50.939 --> 00:19:52.699
 for the ungodly.

00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:55.620
 for scarcely

00:19:55.620 --> 00:19:56.900
 for a righteous man

00:19:56.900 --> 00:19:57.620
 will one die

00:19:57.620 --> 00:19:58.880
 for a good man.

00:19:59.299 --> 00:20:00.360
 Some would even

00:20:00.360 --> 00:20:01.319
 dare to die,

00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:02.140
 but God

00:20:02.140 --> 00:20:03.080
 commended his love

00:20:03.080 --> 00:20:03.519
 toward us

00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:03.980
 and that while

00:20:03.980 --> 00:20:05.019
 we were yet sinners,

00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:07.000
 Christ died

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:08.819
 for us.

00:20:09.120 --> 00:20:09.880
 Much more

00:20:09.880 --> 00:20:10.720
 than being now

00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:11.299
 justified

00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:12.319
 by his blood,

00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:13.319
 we shall be saved

00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:13.940
 from wrath

00:20:13.940 --> 00:20:14.460
 through him.

00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:15.779
 For if when we were

00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:16.340
 enemies,

00:20:16.460 --> 00:20:17.500
 we were reconciled

00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:17.960
 to God

00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:18.580
 by the death

00:20:18.580 --> 00:20:19.019
 of his son,

00:20:19.100 --> 00:20:19.519
 much more

00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:20.600
 being reconciled,

00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:22.039
 we shall be saved

00:20:22.039 --> 00:20:23.059
 by his life.

00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:25.439
 That's the reason

00:20:25.439 --> 00:20:26.799
 1 John tells us,

00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:27.859
 herein is love.

00:20:28.779 --> 00:20:30.139
 Not that we loved God,

00:20:30.199 --> 00:20:31.419
 but that he loved us

00:20:31.419 --> 00:20:32.980
 and sent his son

00:20:32.980 --> 00:20:34.119
 to be the propitiation

00:20:34.119 --> 00:20:35.139
 for our sin.

00:20:35.719 --> 00:20:37.019
 But if God

00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:38.000
 so loved us,

00:20:38.159 --> 00:20:39.139
 we ought also

00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:39.899
 to have love

00:20:39.899 --> 00:20:40.719
 one for another.

00:20:41.439 --> 00:20:42.159
 It's a big measurement,

00:20:42.379 --> 00:20:42.659
 isn't it?

00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:44.359
 Different measuring stick

00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:45.099
 than we use.

00:20:45.819 --> 00:20:46.179
 Oftentimes,

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:47.319
 we measure love

00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:48.399
 by what we benefit,

00:20:49.159 --> 00:20:50.119
 but how does it benefit

00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:50.939
 somebody else?

00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:53.399
 Understand that same love

00:20:53.399 --> 00:20:54.299
 that he laid down

00:20:54.299 --> 00:20:55.659
 his life for his enemies

00:20:55.659 --> 00:20:56.539
 now turns

00:20:56.539 --> 00:20:58.319
 and lays a claim

00:20:58.319 --> 00:20:59.079
 upon us.

00:20:59.839 --> 00:21:00.019
 You know,

00:21:00.159 --> 00:21:01.759
 the measure of his love

00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:02.699
 has been displayed

00:21:02.699 --> 00:21:03.339
 in the norm.

00:21:03.739 --> 00:21:03.979
 Next,

00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:04.779
 the Lord names

00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:05.659
 the condition

00:21:05.659 --> 00:21:07.119
 of being called

00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:07.839
 his friend.

00:21:08.179 --> 00:21:08.419
 You know,

00:21:08.459 --> 00:21:09.739
 look here at verse 14

00:21:09.739 --> 00:21:11.019
 back in our text

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:12.519
 there in John chapter 15.

00:21:13.339 --> 00:21:13.759
 It says this,

00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:15.299
 ye are my friends

00:21:15.299 --> 00:21:16.379
 if ye do

00:21:16.379 --> 00:21:16.879
 whatsoever

00:21:16.879 --> 00:21:17.919
 I command

00:21:17.919 --> 00:21:19.119
 you.

00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:21.659
 the condition

00:21:21.659 --> 00:21:22.839
 of friendship

00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:24.119
 with Christ.

00:21:24.659 --> 00:21:25.699
 Friendship with God

00:21:25.699 --> 00:21:26.979
 involves obedience

00:21:26.979 --> 00:21:28.359
 to the things of God.

00:21:30.619 --> 00:21:32.579
 To be a friend of God,

00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:34.459
 you must first love him

00:21:34.459 --> 00:21:36.000
 and abide in him.

00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:38.179
 That connection

00:21:38.179 --> 00:21:39.939
 is to the vine.

00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:40.779
 You know,

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.479
 that belief

00:21:41.479 --> 00:21:42.839
 requires action

00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:43.579
 based upon

00:21:43.579 --> 00:21:44.419
 what you believe.

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.199
 You know,

00:21:45.239 --> 00:21:45.659
 oftentimes,

00:21:45.979 --> 00:21:47.059
 we forget the fact

00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:47.839
 that if you believe

00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:49.359
 Christ to be your Savior,

00:21:49.940 --> 00:21:50.859
 the one who paid

00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:51.480
 the price

00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:52.299
 and took the penalty

00:21:52.299 --> 00:21:53.220
 of your sin

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:54.819
 upon himself

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 for your sake

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 to whosoever

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 shall call upon

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 the name of the Lord

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 shall be saved,

00:22:00.159 --> 00:22:01.599
 also take upon yourself

00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:02.500
 the responsibility

00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:03.279
 of it.

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 Because if you're

00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:06.779
 a new creature

00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:07.539
 means you're heading

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.399
 a new direction

00:22:08.399 --> 00:22:09.379
 from who you were.

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 There's been a change,

00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.740
 there's been a dynamic

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:14.559
 in your life

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 that's different.

00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:16.559
 Understand,

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 if you don't see fruit,

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 there's a problem.

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 Fruit you see

00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:22.639
 is not what it ought to be.

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 It tells you something.

00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:29.599
 When we're connected

00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:30.339
 with him,

00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:31.700
 when we understand

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.700
 who he is,

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 and that faith

00:22:33.899 --> 00:22:34.819
 will be seen

00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:36.019
 in what follows.

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 I want you to understand,

00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:39.179
 obedience does not

00:22:39.179 --> 00:22:39.980
 save you,

00:22:40.159 --> 00:22:41.039
 faith does,

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 but true faith

00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:43.839
 will lead to action.

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:46.299
 obedience to the Savior.

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 Jesus said,

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 if you love me,

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 keep my commandment.

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 Notice what he says,

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 how the friendship

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 is kept

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 if you do whatsoever

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 I command you.

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 This is not

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 the cringing obedience

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 of a slave

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 that fears the outcome.

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 It's the glad obedience

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 of a friend who loves.

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 Remember,

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 if you love me,

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 keep my commandments.

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 If you keep my commandments,

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 you shall abide

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 in my love.

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 That's just up in verse 10.

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 John,

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 the apostle John

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 was there that day

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 when all this was said.

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 And towards the end

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 of his life,

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 he says this.

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 He says,

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 this is the love of God

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 that we keep

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 his commandments.

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 And his commandments

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 are not grievous.

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 That's what 1 John 5, 3 says.

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 Don't miss the commandment

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 that he's given you here.

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 It's a primary commandment

00:23:37.019 --> 00:23:37.799
 that he tells them.

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 It's the one

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 that bases everything else.

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 to love one another

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 as I have loved you.

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 To do whatsoever

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 he commands

00:23:46.660 --> 00:23:48.060
 begins right here

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 with the brother

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 and sister in Christ

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 beside you.

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 As a church,

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.800
 we need to understand

00:23:54.800 --> 00:23:55.460
 the importance

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.300
 of a love

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 one for another.

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 You know,

00:23:57.780 --> 00:23:58.320
 I think the world

00:23:58.320 --> 00:23:59.600
 gets a lot of things confused.

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 I was reading an article

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.820
 this week on,

00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:02.140
 you know,

00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:03.560
 visitors to church.

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 It's always interesting

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:05.580
 to read these different things

00:24:05.580 --> 00:24:06.100
 that are said,

00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:06.360
 you know,

00:24:06.380 --> 00:24:06.680
 and it's like,

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.080
 well,

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 you have to put on

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 the right presentation.

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 And you don't want

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:12.460
 to feel exclusive

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 to other people.

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 You know what?

00:24:14.159 --> 00:24:15.000
 If somebody comes in

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:15.720
 and they're not saved,

00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.359
 they ought to feel

00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:18.480
 excluded a little bit.

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 Because they're missing

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 something that everybody

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 else has.

00:24:22.919 --> 00:24:23.059
 You know,

00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:24.159
 it's like being a guest

00:24:24.159 --> 00:24:25.319
 in a stranger's home.

00:24:25.419 --> 00:24:26.220
 You don't quite feel

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:26.919
 like you belong

00:24:26.919 --> 00:24:27.619
 for a reason.

00:24:28.119 --> 00:24:28.720
 Have you ever stayed

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:29.139
 with somebody

00:24:29.139 --> 00:24:29.679
 you don't know

00:24:29.679 --> 00:24:31.539
 and you just feel

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:32.919
 a bit antsy about it?

00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:34.079
 Why is that?

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:35.119
 Because there's

00:24:35.119 --> 00:24:36.159
 a lack of connection.

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.259
 You know what?

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.279
 When you're good friends

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:38.900
 with somebody

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.640
 and you go over

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:40.759
 to visit a man,

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:41.400
 it's just like,

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:43.099
 it's almost like

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:43.839
 a second home.

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:45.119
 For a believer

00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:46.440
 gathering together

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:47.420
 as a church,

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.700
 as an assembly

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.980
 together with God,

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:51.299
 a local church

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:51.900
 ought to feel

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:52.940
 like a second home.

00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:56.079
 Because you're

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:56.859
 amongst others

00:24:56.859 --> 00:24:57.599
 that are family.

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.259
 And when somebody

00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.720
 visits,

00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:00.279
 you want them

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:00.940
 to be comfortable,

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.680
 you want them

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.460
 to be able

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.200
 to understand,

00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:04.480
 you don't want

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.299
 to be anything.

00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:05.759
 But I want you

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.059
 to understand,

00:25:06.120 --> 00:25:06.420
 there's still

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:06.640
 going to be

00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:07.299
 that connection

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:07.819
 if they don't

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.360
 know Christ

00:25:08.360 --> 00:25:09.000
 as their Savior.

00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:09.339
 There's going

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:09.980
 to be a disconnect.

00:25:10.620 --> 00:25:11.099
 If you don't

00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:11.740
 know Christ,

00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:12.120
 there's going

00:25:12.120 --> 00:25:12.759
 to be a disconnect.

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.039
 Because you're

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:15.279
 lost in your sin

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:16.039
 instead of under

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.480
 the blood

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:17.539
 of Jesus Christ.

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.700
 Because that makes

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.500
 all the difference.

00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:21.259
 It changes everything.

00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:23.180
 Obedience does not

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:24.640
 purchase his friendship,

00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:25.839
 it proves it.

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:29.980
 If you love God,

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:30.839
 you're going to do

00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:31.740
 those things

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.720
 that God has

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.920
 directed us to do.

00:25:36.120 --> 00:25:36.640
 You know,

00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:37.400
 when people choose

00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:38.000
 to do things

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:38.740
 counter to what

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:39.299
 God said,

00:25:39.359 --> 00:25:39.620
 you know what?

00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:39.920
 It says,

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:40.200
 God,

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.880
 I really don't

00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:41.339
 love you.

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.220
 I'm going to

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:43.120
 do my own thing.

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:44.559
 I'm going to

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:45.259
 have my own

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.660
 standard.

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:45.980
 I'm going to

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.539
 go my own

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:46.980
 direction.

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.700
 I'm going to

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.339
 hold on to

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:49.079
 things that I

00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:49.720
 think instead

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.220
 of what does

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:51.120
 your word say?

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:52.579
 James chapter 2

00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:53.420
 tells us this,

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:53.900
 the scripture

00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:54.599
 was fulfilled

00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:55.000
 which says,

00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:56.539
 Abraham believed

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:57.240
 God and was

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:58.160
 imputed unto him

00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:58.980
 for righteousness

00:25:58.980 --> 00:26:00.519
 and he was called

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:01.460
 the friend of

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:01.900
 God.

00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:02.840
 Now I want you

00:26:02.840 --> 00:26:03.480
 to think for a

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:03.700
 moment,

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:04.559
 in Abraham's

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:05.200
 household there

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:05.880
 was two guys

00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:06.480
 mentioned in

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:08.680
 scripture that

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.039
 are very

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.559
 blatantly

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:10.500
 contrasted.

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.720
 We see

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.720
 Abraham who

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.759
 obeyed God

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.299
 and walked

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:15.819
 with God,

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:16.319
 he was called

00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:17.000
 the friend of

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.380
 God,

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.100
 and you have

00:26:18.100 --> 00:26:18.740
 another man

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.160
 by the name

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:19.700
 of Lot.

00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:22.539
 I want you

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.160
 to understand

00:26:23.160 --> 00:26:23.680
 Lot,

00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:24.220
 the Bible

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:25.059
 tells us,

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.200
 was a

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:26.759
 redeemed

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.400
 individual.

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.600
 Now this is

00:26:30.600 --> 00:26:31.140
 important.

00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:33.279
 Because Peter

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:33.960
 calls him

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.900
 just Lot,

00:26:35.120 --> 00:26:36.000
 that righteous

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:36.720
 man whose

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.340
 soul was

00:26:37.340 --> 00:26:38.460
 vexed with

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:39.059
 the filthy

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:40.019
 conversation

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.400
 of the

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:40.660
 wicked.

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:43.279
 When Lot

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:44.019
 pitched his

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.740
 tent towards

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.259
 Sodom,

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:46.180
 he made a

00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:46.720
 choice of

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.120
 whether he's

00:26:47.120 --> 00:26:47.380
 going to

00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:47.779
 love the

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.579
 world or

00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:49.480
 love God.

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.660
 Abraham

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:52.180
 said,

00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:52.840
 I'm going

00:26:52.840 --> 00:26:53.220
 to love

00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:53.799
 God.

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:55.660
 Lot said,

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:56.799
 Lord,

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:58.399
 I love

00:26:58.399 --> 00:26:58.839
 you kind

00:26:58.839 --> 00:26:59.000
 of,

00:26:59.299 --> 00:26:59.839
 but this

00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:00.399
 is the

00:27:00.399 --> 00:27:00.960
 direction I

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:01.359
 want to

00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:01.579
 go.

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.180
 You know

00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:02.359
 what?

00:27:02.399 --> 00:27:02.599
 There's

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:03.039
 the same

00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:03.819
 dynamic of

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.139
 believers

00:27:04.139 --> 00:27:04.539
 today.

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:04.879
 There's

00:27:04.879 --> 00:27:05.639
 Abraham's

00:27:05.639 --> 00:27:05.980
 and there's

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.399
 Lot's.

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:07.139
 He that

00:27:07.139 --> 00:27:07.559
 knoweth to

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:07.980
 do good

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.379
 and doeth

00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:08.720
 it not,

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.159
 to him

00:27:09.159 --> 00:27:09.500
 it is

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:09.899
 sin.

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:10.619
 Lot

00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:11.259
 pitched his

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.940
 tent towards

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.539
 Sodom and

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.099
 then dwelt

00:27:13.099 --> 00:27:13.419
 in it,

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:13.980
 and God's

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.579
 dealing with

00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:15.559
 Lot were

00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:16.579
 never dealings

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:16.899
 of a

00:27:16.899 --> 00:27:17.299
 friend.

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:19.279
 Only one

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.720
 was the

00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:20.240
 friend of

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.599
 God.

00:27:21.379 --> 00:27:21.919
 Disobedient

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:22.720
 never costs

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.279
 a believer

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.900
 your

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.600
 relationship,

00:27:24.840 --> 00:27:24.980
 your

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.660
 sonship,

00:27:25.840 --> 00:27:26.240
 but it

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:26.980
 will cost

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:28.220
 him the

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:28.700
 walk,

00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:28.980
 the

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.420
 nearness,

00:27:29.840 --> 00:27:30.360
 and the

00:27:30.360 --> 00:27:31.620
 confidence

00:27:31.620 --> 00:27:32.300
 as a

00:27:32.300 --> 00:27:32.740
 friend.

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.279
 Obedience

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.860
 does not

00:27:34.860 --> 00:27:35.500
 save you.

00:27:35.600 --> 00:27:35.779
 It's the

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.080
 difference

00:27:36.080 --> 00:27:36.440
 between a

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:36.880
 man who

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.200
 merely

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.820
 belongs

00:27:37.820 --> 00:27:38.380
 to God

00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:39.080
 and a

00:27:39.080 --> 00:27:39.539
 man who

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:39.900
 God

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:40.600
 calls his

00:27:40.600 --> 00:27:41.060
 friend.

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:41.779
 And if

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.340
 obedience

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 is the

00:27:42.800 --> 00:27:43.300
 condition

00:27:43.300 --> 00:27:43.740
 of his

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.300
 friendship,

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.779
 verse 15

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:47.300
 unfolds its

00:27:47.300 --> 00:27:47.960
 privilege,

00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:48.720
 that a

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.440
 master will

00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:49.960
 not tell

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:50.580
 his servant,

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 but he

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.600
 opens to

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.119
 a friend.

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:52.859
 Look at

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:53.619
 verse 15

00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:54.039
 back in

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:54.599
 our text.

00:27:55.179 --> 00:27:55.619
 He says,

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:57.339
 henceforth I

00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:58.179
 call you not

00:27:58.179 --> 00:27:58.839
 servants,

00:27:59.199 --> 00:27:59.599
 for the

00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:00.139
 servant know

00:28:00.139 --> 00:28:00.619
 not what

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:01.019
 his Lord

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.459
 doeth.

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:02.199
 But I

00:28:02.199 --> 00:28:02.699
 have called

00:28:02.699 --> 00:28:03.299
 you friends

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:03.740
 for all

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.199
 things that

00:28:04.199 --> 00:28:04.439
 I have

00:28:04.439 --> 00:28:04.619
 heard of

00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:05.059
 my Father

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:05.299
 I have

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:05.779
 made known

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.539
 unto you.

00:28:06.919 --> 00:28:07.099
 The

00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:07.500
 privilege

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.319
 of friendship

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:09.659
 is the

00:28:09.659 --> 00:28:10.079
 servant

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:10.559
 knoweth

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:10.959
 not what

00:28:10.959 --> 00:28:11.359
 the Lord

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:11.839
 doeth.

00:28:12.699 --> 00:28:13.000
 A

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:13.519
 servant

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.219
 is told

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 his

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 duty,

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.359
 a friend

00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:17.000
 is told

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.719
 the purpose.

00:28:18.219 --> 00:28:18.459
 A

00:28:18.459 --> 00:28:18.859
 servant

00:28:18.859 --> 00:28:19.599
 is not

00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:20.299
 informed,

00:28:20.459 --> 00:28:20.980
 a friend

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 is.

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 Notice

00:28:23.179 --> 00:28:24.079
 what Jesus

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:24.379
 says,

00:28:24.439 --> 00:28:25.500
 henceforth I

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.079
 call you

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:26.419
 not

00:28:26.419 --> 00:28:27.259
 servants,

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.519
 for the

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:29.000
 servant

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.379
 knoweth

00:28:29.379 --> 00:28:29.759
 not what

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.099
 the Lord

00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:30.539
 doeth.

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 But I

00:28:31.179 --> 00:28:31.359
 have

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:31.659
 called

00:28:31.659 --> 00:28:31.839
 you

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 friends

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:32.819
 for all

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.139
 things

00:28:33.139 --> 00:28:33.399
 that I

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 have

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:33.779
 heard of

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:33.959
 my

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 Father

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 I

00:28:34.459 --> 00:28:34.519
 have

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 made

00:28:34.659 --> 00:28:35.000
 known

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.219
 unto

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 you.

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 The

00:28:36.139 --> 00:28:36.339
 Lord

00:28:36.339 --> 00:28:36.899
 opens

00:28:36.899 --> 00:28:37.139
 his

00:28:37.139 --> 00:28:37.619
 counsel

00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:37.859
 to

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 his

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:38.480
 friends

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:38.940
 a

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:39.440
 servant

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:39.679
 has

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 handed

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 orders

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 and

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 sent

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 off

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 a

00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:42.220
 friend

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:42.419
 is

00:28:42.419 --> 00:28:42.720
 brought

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 inside

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 and

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:43.759
 told

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 the

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 mind

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 and

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:44.619
 the

00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:44.960
 purpose

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.460
 behind

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:45.659
 it.

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 That's

00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:46.519
 the

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:46.980
 dignity

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.339
 that

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:47.740
 Christ

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.299
 confers

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:48.839
 to us.

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 He

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:49.539
 does

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:49.779
 not

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.099
 keep

00:28:50.099 --> 00:28:50.319
 his

00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:50.700
 friends

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.019
 in the

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:51.299
 dark

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:51.579
 about

00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:51.819
 what

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:52.000
 he's

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.799
 doing.

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 Think

00:28:53.679 --> 00:28:54.220
 about this

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.500
 for a

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:54.700
 moment.

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.259
 Abraham

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.759
 was

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:55.940
 a

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.159
 friend

00:28:56.159 --> 00:28:56.359
 of

00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:56.700
 God.

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.279
 Genesis

00:28:59.279 --> 00:29:00.019
 18

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:02.379
 tells

00:29:02.379 --> 00:29:02.660
 us

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:03.019
 this.

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:03.379
 It says

00:29:03.379 --> 00:29:03.660
 and the

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:03.879
 Lord

00:29:03.879 --> 00:29:04.139
 said

00:29:04.139 --> 00:29:04.599
 shall I

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:04.920
 hide

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.139
 from

00:29:05.139 --> 00:29:05.559
 Abraham

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:05.799
 the

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:06.019
 thing

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.220
 which

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:06.420
 I

00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:06.639
 do

00:29:06.639 --> 00:29:06.940
 seeing

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.119
 that

00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:07.660
 Abraham

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:08.259
 shall

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.579
 surely

00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:08.980
 become

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:09.160
 a

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:09.460
 great

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:09.639
 and

00:29:09.639 --> 00:29:09.859
 mighty

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.319
 nation

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:10.500
 and

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:10.680
 all

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:10.839
 the

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:11.160
 nations

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:11.359
 of

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:11.579
 earth

00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:11.759
 shall

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:11.900
 be

00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:12.220
 blessed

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.379
 in

00:29:12.379 --> 00:29:12.559
 him

00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:13.119
 for

00:29:13.119 --> 00:29:13.339
 I

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:13.680
 know

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:13.940
 him

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.119
 that

00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:14.259
 he

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.420
 will

00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:14.819
 command

00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:15.079
 his

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:15.480
 children

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:15.720
 and

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:15.879
 his

00:29:15.879 --> 00:29:16.240
 household

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.660
 after

00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:16.819
 him

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.279
 that

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.480
 they

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:17.700
 shall

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.000
 keep

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.180
 the

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:18.379
 way

00:29:18.379 --> 00:29:18.519
 of

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:18.639
 the

00:29:18.639 --> 00:29:18.879
 Lord

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:19.079
 to

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.259
 do

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.779
 justice

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.359
 and

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:20.859
 judgment

00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.379
 and

00:29:21.379 --> 00:29:21.519
 the

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:21.740
 Lord

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:21.960
 may

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.180
 bring

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:22.420
 upon

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:22.860
 Abraham

00:29:22.860 --> 00:29:23.120
 that

00:29:23.120 --> 00:29:23.340
 which

00:29:23.340 --> 00:29:23.539
 has

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.000
 spoken

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.680
 of

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.360
 him

00:29:25.360 --> 00:29:25.900
 but

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:26.200
 God

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:26.519
 didn't

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:26.840
 hide

00:29:26.840 --> 00:29:27.080
 from

00:29:27.080 --> 00:29:27.440
 Abraham

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:27.779
 what

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:27.920
 was

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.060
 going

00:29:28.060 --> 00:29:28.140
 to

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:28.420
 happen

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:30.700
 why

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:30.920
 did

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:31.060
 he

00:29:31.060 --> 00:29:31.279
 tell

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:31.759
 Abraham

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.039
 and

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.240
 not

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:32.539
 Lot

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.279
 the

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:33.600
 angels

00:29:33.600 --> 00:29:33.860
 weren't

00:29:33.860 --> 00:29:34.039
 even

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.320
 going

00:29:34.320 --> 00:29:34.560
 to

00:29:34.560 --> 00:29:35.019
 Sodom

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:36.200
 to

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:36.400
 get

00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:36.740
 Lot

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:36.960
 till

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:37.519
 Abraham

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.799
 intervened

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.320
 God

00:29:39.320 --> 00:29:40.000
 had

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.500
 mercy

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:40.880
 upon

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.700
 Abraham's

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.060
 prayer

00:29:42.060 --> 00:29:42.240
 and

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:42.779
 Abraham's

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.259
 request

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:43.620
 as a

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:43.960
 friend

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.799
 Isaiah

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.380
 41

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:46.080
 tells us

00:29:46.080 --> 00:29:46.259
 this

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.640
 but thou

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:47.120
 Israel

00:29:47.120 --> 00:29:47.400
 art

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:47.640
 my

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.060
 servant

00:29:48.060 --> 00:29:48.779
 Jacob

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.100
 whom

00:29:49.100 --> 00:29:49.299
 I

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:49.440
 have

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:49.860
 chosen

00:29:49.860 --> 00:29:50.120
 the

00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:50.340
 seed

00:29:50.340 --> 00:29:50.480
 of

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:51.060
 Abraham

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:52.399
 my

00:29:52.399 --> 00:29:53.480
 friend

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:55.059
 you

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.119
 know

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:55.259
 what

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:55.539
 God

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:55.819
 told

00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:56.200
 Abraham

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.399
 what

00:29:56.399 --> 00:29:56.539
 was

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:56.659
 going

00:29:56.659 --> 00:29:56.759
 to

00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.019
 happen

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.179
 he

00:29:57.179 --> 00:29:57.359
 said

00:29:57.359 --> 00:29:57.619
 hey

00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:58.059
 this

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:58.200
 is

00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:58.339
 how

00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:58.619
 things

00:29:58.619 --> 00:29:58.759
 are

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:58.879
 going

00:29:58.879 --> 00:29:58.980
 to

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.220
 play

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.579
 out

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.159
 you're

00:30:00.159 --> 00:30:00.279
 going

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:00.379
 to

00:30:00.379 --> 00:30:01.919
 leave

00:30:01.919 --> 00:30:02.139
 the

00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:02.539
 land

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:03.200
 the

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:03.639
 people

00:30:03.639 --> 00:30:03.779
 are

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:03.879
 going

00:30:03.879 --> 00:30:03.899
 to

00:30:03.899 --> 00:30:04.039
 be

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:04.399
 taken

00:30:04.399 --> 00:30:04.720
 out

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:04.899
 you're

00:30:04.899 --> 00:30:04.980
 going

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.019
 to

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.179
 be

00:30:05.179 --> 00:30:05.720
 down

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:05.980
 into

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.419
 Egypt

00:30:06.419 --> 00:30:06.639
 for

00:30:06.639 --> 00:30:07.039
 400

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.480
 years

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:07.759
 before

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:07.919
 you

00:30:07.919 --> 00:30:08.220
 come

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:08.460
 out

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:08.639
 as

00:30:08.639 --> 00:30:08.779
 a

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.039
 mighty

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.500
 group

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.000
 of

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.259
 my

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:10.799
 people

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.339
 and

00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:11.740
 take

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:11.960
 the

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:12.279
 land

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:12.440
 that

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:12.559
 I

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:12.940
 promised

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:12.940


00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.159
 to

00:30:13.159 --> 00:30:13.419
 you

00:30:13.419 --> 00:30:15.480
 he

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:15.779
 told

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.159
 Abraham

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.440
 that

00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:16.820
 400

00:30:16.820 --> 00:30:17.240
 years

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.500
 before

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:17.620
 it

00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:17.980
 happened

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:20.779
 why

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.180
 because

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:21.519
 Abraham

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.000
 was

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.360
 his

00:30:22.360 --> 00:30:23.640
 friend

00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:25.640
 why

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:26.080
 because

00:30:26.080 --> 00:30:26.320
 he

00:30:26.320 --> 00:30:26.920
 loved

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.840
 God

00:30:27.840 --> 00:30:28.600
 Abraham

00:30:28.600 --> 00:30:29.259
 believed

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.720
 God

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:29.960
 and it

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:30.120
 was

00:30:30.120 --> 00:30:30.500
 counted

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.100
 to him

00:30:31.100 --> 00:30:31.720
 for

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.580
 righteousness

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:35.740
 Moses

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.299
 spoke

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.519
 with

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:36.819
 God

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.259
 face

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:37.460
 to

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 face

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 as

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 a

00:30:38.139 --> 00:30:38.379
 man

00:30:38.379 --> 00:30:38.939
 speaketh

00:30:38.939 --> 00:30:39.099
 unto

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:39.359
 his

00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:39.759
 friend

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.319
 the

00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:40.619
 Bible

00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:41.039
 tells

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.199
 us

00:30:41.199 --> 00:30:41.359
 in

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:41.679
 Exodus

00:30:41.679 --> 00:30:42.240
 33

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.699
 11

00:30:42.699 --> 00:30:43.859
 and

00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:44.059
 what

00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:44.259
 was

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.500
 true

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:44.740
 for

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.259
 Abraham

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.720
 and

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.199
 Moses

00:30:46.199 --> 00:30:47.079
 is

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:47.339
 the

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:48.159
 birthright

00:30:48.159 --> 00:30:48.619
 of

00:30:48.619 --> 00:30:48.939
 every

00:30:48.939 --> 00:30:49.419
 friend

00:30:49.419 --> 00:30:49.619
 of

00:30:49.619 --> 00:30:49.960
 Christ

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.439
 today

00:30:50.439 --> 00:30:51.019
 how

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:51.240
 does

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.379
 he

00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:51.599
 make

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:51.839
 known

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:52.159
 all

00:30:52.159 --> 00:30:52.500
 things

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:52.740
 through

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.000
 his

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.439
 word

00:30:53.439 --> 00:30:54.059
 I

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.299
 hath

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 not

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:54.919
 seen

00:30:54.919 --> 00:30:55.139
 nor

00:30:55.139 --> 00:30:55.579
 heard

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:55.839
 neither

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.119
 have

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.359
 entered

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 into

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:56.699
 the

00:30:56.699 --> 00:30:56.879
 heart

00:30:56.879 --> 00:30:56.980
 of

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.139
 man

00:30:57.139 --> 00:30:57.279
 the

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:57.500
 things

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:57.679
 which

00:30:57.679 --> 00:30:57.939
 God

00:30:57.939 --> 00:30:58.079
 had

00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:58.480
 prepared

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:58.720
 for

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:58.879
 him

00:30:58.879 --> 00:30:59.019
 that

00:30:59.019 --> 00:30:59.299
 love

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:02.799
 his

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.299
 spirit

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:04.599
 the

00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:05.099
 natural

00:31:05.099 --> 00:31:05.359
 man

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:05.599
 cannot

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:06.179
 receive

00:31:06.179 --> 00:31:06.359
 the

00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:06.819
 things

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:08.039
 receive

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:08.559
 them

00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:09.000
 but

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.179
 we

00:31:09.179 --> 00:31:09.359
 have

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:09.539
 the

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:09.960
 mind

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.179
 of

00:31:10.179 --> 00:31:10.639
 Christ

00:31:10.639 --> 00:31:11.159
 the

00:31:11.159 --> 00:31:11.500
 world

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:11.919
 reads

00:31:11.919 --> 00:31:12.139
 the

00:31:12.139 --> 00:31:12.439
 same

00:31:12.439 --> 00:31:12.879
 Bible

00:31:12.879 --> 00:31:13.159
 and

00:31:13.159 --> 00:31:13.419
 sees

00:31:13.419 --> 00:31:13.599
 a

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:13.980
 closed

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.399
 book

00:31:14.399 --> 00:31:14.839
 the

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:15.199
 friend

00:31:15.199 --> 00:31:15.399
 of

00:31:15.399 --> 00:31:15.699
 God

00:31:15.699 --> 00:31:16.299
 opens

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:16.559
 it

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:17.019
 and

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.439
 is

00:31:17.439 --> 00:31:17.699
 let

00:31:17.699 --> 00:31:17.879
 in

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:18.079
 on

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:18.240
 the

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:18.619
 purpose

00:31:18.619 --> 00:31:19.259
 you

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:19.419
 are

00:31:19.419 --> 00:31:19.679
 not

00:31:19.679 --> 00:31:20.039
 left

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.259
 to

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.579
 guess

00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:20.819
 what

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:21.159
 God

00:31:21.159 --> 00:31:21.339
 is

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:21.799
 doing

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.819
 chapter

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.199
 3

00:31:23.199 --> 00:31:23.480
 verse

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:23.839
 7

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.159
 says

00:31:24.159 --> 00:31:24.480
 surely

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:24.720
 the

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:24.919
 Lord

00:31:24.919 --> 00:31:25.299
 God

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:25.460
 will

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:25.659
 do

00:31:25.659 --> 00:31:26.059
 nothing

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:26.619
 but

00:31:26.619 --> 00:31:26.759
 he

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.379
 revealeth

00:31:27.379 --> 00:31:27.579
 his

00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:28.059
 secret

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.359
 unto

00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:28.639
 his

00:31:28.639 --> 00:31:29.099
 servants

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:29.339
 the

00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:29.859
 prophets

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:31.220
 the

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:31.579
 friend

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:31.779
 of

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.119
 God

00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:32.459
 holds

00:31:32.459 --> 00:31:32.679
 the

00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:33.119
 counsel

00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:33.359
 of

00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:33.720
 God

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:33.980
 in

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.139
 his

00:31:34.139 --> 00:31:34.639
 hands

00:31:34.639 --> 00:31:35.199
 I

00:31:35.199 --> 00:31:35.339
 want

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:35.419
 you

00:31:35.419 --> 00:31:35.539
 to

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:35.699
 think

00:31:35.699 --> 00:31:35.899
 about

00:31:35.899 --> 00:31:36.079
 a

00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:36.419
 friend

00:31:36.419 --> 00:31:36.839
 versus

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:37.079
 an

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.720
 acquaintance

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:40.339
 you know

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:40.519
 because

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:40.659
 an

00:31:40.659 --> 00:31:41.220
 acquaintance

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:41.539
 knows

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:41.939
 about

00:31:41.939 --> 00:31:42.240
 you

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:43.099
 friend

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:43.359
 lets

00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:43.500
 you

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:43.659
 in

00:31:43.659 --> 00:31:43.779
 on

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:43.899
 the

00:31:43.899 --> 00:31:44.339
 purpose

00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:45.240
 today

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:45.480
 our

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:46.019
 vocabulary

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:46.619
 today

00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:47.039
 mixes

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.419
 those

00:31:47.419 --> 00:31:47.819
 things

00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:48.599
 the

00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:48.859
 reason

00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:49.059
 the

00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:49.319
 devil

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:49.699
 loves

00:31:49.699 --> 00:31:50.139
 twisting

00:31:50.139 --> 00:31:50.679
 language

00:31:50.679 --> 00:31:51.419
 I

00:31:51.419 --> 00:31:51.599
 want

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:51.679
 you

00:31:51.679 --> 00:31:51.779
 to

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:52.220
 understand

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:52.639
 something

00:31:52.639 --> 00:31:52.899
 in

00:31:52.899 --> 00:31:53.339
 life

00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:55.240
 you

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.379
 will

00:31:55.379 --> 00:31:55.559
 have

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:55.859
 very

00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:56.359
 few

00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:56.779
 true

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.419
 friends

00:31:57.419 --> 00:31:58.119
 say

00:31:58.119 --> 00:31:58.299
 well

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:58.639
 preacher

00:31:58.639 --> 00:31:58.899
 aren't

00:31:58.899 --> 00:31:59.000
 you

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.200
 my

00:31:59.200 --> 00:31:59.500
 friend

00:31:59.500 --> 00:31:59.819
 well

00:31:59.819 --> 00:32:00.380
 we

00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:00.619
 can

00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:00.900
 be

00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:01.579
 I

00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:01.779
 want

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:01.900
 you

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:01.980
 to

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.079
 see

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:02.259
 the

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:02.539
 picture

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:02.700
 of

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:02.819
 what

00:32:02.819 --> 00:32:02.920
 I'm

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.220
 talking

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.559
 about

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:05.539
 because

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:05.880
 there's

00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:06.460
 often times

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:06.660
 we have

00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:06.940
 a lot

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:07.039
 of

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.680
 acquaintances

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.759
 acquaintances

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.079
 come

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:09.359
 in all

00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:09.640
 different

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:10.000
 levels

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.319
 from

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:11.099
 hey

00:32:11.099 --> 00:32:11.440
 how are

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:11.579
 you

00:32:11.579 --> 00:32:11.839
 nice

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:11.980
 to

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.180
 meet

00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:12.539
 you

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:14.500
 to

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:14.779
 hey

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.059
 we've

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:15.180
 hung

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:15.380
 out

00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:15.640
 quite

00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:15.839
 a few

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.359
 times

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:17.140
 kind

00:32:17.140 --> 00:32:17.240
 of

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.500
 funny

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:18.660
 when

00:32:18.660 --> 00:32:18.819
 you

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.039
 hang

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.240
 out

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.480
 with

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:20.019
 guys

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.420
 often

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:20.940
 times

00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:21.900
 guys

00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:22.220
 hang

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:22.380
 out

00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:22.539
 with

00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:22.819
 group

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.220
 reasons

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:24.259
 you

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.440
 know

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:25.960
 you

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.119
 know

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:26.259
 if

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.380
 you

00:32:26.380 --> 00:32:27.319
 have

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:27.720
 guys

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:27.899
 that

00:32:27.899 --> 00:32:28.000
 are

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.359
 hunting

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:28.619
 they

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:29.200
 know

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:29.899
 where

00:32:29.899 --> 00:32:30.099
 you

00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:30.419
 hunt

00:32:30.419 --> 00:32:30.559
 and

00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:30.759
 what

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:30.899
 you

00:32:30.899 --> 00:32:31.240
 hunt

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:32.639
 or

00:32:32.639 --> 00:32:32.859
 what

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:33.139
 gun

00:32:33.139 --> 00:32:33.319
 you

00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:33.839
 use

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:35.279
 you

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:35.399
 know

00:32:35.399 --> 00:32:35.500
 I

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:35.679
 hang

00:32:35.679 --> 00:32:35.859
 out

00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:35.980
 with

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.220
 a lot

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:36.359
 of

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:36.720
 people

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:36.899
 that

00:32:36.899 --> 00:32:37.179
 drive

00:32:37.179 --> 00:32:37.559
 jeeps

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:37.759
 you

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.720
 drive

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.019
 the

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:39.720
 18

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.139
 with

00:32:40.139 --> 00:32:40.299
 the

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:40.500
 such

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:40.639
 and

00:32:40.639 --> 00:32:40.859
 such

00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:41.000
 and

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.319
 you

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:41.500
 give

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:41.639
 the

00:32:41.639 --> 00:32:42.079
 details

00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:42.240
 and

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:43.139
 what

00:32:43.139 --> 00:32:43.299
 was

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:43.419
 your

00:32:43.419 --> 00:32:43.740
 name

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.599
 many

00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:44.779
 other

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.139
 times

00:32:45.139 --> 00:32:45.359
 in

00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:45.559
 other

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:45.839
 areas

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:46.000
 of

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.220
 life

00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:46.339
 do

00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:46.419
 we

00:32:46.419 --> 00:32:46.519
 do

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:46.639
 the

00:32:46.639 --> 00:32:46.819
 same

00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:47.220
 thing

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:49.179
 we're

00:32:49.179 --> 00:32:49.740
 acquaintances

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.240
 we know

00:32:50.139 --> 00:32:50.679
 about

00:32:50.679 --> 00:32:51.299
 somebody

00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:53.740
 but

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:53.939
 a

00:32:53.939 --> 00:32:54.460
 friend

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:55.579
 knows

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:56.380
 you

00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:57.920
 and

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:58.380
 you

00:32:58.380 --> 00:32:59.200
 know

00:32:59.200 --> 00:32:59.980
 them

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.819
 put it

00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:01.220
 this way

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:01.440
 a

00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:01.720
 friend

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:02.100
 knows

00:33:02.100 --> 00:33:02.259
 the

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.600
 things

00:33:02.600 --> 00:33:02.799
 that

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:02.900
 you

00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:03.039
 don't

00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:03.160
 want

00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:03.340
 other

00:33:03.340 --> 00:33:03.559
 people

00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:03.720
 to

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:04.000
 know

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:05.559
 and

00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:05.819
 still

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:06.140
 likes

00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:06.519
 you

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:07.340
 the

00:33:07.340 --> 00:33:07.579
 true

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:07.900
 friend

00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:08.180
 still

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.480
 loves

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:08.620
 you

00:33:08.620 --> 00:33:08.840
 even

00:33:08.840 --> 00:33:09.000
 if

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.140
 you're

00:33:09.140 --> 00:33:09.240
 a

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.360
 bit

00:33:09.360 --> 00:33:09.740
 prickly

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:09.740


00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.299
 sometimes

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:11.319
 because

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:11.640
 they

00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:11.980
 love

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.279
 you

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:13.299
 difference

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:15.420
 and

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:15.819
 Jesus

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:16.120
 is

00:33:16.120 --> 00:33:16.480
 telling

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:16.779
 his

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.380
 disciples

00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:18.519
 that

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:19.340
 dynamic

00:33:19.340 --> 00:33:19.920
 an

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:20.640
 acquaintance

00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:21.120
 costs

00:33:21.120 --> 00:33:21.319
 you

00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:21.819
 nothing

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:22.100
 a

00:33:22.100 --> 00:33:22.519
 friend

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:23.079
 is

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:23.400
 willing

00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:23.420
!

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:23.880
 to lay

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:24.279
 down

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:24.559
 his

00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:25.039
 life

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:25.480
 an

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.160
 acquaintance

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:27.539
 is

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:28.660
 circumstantial

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:29.160
 and

00:33:29.160 --> 00:33:29.680
 passes

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.000
 with

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.200
 the

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.639
 season

00:33:30.639 --> 00:33:33.200
 you

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:33.440
 often

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:33.740
 time

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:34.299
 acquaintances

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:34.440
 are

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:34.700
 people

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:34.839
 who

00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:34.980
 just

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.160
 kind

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:35.259
 of

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.460
 come

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:35.599
 and

00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:35.819
 go

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:36.039
 through

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.200
 your

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:36.559
 life

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:37.480
 friend

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:37.980
 sticks

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:39.559
 how many

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:39.839
 people

00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:40.059
 have

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.480
 friends

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:40.639
 that

00:33:40.639 --> 00:33:40.759
 you

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:40.920
 can

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:41.119
 say

00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:41.359
 you've

00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:41.619
 had

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:41.799
 for

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.059
 10

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:42.399
 years

00:33:42.399 --> 00:33:43.379
 20

00:33:43.379 --> 00:33:43.799
 years

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:45.440
 some

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:45.599
 of

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:45.660
 you

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:45.839
 just

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:46.079
 age

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:46.420
 out

00:33:46.420 --> 00:33:47.960
 I

00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:48.160
 was

00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:48.500
 friends

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:48.740
 since

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:48.879
 we

00:33:48.879 --> 00:33:48.980
 were

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:49.119
 in

00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:49.240
 the

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.599
 nursery

00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:50.759
 40

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:51.200
 years

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:52.639
 acquaintances

00:33:52.639 --> 00:33:52.839
 have

00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:53.059
 come

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.399
 and gone

00:33:53.399 --> 00:33:53.539
 in

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:53.680
 that

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:54.000
 time

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:55.079
 you

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:55.480
 know

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:57.539
 that

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:57.720
 there's

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:57.980
 nothing

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.299
 really

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:58.599
 just

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:59.039
 you know

00:33:59.039 --> 00:33:59.500
 there wasn't

00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:00.420
 that bond

00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:00.819
 of really

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:01.420
 knowing one

00:34:01.420 --> 00:34:01.700
 another

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.039
 but you

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:02.180
 know

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:02.480
 about

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:02.819
 them

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:04.039
 Jesus

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.519
 is saying

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:05.119
 he wants

00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:05.480
 you not

00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:06.000
 just to be

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.779
 for you

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:07.359
 to know

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:08.340
 about him

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:09.280
 he wants

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:09.679
 you to

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:10.599
 know him

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:12.119
 his purpose

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:13.300
 to know his

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:13.780
 guidance

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:14.420
 to know his

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:15.039
 direction

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:16.539
 just wants

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:16.840
 you to

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:17.460
 understand

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:18.440
 that he

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:19.000
 is not

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:20.380
 there to

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:21.280
 come and

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:22.000
 go and be

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.539
 seasonal

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:25.019
 proverbs

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.559
 tells us

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:25.860
 there's a

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.300
 friend that

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:26.679
 sticketh

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:27.320
 closer than

00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:27.800
 a brother

00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:29.159
 says has

00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:29.840
 no claim

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.420
 upon you

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:30.900
 a friend

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.300
 does

00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:31.920
 you are

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.500
 my friend

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:32.739
 if you

00:34:32.739 --> 00:34:32.880
 do

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.259
 whatsoever

00:34:33.259 --> 00:34:33.539
 I

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:34.019
 command

00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:34.400
 you

00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:36.340
 most

00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:36.679
 men

00:34:36.679 --> 00:34:36.920
 have

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.159
 many

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:37.920
 acquaintances

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:38.380
 and few

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:38.980
 friends

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:41.519
 you know

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:41.880
 the problem

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.199
 is there's

00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:42.539
 a lot of

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:42.860
 Christians

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.300
 that treat

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:43.719
 Christ

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:44.019
 as an

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.579
 acquaintance

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:45.900
 venient

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:46.400
 one I

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:46.940
 know

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:48.880
 when I

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:49.079
 need

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:49.260
 them

00:34:49.260 --> 00:34:50.460
 put it

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:50.800
 that way

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:51.320
 acquaintances

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:51.679
 somebody

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:52.019
 you may

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.420
 use

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:52.720
 when it's

00:34:52.720 --> 00:34:53.059
 convenient

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:53.599
 for you

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:54.780
 and you

00:34:54.780 --> 00:34:55.200
 just want

00:34:55.200 --> 00:34:55.559
 to hang

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:55.780
 out

00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:56.079
 doesn't

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:56.400
 matter

00:34:56.400 --> 00:34:56.700
 whether

00:34:56.700 --> 00:34:57.400
 you get

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:57.639
 anything

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:57.980
 back

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.420
 or not

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:59.860
 back

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:00.280
 is the

00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:00.720
 love

00:35:00.720 --> 00:35:01.440
 and care

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:02.579
 of the

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:02.860
 other

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:04.519
 has spoken

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:05.340
 to everyone

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:06.139
 that has

00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:06.700
 called upon

00:35:06.700 --> 00:35:07.260
 his name

00:35:07.260 --> 00:35:07.679
 today

00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:08.400
 is

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:09.280
 through

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:09.920
 his word

00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:10.200
 he has

00:35:10.200 --> 00:35:10.720
 revealed

00:35:10.720 --> 00:35:11.119
 what is

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:11.740
 expected

00:35:11.740 --> 00:35:12.619
 and what

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:12.760
 will

00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:13.539
 transpire

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:13.860
 I want

00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.240
 to ask

00:35:14.240 --> 00:35:14.500
 you a

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:14.800
 question

00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:15.519
 are you

00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:16.599
 his friend

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:17.840
 doing

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:19.079
 what he

00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:19.519
 has

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:20.079
 commanded

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:21.380
 sometimes

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:21.659
 there's

00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:21.800
 some

00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:22.159
 difficult

00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:22.739
 things

00:35:22.739 --> 00:35:23.039
 that we

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.380
 have to

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:23.639
 do

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:23.980
 if we're

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.139
 going to

00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:24.300
 be

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:24.719
 God's

00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:24.960
 friend

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.420
 and obey

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:25.780
 what the

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:25.940
 Lord

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:26.420
 has said

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:29.539
 to love

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:30.099
 one another

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:30.559
 means you

00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:30.840
 need to

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.259
 work at

00:35:31.259 --> 00:35:31.500
 getting

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:32.440
 reconciled

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:33.840
 brother or

00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:34.340
 sister you

00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:34.659
 have not

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:35.440
 spoken to

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:36.019
 a wrong

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.440
 that's been

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:36.860
 carried

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.360
 a debt

00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:38.099
 that you

00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:38.579
 refuse

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:39.340
 to forgive

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:40.619
 you're

00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:40.820
 going to

00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:41.360
 love others

00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:41.940
 as Christ

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.460
 loved you

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:43.079
 those things

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:43.579
 ought not to

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:44.219
 be obstacles

00:35:44.219 --> 00:35:44.639
 to getting

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:45.280
 things right

00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:47.380
 Jesus

00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:48.040
 laid down

00:35:48.040 --> 00:35:48.620
 his life

00:35:48.620 --> 00:35:49.100
 for you

00:35:49.100 --> 00:35:49.480
 while you

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:49.800
 were yet

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:50.340
 his enemy

00:35:50.340 --> 00:35:52.440
 that you

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:53.420
 were outside

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:54.480
 that you

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:54.720
 were

00:35:54.720 --> 00:35:56.519
 against

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:57.220
 Christ

00:35:57.220 --> 00:35:57.840
 if you're

00:35:57.840 --> 00:35:58.540
 not saved

00:35:58.540 --> 00:35:58.820
 you're

00:35:58.820 --> 00:35:59.240
 against

00:35:59.240 --> 00:35:59.860
 Christ

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:01.040
 he died

00:36:01.040 --> 00:36:01.380
 that you

00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:01.780
 might be

00:36:01.780 --> 00:36:02.600
 reconciled

00:36:02.600 --> 00:36:03.100
 to him

00:36:03.100 --> 00:36:04.420
 he did not

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:04.920
 wait for

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:05.560
 his enemies

00:36:05.560 --> 00:36:06.440
 he died

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:07.220
 for them

00:36:07.220 --> 00:36:09.660
 you know

00:36:09.660 --> 00:36:10.340
 Jesus in

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:11.060
 Matthew chapter

00:36:11.060 --> 00:36:11.860
 5 he brought

00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:12.280
 something that

00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:13.100
 challenged people

00:36:13.100 --> 00:36:13.580
 he said this

00:36:13.580 --> 00:36:14.140
 if thou bring

00:36:14.140 --> 00:36:14.660
 thy gift

00:36:14.660 --> 00:36:15.240
 to the altar

00:36:15.239 --> 00:36:15.779
 and remember

00:36:15.779 --> 00:36:16.219
 that thy

00:36:16.219 --> 00:36:16.500
 brother

00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:16.979
 hath ought

00:36:16.979 --> 00:36:17.639
 against thee

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:18.379
 he says

00:36:18.379 --> 00:36:18.639
 what

00:36:18.639 --> 00:36:19.259
 first be

00:36:19.259 --> 00:36:20.219
 reconciled

00:36:20.219 --> 00:36:20.899
 to thy

00:36:20.899 --> 00:36:21.279
 brother

00:36:21.279 --> 00:36:23.579
 I want

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:23.739
 you to

00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:24.219
 understand

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:24.859
 that loving

00:36:24.859 --> 00:36:25.359
 another is

00:36:25.359 --> 00:36:25.719
 not a

00:36:25.719 --> 00:36:26.039
 feeling

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.579
 to work

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:26.939
 up

00:36:26.939 --> 00:36:28.099
 for many

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:28.500
 of you

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:29.099
 that's

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:29.879
 the name

00:36:29.879 --> 00:36:30.219
 that might

00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:30.639
 come to

00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:30.919
 mind

00:36:30.919 --> 00:36:31.459
 is someone

00:36:31.459 --> 00:36:31.919
 you must

00:36:31.919 --> 00:36:32.139
 be

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:32.879
 reconciled

00:36:32.879 --> 00:36:33.079
 to

00:36:33.079 --> 00:36:33.939
 for others

00:36:33.939 --> 00:36:34.439
 it's not

00:36:34.439 --> 00:36:34.879
 a broken

00:36:34.879 --> 00:36:35.699
 relationship

00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:36.239
 it's all

00:36:36.239 --> 00:36:36.679
 maybe it's

00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:37.239
 a burden

00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:38.259
 to carry

00:36:38.259 --> 00:36:38.839
 a need

00:36:38.839 --> 00:36:39.319
 to meet

00:36:39.319 --> 00:36:40.259
 a place

00:36:40.259 --> 00:36:40.959
 to serve

00:36:40.959 --> 00:36:41.759
 the same

00:36:41.759 --> 00:36:42.199
 love

00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:42.579
 and lay

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:43.259
 down in a

00:36:43.259 --> 00:36:43.579
 different

00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:43.980
 way

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:44.860
 whatever it

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:45.199
 is

00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:46.119
 don't leave

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:46.440
 it for

00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:47.039
 some day

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:49.059
 I want to

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:49.599
 encourage you

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:50.079
 today

00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:51.539
 to take

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:51.880
 care of

00:36:51.880 --> 00:36:52.159
 it

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:53.440
 do it

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:54.019
 whatever is

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:54.440
 needed

00:36:54.440 --> 00:36:56.759
 this morning

00:36:56.759 --> 00:36:57.119
 if you've

00:36:57.119 --> 00:36:57.880
 never trusted

00:36:57.880 --> 00:36:58.400
 Christ

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:58.960
 I want you

00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.539
 to understand

00:36:59.539 --> 00:37:00.139
 he laid

00:37:00.139 --> 00:37:00.639
 down his

00:37:00.639 --> 00:37:01.199
 life for

00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:01.539
 you

00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:02.219
 while you

00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:02.779
 were still

00:37:02.779 --> 00:37:03.440
 his enemy

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:04.860
 Romans told us

00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:05.340
 but God

00:37:05.340 --> 00:37:06.039
 commended his

00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:06.759
 love toward us

00:37:06.759 --> 00:37:07.279
 and while we

00:37:07.279 --> 00:37:07.639
 were yet

00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:07.980
 sinners

00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:08.980
 Christ died

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:09.980
 for us

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:11.679
 the friend

00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:12.360
 above all

00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:12.780
 others

00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:13.519
 is offering

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:14.300
 himself to

00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:14.679
 you this

00:37:14.679 --> 00:37:15.039
 morning

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:16.539
 and you

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:17.199
 have gone

00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:17.860
 on without

00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:18.599
 him long

00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:18.900
 enough

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:19.519
 the offer

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:20.280
 is free

00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:21.099
 and it's

00:37:21.099 --> 00:37:22.240
 for you

00:37:22.240 --> 00:37:23.139
 the Bible

00:37:23.139 --> 00:37:23.480
 says

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:24.260
 whosoever

00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:24.800
 shall call

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:25.300
 upon the

00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:25.679
 name

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:26.380
 of the

00:37:26.380 --> 00:37:26.820
 Lord

00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:29.679
 whosoever

00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:30.159
 will

00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:32.119
 I'm glad

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:32.880
 Ron sang

00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:33.380
 that song

00:37:33.380 --> 00:37:33.719
 this morning

00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:33.980
 that's a

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:34.480
 good song

00:37:34.480 --> 00:37:35.860
 you are

00:37:35.860 --> 00:37:36.659
 the whosoever

00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:39.259
 if there's

00:37:39.259 --> 00:37:39.639
 never been

00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:40.039
 a moment

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:40.500
 in time

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:40.879
 when you've

00:37:40.879 --> 00:37:41.339
 called upon

00:37:41.339 --> 00:37:41.839
 the Savior

00:37:41.839 --> 00:37:42.219
 today

00:37:42.219 --> 00:37:42.980
 is the

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:43.399
 best day

00:37:43.399 --> 00:37:43.940
 to do it

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:46.099
 to get

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:46.679
 that taken

00:37:46.679 --> 00:37:47.359
 care of

00:37:47.359 --> 00:37:48.500
 call upon

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:48.980
 him by

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:49.480
 faith

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:49.859
 believe

00:37:49.859 --> 00:37:50.319
 that he

00:37:50.319 --> 00:37:50.699
 died

00:37:50.699 --> 00:37:51.139
 for your

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:51.539
 sins

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:52.480
 and rose

00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:52.899
 again

00:37:52.899 --> 00:37:53.500
 in victory

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:55.099
 and call

00:37:55.099 --> 00:37:55.799
 upon him

00:37:55.799 --> 00:37:56.480
 receive

00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:57.259
 his gift

00:37:57.259 --> 00:37:58.119
 of salvation

00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:58.940
 come

00:37:58.940 --> 00:37:59.279
 and be

00:37:59.279 --> 00:38:00.199
 reconciled

00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:00.659
 to God

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:00.960
 that's

00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:01.259
 where it

00:38:01.259 --> 00:38:01.759
 starts

00:38:01.759 --> 00:38:04.179
 it doesn't

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:04.759
 start by

00:38:04.759 --> 00:38:05.379
 doing good

00:38:05.379 --> 00:38:05.719
 things

00:38:05.719 --> 00:38:06.219
 it starts

00:38:06.219 --> 00:38:06.500
 with a

00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:07.159
 relationship

00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:08.699
 understand

00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:09.219
 that

00:38:09.219 --> 00:38:11.840
 the

00:38:11.840 --> 00:38:12.320
 encouragement

00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:12.739
 ought to

00:38:12.739 --> 00:38:13.099
 be here

00:38:13.099 --> 00:38:13.440
 too

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:14.739
 you love

00:38:14.739 --> 00:38:15.059
 others

00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:15.400
 the way

00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:15.739
 Christ

00:38:15.739 --> 00:38:16.179
 commanded

00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:16.420
 us

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:16.679
 you know

00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:16.880
 what

00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:17.159
 sometimes

00:38:17.159 --> 00:38:17.760
 you feel

00:38:17.760 --> 00:38:18.360
 unnoticed

00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:19.639
 you can

00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:20.599
 feel used

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:21.960
 others are

00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:22.480
 like sucking

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:22.920
 the life

00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:23.219
 out of

00:38:23.219 --> 00:38:23.559
 you

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:24.599
 the

00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:25.119
 encouragement

00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:27.039
 somebody

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:27.739
 noticed

00:38:27.739 --> 00:38:30.199
 it was

00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:30.679
 your friend

00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:31.219
 Jesus

00:38:31.219 --> 00:38:32.679
 nobody

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:33.099
 took

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:33.579
 note

00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:34.800
 he

00:38:34.800 --> 00:38:35.079
 did

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:38.940
 he

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.219
 took

00:38:39.219 --> 00:38:39.559
 note

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:39.759
 he

00:38:39.759 --> 00:38:40.480
 noticed

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:41.719
 you

00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:41.940
 a

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.340
 friend

00:38:42.340 --> 00:38:42.579
 a

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:42.819
 friend

00:38:42.819 --> 00:38:43.000
 he

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.299
 told

00:38:43.299 --> 00:38:43.500
 the

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:44.019
 purpose

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:45.539
 stand

00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:45.759
 the

00:38:45.759 --> 00:38:46.099
 purpose

00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:46.340
 of

00:38:46.340 --> 00:38:46.639
 God

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:47.179
 cleaning

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:47.739
 and pruning

00:38:47.739 --> 00:38:48.139
 us

00:38:48.139 --> 00:38:49.480
 we

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:49.779
 might

00:38:49.779 --> 00:38:50.259
 be a

00:38:50.259 --> 00:38:50.699
 closer

00:38:50.699 --> 00:38:52.059
 friend

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:54.139
 to

00:38:54.139 --> 00:38:54.619
 Jesus

00:38:54.619 --> 00:38:57.259
 where

00:38:57.259 --> 00:38:57.400
 are

00:38:57.400 --> 00:38:57.739
 you

00:38:57.739 --> 00:38:58.960
 Newton

00:38:58.960 --> 00:38:59.420
 the writer

00:38:59.420 --> 00:38:59.599
 of

00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:00.000
 amazing

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:00.480
 grace

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:01.400
 wrote

00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:01.659
 another

00:39:01.659 --> 00:39:02.059
 hymn

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:03.500
 called

00:39:03.500 --> 00:39:03.659
 a

00:39:03.659 --> 00:39:03.940
 friend

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.239
 above

00:39:04.239 --> 00:39:04.519
 all

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:04.940
 others

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:06.519
 he

00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:06.820
 says

00:39:06.820 --> 00:39:07.279
 one

00:39:07.279 --> 00:39:07.920
 there

00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:08.420
 is

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:08.699
 above

00:39:08.699 --> 00:39:09.139
 all

00:39:09.139 --> 00:39:09.500
 others

00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:09.799
 well

00:39:09.799 --> 00:39:10.259
 deserved

00:39:10.259 --> 00:39:10.759
 the name

00:39:10.759 --> 00:39:11.059
 of a

00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:11.380
 friend

00:39:11.380 --> 00:39:11.940
 he

00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:12.159
 is

00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:12.599
 loved

00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:13.079
 beyond

00:39:13.079 --> 00:39:13.259
 the

00:39:13.259 --> 00:39:13.659
 brothers

00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:14.699
 costly

00:39:14.699 --> 00:39:15.159
 free

00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:15.380
 and

00:39:15.380 --> 00:39:15.699
 knows

00:39:15.699 --> 00:39:15.940
 no

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:16.320
 end

00:39:16.320 --> 00:39:17.179
 they

00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:17.500
 who

00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:17.940
 once

00:39:17.940 --> 00:39:18.159
 his

00:39:18.159 --> 00:39:18.599
 kindness

00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:19.219
 prove

00:39:19.219 --> 00:39:20.019
 find

00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.219
 it

00:39:20.219 --> 00:39:20.799
 everlasting

00:39:20.799 --> 00:39:21.500
 love

00:39:21.500 --> 00:39:22.440
 which

00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:22.619
 to

00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:22.960
 all

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:23.179
 our

00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:23.579
 friends

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:23.840
 to

00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:24.219
 save

00:39:24.219 --> 00:39:24.559
 us

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:25.320
 could

00:39:25.320 --> 00:39:25.579
 or

00:39:25.579 --> 00:39:25.900
 would

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:26.119
 have

00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:26.320
 shed

00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:26.480
 their

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:26.880
 blood

00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:27.840
 but

00:39:27.840 --> 00:39:28.059
 our

00:39:28.059 --> 00:39:28.539
 Jesus

00:39:28.539 --> 00:39:29.119
 died

00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:29.320
 to

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:29.619
 have

00:39:29.619 --> 00:39:29.820
 us

00:39:29.820 --> 00:39:30.739
 reconciled

00:39:30.739 --> 00:39:30.920
 him

00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:31.099
 to

00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:31.500
 God

00:39:31.500 --> 00:39:32.339
 this

00:39:32.339 --> 00:39:32.519
 is

00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:32.699
 the

00:39:32.699 --> 00:39:33.219
 boundless

00:39:33.219 --> 00:39:33.539
 love

00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:33.940
 indeed

00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:34.559
 Jesus

00:39:34.559 --> 00:39:34.900
 is

00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:35.099
 a

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:35.480
 friend

00:39:35.480 --> 00:39:35.719
 in

00:39:35.719 --> 00:39:36.099
 need

00:39:36.099 --> 00:39:37.380
 oh

00:39:37.380 --> 00:39:37.659
 for

00:39:37.659 --> 00:39:38.199
 grace

00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:38.440
 our

00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:38.819
 hearts

00:39:38.819 --> 00:39:39.059
 to

00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:39.440
 soften

00:39:39.440 --> 00:39:40.380
 teach

00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:40.619
 us

00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:40.980
 Lord

00:39:40.980 --> 00:39:41.239
 to

00:39:41.239 --> 00:39:42.099
 length

00:39:42.099 --> 00:39:43.119
 to

00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:43.539
 love

00:39:43.539 --> 00:39:44.259
 we

00:39:44.259 --> 00:39:44.900
 alas

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:45.679
 forget

00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:45.980
 too

00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:46.420
 often

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:47.039
 what

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:47.239
 a

00:39:47.239 --> 00:39:47.639
 friend

00:39:47.639 --> 00:39:47.880
 we

00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:48.099
 have

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:48.599
 above

00:39:48.599 --> 00:39:49.279
 but

00:39:49.279 --> 00:39:49.519
 when

00:39:49.519 --> 00:39:49.980
 home

00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:50.239
 our

00:39:50.239 --> 00:39:50.579
 souls

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:50.799
 are

00:39:50.799 --> 00:39:51.159
 brought

00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:51.739
 we

00:39:51.739 --> 00:39:51.980
 will

00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:52.339
 love

00:39:52.339 --> 00:39:52.579
 thee

00:39:52.579 --> 00:39:53.179
 as

00:39:53.179 --> 00:39:54.079
 we

00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:54.440
 ought

00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:56.619
 today

00:39:56.619 --> 00:39:58.159
 as

00:39:58.159 --> 00:39:58.360
 heads

00:39:58.360 --> 00:39:58.500
 are

00:39:58.500 --> 00:39:58.779
 bowed

00:39:58.779 --> 00:39:59.079
 and eyes

00:39:59.079 --> 00:39:59.239
 are

00:39:59.239 --> 00:39:59.679
 closed

00:39:59.679 --> 00:40:01.139
 today

00:40:01.139 --> 00:40:01.299
 and

00:40:01.299 --> 00:40:01.460
 are

00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:01.779
 not

00:40:01.779 --> 00:40:02.379
 sure

00:40:02.379 --> 00:40:03.460
 that's

00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:03.579
 the

00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:03.919
 question

00:40:03.919 --> 00:40:04.179
 where

00:40:04.179 --> 00:40:04.339
 do

00:40:04.339 --> 00:40:04.480
 you

00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:04.779
 stand

00:40:04.779 --> 00:40:05.000
 with

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:05.319
 God

00:40:05.319 --> 00:40:05.759
 if

00:40:05.759 --> 00:40:07.039
 you

00:40:07.039 --> 00:40:07.139
 were

00:40:07.139 --> 00:40:07.259
 to

00:40:07.259 --> 00:40:07.500
 stand

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:07.819
 before

00:40:07.819 --> 00:40:08.159
 God

00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:08.639
 today

00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:09.119
 and

00:40:09.119 --> 00:40:09.359
 God

00:40:09.359 --> 00:40:09.579
 says

00:40:09.579 --> 00:40:09.899
 why

00:40:09.899 --> 00:40:10.159
 should

00:40:10.159 --> 00:40:10.319
 I

00:40:10.319 --> 00:40:10.619
 allow

00:40:10.619 --> 00:40:10.799
 you

00:40:10.799 --> 00:40:11.000
 into

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:11.279
 heaven

00:40:11.279 --> 00:40:11.480
 what

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:11.659
 would

00:40:11.659 --> 00:40:11.759
 you

00:40:11.759 --> 00:40:12.059
 say

00:40:12.059 --> 00:40:13.219
 would

00:40:13.219 --> 00:40:13.319
 it

00:40:13.319 --> 00:40:13.440
 be

00:40:13.440 --> 00:40:13.819
 because

00:40:13.819 --> 00:40:13.980
 of

00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:14.159
 what

00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:14.619
 Jesus

00:40:14.619 --> 00:40:15.079
 did

00:40:15.079 --> 00:40:15.819
 or

00:40:15.819 --> 00:40:16.239
 would

00:40:16.239 --> 00:40:16.319
 you

00:40:16.319 --> 00:40:16.500
 try

00:40:16.500 --> 00:40:16.619
 to

00:40:16.619 --> 00:40:16.779
 make

00:40:16.779 --> 00:40:16.940
 a

00:40:16.940 --> 00:40:17.239
 list

00:40:17.239 --> 00:40:17.419
 or

00:40:17.419 --> 00:40:17.839
 I

00:40:17.839 --> 00:40:18.199
 hope

00:40:18.199 --> 00:40:18.359
 he

00:40:18.359 --> 00:40:18.619
 lets

00:40:18.619 --> 00:40:18.839
 me

00:40:18.839 --> 00:40:19.119
 in

00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:21.599
 let

00:40:21.599 --> 00:40:21.699
 me

00:40:21.699 --> 00:40:21.899
 tell

00:40:21.899 --> 00:40:22.000
 you

00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:22.219
 your

00:40:22.219 --> 00:40:22.559
 hope

00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:22.739
 is

00:40:22.739 --> 00:40:22.960
 not

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:23.139
 in

00:40:23.139 --> 00:40:23.559
 yourself

00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:23.739
 and

00:40:23.739 --> 00:40:23.940
 what

00:40:23.940 --> 00:40:24.139
 you

00:40:24.139 --> 00:40:24.359
 done

00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:24.539
 your

00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:24.780
 hope

00:40:24.780 --> 00:40:24.940
 is

00:40:24.940 --> 00:40:25.099
 in

00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:25.360
 Jesus

00:40:25.360 --> 00:40:25.860
 Christ

00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:29.960
 if

00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:30.059
 you

00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:30.240
 don't

00:40:30.240 --> 00:40:30.420
 know

00:40:30.420 --> 00:40:30.640
 for

00:40:30.640 --> 00:40:30.820
 sure

00:40:30.820 --> 00:40:31.079
 there's

00:40:31.079 --> 00:40:31.200
 been

00:40:31.200 --> 00:40:31.360
 a

00:40:31.360 --> 00:40:31.680
 time

00:40:31.680 --> 00:40:31.880
 that

00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:32.160
 you've

00:40:32.160 --> 00:40:32.660
 called

00:40:32.660 --> 00:40:33.059
 upon

00:40:33.059 --> 00:40:33.400
 him

00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:33.640
 to

00:40:33.640 --> 00:40:33.940
 save

00:40:33.940 --> 00:40:34.059
 you

00:40:34.059 --> 00:40:34.200
 I

00:40:34.200 --> 00:40:34.660
 encourage

00:40:34.660 --> 00:40:34.920
 you

00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:35.420
 we're

00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:35.539
 going to

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:35.680
 have

00:40:35.680 --> 00:40:35.780
 an

00:40:35.780 --> 00:40:36.260
 opportunity

00:40:36.260 --> 00:40:36.440
 to

00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:36.960
 respond

00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:37.180
 to

00:40:37.180 --> 00:40:37.539
 come

00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:37.680
 and

00:40:37.680 --> 00:40:37.780
 we

00:40:37.780 --> 00:40:37.920
 have

00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:38.099
 somebody

00:40:38.099 --> 00:40:38.440
 show

00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:38.599
 you

00:40:38.599 --> 00:40:38.780
 from

00:40:38.780 --> 00:40:39.220
 God's

00:40:39.220 --> 00:40:39.400
 word

00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:39.860
 how

00:40:39.860 --> 00:40:40.099
 you

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 can

00:40:40.340 --> 00:40:41.019
 know

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:42.000
 that

00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:42.160
 he

00:40:42.160 --> 00:40:42.340
 is

00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:42.760
 more

00:40:42.760 --> 00:40:43.000
 than

00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:43.260
 just

00:40:43.260 --> 00:40:43.420
 a

00:40:43.420 --> 00:40:43.720
 God

00:40:43.720 --> 00:40:43.900
 in

00:40:43.900 --> 00:40:44.240
 heaven

00:40:44.240 --> 00:40:44.780
 but

00:40:44.780 --> 00:40:44.920
 he

00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:45.099
 can

00:40:45.099 --> 00:40:45.280
 be

00:40:45.280 --> 00:40:45.559
 your

00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:45.579
!

00:40:45.579 --> 00:40:46.019
 friend

00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:51.159
 I

00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:51.559
 encourage

00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:51.739
 you

00:40:51.739 --> 00:40:52.159
 today

00:40:52.159 --> 00:40:53.199
 don't

00:40:53.199 --> 00:40:53.500
 wait

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:56.099
 maybe

00:40:56.099 --> 00:40:56.259
 you're

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 here

00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:56.699
 today

00:40:56.699 --> 00:40:56.880
 and

00:40:56.880 --> 00:40:57.199
 God's

00:40:57.199 --> 00:40:57.360
 been

00:40:57.360 --> 00:40:57.759
 speaking

00:40:57.759 --> 00:40:57.940
 to

00:40:57.940 --> 00:40:58.039
 you

00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:58.239
 about

00:40:58.239 --> 00:40:58.460
 some

00:40:58.460 --> 00:40:58.759
 things

00:40:58.759 --> 00:40:58.920
 in

00:40:58.920 --> 00:40:59.059
 your

00:40:59.059 --> 00:40:59.440
 life

00:40:59.440 --> 00:41:01.420
 if

00:41:01.420 --> 00:41:01.539
 you

00:41:01.539 --> 00:41:01.780
 love

00:41:01.780 --> 00:41:01.960
 me

00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:02.199
 keep

00:41:02.199 --> 00:41:02.400
 my

00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:02.980
 commandments

00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:08.659
 covers

00:41:08.659 --> 00:41:08.840
 a

00:41:08.840 --> 00:41:09.000
 pretty

00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:09.199
 big

00:41:09.199 --> 00:41:09.739
 territory

00:41:09.739 --> 00:41:14.659
 maybe

00:41:14.659 --> 00:41:14.900
 there's

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:15.079
 a

00:41:15.079 --> 00:41:15.420
 matter

00:41:15.420 --> 00:41:15.619
 of

00:41:15.619 --> 00:41:16.179
 obedience

00:41:16.179 --> 00:41:16.539
 that

00:41:16.539 --> 00:41:16.920
 God's

00:41:16.920 --> 00:41:17.059
 been

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:17.420
 speaking

00:41:17.420 --> 00:41:17.579
 to

00:41:17.579 --> 00:41:17.719
 you

00:41:17.719 --> 00:41:18.000
 about

00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:18.199
 that

00:41:18.199 --> 00:41:18.319
 you

00:41:18.319 --> 00:41:18.460
 say

00:41:18.460 --> 00:41:18.819
 Lord

00:41:18.819 --> 00:41:20.500
 not

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:20.839
 my

00:41:20.839 --> 00:41:21.239
 will

00:41:21.239 --> 00:41:22.699
 but

00:41:22.699 --> 00:41:22.900
 your

00:41:22.900 --> 00:41:23.259
 will

00:41:23.259 --> 00:41:25.900
 Lord

00:41:25.900 --> 00:41:26.139
 let

00:41:26.139 --> 00:41:26.279
 me

00:41:26.279 --> 00:41:26.759
 be

00:41:26.759 --> 00:41:29.079
 a

00:41:29.079 --> 00:41:29.420
 friend

00:41:29.420 --> 00:41:30.659
 and

00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:30.980
 do

00:41:30.980 --> 00:41:32.099
 what

00:41:32.099 --> 00:41:32.299
 you've

00:41:32.299 --> 00:41:32.759
 instructed

00:41:32.759 --> 00:41:33.019
 me

00:41:33.019 --> 00:41:33.179
 to

00:41:33.179 --> 00:41:33.500
 do

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:35.000
 and

00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:35.139
 to

00:41:35.139 --> 00:41:35.359
 not

00:41:35.359 --> 00:41:35.579
 hold

00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:36.059
 back

00:41:36.059 --> 00:41:38.039
 Heavenly

00:41:38.039 --> 00:41:38.460
 Fathers

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:38.920
 we just

00:41:38.920 --> 00:41:39.199
 commit

00:41:39.199 --> 00:41:39.599
 this to

00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:39.779
 you

00:41:39.779 --> 00:41:40.000
 this

00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:40.319
 morning

00:41:40.319 --> 00:41:40.539
 Lord

00:41:40.539 --> 00:41:40.719
 we

00:41:40.719 --> 00:41:40.900
 pray

00:41:40.900 --> 00:41:41.119
 just

00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:41.319
 have

00:41:41.319 --> 00:41:41.440
 your

00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:41.619
 hand

00:41:41.619 --> 00:41:41.819
 upon

00:41:41.819 --> 00:41:42.079
 each

00:41:42.079 --> 00:41:42.359
 heart

00:41:42.359 --> 00:41:42.579
 each

00:41:42.579 --> 00:41:42.900
 life

00:41:42.900 --> 00:41:43.059
 here

00:41:43.059 --> 00:41:43.480
 today

00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:45.340
 Lord

00:41:45.340 --> 00:41:45.460
 we

00:41:45.460 --> 00:41:45.639
 might

00:41:45.639 --> 00:41:46.159
 understand

00:41:46.159 --> 00:41:46.599
 what

00:41:46.599 --> 00:41:46.780
 it

00:41:46.780 --> 00:41:47.340
 means

00:41:47.340 --> 00:41:48.440
 to

00:41:48.440 --> 00:41:48.619
 be

00:41:48.619 --> 00:41:48.860
 called

00:41:48.860 --> 00:41:49.079
 your

00:41:49.079 --> 00:41:49.500
 friend

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:54.360
 there's

00:41:54.360 --> 00:41:54.519
 no

00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:54.880
 greater

00:41:54.880 --> 00:41:55.300
 friend

00:41:55.300 --> 00:41:55.559
 in the

00:41:55.559 --> 00:41:55.860
 world

00:41:55.860 --> 00:41:58.559
 Lord

00:41:58.559 --> 00:41:58.699
 I

00:41:58.699 --> 00:41:58.880
 pray

00:41:58.880 --> 00:41:59.099
 just

00:41:59.099 --> 00:41:59.340
 work

00:41:59.340 --> 00:41:59.579
 upon

00:41:59.579 --> 00:41:59.800
 each

00:41:59.800 --> 00:42:00.059
 heart

00:42:00.059 --> 00:42:00.240
 each

00:42:00.240 --> 00:42:00.500
 life

00:42:00.500 --> 00:42:00.659
 you

00:42:00.659 --> 00:42:00.860
 know

00:42:00.860 --> 00:42:01.039
 the

00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:01.360
 need

00:42:01.360 --> 00:42:01.539
 Lord

00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:01.659
 if

00:42:01.659 --> 00:42:01.800
 there's

00:42:01.800 --> 00:42:02.000
 one

00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:02.159
 here

00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:02.480
 today

00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:02.719
 that

00:42:02.719 --> 00:42:03.059
 doesn't

00:42:03.059 --> 00:42:03.320
 know

00:42:03.320 --> 00:42:03.500
 you

00:42:03.500 --> 00:42:03.699
 as

00:42:03.699 --> 00:42:04.079
 savior

00:42:04.079 --> 00:42:04.880
 to

00:42:04.880 --> 00:42:05.039
 say

00:42:05.039 --> 00:42:05.259
 I

00:42:05.259 --> 00:42:06.079
 know

00:42:06.079 --> 00:42:06.299
 I

00:42:06.299 --> 00:42:06.759
 feel

00:42:06.759 --> 00:42:07.340
 the

00:42:07.340 --> 00:42:08.199
 outsideness

00:42:08.199 --> 00:42:08.400
 of

00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:08.960
 the

00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:09.460
 bond

00:42:09.460 --> 00:42:09.679
 of

00:42:09.679 --> 00:42:10.139
 fellowship

00:42:10.139 --> 00:42:10.639
 amongst

00:42:10.639 --> 00:42:11.159
 believers

00:42:11.159 --> 00:42:11.639
 because

00:42:11.639 --> 00:42:12.159
 not

00:42:12.159 --> 00:42:12.299
 of

00:42:12.299 --> 00:42:12.440
 who

00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:12.679
 we

00:42:12.679 --> 00:42:12.860
 are

00:42:12.860 --> 00:42:13.019
 but

00:42:13.019 --> 00:42:13.299
 because

00:42:13.299 --> 00:42:13.460
 of

00:42:13.460 --> 00:42:13.599
 who

00:42:13.599 --> 00:42:13.840
 you

00:42:13.840 --> 00:42:14.279
 are

00:42:14.279 --> 00:42:16.500
 Lord

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:16.639
 I

00:42:16.639 --> 00:42:16.819
 pray

00:42:16.819 --> 00:42:17.179
 today

00:42:17.179 --> 00:42:17.380
 would

00:42:17.380 --> 00:42:17.480
 be

00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:17.659
 the

00:42:17.659 --> 00:42:17.819
 day

00:42:17.819 --> 00:42:17.980
 of

00:42:17.980 --> 00:42:18.619
 salvation

00:42:18.619 --> 00:42:19.440
 Lord

00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:19.579
 I

00:42:19.579 --> 00:42:19.779
 pray

00:42:19.779 --> 00:42:19.980
 for

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:20.259
 those

00:42:20.259 --> 00:42:20.440
 who

00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:20.659
 know

00:42:20.659 --> 00:42:20.960
 you

00:42:20.960 --> 00:42:22.779
 that

00:42:22.779 --> 00:42:23.099
 they

00:42:23.099 --> 00:42:23.360
 might

00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:23.519
 not

00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:23.719
 just

00:42:23.719 --> 00:42:23.900
 be

00:42:23.900 --> 00:42:24.159
 your

00:42:24.159 --> 00:42:24.880
 acquaintance

00:42:24.880 --> 00:42:27.199
 but

00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:27.619
 desire

00:42:27.619 --> 00:42:27.799
 to

00:42:27.799 --> 00:42:27.900
 be

00:42:27.900 --> 00:42:28.079
 your

00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:28.480
 friend

00:42:28.480 --> 00:42:30.639
 and

00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:30.779
 Lord

00:42:30.779 --> 00:42:30.940
 we

00:42:30.940 --> 00:42:31.219
 ask

00:42:31.219 --> 00:42:31.440
 all

00:42:31.440 --> 00:42:31.679
 these

00:42:31.679 --> 00:42:32.000
 things

00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:32.019
!

00:42:32.019 --> 00:42:32.179
 in

00:42:32.179 --> 00:42:32.319
 your

00:42:32.319 --> 00:42:32.340
!

00:42:32.340 --> 00:42:32.699
 precious

00:42:32.699 --> 00:42:33.139
 name

00:42:33.139 --> 00:42:34.379
 as

00:42:34.379 --> 00:42:34.519
 the

00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:34.779
 piano

00:42:34.779 --> 00:42:35.159
 plays

00:42:35.159 --> 00:42:35.359
 what

00:42:35.359 --> 00:42:35.639
 about

00:42:35.639 --> 00:42:35.980
 you

00:42:35.980 --> 00:42:36.719
 today?