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 So grateful week after week for the faithful ministry of our praise team and John as he selects the songs, the music that we will sing, kind of leading our hearts to the throne of grace and helping to prepare us for the message of the word.

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 It's a unique opportunity to be able to be brought into the presence of God through his word and singing songs that testify of the wondrous work of Christ.

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 It's a blessing.

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 Well, several years ago, or at least I should say a couple years ago, I ran across this story of something that happened in Pontiac, Michigan.

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 There was a, I don't want to be morbid, but there was a woman who was found dead in her car in her garage.

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 Now, that wouldn't seem to be so significant or unusual except for the fact that she had been dead for six years in her car, in her garage.

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 You might ask, how in the world could anything like that go unnoticed for so long?

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 Well, partly because this woman often went on road trips, was often traveling about the country and traveling about the world, and her neighbors never really saw her much anyway.

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 And so they didn't think anything was unusual, the fact that they hadn't seen her.

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 And this woman, knowing that she often traveled, set up special deposits that were made from her bank account to all of the various places where she needed to pay her bills.

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 The utilities and the mortgage and all these other areas as well.

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 And her neighbors, really trying to make sure that they kept appearances, often mowed her lawn for her so that no one missed this woman.

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 Except for the fact that the bank, after the funds began to run dry, decided that they needed to foreclose on the house, as you would expect.

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 And after a period of time of this home being foreclosed and notices being made and things showing up in the mail,

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 they sent a person to the house to prepare it for sale.

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 And the worker who went to repair the roof, peering into the garage, noticed that there was not only a car in the garage,

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 but a figure seated in the front seat.

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 And this mummified woman who had been there for six years was finally discovered.

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 Now, you might say, what in the world does this have to do with our message for this morning?

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 Except for the fact that it's an interesting story.

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 This morning, we're going to look at the significance of fruitfulness.

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 It's easy for us to play games.

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 It's easy for us to have the appearance of life and activity and progress

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 when all the while there is lifelessness and emptiness in your heart.

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 There is the moving through rituals.

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 There is the appearance of service and function and duty and coming to church

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 and being involved in ministry and doing your devotions and praying and having things to share in Sunday school

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 and participating in small group and all of the things that have the appearance of life

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 when actually there is deadness in your heart.

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 There is barrenness spiritually in your life.

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 There is this moving through the spiritual life that has the appearance of fruitfulness,

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 but at the end of the day, it really is deadness.

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 Jesus, in our passage this morning in John chapter 15,

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 wants to help emphasize the fact that fruitfulness is not only something that God expects for our life,

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 but fruitfulness is possible through the ministry of God into our lives.

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 Jesus does such a tremendous job at making things simple.

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 And if you're anything like me, you appreciate things that are simple.

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 Jesus, who helped us consolidate the law and the prophets in two simple phrases,

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 love the Lord your God and love your neighbor as yourself,

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 wants to help us understand the significance of fruitfulness

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 and realize the simplicity of fruitfulness and, as we'll see,

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 results in or comes from a life that is abiding in Him.

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 As this first point notes,

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 fruitfulness is demanded by the Father.

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 So turn with me, if you would, to John chapter 15.

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 If you're visiting with us this morning,

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 it's on page 901 in the Pew Bible in front of you.

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 I want to read these first 11 verses for us,

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 and I want us to make some observations,

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 and then we'll work through this passage to see

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 that fruitfulness is only possible as you are connected to Christ.

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 Let me read this for us.

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 Beginning in verse 1, it says this,

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 I am the vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.

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 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, He takes away.

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 And every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes,

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 that it may bear more fruit.

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 Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.

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 Abide in me and I in you,

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 as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine.

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 Neither can you unless you abide in me.

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 I am the vine, you are the branches.

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 Whoever abides in me and I in him,

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 he it is that bears much fruit.

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 For apart from me you can do nothing.

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 If anyone does not abide in me,

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 he is thrown away like a branch and withers.

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 And the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.

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 If you abide in me,

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 and my words abide in you,

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 ask whatever you wish,

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 and it will be done for you.

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 By this, my Father is glorified,

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 that you bear much fruit,

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 and so prove to be my disciples.

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 As the Father has loved me,

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 so I have loved you.

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 Abide in my love.

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 If you keep my commandments,

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 you will abide in my love.

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 Just as I have kept my Father's commandments,

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 and abide in his love.

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 These things I have spoken to you,

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 that my joy may be in you,

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 and that your joy may be full.

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 As we've seen through the gospel of John,

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 John is no stranger of repetition.

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 John actually gives himself to repeated phrases,

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 and thoughts,

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 and ideas,

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 that courses through the entire book of John.

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 And here we find again,

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 John continues to come back to the same kinds of themes.

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 Can you see what he's trying to emphasize in these verses?

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 The two phrases or words that come to the surface consistently

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 are the words abide,

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 and the word bear fruit.

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 God demands that we bear fruit.

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 He expects it to be true of the life of everyone

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 who is connected to Christ.

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 Now just by way of background,

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 I want to remind us where we are in the flow of this study.

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 We are in the last few hours of Christ's life.

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 We are moving ever closer to the point at which

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 Jesus will be taken captive.

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 He will stand trial.

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 He will be crucified and killed on the cross.

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 These are the final moments of Jesus' time with his disciples.

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 And so the things that he wishes to express to the disciples at this point

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 are the things of utmost significance.

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 We find at the end of chapter 14,

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 Jesus, using these words,

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 says,

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 Rise, let us go from here.

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 They had previously been in the upper room,

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 enjoying this Passover meal together,

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 and now they are moving out of this upper room

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 through the city of Jerusalem,

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 perhaps down into the Kidron Valley at this point,

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 viewing the vineyards that is populating or dotting the landscape,

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 and moving their way over into the Garden of Gethsemane,

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 where Jesus will be taken captive.

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 And the thing that seems to be on Jesus' mind as he is providing these parting words to his disciples

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 is the significance of the Father.

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 Now, the Apostle John is caught up and blown away by this concept of God being the Father.

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 In the Gospel of John,

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 John alludes to the fact that God is the Father 122 times.

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 One time for every 10 verses in the Gospel of John,

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 John alludes to this incredible concept of God being Father.

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 And in these final parting words,

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 these chapters 14, 15, and 16,

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 John uses the concept, the idea of God being Father 45 times in 82 verses.

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 One time for almost every two verses,

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 John is helping us to understand that Jesus is trying to emphasize and focus on the fact that God is Father.

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 Why is that significant?

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 Well, it's significant because Jesus has just told his disciples

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 that he is going to be moving away.

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 He's going to be departing from them,

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 and the only thing that will help to secure them,

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 will keep them enduring through the hardship that they will face,

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 is the understanding that God is Father.

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 That God will uphold them and help them and keep them through

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 the mission that Christ has put them on.

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 How will that take place?

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 What is that mission?

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 And how will it be accomplished?

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 Jesus, right out of the gate here in John chapter 15,

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 wants to help his disciples understand that fruitfulness is significant,

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 and fruitfulness is only accomplished in the Son.

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 Fruitfulness is accomplished in the Son.

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 Jesus here at the beginning of verse 1 says,

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 I am the true vine.

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 We'll dig into this as we move through this passage.

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 But a cursory look of this passage helps us understand the significance of fruitfulness,

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 and Jesus wants his disciples to understand that if they will be fruitful,

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 they need to rest in Christ.

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 He is the vine.

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 Although this is the first time that Jesus has really dealt with this subject of him being the vine,

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 and the whole concept of fruitfulness in relationship to the vineyard,

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 this was not a foreign concept to the Jews.

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 As a matter of fact, through this Passover week,

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 they would have read Psalm 80.

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 And Psalm 80 helps to illustrate the fact that God had commissioned Israel to be his vine.

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 It says in Psalm 80, you're welcome to turn there if you like.

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 Psalm 80, verse 3 is where it begins.

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 Again, if you're visiting with us, you can find that passage on page 491.

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 Psalm 80, verse 3 says,

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 Enemies laugh among themselves.

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 Verse 8,

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 You brought a vine out of Egypt.

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 You drove out the nations and planted it.

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 You cleared the ground for it.

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 It took deep root and filled the land.

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 The mountains were covered with its shade,

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 the mighty cedars with its branches.

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 It sent out its branches to the sea,

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 and its shoots to the river.

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 Why then have you broken down its walls,

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 so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?

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 Verse 14,

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 Turn again, O God of hosts.

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 Look down from heaven and see.

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 Have regard for this vine.

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 This concept of Israel being the vine

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 was not foreign to the people of Israel.

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 And yet God had rejected his vine

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 because the vine had not only been unfruitful,

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 the vine had rejected God's commands.

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 Coming to the forefront of this is Isaiah chapter 5.

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 Isaiah chapter 5,

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 verses 1 to 7.

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 We won't read the whole thing,

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 but it's on page 569.

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 It says,

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 Let me sing for my beloved,

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 my love song concerning his vineyard.

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 My beloved has a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

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 He dug it and cleared its stones

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 and planted it with choice vines.

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 He built a watchtower in the midst of it,

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 and he hewed out a wine vat in it.

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 He looked for it to yield grapes,

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 but it yielded wild grapes.

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 Jumping down to verse 7.

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 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts

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 is the house of Israel,

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 and the men of Judah are his pleasing plant.

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 He looked for justice,

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 but behold bloodshed.

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 For righteousness,

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 but behold an outcry.

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 Although God had desired

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 that Israel would be this fruitful vine,

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 would be a reflection of fruitfulness in the land,

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 they had actually rebelled against God

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 and had rejected his commands

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 and had gone the way of the nations.

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 So Christ, in coming to earth,

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 was not only the fulfillment of the law,

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 was not only the seed of Abraham,

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 but here we find he was the vine.

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 He was the ultimate fulfillment

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 of what God expected for Israel.

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 He was the only one who satisfied

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 God's demands for his people

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 and said that those who want to experience

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 the blessings of being fruitful

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 as God had commissioned them to be

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 will only be able to experience that

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 as they are in Christ.

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 Those who would be fruitful vine

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 must recognize the imperative

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 of life with Christ,

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 trusting in him,

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 relying on him.

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 He is the only one

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 who meets the demands of the Father.

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 Christ is the vine.

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 This morning, I would ask you this question.

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 I'll continue to ask as we go along.

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 Are you a fruitful vine?

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 You can only be a fruitful vine

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 if you are placing your only hope

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 and confidence in the work of Christ

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 as being the only one

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 who can satisfy God's demands.

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 It's accomplished in the Son.

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 Second of all, we find that it is

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 assisted by the Godhead.

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 It's assisted by the Godhead.

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 We find that here in verse 2.

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 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit,

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 he takes away.

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 And every branch that does bear fruit,

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 he prunes that it may bear more fruit.

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 Now this is an amazing concept.

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 This ought to blow you away.

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 God has given himself

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 to specific and unique ministry to you.

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 Those of us who are recipients of grace of God,

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 forgiveness for sin,

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 called into fellowship with him,

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 we should be serving him.

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 And yet here we find in this verse,

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 the Godhead is serving you.

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 The Godhead is working on your behalf

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 through Christ and through the Father

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 to create fruitfulness in your life.

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 Isn't that amazing?

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 And here we find not only the Son

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 as being the life source,

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 the vine for the branches,

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 but now we find that the Father

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 is intricately involved in your life

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 to help you produce more fruit.

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 There is this dual ministry of the Father.

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 It says,

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 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit,

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 he takes away.

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 Every branch that does bear fruit,

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 he prunes.

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 What is taking place there?

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 What is happening?

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 We find that God is involved in cutting off

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 or cultivating.

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 He's involved in destroying or disciplining.

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 The Father takes special interest in the vine,

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 determining its fruitfulness

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 and acting as a result.

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 Now one of the things that may cause

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 a bit of concern in your mind,

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 we run up against a theological wall

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 in this verse.

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 Maybe something that is confusing to you

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 as it was to me.

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 The language here says,

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 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit,

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 he takes away.

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 What in the world is Jesus talking about?

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 Are people losing their salvation?

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 And he's judging them because of a lack of fruitfulness?

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 Is that what's happening here?

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 Who are these branches?

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 Can those who are in Christ be fruitless?

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 Can those who are in Christ be taken away

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 and thus lose their salvation?

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 Well, as we look at the Gospel of John,

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 we need to understand that Jesus is dealing

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 with his disciples before the era of the new church.

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 Jesus is dealing with the disciples

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 in an old covenant understanding.

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 Where connection to Christ

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 and association with Christ

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 was understood as being in something

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 rather than this union

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 that we'll find out about Christ later on

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 once the Holy Spirit comes.

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 We can see this throughout the Gospel of John.

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 Turn with me back to John chapter 8

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 and you can see how this plays out

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 in people who supposedly believe in Christ.

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 You can be a person of faith

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 and not be a person who is saved.

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 Notice this in John 8 verse 30.

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 As he was saying these things,

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 many, what is the word there?

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 believed in him.

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 Verse 31.

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 So Jesus said to the Jews

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 who had believed in him,

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 if you abide in my word,

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 you are truly my disciples.

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 Does that sound familiar?

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 But clearly,

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 as we move through this passage,

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 we find

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 that this group of individuals

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 who supposedly believed in Christ

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 were not receptive to his word.

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 so that we find here in verse 44,

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 Jesus makes a very clear statement

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 that says,

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 you are of your father,

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 the devil,

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 and your will is to do

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 your father's desires.

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 He was a murderer from the beginning

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 and has nothing to do with the truth

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 because there is no truth in him.

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 There was no abiding relationship with Christ.

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 There was no abiding relationship

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 with Christ's words

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 and their initial belief

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 was evidenced by the corruption of their heart.

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 We find back in chapter 6,

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 another group of individuals

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 who were also connected to Christ

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 but who abandoned him.

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 We find that in chapter 6,

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 there's this great interest in Jesus

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 because of him feeding the 5,000.

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 But once we get to verse 60,

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 we see this.

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 When many of his disciples

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 heard his sayings,

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 they said,

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 this is a hard saying.

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 Who can listen to it?

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 But Jesus,

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 knowing in himself

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 that the disciples

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 were grumbling about this,

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 begins to confront them

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 over the issue.

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 We find in verse 66,

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 after this,

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 many of his disciples

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 turned back

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 and no longer walked with him.

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 Even those who were followers of Christ,

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 who even were considered

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 disciples of him,

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 who followed him wherever he went,

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 abandoned Christ

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 once the word

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 confronted their hearts.

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 And what could be said of Judas?

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 Judas,

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 who was one of the 12,

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 and Jesus helping the disciples,

00:23:18.280 --> 00:23:18.720
 the 11,

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 understand how to reconcile

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 how this could happen.

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 We find even here in chapter 6,

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 Jesus deals with that issue.

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 Simon Peter in verse 68 says,

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 Whom shall we go?

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 You alone have the words of life.

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 And we have believed

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 and have come to know

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 that you are the Holy One of God.

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 Jesus answered them,

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 Did I not choose you,

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 the 12?

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 And yet one of you

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 is a devil.

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 He spoke of Judas,

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 the son of Simon Iscariot,

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 for he,

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 one of the 12,

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 was going to betray him.

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 Jesus knew Judas' heart.

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 He knew that his allegiance

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 to Jesus was temporary.

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 He knew that when the rubber

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.380
 met the road,

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 that Judas would betray him.

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 And he would show

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 the true nature of his heart

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 as being one

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 who had no fruit.

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 The father

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 is interested

00:24:16.080 --> 00:24:17.500
 in fruitfulness.

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 He will either

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 judge those

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:22.559
 who have no fruit

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 or he will nurture

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 those

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 who are bearing fruit.

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 It says he prunes

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 their life.

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 He says

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 he cultivates them

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 and seeks to help them

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 bear more fruit.

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 There are so many ways

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 that God seeks

00:24:40.340 --> 00:24:41.840
 to do that for us.

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 His ministry

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 to us

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 to help nurture

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 more fruitfulness

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 in our life.

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 And he often uses

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:50.100
 difficulties

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 in our life

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 to not only show us

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 the nature

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 of our abiding

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:57.660
 relationship with him,

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 but to help us

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 to see how much

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 we need

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 him in life.

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 I had an experience

00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:05.360
 like that

00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:06.180
 and by the way

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.900
 we're probably not

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:07.500
 going to finish

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:08.579
 all of these

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 notes for today.

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 We'll just hold it off

00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:10.799
 to next week.

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 So don't be nervous

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 if we're not

00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:13.700
 going to finish.

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:16.539
 On Friday

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:18.299
 I was going to go

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 pick up my daughter

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 in Cedarville.

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 She had spent

00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:21.339
 the night

00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:22.200
 there.

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 And I had the

00:25:24.119 --> 00:25:24.539
 opportunity

00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:25.900
 that morning

00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:26.640
 as you know

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 it snowed

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:29.519
 on Thursday night

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.500
 and so I went

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.160
 out to the car

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:32.200
 and tried to clear

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:32.680
 the snow

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.480
 off the front

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:33.920
 windshield

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:35.519
 and as I was

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.440
 lifting the

00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:37.940
 wiper

00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:38.820
 in order to

00:25:38.820 --> 00:25:39.400
 get the snow

00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:39.880
 underneath

00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:41.600
 the wiper

00:25:41.600 --> 00:25:42.380
 fell off.

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:45.060
 That was frustrating

00:25:45.060 --> 00:25:46.080
 trying to put

00:25:46.080 --> 00:25:46.779
 the wiper

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.420
 back on

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:48.340
 and then

00:25:48.340 --> 00:25:49.720
 I wanted

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.940
 to listen

00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:51.800
 to a sermon

00:25:51.800 --> 00:25:52.420
 on the way

00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:53.460
 and realize

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:54.360
 that the cord

00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:55.220
 wasn't in the car.

00:25:55.900 --> 00:25:56.180
 So I went

00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:56.620
 into the house

00:25:56.620 --> 00:25:57.100
 to try to find

00:25:57.100 --> 00:25:57.480
 the cord

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:58.640
 and all

00:25:58.640 --> 00:25:59.860
 to no avail.

00:25:59.859 --> 00:26:01.539
 Well I remember

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.579
 maybe the cord

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:04.279
 is here

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:04.859
 at the church

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:06.859
 and so I made

00:26:06.859 --> 00:26:07.500
 a trip here

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.039
 to the church

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:09.839
 and sure enough

00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.539
 there it was

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.479
 all was great.

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:13.039
 I get out

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.979
 on Trayview Road

00:26:13.979 --> 00:26:15.119
 I take a right

00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:16.119
 and for whatever

00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:17.339
 reason the traffic

00:26:17.339 --> 00:26:18.359
 was nuts

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:19.379
 on Trayview

00:26:19.379 --> 00:26:20.339
 trying to get

00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:21.099
 over to Wilson.

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:23.479
 Well to try

00:26:23.479 --> 00:26:24.259
 to shortcut

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.939
 the system

00:26:24.939 --> 00:26:25.279
 a little bit

00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:26.279
 I turned right

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:26.959
 on Angaro

00:26:26.959 --> 00:26:28.699
 and the roads

00:26:28.699 --> 00:26:29.279
 were slippery

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.839
 enough that I

00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:30.940
 nearly collided

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:32.039
 with the car

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:32.799
 that was stopped

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:34.660
 there at

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:35.980
 the stop sign.

00:26:37.639 --> 00:26:38.220
 And then I

00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:38.839
 finally got on

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:39.160
 Wilson

00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:40.639
 it's three lights

00:26:40.639 --> 00:26:41.359
 before I can

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:41.899
 finally get

00:26:41.899 --> 00:26:43.420
 on to the 70.

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:45.539
 I finally get

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.440
 on to the 70

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:47.920
 and I realize

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:49.160
 that the reason

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:49.899
 why the traffic

00:26:49.899 --> 00:26:50.619
 is so nuts

00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:51.139
 is because

00:26:51.139 --> 00:26:52.359
 right there

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:53.200
 where the 70

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:53.700
 and the 270

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.099
 meet

00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:55.079
 there was

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:56.559
 no way

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:57.019
 to stay

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.619
 on the 70

00:26:57.619 --> 00:26:58.220
 I either had

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:58.819
 to get off

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.579
 on the 270

00:26:59.579 --> 00:26:59.980
 north

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:01.000
 or the 270

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.500
 south.

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:03.159
 Well I figured

00:27:03.159 --> 00:27:03.740
 if I go

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.359
 up to

00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:05.139
 Roberts Road

00:27:05.139 --> 00:27:05.639
 it's going

00:27:05.639 --> 00:27:06.399
 to take me

00:27:06.399 --> 00:27:07.439
 a little extra

00:27:07.439 --> 00:27:07.819
 time

00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:08.839
 and I happen

00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:09.439
 to remember

00:27:09.439 --> 00:27:09.899
 there's this

00:27:09.899 --> 00:27:10.579
 little pass

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:10.839
 through

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.859
 on the 270

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:12.379
 south

00:27:12.379 --> 00:27:13.139
 little dirt

00:27:13.139 --> 00:27:13.460
 road

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:13.839
 that gets

00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:14.500
 from the

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.359
 270 south

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:15.879
 to the

00:27:15.879 --> 00:27:16.299
 on ramp

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:16.460
 of the

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.000
 270 north

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:19.740
 you've done

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.259
 that right

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:22.579
 but as I'm

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:23.019
 taking the

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.879
 270 south

00:27:23.879 --> 00:27:24.399
 I realize

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:26.080
 I can't

00:27:26.080 --> 00:27:26.580
 do this

00:27:26.580 --> 00:27:27.460
 I shouldn't

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:27.740
 do this

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.100
 so I

00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:28.940
 stayed on

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.480
 the 270

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.280
 I didn't

00:27:30.280 --> 00:27:31.280
 use the

00:27:31.280 --> 00:27:31.880
 pass through

00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:33.580
 and I

00:27:33.580 --> 00:27:35.180
 didn't realize

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.680
 I forgot

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.519
 that Broad

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.040
 Street was

00:27:37.040 --> 00:27:38.120
 so far

00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:38.960
 down

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:40.080
 the road

00:27:40.080 --> 00:27:41.740
 well I get

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.160
 off

00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:43.660
 and as you

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.780
 can well

00:27:44.780 --> 00:27:45.380
 imagine

00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:46.940
 everyone else

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.400
 was doing

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:47.759
 the same

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.100
 thing

00:27:48.100 --> 00:27:48.560
 and so

00:27:48.560 --> 00:27:49.259
 it was like

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:50.040
 gridlock

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:50.940
 on Broad

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.680
 going

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.379
 west

00:27:52.379 --> 00:27:54.119
 well then

00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:55.579
 there's finally

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:55.920
 the way

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.240
 to get to

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.899
 this 270

00:27:56.899 --> 00:27:57.379
 and I had

00:27:57.379 --> 00:27:57.879
 to kind of

00:27:57.879 --> 00:27:58.500
 merge over

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.420
 three lanes

00:27:59.420 --> 00:27:59.779
 because I was

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.220
 in the wrong

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.759
 one and

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.279
 had to get

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:02.079
 over so I

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.379
 could take

00:28:02.379 --> 00:28:02.659
 a right

00:28:02.659 --> 00:28:03.539
 and I

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.059
 get down

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:04.420
 the road

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:04.839
 maybe a

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.299
 quarter of a

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:05.920
 mile and

00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:07.299
 it's a dead

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:07.680
 stop

00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:09.899
 I get so

00:28:09.899 --> 00:28:10.379
 frustrated

00:28:10.379 --> 00:28:11.480
 I make a

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.980
 U-turn

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:14.019
 I get back

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:15.399
 on to Broad

00:28:15.399 --> 00:28:16.259
 I'm booking

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:16.839
 it down

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:17.779
 I won't tell

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.399
 you how fast

00:28:18.399 --> 00:28:19.039
 I was going

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:22.139
 and I

00:28:22.139 --> 00:28:22.980
 finally get

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.819
 on the

00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:24.259
 70

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:25.279
 it has

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:26.359
 been 50

00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:27.420
 minutes

00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:28.279
 since I

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:29.460
 first left

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:30.319
 my house

00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:35.440
 I wish

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:35.700
 I could

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.180
 say

00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:37.899
 that

00:28:37.899 --> 00:28:38.960
 my life

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.700
 demonstrated

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.399
 that it

00:28:40.399 --> 00:28:40.759
 had a

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.139
 great

00:28:41.139 --> 00:28:41.659
 abiding

00:28:41.659 --> 00:28:42.319
 relationship

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:43.460
 with Christ

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:43.960
 this past

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:44.279
 week

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:46.339
 but God

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:46.879
 puts us

00:28:46.879 --> 00:28:47.279
 through these

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:47.859
 situations

00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:49.019
 of pruning

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:50.559
 and exposure

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.200
 to help us

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.740
 realize

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.639
 how far

00:28:52.639 --> 00:28:53.180
 away we

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:53.619
 are

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:54.200
 from the

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:54.660
 kind of

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:55.279
 fruitfulness

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:56.079
 that God

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:56.440
 wants us

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:56.859
 to have

00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:59.460
 I could

00:28:59.460 --> 00:28:59.960
 tell you a

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.220
 similar

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:00.700
 experience

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.059
 that happened

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.619
 yesterday

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:02.559
 here at the

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:03.039
 church

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:03.720
 trying to

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.319
 make copies

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:05.599
 for the

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:06.519
 bulletin

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:08.079
 but I won't

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:08.460
 go there

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:09.539
 because we

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:09.759
 don't have

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.200
 enough time

00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:14.119
 God the

00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:14.720
 Father is

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.579
 interested in

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:16.180
 your fruitfulness

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:18.840
 he takes

00:29:18.840 --> 00:29:20.160
 special

00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:21.140
 delight

00:29:21.140 --> 00:29:22.880
 in messing

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:23.740
 up your

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.160
 day

00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:28.060
 so that

00:29:28.060 --> 00:29:29.060
 he can

00:29:29.060 --> 00:29:29.600
 help you

00:29:29.600 --> 00:29:30.920
 see what

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:31.380
 is most

00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:31.779
 important

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:34.180
 he takes

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:34.700
 special

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.220
 delight

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:40.080
 in

00:29:40.080 --> 00:29:41.560
 exposing

00:29:41.560 --> 00:29:42.320
 your heart

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:43.859
 fruitfulness

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:43.919
 so that

00:29:43.919 --> 00:29:44.439
 you know

00:29:44.439 --> 00:29:45.439
 where you

00:29:45.439 --> 00:29:45.960
 stand

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.879
 in terms

00:29:46.879 --> 00:29:47.599
 of

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:48.099
 fruitfulness

00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:49.919
 and so

00:29:49.919 --> 00:29:50.179
 that you

00:29:50.179 --> 00:29:50.500
 can

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:52.519
 step back

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.500
 you can

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.480
 reevaluate

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:55.679
 and you can

00:29:55.679 --> 00:29:56.619
 say oh I have

00:29:56.619 --> 00:29:57.139
 so much

00:29:57.139 --> 00:29:58.539
 work to do

00:29:58.539 --> 00:30:00.980
 for Christ's

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:02.179
 life to

00:30:02.179 --> 00:30:02.779
 flow through

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.139
 me

00:30:03.139 --> 00:30:05.419
 well

00:30:05.419 --> 00:30:06.500
 it takes us

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:06.779
 to this

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.659
 third point

00:30:07.659 --> 00:30:07.960
 here

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:09.360
 it's

00:30:09.360 --> 00:30:09.819
 assisted

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.240
 by the

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:10.640
 Godhead

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:11.100
 and it

00:30:11.100 --> 00:30:11.319
 is

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:12.100
 accompanied

00:30:12.100 --> 00:30:13.140
 by

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:13.700
 a

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:14.120
 changed

00:30:14.120 --> 00:30:14.600
 life

00:30:14.600 --> 00:30:15.559
 accompanied

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:16.079
 by a

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:16.380
 changed

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:16.799
 life

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:18.420
 notice

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:18.720
 what it

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:18.940
 says

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.120
 here

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:19.279
 in

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:19.480
 verse

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:19.799
 three

00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:20.660
 it says

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.140
 already

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:21.620
 you are

00:30:21.620 --> 00:30:22.140
 clean

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:22.539
 because

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.140
 of the

00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:23.519
 word

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.059
 that I

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.200
 have

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:24.640
 spoken

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:24.880
 to

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.220
 you

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:26.440
 now

00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:26.600
 you

00:30:26.600 --> 00:30:26.840
 might

00:30:26.840 --> 00:30:27.220
 wonder

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:27.539
 what

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:27.759
 in

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:27.960
 the

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:28.400
 world

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:28.680
 is

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:28.900
 this

00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:29.400
 verse

00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:29.920
 doing

00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:30.259
 here

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:31.039
 how

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:31.340
 does

00:30:31.340 --> 00:30:31.579
 this

00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:32.000
 fit

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.240
 in

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:32.420
 the

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:32.900
 flow

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:33.440
 of

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:33.600
 what

00:30:33.600 --> 00:30:33.779
 we're

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.180
 talking

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:34.500
 about

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:34.640
 it

00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:35.240
 almost

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:35.779
 seems

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.000
 to

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.340
 be

00:30:36.340 --> 00:30:37.900
 disconnected

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:38.300
 in

00:30:38.300 --> 00:30:38.759
 every

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:39.180
 way

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:40.780
 yet

00:30:40.780 --> 00:30:41.140
 Jesus

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:41.360
 is

00:30:41.360 --> 00:30:41.540
 not

00:30:41.540 --> 00:30:41.759
 only

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.080
 trying

00:30:42.080 --> 00:30:42.300
 to

00:30:42.300 --> 00:30:43.019
 reassure

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.920
 the

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:44.420
 disciples

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:44.680
 of

00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:44.800
 where

00:30:44.800 --> 00:30:44.960
 they

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.560
 stand

00:30:45.560 --> 00:30:46.280
 but

00:30:46.280 --> 00:30:46.440
 he's

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:46.700
 helping

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:46.920
 them

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.040
 to

00:30:47.040 --> 00:30:48.440
 recognize

00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:49.340
 the

00:30:49.340 --> 00:30:50.040
 trajectory

00:30:50.040 --> 00:30:50.540
 the

00:30:50.540 --> 00:30:51.380
 focus

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:52.640
 the

00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:54.019
 product

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:54.540
 of

00:30:54.540 --> 00:30:55.060
 fruitfulness

00:30:55.060 --> 00:30:55.519
 what

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:55.759
 does

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:55.920
 it

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.340
 yield

00:30:56.340 --> 00:30:56.880
 what

00:30:56.880 --> 00:30:57.180
 does

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.800
 fruitfulness

00:30:57.800 --> 00:30:58.300
 look

00:30:58.300 --> 00:30:58.720
 like

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:58.920
 in

00:30:58.920 --> 00:30:59.040
 a

00:30:59.040 --> 00:30:59.480
 life

00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:00.980
 so

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:01.400
 often

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:01.640
 when

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:01.820
 we

00:31:01.820 --> 00:31:02.620
 hear

00:31:02.620 --> 00:31:02.900
 the

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.700
 idea

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.000
 of

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.460
 fruitfulness

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:04.720
 we

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:05.000
 think

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.180
 of

00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:05.580
 outward

00:31:05.580 --> 00:31:06.420
 success

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:07.620
 we

00:31:07.620 --> 00:31:07.900
 think

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:08.140
 of

00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:09.000
 converts

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.560
 that

00:31:09.560 --> 00:31:09.820
 we

00:31:09.820 --> 00:31:10.360
 have

00:31:10.360 --> 00:31:10.580
 had

00:31:10.580 --> 00:31:11.019
 some

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.620
 way

00:31:11.620 --> 00:31:11.759
 of

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.019
 helping

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:12.240
 to

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:12.580
 bring

00:31:12.580 --> 00:31:12.800
 to

00:31:12.800 --> 00:31:13.160
 Christ

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.440
 or

00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:13.800
 we

00:31:13.800 --> 00:31:14.039
 think

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.200
 of

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.460
 some

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:15.039
 impact

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.240
 that

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.360
 we're

00:31:15.360 --> 00:31:15.680
 making

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:15.900
 in

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:16.019
 the

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.400
 world

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:16.880
 we

00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:17.100
 think

00:31:17.100 --> 00:31:17.259
 of

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:17.660
 some

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:18.200
 ministry

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.460
 that

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:18.660
 we're

00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:19.220
 involved

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:19.519
 in

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:19.680
 and

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.140
 it's

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:20.400
 had

00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:20.960
 some

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.360
 sort

00:31:21.360 --> 00:31:21.580
 of

00:31:21.580 --> 00:31:22.580
 benefit

00:31:22.580 --> 00:31:22.820
 to

00:31:22.820 --> 00:31:22.980
 the

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.400
 people

00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:23.779
 who

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.120
 have

00:31:24.120 --> 00:31:24.220
 been

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.580
 part

00:31:24.580 --> 00:31:24.680
 of

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:24.920
 it

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.980
 but

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.259
 when

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:26.960
 Jesus

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.240
 is

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:27.560
 talking

00:31:27.560 --> 00:31:27.900
 about

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:28.620
 fruitfulness

00:31:28.620 --> 00:31:29.000
 he

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.820
 wants

00:31:29.820 --> 00:31:29.960
 them

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:30.080
 to

00:31:30.080 --> 00:31:30.680
 understand

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:30.900
 that

00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:31.039
 it

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:31.560
 focuses

00:31:31.560 --> 00:31:31.560


00:31:31.560 --> 00:31:32.800
 on

00:31:32.800 --> 00:31:33.560
 cleanness

00:31:33.560 --> 00:31:33.560


00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:37.080
 change

00:31:37.080 --> 00:31:37.680
 life

00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:39.160
 it

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:39.300
 has

00:31:39.300 --> 00:31:39.560
 nothing

00:31:39.560 --> 00:31:40.080
 to do

00:31:40.080 --> 00:31:40.380
 with

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:41.080
 externals

00:31:41.080 --> 00:31:41.240
 it

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.400
 has

00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:41.840
 everything

00:31:41.840 --> 00:31:42.279
 to do

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:42.660
 with

00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:42.920
 what's

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:43.320
 happening

00:31:43.320 --> 00:31:44.000
 inside

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:45.019
 what

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.180
 has

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:45.460
 God

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:45.960
 done

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.200
 to

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:46.860
 change

00:31:46.860 --> 00:31:47.600
 your

00:31:47.600 --> 00:31:48.220
 life

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:49.100
 not

00:31:49.100 --> 00:31:49.340
 just

00:31:49.340 --> 00:31:49.500
 to

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:49.840
 change

00:31:49.840 --> 00:31:50.019
 your

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.519
 behavior

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:51.000
 but

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.160
 to

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:51.580
 change

00:31:51.580 --> 00:31:51.759
 the

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.279
 person

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:52.720
 that

00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:52.900
 you

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:53.340
 are

00:31:53.340 --> 00:31:54.640
 that's

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:54.759
 what

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:54.860
 he

00:31:54.860 --> 00:31:55.120
 cares

00:31:55.120 --> 00:31:55.500
 about

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:56.700
 that's

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:56.800
 what

00:31:56.800 --> 00:31:56.960
 he's

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:57.380
 interested

00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:57.700
 in

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:59.019
 and

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.360
 Jesus

00:31:59.360 --> 00:31:59.759
 has

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:00.259
 already

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:01.100
 addressed

00:32:01.100 --> 00:32:01.420
 this

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:01.779
 particular

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.340
 subject

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:03.720
 earlier

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.179
 you might

00:32:04.179 --> 00:32:05.119
 remember

00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:05.439
 in

00:32:05.439 --> 00:32:05.699
 John

00:32:05.699 --> 00:32:05.980
 chapter

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.419
 13

00:32:06.419 --> 00:32:07.000
 during

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.759
 this

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:09.539
 feast

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:09.879
 time

00:32:09.879 --> 00:32:10.099
 this

00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:10.939
 Passover

00:32:10.939 --> 00:32:11.419
 meal

00:32:11.419 --> 00:32:12.419
 Jesus

00:32:12.419 --> 00:32:13.019
 he

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.439
 puts

00:32:13.439 --> 00:32:13.839
 on

00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:14.000
 the

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.319
 towel

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:14.500
 and

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:15.199
 he's

00:32:15.199 --> 00:32:15.659
 washing

00:32:15.659 --> 00:32:15.939
 the

00:32:15.939 --> 00:32:16.319
 disciples

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:16.699
 feet

00:32:16.699 --> 00:32:16.879
 and

00:32:16.879 --> 00:32:17.259
 he

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.480
 gets

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:17.740
 this

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.220
 protest

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.659
 from

00:32:18.659 --> 00:32:18.980
 Peter

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:20.199
 Peter

00:32:20.199 --> 00:32:20.439
 says

00:32:20.439 --> 00:32:21.579
 Jesus

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 you're

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 not

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 going

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 to

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 wash

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 me

00:32:22.899 --> 00:32:24.779
 and

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.480
 Jesus

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:27.159
 wants

00:32:27.159 --> 00:32:27.579
 to help

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:27.699
 him

00:32:27.699 --> 00:32:28.179
 understand

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 that

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:30.819
 washing

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 him

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 is

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 significant

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 in

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 verse

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 10

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 we

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 see

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 this

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 it

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:37.559
 says

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 Jesus

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 says

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 to him

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 the

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 one

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 who

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 has

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 bathed

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 does

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 not

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 need

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:42.299
 to

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:42.759
 wash

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 except

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 for

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 his

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 feet

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 but

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 is

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 completely

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:46.420
 clean

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 and

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 you

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 are

00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:48.680
 clean

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 but

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.480
 not

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 every

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 one

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:50.339
 of

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 you

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 for

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 he

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 knew

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:52.940
 who

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 was

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 to

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 betray

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 him

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 that

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.379
 was

00:32:55.379 --> 00:32:55.640
 why

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:55.839
 he

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:56.160
 said

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 not

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:56.779
 all

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:56.940
 of

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.160
 you

00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:57.599
 are

00:32:57.599 --> 00:32:57.940
 clean

00:32:57.940 --> 00:33:00.220
 Judas

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:01.099
 was

00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:01.279
 not

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.599
 clean

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:02.679
 his

00:33:02.679 --> 00:33:03.019
 heart

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:03.240
 was

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:03.439
 not

00:33:03.439 --> 00:33:03.779
 pure

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:04.519
 there

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:04.619
 was

00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:04.799
 not

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:04.959
 a

00:33:04.959 --> 00:33:05.439
 change

00:33:05.439 --> 00:33:05.599
 in

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:05.740
 his

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.159
 life

00:33:06.159 --> 00:33:06.939
 there

00:33:06.939 --> 00:33:07.039
 was

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.219
 not

00:33:07.219 --> 00:33:08.019
 fruitfulness

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:08.379
 that

00:33:08.379 --> 00:33:08.539
 was

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:08.919
 showing

00:33:08.919 --> 00:33:09.719
 it

00:33:09.719 --> 00:33:09.859
 was

00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:10.619
 barrenness

00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:10.980
 it

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.139
 was

00:33:11.139 --> 00:33:11.699
 emptiness

00:33:11.699 --> 00:33:12.359
 it

00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:12.539
 was

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:13.299
 deadness

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 and

00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:14.500
 yet

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:14.659
 for

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 the

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.000
 rest

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:15.119
 of

00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:15.159
 the

00:33:15.159 --> 00:33:15.599
 disciples

00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:15.859
 who

00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:16.099
 still

00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:16.259
 had

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:16.500
 much

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:16.679
 to

00:33:16.679 --> 00:33:17.000
 learn

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.480
 and

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:17.759
 much

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.079
 to

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:18.679
 grow

00:33:18.679 --> 00:33:19.119
 in

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:19.980
 there

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.279
 was

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:20.839
 there

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:20.980
 was

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.779
 cleanness

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:22.119
 and

00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:22.719
 forgiveness

00:33:22.719 --> 00:33:23.619
 and

00:33:23.619 --> 00:33:24.179
 repentance

00:33:24.179 --> 00:33:24.819
 and

00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:25.459
 faith

00:33:25.459 --> 00:33:26.059
 and

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:26.480
 moving

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:26.759
 in the

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:26.899
 right

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 direction

00:33:27.379 --> 00:33:28.319
 they

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:28.619
 were

00:33:28.619 --> 00:33:29.139
 clean

00:33:29.139 --> 00:33:29.639
 and

00:33:29.639 --> 00:33:29.980
 Jesus

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.899
 reemphasizes

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.500
 that here

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:32.259
 in

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.480
 verse

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:32.880
 2

00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:33.540
 or

00:33:33.540 --> 00:33:33.660
 excuse

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:33.820
 me

00:33:33.820 --> 00:33:34.040
 verse

00:33:34.040 --> 00:33:34.300
 3

00:33:34.300 --> 00:33:34.440
 of

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:34.660
 chapter

00:33:34.660 --> 00:33:35.140
 15

00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:35.660
 you

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:35.860
 are

00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:36.259
 clean

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:37.700
 they

00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:37.780
 had

00:33:37.780 --> 00:33:38.420
 experienced

00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:38.600
 the

00:33:38.600 --> 00:33:38.940
 repentance

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:39.259
 from

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:39.680
 sin

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:41.040
 experienced

00:33:41.040 --> 00:33:41.700
 forgiveness

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:42.000
 that

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.200
 God

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:42.740
 gives

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.620
 they

00:33:43.620 --> 00:33:43.680
 had

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:43.840
 been

00:33:43.840 --> 00:33:44.360
 sanctified

00:33:44.360 --> 00:33:44.580
 by

00:33:44.580 --> 00:33:44.740
 the

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.040
 truth

00:33:45.040 --> 00:33:45.220
 that

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.440
 Jesus

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:45.660
 had

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:46.120
 preached

00:33:46.120 --> 00:33:46.140
!

00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:46.800
 They

00:33:46.800 --> 00:33:46.880
 had

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:47.040
 given

00:33:47.040 --> 00:33:47.240
 their

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:47.640
 lives

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:47.820
 to

00:33:47.820 --> 00:33:48.100
 follow

00:33:48.100 --> 00:33:48.460
 him

00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:49.860
 desire

00:33:49.860 --> 00:33:50.160
 to

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:50.880
 surrender

00:33:50.880 --> 00:33:51.540
 themselves

00:33:51.540 --> 00:33:51.880
 to

00:33:51.880 --> 00:33:52.600
 doing

00:33:52.600 --> 00:33:52.840
 what

00:33:52.840 --> 00:33:52.980
 he

00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:53.200
 had

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:53.680
 said

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:54.519
 they

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:54.640
 had

00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:55.019
 witnessed

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.080
!

00:33:55.080 --> 00:33:55.360
 His

00:33:55.360 --> 00:33:56.080
 power

00:33:56.080 --> 00:33:57.019
 and

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.480
 witnessed

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:57.920
!

00:33:57.920 --> 00:33:58.360
 working

00:33:58.360 --> 00:33:58.540
 in

00:33:58.540 --> 00:33:58.660
 their

00:33:58.660 --> 00:33:58.820
 own

00:33:58.820 --> 00:33:59.320
 life

00:33:59.319 --> 00:34:00.399
 the

00:34:00.399 --> 00:34:00.799
 disciples

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.039
 had

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:01.399
 shown

00:34:01.399 --> 00:34:02.119
 themselves

00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:03.039
 that

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.139
 there

00:34:03.139 --> 00:34:03.279
 was

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:03.659
 inward

00:34:03.659 --> 00:34:04.259
 change

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:04.419
 that

00:34:04.419 --> 00:34:04.539
 had

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:04.740
 taken

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.279
 place

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:07.259
 we

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:07.460
 see

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:07.740
 through

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.219
 Christ's

00:34:08.219 --> 00:34:08.599
 ministry

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:08.920
 that

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:09.980
 the

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.519
 Pharisees

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:10.779
 were

00:34:10.779 --> 00:34:11.519
 really

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:11.840
 great

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.079
 about

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.559
 external

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.039
 behavior

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:14.099
 they

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.259
 went

00:34:14.259 --> 00:34:14.440
 to

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:14.659
 the

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:15.119
 right

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.579
 places

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:15.779
 at

00:34:15.779 --> 00:34:15.900
 the

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.079
 right

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.460
 times

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:16.619
 they

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:16.779
 said

00:34:16.779 --> 00:34:16.900
 the

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.079
 right

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.420
 things

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:17.639
 they

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.199
 knew

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:18.619
 all

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:19.079
 of

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.259
 the

00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:19.719
 right

00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:20.259
 scriptures

00:34:20.259 --> 00:34:20.759
 and

00:34:20.759 --> 00:34:21.360
 they

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:21.799
 performed

00:34:21.799 --> 00:34:21.980
 the

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.139
 right

00:34:22.139 --> 00:34:22.539
 duties

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:22.880
 but

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:24.119
 inwardly

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:24.319
 their

00:34:24.319 --> 00:34:24.679
 heart

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:24.960
 was

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:25.539
 so

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:25.860
 far

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.079
 from

00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:26.579
 Christ

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:28.619
 it's

00:34:28.619 --> 00:34:28.779
 not

00:34:28.779 --> 00:34:28.980
 a

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:29.219
 fruit

00:34:29.219 --> 00:34:29.440
 of

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:30.380
 external

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:30.980
 righteousness

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.460
 but a

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:31.779
 fruit

00:34:31.779 --> 00:34:32.360
 of

00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:32.500
 a

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:33.059
 changed

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.799
 life

00:34:33.799 --> 00:34:35.059
 one

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:35.199
 that

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:35.400
 is

00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:36.360
 sanctified

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:37.400
 one

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:37.539
 that

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:37.840
 is

00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:38.460
 showing

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:38.699
 the

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:39.159
 fruit

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:40.079
 of

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:40.519
 repentance

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:40.960
 that

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.319
 John

00:34:41.319 --> 00:34:41.980
 talks

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.199
 about

00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:42.420
 John

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:42.559
 the

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:42.840
 Baptist

00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:43.159
 talks

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:43.400
 about

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:43.900
 in

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.259
 Matthew

00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:44.699
 chapter

00:34:44.699 --> 00:34:45.119
 3

00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:46.360
 one

00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:46.559
 that

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:47.179
 shows

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:47.380
 the

00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:47.819
 fruit

00:34:47.819 --> 00:34:47.960
 of

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.099
 the

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:48.519
 good

00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:49.059
 soil

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.920
 in

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.480
 Matthew

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:50.860
 chapter

00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:51.440
 13

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:52.679
 the

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:53.420
 word

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:53.619
 is

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:53.880
 taking

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.259
 root

00:34:54.259 --> 00:34:54.420
 and

00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:54.539
 it

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:54.860
 begins

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:54.860


00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:55.079
 to

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:55.420
 grow

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:55.599
 and

00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:56.099
 flourish

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:56.400
 in

00:34:56.400 --> 00:34:56.519
 a

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:56.960
 life

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.699
 there

00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:57.860
 is

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.480
 transformation

00:34:58.480 --> 00:34:59.019
 there

00:34:59.019 --> 00:34:59.199
 is

00:34:59.199 --> 00:35:00.039
 purity

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:01.699
 this

00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:02.039
 morning

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.279
 I

00:35:02.279 --> 00:35:02.599
 would

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:02.920
 ask

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.059
 you

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.420
 again

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:03.839
 are

00:35:03.839 --> 00:35:04.319
 you

00:35:04.319 --> 00:35:05.099
 a

00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:05.559
 fruitful

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:06.339
 vine

00:35:06.339 --> 00:35:07.319
 one

00:35:07.319 --> 00:35:07.460
 that

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:07.599
 has

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:08.259
 allowed

00:35:08.259 --> 00:35:08.480
 the

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:08.719
 word

00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:08.900
 of

00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:09.219
 God

00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:09.460
 to

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:10.179
 settle

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:10.579
 in

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:10.739
 and

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:11.179
 to

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:11.639
 produce

00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:11.839
 a

00:35:11.839 --> 00:35:12.319
 harvest

00:35:12.319 --> 00:35:13.440
 the

00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:13.639
 Holy

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:14.079
 Spirit

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.319
 is

00:35:14.319 --> 00:35:14.940
 producing

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:16.079
 a

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:16.539
 harvest

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:16.860
 of

00:35:16.860 --> 00:35:17.739
 love

00:35:17.739 --> 00:35:17.980
 and

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.299
 joy

00:35:18.299 --> 00:35:18.539
 and

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:19.059
 peace

00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:19.339
 and

00:35:19.339 --> 00:35:20.420
 kindness

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:20.799
 and

00:35:20.799 --> 00:35:21.279
 goodness

00:35:21.279 --> 00:35:22.659
 is

00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:22.920
 there

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:23.779
 a

00:35:23.779 --> 00:35:24.279
 changed

00:35:24.279 --> 00:35:24.819
 life

00:35:24.820 --> 00:35:26.480
 we're

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:26.760
 moving

00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:26.980
 from

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:27.300
 here

00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:27.480
 in

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:27.760
 verse

00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:28.240
 4

00:35:28.240 --> 00:35:28.519
 there's

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:28.680
 not

00:35:28.680 --> 00:35:29.039
 only

00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:29.539
 a

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:30.080
 demand

00:35:30.080 --> 00:35:30.780
 of

00:35:30.780 --> 00:35:30.920
 the

00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:31.260
 father

00:35:31.260 --> 00:35:31.660
 for

00:35:31.660 --> 00:35:32.360
 fruitfulness

00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:33.820
 but we'll

00:35:33.820 --> 00:35:34.280
 touch on

00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:34.539
 this

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:35.260
 and get

00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:35.740
 to it

00:35:35.740 --> 00:35:36.900
 the

00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:37.380
 remaining

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:37.720
 time

00:35:37.720 --> 00:35:37.980
 next

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.340
 week

00:35:38.340 --> 00:35:38.900
 but

00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:39.900
 fruitfulness

00:35:39.900 --> 00:35:40.280
 is

00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:40.820
 dependent

00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:41.240
 on

00:35:41.240 --> 00:35:41.400
 the

00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:41.680
 son

00:35:41.680 --> 00:35:43.039
 fruitfulness

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:43.440
 is

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:43.940
 dependent

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.800
 on

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:44.960
 the

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.240
 son

00:35:45.240 --> 00:35:47.019
 there

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.160
 is

00:35:47.160 --> 00:35:47.300
 a

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:47.580
 demand

00:35:47.580 --> 00:35:47.800
 for

00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:48.280
 fruitfulness

00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:49.460
 but

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:49.640
 there

00:35:49.640 --> 00:35:49.880
 is

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:50.220
 a

00:35:50.220 --> 00:35:50.820
 life

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:51.519
 source

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:52.059
 for

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:52.580
 fruitfulness

00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:53.400
 there

00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:53.539
 is

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:53.699
 a

00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:54.239
 means

00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:54.519
 for

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:55.139
 fruitfulness

00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:55.980
 in

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.139
 your

00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:56.559
 life

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:56.819
 how

00:35:56.819 --> 00:35:56.980
 does

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.119
 it

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:57.460
 come

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:58.440
 we

00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:58.840
 find

00:35:58.840 --> 00:35:59.059
 the

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.559
 answer

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:00.059
 in

00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:00.319
 verses

00:36:00.319 --> 00:36:00.619
 4

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:00.739
 and

00:36:00.739 --> 00:36:01.139
 5

00:36:01.139 --> 00:36:02.699
 abide

00:36:02.699 --> 00:36:02.880
 in

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.159
 me

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:04.360
 and

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:04.559
 I

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:04.719
 in

00:36:04.719 --> 00:36:05.000
 you

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:06.039
 as

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:06.199
 the

00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:06.579
 branch

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:06.940
 cannot

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.380
 bear

00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:07.759
 fruit

00:36:07.759 --> 00:36:08.000
 by

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:08.480
 itself

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:09.139
 unless

00:36:09.139 --> 00:36:09.739
 it

00:36:09.739 --> 00:36:10.360
 abides

00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:10.639
 in

00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:10.779
 the

00:36:10.779 --> 00:36:11.119
 vine

00:36:11.119 --> 00:36:11.960
 neither

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.400
 can

00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:12.719
 you

00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:13.319
 unless

00:36:13.319 --> 00:36:13.980
 you

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:14.279
 abide

00:36:14.279 --> 00:36:14.400
 in

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:14.639
 me

00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:16.539
 I

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:16.799
 am

00:36:16.799 --> 00:36:16.980
 the

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:17.319
 vine

00:36:17.319 --> 00:36:17.779
 you

00:36:17.779 --> 00:36:18.139
 are

00:36:18.139 --> 00:36:18.299
 the

00:36:18.299 --> 00:36:18.900
 branches

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:19.900
 whoever

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:20.719
 abides

00:36:20.719 --> 00:36:20.900
 in

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.159
 me

00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:21.699
 and I

00:36:21.699 --> 00:36:21.880
 in

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:22.159
 him

00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:22.759
 he

00:36:22.759 --> 00:36:22.960
 it

00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:23.219
 is

00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:23.420
 that

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:23.839
 bears

00:36:23.839 --> 00:36:24.299
 much

00:36:24.299 --> 00:36:24.739
 fruit

00:36:24.739 --> 00:36:25.259
 for

00:36:25.259 --> 00:36:25.940
 apart

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:26.699
 from

00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:27.179
 me

00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:27.779
 you

00:36:27.779 --> 00:36:28.139
 can

00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:28.579
 do

00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:29.519
 nothing

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:30.839
 apart

00:36:30.839 --> 00:36:31.599
 from

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:32.000
 me

00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:32.480
 you

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:32.819
 can

00:36:32.819 --> 00:36:33.019
 do

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:33.399
 nothing

00:36:33.399 --> 00:36:36.059
 let me

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:36.239
 just

00:36:36.239 --> 00:36:36.659
 close

00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:37.000
 with

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:37.519
 this

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:37.879
 thought

00:36:37.879 --> 00:36:39.079
 what

00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:39.199
 does

00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:39.339
 it

00:36:39.339 --> 00:36:39.859
 mean

00:36:39.859 --> 00:36:40.179
 to

00:36:40.179 --> 00:36:40.719
 abide

00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:41.019
 in

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:41.460
 Christ

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:42.759
 what

00:36:42.759 --> 00:36:42.920
 does

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.059
 it

00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:43.339
 look

00:36:43.339 --> 00:36:43.619
 like

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:43.719
 and

00:36:43.719 --> 00:36:43.859
 we'll

00:36:43.859 --> 00:36:44.179
 develop

00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:44.440
 this

00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:44.739
 more

00:36:44.739 --> 00:36:45.379
 next

00:36:45.379 --> 00:36:45.779
 week

00:36:45.779 --> 00:36:47.920
 how

00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:48.319
 does

00:36:48.319 --> 00:36:49.259
 remaining

00:36:49.259 --> 00:36:49.960
 and

00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:50.559
 and

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:50.819
 being

00:36:50.819 --> 00:36:51.960
 steadfast

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:52.539
 and

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:53.260
 existing

00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:53.840
 in

00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:54.720
 the

00:36:54.720 --> 00:36:55.179
 life

00:36:55.179 --> 00:36:55.500
 of

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:56.340
 Christ

00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:56.579
 how

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:56.760
 does

00:36:56.760 --> 00:36:56.960
 that

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.920
 play

00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.400
 out

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:58.599
 in

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:58.780
 your

00:36:58.780 --> 00:36:59.260
 life

00:36:59.260 --> 00:37:00.639
 and

00:37:00.639 --> 00:37:00.740
 I

00:37:00.740 --> 00:37:00.920
 might

00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:01.280
 ask

00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:01.599
 you

00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:03.039
 two

00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:03.740
 questions

00:37:03.740 --> 00:37:04.760
 that

00:37:04.760 --> 00:37:04.900
 will

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.400
 answer

00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:05.679
 whether

00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:06.039
 or not

00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:06.260
 it's

00:37:06.260 --> 00:37:06.699
 happening

00:37:06.699 --> 00:37:07.119
 in

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:07.240
 your

00:37:07.240 --> 00:37:07.579
 life

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:08.679
 the

00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:09.039
 first

00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:09.480
 question

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:09.659
 would

00:37:09.659 --> 00:37:09.820
 be

00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:10.220
 how

00:37:10.220 --> 00:37:10.340
 do

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:10.460
 you

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:11.199
 respond

00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:12.760
 when

00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:12.900
 you

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:13.019
 have

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:13.179
 done

00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:13.519
 all

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:13.699
 the

00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:13.900
 right

00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:14.599
 things

00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:15.599
 and

00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:15.860
 you

00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:16.539
 get

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:16.900
 the

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:17.280
 wrong

00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:17.980
 result

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:19.659
 for

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:20.099
 example

00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:21.719
 you

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:22.079
 have

00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:23.159
 followed

00:37:23.159 --> 00:37:23.519
 the

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:23.980
 scriptures

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:24.699
 teaching

00:37:24.699 --> 00:37:25.360
 as it

00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:25.719
 relates

00:37:25.719 --> 00:37:25.920
 to

00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:26.340
 training

00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:26.619
 up

00:37:26.619 --> 00:37:26.760
 your

00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:27.039
 children

00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:27.179
 in

00:37:27.179 --> 00:37:27.260
 the

00:37:27.260 --> 00:37:27.380
 way

00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:27.539
 they

00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:27.719
 should

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:27.980
 go

00:37:27.980 --> 00:37:29.159
 but

00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:29.340
 then

00:37:29.340 --> 00:37:29.539
 you

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:30.039
 turn

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:30.240
 them

00:37:30.240 --> 00:37:30.559
 loose

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:30.920
 into

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:31.099
 the

00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:31.420
 world

00:37:31.420 --> 00:37:31.940
 and

00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:32.099
 they

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:32.440
 turn

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:32.619
 their

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:32.980
 back

00:37:32.980 --> 00:37:33.280
 on

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:33.619
 God

00:37:33.619 --> 00:37:35.019
 how

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.219
 does

00:37:35.219 --> 00:37:35.380
 that

00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:35.740
 affect

00:37:35.740 --> 00:37:35.740


00:37:35.740 --> 00:37:36.000
 you?

00:37:37.219 --> 00:37:37.679
 How

00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:37.900
 does

00:37:37.900 --> 00:37:38.179
 that

00:37:38.179 --> 00:37:39.519
 frustrate

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:39.800
 you?

00:37:41.179 --> 00:37:41.519
 Or

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:42.519
 you

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:42.719
 have

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:42.920
 done

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.300
 all

00:37:43.300 --> 00:37:43.460
 the

00:37:43.460 --> 00:37:43.659
 right

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:44.019
 things

00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:44.340
 you've

00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:44.840
 played

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:45.119
 by

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:45.599
 God's

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:46.079
 rules

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:46.699
 in

00:37:46.699 --> 00:37:46.840
 your

00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:47.400
 workplace

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:48.219
 and

00:37:48.219 --> 00:37:48.380
 for

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:48.659
 whatever

00:37:48.659 --> 00:37:49.179
 reason

00:37:49.179 --> 00:37:49.400
 it

00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:49.679
 doesn't

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:50.099
 matter

00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:50.579
 how

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:51.000
 much

00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:51.179
 you

00:37:51.179 --> 00:37:51.440
 try

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:51.619
 to

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:51.819
 do

00:37:51.819 --> 00:37:51.980
 to

00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:52.279
 please

00:37:52.279 --> 00:37:52.699
 God

00:37:52.699 --> 00:37:53.099
 you

00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:53.440
 can't

00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:53.699
 ever

00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:54.179
 seem

00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:54.400
 to

00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:54.759
 get

00:37:54.759 --> 00:37:55.139
 that

00:37:55.139 --> 00:37:55.639
 promotion

00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:56.380
 you

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:56.699
 can't

00:37:56.699 --> 00:37:56.900
 ever

00:37:56.900 --> 00:37:57.259
 seem

00:37:57.259 --> 00:37:57.420
 to

00:37:57.420 --> 00:37:57.679
 get

00:37:57.679 --> 00:37:58.039
 that

00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:58.519
 raise

00:37:58.519 --> 00:37:58.759
 you

00:37:58.759 --> 00:37:59.299
 can't

00:37:59.299 --> 00:37:59.519
 ever

00:37:59.519 --> 00:37:59.880
 seem

00:37:59.880 --> 00:38:00.019
 to

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:00.159
 get

00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:00.319
 the

00:38:00.319 --> 00:38:00.960
 recognition

00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:01.380
 that

00:38:01.380 --> 00:38:01.500
 you

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:01.940
 feel

00:38:01.940 --> 00:38:02.340
 you

00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:02.699
 deserve

00:38:02.699 --> 00:38:04.559
 when

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:05.059
 you're

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:05.480
 doing

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:05.739
 the

00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:06.000
 right

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.539
 things

00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:06.779
 but

00:38:06.779 --> 00:38:06.940
 you

00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:07.319
 don't

00:38:07.319 --> 00:38:07.840
 get

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:08.340
 God

00:38:08.340 --> 00:38:08.579
 to

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:09.139
 answer

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:09.420
 the

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:09.599
 way

00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:09.759
 you

00:38:09.759 --> 00:38:10.299
 expect

00:38:10.299 --> 00:38:11.039
 how

00:38:11.039 --> 00:38:11.719
 does

00:38:11.719 --> 00:38:11.860
 that

00:38:11.860 --> 00:38:12.460
 affect

00:38:12.460 --> 00:38:12.480
!

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:12.960
 your

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:13.400
 life

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:16.059
 that

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:16.199
 would

00:38:16.199 --> 00:38:16.639
 mean

00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:17.619
 that

00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:17.720
 you're

00:38:17.720 --> 00:38:17.880
 not

00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:18.300
 abiding

00:38:18.300 --> 00:38:18.920
 in

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:19.380
 Christ

00:38:19.380 --> 00:38:20.440
 that

00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:20.619
 all

00:38:20.619 --> 00:38:20.780
 the

00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:21.039
 things

00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:21.179
 that

00:38:21.179 --> 00:38:21.360
 you're

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:21.840
 doing

00:38:21.840 --> 00:38:22.639
 to

00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:23.260
 please

00:38:23.260 --> 00:38:23.539
 him

00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:23.760
 you're

00:38:23.760 --> 00:38:24.039
 doing

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:24.300
 for

00:38:24.300 --> 00:38:25.019
 yourself

00:38:25.019 --> 00:38:25.420
 and

00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:25.619
 not

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:25.980
 doing

00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:26.199
 for

00:38:26.199 --> 00:38:26.460
 him

00:38:26.460 --> 00:38:28.119
 the

00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:28.460
 second

00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:28.960
 question

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:29.159
 would

00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:29.480
 be

00:38:29.480 --> 00:38:31.260
 what

00:38:31.260 --> 00:38:34.179
 what

00:38:34.179 --> 00:38:37.619
 is

00:38:37.619 --> 00:38:38.119
 connection

00:38:38.119 --> 00:38:38.420
 with

00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:38.860
 Christ

00:38:38.860 --> 00:38:39.599
 worth

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:39.960
 to

00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:40.260
 you

00:38:40.260 --> 00:38:42.940
 what

00:38:42.940 --> 00:38:43.120
 is

00:38:43.120 --> 00:38:43.260
 a

00:38:43.260 --> 00:38:43.720
 connection

00:38:43.720 --> 00:38:44.700
 to

00:38:44.700 --> 00:38:45.240
 Christ

00:38:45.240 --> 00:38:46.140
 worth

00:38:46.140 --> 00:38:46.480
 to

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:46.740
 you

00:38:46.740 --> 00:38:48.360
 is

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:48.500
 a

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:49.120
 deeper

00:38:49.120 --> 00:38:50.200
 relationship

00:38:50.200 --> 00:38:50.560
 with

00:38:50.560 --> 00:38:51.060
 Christ

00:38:51.060 --> 00:38:51.260
 an

00:38:51.260 --> 00:38:51.940
 abiding

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:53.180
 relationship

00:38:53.180 --> 00:38:53.540
 with

00:38:53.540 --> 00:38:53.880
 him

00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:56.020
 worth

00:38:56.020 --> 00:38:56.260
 the

00:38:56.260 --> 00:38:56.700
 risk

00:38:56.700 --> 00:38:57.100
 of

00:38:57.100 --> 00:38:57.660
 losing

00:38:57.660 --> 00:38:58.540
 other

00:38:58.540 --> 00:38:59.300
 things

00:38:59.300 --> 00:38:59.860
 that

00:38:59.860 --> 00:39:00.100
 you

00:39:00.100 --> 00:39:00.520
 value

00:39:00.520 --> 00:39:02.540
 like

00:39:02.540 --> 00:39:02.920
 could

00:39:02.920 --> 00:39:03.060
 you

00:39:03.060 --> 00:39:03.320
 ever

00:39:03.320 --> 00:39:03.800
 find

00:39:03.800 --> 00:39:04.260
 yourself

00:39:04.260 --> 00:39:04.860
 saying

00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:06.160
 Jesus

00:39:06.160 --> 00:39:08.440
 I

00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:08.700
 want

00:39:08.700 --> 00:39:08.900
 to

00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:09.220
 abide

00:39:09.220 --> 00:39:09.400
 in

00:39:09.400 --> 00:39:09.640
 you

00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:11.159
 so

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:11.559
 much

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:12.619
 that

00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:12.819
 I'm

00:39:12.819 --> 00:39:13.219
 willing

00:39:13.219 --> 00:39:14.799
 to

00:39:14.799 --> 00:39:15.539
 give

00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:15.659
 you

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:16.059
 full

00:39:16.059 --> 00:39:16.719
 control

00:39:16.719 --> 00:39:17.039
 of

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:17.599
 every

00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:18.139
 aspect

00:39:18.139 --> 00:39:18.359
 of

00:39:18.359 --> 00:39:18.579
 my

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:19.000
 life

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:19.500
 so

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:19.639
 that

00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:19.839
 I

00:39:19.839 --> 00:39:20.059
 can

00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:20.440
 learn

00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:20.699
 to

00:39:20.699 --> 00:39:21.139
 abide

00:39:21.139 --> 00:39:21.359
 in

00:39:21.359 --> 00:39:21.719
 you

00:39:21.719 --> 00:39:23.019
 completely

00:39:23.019 --> 00:39:26.039
 what

00:39:26.039 --> 00:39:26.420
 is

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:26.619
 an

00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:26.980
 abiding

00:39:26.980 --> 00:39:27.599
 relationship

00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:28.039
 worth

00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:29.839
 we'll

00:39:29.839 --> 00:39:30.239
 talk about

00:39:30.239 --> 00:39:30.599
 that more

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:30.879
 next

00:39:30.879 --> 00:39:31.219
 week

00:39:31.219 --> 00:39:32.339
 come

00:39:32.339 --> 00:39:32.719
 back

00:39:32.719 --> 00:39:33.379
 we'll

00:39:33.379 --> 00:39:33.779
 discuss

00:39:33.779 --> 00:39:34.079
 that

00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:35.099
 let me

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:35.319
 pray

00:39:35.319 --> 00:39:35.519
 for

00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:35.879
 us

00:39:35.879 --> 00:39:37.279
 and

00:39:37.279 --> 00:39:37.400
 we'll

00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:37.759
 close

00:39:37.759 --> 00:39:38.199
 our

00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:38.579
 service

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:38.799
 this

00:39:38.799 --> 00:39:39.039
 morning

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:42.059
 Lord

00:39:42.059 --> 00:39:42.259
 we

00:39:42.259 --> 00:39:42.679
 want

00:39:42.679 --> 00:39:42.880
 to

00:39:42.880 --> 00:39:43.079
 be

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:43.420
 fruitful

00:39:43.420 --> 00:39:43.860
 people

00:39:43.860 --> 00:39:44.639
 we

00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:45.019
 want

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:45.199
 to

00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:45.380
 be

00:39:45.380 --> 00:39:45.539
 a

00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:45.860
 fruitful

00:39:45.860 --> 00:39:46.300
 vine

00:39:46.300 --> 00:39:46.779
 we

00:39:46.779 --> 00:39:47.340
 understand

00:39:47.340 --> 00:39:47.739
 that

00:39:47.739 --> 00:39:47.920
 it's

00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:48.259
 only

00:39:48.259 --> 00:39:48.880
 possible

00:39:48.880 --> 00:39:49.659
 as

00:39:49.659 --> 00:39:49.860
 we're

00:39:49.860 --> 00:39:50.380
 connected

00:39:50.380 --> 00:39:51.739
 to

00:39:51.739 --> 00:39:52.159
 Christ

00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:53.920
 God

00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:54.460
 we pray

00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:54.880
 that

00:39:54.880 --> 00:39:56.239
 as we

00:39:56.239 --> 00:39:56.480
 make

00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:56.860
 our way

00:39:56.860 --> 00:39:57.159
 through

00:39:57.159 --> 00:39:57.360
 the

00:39:57.360 --> 00:39:57.639
 Christian

00:39:57.639 --> 00:39:58.059
 life

00:39:58.059 --> 00:40:00.159
 that

00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:00.300
 there

00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:00.420
 would

00:40:00.420 --> 00:40:00.599
 be

00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:01.059
 such

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:02.259
 a

00:40:02.259 --> 00:40:02.779
 dwelling

00:40:02.779 --> 00:40:03.800
 such

00:40:03.800 --> 00:40:04.079
 an

00:40:04.079 --> 00:40:04.679
 abiding

00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:05.440
 relationship

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:05.699
 with

00:40:05.699 --> 00:40:05.920
 you

00:40:05.920 --> 00:40:07.200
 that

00:40:07.200 --> 00:40:07.320
 we

00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:07.659
 find

00:40:07.659 --> 00:40:07.800
 you

00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:07.940
 as

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:08.360
 all

00:40:08.360 --> 00:40:09.220
 satisfying

00:40:09.220 --> 00:40:10.240
 we

00:40:10.240 --> 00:40:10.559
 find

00:40:10.559 --> 00:40:10.740
 you

00:40:10.740 --> 00:40:11.039
 as

00:40:11.039 --> 00:40:11.220
 our

00:40:11.220 --> 00:40:11.659
 life

00:40:11.659 --> 00:40:12.320
 source

00:40:12.320 --> 00:40:13.420
 we

00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:13.780
 find

00:40:13.780 --> 00:40:14.059
 you

00:40:14.059 --> 00:40:14.400
 as

00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:14.599
 the

00:40:14.599 --> 00:40:14.880
 only

00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:15.220
 one

00:40:15.220 --> 00:40:15.360
 that

00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:15.500
 is

00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:16.019
 sufficient

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:16.680
 to

00:40:16.680 --> 00:40:16.980
 really

00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:17.360
 make

00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:17.760
 us

00:40:17.760 --> 00:40:18.280
 happy

00:40:18.280 --> 00:40:20.559
 and

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:20.800
 that

00:40:20.800 --> 00:40:22.059
 pleasing

00:40:22.059 --> 00:40:22.519
 you

00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:23.500
 and loving

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:23.860
 you

00:40:23.860 --> 00:40:25.320
 is

00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:25.659
 the

00:40:25.659 --> 00:40:26.680
 delight

00:40:26.680 --> 00:40:27.420
 of our

00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:27.820
 life

00:40:27.820 --> 00:40:29.039
 regardless

00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:29.400
 of the

00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:30.000
 disappointments

00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:30.300
 we may

00:40:30.300 --> 00:40:30.840
 experience

00:40:30.840 --> 00:40:31.700
 regardless

00:40:31.700 --> 00:40:32.820
 of the

00:40:32.820 --> 00:40:34.260
 hiccups

00:40:34.260 --> 00:40:34.900
 and bumps

00:40:34.900 --> 00:40:35.160
 in the

00:40:35.160 --> 00:40:35.520
 road

00:40:35.520 --> 00:40:37.240
 God

00:40:37.240 --> 00:40:37.640
 we

00:40:37.640 --> 00:40:37.980
 find

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:38.200
 that

00:40:38.200 --> 00:40:38.700
 as

00:40:38.700 --> 00:40:39.780
 the

00:40:39.780 --> 00:40:40.320
 challenges

00:40:40.320 --> 00:40:42.080
 nudge

00:40:42.080 --> 00:40:42.620
 up against

00:40:42.620 --> 00:40:42.980
 us

00:40:42.980 --> 00:40:43.340
 from day

00:40:43.340 --> 00:40:43.800
 to day

00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:44.940
 that

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:45.140
 what

00:40:45.140 --> 00:40:45.680
 pours

00:40:45.680 --> 00:40:45.860
 from

00:40:45.860 --> 00:40:46.020
 our

00:40:46.020 --> 00:40:46.420
 life

00:40:46.420 --> 00:40:47.160
 is

00:40:47.160 --> 00:40:47.320
 the

00:40:47.320 --> 00:40:47.840
 evidence

00:40:47.840 --> 00:40:48.180
 of

00:40:48.180 --> 00:40:48.680
 fruitfulness

00:40:48.680 --> 00:40:49.460
 of a

00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:49.800
 changed

00:40:49.800 --> 00:40:50.240
 life

00:40:50.240 --> 00:40:52.420
 God

00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:52.700
 we know

00:40:52.700 --> 00:40:53.040
 this is

00:40:53.040 --> 00:40:53.200
 not

00:40:53.200 --> 00:40:53.520
 something

00:40:53.520 --> 00:40:53.780
 that we

00:40:53.780 --> 00:40:53.920
 can

00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:54.060
 do

00:40:54.060 --> 00:40:54.160
 on

00:40:54.160 --> 00:40:54.280
 our

00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:54.520
 own

00:40:54.520 --> 00:40:55.460
 and

00:40:55.460 --> 00:40:55.640
 even

00:40:55.640 --> 00:40:55.840
 though

00:40:55.840 --> 00:40:56.020
 you

00:40:56.020 --> 00:40:56.160
 have

00:40:56.160 --> 00:40:56.660
 commanded

00:40:56.660 --> 00:40:56.940
 us

00:40:56.940 --> 00:40:57.120
 to

00:40:57.120 --> 00:40:57.480
 abide

00:40:57.480 --> 00:40:57.700
 in

00:40:57.700 --> 00:40:58.000
 you

00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:59.360
 that

00:40:59.360 --> 00:40:59.560
 the

00:40:59.560 --> 00:41:00.140
 ministry

00:41:00.140 --> 00:41:00.360
 of

00:41:00.360 --> 00:41:00.460
 the

00:41:00.460 --> 00:41:00.940
 Godhead

00:41:00.940 --> 00:41:01.220
 the

00:41:01.220 --> 00:41:02.100
 father

00:41:02.100 --> 00:41:02.360
 who

00:41:02.360 --> 00:41:02.820
 prunes

00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:03.320
 and the

00:41:03.320 --> 00:41:03.800
 son

00:41:03.800 --> 00:41:04.039
 who

00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:04.340
 gives

00:41:04.340 --> 00:41:04.800
 us

00:41:04.800 --> 00:41:06.240
 life

00:41:06.240 --> 00:41:06.580
 to

00:41:06.580 --> 00:41:06.820
 begin

00:41:06.820 --> 00:41:07.100
 with

00:41:07.100 --> 00:41:07.440
 and the

00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:07.820
 spirit

00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:08.019
 who

00:41:08.019 --> 00:41:08.620
 empowers

00:41:08.620 --> 00:41:09.000
 us

00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:09.240
 for

00:41:09.240 --> 00:41:09.720
 obedience

00:41:09.720 --> 00:41:11.039
 is

00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:11.320
 so

00:41:11.320 --> 00:41:11.980
 necessary

00:41:11.980 --> 00:41:12.240
 and

00:41:12.240 --> 00:41:12.780
 essential

00:41:12.780 --> 00:41:13.860
 we

00:41:13.860 --> 00:41:14.180
 need

00:41:14.180 --> 00:41:14.440
 you

00:41:14.440 --> 00:41:15.740
 to

00:41:15.740 --> 00:41:16.700
 work

00:41:16.700 --> 00:41:16.980
 this

00:41:16.980 --> 00:41:17.420
 out

00:41:17.420 --> 00:41:18.880
 and so

00:41:18.880 --> 00:41:19.120
 Lord

00:41:19.120 --> 00:41:19.360
 this

00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:19.760
 morning

00:41:19.760 --> 00:41:20.980
 wherever

00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:21.940
 we

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:22.200
 may

00:41:22.200 --> 00:41:22.560
 be

00:41:22.560 --> 00:41:23.940
 whether

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:24.240
 we

00:41:24.240 --> 00:41:24.580
 are

00:41:24.580 --> 00:41:25.519
 fruitful

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:25.920
 vines

00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:26.200
 that need

00:41:26.200 --> 00:41:26.440
 to be

00:41:26.440 --> 00:41:26.820
 pruned

00:41:26.820 --> 00:41:27.420
 or we

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:27.820
 are

00:41:27.820 --> 00:41:28.980
 unfruitful

00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:29.580
 branches

00:41:29.580 --> 00:41:31.180
 that need

00:41:31.180 --> 00:41:31.440
 to be

00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:31.900
 connected

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:32.680
 to the

00:41:32.680 --> 00:41:32.940
 life

00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:33.460
 source

00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:33.780
 God

00:41:33.780 --> 00:41:33.920
 I

00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:34.220
 pray

00:41:34.220 --> 00:41:35.039
 that

00:41:35.039 --> 00:41:35.139
 you

00:41:35.139 --> 00:41:35.280
 would

00:41:35.280 --> 00:41:35.440
 do

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:35.579
 what

00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:35.679
 is

00:41:35.679 --> 00:41:36.139
 necessary

00:41:36.139 --> 00:41:36.460
 for

00:41:36.460 --> 00:41:36.820
 us

00:41:36.820 --> 00:41:37.860
 so

00:41:37.860 --> 00:41:37.980
 that

00:41:37.980 --> 00:41:38.099
 we

00:41:38.099 --> 00:41:38.240
 can

00:41:38.240 --> 00:41:38.420
 be

00:41:38.420 --> 00:41:38.740
 fruitful

00:41:38.740 --> 00:41:39.059
 and

00:41:39.059 --> 00:41:39.280
 not

00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:39.740
 just

00:41:39.740 --> 00:41:40.860
 casually

00:41:40.860 --> 00:41:41.599
 fruitful

00:41:41.599 --> 00:41:42.920
 but

00:41:42.920 --> 00:41:43.000
 that

00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:43.099
 we

00:41:43.099 --> 00:41:43.240
 can

00:41:43.240 --> 00:41:43.440
 be

00:41:43.440 --> 00:41:44.199
 abundantly

00:41:44.199 --> 00:41:44.940
 fruitful

00:41:44.940 --> 00:41:45.440
 do

00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:45.440


00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:45.440


00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:45.440


00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:45.940
 do

00:41:45.940 --> 00:41:45.940


00:41:45.940 --> 00:41:46.940
 do

00:41:46.940 --> 00:41:46.940


00:41:46.940 --> 00:41:46.940