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 I'm going to talk to you today about partnership with God.

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 Partnership with God.

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 Today is the start of partnership training.

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 This will be the first sermon in a series that every new prospective partner will be required to listen to in order to become a partner.

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 Right. Partnership is how we do membership at Christ Church.

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 We chose the word partnership rather than membership because it's a word in the Bible that we believe in our current cultural context creates the clear picture in the minds of those who hear it.

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 Of what we believe church commitments should look like.

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 All right. So we have found that the term membership typically makes people think of what they're going to get rather than what they're going to give, i.e. Costco membership, gym membership.

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 Typically, when you get a membership like this, you're thinking, OK, I got the membership.

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 Now, what do I get? Very rarely do you think of membership in that regard as, oh, now what do I give?

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 And so we believe partnership is a better word to really connote the idea of when we partner together, we want to give towards this.

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 Right. So a partner is a Christian.

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 A partner is a Christian who can be counted on to be what a Christian is and to do what a Christian does.

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 The biggest hindrance to partnership is when people lack the fruit of being a Christian.

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 In many years of doing partnership as membership in a couple of churches now, for sure, the biggest hindrance to partnership is when people lack the fruit of being a Christian.

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 Some might say that Christchurch asks too much.

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 To them, I would ask the question, is your problem with Christchurch or is your problem with Jesus?

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 A partner is someone who has moved from attendance to responsibility, from observing to participation,

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 from consuming to creating value for others, from primarily receiving to being an intentional giver,

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 and from helping to taking ownership.

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 In other words, a partner is a Christian.

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 If you look at the stats in America on Christians, the Pew Research Center says that 62% of people in America identify as Christians.

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 All right.

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 John Dickerson in his book, The Great Evangelical Recession, indicates that the actual range is between 7% and 8.9% based on people believing the following four things.

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 So if you just ask the people, are you a Christian?

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 Do you identify as a Christian?

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 Yes or no?

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 62% say yes.

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 Okay.

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 But if you ask about them believing the Bible is the Bible God's word, that Jesus died on the cross for our sins,

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 that individuals need to be personally converted to be a Christian,

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 and belief in the gospel of Jesus needs to be expressed outwardly,

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 then that number goes down to 7% to 8.9%.

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 Quite a bit of a decrease there.

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 Okay.

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 That still doesn't mean for sure that those people are Christians.

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 If they say they believe those things, clearly people can say they believe things that they don't.

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 But for conversation's sake, if let's just say that those people are Christians,

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 that means that at a minimum only 13% of professing Christians in America are actually saved,

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 and that at least 87% of professing Christians are not saved.

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 87% of professing Christians.

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 Like, that's an important thing to think about.

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 Now, we like to give people the benefit of the doubt, and there's a certain degree where that's a good thing, right?

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 1 Corinthians 13, love believes all things, hopes all things, trusts all things.

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 That's a good thing for a lot of things, but what it's not a good thing for is when someone says they're a Christian, and they're not.

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 What is loving about letting someone think that they're a Christian when they're not,

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 when the results of not being a Christian are eternal damnation?

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 So this is one of those things where we don't just want to give people the benefit of the doubt.

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 This is an important thing.

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 And if, in fact, even just based on a simple survey like this,

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 that it could be that 87% of those who profess to be Christians aren't actually Christians.

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 This is something we should think about as we go about our days, as we meet different people,

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 as we meet people, we work with people, we're neighbors to people, we're family members to people,

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 and they say, oh yeah, I'm a Christian, but are they in fact?

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 Okay?

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 Titus 1.16 says, speaks of a group of people that profess to know God, but they deny him by their works.

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 They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.

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 Mark 7.6, Jesus says,

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 Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written,

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 This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

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 So there's a way to profess God, but deny him with their works.

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 There's a way to honor him with lips, but have a heart far from him.

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 This is important for us to realize.

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 It's important because there can be no partnership with those who aren't Christians.

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 Okay?

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 Did you hear me on that?

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 I'm going to say it again.

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 There cannot be any partnership with those who are not Christians.

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 And this is where I'm getting this from.

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 First of all, this concept of partnership, Philippians 1.3-5 says,

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 I thank my God and all my remembrance of you,

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 always in every prayer of mine for you all,

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 making my prayer with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.

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 What is our partnership based on?

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 It's in the gospel.

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 It's a partnership in the gospel.

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 If I believe the gospel and you don't believe the gospel,

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 we're not going to have any partnership.

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 The partnership we do have is a partnership that is in the gospel.

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 2 Corinthians 6.14 says it a little more specificity.

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 He says, do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers.

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 And then he asks these two questions.

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 For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness?

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 Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

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 Or what partnership has light with darkness?

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 Okay.

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 There is none.

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 It's a rhetorical question.

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 Light and darkness have no fellowship.

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 And a Christian and an unbeliever have no fellowship ultimately,

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 no partnership together.

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 So the Bible exhorts us to examine ourselves to see.

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 2 Corinthians 13.5 says,

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 examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith.

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 Test yourselves.

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 Or do you not realize this about yourselves,

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 that Jesus Christ is in you?

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 Unless, indeed, you fail to meet the test.

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 Okay.

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 We live in a easily offendable world right now.

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 We live in a world that is very sensitive to saying the wrong thing.

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 What is the wrong thing?

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 Depends on the person.

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 Okay.

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 But one of the things that could be the wrong thing is telling someone who

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 professes to be a Christian,

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 I don't know if you are.

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 That is very offensive.

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 One of the more ways that we have offended people over the years in my

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 church involvement has been this concept of questioning whether someone's a

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 Christian.

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 People get really offensive,

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 offended by that.

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 Unfortunately,

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 what ends up happening is rather than finding identity in the person and work

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 of Jesus,

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 people find identity in the label of Christian.

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 And if your,

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 if your identity is in the label of Christian without the action and heart of

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 a Christian,

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 then it's a false identity.

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 And if you're finding your identity in the label of Christian,

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 you're taking a certain pride by that.

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 What ends up happening is if your profession does not match what your actions

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 literally look like or what the,

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 what is coming out of the heart,

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 then you'll be offended when someone says,

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 Hey,

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 I don't know if what you're finding your identity in is really true and your

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 pride will be offended.

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 So this tends to be an offensive topic for many people,

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 especially when you get down to the brass tacks of the actual fruit that the

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 Bible says.

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 First John 5,

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 13 says,

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 I write these things,

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 this,

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 this whole book,

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 the first Johnny,

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 he gives us the reason why he's writing it,

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 but she got a love when someone actually just flat out says,

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 this is why I wrote this book.

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 Okay.

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 I don't know about you,

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 but I kind of like that.

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 That's which all the books just said that.

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 But first John does say that says,

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 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the son of God,

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 that you may know that you have eternal life,

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 that you may know he's,

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 he writes that whole book to tell you,

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 Hey,

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 there's a way to know.

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 And I'm going to just really black and white kind of tell you multiple

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 things.

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 And we'll,

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 we'll look at a bunch of versions from first John as we continue.

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 Basically today we want to look at what the Bible says,

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 the fruit of a Christian is so we can properly examine ourselves.

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 Okay.

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 And,

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 uh,

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 this is not a burden.

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 It's a new creation.

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 First John five,

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 verse three,

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 and then I,

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 V says his commands are not burdensome,

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 right?

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 His commands are not burdensome.

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 And second Corinthians five,

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 17 says,

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 if anyone is in Christ,

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 he is a new creation.

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 The oldest passed away.

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 Behold,

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 the new has come.

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 I'm not talking about dressing up something that isn't to make it look like

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 something that is.

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 We're talking about a whole new creation.

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 We're not talking about a bunch of a list of to do's and a list of commands

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 that is burdensome.

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 No,

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 the commands of God are not burdensome because they come from being a new

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 creation.

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 When you're a new creation,

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 it's no longer I who live,

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 but Christ who lives in me,

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 right?

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 It says in Galatians.

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 And so that's what we're talking about.

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 I'm not just talking about,

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 you know,

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 knocking off a bunch of bad fruit on a bad tree and then hoping that it looks

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 more like the tree with good fruit.

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 You can't,

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 the old fruit's going to come back and you've got to cut it off at the root and

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 plant the whole new tree.

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 What only counts is a new creation.

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 Okay.

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 Two disclaimers before we jump in.

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 Number one,

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 this,

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 what I'm going to talk about is not how to become a Christian.

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 This is the biblical fruit showing that you already are a Christian.

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 Okay.

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 So again,

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 same concept.

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 We're not just adding a bunch of stuff in our life and say,

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 Oh,

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 now I'm a Christian because I do good things or I do this fruit.

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 No,

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 the fruit comes from being a new creation.

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 Number two,

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 when the Bible talks about the word disciple,

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 it means Christian.

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 And we know this from Acts 11,

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 26,

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 because it says in Acts 11,

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 26 in Antioch,

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 the disciples were first called Christians.

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 Okay.

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 So these words are used interchangeably in the scriptures.

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 When the Bible talks about being a disciple,

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 it's talking about being a Christian,

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 Christian and disciple,

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 the same thing.

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 There's not Christians.

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 And then disciples,

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 you know,

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 it's not like there's this higher echelon of Christian.

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 That is a disciple.

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 No,

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 if you're not a disciple,

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 you're not a Christian.

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 And they were,

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 they were always called disciples until,

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 Acts 20,

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 Acts 11,

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 26.

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 And they also started calling the disciples Christians.

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 Same thing.

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 Okay.

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 So I'm going to look at 10 different fruits of being a Christian,

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 which are necessary when we're talking about partnership with God.

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 You see,

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 we can't talk about partnership with each other.

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 If we're not partnered with God first,

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 a person who's not first partnered with God can never be partnered with each

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 other.

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 You follow me on this logic.

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 That's where we're going here.

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 Okay.

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 So number one,

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 a Christian loves God and obeys his commands.

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 Okay.

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 Christian loves God and obeys his commands.

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 First John two,

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 three to six.

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 By this,

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 we know that we have come to know him.

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 If we keep his commandments,

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 whoever says,

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 I know him,

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 but does not keep his commandments is a liar.

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 And the truth is not in him,

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 but whoever keeps his word in him.

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 Truly,

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 the love of God is perfected.

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 So I love first John.

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 You can't say it more plainly than that.

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 Right?

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 Hey,

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 if you say,

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 you know,

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 him,

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 but you don't keep his commandments,

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 you're a liar.

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 Whoa.

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 Like that's a little,

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 yeah,

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 it's pretty straightforward.

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 It's pretty direct,

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 but this is the word of God and it's helpful.

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 Honestly,

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 like if we're talking about heaven or hell,

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 we're talking about eternal consequence here.

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 Do we really want to mince words?

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 Do we really want there to be confusion?

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 Do we really want to think,

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 well,

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 I'm really not sure what it means to be a Christian.

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 Really?

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 Like that's not,

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 that's not going to fly.

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 We're talking of something of such high consequence.

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 So praise God that the Bible is clear.

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 Praise God that the Bible is specific.

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 I mean,

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 this is straightforward.

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 By this,

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 we know.

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 How do you know?

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 You ask the question,

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 how do I know?

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 Well,

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 this is how we know that we've come to know if we keep his commandments.

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 The word says,

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 I know him,

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 but does not keep his clowns.

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 He's a liar.

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 Okay.

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 And you know,

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 Jesus confronted this in his ministry.

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 Luke 6,

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 46.

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 He says,

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 why do you call me Lord,

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 Lord,

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 and do not do what I tell you?

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 In other words,

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 if you believe that he's Lord,

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 you're going to do what he says to do.

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 Right?

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 It's a,

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 kind of an oxymoron to say,

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 oh,

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 you're my Lord,

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 but I'm not going to do what you tell me to do.

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 Well,

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 obviously you don't believe that I'm your Lord.

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 Because when you,

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 I believe he's Lord,

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 then you do what he tells you to do.

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 That's why he says,

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 Lord,

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 why would you call me Lord and not do what I tell you to do?

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 Same thing in Matthew 7,

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 21 to 23,

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 same,

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 a little more detail on the same story,

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 but in Matthew,

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 he says,

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 not everyone who says to me,

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 Lord,

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 Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven,

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 but the one who does the will of my father who is in heaven.

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 On that day,

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 many will say to me,

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 Lord,

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 Lord,

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 did we not prophesy in your name and cast out demons in your name and do many,

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 many,

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 mighty works in your name.

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 And then I will declare to them.

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 I never knew you depart from me,

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 you workers of lawlessness.

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 That's one of those verses.

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 You're like,

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 Ooh,

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 that's kind of,

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 that's a kind of a scary verse.

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 Cause you think,

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 well,

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 the person who prophesied and cast out demons and did mighty works,

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 surely that's,

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 that would be the person that he would not say,

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 depart from me.

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 That would be the person.

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 He wouldn't say,

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 I never knew you.

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 Now it's important to know when we read that verse,

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 person first John two,

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 he was talking about us knowing him.

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 This verse isn't talking about us knowing him.

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 This verse says,

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 I never knew you from God's perspective.

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 So we like to talk about,

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 you know,

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 we got it.

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 We want to know God.

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 How do I know if I know God?

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 All good stuff.

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 This verse isn't talking about that.

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 This verse says the people who do this,

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 he will say to them,

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 I never knew you,

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 which honestly,

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 obviously begs the question.

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 If there are a group of people that Jesus will say,

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 I never knew you.

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 My question is,

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 how does God know someone?

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 Because I don't want him to say this to me,

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 right?

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 I don't want to be surprised.

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 And these people in this,

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 in this section,

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 they're surprised,

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 right?

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 They're thinking,

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 wait,

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 what?

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 But,

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 but we did this,

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 but we did this,

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 right?

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 They're surprised.

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 And he says,

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 I never knew you.

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 Okay.

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 So how does God know someone?

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 Again,

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 I love how scripture interprets scripture.

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 First Corinthians eight,

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 verse three says,

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 if anyone loves God,

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 he is known by God.

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 If anyone loves God,

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 he's known by God.

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 So how do you know that you're known by God?

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 Because you love God.

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 If you know,

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 if you love God,

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 then he knows you.

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 So again,

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 it goes back to a Christian loves God and obeys his commands.

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 And those are the people he'll never,

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 you never have to worry about him saying,

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 I'll never,

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 I never knew you.

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 If you're someone who obeys God,

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 because the ones who obey God are the ones he knows.

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 That's good to know.

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 Luke 14,

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 26 says,

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 if anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brother and sisters,

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 yes,

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 and even his own life,

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 he cannot be my disciple.

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 And you think,

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 well,

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 what is it?

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 What is that?

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 Love for God makes other loves look like hate in comparison.

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 Okay.

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 He's basically saying,

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 Hey,

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 if you're exalting these other things,

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 even good things,

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 even things like a father or mother,

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 wife and children,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 we all say those are good things,

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 right?

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 We should love those people.

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 Yes,

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 even your own life.

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 But if those things become more important than Jesus,

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 if you're not loving God,

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 first and foremost,

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 first and greatest commandment,

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 if that isn't uppermost in your affections,

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 you cannot be his disciple.

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 You cannot.

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 It doesn't say,

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 well,

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 you're a bad disciple.

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 No,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no.

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 It says you cannot be his disciple.

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 That's what it's saying.

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 Love for God makes other loves look like hate in comparison.

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 And first John five,

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 verse three says,

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 this is love for God to obey his commandments.

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 And he said,

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 what does it look like to love God?

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 Well,

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 glad you asked.

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 This is the love of God.

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 This is love for God to obey his commands.

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 First John five,

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 verse three.

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 So let me ask you the question.

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 Is Jesus precious to you?

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 Do you love him?

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 You know,

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 sometimes we're talking to people.

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 They're wanting to get involved in the church and trying to determine where they're at.

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 And,

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 you know,

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 there's a lot of people can talk to talk.

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 There's people who can even describe the essence of the gospel better than most.

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 And yet this is a great question to ask them.

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 Is Jesus precious to you?

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 Do you love him?

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 It's like,

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 well,

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 and then they start talking and it's,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no,

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 that's not what I asked you.

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 I didn't ask you if you could articulate the gospel.

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 I didn't ask you.

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 You have all your Bible verses memorized.

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 Is Jesus precious to you?

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 Do you love him?

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 Is he most important in your life?

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 Great questions for all of us.

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 Okay.

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 Number two,

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 a Christian loves people.

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 John 13,

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 35,

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 from that old song,

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 right?

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 They will know we are Christians by our love for one another.

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 By all this,

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 people will know that you are my disciples.

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 If you have love for one another.

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 Okay.

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 There's a distinction.

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 How do we know whether someone's a disciple?

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 Well,

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 they're going to have love for one another.

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 First John three,

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 verse 10 says,

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 by this,

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 it is evident who are the children of God and who are the children of the devil.

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 Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God,

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 nor is the one who does not love his brother.

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 Okay.

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 It's that stark language again.

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 It's like,

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 if you don't love your brother,

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 I'm sorry.

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 You are not a child of God.

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 First John three,

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 16 to 18.

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 He goes on a little later there.

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 He says,

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 by this,

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 we know love that he laid down his life for us and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

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 But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need,

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 yet closes his heart against them,

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 how does God's love abide in him?

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 Little children,

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 let us not love in word or talk,

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 but indeed in truth.

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 And Christians love to love in word and in talk,

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 right?

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 We love to profess things.

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 We love to sing things.

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 We love to say things.

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 But the question is,

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 are we doing things?

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 What does it come down?

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 What does our love come down to for God?

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 When it manifests in our love for one another,

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 do we love our brothers?

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 First John four,

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 20 to 21.

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 Says,

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 if anyone says I love God.

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 So again,

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 this,

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 you know,

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 goes back to,

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 Hey,

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 I'm a Christian.

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 Let's say those 62%.

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 If anyone says,

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 I love God,

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 I'm a Christian and hates his brother.

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 He is a liar for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen,

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 cannot love God whom he has not seen.

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 And this commandment we have from him,

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 whoever loves God must also love his brother.

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 Okay.

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 If anyone says I love God and hates his brother,

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 he's a liar.

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 So the Bible actually says this offensive thing,

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 that there's people who say they love God who are liars.

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 Well,

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 you can't say people are liars.

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 Yes,

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 you can.

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 Yes,

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 you should.

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 Did you hear that?

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 Yes,

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 you can.

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 And yes,

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 you should.

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 Because the Bible does.

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 The Bible says some people who say they love God are liars.

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 Are you ashamed of that?

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 Are you ashamed of how the Bible talks about people who think they're Christians or not?

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 Are you someone who says,

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 well,

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 I can't do that.

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 And I don't like churches who do that.

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 What about Bibles who do that?

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 What about gods who do that?

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 Your God who you profess,

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 he does that.

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 He says that those who say they love God,

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 but don't love their brothers,

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 he calls them liars.

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 Are you ashamed of that?

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 Are you ashamed of that?

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 Number three,

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 a Christian abides in God's word.

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 John 8,

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 31 to 32,

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 Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him,

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 if you abide in my word,

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 you are truly my disciples,

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 and you will know the truth,

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 and the truth will set you free.

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 Truly.

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 Another version says you are really my disciples,

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 right?

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 So,

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 there's people who aren't truly his disciples,

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 who aren't really his disciples.

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 They're the people who don't abide in his word.

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 A Christian abides in God's word.

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 1 John 2,

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 5 to 6,

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 says,

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 By this we know that we are in him.

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 Whoever says he abides in him

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 ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

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 So,

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 a person abiding in the word of God

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 walks the way Jesus walks.

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 He knows what Jesus wants,

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 and he does what Jesus does.

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 And that doesn't mean he does it all the time,

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 but there's a pattern in his life of obedience,

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 of abiding in God,

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 and knowing what his will is,

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 and then walking out his will,

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 just like Jesus did with his father.

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 Okay?

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 Number four.

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 A Christian carries his cross

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 and follows Jesus.

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 A Christian carries his cross

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 and follows Jesus.

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 Luke 14,

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 27.

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 Whoever does not bear his own cross

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 and come after me

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 cannot be my disciple.

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 Again,

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 I've seen people get so offended

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 when you say,

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 hey,

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 actually,

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 I know you profess to be a Christian.

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 I know you're saying to be a Christian.

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 I am saying,

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 because of what the Bible says,

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 you cannot be a Christian.

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 It's not even possible for you to be a Christian.

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 Why?

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 Because you've not picked up your cross

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 and counted the cost

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 and have come after Jesus

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 in a way

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 that you are dead to yourself.

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 You're still living for yourself.

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 You're still,

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 you are on the throne of your life,

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 not Jesus.

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 You are living in such a way

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 where what you want

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 first and foremost

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 is dictating your life.

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 And this is antithetical

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 to what Jesus said

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 discipleship looks like.

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 Jesus said it very plainly.

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 Whoever does not bear his own cross

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 and come after me

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 cannot be my disciple.

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 Cannot.

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 Again,

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 let's be clear.

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 It doesn't say,

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 oh,

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 they're a bad disciple.

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 No,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no.

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 Cannot.

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 They cannot be my disciple

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 if they don't pick up their cross.

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 And we have a lot of people

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 who think,

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 oh,

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 it's fine to be a Christian,

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 to do what I want,

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 when I want,

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 how I want,

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 the way I want,

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 and then profess Christ.

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 No.

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 That kind of person

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 cannot be a disciple of Jesus.

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 According to me?

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 No.

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 According to Jesus.

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 According to King Jesus.

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 The one who's called the Lord.

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 Number five.

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 A Christian gives up everything.

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 Also Luke 14.

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 Luke 14,

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 Jesus gets really specific here.

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 Luke 14,

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 33 in the NIV says,

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 those of you who do not give up

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 everything you have

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 cannot be my disciples.

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 And so,

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 if we're holding on to something

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 and say,

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 Jesus,

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 you can have this,

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 you can have this,

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 you can have this.

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 Jesus,

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 you can have it all.

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 Except that.

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 You can't have that.

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 That's,

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 that's mine.

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 Well,

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 you would say,

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 well,

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 they're on a journey.

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 They're,

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 they're,

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 they're,

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 they're just,

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 you know,

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 they're working it out.

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 They're,

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 they're just trying to become.

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 Jesus says,

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 those of you who do not give up

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 everything you have

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 cannot be my disciples.

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 Did,

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 was Jesus offending people

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 when he talked like this?

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 Yes.

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 In fact,

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 there's one instance

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 where they said,

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 you remember this one?

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 I can't remember which gospel it is,

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 but they literally say to Jesus,

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 Jesus,

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 you offend us

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 when you say this.

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 It's like,

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 uh-huh.

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 And so this was a pattern,

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 like you could,

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 whether they said it

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 as plainly as they did right there,

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 where they say,

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 Jesus,

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 you offend us

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 when you say this.

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 There's other times,

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 clearly,

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 they are offended

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 and they're not saying,

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 hey Jesus,

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 you're,

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 you've offended us.

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 And yet,

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 how often do we avoid

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 the offense of the gospel?

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 How often do we avoid

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 the offense of the truth?

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 We don't want to tell someone

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 that they can't be a disciple.

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 We just want to tell them

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 they're on a journey

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 and,

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 uh,

00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:54.720
 you be you

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 and you do your thing

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 and everything's going to be okay.

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:59.119
 Jesus didn't say

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 everything's going to be okay.

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 Jesus put stark lines.

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 He drew lines in the sand

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 and he said,

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:04.379
 hey,

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.460
 if you don't give up everything,

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:06.799
 you cannot be my disciple.

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 But we've made it a lot easier

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 and we've made it a lot less offensive

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:11.259
 and you've got to ask the question,

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 if your version of,

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.019
 quote unquote,

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.759
 truth,

00:24:14.419 --> 00:24:15.799
 like they like to say nowadays,

00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:16.559
 your truth,

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:19.079
 but if your truth isn't his truth,

00:24:19.139 --> 00:24:19.940
 then it's not the truth.

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.159
 Okay?

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:23.079
 And if your truth doesn't offend,

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:25.279
 why does the truth

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:26.460
 that Jesus say offend

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.599
 and the truth that we say

00:24:27.599 --> 00:24:28.279
 doesn't offend?

00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:29.559
 You've got to ask your question.

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 Have I become worldly

00:24:31.679 --> 00:24:32.879
 in the way I look at Christianity?

00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:34.460
 Have I become soft?

00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:36.359
 Have I compromised the truth

00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:37.539
 and have tried

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 because I was fearing man

00:24:38.879 --> 00:24:39.759
 and I was fearing being

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:41.059
 that kind of church,

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:42.139
 those kind of people?

00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:44.200
 Am I afraid of that kind

00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:45.079
 of offensive language?

00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:47.039
 Is it the language of Christ

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.779
 or is it not?

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:49.519
 Who do you say that you follow?

00:24:50.179 --> 00:24:50.579
 Christ?

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.539
 Anyone who walked,

00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:53.319
 what do you say?

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:54.619
 Whoever says he abides in him

00:24:54.619 --> 00:24:55.220
 ought to walk

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:56.299
 in the same way he walked.

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 I'll tell you one way

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:57.779
 he walked.

00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.440
 Offensively.

00:25:00.139 --> 00:25:01.480
 He wasn't obnoxious,

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.759
 but he most certainly

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.480
 offended people.

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.680
 I'm not advocating

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.700
 obnoxiousness.

00:25:06.159 --> 00:25:07.359
 There's plenty of that as well.

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.940
 Jesus wasn't doing that.

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:09.940
 He's just stark.

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.819
 He said hard things.

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:13.599
 Number six,

00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:15.200
 a Christian walks in the light.

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:17.559
 1 John 1, 5-7 says,

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:18.319
 This is the message

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:19.440
 we have heard from him

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:20.599
 and proclaim to you

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:21.379
 that God is light.

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 And in him is no darkness at all.

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 If we say we have fellowship

00:25:25.919 --> 00:25:26.740
 with him

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 while we walk in darkness,

00:25:28.659 --> 00:25:30.779
 we lie and do not practice

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.419
 the truth.

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:33.460
 But if we walk in the light

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:34.740
 as he is in the light,

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:35.759
 we have fellowship

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.519
 with one another

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.779
 and the blood of Jesus,

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.440
 his son,

00:25:38.599 --> 00:25:39.899
 cleanses us from all sin.

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.940
 That word fellowship

00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.720
 is the same word

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.339
 for partnership.

00:25:43.379 --> 00:25:43.579
 Okay?

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.359
 Same word.

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 Same Greek word.

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 If we say we have fellowship

00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:47.220
 with him,

00:25:47.800 --> 00:25:48.759
 partnership with him

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.700
 while we walk in darkness,

00:25:49.820 --> 00:25:50.940
 we lie and do not practice

00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:51.280
 the truth.

00:25:51.340 --> 00:25:52.480
 But if we walk in the light

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.700
 as he is in the light,

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.360
 we have fellowship

00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:55.120
 or partnership

00:25:55.120 --> 00:25:56.440
 with one another

00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:57.320
 and the blood of Jesus,

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.020
 his son,

00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:59.960
 cleanses us from all sin.

00:26:00.340 --> 00:26:01.480
 It's that concept again.

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.780
 You can't have partnership

00:26:02.780 --> 00:26:03.380
 with each other

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:04.180
 if we don't have partnership

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:04.759
 with God.

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:06.520
 And once again,

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:09.200
 this verse is saying,

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.780
 if you're saying,

00:26:10.880 --> 00:26:12.080
 hey, I have fellowship

00:26:12.080 --> 00:26:13.380
 with God,

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:15.980
 but you're walking

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:16.500
 in darkness,

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:17.160
 the Bible says

00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:17.780
 we lie

00:26:17.780 --> 00:26:18.520
 and don't practice

00:26:18.520 --> 00:26:18.960
 the truth.

00:26:22.320 --> 00:26:22.759
 Typically,

00:26:22.900 --> 00:26:23.540
 to call someone

00:26:23.540 --> 00:26:23.920
 a liar

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.700
 is very offensive.

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.540
 You're lying.

00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:27.960
 You're not practicing

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.520
 the truth.

00:26:29.020 --> 00:26:29.740
 This is what the Bible

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.600
 says about people

00:26:30.600 --> 00:26:30.980
 who are walking

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.520
 in darkness,

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:33.480
 people who are leading

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:34.240
 a double life.

00:26:34.780 --> 00:26:35.720
 A Christian walks

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:36.240
 in the light.

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.660
 A Christian gets

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:38.580
 his sins out in the light.

00:26:38.660 --> 00:26:39.440
 A Christian says,

00:26:39.580 --> 00:26:39.759
 hey,

00:26:40.340 --> 00:26:41.960
 I need Jesus.

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:44.220
 I am a sinner

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:45.559
 who is saved

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:46.180
 by Christ

00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:47.640
 and the blood

00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:48.000
 of Jesus,

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:48.480
 his son,

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:49.059
 cleanses us

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:49.759
 from all sin

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.620
 when we walk

00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:51.059
 in the light.

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.460
 1 John 2,

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:53.180
 verse 9 says,

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.840
 whoever says

00:26:53.840 --> 00:26:54.559
 he is in the light

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.900
 and hates his brother

00:26:55.900 --> 00:26:56.960
 is still in darkness.

00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.640
 You ever had someone

00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:00.779
 who professes

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.360
 to be a Christian

00:27:01.360 --> 00:27:01.920
 but they hate

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:02.360
 their dad

00:27:02.360 --> 00:27:02.759
 or they hate

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.180
 their mom?

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:06.039
 We have to tell him.

00:27:08.080 --> 00:27:08.759
 You want them

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.440
 to be surprised

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:10.120
 in this life

00:27:10.120 --> 00:27:10.580
 and offended

00:27:10.580 --> 00:27:11.259
 in this life

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:12.080
 or surprised

00:27:12.080 --> 00:27:12.539
 and offended

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.140
 when they die

00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:13.600
 and they stand

00:27:13.600 --> 00:27:15.120
 before the judgment seat

00:27:15.120 --> 00:27:17.440
 and the king says,

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:19.740
 you said you were

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.160
 in the light

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:20.860
 but you hated

00:27:20.860 --> 00:27:22.039
 your father

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.400
 and mother

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:22.799
 or your brother.

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:23.720
 You hated them

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.240
 your whole life.

00:27:24.320 --> 00:27:24.820
 You were never

00:27:24.820 --> 00:27:25.279
 in the light.

00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:26.019
 I don't even know

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.580
 who you are.

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:28.420
 Wouldn't we hate

00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:29.080
 for them to have that

00:27:29.080 --> 00:27:30.160
 because we were

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:30.920
 too gutless

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.740
 to say something?

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:33.779
 I remember

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.319
 one time

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:36.220
 I told a woman

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:37.079
 at a job

00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:37.599
 I was working

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:38.240
 in the past

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:40.539
 that she was

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:40.819
 talking about

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.579
 this mass murder

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:43.180
 and how bad

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:43.799
 he was

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.980
 and just kind of

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:45.640
 condescendingly

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:46.240
 going on about

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.620
 this guy

00:27:46.620 --> 00:27:47.180
 who was in the news

00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:47.680
 at the time

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.620
 and I knew

00:27:48.620 --> 00:27:49.559
 she hated her dad.

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:51.279
 She had constantly

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:52.019
 talked to me

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:52.740
 about how much

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.440
 she hates her dad

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:54.019
 and her dad

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:55.079
 was not a great person.

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:56.920
 And I told her,

00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.279
 I said,

00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:57.519
 hey,

00:27:57.640 --> 00:27:59.000
 you are just like

00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:00.599
 that murderer

00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:01.720
 because the

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.299
 Bible says

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.759
 that if you

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.600
 hate someone

00:28:03.600 --> 00:28:04.720
 it's like murder.

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:06.100
 And she literally

00:28:06.100 --> 00:28:06.380
 went,

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:06.660
 ah!

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:08.160
 Like she was

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:08.799
 so offended.

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.480
 She didn't talk

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:10.180
 to me for days

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:10.600
 at work.

00:28:14.100 --> 00:28:15.000
 And I don't

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.420
 like that.

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:15.660
 I mean,

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.720
 I kind of like

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.160
 being friends

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:17.559
 with the people

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:18.200
 I work with.

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.420
 Especially this woman

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:19.980
 because I worked

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.799
 with her every day.

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.380
 So that was

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:21.880
 kind of not

00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:24.039
 a good work

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.880
 environment thing

00:28:24.880 --> 00:28:25.400
 there, right?

00:28:26.140 --> 00:28:26.680
 But I would

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:27.339
 rather be

00:28:27.339 --> 00:28:28.279
 ostracized from

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:29.019
 her at work

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:29.779
 than her

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.579
 be ostracized

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:31.079
 from the Lord

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:32.019
 forever in hell.

00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:33.160
 And I'll tell you

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:33.400
 what,

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:34.400
 she was self-righteous.

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:34.819
 She thought

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:35.319
 she was better

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:35.940
 than other people

00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:36.480
 because she

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:36.839
 didn't do

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:37.500
 what they did.

00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.079
 But God

00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:39.559
 in her heart

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:39.960
 knew that

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.519
 her heart

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.480
 hating her dad

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:42.200
 made her

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:42.759
 no different

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.480
 than that murder.

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.139
 Whoever says

00:28:45.139 --> 00:28:45.740
 that in the light

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.379
 hates his brother

00:28:46.379 --> 00:28:47.099
 is still in darkness.

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:47.980
 She was in darkness

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.559
 and she thought

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:49.180
 she was okay

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.720
 because she's not

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.639
 as bad as that murderer.

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.619
 And that was

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:52.279
 the first step

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:53.240
 towards God

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:54.180
 breaking down her heart.

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.660
 She became

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:55.400
 way more open

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:55.880
 to the gospel

00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:57.000
 after that conversation.

00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:58.300
 But I first

00:28:58.300 --> 00:28:59.060
 had to offend her.

00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:00.460
 Did I want to offend her?

00:29:00.600 --> 00:29:01.360
 No, I didn't want

00:29:01.360 --> 00:29:01.800
 to offend her.

00:29:02.580 --> 00:29:02.960
 I didn't want

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.880
 to have that conversation.

00:29:04.320 --> 00:29:05.000
 But I had to

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.920
 because I loved her

00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:07.060
 and I wanted her

00:29:07.060 --> 00:29:07.720
 to be saved.

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:09.700
 Number seven,

00:29:09.820 --> 00:29:10.700
 a Christian does not

00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:11.540
 love the world

00:29:11.540 --> 00:29:12.280
 or the things

00:29:12.280 --> 00:29:12.920
 in this world.

00:29:13.840 --> 00:29:14.560
 A Christian does not

00:29:14.560 --> 00:29:15.120
 love the world

00:29:15.120 --> 00:29:15.680
 or the things

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.140
 in the world.

00:29:16.580 --> 00:29:17.440
 1 John 2.

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.120
 You see we're in

00:29:18.120 --> 00:29:19.000
 1 John a lot here

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.720
 if you haven't noticed.

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:21.060
 1 John 2,

00:29:21.140 --> 00:29:22.259
 15-17.

00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:24.100
 Do not love the world

00:29:24.100 --> 00:29:24.860
 or the things

00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:25.359
 in the world.

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.379
 If anyone loves

00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:26.879
 the world,

00:29:27.219 --> 00:29:28.000
 the love of the Father

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.759
 is not in him.

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:30.299
 For all that is

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:30.659
 in the world,

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.819
 the desires of the flesh

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:32.379
 and the desires

00:29:32.379 --> 00:29:33.079
 of the eyes

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:34.099
 and the pride of life

00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:35.419
 is not from the Father

00:29:35.419 --> 00:29:36.359
 but is from the world.

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.219
 And the world

00:29:37.219 --> 00:29:38.039
 is passing away

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:39.139
 along with its desires.

00:29:39.659 --> 00:29:40.199
 Whoever does

00:29:40.199 --> 00:29:40.839
 the will of God

00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:41.619
 abides forever.

00:29:42.399 --> 00:29:42.519
 Okay?

00:29:42.959 --> 00:29:43.719
 If anyone loves

00:29:43.719 --> 00:29:43.979
 the world,

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:44.719
 the love of the Father

00:29:44.719 --> 00:29:45.359
 is not in him.

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.099
 And say,

00:29:46.179 --> 00:29:46.759
 well, I'm a Christian,

00:29:46.879 --> 00:29:47.439
 the love of the Father

00:29:47.439 --> 00:29:47.939
 is in me.

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:49.279
 Not if you love the world.

00:29:50.159 --> 00:29:51.219
 Not if you love the world.

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.379
 Or the things

00:29:52.379 --> 00:29:52.979
 in the world.

00:29:53.979 --> 00:29:54.279
 Okay?

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:55.579
 And we live in a culture

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:57.139
 that very much

00:29:57.139 --> 00:29:59.579
 is seeking to

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:01.000
 seep into the church.

00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:02.339
 Right?

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:04.180
 If you're on an ocean,

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:07.960
 you want,

00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:08.940
 it's totally fine

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.599
 to have a boat

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:10.200
 in the ocean

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:11.519
 but it's really bad

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:12.299
 when you have the ocean

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:12.779
 in the boat.

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.579
 Right?

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:15.460
 What's going to happen?

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:16.819
 The boat's going to sink.

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:17.879
 Ocean,

00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:19.099
 or boat in the world?

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:19.579
 Fine.

00:30:20.199 --> 00:30:20.419
 I mean,

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.699
 boat in the ocean?

00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:22.899
 Fine.

00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:23.839
 Right?

00:30:24.939 --> 00:30:25.579
 Boat in the ocean?

00:30:25.699 --> 00:30:25.899
 Fine.

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:26.720
 Ocean in the boat?

00:30:26.879 --> 00:30:27.399
 Not fine.

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:28.919
 Church out there

00:30:28.919 --> 00:30:29.419
 in the world

00:30:29.419 --> 00:30:30.119
 reaching people,

00:30:30.199 --> 00:30:30.879
 preaching the gospel?

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:31.419
 Fine.

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:31.799
 Good.

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.339
 Should be.

00:30:32.399 --> 00:30:33.019
 We should go.

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:34.339
 Okay?

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.279
 When the world

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:36.339
 comes inside of us,

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:37.419
 we start to sink.

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:39.439
 And the love of the Father

00:30:39.439 --> 00:30:40.039
 is not in us.

00:30:40.099 --> 00:30:40.779
 Do not love the world

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.579
 of the things in the world.

00:30:41.639 --> 00:30:42.619
 If anyone loves the world,

00:30:42.699 --> 00:30:43.539
 the love of the Father

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.819
 is not in him.

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:48.339
 Careful of this.

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.259
 Number eight,

00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:51.179
 a Christian does not

00:30:51.179 --> 00:30:52.819
 make a practice of sinning.

00:30:54.659 --> 00:30:55.619
 What are you saying?

00:30:56.439 --> 00:30:57.339
 Nobody's perfect.

00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:58.839
 The amount of times

00:30:58.839 --> 00:30:59.460
 I've heard this,

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.519
 like nobody's perfect.

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.859
 Yeah, I know.

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.779
 I know.

00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:04.319
 I happen to be one

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:05.419
 of those imperfect people.

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:06.019
 I get it.

00:31:06.399 --> 00:31:07.460
 That's not what it's saying here,

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:07.579
 though.

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:07.939
 Let's look.

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:09.579
 1 John 3, 6-9.

00:31:10.439 --> 00:31:12.379
 No one who abides in him

00:31:12.379 --> 00:31:13.879
 keeps on sinning.

00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:16.300
 No one who keeps on sinning

00:31:16.300 --> 00:31:18.000
 has either seen him

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:19.500
 or known him.

00:31:20.080 --> 00:31:21.520
 Just stop there for a second.

00:31:21.780 --> 00:31:22.880
 And just...

00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:24.180
 Oh, how many of you

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:25.080
 just had a bunch of

00:31:25.080 --> 00:31:25.780
 butts come out?

00:31:26.300 --> 00:31:27.560
 Yeah, but...

00:31:27.560 --> 00:31:28.520
 Yeah, but...

00:31:28.520 --> 00:31:28.880
 No, no, no.

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:31.840
 Let's just let the Word of God

00:31:31.840 --> 00:31:33.280
 just hit us.

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:35.040
 Let it just get you

00:31:35.040 --> 00:31:35.880
 right in the chest, right?

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.580
 Let's read it again.

00:31:37.080 --> 00:31:38.840
 No one who abides in him

00:31:38.840 --> 00:31:40.260
 keeps on sinning.

00:31:40.620 --> 00:31:42.280
 No one who keeps on sinning

00:31:42.280 --> 00:31:43.760
 has either seen him

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:44.579
 or known him.

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:45.879
 Little children,

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:47.680
 let no one deceive you.

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:49.960
 Whoever practices righteousness

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:51.079
 is righteous,

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:52.680
 and he is righteous.

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:54.119
 Whoever makes a practice

00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:54.680
 of sinning

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:55.339
 is of the devil,

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.839
 for the devil has been sinning

00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:57.440
 from the beginning.

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:59.019
 The reason the Son of God

00:31:59.019 --> 00:32:00.140
 appeared was to destroy

00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:01.099
 the works of the devil.

00:32:01.879 --> 00:32:02.539
 Verse 9.

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:04.319
 No one born of God

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:05.279
 makes a practice

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:06.220
 of sinning,

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:07.420
 for God's seed

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:08.480
 abides in him,

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:10.339
 and he cannot keep on sinning

00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:11.619
 because he has been

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:12.399
 born of God.

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.459
 Wow.

00:32:13.959 --> 00:32:15.179
 That's some direct stuff

00:32:15.179 --> 00:32:16.059
 right there, right?

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:17.500
 And notice in verse 7,

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:17.819
 he says,

00:32:17.879 --> 00:32:18.399
 Little children,

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:20.099
 let no one deceive you.

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.679
 Why did he have to say that?

00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:23.399
 I'll tell you why.

00:32:23.879 --> 00:32:24.919
 Because this is not

00:32:24.919 --> 00:32:26.039
 one of the number one ways

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:27.099
 that people are deceived.

00:32:27.659 --> 00:32:28.879
 They say things like,

00:32:28.939 --> 00:32:29.699
 nobody's perfect.

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:31.359
 They say things like,

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.740
 oh, you think

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.619
 you're self-righteous?

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.919
 Like, that's not the Jesus

00:32:34.919 --> 00:32:35.799
 I see in the Bible.

00:32:35.919 --> 00:32:37.000
 They say things like that.

00:32:37.899 --> 00:32:38.539
 But it says,

00:32:38.619 --> 00:32:39.639
 No one born of God

00:32:39.639 --> 00:32:41.019
 makes a practice of sinning.

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:42.200
 It doesn't say most.

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:43.779
 It doesn't say probably,

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.200
 hopefully.

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.539
 It says,

00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:45.599
 No one born of God

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:46.879
 makes a practice of sinning.

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:47.599
 Why?

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:49.700
 For God's seed

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:50.579
 abides in him.

00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:51.399
 This is what I'm talking about.

00:32:51.399 --> 00:32:52.319
 This isn't a checklist.

00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:53.119
 This isn't us

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:54.259
 just adding a bunch

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:55.480
 of morality to our life.

00:32:56.919 --> 00:32:57.799
 Christianity isn't

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.680
 a mental ascent

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.480
 to higher morals.

00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:00.619
 It's becoming,

00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:01.859
 it's incandescent

00:33:01.859 --> 00:33:02.480
 transformation

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:03.759
 from the inside out.

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:05.779
 It's a new creation.

00:33:05.899 --> 00:33:06.180
 He says,

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:07.159
 No one born of God.

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:08.559
 No one who died

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:09.759
 and was reborn.

00:33:10.659 --> 00:33:12.200
 No one who was born of God.

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.980
 It makes a practice of sinning.

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:15.200
 Why?

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:16.159
 Because God's seed

00:33:16.159 --> 00:33:17.059
 abides in him.

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:18.240
 And then listen to this.

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:20.579
 And he cannot keep on sinning.

00:33:20.919 --> 00:33:22.319
 He has been born of God.

00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:24.639
 I find that the people

00:33:24.639 --> 00:33:25.639
 that are most perplexing

00:33:25.639 --> 00:33:26.240
 or confusing

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:27.480
 who profess to be Christians

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:28.779
 are those

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:30.500
 who do the very opposite

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:31.200
 of this verse

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:32.259
 and profess to be Christians.

00:33:32.619 --> 00:33:33.680
 They literally say

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:34.480
 that I can't

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:35.980
 stop sinning.

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:38.420
 Like there's this pattern

00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:39.200
 and practice

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:40.259
 of sin in their life

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:41.500
 that they literally

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:43.019
 feel like they can't stop

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:44.200
 and yet they keep

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:45.400
 professing to be a Christian.

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.759
 And this verse says,

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.840
 God's seed abides in them

00:33:47.840 --> 00:33:48.600
 and he cannot

00:33:48.600 --> 00:33:49.700
 keep on sinning.

00:33:50.080 --> 00:33:50.600
 He literally,

00:33:50.860 --> 00:33:52.120
 the thing he can't do

00:33:52.120 --> 00:33:54.400
 is to keep on sinning.

00:33:54.620 --> 00:33:55.560
 When the seed of God

00:33:55.560 --> 00:33:56.060
 is within you,

00:33:56.140 --> 00:33:57.480
 you can't keep sinning

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:58.900
 because you've been

00:33:58.900 --> 00:33:59.600
 born of God.

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:01.120
 It's no longer you who live,

00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:02.099
 but Christ will live in you.

00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:03.099
 The seed of God

00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:03.599
 is within you

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:04.799
 and the seed of God

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:06.019
 makes it so that

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:07.379
 you can't keep on sinning.

00:34:07.459 --> 00:34:07.959
 Do you sin?

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.339
 Yes.

00:34:08.759 --> 00:34:09.179
 We haven't,

00:34:09.259 --> 00:34:09.920
 as long as we have

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.759
 these bodies of death,

00:34:10.859 --> 00:34:11.920
 there will be sin in us.

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:12.880
 Okay?

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:14.299
 That's why one of the greatest

00:34:14.299 --> 00:34:15.819
 like gospel future

00:34:15.819 --> 00:34:16.579
 great news

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:18.259
 is when death

00:34:18.259 --> 00:34:19.199
 is swallowed in victory

00:34:19.199 --> 00:34:20.219
 and we get our new bodies.

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:20.659
 Finally,

00:34:20.739 --> 00:34:21.319
 we can say

00:34:21.319 --> 00:34:22.980
 death has been swallowed up

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.380
 in victory.

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:24.659
 No more temptation

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:27.099
 to this sinful flesh.

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:27.699
 It's gone.

00:34:28.339 --> 00:34:28.940
 Right now,

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.739
 we have it

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:31.059
 and the spirit

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:32.399
 also within us,

00:34:32.459 --> 00:34:33.299
 the seed of God within us

00:34:33.299 --> 00:34:33.859
 so that sin

00:34:33.859 --> 00:34:34.879
 doesn't rule over us

00:34:34.879 --> 00:34:35.739
 and we don't make

00:34:35.739 --> 00:34:36.759
 a practice of sinning.

00:34:36.919 --> 00:34:38.139
 We don't keep on sinning.

00:34:38.259 --> 00:34:39.000
 If we sin,

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.619
 we repent,

00:34:39.719 --> 00:34:40.500
 we come to the light

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:42.619
 and we change our behavior.

00:34:42.779 --> 00:34:43.699
 We repent.

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:46.079
 But someone who keeps on sinning

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:47.879
 and actually can't stop sinning,

00:34:48.319 --> 00:34:48.779
 there's a good,

00:34:48.879 --> 00:34:49.639
 this is a good indicator.

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:49.979
 They don't have

00:34:49.979 --> 00:34:51.059
 the seed of God within them.

00:34:51.959 --> 00:34:52.599
 And again,

00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:53.579
 people get really offended.

00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:53.879
 Like,

00:34:53.959 --> 00:34:55.339
 how dare you say that?

00:34:55.739 --> 00:34:56.799
 I didn't.

00:34:56.799 --> 00:34:57.859
 The Bible did.

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:59.380
 The Bible says

00:34:59.380 --> 00:35:00.920
 God's seed abides in them

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:02.039
 and he can't keep on sinning.

00:35:02.140 --> 00:35:03.099
 No one born of God

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:04.380
 makes a practice of sinning.

00:35:05.180 --> 00:35:06.220
 Think of how offensive

00:35:06.220 --> 00:35:07.740
 that just that phrase is.

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:09.120
 No one born of God

00:35:09.120 --> 00:35:10.480
 makes a practice of sinning.

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:11.860
 Well,

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.220
 no,

00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:12.360
 no,

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:12.500
 no,

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:12.599
 no,

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:12.760
 no.

00:35:13.220 --> 00:35:14.579
 No one born of God

00:35:14.579 --> 00:35:15.840
 makes a practice of sinning

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:16.780
 because God's seed

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:17.260
 dwells in them

00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:19.140
 and he cannot keep on sinning.

00:35:20.640 --> 00:35:22.079
 I tell you what's good news.

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:23.640
 That's good news.

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.180
 I say,

00:35:24.240 --> 00:35:25.019
 that's not good news.

00:35:25.200 --> 00:35:26.059
 That seems hopeless.

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:26.539
 No,

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:26.660
 no,

00:35:26.660 --> 00:35:26.800
 no,

00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:26.900
 no,

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:26.960
 no,

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:27.099
 no.

00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:28.980
 You know what's good news?

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:31.220
 When you cannot keep on sinning.

00:35:32.740 --> 00:35:33.920
 Wouldn't it be awesome

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:36.519
 if there was a religion

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:38.420
 where when you believe it,

00:35:38.640 --> 00:35:40.180
 the God that you believe in,

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:42.360
 his seed comes inside of you

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:44.940
 and you can't keep on sinning.

00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:46.099
 Wouldn't that be awesome

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:47.059
 that it wasn't just about

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:48.380
 all your effort and energy

00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:49.800
 to try to be a moral person?

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:51.220
 But if there was a religion

00:35:51.220 --> 00:35:52.620
 where the God you believed in

00:35:52.620 --> 00:35:53.840
 came and lived inside of you

00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:54.640
 and then you couldn't

00:35:54.640 --> 00:35:55.800
 keep on sinning anymore.

00:35:56.240 --> 00:35:57.019
 Wouldn't that be amazing?

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:59.559
 It is.

00:35:59.679 --> 00:36:00.119
 It's real.

00:36:00.599 --> 00:36:01.059
 It's true.

00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:02.519
 This is the God we serve.

00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:04.219
 That's what separates us

00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:05.480
 from all the other moralizers

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:06.460
 and all the other religions.

00:36:06.900 --> 00:36:08.199
 We're not moralizers.

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:10.079
 We're dead people

00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:11.139
 who are possessed

00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:12.219
 by God himself

00:36:12.219 --> 00:36:13.559
 living the commands

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.300
 through us.

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:15.619
 What a gift.

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:16.659
 What a gift.

00:36:16.659 --> 00:36:19.980
 Christian does not make a practice

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.539
 of sinning.

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:21.519
 Number nine.

00:36:21.759 --> 00:36:22.699
 A Christian inherits

00:36:22.699 --> 00:36:23.739
 the kingdom of God.

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:26.420
 Galatians 5, 19-24

00:36:26.420 --> 00:36:28.159
 says the works of the flesh

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:28.579
 are evident.

00:36:28.779 --> 00:36:29.699
 Sexual immorality,

00:36:30.239 --> 00:36:30.719
 impurity,

00:36:31.359 --> 00:36:32.079
 sensuality,

00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:32.839
 idolatry,

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:33.779
 sorcery,

00:36:34.239 --> 00:36:34.679
 enmity,

00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:35.519
 strife,

00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:36.460
 jealousy,

00:36:36.759 --> 00:36:37.440
 fits of anger,

00:36:37.699 --> 00:36:38.920
 rivalries,

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:39.599
 dissensions,

00:36:39.779 --> 00:36:40.139
 divisions,

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:40.739
 envy,

00:36:41.299 --> 00:36:42.000
 drunkenness,

00:36:42.239 --> 00:36:42.779
 orgies,

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:44.000
 and things like these.

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:45.840
 I warn you,

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.780
 as I warned you before,

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:48.579
 that those who do such things

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:49.920
 will not inherit

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.980
 the kingdom of God.

00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:53.659
 How dare you say that?

00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:55.360
 The Bible says it.

00:36:56.480 --> 00:36:57.159
 I warn you,

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:58.599
 as I warned you before,

00:36:58.760 --> 00:36:59.719
 those who do such things

00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:00.619
 will not inherit

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:01.400
 the kingdom of God.

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:01.860
 But,

00:37:02.659 --> 00:37:03.659
 the fruit of the Spirit,

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:04.840
 not the fruit of your

00:37:04.840 --> 00:37:05.840
 trying in the flesh,

00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:07.219
 the fruit of the seed

00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:07.619
 within you,

00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:08.820
 the Spirit within you,

00:37:09.699 --> 00:37:10.380
 is love,

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:10.800
 joy,

00:37:10.980 --> 00:37:11.320
 peace,

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:11.860
 patience,

00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:12.440
 gentleness,

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:12.920
 kindness,

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:13.940
 faithfulness,

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.679
 self-control.

00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:16.860
 Against these things

00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:17.579
 there is no law.

00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:18.619
 And those who belong

00:37:18.619 --> 00:37:19.619
 to Jesus Christ

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:21.360
 have crucified the flesh

00:37:21.360 --> 00:37:22.059
 with its passions

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:22.739
 and desires.

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:24.860
 They've crucified the flesh.

00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:29.500
 1 Corinthians 6,

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:30.199
 9-11.

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:31.719
 Similar.

00:37:32.179 --> 00:37:32.460
 He says,

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:33.059
 Do you not know

00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:34.039
 that the unrighteous

00:37:34.039 --> 00:37:34.840
 will not inherit

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.739
 the kingdom of God?

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:36.760
 He says,

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.599
 Do not be deceived.

00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:37.920
 Again,

00:37:38.239 --> 00:37:39.059
 notice in these verses,

00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:39.860
 when he says,

00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:40.900
 Do not be deceived,

00:37:41.559 --> 00:37:41.920
 you can say,

00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:42.059
 Well,

00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:42.539
 you can say that

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:43.099
 about any verse.

00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:43.839
 You could,

00:37:44.179 --> 00:37:44.900
 but it doesn't.

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:46.199
 It doesn't say that

00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:46.759
 in every verse.

00:37:47.299 --> 00:37:48.360
 Why do some verses say,

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:49.639
 Do not be deceived?

00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:50.779
 I believe the reasons

00:37:50.779 --> 00:37:51.339
 they say that

00:37:51.339 --> 00:37:52.380
 is because these are ways

00:37:52.380 --> 00:37:53.860
 that people are easily deceived.

00:37:54.719 --> 00:37:54.980
 Okay?

00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:55.480
 And so,

00:37:55.619 --> 00:37:57.279
 where are people easily deceived?

00:37:57.380 --> 00:37:57.480
 Well,

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:58.279
 let's look at the list.

00:37:58.679 --> 00:37:58.860
 It says,

00:37:58.900 --> 00:37:59.279
 Don't you know

00:37:59.279 --> 00:37:59.940
 that the unrighteous

00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:00.420
 will not inherit

00:38:00.420 --> 00:38:01.199
 the kingdom of God?

00:38:01.839 --> 00:38:02.579
 Do not be deceived.

00:38:02.719 --> 00:38:04.099
 Neither the sexually immoral,

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:05.360
 nor idolaters,

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:06.380
 nor adulterers,

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:07.400
 nor men who practice

00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:08.639
 homosexuality,

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.779
 nor thieves,

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:10.400
 nor the greedy,

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:11.159
 nor drunkards,

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:12.000
 nor revilers,

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:12.799
 nor swindlers,

00:38:12.899 --> 00:38:14.259
 will inherit the kingdom of God.

00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:15.460
 So,

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:16.839
 that's why he's saying

00:38:16.839 --> 00:38:17.559
 don't be deceived

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:17.980
 because,

00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:19.339
 does this hit home at all

00:38:19.339 --> 00:38:20.379
 in our culture right now?

00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:21.679
 People who say,

00:38:21.759 --> 00:38:21.879
 Oh,

00:38:21.899 --> 00:38:22.000
 no,

00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:22.119
 no,

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:22.239
 no,

00:38:22.239 --> 00:38:22.259
 no,

00:38:22.259 --> 00:38:22.599
 you can,

00:38:22.739 --> 00:38:23.219
 love is love,

00:38:23.299 --> 00:38:23.460
 man.

00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:24.379
 You can be a homosexual

00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:26.360
 and still be a Christian

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:27.599
 and still inherit

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:28.420
 the kingdom of God.

00:38:28.740 --> 00:38:30.500
 You actually can't.

00:38:31.220 --> 00:38:32.059
 That's offensive.

00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:33.720
 That's offensive.

00:38:33.900 --> 00:38:34.680
 That'll get you fired.

00:38:34.800 --> 00:38:36.140
 That'll get you losing your job

00:38:36.140 --> 00:38:37.240
 or losing your platform.

00:38:37.860 --> 00:38:38.280
 To say,

00:38:38.380 --> 00:38:40.099
 you can't be a homosexual,

00:38:41.240 --> 00:38:43.019
 somebody who practices homosexuality

00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:44.680
 or adultery,

00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:46.559
 sexual immorality,

00:38:46.680 --> 00:38:47.039
 you can't,

00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:47.820
 don't be deceived.

00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:48.740
 He's saying,

00:38:48.820 --> 00:38:49.380
 don't be tricked.

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:50.019
 Don't be dupe.

00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:51.820
 People are going to trick people with this.

00:38:52.119 --> 00:38:53.420
 People are going to deceive people with this.

00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:53.780
 They're going to say,

00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:53.920
 no,

00:38:53.940 --> 00:38:54.019
 no,

00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:54.180
 no,

00:38:54.179 --> 00:38:55.379
 that stuff's okay.

00:38:56.079 --> 00:38:57.059
 You can do that stuff

00:38:57.059 --> 00:38:58.000
 and still be a Christian.

00:38:59.019 --> 00:38:59.639
 He says,

00:38:59.699 --> 00:39:00.879
 these people will not inherit

00:39:00.879 --> 00:39:01.919
 the kingdom of God.

00:39:02.919 --> 00:39:03.539
 And then,

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:04.859
 there's this amazing statement

00:39:04.859 --> 00:39:05.559
 in verse 11,

00:39:05.679 --> 00:39:06.379
 1 Corinthians 6,

00:39:06.399 --> 00:39:06.579
 11,

00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:07.179
 then he says,

00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:09.859
 and such were some of you.

00:39:10.219 --> 00:39:10.539
 Were.

00:39:11.319 --> 00:39:12.859
 Such were some of you.

00:39:13.259 --> 00:39:14.199
 But you were washed,

00:39:14.279 --> 00:39:15.099
 you were sanctified,

00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:15.940
 you were justified

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:17.619
 in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:19.119
 and by the Spirit of our God.

00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:19.759
 Some,

00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:21.059
 that's,

00:39:21.139 --> 00:39:22.859
 some of you were that way.

00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:24.960
 Some of you were that way.

00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:26.120
 That's the difference.

00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:27.780
 All of us were,

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:29.460
 or some of us were these things

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:30.340
 at one point in time.

00:39:30.840 --> 00:39:31.820
 But that's the difference.

00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:32.579
 When you're born again

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:33.760
 and the seed of God comes in you,

00:39:33.840 --> 00:39:34.980
 Jesus lives inside of you,

00:39:35.180 --> 00:39:36.840
 you don't do these things anymore.

00:39:37.380 --> 00:39:38.720
 They're no longer your way of life.

00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:39.780
 You have a new way of life.

00:39:41.240 --> 00:39:42.420
 Such were some of you.

00:39:42.420 --> 00:39:43.579
 I love just that phrase.

00:39:43.720 --> 00:39:44.480
 Such were.

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:45.780
 Past.

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.659
 It's your past.

00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:49.260
 Ephesians 5,

00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:49.960
 3 to 8.

00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:51.539
 It says,

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:52.559
 you may be sure of this,

00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:54.300
 that everyone who is sexually immoral

00:39:54.300 --> 00:39:54.940
 or impure

00:39:54.940 --> 00:39:56.019
 or who is covetous

00:39:56.019 --> 00:39:57.280
 that is an idolater

00:39:57.280 --> 00:39:59.000
 has no inheritance

00:39:59.000 --> 00:40:00.940
 in the kingdom of Christ and God.

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:02.340
 Again,

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:03.220
 listen to what he says here.

00:40:03.360 --> 00:40:04.599
 Let no one deceive you

00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:05.639
 with empty words.

00:40:06.320 --> 00:40:07.400
 Are you hearing this warning?

00:40:07.900 --> 00:40:08.740
 He's saying

00:40:08.740 --> 00:40:10.740
 in multiple sections of Scripture,

00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:12.559
 this is the grounds

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:13.740
 that people will deceive you.

00:40:13.840 --> 00:40:15.139
 Let deceive you into thinking

00:40:15.139 --> 00:40:16.700
 that you can be a Christian

00:40:16.700 --> 00:40:19.680
 and do all these things

00:40:19.680 --> 00:40:20.900
 that Christians don't do

00:40:20.900 --> 00:40:21.880
 and yet you can still

00:40:21.880 --> 00:40:22.820
 inherit the kingdom of God.

00:40:23.059 --> 00:40:23.400
 He says,

00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:24.320
 let no one deceive you

00:40:24.320 --> 00:40:25.440
 with empty words.

00:40:26.220 --> 00:40:27.440
 With empty words.

00:40:28.300 --> 00:40:29.340
 For because of these things,

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:30.139
 the wrath of God

00:40:30.139 --> 00:40:31.960
 comes upon the sons of disobedience.

00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:32.940
 Therefore,

00:40:33.660 --> 00:40:35.960
 do not become partners with them.

00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:38.340
 See that language?

00:40:38.900 --> 00:40:40.139
 Do not become partners with them.

00:40:40.240 --> 00:40:40.980
 For at one time

00:40:40.980 --> 00:40:41.599
 you were darkness,

00:40:42.099 --> 00:40:43.599
 but now you are light in the Lord.

00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:45.220
 Walk as children of light.

00:40:45.780 --> 00:40:47.400
 We can't partner with people

00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:48.820
 who profess to be Christians

00:40:48.820 --> 00:40:49.940
 but do the things

00:40:49.940 --> 00:40:50.680
 that the Bible says

00:40:50.680 --> 00:40:51.320
 will not inherit

00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:52.119
 the kingdom of God.

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:53.360
 There's no partnership

00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:54.079
 with those people.

00:40:54.519 --> 00:40:55.240
 And when you try to have

00:40:55.240 --> 00:40:56.300
 partnership with those people,

00:40:56.780 --> 00:40:57.480
 dead on arrival.

00:40:57.860 --> 00:40:58.680
 It's never going to work,

00:40:58.760 --> 00:40:59.380
 never has worked,

00:40:59.440 --> 00:41:00.200
 never will work,

00:41:00.340 --> 00:41:01.539
 and we're not going to try it.

00:41:02.360 --> 00:41:03.300
 That's what we're saying.

00:41:03.400 --> 00:41:04.500
 We're saying we believe

00:41:04.500 --> 00:41:06.119
 that we must first develop

00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:07.380
 this reality

00:41:07.380 --> 00:41:09.260
 that partnership with God

00:41:09.260 --> 00:41:10.260
 makes partnership

00:41:10.260 --> 00:41:10.980
 with one another.

00:41:11.380 --> 00:41:12.300
 And if someone does not

00:41:12.300 --> 00:41:13.300
 have partnership with God,

00:41:13.500 --> 00:41:14.860
 we cannot have partnership

00:41:14.860 --> 00:41:15.539
 with one another.

00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:17.980
 Lastly, number 10,

00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:20.119
 a Christian bears much fruit.

00:41:20.820 --> 00:41:22.119
 John 15 verse 8 said,

00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:24.460
 By this my Father is glorified,

00:41:24.780 --> 00:41:26.200
 that you bear much fruit

00:41:26.200 --> 00:41:27.519
 and so prove yourself

00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:28.440
 to be my disciples.

00:41:29.420 --> 00:41:30.360
 Another thing that people

00:41:30.360 --> 00:41:31.320
 get really offended by

00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:32.720
 is when you examine their fruit.

00:41:32.719 --> 00:41:35.179
 But the Bible says,

00:41:35.699 --> 00:41:36.379
 according to Jesus,

00:41:36.759 --> 00:41:38.299
 that God the Father

00:41:38.299 --> 00:41:39.079
 is glorified

00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:40.239
 when you bear much fruit.

00:41:40.319 --> 00:41:41.259
 And this is how you prove

00:41:41.259 --> 00:41:42.699
 to be your disciple.

00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:45.019
 The proof is in the pudding,

00:41:45.139 --> 00:41:45.639
 as they say.

00:41:46.359 --> 00:41:47.639
 Jesus didn't have that analogy

00:41:47.639 --> 00:41:48.159
 at the time,

00:41:48.239 --> 00:41:50.099
 but he might have used that, right?

00:41:50.459 --> 00:41:51.539
 The proof is in

00:41:51.539 --> 00:41:54.619
 the fruit.

00:41:56.039 --> 00:41:56.619
 And so,

00:41:56.819 --> 00:41:58.500
 we look at fruit.

00:41:58.859 --> 00:41:59.239
 We say,

00:41:59.319 --> 00:41:59.459
 Hey,

00:41:59.460 --> 00:42:00.559
 if you're a part of the church,

00:42:00.679 --> 00:42:01.639
 there will be this fruit

00:42:01.639 --> 00:42:02.340
 that shows.

00:42:02.880 --> 00:42:03.240
 People say,

00:42:03.300 --> 00:42:03.420
 Oh,

00:42:03.440 --> 00:42:04.300
 you can't do that.

00:42:04.400 --> 00:42:04.579
 Like,

00:42:05.019 --> 00:42:05.980
 we can and we will.

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:07.920
 We can and we will.

00:42:08.039 --> 00:42:09.440
 And we won't apologize for it.

00:42:09.639 --> 00:42:10.619
 Because we want to make sure

00:42:10.619 --> 00:42:11.380
 people are disciples.

00:42:11.460 --> 00:42:12.460
 Because if they're not disciples,

00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:14.000
 there's no fellowship.

00:42:14.199 --> 00:42:14.880
 There's no partnership.

00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:16.519
 And a person

00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:17.559
 that proves

00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:18.440
 their discipleship,

00:42:18.619 --> 00:42:19.179
 I don't need to prove

00:42:19.179 --> 00:42:19.800
 anything to you.

00:42:20.179 --> 00:42:20.539
 You're right.

00:42:20.740 --> 00:42:21.139
 You don't.

00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:22.000
 But the Bible says

00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:22.780
 your actions prove

00:42:22.780 --> 00:42:23.780
 to somebody.

00:42:23.780 --> 00:42:24.139
 So,

00:42:24.420 --> 00:42:26.019
 you don't have to think about it,

00:42:26.059 --> 00:42:26.840
 but it's right here.

00:42:27.460 --> 00:42:28.820
 Your fruit proves

00:42:28.820 --> 00:42:30.080
 it proves

00:42:30.080 --> 00:42:31.500
 whether you're a disciple or not.

00:42:31.920 --> 00:42:32.160
 And so,

00:42:32.220 --> 00:42:32.940
 you know what we're going to do?

00:42:33.080 --> 00:42:34.220
 When you say you're a disciple,

00:42:34.780 --> 00:42:35.640
 we're not just going to say,

00:42:35.700 --> 00:42:35.800
 Oh,

00:42:35.840 --> 00:42:36.720
 he says he's a disciple.

00:42:36.860 --> 00:42:37.519
 Everything's cool.

00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:39.100
 We're going to look at the fruit.

00:42:39.680 --> 00:42:40.780
 We're going to look at the fruit.

00:42:41.180 --> 00:42:42.220
 And we're going to determine it

00:42:42.220 --> 00:42:42.740
 by the fruit.

00:42:43.059 --> 00:42:43.400
 Why?

00:42:43.840 --> 00:42:44.640
 Because we care.

00:42:44.800 --> 00:42:45.640
 Because we love.

00:42:46.100 --> 00:42:46.940
 Because we think

00:42:46.940 --> 00:42:48.360
 that heaven and hell are real.

00:42:48.920 --> 00:42:49.240
 And we don't.

00:42:49.360 --> 00:42:51.519
 And we think the church

00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:52.320
 needs to be

00:42:52.320 --> 00:42:53.240
 one of the most effective

00:42:53.240 --> 00:42:54.760
 groups of people

00:42:54.760 --> 00:42:55.340
 on the planet

00:42:55.340 --> 00:42:56.680
 when it comes to unity.

00:42:56.860 --> 00:42:57.820
 And there is no unity

00:42:57.820 --> 00:42:58.640
 with light and darkness.

00:42:58.639 --> 00:42:59.639
 There is no partnership

00:42:59.639 --> 00:43:00.299
 and fellowship

00:43:00.299 --> 00:43:01.779
 when one of us

00:43:01.779 --> 00:43:02.239
 is in darkness

00:43:02.239 --> 00:43:03.079
 and one of us is not.

00:43:03.139 --> 00:43:03.619
 When one of us

00:43:03.619 --> 00:43:04.539
 is not bearing the fruit

00:43:04.539 --> 00:43:05.599
 of discipleship

00:43:05.599 --> 00:43:06.379
 and one of us is.

00:43:07.819 --> 00:43:08.179
 Okay?

00:43:08.839 --> 00:43:09.519
 In conclusion,

00:43:09.659 --> 00:43:11.199
 a partner is a Christian.

00:43:11.440 --> 00:43:12.259
 A partner is a Christian

00:43:12.259 --> 00:43:13.799
 who can be counted on

00:43:13.799 --> 00:43:14.960
 to be what a Christian is

00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:16.219
 and to do what a Christian does.

00:43:16.579 --> 00:43:17.559
 Let me ask you the question.

00:43:17.659 --> 00:43:18.119
 Are you bearing

00:43:18.119 --> 00:43:19.599
 the fruit of partnership

00:43:19.599 --> 00:43:20.980
 with God?

00:43:21.319 --> 00:43:21.940
 Are you bearing

00:43:21.940 --> 00:43:22.819
 the fruit of partnership

00:43:22.819 --> 00:43:23.559
 with God?

00:43:24.119 --> 00:43:25.179
 And are you embarrassed

00:43:25.179 --> 00:43:26.500
 that the Bible demands

00:43:26.500 --> 00:43:27.460
 fruit of your partnership

00:43:27.460 --> 00:43:28.019
 with Him?

00:43:28.500 --> 00:43:29.880
 Is that embarrassing to you?

00:43:30.320 --> 00:43:30.900
 Is that something

00:43:30.900 --> 00:43:31.679
 that you don't,

00:43:32.360 --> 00:43:33.880
 you've maybe softened on?

00:43:35.300 --> 00:43:36.380
 Because if we have,

00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:37.000
 that's something

00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:38.000
 we need to repent of.

00:43:38.740 --> 00:43:39.159
 You might say,

00:43:39.220 --> 00:43:40.360
 no, I know I have

00:43:40.360 --> 00:43:41.039
 fruit of partnership.

00:43:41.240 --> 00:43:41.940
 I know I'm a believer.

00:43:42.420 --> 00:43:43.240
 If I examine the fruit

00:43:43.240 --> 00:43:43.720
 of my life,

00:43:43.800 --> 00:43:44.360
 I'm a believer.

00:43:44.920 --> 00:43:46.179
 But are you embarrassed

00:43:46.179 --> 00:43:48.059
 to acquire the same fruit

00:43:48.059 --> 00:43:49.179
 in someone else's life?

00:43:49.900 --> 00:43:50.679
 Does that embarrass you?

00:43:50.679 --> 00:43:52.079
 If you are,

00:43:52.460 --> 00:43:54.260
 we can't be ashamed of Him.

00:43:54.360 --> 00:43:55.079
 We can't be ashamed.

00:43:55.079 --> 00:43:55.719
 The Bible says,

00:43:55.840 --> 00:43:56.759
 if anyone is ashamed of me

00:43:56.759 --> 00:43:59.159
 and my words.

00:43:59.500 --> 00:44:00.340
 Remember that part?

00:44:00.860 --> 00:44:01.519
 He doesn't just say

00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:02.239
 ashamed of me.

00:44:02.380 --> 00:44:02.799
 He says ashamed

00:44:02.799 --> 00:44:03.779
 of his words.

00:44:03.860 --> 00:44:04.500
 I'm asking him,

00:44:04.639 --> 00:44:05.199
 are you ashamed

00:44:05.199 --> 00:44:06.179
 of the words He used?

00:44:07.739 --> 00:44:08.420
 If you are,

00:44:08.539 --> 00:44:09.739
 that's a problem.

00:44:10.539 --> 00:44:10.799
 Okay?

00:44:10.900 --> 00:44:11.719
 We can't be ashamed

00:44:11.719 --> 00:44:12.639
 of the words He used.

00:44:13.079 --> 00:44:13.299
 Amen?

00:44:13.300 --> 00:44:13.420
 Yeah.