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 I was turned to Luke chapter 13, Luke chapter 13, that song they just sang I've listened to

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 coming up the road at least on Sunday morning, coming up 183 every Sunday morning probably

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 that I've been here because what I do with you on Sunday morning I hope will glorify God

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 because he's worthy of it all, most appropriate song and I thoroughly enjoy that and I say that

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 for a couple of reasons, one is Lord willing next Sunday I ain't coming up 183 to get to you

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 I'm coming about two blocks because I'm in debt again, we bought a house so and we are thankful

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 moving trucks coming Wednesday, you can get our sticks as my parents called it, they were in the

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 military for 20 years and getting settled so thankful to be a resident here now, thank God

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 some exciting things happening in our church and I'm excited about this day but also some

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 things that are coming up and in the coming days I'm going to invite our men to join me

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 on a weekday morning for some prayer and share time where we read a common book together

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 book that I like reading, chapter a week, that kind of thing and then talk about that book, talk a little bit about life and pray together and spend some time together

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 I try to do that, try to offer it for a couple of times, one early in the morning where those who are tied to schedule can make it to that

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 and then one later in the morning, those who are blessed to not be tied to schedule don't like getting up early no more

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 so, you know, anyway the details are coming to that but let me get here first and get settled

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 but possibly the first book that we read is a book by a man named, a pastor named Dean in Syria

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 the book is called The Unsaved Christian

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 and in that book, Dean speaks of people that think they're Christians

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 hang out sometimes with Christians

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 people who are culturally thought to be Christians

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 there's just one problem

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 they've never surrendered their lives

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 to the Lord

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 and as scripture would put it, they're lost

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 now don't misunderstand me

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 many times they fraternize with the church

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 they play the part

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 the reality is personally

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 they just don't know Jesus

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 and Jesus speaks of the same manner

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 in a parable that we look at today

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 he compares death

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 to a door

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 and I want you to hear what he says this morning

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 Luke chapter 13

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 verse 22

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 said he went on his way through towns and villages

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 teaching and journeying towards Jerusalem

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 and someone said to him

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 Lord

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 will those who are saved be few?

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 and he said to them

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 strive to enter through the narrow door

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 for many I tell you will seek to enter

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 and will not be able

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 when once the master of the house

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 has risen and shut the door

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 and you begin to stand outside

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 and to knock at the door

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 saying Lord open to us

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 then he'll answer to you

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 I don't know where you come from

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 then you will begin to say

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 we ate and drank in your presence

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 and taught in our streets

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 but he will say

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 I tell you I do not know where you come from

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 depart from me

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 all you workers of evil

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 in that place

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 there will be weeping

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 and gnashing of teeth

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 when you see Abraham

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 and Isaac and Jacob

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 and all the prophets

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 in the kingdom of God

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 but you yourselves

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 cast out

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 and people will come

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 from east and west

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 from north and south

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 and recline

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 at table

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 in the kingdom of God

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 and behold

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 some are last

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 who will be first

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 and some are first

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 who will be last

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 let's pray together

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 Lord Jesus

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 the

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 the definitive word

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 that I just read

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 is stark

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 it's difficult to talk about

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 and it's real

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 and as Jesus spoke it

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 with urgency

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 I know this morning

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 that I'll speak it

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 with urgency

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 God I pray

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 that your sweet spirit

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 will land it

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 in the hearts

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 and minds

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 that need to hear it

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 in the way

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 that they need to hear it

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 and help us all

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 be strengthened by it

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 in Jesus precious name

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 Amen

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 things are not

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 how you think

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 they are

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 those that seem

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 first for the Lord

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 may not always

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 be first for the Lord

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 they talk a good game

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 they may have even

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 convinced themselves

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 but only by ignoring

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 the clear direction

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 of scripture

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 it is my fear

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 but it's also my belief

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 belief that there may be

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 people right here

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 among us

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 even in this room

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 even watching online

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 that will not go to heaven

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 when they die

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 the door will be shut

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 and they will be left behind

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 people from all over the place

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 places that you don't expect

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 will come in

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 but the majority

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 of the world

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 that we live in

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 are lost

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 and will

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 and will spend

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 eternity

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 apart from God

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 and that does

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 not have to be

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 and so today

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 I want us to think

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 about our own situation

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 I want you to think

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 about your own heart

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 and your own life

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 and I want you to think

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 about your family

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 and I want you to think

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 about your neighbors

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 and I want you to think

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 about your world

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 and with that in mind

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 I want to give

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 three pieces of advice

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 this morning

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 the first one is this

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 go where few

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 fear to tread

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 because God's way

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 is seldom

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 the popular way

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 that is not new

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 in our culture

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 that has always been the case

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 it may feel new

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 it may be worse

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 than it used to be

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 but the reality is

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 it's always been

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 the narrow way

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 the less traveled way

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 it's not the popular way

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 it is unpopular today

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 to admit our own frailties

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 and sins

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 and that there are

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 responsibility

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 what's popular

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 is to blame somebody else

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 when in reality

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 we all have frailties

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 we all are sinners

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 and it's not popular

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 to ask an almighty God

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 to intervene

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 but the reality is

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 that's the only hope

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 that we have

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 is to do that

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 it's not popular

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 to live for the Lord

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 with great zeal

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 instead of being half-hearted

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 it's popular

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 to do a lot of other things

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 with a lot of zeal

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 a lot of you

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 are like me

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 you were cheering

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 on your football teams

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 yesterday

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 with zeal

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 you know

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 I'd like to meet

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 that ref

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 that called that targeting

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 on that Alabama quarterback

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 because I am sick

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 of Alabama

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 I hope I didn't

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 distance anybody

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 but anyway

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 if I did

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 so be it

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 but anyway

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 I responded

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 with great zeal

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 people fish

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 they got great zeal

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 about that

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 they're not going to let

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 anything come in the way

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 of that

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 people shop

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 and they got great zeal

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 about it

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 they're not going to let

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 anything come in the way

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 of that

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 you know

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 well we do a lot of things

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 with great zeal

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 but it is not popular

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 and those things are popular

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 but it's not popular

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 to live for the Lord

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 with great zeal

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 it's a whole lot easier

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 to be half-hearted

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 about this thing

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 you know

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 I mean preacher

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 I have blocked off

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 an hour or two

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 on Sunday

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 for the Lord

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 what else do I need to do

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 that's popular

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 what's unpopular

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 is to live for him daily

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 it's unpopular

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 to live in our world

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 and live a life of purity

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 instead of being seduced

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 by the world's influence

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 I want to be clear

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 this morning

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 and I ain't throwing stones

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 I'm just telling the truth

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 God still stands

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 for marital

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 monogamous

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 heterosexual purity

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 period

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 that has not changed

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 the society

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 in which we live

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 has shifted

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 and changed

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 and will continue to

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 and that may be popular

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 but the truth

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 of God's word

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 is still

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 just as true

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 as the day

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 it was penned

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 it is the timeless

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 truths of God's word

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 and I promise you

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 that when society

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 seems to be

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 so much different

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 than God's word

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 it was when it was penned

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 if you don't believe that

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 study the Roman Empire

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 study the atmosphere

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 in which

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 the Apostle Paul wrote

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 study the atmosphere

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 in which Jesus spoke

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 what he did

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 the reality is

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 the very things

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 that are popular today

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 were just as popular then

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 how they took something

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 that was sedacious

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 and sinful

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 and made it

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 as if it was elite

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 much like

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 we deal with

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 in our society today

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 it is unpopular

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 to say that

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 some will be angry

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 with me about that

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 because of decisions

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 their families made

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 because of ailments

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 that they've been through

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 but I'm going to tell you

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 something folks

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 whether we like it or not

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 whether we agree with it

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 or not

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 it's truth

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 and it's unpopular

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 to say that

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 it's unpopular

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 to try to influence

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 your world

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 with the gospel

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 instead of

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 silently putting along

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 not concerned about

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 the state of

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 the heart of others

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 but Jesus impels us

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 time and time again

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 to reach out

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 to speak to others

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 to make sure

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 that we live out

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 our faith

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 to be a fragrance

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 of the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ

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 all those things

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 are unpopular

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 but they are godly

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 and they are right

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 and they are blessed

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 and Jesus calls those

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 the narrow way

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 or the narrow gate

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 I want you to listen

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 to how he put it

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 in the greatest sermons

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 that's ever been preached

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 it's in Matthew 7

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 verse 13 to 14

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 and he said

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 enter by the narrow gate

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 for the gate is wide

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 and the way is easy

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 that leads to destruction

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 and those who enter it

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 are many

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 for the gate is narrow

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 and the way is hard

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 that leads to life

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 and those who find it

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 are few

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 we face a fork

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 in the road

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 of life

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 my friend

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 and we have to

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 do something

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 about that fork

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 that fork

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 Yogi Berra

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 put it this way

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 he said

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 when you come

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 to a fork in the road

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 take it

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 well it's not that easy

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 Yogi

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 because there's more

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 than one fork

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 in life's road

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 spiritually

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 there's a huge fork

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 what are you going

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 to do with Jesus

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 you have to do

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 something with it

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 and when you delay

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 your decision

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 to follow Christ

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 when you feel

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 the spirit of God

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 nagging at your heart

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 when you feel

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 conviction in your heart

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 and your need

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 to respond to Christ

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 and you refuse

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 to do that

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 because you don't

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 want to make

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 a decision like that

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 delaying such a decision

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 is making a decision

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 and that decision

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 is no

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 how many times

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 have you been

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 on a car lot

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 and said

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 just let me

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 ponder it

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 and then left

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 and never came back

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 I called a buddy

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 who sells cars

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 for a living

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 and I said

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 what's the percentage

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 because I

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 I went through

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 a sinful spell

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 in my life

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 of selling cars

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 and

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 I'm kidding

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 I'm kidding

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 I was

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 I was

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 transferring

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 from junior college

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 at Greenville Tech

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 to Gardner Webb

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 was going from

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 a quarter system

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 to a semester system

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 I had an extra long summer

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 and they were hiring

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 and so I

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 hey

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 $200 draw

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 in a car

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 living at home

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 man that's

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 that's money

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 I was rich

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 you know

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 anyway

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 I didn't last long

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 but I know

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 we study the strategies

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 of it

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 and so I asked him

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 I said

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 what's the chances

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 when somebody

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 walks off your lot

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 that they're going

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 to come back

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 he said

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 if they walk

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 off the lot

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 there's only

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 a 25% chance

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 that a customer

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 returning

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 that will return

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 if they walk

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 off the first time

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 only a 25% chance

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 they don't want

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 you to walk

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 off

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 but

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 how many times

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 have you said

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 let me ponder

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 on it

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 and took their

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 card

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 and never

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 bothered again

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 it is my burden

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 that week

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 after week

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 folks sit

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 in this place

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 or watch online

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 and they say

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 you know

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 that's something

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 to think about

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 I think I'm

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 going to ponder

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 on that

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 and then we

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 walk outside

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 and walk

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 through that

00:13:53.680 --> 00:13:54.440
 beautiful portico

00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:56.260
 and forget it

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 at the meal

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 and never

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 readdress it again

00:13:59.160 --> 00:13:59.940
 in our lives

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 never deal with it

00:14:01.920 --> 00:14:03.920
 and I want you

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 to know

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 that's not

00:14:04.440 --> 00:14:05.020
 putting off

00:14:05.020 --> 00:14:05.460
 a decision

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 you made a decision

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 and that decision

00:14:08.080 --> 00:14:08.379
 was

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 no

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 if you're

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 prompted

00:14:10.720 --> 00:14:11.400
 in your gut

00:14:11.400 --> 00:14:12.220
 to give your life

00:14:12.220 --> 00:14:12.780
 to Christ

00:14:12.780 --> 00:14:13.780
 do it

00:14:13.779 --> 00:14:15.459
 do not wait

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 because

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 you're at a fork

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 and you have

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 to make a decision

00:14:23.259 --> 00:14:24.179
 at that fork

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 what you're going

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 to do

00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:25.919
 you may not

00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:26.639
 realize

00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:28.600
 that you headed

00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:29.360
 the wrong way

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 I heard about

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 a guy who was

00:14:31.419 --> 00:14:32.039
 driving down the

00:14:32.039 --> 00:14:32.399
 interstate

00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:32.919
 and his cell phone

00:14:32.919 --> 00:14:33.199
 rang

00:14:33.199 --> 00:14:34.559
 and he answered

00:14:34.559 --> 00:14:35.240
 and his wife said

00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:36.159
 honey be careful

00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:36.639
 out there

00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:37.339
 I was watching

00:14:37.339 --> 00:14:37.939
 there's somebody

00:14:37.939 --> 00:14:38.679
 on the interstate

00:14:38.679 --> 00:14:39.980
 going the wrong way

00:14:39.980 --> 00:14:41.079
 he said oh baby

00:14:41.079 --> 00:14:41.959
 it's worse than that

00:14:41.959 --> 00:14:42.659
 they all going

00:14:42.659 --> 00:14:43.459
 the wrong way

00:14:43.460 --> 00:14:46.600
 look sometimes

00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:47.320
 people go the wrong

00:14:47.320 --> 00:14:47.759
 way and they don't

00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:48.120
 even realize

00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:48.440
 they're going

00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:49.120
 the wrong way

00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:51.280
 for the slow ones

00:14:51.280 --> 00:14:51.980
 he was the one

00:14:51.980 --> 00:14:52.420
 that was going

00:14:52.420 --> 00:14:53.200
 the wrong way

00:14:53.200 --> 00:14:55.300
 you live life

00:14:55.300 --> 00:14:56.259
 upside down

00:14:56.259 --> 00:14:58.340
 I heard it

00:14:58.340 --> 00:14:59.340
 described as a

00:14:59.340 --> 00:14:59.700
 funnel

00:14:59.700 --> 00:15:02.060
 that if you

00:15:02.060 --> 00:15:04.240
 that if you

00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:05.580
 live your life

00:15:05.580 --> 00:15:07.360
 with the wide

00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:08.180
 end of the funnel

00:15:08.180 --> 00:15:08.720
 up

00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:10.400
 and all

00:15:10.400 --> 00:15:11.180
 the stuff

00:15:11.180 --> 00:15:11.940
 in your life

00:15:11.940 --> 00:15:13.860
 you start

00:15:13.860 --> 00:15:14.380
 wide

00:15:14.380 --> 00:15:14.800
 and you try

00:15:14.800 --> 00:15:15.200
 to take

00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:15.800
 in all

00:15:15.800 --> 00:15:16.540
 the world

00:15:16.540 --> 00:15:19.360
 that all

00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:19.940
 that stuff

00:15:19.940 --> 00:15:20.600
 narrows down

00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:21.160
 into one

00:15:21.160 --> 00:15:21.600
 result

00:15:21.600 --> 00:15:22.040
 and that is

00:15:22.040 --> 00:15:22.420
 a life

00:15:22.420 --> 00:15:23.060
 of disaster

00:15:23.060 --> 00:15:24.640
 and a life

00:15:24.640 --> 00:15:25.340
 of difficulty

00:15:25.340 --> 00:15:27.820
 but if you

00:15:27.820 --> 00:15:28.400
 turn that funnel

00:15:28.400 --> 00:15:29.120
 upside down

00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:31.400
 and you

00:15:31.400 --> 00:15:32.620
 narrow it in

00:15:32.620 --> 00:15:33.900
 on Christ

00:15:33.900 --> 00:15:34.320
 and Christ

00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:34.740
 alone

00:15:34.740 --> 00:15:36.220
 you open

00:15:36.220 --> 00:15:37.100
 yourself up

00:15:37.100 --> 00:15:38.000
 to a life

00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:38.940
 of eternity

00:15:38.940 --> 00:15:40.420
 and of opportunity

00:15:40.420 --> 00:15:42.460
 and few

00:15:42.460 --> 00:15:44.280
 fear to do

00:15:44.280 --> 00:15:44.600
 it

00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:46.640
 so my first

00:15:46.640 --> 00:15:47.340
 piece of advice

00:15:47.340 --> 00:15:48.180
 is go where

00:15:48.180 --> 00:15:49.320
 few fear

00:15:49.320 --> 00:15:49.860
 to tread

00:15:49.860 --> 00:15:50.760
 the second

00:15:50.760 --> 00:15:51.420
 one is this

00:15:51.420 --> 00:15:52.600
 be quick

00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:53.660
 about it

00:15:53.660 --> 00:15:55.180
 be quick

00:15:55.180 --> 00:15:55.720
 about it

00:15:55.720 --> 00:15:57.180
 I don't want

00:15:57.180 --> 00:15:57.580
 you to read

00:15:57.580 --> 00:15:58.180
 me wrong

00:15:58.180 --> 00:15:59.080
 when Jesus

00:15:59.080 --> 00:15:59.720
 says many

00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:00.220
 will seek

00:16:00.220 --> 00:16:00.580
 to enter

00:16:00.580 --> 00:16:00.820
 and will

00:16:00.820 --> 00:16:01.340
 not be able

00:16:01.340 --> 00:16:02.040
 he's not

00:16:02.040 --> 00:16:02.580
 talking about

00:16:02.580 --> 00:16:03.460
 rejecting

00:16:03.460 --> 00:16:04.280
 those that

00:16:04.280 --> 00:16:04.760
 surrender

00:16:04.760 --> 00:16:05.260
 their life

00:16:05.260 --> 00:16:05.760
 to Christ

00:16:05.760 --> 00:16:06.520
 Christ

00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:07.039
 don't do

00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:07.480
 such as

00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:07.779
 that

00:16:07.779 --> 00:16:09.600
 he don't

00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:10.059
 reject

00:16:10.059 --> 00:16:10.519
 folks

00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:11.279
 that surrender

00:16:11.279 --> 00:16:11.699
 their life

00:16:11.699 --> 00:16:12.039
 to Christ

00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:12.639
 scripture

00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:13.319
 is clear

00:16:13.319 --> 00:16:13.699
 in Romans

00:16:13.699 --> 00:16:14.220
 10 13

00:16:14.220 --> 00:16:15.399
 for everyone

00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:16.019
 who calls

00:16:16.019 --> 00:16:16.559
 upon the name

00:16:16.559 --> 00:16:16.840
 of the Lord

00:16:16.840 --> 00:16:17.980
 will be

00:16:17.980 --> 00:16:18.439
 safe

00:16:18.439 --> 00:16:18.919
 you don't

00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:19.279
 have to

00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:19.699
 wonder

00:16:19.699 --> 00:16:20.159
 today

00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:20.620
 if God

00:16:20.620 --> 00:16:21.299
 will accept

00:16:21.299 --> 00:16:22.019
 you today

00:16:22.019 --> 00:16:22.919
 regardless

00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:23.620
 of the wrong

00:16:23.620 --> 00:16:24.079
 that you've

00:16:24.079 --> 00:16:24.419
 done

00:16:24.419 --> 00:16:25.059
 regardless

00:16:25.059 --> 00:16:25.439
 of who

00:16:25.439 --> 00:16:25.939
 may know

00:16:25.939 --> 00:16:26.579
 about it

00:16:26.579 --> 00:16:26.919
 or who

00:16:26.919 --> 00:16:27.659
 may not

00:16:27.659 --> 00:16:27.919
 know

00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:28.460
 about it

00:16:28.460 --> 00:16:29.120
 you don't

00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:29.419
 need to

00:16:29.419 --> 00:16:29.980
 clean up

00:16:29.980 --> 00:16:30.639
 your areas

00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:31.240
 of your life

00:16:31.240 --> 00:16:31.579
 to come

00:16:31.579 --> 00:16:32.159
 to Christ

00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:32.699
 matter of

00:16:32.699 --> 00:16:32.819
 fact

00:16:32.819 --> 00:16:33.799
 you can't

00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:34.279
 clean up

00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:34.779
 the areas

00:16:34.779 --> 00:16:35.340
 of your life

00:16:35.340 --> 00:16:35.659
 to come

00:16:35.659 --> 00:16:36.000
 to Christ

00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:36.519
 you need

00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:36.779
 to come

00:16:36.779 --> 00:16:37.179
 to Christ

00:16:37.179 --> 00:16:37.519
 the way

00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:37.919
 you are

00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:38.720
 you'll never

00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:39.539
 be successful

00:16:39.539 --> 00:16:39.960
 doing it

00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:40.360
 on your own

00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:41.000
 and when you

00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:41.419
 acknowledge

00:16:41.419 --> 00:16:41.940
 that you'll

00:16:41.940 --> 00:16:42.299
 never be

00:16:42.299 --> 00:16:42.700
 successful

00:16:42.700 --> 00:16:42.960
 in doing

00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:43.299
 it on your own

00:16:43.299 --> 00:16:44.039
 you surrender

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 your life

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 to follow

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 Christ

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 and come

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 as you

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 are

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 and thank

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 God

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 by the power

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 of the Holy

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 Spirit

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 he'll clean

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 you up

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 he'll give

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 you a Holy

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 Spirit

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 to empower

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 you

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 to rise

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 above your

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 habits

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 and vices

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 and he has

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 surrounded you

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 with a bunch

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 of other

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 sinners

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 who struggle

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 with the same

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 type sins

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 we're not

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 going to talk

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 about it

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 we're not

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 going to

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 advertise it

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 but the reality

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 is folks

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 there ain't

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 much difference

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 between any

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 of us

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 and God

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 has put us

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 together

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 to help

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 one another

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 along

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 to come

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 alongside

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 and encourage

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 one another

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 not look down

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 on other folks

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 because they got

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 caught and we

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 didn't

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 but instead

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 to encourage

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 and surround

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 them and love

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 them as they

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 grow in the

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 Lord

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 you'll never

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 be successful

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 on your own

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 and that's why

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 he gives you

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 the Holy Spirit

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 of God

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 to give you

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 the power

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 to do it

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 that's why

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 he gives you

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 the church

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 of Jesus

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 Christ

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 to stand

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 with you

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 to do it

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 that's the

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 promise of the

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 work of the

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 Spirit

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 and the

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 lives

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 of all

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 who call

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 upon the

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 name of

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 the Lord

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 and so I'm

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 telling you

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 do not

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 put it

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 off

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 and that's

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 what Jesus

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 is saying

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 here

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 that's not

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 just a preacher

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 ploy

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 that's what

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 Jesus is

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 saying here

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 Jesus said

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 once the

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 door of

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 opportunity

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 is shut

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 it's shut

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 that could

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 be in your

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 death

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 and you

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 can't predict

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 that

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 and if you

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 wait for

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 either one

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 be clear

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 it's too

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 late

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 it's too

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 late

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 Jesus

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 in case you

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 delineate the

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 difference between

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 the red words of

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 Jesus and the

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 other words of

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 scripture

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 I believe

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 they're all

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 inspired by the

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 Holy Spirit of

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 God and perfect

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 and without

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 failure

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 okay

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 so I want to be

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 clear about that

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 but I know some

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 people like to just

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 talk about what

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 Jesus said

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 so I'll tell you

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 what Jesus said

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 Jesus said

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 there's a lot of

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 regret in hell

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 that's what Jesus

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 said

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 but it is

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 forever

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 too late

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 forever

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 I want you to

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 listen to how

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 Jesus describes

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 it in Luke

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 chapter 16

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 just listen to me

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 we're not going to

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 read it this

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 morning

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 but he describes

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 a man that had

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 great riches that

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 did not see a need

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 for a personal

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 relationship with

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 Christ

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 and he is now

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 in agony

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 in hell

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 and he's speaking

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 of a spiritual

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 torment there

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 and he's speaking

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 of physical

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 torment there

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 and he makes

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 two requests

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 in the clearest

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 glimpse into hell

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 that Christ ever

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 gave us

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 the first request

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 he said

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 is

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 could someone

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 dip their

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 finger in water

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 and cool

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 my tongue

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 and number

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 two

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 can somebody

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 go warn

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 those who are

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 living

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 my brothers

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 can you tell

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 them

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 lest they also

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 come into this

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 place of torment

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 if those in hell

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 could talk

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 and scripture

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 says

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 if people

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 will not

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 listen to the

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 word of God

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 they will not

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 listen to the

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 tormented in

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 hell

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 that's what

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 Jesus said

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 so why

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 wait

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 because the

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 door of

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 opportunity is

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 closing

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 I'm not going to

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 close it

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 it's going to

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 close in one

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 of three ways

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 it's going to

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 close in your

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 death

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 it's going to

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 close in the

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 Lord's return

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 or it's going to

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 close in the

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 Lord's deadline

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 there's a door

00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:42.799
 Jesus speaks of it

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 that can be shut

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 spiritually

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 before one

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 dies

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 and the Bible

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 is clear that we

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 only come to God

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 because the spirit

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 draws us

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 it's not of our

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 own inclination

00:20:54.259 --> 00:20:55.460
 that you know

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 you need the

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 Lord

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 that's not

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 scripture is clear

00:20:58.599 --> 00:20:59.480
 that we are dead

00:20:59.480 --> 00:20:59.779
 in our

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 transgressions and

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 sins

00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:01.900
 we don't come up

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 with that on our

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 own

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 he initiates that

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 and there comes a

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 point and I don't

00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:07.900
 understand it but I'm

00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:08.480
 telling you scripture

00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:09.480
 teaches it there

00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:10.220
 comes a point when

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 that initiation is

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 no more that might

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 be at death that

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 might be at his

00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:15.700
 return it might be

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 before that I don't

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 understand that I

00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:18.559
 don't know that but

00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:20.220
 I'm telling you God

00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:22.240
 knocks and

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 we're to respond

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:25.579
 Jesus said in John

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 6 verse 44

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 no one can come to

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 me unless the

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 father who sends

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 me draws him

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 but you don't have

00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:34.180
 to wonder

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 because I got news

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 for you today

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 that's why I'm

00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:39.460
 standing here

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 if you want to be

00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:42.460
 saved today you

00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:42.960
 can be

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 because God gave

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.859
 you that idea

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 if you're considering

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 it God put it in

00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:49.279
 your heart and he

00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:50.519
 will save you today

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:51.859
 God's got a

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 deadline and the

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:54.839
 opportunity is open

00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:55.699
 to everyone at

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 least once but there

00:21:56.379 --> 00:21:57.319
 comes a time when the

00:21:57.319 --> 00:21:58.799
 spirit conviction does

00:21:58.799 --> 00:22:00.779
 not come hardness

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:02.599
 comes in Proverbs

00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:03.719
 warns us in Proverbs

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 29 1 he said he who

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 is often rebuked and

00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:10.359
 hardens his neck will

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 suddenly be destroyed

00:22:11.859 --> 00:22:12.939
 and that without

00:22:12.939 --> 00:22:16.719
 remedy there comes a

00:22:16.719 --> 00:22:17.459
 time when the message

00:22:17.459 --> 00:22:20.139
 is not heard there

00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:20.960
 comes a time when the

00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:22.180
 knock does not come

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 and if God is speaking

00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:24.720
 to your heart respond

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:25.980
 because the door may

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:27.880
 never be opened again

00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:28.900
 I want to be clear

00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:30.060
 folks I'm not going to

00:22:30.060 --> 00:22:30.560
 shut it

00:22:30.560 --> 00:22:36.700
 but what happens

00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:40.840
 is somebody gets under

00:22:40.840 --> 00:22:41.360
 conviction

00:22:41.360 --> 00:22:44.380
 and they fail the need to

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 respond

00:22:44.940 --> 00:22:47.100
 but they're concerned

00:22:47.100 --> 00:22:48.059
 about the folks around

00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:48.360
 them

00:22:48.360 --> 00:22:50.440
 they're concerned

00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:51.240
 about what somebody's

00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:51.740
 going to say

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:53.279
 they're concerned

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:54.039
 about what somebody's

00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:54.620
 going to think

00:22:54.620 --> 00:22:56.700
 and they let the

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 moment pass

00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:59.440
 and they walk out

00:22:59.440 --> 00:22:59.940
 this building

00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:02.519
 and they never bother

00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:04.299
 with it again

00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:06.740
 if you don't know

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:07.220
 Jesus

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:09.120
 your spiritual house

00:23:09.120 --> 00:23:09.940
 is on fire

00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:11.340
 do not be

00:23:11.340 --> 00:23:11.940
 consumed

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 do not go to sleep

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:15.380
 respond

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 and be quick about it

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 and the third thing

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:19.960
 is this

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 be sure of it

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 be sure of it

00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:26.279
 you need to know

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 that you're saved

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 John wrote

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:31.740
 more about the need

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 and the urgency

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 and the exclusivity

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.900
 of salvation

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 through Christ

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 than anyone else

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 and I want you to

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 listen to the end

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 of the gospel

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 of John

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 he wrote

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 in John 20

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 verse 30

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 30 and 31

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 now Jesus

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 did many other signs

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 in the presence

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 of the disciples

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 which are not written

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.240
 in this book

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 but these are written

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 so that you may believe

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:52.320
 that Jesus is the Christ

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 the son of God

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 and that by believing

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 you may have life

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 in his name

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 at the end

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 of 1st John

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 because the same

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 John wrote

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 the big John

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 the gospel of John

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 and the three little

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 Johns

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 okay

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 and at the end

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 of 1st John

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 5 verse 13

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 it says

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 I write these things

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 to you who believe

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 in the name

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 of the son

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 that you may know

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 that you may know

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 that you have

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 eternal life

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 he wrote it

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 that we would know

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 Jesus personally

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 and be assured

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 that we knew him

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 personally

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 so don't you dare

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 go through life

00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:25.639
 wondering if it's

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 real or not

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 there's no need

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 for that

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 people have doubts

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:31.240
 it's common

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 to have doubts

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 what causes doubts

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 let me give you

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 three things

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 that cause doubts

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 and I'll close

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 one is a lack

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 of trust

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 sometimes we doubt

00:24:45.060 --> 00:24:45.680
 because we just

00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.340
 don't trust

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 we can't see

00:24:48.580 --> 00:24:49.060
 the God

00:24:49.060 --> 00:24:50.120
 we can't see

00:24:50.120 --> 00:24:50.780
 God move

00:24:50.780 --> 00:24:51.840
 as we want to

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 and that leads

00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:53.880
 us to doubt

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 and there's two

00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:56.620
 problems with that

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 one is we are

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:59.100
 to live by faith

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 and not by sight

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 and I'm telling

00:25:01.540 --> 00:25:02.240
 you got those

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.760
 curveballs

00:25:02.760 --> 00:25:03.480
 you're not always

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:03.940
 going to see it

00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:04.220
 coming

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:05.400
 you're not

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 and if you're

00:25:06.380 --> 00:25:07.000
 trying to figure

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.480
 it out

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:07.940
 and you're not

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.720
 satisfied with

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.400
 what you're seeing

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 I got news for you

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 you're not in charge

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:13.560
 he is

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 and so we live

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 by faith

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 and we trust him

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 and if you live

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 by what you see

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 you're not living

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 by faith in the Lord

00:25:19.560 --> 00:25:20.740
 failing to live

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.340
 by faith

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 will lead one

00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.320
 to doubt

00:25:22.320 --> 00:25:23.500
 all kinds of things

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.680
 including one's

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.140
 salvation

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 so don't come

00:25:26.780 --> 00:25:27.259
 to the end

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:27.900
 of your dilemma

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 and wish you

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:29.240
 had trusted God

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:30.060
 put all your eggs

00:25:30.060 --> 00:25:30.700
 in one basket

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.440
 it's safe here

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:32.460
 put all your eggs

00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:33.100
 in one basket

00:25:33.100 --> 00:25:33.980
 and trust the Lord

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 because he will not

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:36.220
 fail you

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:38.160
 and he will bless you

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:39.319
 because he blesses

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:40.000
 such as that

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 we live by faith

00:25:43.380 --> 00:25:43.759
 and not sight

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.559
 the other reason

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:46.920
 that we have a lack

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:48.160
 of lack of trust

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 is because your salvation

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:50.519
 is not based upon you

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:52.860
 it's based upon

00:25:52.860 --> 00:25:53.860
 the grace of God

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 so when you look

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.059
 at your life

00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:56.380
 and think

00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:57.380
 how in the world

00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:58.180
 how in the world

00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:58.839
 could I be saved

00:25:58.839 --> 00:25:59.460
 I'll tell you

00:25:59.460 --> 00:26:00.299
 how you could be saved

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:01.140
 the same way

00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:01.819
 I got saved

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.880
 by his grace

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:03.940
 that's the only hope

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:04.380
 we have

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:05.060
 is by the grace

00:26:05.060 --> 00:26:05.560
 of God

00:26:05.560 --> 00:26:06.540
 it's unseen

00:26:06.540 --> 00:26:07.560
 but it is sure

00:26:07.560 --> 00:26:09.320
 doubt comes

00:26:09.320 --> 00:26:10.060
 from a lack

00:26:10.060 --> 00:26:10.800
 of trust

00:26:10.800 --> 00:26:11.740
 in God

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:12.140
 I'll tell you

00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:12.560
 something else

00:26:12.560 --> 00:26:13.520
 that causes doubts

00:26:13.520 --> 00:26:16.120
 sin causes doubts

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:18.420
 your sin

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:19.380
 alienates you

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:20.000
 from God

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:21.360
 and it'll cause

00:26:21.360 --> 00:26:22.240
 you to feel

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:23.040
 lost

00:26:23.040 --> 00:26:24.180
 and away

00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:24.860
 from God

00:26:24.860 --> 00:26:25.620
 and alone

00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:27.400
 I'll tell you

00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:28.020
 what that is

00:26:28.020 --> 00:26:28.960
 if you've ever

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.700
 surrendered your life

00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:30.020
 to the Lord

00:26:30.020 --> 00:26:30.640
 Jesus Christ

00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:30.900
 a minute

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.740
 with all your heart

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:33.140
 giving him

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.799
 your life

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:35.420
 the conviction

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:36.240
 of the Holy Spirit

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.799
 of God

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.539
 will help you

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:38.319
 see your sin

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:39.500
 and then the devil

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.420
 will try to get in there

00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:41.120
 and twist it

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:42.859
 and try to convince you

00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:43.900
 that you're lost

00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:45.740
 don't ever let sin

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.720
 reign in your life

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.880
 it causes all kinds

00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:48.180
 of misery

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:48.859
 not only for you

00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:49.799
 but for those around you

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.880
 don't ever let sin

00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:51.940
 reign in your life

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.900
 because when you give

00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:53.620
 your heart and life

00:26:53.620 --> 00:26:54.000
 to God

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:55.319
 your first step

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:55.880
 of obedience

00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:57.380
 is baptism

00:26:57.380 --> 00:26:58.539
 and if you haven't

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:59.180
 done that

00:26:59.180 --> 00:27:00.420
 or it's out of order

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:01.500
 meaning you got baptized

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:03.019
 and later you got saved

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.940
 and have not been

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.980
 baptized since

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:06.500
 I'm just telling you

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.619
 there's not a magic

00:27:07.619 --> 00:27:08.599
 potion around it

00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:09.720
 it's a point of obedience

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.420
 is what it is

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:11.819
 for some reason

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:13.420
 Jesus got baptized

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:14.339
 and he had never sinned

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:15.200
 then he'd get saved

00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:16.440
 but he got baptized

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:20.259
 and then his last words

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:21.460
 to us

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:24.000
 was going to all the world

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.680
 and teach

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.880
 and baptize

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:28.839
 Baptists didn't put

00:27:28.839 --> 00:27:29.720
 the emphasis on it

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.880
 Jesus put the emphasis

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:31.400
 on it

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:33.960
 and so

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:35.880
 if you privately

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.819
 give your heart and life

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.740
 to the Lord Jesus Christ

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.880
 but never publicly

00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:39.640
 acknowledge that

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:40.380
 through the way

00:27:40.380 --> 00:27:41.039
 in which Christ

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:42.120
 instructed us to

00:27:42.120 --> 00:27:44.000
 and also showed us

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:45.000
 how to do it

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:46.740
 then I promise you

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.279
 that's going to be

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.940
 a stumbling block

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.519
 in your life

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:49.420
 if you refuse to do that

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:50.019
 it's going to be

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.519
 a stumbling block

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:51.319
 that causes you

00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:51.720
 to stumble

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:52.880
 straight out of the gate

00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:55.259
 but it's not just that

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:57.519
 there'll be doubt

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.220
 coming in your life

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:59.500
 for unconfessed sins

00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:01.140
 I mean

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:02.420
 there's our favorite sins

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:03.059
 that we harbor

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.839
 and we hold on to

00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:04.519
 real tight

00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:06.420
 we don't want anybody

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:06.900
 to know about them

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:07.379
 we don't want anybody

00:28:07.379 --> 00:28:08.420
 messing with them

00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:10.079
 they're just our little sins

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:13.059
 and they strain

00:28:13.059 --> 00:28:14.819
 sometimes they strain

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.640
 a lot of times

00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:16.440
 they strain on relationships

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:17.200
 with other people too

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:18.379
 but they definitely strain

00:28:18.379 --> 00:28:18.879
 on your relationship

00:28:18.879 --> 00:28:19.339
 with God

00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:20.920
 it separates you

00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:21.420
 from God

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:23.259
 it strains your relationship

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:23.759
 with God

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:25.900
 and so that kind of sin

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.400
 hanging around

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:27.440
 will mess you up

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:30.200
 repent and doubt no more

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:32.119
 confess and turn from your sin

00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:34.700
 but sin will cause you to doubt

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:36.599
 the last thing that will cause you to doubt

00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:37.839
 I want you to hear me this morning

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:40.440
 I'll tell you what will cause you to doubt

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:41.400
 lostness

00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:45.079
 if you're lost

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:47.480
 you'll doubt

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:48.539
 and you should

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:51.240
 not knowing the Lord

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:52.579
 as your personal Lord and Savior

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:53.759
 will make you feel like

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.879
 you don't know the Lord

00:28:54.879 --> 00:28:55.960
 as your personal Lord and Savior

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:59.460
 and you know what that is

00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:01.419
 that didn't come from you

00:29:01.419 --> 00:29:03.599
 that's the conviction

00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:05.279
 of the Holy Spirit of God

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:07.779
 and the only way

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.599
 to make that doubt

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:09.279
 go away

00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:11.599
 is to give your heart and life

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:13.679
 to the Lord Jesus Christ

00:29:13.679 --> 00:29:16.079
 to go where few

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:17.339
 fear to tread

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:20.679
 do it quickly

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:24.560
 if I were you

00:29:24.560 --> 00:29:28.220
 I'd do it now

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:32.860
 with every head bowed

00:29:32.860 --> 00:29:36.140
 and every eye closed

00:29:36.140 --> 00:29:39.299
 I want you to be clear

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.880
 today

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:43.060
 that I'm not a manipulator

00:29:43.060 --> 00:29:45.820
 I'm not trying to conjure you

00:29:45.820 --> 00:29:46.380
 into anything

00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:49.780
 and we're not going to lead you

00:29:49.780 --> 00:29:50.960
 without leading you

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:54.700
 we'll be thorough with you

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:56.980
 in the decision you make for Christ

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:59.840
 but as Jesus

00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:01.440
 implored those with him

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:03.840
 to be serious about this thing

00:30:03.840 --> 00:30:05.060
 and to make a decision about it

00:30:05.060 --> 00:30:07.900
 he tells me to do the same

00:30:07.900 --> 00:30:10.800
 if you're here this morning

00:30:10.800 --> 00:30:11.900
 and you don't know the Lord Jesus

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:13.160
 as your personal Lord and Savior

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:14.660
 the invitation's open

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.660
 not only from us

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:16.980
 but from him more importantly

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:20.220
 he'll save you

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:23.040
 we'll stand and sing

00:30:23.040 --> 00:30:23.700
 in just a moment

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.660
 more important than singing

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:25.140
 or standing

00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:26.080
 is for you to come

00:30:26.080 --> 00:30:27.740
 and say preacher

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.840
 I need to give my heart and life

00:30:28.840 --> 00:30:29.980
 to the Lord Jesus Christ

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:31.880
 I need to be changed by him

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:33.880
 and I think today

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:34.840
 that I can stand here

00:30:34.840 --> 00:30:35.800
 every day

00:30:35.800 --> 00:30:36.279
 and tell you

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:37.300
 today's day of salvation

00:30:37.300 --> 00:30:39.720
 Jesus is the same yesterday

00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:40.340
 today and forever

00:30:40.340 --> 00:30:41.900
 he will save you today

00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:43.700
 if you'll come to him

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:45.800
 maybe you're here

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 and you know you're a Christian

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 but you've never acknowledged

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 that publicly through baptism

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 that's never happened

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 maybe you're floating out there

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 you're not affiliated

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 with the church

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 you're not affiliated

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 with the body of believers

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 and you're struggling

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 and God's leading you

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 to be a part of this church

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 God's leading you

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 to publicly acknowledge

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 that through baptism

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 we're happy to guide you

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 in that process

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 maybe you're here

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 and you are a Christian

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 and you have done those things

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 but the reality is

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 as you hear this today

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 God's laid somebody

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 on your heart

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 he's laid somebody

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 that needs to know Jesus

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 upon your heart

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 and you're burdened

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 for that person

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 and you need to bring them

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 to this altar

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 you need to pray for them

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 you need to ask God

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 to open opportunities

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 for you to share with them

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 maybe there's stuff

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 that you're harboring

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 in your life

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 sin that you're harboring

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 in your life

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 it's causing doubt

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 it's causing difficulty

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 it's causing rough relationships

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 it's causing all kinds

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 of problems

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 and the reality is

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 you need a touch

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 you need to repent

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 you need to change

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 I have no idea

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 what God's told you

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 I just know

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 what he told me to do

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 and you'll never be satisfied

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 if you don't trust him

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 and follow his lead

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 as he leads you

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 and this is a golden opportunity

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 so you respond

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 as God leads you to

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 Lord Jesus

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 I love you

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 and I thank you

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 for your love for us

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 and I ask right now

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 dear God

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 that we will not do

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 less than you tell us to do

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 and we will not do more

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 than you tell us to do

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 but God will be obedient

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 and follow you

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 Lord if there's anyone here

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 who does not know you personally

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 as their Lord and Savior

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 Jesus Christ

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 I pray today will be

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 the day of salvation

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 right now

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 oh God I pray

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 in Jesus name

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 amen

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 stay